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This is petty and also rather ignorant Isaac Send a noteboard - 08/02/2010 03:59:40 AM
I can only assume whoever is making a fuss over this is probably not used to giving many presentations before a crowd, she had a list to major points on her hand, this is entirely common in an environment where notecards or prepared speech are not in order.

When I was a senior, I had to give a 45 minute lecture to room over around 400 people without ever talking more than maybe ten minutes tops in front of maybe 30 people tops. A prof of mine, when asked for advice, told me that most people talk too quietly and too fast, and I tended to speak especially fast. So I wrote on the palm of my hand, Speak Loud Slow Down. To this day I often still write SLSD on my hand prior to presentations, and it tends to show up in my notes a lot too. It has served me well.

SHe wrote Energy, Budgets, Tax cuts, lift american spirits - this looks to me like she jotted down her talking points. I promise you most public figures regularly have note cards that say things like that, it's a reminder of points you want to emphasize and cover, because it's easy to get distracted on stage. Obviously, she couldn't have a notecard in hand, skin works fine I also often write talking points on my palm. 'newton's laws, quiz friday, solve problem 9' for 'the lecture is about netwon's laws, don't get distracted and talk about relativity, don't forget to tell them you're giving them a quiz on friday, and demonstrate homework problem 9 on the board since a lot of people got it wrong' Oh, the embarrassment! I must be a seventh grader too

Get real, this is insanely petty and I rather suspect everyone complaining about it has little experience speaking before a crowd. Everyone has their personal bag of tricks for speaking. This is not an uncommon one, especially in a speaking format where there's no desk or podium to put notes.
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Palin reads Cheat Notes. - 08/02/2010 12:43:02 AM 1423 Views
Is it really worse than reading answers on a teleprompter? sorry, I see no big deal here. *NM* - 08/02/2010 01:02:49 AM 251 Views
yes yes it is. a teleprompter is subtle - 08/02/2010 01:22:17 AM 591 Views
a teleprompter is not subtle - 08/02/2010 02:25:46 PM 520 Views
staring openly and blatantly at your hand is? *NM* - 08/02/2010 03:09:25 PM 321 Views
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you're right, we probably would not have heard about it - 08/02/2010 07:56:09 PM 561 Views
Yes for what the notes were - 08/02/2010 12:44:35 PM 555 Views
no biggie *NM* - 08/02/2010 02:00:12 AM 270 Views
Isn't her 15 minutes over yet? *NM* - 08/02/2010 02:45:58 AM 357 Views
This only obscures the rational reasons for duly decrying her political popularity. Moooooooo. *NM* - 08/02/2010 03:19:45 AM 324 Views
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Calling someone who needs a cheat sheet for their talking points stupid isn't an ad hominem, IMHO. - 08/02/2010 12:13:36 PM 535 Views
soory but your wrong, again - 08/02/2010 02:23:31 PM 495 Views
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Agreed, but Palin and other Republicans, not I, drew the comparison. - 15/02/2010 01:02:25 PM 672 Views
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Hadn't heard, actually. - 19/02/2010 06:58:50 AM 649 Views
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Ben was asleep at the switch, clearly. - 29/03/2010 02:48:46 PM 679 Views
oh yes, and the right never uses ad hominem - 08/02/2010 03:56:42 PM 490 Views
This is petty and also rather ignorant - 08/02/2010 03:59:40 AM 687 Views
There had to be better ways, though - 08/02/2010 08:36:50 AM 443 Views
so you're saying you're as dumb as sarah palin? - 08/02/2010 10:55:00 AM 501 Views
Basically yes - 08/02/2010 06:57:16 PM 557 Views
a couple of points... - 09/02/2010 01:53:29 AM 522 Views
Let me get this straight. - 08/02/2010 03:59:40 AM 600 Views
Okay, folks, it's not that she had a cheat sheet. - 08/02/2010 04:39:06 AM 556 Views
Style is EVERYTHING, dammit! *NM* - 08/02/2010 05:34:14 AM 282 Views
As Cheat Sheet was raised as an objection, so it clearly was - 08/02/2010 06:16:57 AM 660 Views
It's completely unprofessional - 08/02/2010 08:27:47 AM 520 Views
why? - 08/02/2010 02:29:44 PM 544 Views
well it's all she's got going for her. *NM* - 08/02/2010 03:10:37 PM 233 Views
You know that's a good question - 08/02/2010 05:19:10 PM 506 Views
maybe you are just projecting - 08/02/2010 06:15:57 PM 510 Views
well what is the association we have with notes on hands? - 08/02/2010 07:58:41 PM 536 Views
or people on the far left are being grossly disingenuous - 08/02/2010 08:18:06 PM 649 Views
dude, only posted it because it was funny - 08/02/2010 08:43:55 PM 504 Views
I agree on your title - 09/02/2010 11:30:11 AM 572 Views
Who cares? She's hot. *NM* - 08/02/2010 03:06:58 PM 245 Views
I agree with your first sentence. *NM* - 08/02/2010 03:07:31 PM 346 Views
I also totally agree with that first sentence. *NM* - 08/02/2010 03:48:24 PM 273 Views
Much ado about nothing. She was just making sure she didn't forget anything. - 09/02/2010 02:00:56 AM 487 Views
No, humble would have been note cards. *NM* - 09/02/2010 05:55:27 AM 251 Views
Nah, note cards can be dropped or lost. - 09/02/2010 03:03:25 PM 506 Views
She's such a retard. *NM* - 09/02/2010 02:46:51 AM 274 Views
Maybe - 09/02/2010 09:29:45 AM 543 Views
No offense, girlie. - 09/02/2010 11:36:55 AM 649 Views
She should have left herself a note... - 09/02/2010 11:04:34 PM 512 Views

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