You gotta love Sarah Palin. Besides being an attractive woman with nice hair, she is such a great entertainer. No matter where you see her, she is never boring or dull. She always leaves a lasting impression on all who see her, hear her, and follow her antics.
Take, of example, these photos . If you look carefully, you will see that Sarah writes on her hands with black ink. She writes words of reminder, much like a 5th grader might write answers for expected questions on a forthcoming test.
Of course, many politicians often use teleprompters when giving lengthy speeches to help them not have to look down and away from an audience to read the next several lines from a speech. These helps in maintaining the continuity of the speech with minimum distraction to the audience. Teleprompters are not designed to provide memory joggers to possible questions from the press, although it is conceivable that they could be used in this manner with some preparation.
However, when someone is in an answer & question session with members of the audience or the press, he or she is expected to know answers relating to their own personal beliefs and opinions on a whole range of issues. He or she is also expected to have essential knowledge about the basic programs and policies they support (or do not support). They are not expected to have to refer to “crib notes” written on their hand to reminder them that energy independence, for example, is one of their own personal priorities.
But at the first-ever convention of the ultra-right-wing Tea Party last weekend in Nashville, Tennessee, Sarah Palin was the keynote speaker. She was also interviewed in numerous venues. Take a look at the video featured HERE. She is seen clearly having to look down at her hand to reminder her that energy is one of her priorities. While neither the Tea Party convention organizers nor Sarah Palin’s staff would answer questions about whether Palin knew the questions beforehand, it is reasonable to assume that she did have that information. Otherwise, she would not have written the exact words on her hand that would be used in her answers to those questions.
Shortly after the convention, Sarah Palin publicly announced that she was not ruling out a run for the US presidency in 2012, when, presumably, she would be opposing president Barack Obama’s bid for a second four-year term. At almost the same time, the press got ahold of the story about Sarah’s writing job on her hands. Timing, they say, is everything…
What, you might ask, is so wrong about someone writing reminders on their hands? After all, millions write telephone numbers on their hands when they have nothing else to write on. People may write shopping items on their hand when they all of a sudden remember them.
And besides, president Barack Obama, known as a master orator, uses teleprompters when giving speeches. In fact, before the tea Party convention, Sarah Palin had criticized Obama’s use of teleprompters! That’s interesting, since both former president GW Bush and her own running mate in 2008, John McCain, used teleprompters. And in all probability, as candidate for US vice-president, so did she.
Sarah Palin’s need to refer to written notes from time to time is certainly acceptable and really not the issue. The issue is her judgment. She clearly had no idea that she would be seen as a 5th grader cheating on a test in school. And worse, she didn’t realize that first criticizing Obama for using teleprompters, and then later publicly referring to her priorities written on her hand would look hypocritical, primitive and downright stupid.
Remember that this is the same person who claimed experience and knowledge in foreign policy issues because Canada borders her home state Alaska to the east, and she can see an island belonging to Russia off Alaska to the west.
What is most astounding, however is that some folks actually see Sarah Palin as president of the most powerful and complicated nation on Earth despite what she says and does in public; but then, there are plenty of people who simply are not very bright or not very informed, or both. Sarah, herself, seems oblivious to how things she does and says make her look within the framework of her presumed presidential ambitions. It just seems crazy.
On the other hand, maybe she’s crazy like a fox. Maybe she’s doing exactly what some folks think the seemingly-lunatic-ultra-extreme-right-wing-fringe (but possibly closet-liberal) Ann Coulter has done, which is to market herself exquisitely.
Maybe Sarah is simply setting herself up for a career in the entertainment field…maybe as a talk show host….maybe…maybe…as Rush’s competition??
Wow! Talk about turning your hand into a job! 
As a feminist I can tell you that Sarah Palin is an embarrassment to women everywhere. She is the embodiment of an airhead who makes women look like they have no mind. I just wish she would fade back into the role of baby-factory…and do it quietly.
Wow! She really frightens you and the 20% of americans that describe themselves as liberals. Our president Obama calls navy corpsman “corpseman” not only once but 3 times reading from his crutch. Can you imagine what the reaction would have been if she said it. She gives a speech for 40 minutes without the aid of a teleprompter and you have a problem with her using bullet points written on her hand. Typical liberal response from you wanting to silence her and opposing views.