{"id":2317,"date":"2010-02-09T10:03:30","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T15:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/thickculture\/?p=2317"},"modified":"2010-02-09T10:06:50","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T15:06:50","slug":"those-in-glass-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/thickculture\/2010\/02\/09\/those-in-glass-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"Those in Glass Houses&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Palin has gotten on Obama&#8217;s case for being a &#8220;charasmatic guy with a teleprompter&#8221;, but it looks like her hand was literally caught in the crib note cookie jar for the post-speech Q&amp;A::<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2318\" style=\"width: 394px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2318\" title=\"Tea Party Palin\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/thickculture\/files\/2010\/02\/2010-02-07-palinhandclose.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/thickculture\/files\/2010\/02\/2010-02-07-palinhandclose.jpg 394w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/thickculture\/files\/2010\/02\/2010-02-07-palinhandclose-100x55.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Palin addresses attendees at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010.  AP Photo\/Ed Reinke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I think the only thing more embarrassing would if &#8220;left&#8221; or &#8220;L&#8221; were scrawled on it.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a short MSNBC {not Olberman} story on it::<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HxmX1CZvmks&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>and the full speech::<br \/>\n<object classid=\"d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/iP4PJlufZ0c&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;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 &#8220;trainwreck&#8221; effect, <em>i.e.<\/em>, it&#8217;s gruesome, but one cannot help but slow down and gawk. Of course, the writing on the hand\u2014it&#8217;s satire, people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitterversion::<\/strong> Pic of Sarah Palin&#8217;s &#8220;crib notes&#8221; for Tea Party speech Q&amp;A {video of full speech avail.} spread virally via social media. #ThickCulture<\/p>\n<p><strong>Song:: <\/strong>David Bowie-&#8220;I Keep Forgettin'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"341\" height=\"40\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"window\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&amp;widgetID=20028097&amp;style=metal&amp;p=0\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/listen.grooveshark.com\/songWidget.swf\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Palin has gotten on Obama&#8217;s case for being a &#8220;charasmatic guy with a teleprompter&#8221;, but it looks like her hand was literally caught in the crib note cookie jar for the post-speech Q&amp;A:: I think the only thing more embarrassing would if &#8220;left&#8221; or &#8220;L&#8221; were scrawled on it. 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