The difference in my mind between Obama reading a teleprompter for a whole speech and Palin needing her hand to remind her she wants to cut taxes is that there's a lot more detail in the former, and it's easy to forget stuff. "Cut taxes, drill ANWAR and Go, America!" is simple enough I only had to check her notes once, and I haven't been campaigning on them for two years straight.
This is, of course, a totally flaweed analogy and I tihnk you know it, Palin uses paper or prompter for speeches too, there's a reason to employ speechwriters, and of course one normally has a lot of back and forth with them. they tend to be one of the few people who can pretty much tromp into POTUS's office without an appointment. Nobody expects anyone to remember word for word a speech, nor is delivering one the least bit disingenious. No reasonable person expects someone not to put talking points, note, etc on notecards, and to point out that she had it on her hand is instead of a card is beyond silly. Why would you espect her to remember to bring up those points? One's ability to remember to do something like that isn't really based on intelligence. I'm a notorious digressor, my memory is fine, but I tend to wander off topic, scrawling my major points on my hand as a reminder seems pretty justified. Why did Palin do it? What were they specifically reminding her off? Don't know, but let's at least pretend she deserves benefit of the doubt and Occam's Razor.
I don't consider Palin a foreign policy expert for the same reason I didn't consider Bush one: They'd never had cause to look at it much until they ran for national office. I don't consider Obama a foreign policy expert for a similar reason, not so much that he's never been to the US Senate as that he didn't even finish his first term before running for President. His extensive personal travel abroad mitigates that a little, just as having Bush 41 for a dad did for Bush 43, but not enough. If you want to parse it that much, fine: Palin isn't necessarily stupid, but a disproportionate number of things she says are (like claiming live within 1000 miles of the Bering Strait made her knowledgeable about foreign policy; that was far more plausible when Bush said it about Mexico. )
Come, come, we know why she said that, it wasn't an ideal comment but she was pointing out that she lives near the border of Russia, not our ally canada or non-threatening mexico, but the country that for most of her life, and most of most voters lives, was our worst enemy. Need I remind you that Alaska and that area would have been where a lot of the battles would have happened, or that they are where a lot of our strikes would have originated from? Grow up in an area like that and it's likely to be something you take an interest in, let's apply benefit of the doubt and Occam's Razor again, comment translates as 'I've spent a big chunk of my life living very close to the border of our worst enemy, and as governor, I do in fact have to keep up on all the posts, installations, and forces that are or have been psotioned there to deal with the Soviets and now the Russians.' An ideal statement? Well, obviously not, but honestly it's as legit as Obama's living in Indonesia or visiting Kenya as a source of foriegn policy experience... which is to say not much, except it might have sparked a broader interest. She was not claiming expertise because she lived near Russia. She was saying her background was not that of a distant governor as implied but one from a state that is no more isolated from the world stage than Virginia or Maryland.
It's not about the issues; there have been plenty of staunch conservatives in the Republican Party who were far more knowledgeable, experienced and articulate than the ones embraced by the fundie right. Huckabee and Bob Dole are good examples, but you didn't see the people they represented flock to their banner because instead of stuttering a mumbled response to tough questions then waving an American flag they actually knew their stuff.
Not a huge Huckabee fan, but the only reason I didn't vote for Dole was I wasn't old enough. Nice example though, it was impossible to portray Dole as an idiot, so instead they pounded on him for his age and his tendency to refer to himself as 'Bob Dole' and implied he was senile. Another shining moment in liberal open-mindedness. Palin wasn't embraced by the fundie right, she was embraced by the populist right, this is no specific fundie right with a unified idealogy. The rest of us were just happy McCain picked a solid conservative who actually had some governing experience and crowd appeal. Which I'd point out 'relatively inexperienced but charismatic' may be a bad qualifier for VP but not something anyone on the left should really be lecturing us about considering POTUS.
Believed their own hype enough they didn't need a cheat sheet to remember what it was.
