Video: The media’s got a fee-vah and the only prescription is more Palin crib notes
posted at 4:52 pm on February 8, 2010 by Allahpundit
Via Media Blog, Breitbart, and Think Progress, a smattering of “insight” on the greatest political scandal of modern times: Sarah Palin’s crib notes. Of the three clips, the slo-mo replay in the CNN video is my very favorite moment, but Shuster’s “hmmm” and Mitchell’s hand-wringing over what public reaction would be had Mitt Romney done this (horrors!) are close seconds. Nate Silver’s point that writing on her hand plays into negative aspects of Palin’s image is fine, I guess — Obama’s silly “corpsman” gaffe resonated for the same reason — but I’m mystified by the hypocrisy charge. Goofing on Obama for being some sort of presidential Ron Burgundy with his teleprompter is now unfair because she used … a five-word list of bullet points?
It’s nice to see that Sarahcuda’s having fun with it, though. “Hi Mom!”
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Zero can\’t cut his own crib notes down to less than five-thousand lines, so he\’s stuck with TOTUS.
Maquis on February 8, 2010 at 4:55 PM
Irrelevant quitters always have writing on their hands discussed on the national news.
lorien1973 on February 8, 2010 at 4:55 PM
Wow, she had all that on her hand!
Man, I thought I was clever when I got it on a water bottle label…
(/sarc)
Rightwingguy on February 8, 2010 at 4:56 PM
I honestly do wonder if she wrote on her hand intentionally to do a media tweak like Rush Limbaugh does. Because she also paper with her for her speech.
The “Hi Mom!” a day later seems to point in that direction.
Enoxo on February 8, 2010 at 4:56 PM
…in other news, the MSM is still mystified that their ratings are dropping like stones while FNC ratings are skyrocketing…
Rebar on February 8, 2010 at 4:56 PM
Andrea Mitchell’s voice just grates on the nerves. ::Shudder::
This whole “controversy” is so dumb, I can’t even find the energy to make fun of the Left for actually running with it.
changer1701 on February 8, 2010 at 4:56 PM
That’s not a cheat sheet. It’s a reminder list, simply to remember to stress those points. So what?
zauriel on February 8, 2010 at 4:56 PM
Flummoxed.
They don’t know what to do.
“She wrote crib notes on her hand? That’s not in the manual! She can’t do that!”
turfmann on February 8, 2010 at 4:57 PM
So Andrea the Stalker is worried about how the public would react to Mitt Romney writing on his hand? Girl, Single White Female was just a movie, not a script for handling a political figure.
BradSchwartze on February 8, 2010 at 4:57 PM
She had 6 words on her hand and spoke for 40 minutes.
Let’s see Obummer do that.
ladyingray on February 8, 2010 at 4:57 PM
that “Hi-Mom” was classic Palin. She loves to tweak the far-left media like that.
ousoonerfan15 on February 8, 2010 at 4:57 PM
Look at those gams….
pseudonominus on February 8, 2010 at 4:58 PM
This fever is all the more hilarious, coming from defenders of a guy who can’t even introduce his own staff members without a teleprompter, and has the reading comprehension (and grammar) of a sixth grader.
Vashta.Nerada on February 8, 2010 at 4:58 PM
I don’t have expectations of the media, but this sets a new bar. Is any real person bothered by this at all? I mean, anyone who has given public speeches before has used outline or bullet points they don’t want to pass over accidentally. What’s the problem? That she wrote in on her hand?
I’m not getting the “outrage”.
Spirit of 1776 on February 8, 2010 at 4:58 PM
So let me get this right!
Sarah has a few words on her hand for one speech she gets an F.
Zero uses TOTUS everywhere he goes and he gets a B+.
hhhhmmmmm
Maybe Sarah should start carrying a teleprompter around and see what the liberals say to that.
