Mean Betty on Sarah Palin’s Hand Notes
Everyone’s all a-flutter about Palin’s notes on her hand at the National Tea Party Convention. Mean Betty investigates.
-Mean Betty

Now darlings, Mean Betty generally doesn’t write about politics or politicians (unless they simply demand comment by playing their special political version of musical beds), but this was too good to pass up. Sarah Palin, ex-governor of Alaska, would-be Vice President (and President?) of the USA, and best selling author … writes speech crib notes on her palm. Too cute!
Mean Betty loves it. This way Sarah gets to still make fun of Obama and his teleprompter without being called a hypocrite AND maintain her folksy cred. Because it doesn’t get any folksier than a ballpoint pen to the palm, non?
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Here’s Sarah Palin during a Q&A at the National Tea Party Convention over the weekend:

And here’s a close-up of her hand:

As Gawker says, those words do appear to be:
- "Energy"
- "Budget cuts"
- "Tax"
- "Lift American spirits"
Hmm … looks like she did a little last-minute editing!


























The day after her convention speech, Palin wrote "Hi Mom!" on her palm. Funny that that picture wasn't in this piece. Or not.
She may be congenial, but that is no qualification to run anything. And for that matter, she resigned from running anything. That's a great inspiration. Not.