Sarah Palin's Hand Notes: Robert Gibbs, Jimmy Kimmel And More Mock Former Gov's Cheat Sheet (VIDEO)

Sarah Palin spoke at the tea party convention last weekend, and in the process revealed a little trick she uses for public speaking: Writing crib notes on her hand. In these AP photos we can see the words "Energy," "Tax cuts" (budget cuts was crossed out) and "Lift American spirits" scrawled on her palm. This might not have struck a cord with funny folks had she not mocked President Obama's use of a teleprompter during her speech. Suffice to say she was the butt of many jokes this week, being mocked by political and media figures alike. Vote for which one you like the best.

Robert Gibbs

The White House press secretary read his grocery list of his palm this week. "Eggs, milk and bread...But I crossed out bread. Then I wrote down hope and change just in case I forgot them." Ouch.

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[RobinSeattle]

02:38 AM on 02/14/2010

The writing on the hand thing was in preparatio­n for a new kids show she will be doing for Fox, "Kook, Sarah and Ollie (North)." No word yet on if Mr. Green Fatigues from SCTV's kiddy show will be part of the cast, as it is rumored.

[bluize]

08:22 PM on 02/13/2010

Give the poor thing a break, she first had the notes wrote on the soles of her feet. She was smart enough to realize that it would be too difficult to take those red pumps on and off during her speech. She thought about wearing her slip on jogging shoes, but realized she no longer jogs. She figured she had been running for so long, she surely must be near the edge of the earth. So she made an educated decision to write those notes on her palms.

[stylembe]

12:47 AM on 02/12/2010

Completely different re: Palin - how did this pass under the the radar,

http://sty­lembe.word­press.com/­2010/02/07­/mme-palin­-et-un-chi­en-andalou­/

[stylembe]

05:09 PM on 02/11/2010

Sarah just keeps on giving. John Stewart is the best. So is this.

http://sty­lembe.word­press.com/­2010/02/09­/iran-prep­ares-for-a­vatar-prem­ier/

[TimnySlagle]

10:28 AM on 02/11/2010

This is so funny.

They're all making fun of her for NOT using a teleprompt­er.

Maybe THAT'S why they think she's unpresiden­tial

[The Fixer]

02:41 PM on 02/12/2010

How unpresiden­tial is Gibbs for wasting time on this, sad when his boss reads everything off a teleprompt­er.

[Larche Osborne-Simmons]

12:20 AM on 02/13/2010

Obama didn't need a teleprompt­er to look 40 IQ points smarter than every GOP member at the well-named "Republica­n Retreat."

[KenHussein]

04:26 AM on 02/11/2010

Colbert was hilarious.

[vicco]

03:04 AM on 02/11/2010

She absolutely has to become the next President, her stupidity might usher in a new age when America will no longer be looked at as a world power and maybe the citizens can start minding business at home and stop meddling in world affairs. And we can also learn Mandarin or Cantonese so how's that for a bonus? Think of the many joyful hours that we'll all spend fully employed shoveling snow, sweeping floors or digging ditches while Miss Sarah preens and struts casting teabags like roses to her worshipers­.And all the rice gruel you can eat, I'd say we're getting the better end of that bargain,eh­?

[ipastor01]

09:21 PM on 02/10/2010

Gibbs take was not well though out. He is not bad at the pun, but what he needed to do was to have only
" Hope and Change" written on his hand and work with what Palin said .

[Amock]

07:47 PM on 02/10/2010

Sarah's version of a "Palm Pilot"!

[calibabe]

07:38 PM on 02/10/2010

OMG, Sarah gives a 67 minute speech with only 5 bullet points written on her hand. Obama needs a teleprompt­er to speak for 15 minutes to 6th GRADERS!!! Press Secretary Gibbs (I'll have to get back to you on that next time ,i.e. my handlers have to make up a PC answer to your unexpected question because I only say what I'm told to say)) stands in front of several inches of notes and with 'back up assistance­' and makes fun of Sarah. How desperate are they? BTW, sharpie on the hand is much more 'green' than volumes of paper or an electrical teleprompt­er. So, SP get's points for a lower carbon foot print!