Brat4life on February 8, 2010 at 4:58 PM
She’s in Beck, Rush territory. She knows how to play the media like a fiddle. Everytime the media criticizes her, she gains more attention and popularity, while the base becomes more defensive and supportive of her. She is a smart woman.
I hope she runs in 2012. She gets my vote.
cubachi on February 8, 2010 at 4:59 PM
You always boil it down perfectly.
ctmom on February 8, 2010 at 5:00 PM
Palinmania on HA today!
pseudonominus on February 8, 2010 at 5:00 PM
This story just gets funnier and funnier. The media has become truly pathetic. CNN w/ a slow mo….LOL!! Palin plays them like fools… even RINOs and some conservatives can’t understand it. Last week it was email/Toddgate, this week, its palm/handgate…
davek70 on February 8, 2010 at 5:00 PM
See, one has an entire speech laid out for you, and another has 3 talking points which she expands upon. Clearly, she is a total moron.
(/sarc)
Rightwingguy on February 8, 2010 at 5:00 PM
I’d make sure I have something written on both hands every time I go out in public.
Perhaps she could write a simple “FU” on there and see what happens! LOL
Oink on February 8, 2010 at 5:00 PM
Superb controversy. It will make people wonder, “What are these strange and foreign concepts – Energy? Tax Cuts? Lift American Spirits? What could they mean?”
RushBaby on February 8, 2010 at 5:00 PM
Fact: Nate Silver wants Palin’s image to be in the toilet. Another fact: There are more articles written about Palin’s five words on her hands than Obama’s “corpseman” gaffe.
deidre on February 8, 2010 at 5:00 PM
they can’t respond to her actual speech so that stoop to this crap….PATHETIC
cmsinaz on February 8, 2010 at 5:01 PM
Oh yes, this is definitely worse than Ogabe needing a teleprompter to talk to his family at the diner table. /s
Caper29 on February 8, 2010 at 5:01 PM
I should have had a V-8.
hawkman on February 8, 2010 at 5:01 PM
Extra points for mispronouncing commonly used words.
Rightwingguy on February 8, 2010 at 5:01 PM
Next time, she should write real big on her hand and hold it up,
Andrea Mitchell – outmatched
MSNBC – last place
lonestar1 on February 8, 2010 at 5:01 PM
HI MOM!
Cute :)
upinak on February 8, 2010 at 5:02 PM
And I thought nothing could top “Visor-gate” in dumbness. Never underestimate the media’s guttersniping.
Emily M. on February 8, 2010 at 5:02 PM
Redneck teleprompter!
John the Libertarian on February 8, 2010 at 5:03 PM
If Ron Paul had done that, this thread would be one bashfest of a “looney tune”. If Obama had done it, it would be more proof that the man is a dunce. Sarah Palin does it, and it’s the media that is stupid. The woman can do no wrong. I guess how one perceives events is determined by one’s political bias. You think?
keep the change on February 8, 2010 at 5:03 PM
lol…that’s a good one!
JetBoy on February 8, 2010 at 5:03 PM
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WashJeff on February 8, 2010 at 5:04 PM
Good job, drive-bys. Because we all know that 6 words scribbled on one’s hand while delivering a 40-minute speech is the same as relying on a teleprompter to speak to a group of 6th graders.
I swear, the media is in the same boat as the Congressional Dems at this point. They’re so far gone that they feel there’s no other choice but to double-down on this insanity.
And I’m starting to wonder if Palin wrote on her hand intentionally to screw with the drive-bys. It’s not like she couldn’t have jotted those words down on a piece of paper. Just like the Rahm Emanuel episode might’ve just been a test by her to see how much clout her Facebook posts really have with this administration(which is a helluva lot based on the aftermath).
Doughboy on February 8, 2010 at 5:04 PM
They have to go after her hand, they can’t go after her speech. Classic Palin–”talk to the hand, suckers!!!”
lovingmyUSA on February 8, 2010 at 5:04 PM
I just like the notion that her common sense conservative principles can be boiled down to four bullet items
John the Libertarian on February 8, 2010 at 5:05 PM
They’re all worried that about ink tranfer for when she b!tch slaps them.
