The crew of braying jackasses on Morning Joe today had much merriment with Sarah’s crib notes, as they continue to whistle past the graveyard of the coming annihilation of the Democrat Party this fall. And CNN explicitly compared Sarah’s palm to the TelePrompter of the United States. (No, this clip is not from The Onion.)
So… Hand vs. TOTUS – you be the judge!
First the hand:
And now ladies and gentlemen, the TelePrompter of the United States:
Naturally, Sarah got the last laugh, as usual.
The floor is now open for comment.
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The one person no one can blame for the racket of mass destruction on US Housing is….Sarah Palin.
"whistle past the graveyard" It's far more sinister than that.
I would be willing to bet that Sarah Palin could speak to a group of grade school kids without a teleprompter or notes on her hand……I still can't believe that he allowed photos of this to be taken. How embarrassing.
Solid B+
I'd love to see and hear the trainwreck of an address given by President Obama where he was allowed only six words written on his palm as crib notes or bullet points.
How far could he get with
"inherited this mess" and "it's Bush's fault"?
The hand notes are tame, but o-bumulus requiring totus in a classroom? Cmon. The potus cannot speak extemporaneously? Isn't he supposed to be a constitutional lawyer? Isn't he supposed to profess in front of students? Did he ever have a teleprompter while lecturing students?
During his lame experience as a senator, did ge ever require the use of the teleprompter whilst addressing colleagues?
Sarah A+
The barrister F-
The Palin haters of the left are such morons. They actually think a few words on a hand are equivalent to the teleprompter. It's hilarious to watch them foam at the mouth over this.
Problem is that most Americans see that Palin can speak eloquently about a subject with just a few words as notes, while the O cant even read his teleprompter well, as displayed in the now famous "Corpse-men" speech, where he blew the word, blew the Corpsman's name, and blew the Creole word, all in once sentence.
You lefties who are ready…. keep on ranting….you are helping us take back America from you haters.
Sarah's not the only one using this technique. There are times when the President is not in front of a teleprompter- since they still haven't developed one portable enough for him to wear- and he too needs some subtle reminders. Here's a very recent picture of Barry campaigning in Indiana on behalf of the Colts. And one of Mrs. Palin's greatest foes, Ms. Andrea Mitchell, also needs a little help once-in-a-while. Here's a photo of her right before a broadcast.
So you see, this isn't such a big deal and I think the tinfoil hat-wearing liberals need to relax a little before they inadvertently besmirch their own.
"The crew of braying jackasses on Morning Joe today had much merriment with Sarah’s crib notes, as they continue to whistle past the graveyard of the coming annihilation of the Democrat Party this fall."
What a beautiful picture you have painted with these words, Frank! Love it!
I wish Sarah could stimulate BHO right across his haughty face with her notes.
I continue to beg the question, is this all they can get on what she is saying? Its interesting they are not touching a single word she said! It begs the question, what are they afraid of?
As a professional in the evil Health Care business I find myself writing notes on my hand on a daily basis. I will write a 1 or 2 word note to remind me of something. I do not, however, have an entire diatribe written out for me and projected on a teleprompter. Does that make me stupid?????
Sean F.
Speaking of BHOzo being a lecturer of Constitutional Law (or whatever it was), I've not heard anything about any of his former students coming forward to say they attended any of his lectures. I know that when Newt was Speaker of the House, I knew two people who said they were in his History class when he taught at West Georgia College.
Don't get me wrong I cannot stand this a-zz clown of a potus. I particularly hate his raised head photos looking down his nose. His speeches the same head looks up eyes down his pathetic nose. He is truly looking down on the audiences. Just lower the freakin prompter damn whats so hard to see about that. Ok, so hes a bobble head doll too.
well, i'm not buying what they are saying. if the one can go a whole month (excluding his vacation) without a teleprompter, they might have a argument. but going in front of six graders with a teleprompter is just a joke. in stark contrast with george bush's video of him reading in front of students on 9/11. i don't remember half of the classroom filled with a/v equipment used by the president.
As I've said on other threads, my husband uses the "palm pilot" every day. He's an astrophysicist. You and Sarah are in good company.
You people are just ‘too stupid’. The news had told this story waaaayyyyy back when it first aired wrongly. He spoke to the kids face to face; the teleprompter was in ANOTHER room for the reporters ‘AFTER’ the event with the students. Yet, stupid is as stupid does. Conservatives and Republicans will continue to PROVE that they will turn the truth around and accept lies to get their win.
