Posted on 02/07/2010 4:10:39 PM PST by kristinn
A spokesman for the Democratic National Committee today defended Barack Obama's reliance on a TelePrompTer while ratcheting up Hand-Gate by attacking former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for using notes scribbled on the palm of her hand last night at the Tea Party Nation convention in Nashville.
The Hand-Gate scandal was first reported by the Huffington Post and has been picked up by many other outlets including Think Progress, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post.
The New York Daily News buried the attack by the Democratic National Committee in their article about Hand-Gate:
She also gave Democrats an unexpected gift when video of the speech caught her glancing at notes written on her left palm.
Palin's grade school trick means she should no longer ridicule Obama's use of a TelePrompTer for speeches, said Democratic National Committee spokesman Hari Sevugan.
"Her hypocrisy has killed off the favorite silly GOP talking point," he said.
Palin had written on her left palm the words, "Energy, Tax Cuts, Lift American Spirits." The word "budget" was scratched out and replaced by "tax."
Obama was ridiculed last month for using a TelePrompTer to address 6th grade children at a Northern Virginia elementary school.
Obama's latest TelePrompTer gaffe was this past week when he repeatedly mispronounced "corpsman" as "corpse man" when speaking of a Navy corpsman serving in Haiti for earthquake relief.
Three points written on her hand vs. three well fed teleprompters being fed by spin meisters...
Yeah, I’ve done that. Have a few items I need to remember and write them on my hand. Never carried a teleprompter around though
The left really wants to try and argue less then half a dozen words on palm is the equivalent of what Obama does? Oh my...LOL
I would think this was done on purpose to make zero feel comfortable using a teleprompter
Palin uses reminders, Obama reads word for word from a video screen. Big difference.
Oh, yeah, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel on this one. Several words on the hand equals two teleprompters constantly in view. Every speaker uses tricks like notes on the hand or cards placed out of sight of the audience. I know, I used to teach computer classes and I needed my notes on some days. BUT, I didn’t read everything line by line as Bozo does every time he makes a speech.
lets see..
one has a few reminders written down on her palm...
the other is told word for word what to say by others...
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Liberals are stuck on stupid, I guess that's the reason they all live in the gheto on welfare.
We should ask Biden about it.
She just gave a one hour extemporaneous speech and follow up Q & A session with only those four lines on her hand. President TOTUS could not do that to save his life.
I have not seen anyone YET who gets them wetting their pants like she does since her first speech ripping the Conman.
LOL!
Palin is at her best when she is attacking the zero, and exposing him for the dumb affirmative action zero that he is.
Palin, as a private citizen, gets more scrutiny than any professional GOP politician. And they call it “handgate”. This is the most ridiculous political accusation I have ever seen.
CC—you crack me up! The Huffpo one is a classic.
We could have a field day with this!
These people are beyond stupid. Using a few notes on your hand is a far cry from relying on a teleprompter for every word that comes out of your mouth.
I didn’t see “corpse man” written on her hand.
Yawn
The Handgate scandal? What a farce! Democrat progressive liberal blowhards blowing about nothing...nada, zip. Per usual. Now, back to the game. Go Saints.
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