Palinhand

There are few things these days that interrupt my normal schedule of almost never blogging my readings of old books. Sarah Palin, however, is one of those things.

This is Sarah Palin, speaking at a Tea Party convention the other night. Among other things, she spoke of energy, tax cuts, lifting America's speaking, and how Obama is a "Teleprompter President:"



This is Sarah Palin's hand during said speech:



The general sentiment I've seen in the internet is that Sarah was too stupid to remember her own positions, and so had to write them down on her palm, something that would get you a zero on your test in the fourth grade. I don't think this is why she wrote them. I think those particular things are there because, when being given pre-screened questions in a virulently friendly environment, she knew that she would nevertheless be at a loss for what to say at all at times. For this reason, she had three immediate go-to answers prepared, so that she could get started on what to say. So it's not that she couldn't remember what to say, it's that she just wouldn't be able to come up with the answers when asked.

One might wonder whether, in that case, the vaguest generalities ("energy, tax cuts, lifting America's spirit;" the addition of teleprompter discussion in the list above, which she did indeed speak about, was added mainly because the hypocrisy makes my brain dissolve) would be sufficient. Two things: when it comes to memory, often the slightest reminder can bring a whole piece of things seemingly forgotten back into focus. Second, Sarah Palin was never one to make points based on details anyway.