Hey if it works . . . . afraid he's gotten to the "all the people all the time" phase though.
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Just heard that when Sarah heard of the fuss the left wing media were making over her palm notes that she actually wrote "Hi Mom!" on her hand and let them capture it on camera. Brains, beauty and a sense of humor too!
Loved the picture of Mitchell!
You know the MSM has run out of thing to bash Palin about when they criticize her for a few words written on her hand. And they call us stupid. I wonder how many times the left has called us stupid this past year, and how many stupid, dumb, type words have been leveled at Palin. And yet, she remains steadfast, keeps on moving along, and her following grows each day. Amazing. Perhaps the words no longer define Palin but speak volumes about those uttering them!
If Obama was a lawyer he'd be easy to beat in court: the opposition would only need to read his teleprompters. Hell, he could could just stick them in front of the jury then leave the courtroom. When his teleprompters go down, Obama turns into Porky Pig: Ah, I, uh, well, uh, I, uh, wait a minute (PLEASE COME BACK ON!), um…"
By the way: The reason Obama used teleprompters when talking to those sixth graders is because the kids were sitting on the top of tall shelves. That's why he never looked forward or down.
Says CNN: "It's very hard to be critical of one person when you yourself are using the same kind of aids when you're speaking."
CNN is insufficiantly nuanced. They're not the same kinds of aids at all.
A one-word prompt makes the speaker responsible for every word that's said, in real time, and it's up to her eloquence to put the idea across.
A full-speech teleprompter, in contrast, simply makes the speaker a talking head. His speechwriter provides every word of the content, the speaker's 'eloquence' provides merely the form. Any other talking head could make the same speech. Since when is the script-reader's little dance in the spotlight considered 'eloquence'?
LET US SEE HOW PREZ OBAMA WOULD DO WITHOUT HIS TELEPROMTER
While I do believe that a woman would be a better candidate than ‘ANY MAN’ and that if women ran the Nations of the world, we would have peace, children everywhere would be eating, education would be the highest priority, teachers would be making salaries into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, crime would be few and prisons would be mostly empty. However, Sarah Palin is NOT the woman for the job. The Republican Party is looking for ANYBODY who can challenge the Greatest President of The United States, Barack Obama. Even as an African American male I would have voted for a woman, but not a Republican woman. The Republican Party is chauvinists and they are not seriously planning on allowing Sarah Palin to run this country. She will be the face, but the hands pulling all the strings will be a male Republican. Also, I do have the highest respect for Sarah Palin and what she’s done so far, I just wish she was with the Democratic Party, at least the Democrats would allow ‘her’ to run the Nation and not instruct her on what to do.
I used to do the same thing when I was in the medical dodge…
A quick wipe with an alcohol pledget, and I was ready for some new notes…
So he needs teleprompters to answer questions from the reporters? Do they have scripted questions that follow the format on the teleprompter so he doesn't get confused with the facts? I'd like to see Barry give a speech WITHOUT a teleprompter.
At least Sarah has the talent to deliver a speech using her own words with just a few "reminders".
So, what part's not true, shitforbrains?
As I've said before…
"Why are the Progressive Statists so scared of Sarah Palin??"…
Rhetorical question…because she's everything the Prog Statist Left is NOT…and that makes her DANGEROUS to them…
Even if it was a classroom of reporters, who needs a teleprompter and speakers in a middle school classroom? Do you think the teacher uses either?
Nope, makes you like the rest of us.
Sarah has so twisted all these shmucks around her little finger and into the palm of her hand.
The men desire her, and are humiliated by their inadequacy. They are so afraid she'd laugh at their little peepees.
The women are ashamed that she is the living embodiment of all their feminist ideals, but independent and beautiful.
The weak, jealous and vindictive will suffer much as Sarah strides the stage prayerfully and patiently.
She wins, easily.
To paraphrase Jerry Seinfield, Sarah's Got Hand!
I see maybe 5 words and the press compares this to Obama reading a teleprompter?!!!!
How long did she talk? Holy Cow, the state run press is a joke.
Why aren't they investigating the Global Warming Fraud like the press in England. Are they so deep in Obama's pocket that such a non story makes them drool?
One could "smell the fear" on Morning Joe.
Obama writes stuff on his hands too! http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/mikeishere/r...
Why would the president need a teleprompter when addressing the reporters and their questions. Unless, of course all the questions were pre-planned in advance.