Abby Adams on February 8, 2010 at 5:06 PM
Imagine if she runs in 12….they will wet themselves daily trying to find stuff like this…it would be fun to watch!
Meanwhile, our lead story today is Sarah Palin had socks on that did not match her shoes…we go to a live report followed later by the live shots of the mushroom cloud over Israel tonight….but first, back to those socks and shoes…Andrea, take it from here!
SDarchitect on February 8, 2010 at 5:06 PM
I just hope that Palin continues doing it, just to get the media to slather even more attention on her.
In fact, she should write on her hand “Ridicule media for concentrating on writing on my hand” and make sure to show it to everyone; that would shut them up.
Bishop on February 8, 2010 at 5:06 PM
Actually, if Obama had done it, I would have appluaded him for stepping up. It would be kind of like taking off the training wheels and easing his way onto a big-boy bike.
Emily M. on February 8, 2010 at 5:06 PM
she still had a teleprompter.
Palin Steele on February 8, 2010 at 5:06 PM
If only Palin was a communist and had gone to Harvard … this would be touted as something only brilliant, deep thinkers do.
darwin on February 8, 2010 at 5:06 PM
You got that right.
ddrintn on February 8, 2010 at 5:07 PM
What a bunch of hypocrites….Sarah is being about as “green” as you can be, but still no respect….
Let’s see,
Obama uses a Teleprompter…Cuda uses hand.
Has back-up paper copy…Cuda uses other hand
Teleprompter uses energy…hand does not
Teleprompter is an extra check-in bag….hand is not
God I’m having fun with this….I could keep on going…
PatriotRider on February 8, 2010 at 5:07 PM
For me, it wasn’t that she had stuff that was written on her hand. It was what she wrote. All seemingly innocuous boilerplate. “Tax cut”? “Lift America’s Spirit”? Not exactly cheat notes for a calculus exam.
Interesting, but not a big deal.
YYZ on February 8, 2010 at 5:07 PM
no she didnt liar
ousoonerfan15 on February 8, 2010 at 5:07 PM
Ah…. uh…. the uh… ah… breathalyzer… ah… ten… um… hang on… hang on… I haven’t had much sleep lately… the… uh… yeah, I’m glad you’re all excited… yeah… um… ah…
Daggett on February 8, 2010 at 5:07 PM
Do not the intellectual elites of the media know how stupid this makes Obama look?
jukin on February 8, 2010 at 5:07 PM
Arrrrrg! Messed up my post!
On the main HA page look at the Murtha picture under Top Picks and then Palen’s hand picture under The Blog.
What is Murtha reading from his palms?
WashJeff on February 8, 2010 at 5:08 PM
She didn’t use a teleprompter.
deidre on February 8, 2010 at 5:08 PM
Reference?
ddrintn on February 8, 2010 at 5:08 PM
Totus could not be reached for comment.
ronsfi on February 8, 2010 at 5:08 PM
Oh he could fill 40 minutes and then some without a teleprompter. Of course it would be an incoherent jumble of ums, uhs, ahs and other rambling. mispronunciations and lies, but he could go on and on and on.
Monica on February 8, 2010 at 5:09 PM
Ah yes. That explains why the media never really covers Paris Hilton and such.
crr6 on February 8, 2010 at 5:09 PM
This is what happens when you get slapped around by her speech. You resort to picking on her notes.
Has HuffPo, Andrea Mitchell, et al weighed in on the substance of her speech yet? Didn’t think so.
uknowmorethanme on February 8, 2010 at 5:10 PM
If you hurry up, you might be able to catch his point, because it obviously went right over your head.
uknowmorethanme on February 8, 2010 at 5:11 PM
I hope someone gets custom foam hands made for her next appearance or next Tea Party rally!
