Palin's palm...

So, politician Sarah Palin criticized President Obama for being a professor of constitutional law. Wow, being intelligent doesn't particularly seem to me like a disadvantage, particularly when it comes to America. On the other hand...

...There's that hand with the scribbles on it.

It was Palin who wrote inky notes on the palm of her hand for a recent speech. Now, I have known of junior high students who used notes on their hands in order to try to cheat at tests. I have known adolescents who have written phone numbers of potential dates on their hands. But what adult ever writes notes on his or her hands for a speech or an interview? Couldn't she afford a 65-cent package of note cards like debaters use? Or a note pad like reporters use?

Palin's inability to answer Katie Couric's questions about Supreme Court cases or magazines she reads was an insight that has haunted her. Her "death panel" remark was beyond stupid, into the zone of reckless. Now her silly hand memos. Stupid? Juvenile? Daffy?

Former Vice President Dan Quayle never overcame his "potatoe" moment. ("Potato" is the correct spelling.) I guess Palin will have some cover for her lightweight moments, since she's now working at the Fox network.