What Do Sarah Palin's Hand Notes Say About Her Presidential Prospects?

By U.S. News Staff

February 9, 2010 RSS Feed Print

At her speech to the Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Sarah Palin reportedly referred to notes on her hand to answer questions asked by her fellow Republicans. The former vice presidential nominee, who has previously criticized President Obama for his use of teleprompters when speaking, is now under scrutiny for scribbling talking points that many think she should know well already. Thomas Jefferson Street blogger Mary Kate Cary says the incident is embarrassing for Palin and shows that she may not be ready for America's highest office in 2012. Others think the public should cut Palin a break. 

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I think a lot of you are forgetting that Newt may run! She wouldn't stand a chance up against him in her own party!

pinecone of GA 1:37AM August 02, 2010

If Sara runs she will split the vote and a Dem will end up back in there. Scroll back a few years to how the Clinton's Won-Bob Doyle should have been President-would have been much more Reaganish. (How is that for descriptive English/Shakespearen Lingo, Sara???) In the time she was governor, I wrote her several letters as well as letters to Lisa Murkowski, Burt Stedman, and Dems and all of them gave me responses-but not Sara. I never had one single response. How is that for descriptive English/Shakespearen Lingo, Sara??? Sara claimed she was too busy fighting Democrats and saving the world to respond to the people who voted her in. Does the public know how she misused her power against the police man and his supervisor in the Palmer Police Dept.? There is her side of it and there is quite another story!!! And what about actually doing something to combat this Methamphetamine problem and heroin problem in the Valley??? Fix it and student graduation exit test scores will go up instead of dumbing down everyone and saying we are Alaskan so we don't need out kids to be smart enough to pass it!

weelittlecat of AK 11:14PM August 01, 2010

Sara's father is a former WHS teacher who gave a graduation speech this spring. WHS is Sara's Alma-Mater. Her ideas echo his-and it is highly probably that the crib notes are from her own dad. He said in his speech that he has taught students many things (science or whatever) then went on to discuss how he has taught other people how to skin a moose and this year he plans to teach them how to "Skin a Democrat". Being that I am a Republican, I think it is sort of funny, however, I don't want that woman running the country for her daddy and I could go on a lot more...And I don't want her involved in the vote because she will do it knowing she won't win and then write a second book for personal gain. I want someone who is willing to tough it out through the naysayers and doesn't break laws but makes a difference. I attended the U of I when she was there and it was rumored that someday she was going to be governor-she wasn't there the entire time. When you transfer you are often given the credits and a clean slate...I would like to see her transcripts from every school because I don't think she is as book smart or wise as she is street smart. Go Huckabee! I really hope that our country doesn't rely on this woman and her dad.

weelitlecat of AK 11:03PM August 01, 2010

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