It's not a cheat sheet, you keep saying that, all it shows is that you lack any objectivity on the matter. You simply can not acknowledge that she might have just wanted reminders to stay on point and those were her points. It's like RT said, this whole things speaks way more about her detractors characters than hers.
I doubt you'll see Mike Huckabee turning up at a rally for a Republican Governor who tried to force every school girl in the state to take the (less than a year old) HPV vaccine, then shoved toll roads paid for in full by bond initiatives down the states throat, but that's what Palin was doing before she made the tea party where this video was shot. Perry's not even going to get renominated (which is actually bad, because Hutchison is a lot more like Huckabee than Palin when it comes to qualifications) but evidently he and the former Governor of Alaska don't realize that yet.
Kind of batting out of left field there, and I don't normally consider a vaccine known to prevent cervical cancer a bad thing. I also don't tend to think of toll roads and bonds as areas of public policy that tend to automatically reflect badly on someone's character, did you maybe want to list some specifics there? I'm not even sure if you are talking about Texas or Alaska.
It's not that no one takes the far right seriously, it's that the constituency keeps ignoring candidates like Dole and Huckabee for gaffe machines like Quayle, Bush 43 and Palin. "Unfit for Command" indeed.... 

We didn't ignore Dole, we nominated him for president and he lost. Huckabee's a good man but honestly I prefered Romney over him, and Huckabee would have been trashed at that time (maybe not in 2012) because of his being clergy. You know there are factions on the left that would have screamed non stop about how his nomination showed the right was trying to cram Jesus and rednecks down people's throats. We got McCain, we ran him, he lost. BE honest though, the GOP contestants were almost all vastly more experienced than the DEM candidates, what, I think only Richardson had much actual executive experience. You ran a pack of senators, the most experienced of which were gaffe-machine-biden and scandal ridden Dodd, and senator really isn't a good direct move to POTUS. After them, your remaining nominees all had equal or lesser experience to our vice-presidential nominee. You guys must have at least a dozen center-left governors you could have ran, where the heck were they? Bush Jr. was perfectly qualified to be POTUS and Quayle was no more a gaffe machine than Biden.
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Palin reads Cheat Notes.
08/02/2010 12:43:02 AM
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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
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yes yes it is. a teleprompter is subtle
08/02/2010 01:22:17 AM
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a teleprompter is not subtle
08/02/2010 02:25:46 PM
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staring openly and blatantly at your hand is? *NM*
08/02/2010 03:09:25 PM
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I think if anyone else had done the dame thing we wouldn't even had heard about
08/02/2010 06:13:44 PM
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Yes for what the notes were
08/02/2010 12:44:35 PM
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he is calling her content free while attacking her in such a content free manner?
08/02/2010 02:50:04 PM
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It's good the media still hounds her. I don't want her to be a candidate. *NM*
08/02/2010 01:20:21 AM
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This only obscures the rational reasons for duly decrying her political popularity. Moooooooo. *NM*
08/02/2010 03:19:45 AM
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I disagree, I think it underscores it.
08/02/2010 03:39:57 AM
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Or they might believe that a far left liberal
08/02/2010 04:16:51 AM
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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
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soory but your wrong, again
08/02/2010 02:23:31 PM
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You shouldn't need reminders of your major themes after two years pushing them.
08/02/2010 02:55:22 PM
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I used to work in a call center and had a note to remind me to talk slower
08/02/2010 05:54:25 PM
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I don't hate her, and I think most liberals love her.
09/02/2010 10:45:25 AM
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way to play the pregant daughter card
09/02/2010 03:06:37 PM
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*shrugs* If you're going to suggest sex ed is harmful, unnecessary and promotes promiscuity...
10/02/2010 08:34:16 AM
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so if you don't support the liberal agenda your family is fair game for attack? nice to you admit it
10/02/2010 06:26:30 PM
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Um, no, if you're going to demand everyone follow your advice it better not be disastrous for you.
11/02/2010 05:29:01 AM
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Do you have anb example of when she demanded everyone follow her advice?
