That’s right, Ms Palin was using “crib notes” written on her hand when speaking at a Tea Party. The White House went crazy and sprang into action.
Excerpts from Fox News Feb 9, 2010:
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has his grocery list written on his hand at the daily press briefing. Gibbs was mocking Sarah Palin for her “crib notes” at Saturday’s National Tea Party Convention.
Gibbs joked with reporters that he too had handy notes and revealed to the press corps that he had jotted down his grocery list before the briefing. His hand read “eggs, milk, bread”. Gibbs teased that he also wrote “‘hope and change’, just in case I forgot.” Gibbs’ remark was met by a mix of laughter and jeers.
Here we have the White House Press Secretary, who speaks so badly that it is almost painful to listen to, criticizing Sarah Palin, who speaks very well, for using notes written on her hand, when his boss (the President of the United States) can’t speak at all without a teleprompter.
Now, who is made to look bad here? Not Sarah Palin, many people have written notes on their hands from time to time, it doesn’t appear that this jibe by Gibbs was thought through. Particularly when you think about what is going to happen to those notes written on Gibbs’ and Palin’s hands.
Sarah Palin is going to wash her notes off, she is done with them, and they served her well.
Now, on Gibbs hand, the “eggs, milk and bread” will most likely be removed shortly, unless he forgets to pick them up IN SPITE of his notes.
BUT “HOPE and CHANGE” will have to stay on his hand for some time yet, because it HASN’T HAPPENED YET!