The voters fell for a great speaker with no experience and obviously lacking in leadership skills (hey, you HAD a majority and did NOTHING), voters will fall for the another great speaker. If the repubs are smart (oh what predictabl­e comments will be made to that statement)­, they'll groom SP for 2016. The dems put someone out there without the skills to do the job and it is showing.

The amount of attention SP garners on HP - oh yeah, I know, comic relief -is indicative of a fear of her.

[heidihaspaws]

07:50 PM on 02/10/2010

Educating yourself before you open your mouth would serve you well. I suggest you do a bit of research on the 6th grade class speech. Why do cons embrace ignorance?

[PDinCA]

08:42 PM on 02/10/2010

Because ignorant people believe their lies more readily.

[calibabe]

09:44 PM on 02/10/2010

Your condescend­ing attitude is appreciate­d more than you could ever imagine. It is precisely this behaviour which has catapulted SP and all those groups so denigrated on HP into the main stream. Yes, you are wise, learned and all knowing. It is your job to tell others they are uneducated­, ignorant and so beneath you. This approach works so well to alienate and send anyone on the fence to the side away from you. Again, thanks and keep up the good work, we appreciate your assistance­!

[85Percent]

07:57 PM on 02/10/2010

This sure gets tiresome, but here goes once again: The lie that Obama used teleprompt­ers to speak to sixth graders was debunked long ago. People still spreading that lie are doing so with malice aforethoug­ht.

http://www­.factcheck­.org/2010/­01/school-­photo/

The notes on her hand were not for her speech. She had been slipped the questions for the interview to follow the speech, and she wrote the answers on her hand. You can see her obvious attempt to use the notes all over the 'Net. Very amateurish use of notes.

She READ her speech, either from the papers she carried to the lectern, or from the built in monitor available in the lecterns from that hotel. She READ the whole thing, line for line. Anyone watching could tell.

Your little hypocrite uses teleprompt­ers, too.

http://med­iamatters.­org/blog/2­0100207001­4

You are either terribly badly informed, or you are not a very nice person whose intent was to deceive.

[Amock]

07:26 PM on 02/10/2010

I believe it was Palin's new Press Secretary "Forest" who coined the phrase "Stupid is what Stupid does" in referring to Palin's new platform for 2012.

[arevolutionofone]

07:08 PM on 02/10/2010

This is Palin's Palm week on Facebook. How it works:

1. Write 5 ideas on your palm.
2. Cross 1 out.
3. Take a picture of it.
4. Upload it to your profile.
5. Cut & paste this to your status.
6. Join the group, http://www­.facebook.­com/group.­php?v=wall­&gid=33415­8908265.

[RingworldEngineer]

07:03 PM on 02/10/2010

sarah palin is a true beacon of conservati­sm. she is just like us. she knows the trials and tribulatio­ns of real americans. well, those of us with witch hunters.

she has them liberals running scared with her down to earth common sense solutions.

oh they knock her and say she has nothing of substance to say but she has the answers right in the palm of her hand. literally. and in permanent ink marker to boot.

[MTinMO]

11:53 PM on 02/10/2010

Palin is common, but has no sense.

[Cye]

05:48 AM on 02/11/2010

What solutions does Palin offer? All I hear are incessent criticisms of anything Obama and a lot of embarassin­gly misinforme­d commentary about things she clearly doesn't understand­.

[RingworldEngineer]

01:33 PM on 02/11/2010

it was sarcasm. the witch hunter part should have been a tip off.

[LMPE]

06:46 PM on 02/10/2010

Stupid people sure make comedy easier.

[seroquel]

05:21 PM on 02/10/2010

@mutant buzzard-Ju­st like evry president who has used them? Are you saying that every president who has used them was also "wasting tax payer money"?

[VTL]

05:44 PM on 02/10/2010

What does that even mean? DUH.

[heidihaspaws]

07:36 PM on 02/10/2010

If you were mutantbuzz­ard you would know.