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lsandersonPalin’s Cunning Sleight of Hand
By FRANK RICH
Published: February 13, 2010
By FRANK RICH
Published: February 13, 2010
Liberals had a blast mocking Sarah Palin last weekend when she was caught addressing the Tea Party Convention with a cheat sheet scrawled on her hand. Even the president’s press secretary, Robert Gibbs, couldn’t resist getting into the act and treated a White House briefing to a Palin hand gag of his own.
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So it went with Palin last weekend. Her only concrete program for dealing with America’s pressing problems came in the question-and-answer session. “It would be wise of us to start seeking some divine intervention again in this country,” she said, “so that we can be safe and secure and prosperous again.” That pretty much sums up her party’s economic program, at least: divine intervention will achieve what government intervention cannot. That the G.O.P. may actually be winning this argument is less an indictment of Palin than of Washington Democrats too busy reading the writing on her hand to see or respond to the ominous political writing on the wall. More
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Date: 2010-02-14 05:54 pm (UTC)Taking cheap shots at Palin doesn't help. It hurts the liberal cause. It makes liberals appear shallow and nasty.
There is nothing wrong with writing four words on one's hand as reminder of what to focus on in the current talk. Obama's use of teleprompter (four at one time?) for complete speeches is different in kind. Equating the two makes liberals look stupid and manipulative, and turns swing voters toward Palin in sympathy.