What do Sarah Palin and Fifth graders...

[deception]

have in common?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stefan-sirucek/did-palin-use-crib-notes_b_452458.html

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Closer inspection of a photo of Sarah Palin, during a speech in which she mocked President Obama for his use of a teleprompter, reveals several notes written on her left hand. The words "Energy", "Tax" and "Lift American Spirits" are clearly visible. There's also what appears to read as "Budget cuts" with the word Budget crossed out.

 

[ABM]

Still better than using a teleprompter during a talk with 6th graders.

 

[Stevenson]

Watching Obama and the Republicans is evidence that the teleprompter talk is pure BS. The man can talk, with or without a teleprompter, that's for sure.

More than we can say for her, eh?

 

[barfo]

I know she's dumb, but she couldn't remember those points without writing them on her hand? I could see it if she wrote the name of the assistant deputy prime minister of Tajikistan or something, but Energy, Tax, Budget cuts, Lift American Spirits? She needs a crib sheet for those? I sort of hope for her sake this is faked, because otherwise she has surely cemented her place as the dumbest politician in American history, and that's no mean feat.

barfo

 

[ABM]

Watching Obama and the Republicans is evidence that the teleprompter talk is pure BS. The man can talk, with or without a teleprompter, that's for sure.

More than we can say for her, eh?

She shouldn't be relevant. Hard to say why she still appears to be.

 

[barfo]

Still better than using a teleprompter during a talk with 6th graders.

No, actually, it isn't. Writing "lift American spirits" on your hand is in fact worse than using a teleprompter to give a speech.

barfo

 

[barfo]

She shouldn't be relevant. Hard to say why she still appears to be.

Because some people paid her $$$ to talk at the teabagger's convention?

barfo

 

[ABM]

Because some people paid her $$$ to talk at the teabagger's convention?

barfo

Strike one.

 

[deception]

Watching Obama and the Republicans is evidence that the teleprompter talk is pure BS. The man can talk, with or without a teleprompter, that's for sure.

More than we can say for her, eh?

his thoughts are well thought out, reasonable, and cogent- while she thinks in bullets points that translate into awkwardly articulated platitudes. and to compare president obama's intellect to her's is laughable- she took 6 years and 5 different schools to get her journalism degree and president obama was president of the harvard law review.

 

[ABM]

his thoughts are well thought out, reasonable, and cogent- while she thinks in bullets points that translate into awkwardly articulated platitudes. and to compare president obama's intellect to her's is laughable- she took 6 years and 5 different schools to get her journalism degree and president obama was president of the harvard law review.

Good golly, he must be soo smart...and she must be soo dumb!

 

[deception]

Good golly, he must be soo smart...and she must be soo dumb!

exactly.

 

[ABM]

exactly.

Which, again, begs the relevance question.

 

[barfo]

Which, again, begs the relevance question.

Answered that already. She's in the news because some people who have more money than sense paid her to read her palm to them.

barfo

 

[ABM]

Answered that already. She's in the news because some people who have more money than sense paid her to read her palm to them.

barfo

Without relevance, nobody would be watching......or even care for that matter.

Strike two.

 

[Ed O]

his thoughts are well thought out, reasonable, and cogent- while she thinks in bullets points that translate into awkwardly articulated platitudes. and to compare president obama's intellect to her's is laughable- she took 6 years and 5 different schools to get her journalism degree and president obama was president of the harvard law review.

So he has to read every speech he gives ... why?

Palin is not a great speaker and not a great thinker.

Obama might be both, of course, but if even a great speaker who is a great thinker has to use a teleprompter that much, what hope is there for anyone in the future to ever do more than just read a speech?

Ed O.

 

[barfo]

Without relevance, nobody would be watching......or even care for that matter.

Strike two.

Not sure what you are fishing for here. She's relevant because she wants to run for president, and because she's famous enough to do so. Duh.

Strike three. Checkmate.

barfo

 

[deception]

relevance? she reads off her goddam palm like a fifth grader and the teabaggers want her to run in 2012. and someone who cant remember- "energy", "tax" and "lift american spirits" is not fit to be president.

 

[ABM]

Not sure what you are fishing for here. She's relevant because she wants to run for president, and because she's famous enough to do so. Duh.

Strike three. Checkmate.

barfo

No, she's relevant because whatever message she's conveying is resonating beyond that little tea party movement. For whatever reason she appears to be connecting with all those soccer and hockey moms out there...you know, the ones who got Bush in office.

That said, she's not presidential material in my mind. Stump til the cows come home and leave it at that, Sarah.

 

[deception]

So he has to read every speech he gives ... why?

