Critics see writing on the hand for Palin
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Ridiculed: Sarah Palin "knew that speech like the back of her hand: (AFP Photo: Robyn Beck, file photo)
US Republican superstar Sarah Palin has been ridiculed by her critics after news photos showed she had talking points scribbled on the palm of her hand during a major speech.
Ms Palin was shown to have the words "energy," "tax" and "lift American spirits" scrawled on her hand during the question-and-answer session of a speech to the Republican Tea Party movement.
Her palm also appeared to have the words "budget cuts" scribbled across it, with the "budget" crossed out.
Ms Palin was seen glancing at the notes after her highly acclaimed speech to Tea Party supporters, when asked the top three things a conservative-led Congress should do.
The photos of Palin scrutinising the answers on her hand were published on the huffingtonpost.com blog.
"Sarah Palin knew that speech like the back of her hand. The Q&A answers, however, were on the front of her hand," quipped one critic in a comment posted on the blog.
Another noted that while Ms Palin frequently criticises President Barack Obama's use of the teleprompter, she relied on her own "telepalmer".
The former Alaska governor and one-time Republican vice-presidential candidate has maintained a high profile since her unsuccessful bid for the vice-presidency.
In a US television interview on Sunday she said "it would be absurd" for her to rule out running for president in 2012 if she thought it would be right for America.
Ms Palin abruptly resigned as Alaska's governor last July and has since made her living writing a best-selling book, giving speeches, penning opinion pieces and using her Facebook page to weigh in on the news.
She has been one of the most vocal Republican critics of Mr Obama, declaring the policies he has pursued have all but guaranteed he will fail to win re-election.
"He's not going to win if he continues on the path that he has America on today," she told Fox News on Sunday.
Ms Palin also ridiculed the US leader's handling of the fight against global terrorism, drawing cheers from her Tea Party boosters Saturday when she said: "We need a commander in chief, not a professor of law."
- AFP
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