11/02/2010 05:33:17 AM
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Honestly, her sex ed position seems so muddled to me it's hard to say
11/02/2010 06:50:39 AM
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That's a bit silly
08/02/2010 08:40:25 PM
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I'm perfectly happy to discuss her positions; I just think Huckabee does a better job of it.
09/02/2010 10:26:54 AM
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Well, let's discuss some of these points
09/02/2010 07:13:33 PM
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Re: Well, let's discuss some of these points
10/02/2010 09:15:04 AM
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Re: Well, let's discuss some of these points
10/02/2010 06:49:51 PM
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Ironically, Palin seems to agree this is different than using a teleprompter for a speech.
11/02/2010 09:05:19 AM
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Again, two seperate things
11/02/2010 09:51:15 PM
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Agreed, but Palin and other Republicans, not I, drew the comparison.
15/02/2010 01:02:25 PM
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Just to get the obligatory Feinstein comment out of the way...
15/02/2010 11:43:42 PM
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Hadn't heard, actually.
19/02/2010 06:58:50 AM
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Re: Hadn't heard, actually.
19/02/2010 08:32:11 AM
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Ah.
23/02/2010 09:55:45 PM
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Re: Ah.
24/02/2010 01:32:34 AM
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Yeah, I think we've reached an understanding if not agreement.
01/03/2010 03:51:49 AM
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Re: Yeah, I think we've reached an understanding if not agreement.
01/03/2010 11:46:24 PM
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Re: Yeah, I think we've reached an understanding if not agreement.
05/03/2010 12:11:48 AM
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Random Title
05/03/2010 02:49:59 AM
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Re: Random Title
15/03/2010 05:37:22 AM
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Re: Random Title
15/03/2010 09:17:53 PM
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I disagree. For all we know she has a learning disability. "Disability" does not equal "stupid".
09/02/2010 03:23:24 PM
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A possibility I hadn't considered, true, and sorry if I gave offense.
10/02/2010 08:25:52 AM
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oh yes, and the right never uses ad hominem
08/02/2010 03:56:42 PM
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I do see as the primary focus like I see from the left these days *NM*
08/02/2010 06:15:22 PM
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could you rephrase? you seem to be missing a noun or something in there. *NM*
08/02/2010 07:57:19 PM
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misisng a couple actually
08/02/2010 08:04:35 PM
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Touch typing is easier, at least to learn, if you don't try to read it at the same time, FYI.
10/02/2010 09:24:33 AM
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Really how many times can you rememeber a Bush press sec openly ridicule people in a press confrence
10/02/2010 06:28:57 PM
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Good point; all they used to do was have the VP say opponents helped terrorists.
11/02/2010 05:33:08 AM
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one is about actions ands the other is about personal attacks
05/03/2010 02:19:38 PM
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True, one is about what Palin DID and the other is just characterizing opposition as treason.
15/03/2010 04:39:45 AM
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This is petty and also rather ignorant
08/02/2010 03:59:40 AM
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so you're saying you're as dumb as sarah palin?
08/02/2010 10:55:00 AM
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In other news liberals can't get over someone being popular they don't agree with
08/02/2010 04:12:19 AM
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It's completely unprofessional
08/02/2010 08:27:47 AM
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yeah, she should have had them inscribed into her nail polish instead...
08/02/2010 10:55:43 AM
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why?
08/02/2010 02:29:44 PM
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You know that's a good question
08/02/2010 05:19:10 PM
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maybe you are just projecting
08/02/2010 06:15:57 PM
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well what is the association we have with notes on hands?
08/02/2010 07:58:41 PM
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or people on the far left are being grossly disingenuous
08/02/2010 08:18:06 PM
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dude, only posted it because it was funny
08/02/2010 08:43:55 PM
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so you like to point at people and laugh and can't understand why others would object
08/02/2010 11:24:37 PM
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Who cares? She's hot. *NM*
08/02/2010 03:06:58 PM
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Much ado about nothing. She was just making sure she didn't forget anything.
09/02/2010 02:00:56 AM
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I don't like the woman at all, but this is just silly. Who cares? *NM*
11/02/2010 10:11:17 PM
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