Talk to the Hand

I was amazed when I saw CNN’s report on Sarah Palin’s appearance at the Tea Party convention. They concentrated on the fact that she had written some notes on the palm of her hand - and went on to criticize her for doing so saying this “notes in the hand” story would overshadow anything she had to say at the convention. What wishful thinking on CNN’s part. Obviously, their leftist slant on this story was a response to the criticism “their guy” in the White House had taken over his extensive use of a teleprompter and the “gaffs” he commits without one.
Let me state CNN has ‘acted stupidly’ in the way they reported this story. First, Sarah Palin isn’t the President. Nor is she even running for any elected office. She was giving a prepared speech to an audience of people with similar views. There was nothing that said she could not use notes to give the speech.
Furthermore, was CNN so naïve to think that someone wouldn’t find a prominent Democrat who did the same thing? It was a matter of days before it was reported that Diane Feinstein had done the very same thing during a 1990 debate - but in this case, it was expressly forbidden by the rules of the debate to do so.
Again, the double standard against conservatives lives on at CNN - but this time, they have some liberal egg in their faces.