How Do You Remember Your Core Principles?

This has been making the rounds of the interwebs, but I just wanted to chime in for a moment on it. Yes, Sarah Palin uses crib notes, which she ever-so-elegantly writes on her hand. And to make sure, I've cross-checked with a number of sources and it appears these photos are legit and photoshop free (multiple photographers have come forward with pictures showing the same thing, so it would have to be a pretty big conspiracy to have been made-up at this point).

And yeah, we all use notes to remind ourselves of things from time to time. But here's a few reasons why this is hugely different, and a great example of how Palin, like most of these hacks, doesn't seem to believe this crazy shit as much as she knows there are a lot of people who will give you large sums of money for talking about this crazy shit as if you believe it.

So why is this different than anyone else using notes? Well, for one, Palin is one of the chorus of idiots who constantly deride Obama for using a teleprompter during his speeches (as has every president since the invention of the teleprompter). If you're going to mock the guy for doing something, you probably should not then do the exact same thing in a far less graceful way.

But it's much bigger than that. This was a speech she gave at the Tea Party convention, and was supposed to be about her core beliefs. I don't know about you, but I don't have a super hard time remembering my core beliefs. In fact, you could say they are are the core of my identity. If you hired me to talk about what I believe in, I wouldn't need to write reminders on my hand, because I fucking know what I believe in. You know who does have to write reminders of what they believe in on their hand? People whose beliefs are a political expediency that is constantly shifting.

But this won't really do anything to Palin's growing cult, because it was never based on anything in the first place. All of the attraction to her that exists has always been based on the fact that she's a formerly-pretty white lady who won't take your guns away and wants to defend you from the possibly Muslim guy who talks about changes he never actually makes. And if you were on board that idea, a little direct evidence of her lack of sincerety is nothing to dissuade you now...


You simply cannot make shit this stupid up