Brat on February 8, 2010 at 5:11 PM
Oh, c’mon, leave Andrea Mitchell alone. After that little episode where Andrea barged in line at Palin’s book signing (where the look on Mitchell’s face was frickin’ priceless), the woman has practically no self respect left.
The only thing worse for Andrea would be for news to surface that she’s getting banged by Keith Olberman…
/ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Wanderlust on February 8, 2010 at 5:11 PM
Even the “serious news” folks at MSNBC, like Mitchell, Todd, and Scarborough are openly mocking Palin. They’re flailing around, trying to get a grip on something, anything, to keep from drowning, and it isn’t working. They’re chest deep in rhetorical quicksand and the more they struggle (mocking Palin) the deeper they sink.
pugwriter on February 8, 2010 at 5:11 PM
Proof?
Knucklehead on February 8, 2010 at 5:11 PM
Aren’t the Palinistas a little unsettled about the recent news that her husband wrote a bunch of memos while she was Governor? Isn’t this exactly the same thing we made fun of Hillary doing with Bill in the White House? Please explain to me how its different. Nobody elected Todd Palin to anything. I don’t see why he should be communicating about Alaska governmental subjects.
Speedwagon82 on February 8, 2010 at 5:11 PM
I heard he does, he wrote “don’t yell ‘Who let the dogs out!’ whenever you see a group of young black men”
Norwegian on February 8, 2010 at 5:11 PM
The only time Andrew Mitchell covers Paris Hilton is when she’s trying to get a puff of smoke out of Greenspan.
lorien1973 on February 8, 2010 at 5:12 PM
This is hysterical. I’m with Tom Maguire on this.
You’ve all been had.
drjohn on February 8, 2010 at 5:12 PM
How so? And how does a six word list constitute “crib notes”?
I guess we will need to point out, from now on, every time someone says, “In the first place” that that person is utilizing a Roman mnemonic technique and is “cribbing”.
“Corpse-man” was far more than a mere gaffe. It was a deep indicator of the background of the person who uttered it. And not a flattering one – to an American – either.
neurosculptor on February 8, 2010 at 5:12 PM
What I found interesting is that Saturday night I had to run an errand in my car and caught the national ABC news top-of-the-hour report the first item was that Sarah Palin was about to speak at the several hundred dollar a plate Tea Party Convention. I thought to myself, how interesting we are hearing about an ex-vice presidential candidate speaking at a fringe event. Somebody thinks she’s a big deal.
Queen0fCups on February 8, 2010 at 5:12 PM
Also note that Paris Hilton sells more magazines than liberal slant ever will. Which is sad really, and also explains the MSM’s recent fascination with gossip.
uknowmorethanme on February 8, 2010 at 5:12 PM
Insincere liar lies to advance his own narrative.
daesleeper on February 8, 2010 at 5:12 PM
prove that she didn’t have a teleprompter.
I doubt she could speak for 40 minutes without one.
Palin Steele on February 8, 2010 at 5:12 PM
It must be hard to type when you have to keep looking at your hand all the time. I don’t even want to know what the other hand is doing……
Mallard T. Drake on February 8, 2010 at 5:12 PM
The next time Gov. Palin should just pen “Hi, Andrea!” or “Hi, Katie!” so that no feelings are hurt.
American news media are so shallow.
onlineanalyst on February 8, 2010 at 5:13 PM
More like Olbermann gets her to spank him for being such a bad, bad, bathtub boy.
darwin on February 8, 2010 at 5:13 PM
Written on Obama’s hand..”57 States, breathalyzer and Punished with a Baby”
Caper29 on February 8, 2010 at 5:13 PM
Go Sarah…
You have them eating (I sorry reading) out of your hand!!!
spen52 on February 8, 2010 at 5:13 PM
Awww.
uknowmorethanme on February 8, 2010 at 5:13 PM
Uh, she had paper and her hand. Unless she had a teleprompter built into the podium she kept looking down at… you’re still an idiot.
