She didn't just have notes on her hand - SHE WAS READING FROM A PREPARED TEXT!

[EffieBlack]

Lost in all of the discussion about Sarah Palin's Senor Wences performance is that her little hand notes were obviously just to help her out in the "Q&A" session. Before that, she was reading her speech from a prepared text on the sheath of papers she took with her to the podium.

So, to those who are trying to claim that a couple of notes jotted down in one's palm is no big deal and pales in comparison to reading from a teleprompter, how do you argue it is not pure hypocrisy (not to mention outrigh guffaw-provoking irony) to use a written speech to attack a person for reading a written speech?

[BrklynLiberal]

1. "Senor Wences performance " ROTFLMAO!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[timeforpeace]

2. I thought the criticism was Obama never speaks extemporaneously, not that he uses one in a speech.

[RC]

3. I didn't see a teleprompter when Obama took on the repugs and shamed them.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

12. Well, we know that Obama *does* speak extemporaneously so either way that's a bullshit assertion

[Tippy]

4. I am surprise everyone didn't notice how she kept looking down

Her head was bobbing like a bobber on a fishing pole...several times she even lost her place you could always tell, she would touch the papger..I told my hubby and he agreed that is what she was doing. I didn't counn but it seemed like it was every third or forth sentence she would do this.

[EffieBlack]

5. She had the speech in her hand when she came onstage and regularly turned the pages as she spoke

It was clear as day that she was reading from a prepared text, yet the media seems to have completely missed that.

[Berry Cool]

7. Actually, Keith Olbermann pointed that out

and said that was one thing (although it's stupid to then criticize Obama for using a teleprompter), but it was pretty incredible that in a simple Q&A session she couldn't memorize the key points she wanted to hit.

[Oldtimeralso]

6. She is reading just like the TV newsreaders

She was so set on being a sports newsreader that she even named a child after ESPN's headquarter city, Bristol CON. On second thought maybe is was after the NASCAR track in Bristol TN.

[BlueJac]

8. Unfortunately I think she could be president......

this has turned into the stupidest country on earth. Kool aid is free!!!!

[Andy823]

9. Not me.

I honestly have a higher regard for the majority of people in this country! There may be a "minority" that would vote for her, but the "majority" are much smarter than you give them credit for!

[secondwind]

10. I agree. No way is this idiot even going to run for President.

[jenmito]

11. Exactly! I emailed the media to tell them that...those who reported it incorrectly. n/t

[EffieBlack]

13. Good for you

It's amazing how, once they all chase after the same bone, they totally miss other obvious details - and then sit quietly as irresponsible pundits and commentators base their spurious arguments on the misinformation:

Clueless reporter: Isn't it a little bit hypocritical for Sarah Palin to criticize President Obama for using a teleprompter when she is using notes she wrote on her hand?

Irresponsible Pundit: Oh, come on, Steve (Chuck, Andrea, Heidi). There's a big difference between using a couple of notes - we all do that - and reading an entire speech off of a teleprompter.

Clueless Reporter: Duh. I guess you're right. Hadn't thought of that. Thanks for being our guest today . . .

What a REAL journalist would say:

Real Journalist: Oh, come on nothing, IP. There may be a big difference between a couple of little notes on her hand and a speech on a teleprompter. But there's NO difference between reading a speech that was printed out on white paper and reading a speech that was fed into a teleprompter.

So, I ask you again, IP. Isn't it hypocritical for Sarah Palin to criticize President Obama for reading from a teleprompter when she not only reads from a prepared text, too, but also relies on crib notes to remember what her top issues are?