Just moments after giving a speech in which she mocked President Obama for using a Teleprompter, Sarah Palin was seen answering questions with the help of her Handprompter.
As TMZ put it, "Palin was back in 10th grade biology class," reading crib notes off her hand to help her answer pre-screened questions at the Tea Party Convention in Tennesse.
The words "energy," "budget" (which was crossed out in favor of "tax cuts") and "lift American spirit" were clearly visible on her hand.
See the close-up photo of Palin's cheat notes, plus watch the video of Palin consulting her hand as she answered softball questions from the Tea Partiers.
Needless to say, Palin is getting mocked from all corners over "Palm-gate."
View a series of amusing Photoshop parodies featuring other notes scrawled on Sarah Palin's hand.
Here's a roundup of more Handprompter hilarity from around the Internets:
Notes on your hand,
Notes on your hand,
Lookin' like a fool
With your notes on your hand. -MadKane
"Palin Dodges Question About 2012: 'I Need to Check With My Hand First'" -Andy Borowitz, on Twitter
"I figured I would do the same thing today, just in case the prompter broke." -NBC's Andrea Mitchell, showing notes on her own hand during "Morning Joe"
"On a positive note, this demonstrates that she can read." -seltaeb4, on Digg
"I guess the next time meanie liberal elites like Katie Couric ask Palin what she reads, she can say, 'My hand.'" -freedomjoe, on Digg
"Hey that's how she got through college. All eight of 'em it took for her to graduate." -IrishJoe, on Digg
"She can compre-hand." -clvngodess, on Digg
"I'd like to thank Sarah Palin for bringing a visual definition to 'talk to the hand.'" -@bleahy4, on Twitter
"Sarah Palin should sell ad space on her hand. She could make a fortune." -@KristeeKelley, on Twitter
"Fox News Gives Palin's Hand Job" -Borowitz Report headline
Update: Sarah Palin struck back at her critics by writing 'Hi Mom' on her hand during a campaign appearance with Gov. Rick Perry in Texas.
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President Obama is having a big Super Bowl party. This is very shrewd. He has invited a group of Republicans to come to the White House for his Super Bowl party. He's going to seat the 'you lie' guy next to the 'not true' guy." -David Letterman
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John Edwards made a sex tape. Do you realize this guy is basically
Paris Hilton with better hair? That's all he is." -Jay Leno
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late-night comedians took on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" this week, joking about the push to let gays serve openly in the military.
"Everybody's talking about the military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy. Admiral Mike Mullen said it's wrong to force people to lie about who they are in order to serve their country. Then Congress was like: 'Who cares? We do that every election.'" -Jimmy Fallon
"I think it was Bill Clinton who popularized the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy. But don't confuse that with another Clinton policy -- 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell Hillary.' That was a whole different policy." -David Letterman
"'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' could be a thing of the past, very soon. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, says he believes gays should serve in the military, all gays, whether they want to or not." -Jimmy Kimmel (
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Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, meanwhile, both
slammed John McCain for his hypocritical stance on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Colbert mocked McCain for flip-flopping on the issue, saying McCain wasn't content with the opinions of "low-ranking" officials like the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Secretary of Defense, and the Commander in Chief.
"We haven't heard a peep from the Commandant of the Coast Guard, the Chief of Naval Operations, Cap'n Crunch, Major Garrett, Sgt. Slaughter, Lt. Dan, 'Private Practice,' or Col. Sanders," Colbert quipped. (
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In another swipe at McCain, The Daily Show's John Oliver argued
it's time to stop letting old people serve in the Senate: "These Senators work long days in close quarters. It's not fair to the other Senators trying to work on legislation, never knowing if one of the 'olds' is gonna come up behind them and offer them a hard candy...These people can't control themselves. " (
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