One WORD Obamatrons ONE WORD…CORPS! WTF – Havard man?
Or is that "corpse". Apparently while at Occidental, Columbia and Harvard, Ocommie never ran across that particular word.
"Stupid is as stupid governs" …and that's pretty damn stupid.
All our times have come
Here but now they're gone
How about this:
"I'm right, you're wrong, now prove to me you're not f***ing developmentally disabled by doing what I tell you. Oh, and you're welcome. NOW you can touch the hem of my robes."
By my own personal assessment, the reason for the teleprompter is obvious. When he's in his own element, he can openly talk freely about the destruction of the free market and democracy, no crib notes needed.
But when he talks to us unwashed masses, he know he can't let something slip out. So they leash him to the TOUS.
Does that make me stupid?????
That's conditional.
A) Are you conservative?
B) Are you asking liberals?
C) Can you not afford 2 tele-prompters be toted around & set up for you 24/7/365?
You see, back in the Battle of Hastings, (the extent of Obama's military history studies), there were no physicians in the army. Therefore, any serious injury on the battlefield was a death sentence so there were "corpse men" that had to go out and bury them.
Make no mistake, that's exactly what they think. Remember the election. Palin was considered far too inexpereinced (state governor) for the job currently held by Plugs Biden."
Yet not a single question was raised about Obama's 5 minutes in the Senate.
The funny part is they can say that with a straight face. I guess self delusion will do that to you.
You don't understand. Obama is giving us a great gift in letting us see and hear him. We should be thankful the messiah deems us worthy enough to allow us to worship his presence.
The teleprompter was used when he spoke with the kids. Apparently his handlers thought the odds of uncomfortable questions on economics and Marxism were sufficiently low. It was used during the press conference afterward.
But when I see that pic, in the class room, with all that equipment, all I can think of is "Okay class, now calm down, were ready for little Barry's presentation on what he wants to be when he grows up."
As for really smart people, my husband has been in the intel business for 34+ years and has dealt with his fair share of Beltway knuckleheads. Every time some slick pol or talking head pundit is praised on TV for being "very smart", he remarks "Nuclear physicists, astrophysicists, engineers…those are smart people. These guys are like the monkeys taught to communicate by pointing to pictures–makes them clever, not smart."
I hate teleprompters; they make people look stupid such as Obama. Good to have crib notes when speaking whether scribbles on paper, 3×5 cards, or inked on the palm. The guy with the teleprompter is now at new lows in the poll, whereas Sarah is riding high and popular amongst Americans.
He's only fooling the people who WANT to stay fooled.
That's an interesting take. Compelling.
Actually, all of you crying idiots here are the stupidest of egos. THE GREATEST PRESIDENT: BARACK OBAMA IS STILL IN CHARGE OF THE UNITED STATES. HE IS STILL THE MOST POWERFUL MAN ON EARTH. He was voted in by people of every Race, Creed, Color, Nationality, Religion and National Origin, Gay, Straight and Bi, Democrat AND REPUBLICAN! No one in the history of the world ever had the support given to Barack Hussein Obama, by the great people of this great Nation. Even people of Nation all around the world knew he was and still is the best person for the job. A certain kind of man got us into two wars and economic hell, you all called on SUPERMAN to fix the problem, he has to spend a lot of money to fix this problem, but you idiots are too stupid to figure that out.
Well, you see what happened last time we elected a moron, eight years later, and what, you want more? Hows that ditzie dummie thing workin' for you pal? Joe? Where's Joe? Joe? Well, YOURE ALL JOE THE PLUMBER! Sarah's got your work cut out for you, bring the Drain-O…..
How /could/ Obama use a teleprompter to answer questions asked by reporters? Does he already know the questions? Does he have someone in another room, madly typing away, actually answering the questions?
That's going to go clear up the forearm, and besides, he says as much with that upturned nose of his.
*yawn*
Ok that was just boring. Try some creative ad hominem attacks next time… Thesaurus! Learn what it means. Then share it with your troll friends so we can get some creativity around here. Boring trolls are just…. boring.
