Did Palin just unload a whopper -- Lied about the teleprompter going out during convention speech?

[jefferson_dem]

Palin and the Teleprompter

September 15, 2008 8:42 PM

At a fundraiser in Canton, Ohio, this evening, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had an interesting description of her speech to the Republican convention.

“There Ohio was right out in front, right in front of me," Palin said. "The teleprompter got messed up, I couldn’t follow it, and I just decided I’d just talk to the people in front of me. It was Ohio.”

This struck many of us -- who, as she spoke, followed along with her prepared remarks, and noted how closely she stuck to the script -- as an unusual claim. (Especially those of my colleagues on the convention floor at the time, reading along on the prompter with her, noticing her excellent and disciplined delivery, how she punched words that were underlined and paused where it said "pause," noting that "nuclear" was spelled out for her phonetically.)

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/palin-and-the-t.html

[Coexist]

1. it urban legend in the righty blogs already - they are silly

[krkaufman]

15. McCain campaign was pushing this myth as soon as her speech had ended.

It sounded like complete BS when I heard it, during MSNBC's coverage, but they just echoed it straight from the McCain campaign without ever verifying it independently.

[Cha]

2. palin thinks the truth and the facts are for those who aren't

as ambitious as her. If the lipstick is moving then the lies are pouring out.

[gateley]

3. This is so cool. nt

[Union Thug]

4. Well, some of us were watching and could see on numerous occassions

that the teleprompter was working perfectly. Do not pass go.

[Beaverhausen]

5. apparantly for a short time it was ahead of her, but it caught up

[krkaufman]

16. Based on whose reporting? The only source for this story that I've seen ....

... is the McCain campaign.

[PatGund]

19. I've seen the story....

....on PUMA sites and other right-wing blogs like that. No place else.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/04/palin-teleprompter-didnt_n_123949.html

[krkaufman]

20. Thanks for the link.

Yeah, I thought this story was BS when MSNBC started echoing it the night of her speech.

[AllentownJake]

6. So Sarah Palin memorizes quotes from anti-semetic people who

advocated for the assasination of President Roosevelt? :shrug:

[slinkerwink]

7. That's a BIG LIE!!!!

[qanda]

8. My 12 year old was reading along

And complained when they changed the angle so he couldn't read anymore.

[Clio the Leo]

9. I remember some fairly reliable source...

..... saying that there was a problem with the first line not being displayed properly on the teleprompter. Couldn't cite it for you though.

But even if she's NOT lying it would be the ONLY thing she's been truthful on in the last three weeks.

[vaberella]

10. I saw the teleprompter working fine for her. If you saw the video on CNN online you can see

the movement, there's nothing wrong with it.

[myrna minx]

11. That's ridiculous. She believes she's immune to the truth. n/t

[dflprincess]

12. Didn't that actually happen to Bill Clinton?

She's like Reagan - remember how he once appeared to get a war movie he was in mixed up with the real thing? Now Palin heard Clinton once had to wing it when the teleprompter failed and she's convinced herself it happened to her.

[madaboutharry]

13. It did happen to Bill Clinton and he just

kept going like nothing happened.

For all of his faults, Bill Clinton is brilliant.

[krkaufman]

17. The McCain campaign began spewing this story immediately after her speech at the convention.

And many reporters have debunked it, from what I understand. It's just another in a long line of lies and exaggerations intended to pad Palin's resume and make her seem more substantial than she is.

[tilsammans]

14. When is she NOT lying?

I mean, maybe -- just maybe -- her husband ISN'T a champion snow machine racer.

Just sayin'.

:think:

[GeorgeGist]

18. OMG, she even lies about remembering her lies ...

verbatim.

[imax2268]

21. if her lips are moving...

she's lying...

[Dark]

22. There's plenty of other stuff she's lied about that's a lot more important.

This, I honestly don't care about.

[REP]

23. Yes she did