Palin is not a great speaker and not a great thinker.

Obama might be both, of course, but if even a great speaker who is a great thinker has to use a teleprompter that much, what hope is there for anyone in the future to ever do more than just read a speech?

Ed O.

i want my leaders to be prepared, but maybe u prefer palin's - off the cuff, throw bs at the wall and hope something resonates style better in your leaders.

 

[jlprk]

Remember when the teleprompter mysteriously failed early in Clinton's State of the Union, but he brilliantly gave the speech from memory? He carried on for half an hour before it worked again.

Remember when Bush was in a debate and he seemed mechanical and hesitant in his answers, even more so than usual? Photographs showed a rectangular object on his back, under his shirt. His speechwriters were transmitting answers to him. It was a big thing for a few days. Then the media never mentioned it again, so everyone forgot. The media has a much shorter memory for Republican shenanigans than Democratic ones.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Still better than using a teleprompter during a talk with 6th graders.

DING DING DING! We have a winner!

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Not sure what you are fishing for here. She's relevant because she wants to run for president, and because she's famous enough to do so. Duh.

Strike three. Checkmate.

barfo

Pssst. Pssst. Hey, barfo, there are no strikes in chess. And no checkmate in baseball. Sorry to be the one to tell you.

 

[barfo]

So he has to read every speech he gives ... why?

Does he have to? Or does he choose to?
Obviously, it's safer to have the teleprompter there in case you lose concentration, and obviously, it's more efficient to have the teleprompter there, because then you don't have to spend as much time memorizing your speech. So why wouldn't a rational speaker, given the choice, have a teleprompter?

I suspect that given enough time and effort, Obama could deliver a speech without a teleprompter. For that matter, I bet either Bush could too. As could Clinton. And certainly Reagan.

Not so sure about Palin, though.

Palin is not a great speaker and not a great thinker.

Obama might be both, of course, but if even a great speaker who is a great thinker has to use a teleprompter that much, what hope is there for anyone in the future to ever do more than just read a speech?

Ed O.

If lengthy extemporaneous presidential speaking is the goal, then I'd say there's not much hope. But I'm not sure that's a problem. There are plenty of opportunities to hear presidents speak unscripted; they don't need to give entire speeches without teleprompters for us to know how they react.

barfo

 

[julius]

She shouldn't be relevant. Hard to say why she still appears to be.

Because she, and people like her, makes money for the Glenn Becks, Bill O'reillys, Fox news and Rush Limbaughs of the world.

 

[BlazersBlood]

That said, she's not presidential material in my mind.

TKO

 

[ABM]

Because she, and people like her, makes money for the Glenn Becks, Bill O'reillys, Fox news....of the world.

In other words, the network that virtually everyone is watching? Dang, she's smarter than I thought.

 

[barfo]

No, she's relevant because whatever message she's conveying is resonating beyond that little tea party movement. For whatever reason she appears to be connecting with all those soccer and hockey moms out there...you know, the ones who got Bush in office.

That said, she's not presidential material in my mind. Stump til the cows come home and leave it at that, Sarah.

If she's not connecting with you, ABM, she's probably not connecting with anyone else either. What makes you think she "appears to be connecting with all those soccer moms"? Do the soccer moms tell you that? Exactly how much time are you spending with those soccer moms?

barfo

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Because she, and people like her, makes money for the Glenn Becks, Bill O'reillys, Fox news and Rush Limbaughs of the world.

?? That made no sense at all.

She's still relevant because she recently ran on a ticket to be VP of the USA. Remember Ferrarro (or however it's spelled)? She was just as bad, if not worse than Palin, and she made money giving speeches for a few years before her idiocy ran its course. Give Palin time. She'll too fade away.

 

[deception]

No, she's relevant because whatever message she's conveying is resonating beyond that little tea party movement. For whatever reason she appears to be connecting with all those soccer and hockey moms out there...you know, the ones who got Bush in office.

That said, she's not presidential material in my mind. Stump til the cows come home and leave it at that, Sarah.

the hispanics won the election for bush, fuck the "soccer moms" and "nascar dads". many ppl believe it was because karl rove utilized bush's hispanic nephew so effectively as well as the president's "compassionate" stance on immigration. in 08- obama won the hispanic vote and that was the difference. does palin resonate with hispanics? well probably as much as lou dobbs.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

If she's not connecting with you, ABM, she's probably not connecting with anyone else either. What makes you think she "appears to be connecting with all those soccer moms"? Do the soccer moms tell you that? Exactly how much time are you spending with those soccer moms?

barfo

Well, someone must be watching her as she continues to get speaking engagements.

But I'm sure she will be gone in a couple of years.