With that said, come back to Ace’s… we miss making fun of you over there!
Enoxo on February 8, 2010 at 5:13 PM
As I said in other threads, the libs are trying to use this as a way to stop the criticism of Obowmao’s inability to use a teleprompter effectively. This is an equivalency for the Left: Palin wrote on her hand, so we’re all ‘hypocrites’ for snickering when O’s stumbling use of a teleprompter shows him to be the fool he is.
The Left strains out gnats while passing camels through their filter.
Liam on February 8, 2010 at 5:13 PM
Arguments from ignorance do not normally play well.
lorien1973 on February 8, 2010 at 5:13 PM
Did you read them? If not, do so … then come back.
darwin on February 8, 2010 at 5:14 PM
It’s all they got left.
uknowmorethanme on February 8, 2010 at 5:14 PM
The last management course I attended stressed the use of notes. Always take notes. With so many distractions how can you not take notes. Unless you have nothing to remember.
obleo on February 8, 2010 at 5:15 PM
Flailing.
ddrintn on February 8, 2010 at 5:15 PM
You have out-parodied yourself you depressing ignoramus! HAHAH!
daesleeper on February 8, 2010 at 5:15 PM
Has anyone accused her of not actually writing it…that maybe someone wrote it for her. Handwriting analysis stat!! Piper wrote it!
/
Brat on February 8, 2010 at 5:15 PM
Um no. I got it. You just missed mine. Try and keep up.
crr6 on February 8, 2010 at 5:15 PM
You mean the 2000+ on handgate verses the 17 on corpsemangate.
chemman on February 8, 2010 at 5:16 PM
someone just said she had papers. I knew she couldnt speak extemporaneously for 40 min…at least not without sounding incomprehensible without a prepared speech.
Palin Steele on February 8, 2010 at 5:16 PM
No, you prove she had one, since you’re the one who made that assertion.
Missy on February 8, 2010 at 5:16 PM
When the MSM is this scared of somebody it tells you something.
Starlink on February 8, 2010 at 5:16 PM
And Hillary had a lot of input with Bill, didn’t she? But that’s okay, right?
At least Mr. Palin wasn’t throwing ashtrays.
Liam on February 8, 2010 at 5:17 PM
Obama Communication Tool Budget: $237,000 worth of teleprompter
Palin Communication Tool Budget: $1.98 – 1 Pack of Bic Pens
portlandon on February 8, 2010 at 5:17 PM
Worth repeating.
misterpeasea on February 8, 2010 at 5:17 PM
Where’s Gary to tell everyone that this never actually happened?
rjl1999 on February 8, 2010 at 5:17 PM
Did Sarah Palin put Todd in charge of some state task force charged with radically altering state policy, huddled with lawyers behind closed doors? If not, your Hillary comparison breaks down.
Otherwise, *yawn*.
ddrintn on February 8, 2010 at 5:18 PM
You prove it!
donh525 on February 8, 2010 at 5:19 PM
Pretty much anyone in the country making a speech of any length is going to have notes or papers of some kind, at minimum. But you said she had a teleprompter, implying that every word of the speech was laid out for her to read. That’s what Obama does.
Nice backpedal.
Missy on February 8, 2010 at 5:19 PM
I’m not really sure you know anything, much less that Palin can’t speak extemporaneously.
darwin on February 8, 2010 at 5:19 PM
“10,000 dead in tornado”, “the Austrian language”, “Bow to all non-western dictators and potentates”, “profit and earnings ratios”, “my muslim faith”, “I was little Jakarta street kid”, “$30,000, $40,000, or even $50,000 to hack your feet off for profit and fun”, “Tonsils are pulled by doctors who need a quick buck”, … and on and on and on.
neurosculptor on February 8, 2010 at 5:19 PM
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