Gibbs Takes Swipe At Palin With Hand Note

Riehl World View ^ | 9 Feb 2010 | Dan Riehl

[Rummyfan]

CBS has an image up, saying the video is coming, soon. Tell me again who the childish ones are, here? About all this administration seems good for right now are the jokes, frankly. Maybe Gibbs should have written, "Get a job!"

Gibbs' move was a jab at Sarah Palin, who was shown to have written notes on her hand at a speech at the Tea Party convention Saturday after making an implicit criticism of the president for using a TelePrompTer.

Gibbs quipped that he had made the notes in case he and the press corps are snowed in. He said the words written on his hands included "eggs," and that he had written "toast" but crossed it out.

Palin wrote the words "Energy," "Budget cuts" (which was crossed out), "Tax," and "Lift Americans Spirits" on the inside of her left hand.

[Rummyfan]

[Always Right]

Sarah is really in the White House’s head. These guys are a bunch of adolescent amateurs the way they respond to her with.

[Cowboy Bob]

I’d like to see a reporter ask Gibbs if Obama is willing to give up the use of the Teleprompter during his speaches...

[Dallas59]

Gibbs should be impeached.

[antceecee]

Just enforces the point... children in charge of this administration. Where are the grown-ups?

[Soul Seeker]

I’ve seen a lot happen in Washington. This was among the most childish. I’m not sure I can recall it’s equivalent. It wasn’t a slap at her so much as it was just embarassing for them.

Next thing they’ll do is yank on her hair and run away.

How old are the people in this administration.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

This was pathetic - and they know it - but they did it anyway.

[toddausauras]

I have a feeling (could be wrong) that Gibbs was majorly chewed out by Rahm for this. They let us see them sweat today. Palin sweat.

[Redcloak]

Gibbs might have a point if his guy didn’t have “Stop staring at your hand and look at the teleprompter you idiot!” written on his palm.

[Gator113]

With the possible exception of the kitchen staff and the Secret Service, there isn’t a single professional within that White House.

Imagine if Tony Snow (may he be RIP) would have done something so childish.

[rhinohunter]

This shows what worries these people most. Not the economy, not unemployment, not terrorism, not Iran. No -- the biggest worry in their little minds is the woman coming to sweep them from office in 2012.

[alpo]

Gibbs Right Hand : Inhale

Left Hand : Exhale

[sourcery]

“Talk to the hand!”

[RoadKingSE]

I’m surprised Bobby’s “palm” notes lasted long enough to be seen on camera considering his favorite activity with that hand. Maybe he got one of Keith Olbermann’s famous reach-arounds before the press conference.

[South40]

Since when did ridiculing the president's critics become part of the White House press sectretary's job description?

Gibbs is petty and a halfwit. And I love it that Hussein is too stupid to realize it.

[Razz Barry]

What's wrong with writing things on your hand? On mine I have, “Obama is a moron. I'm not sure he has opposable thumbs.” I stole it from “Steel Magnolias”.

[Mad Dawgg]

MSNBC Has Their Panties In A Bunch About Gov. Palin's Hand #tcot (UPDATE Gibbs mocks Gov. Palin also)

[Rastus]

Craig Northey (I'll be surprised if anyone knows the name) once said:

You wrote it down somewhere on your hand
You used your hand for something, and you washed it, now there's nothin'
Shoot from the hip, that's where those words'll be
You rock so hard in the mirror by yourself you can do this in your sleep

As for the "can't believe she would criticize him for using a teleprompter when she has crib notes on her hand"--uhh, there's a limited amount of information you can write on a human hand. It's just there to, well, prompt in case she loses her train of thought. He has to have a teleprompter to introduce people and to speak to sixth graders.

[Rastus]

On that last note, I go to Al Simon:

If I was the President
The minute a sixth grader called my name
I'd say, "Who do? Who do you think you're foolin'?
              I got the Presidential Seal
              I'm up at the Presidential podium
              My mama loved me, she loved me
              She kept my birth certificate from me
              'Cause she loved me like a rock."