Do you people want your jobs back?! You want the companies to stop closing, right?! Do you want your homes to stop being foreclosed on?! Do you appreciate those extended unemployment benefits Obama is giving you, in an effort to help your family in this mess Bush got us into?! Do you LIKE what Bush did to this country?! You want the economy back on track and the Stock Market rolling again right?! You want the gas prices to stay down and the GDP to increase right!? Well, THAT TAKES MONEY, LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY! Right now President Obama has so many economic problems on his plate, that I will be AMAZED if he EVER spoke a work without using that GREAT Teleprompter. If the previous Republican Presidents were HALF the man Obama is, we wouldn’t have been in this mess to begin with. So, until this great man fix your previous Presidents problems…DEAL WITH IT! THIS WILL BE THE FACTs UNTIL YOU CRYING ANAL RETENTIVES GO TO THE POLLS IN 2012 and put us BACK under the explosive and destructive guns of the Republican Party again. Till then, keep B*tchin!…Cuz’ that’s all y’all ca’ do fer’ now folks.
LOL! That is awesome: "These guys are like the monkeys taught to communicate by pointing to pictures–makes them clever, not smart'"
No truer words have been spoken.
And yet, I know too many scientists who SHOULD know better, supporting Obama and Progressive policies.
Gee, I never looked at it like that. I can see you are 100% correct. Would you please tell Jesus we will no longer be needing his services. We now have a living savior among us. Idiot doesn't fully describe you. Dweeb!!!!!
You are not paying attention.
Oh my! That's such a scathing rebuttal. What an expert you are in debate, sir! I can see we shall have to expend a great deal of thought in matching wits with YOU. Are you captain of your debate team? I think you must be!
You are correct, he didn't need the teleprompter when speaking with the kids. It was a safe bet they know nothing of the total failure of Keynesian economics, or Marxism, or Bill Ayers or Rev. Wright. He was safe.
But what you do have here is probably the stupidest photo-op since some one on Bush's team thought the Mission Accomplished banner would make a good back ground.
Why does the President need feed back amps? To hear himself?
I was going to report you for the uncalled for language but the administrators ask for a reason why a post should be reported and I realized that I would be reporting you for: "Unseemly language when there are perfectly acceptable mainstream names you could attack folks with when they have you cornered."
Then, shrugged. I'd much rather see you squirm, spit and lash out. Carry on.
The tax load is going to destroy the commercial fishermen, and that is going to close the company I work for. The only people who are going to benefit from Obama are the administrators working for the unemployment agencies.
She's an intelligent woman who has balanced 1) a happy and well-adjusted, if not perfect (and whose is?) family life with 2) a demanding career in the public eye. ISN'T THIS WHAT WOMEN'S GROUPS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PROMOTING AND DEFENDING?
We have, it ain't pretty. Check the Cokaley speech a couple of weeks ago.
Oh now I get it. You're not just a troll. You are insane.
And sexists too.
I wonder what would happen if the TelePrompter was loaded with “Pants on the Ground” and Karioke instructions. Would BHO be able to follow and sing at the same time or would he be in artfully fumbling at his waistband?
Just like Ginger Rogers to Fred Astaire: backwards and in high heels.
And she makes it look effortless.
Because she reminds them of Reagan.
When Reagan was in the White House, I was still a full blown lefty. And let me tell you, the biggest problem with Reagan was no matter how hard we on the left tried to cover him in mud, it just didn't work. Drove us nuts.
Palin appears to have the same quality – the ability to go around the MSM, straight to the people themselves. And that terrifies the left. It benches the democratic attack machine – the MSM.
The thought of losing their edge in the media just drives them bonkers.
TelePrompTers can be useful, but they shouldn't be a crutch.
You would think that someone as supossedly intelligent and eloquent as Obama could manage better without the prompter so much, and do well at extemporaneous speaking, but as it turns out, the descriptions "eloquent" "oratorical genius" and "inspiring speaker" are all inventions of the Old Media and the Progressive Movement. Nothing more.
So you're saying that actually ObowMao's background of military history & knowledge is far superior than us and we are the ones that are wrong about the correct pronunciation of corpsman? Seriously? That's what you're going with?
Absolutely right, Mj ! Your post is BigHollywood worthy ! ; )
Back away from the crack pipe!
Seasons don't fear the reaper…..
Beautiful background music for "Morning Joe."
I never learned that when I went to Hospital Corpsman Basic. Do you have a reference to cite?
The mainstream media has no credibility and neither does The Empty Suit. The fact that they continue to prop him up and refuse to analyze him critically shows their lack of character. This becomes more evident every day to even the stupidest among us (that would be 0bama voters for those of you who were wondering), so – KEEP IT UP, MSM! YOU'RE DOING A HELL OF A JOB!
For Gods sake wear a helmet when you go outside!
I think he was grading himself on a bell curve.
