# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Cort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/77aa72/32.png) [@Cort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cort)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/81 "2010-02-09T23:52:00Z")
> [@Euphonious Polemic](#): > > [sub]get with the program Cort![/sub] Why, I do believe I have no idea what you mean. [sub]like I said at the meeting, I ain’t getting with SHIT until I get my left-wing conspiracy coffee mug and monogrammed pinwheel hat. I want it in lavender.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/82 "2010-02-09T23:58:44Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > I’m a trial attorney. I write out what I want to bring up ahead of time, but I never have to refer to my notes while I’m actually in the middle of a trial. I plan and practice so I don’t look like a moron later on. Yes - but do you wink at the jury when delivering your summation? ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/83 "2010-02-10T00:50:57Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > So you’re saying that Sarah Palin made a last minute change to her post-speech Q&A session to include “energy, tax cuts, lift America’s spirits”? Well, she actually did cross out “Budget” to change it to tax cuts, easily seen on the photo of her palm. She came prepared though, her other palm said: “See Other Hand” ---
**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 10, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/84 "2010-02-10T02:42:28Z")
Personally, I loved the part where she actually looked at her hand before answering one of the softball questions. I mean, you can see where she snuck a peek at it, just like she was cheating in math class! Hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/85 "2010-02-10T02:51:52Z")
Its optimism that says the glass is half full. Its cynicism that says the glass is half empty. It’s empirical observation that shows the glass to be bone-dry. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/86 "2010-02-10T04:06:50Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Its optimism that says the glass is half full. > > Its cynicism that says the glass is half empty. > > It’s empirical observation that shows the glass to be bone-dry. Just another content-free observation. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/87 "2010-02-10T04:09:16Z")
If the glass is ever observed to be totally empty or totally full, the cat is dead. ---
**Author:** ![Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/88 "2010-02-10T05:37:27Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > I’d like to coin the term “Alaskan Palm Pilot”, but I already saw it on the internets, which as you know, is a series of tubes. I know. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/89 "2010-02-10T06:14:49Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > I’d like to coin the term “Alaskan Palm Pilot”, but I already saw it on the internets, which as you know, is a series of tubes. Would that series of tubes be interconnected? ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/90 "2010-02-10T08:05:39Z")
It now appears that [staff at the White House are following Ms. Palin’s example](http://www.seattlepi.com/photos/gallery.asp?SubID=458&page=5>itle=Day%20in%20pictures&pubdate=2/9/2010). ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/91 "2010-02-10T10:33:33Z")
> [@Hunter\_Hawk](#): > > It now appears that [staff at the White House are following Ms. Palin’s example](http://www.seattlepi.com/photos/gallery.asp?SubID=458&page=5>itle=Day%20in%20pictures&pubdate=2/9/2010). I’m not really sure that I want Gibbsy doing comedy, as I’d prefer the WH Press Secretary to retain what little credibility he can manage. On the other hand [sic], I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/92 "2010-02-10T13:40:50Z")
> [@Hunter\_Hawk](#): > > It now appears that [staff at the White House are following Ms. Palin’s example](http://www.seattlepi.com/photos/gallery.asp?SubID=458&page=5>itle=Day%20in%20pictures&pubdate=2/9/2010). What did he cross out? It looks like “Beer”. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/93 "2010-02-10T13:45:54Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Its optimism that says the glass is half full. > > Its cynicism that says the glass is half empty. A realist says the glass is too big. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/94 "2010-02-10T13:48:52Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > Yes - but do you wink at the jury when delivering your summation? You betcha. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/95 "2010-02-10T13:50:15Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > What did he cross out? It looks like “Beer”. Bread. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/96 "2010-02-10T13:59:57Z")
Drat - Beer was funnier. ---
**Author:** ![heatmiserfl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@heatmiserfl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heatmiserfl)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/97 "2010-02-10T15:41:47Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > That poor Monty Python guy, he must have to say it ten times a day! “No! No, we are bloody well not bloody related!” Are you sure about that? ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ifwiOoDysMc/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/ifwiOoDysMc?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/98 "2010-02-10T16:02:09Z")
A [comparison](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMyNk8J1c8g) of the two Palins, from someone closer to the subject than I. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/99 "2010-02-10T16:10:43Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > A [comparison](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMyNk8J1c8g) of the two Palins, from someone closer to the subject than I. Does she Palin comparison to the previously famous one? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071/100 "2010-02-10T16:29:29Z")
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