# Teleprompter, Wasilla-style **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071 "2010-02-07T22:54:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/21 "2010-02-08T02:15:24Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > I don’t know why I have to know the complete background of someone’s expressed views to respond to a particular post. Especially if it falls into an annoying trend of deflecting valid criticism based on the fact that there is so very much valid criticism against somebody who wants to run the country. Eh. It would appear that “crib notes” are not a valid criticism, but just a knee-jerk reaction to something associated with SP. But that would take a little thinking and might make one’s head hurt. Anyway, there are any number of reasons to bash SP. This is not one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/22 "2010-02-08T02:17:55Z")
That’s good, since no one is bashing her for it, just laughing at her. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/23 "2010-02-08T02:18:37Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > The best part is that during this speech, she made a comment about Obama needing a teleprompter. Somewhere, Alanis Morrissette is writing another hit song. Do you know what a teleprompter is? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/24 "2010-02-08T02:18:44Z")
The whole “OMG, another thread about \_\_\_\_\_” meme is far more tiresome than whatever that thread is about. Believe me, it is. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/25 "2010-02-08T02:23:24Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Do you know what a teleprompter is? It’s a thing that serves the same function as the written transcript that Palin read her speech from. The notes on her hand were for the Q&A afterwards, not for her speech. She flat out read her speech. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/26 "2010-02-08T02:28:44Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > It’s a thing that serves the same function as the written transcript that Palin read her speech from. The notes on her hand were for the Q&A afterwards, not for her speech. She flat out read her speech. Tell that to the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/27 "2010-02-08T02:31:21Z")
I did. Check the first reply in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/28 "2010-02-08T02:38:00Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I did. Check the first reply in the thread. OK. Missed that. Still, the OP is a knee-jerk SP bashing by someone who appear to have no more grasp of facts than SP herself. Lame. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/29 "2010-02-08T02:47:44Z")
I’ve always wondered why criticism or mockery is a finite quality in regards to some people, such that you have to save it for when they do something really stupid. Well, you can take a debit from my account, because I’m mocking her for this. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/30 "2010-02-08T02:50:15Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > OK. Missed that. > > Still, the OP is a knee-jerk SP bashing by someone who appear to have no more grasp of facts than SP herself. > > Lame. What about your half-assed come back is factual, non-reactive, and able-legged? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/31 "2010-02-08T03:44:21Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > OK. Missed that. > > Still, the OP is a knee-jerk SP bashing by someone who appear to have no more grasp of facts than SP herself. > > Lame. I’ll tell you what’s lame. The fact you missed the FIRST freakin’ reply to this thread. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/32 "2010-02-08T04:08:20Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I’ll tell you what’s lame. The fact you missed the FIRST freakin’ reply to this thread. Pffft. The OP is lame. I wanted to know if the OP knew the difference between a teleprompter and crib notes. The fact that \*\*Dio \*\*tried to prop up the OP doesn’t change the fact that it’s lame. You can defend ignorance if you want, but count me out. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/33 "2010-02-08T04:16:21Z")
What’s really mind boggling is that she couldn’t see past her hand that it might be noticed by the WHOLE DANG MEDIA WORLD focusing on her for that performance, and how that would play out. Really frightening how absolutely stupid and insular that is. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/34 "2010-02-08T04:43:34Z")
I almost think she does it on purpose. She knows nothing stokes up her base like the media poking their pitchforks at her. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/35 "2010-02-08T05:11:20Z")
Well, ya still gotta choose yer swords and pitchforks; why waste it with a high school technique like crib notes on yer hand? Oh, right, no teleprompter… so goes the crazy. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/36 "2010-02-08T14:28:51Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Well, we have established that you’re smarter than Sarah Palin! Coming this summer on Fox – _Are You Smarter Than Sarah Palin?_ ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/37 "2010-02-08T14:30:22Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Pffft. The OP is lame. I wanted to know if the OP knew the difference between a teleprompter and crib notes. What the fuck difference does it make? The point to the laughing is not that Palin read off a teleprompter, the point is, after hearing her make fun of Obama for using teleprompters, she comes off as a huge stupid hypocrite for having to read off her hand … six words that she could keep bottled up in her pea-brain. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/38 "2010-02-08T14:42:53Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > I almost think she does it on purpose. She knows nothing stokes up her base like the media poking their pitchforks at her. It’s funny… on the Right-leaning websites, they love to claim that the Left “hates” Sarah Palin. I know I don’t hate her. I just don’t understand the adoration for her, or how she can be taken seriously. It also seems that the people who are so infatuated with her are the same ones who accuse others of Obama worship. It’s downright befuddlin’. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/39 "2010-02-08T14:45:08Z")
> [@JeffB](#): > > Coming this summer on Fox – _Are You Smarter Than Sarah Palin?_ No drama, no suspense, predictable plot and a telegraphed conclusion-who would watch it? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/40 "2010-02-08T14:45:25Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > six words that she \*\*could \*\*keep bottled up in her pea-brain. Or couldn’t … whatever. Note to self: write on hand … “try not to fuck up your contractions anymore.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071.md?page=3)