Obvious troll is obvious.
Um riding high? Maybe on weed, but not in any polls
Solo774, honey, while I applaud your enthusiasm and "never say die" spirit, the French have declared him feeble and lame. You can argue with us, but you can't argue with the French on weaknesses.
ACORN pressured the banks to make risky loans to people who really could not afford the mortgages in the 1st place. All this forced risk was bad for the banks. Dems like Chris Dodd and Barney Frank were supposed to provide oversight, but they insisted all was fine despite the experts' warnings, until the failures of Frannie and Freddie, when they denied all wrongdoing and claims of negligence. Dems got us into this mess, Dems are still spending money and trying to bring about a collapse, Dems and Progressives will be tarred and feathered.
Stay illiterate. I hope you know how to farm a years' worth of food on your apartment terrace, cause you will not get welfare much longer. We can't afford to keep supporting parasites.
Ilove to watch Barry the tele prompter king speek. His head swings back and forth, he trows his chin up and pokes his hands like a rock singer.
Solo774, SWEETIE!
Again, look to the French at left leaning governments and insolvency. You might also Google Argentina, Spain, Portugal and Greece for recent socialist government experiments. For older examples, Cuba, Venezuela, Russia (always a favorite), Norway. I could go on but I hope you get the drift.
"Till then, keep B*tchin!…Cuz’ that’s all y’all ca’ do fer’ now folks."
Nah. We have ways to neuter this pig.
To Solo774 I miss George W Bush. I hope this great country can survive 3 more years of your Greatest President? that ever lived. Give me a break. This Teleprompter in Chief will be a one term president.
Did you not see him take down the Republicans at the summit two weeks ago with no notes and no teleprompter?
It's the hypocrisy of Palin that is annoying. She ridicules Obama for using a teleprompter–which is the functional equivalent of note cards, and then uses similar promtps herself. This is such a non-issue, on both sides. Why does it matter that Obama uses a teleprompter to delivery nuanced speeches about complex issues? Why does it matter that Sarah Palin writes vocabulary words on her hand when giving a speech? Who cares? Listen to what they are saying, then judge…
What is Morning Joe? And CNN? Are they still around?
I didn't see or hear any "takedown" at all. I heard and saw some more Obama-style condescension, some snark and some more blamestorming, but no "takedown".
Obama couldn't "takedown" Christmas decorations.
Oh, sorry! I meant Eid-al-Fitr.
Personally I have no vested interest either way about Palin and her future prospects (i.e. I could care less what she does) but what bothers me the most is that if you've seen the clips from the Saturday convention she has to glance down at her hand to remember her conservative viewpoints for fixing the nation. My problem is that any candidate who doesn't know their platform inside and out, regardless of party, must be further examined for they are only seemingly voicing popular opinion and not their true beliefs. I'd love to give her and any other potential politician the benefit of the doubt, but as a person who's done public speaking before I've never had to rely on notes* to cover what I know in my heart.
*I will use notes for quoting correct stats or figures because we know how some critics love to bend errors.
It is well known that Obama loves the sound of his own voice.
Naive trumps sexist, I think.
"She will be the face, but the hands pulling all the strings will be a male Republican."
Too bad you're ignorant of the fact that she fought corruption in HER OWN PARTY (i.e., the GOP). That's right, she WENT AGAINST THE WISHES OF MALE REPUBLICANS, and she was not spanked like a naughty little girl!
Democrats NEVER fight corruption in their own party. NEVER.
In my opinion naivety implies some sort of innocence. There ain't no naivety with this guy. This is pure, swallow hook, line and sinker of leftist talking points.
No.. the word 'extent' implies that that is where his education stopped – back in 1066! I'm not sure he even knows that we won the American Revolution or what it was about.
Yes, and many months ago it was demonstrated over and over again that Sarah Palin never said she could see Russia from her porch……and yet……go figure. You'll excuse us if when President Imeme continues to demonstrate what a bozo he is without help from comedians we'll comment on it.
You DO know the Democratic Party has a long, documented history of racism and condescension to minorities, don't you?
Why, after slavery was purposefully abolished by a Republican, do you pick up the chains off of the ground, dust them off, and place them lovingly around your neck and REFUSE to see that you are a willing slave to the old plantation owners? Whoever owns you and feeds you can do whatever they like with you.
Spend money? Okay, he can start with his Noble Prize winnings then.
Why do some people WANT to be slaves?
Is self-responsibility necessary for freedom so onerous to them?
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