Sarah Palin has gotten on Obama’s case for being a “charasmatic guy with a teleprompter”, but it looks like her hand was literally caught in the crib note cookie jar for the post-speech Q&A::

Sarah Palin addresses attendees at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. AP Photo/Ed Reinke

I think the only thing more embarrassing would if “left” or “L” were scrawled on it.

Here’s a short MSNBC {not Olberman} story on it::

and the full speech::

It’s interesting how social media enables the viral spread of stories like this. Is this unfair? Does this really matter? Why is this news? It reinforces what many think of her and there may be more than a little “trainwreck” effect, i.e., it’s gruesome, but one cannot help but slow down and gawk. Of course, the writing on the hand—it’s satire, people.

Twitterversion:: Pic of Sarah Palin’s “crib notes” for Tea Party speech Q&A {video of full speech avail.} spread virally via social media. #ThickCulture

Song:: David Bowie-“I Keep Forgettin'”