The left thought they had another surefire Sarah Palin attack on their hands (pun intended) when she was caught using hand notes during a speech and Q&A session.
It didn’t take long for the attack to bite them on the ass tho. Video flashback of Senator Dianne Feinstein using hand notes during a debate:
Even better, the rules of the debate forbade the use of notes. On the hands or on paper.
Palin used it during a speech, not a debate.
As we’ve noted before on this blog, being unable to coherently put two sentences together without the use of a teleprompter is abundantly more ignorant than having to refer to a few words on the palm of your hand to ensure you bring up a few important topics.
Even when Obama uses a teleprompter he messes it all up.
Honestly, this kerfuffle has me entirely perplexed. Who doesn’t know someone who routinely jots down notes on their hand? In my earlier career, I worked with several people who used this habit, including one of my key direct reports, perhaps one of the most competent people with whom I ever worked. In my mind, having someone at the podium that can speak at length more or less extemporaneously while working from a small set of notes indicates more poise, presence, and preparation than reading a prepared text word for word, although there’s nothing wrong with the latter approach, either. If Palin’s opponents are exerting themselves over the placement of the notes, it tends to indicate that they have no real substantive rebuttal to her speech.
Nothing to be perplexed about when it comes to Sarah Palin attacks. None of them make sense.
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