Dude, she probably had sweaty palms by then. If you watch the minute before and after that, she was breathing heavy - deep breaths to collect herself, and looking very uncomfortable. Maybe she had to drop a deuce, maybe it was just a stressful setting, I dunno.
But she had words scribbled on her hand. I'm sure you'll have video guys working their hardest in HD to blow it up. maybe we'll learn the words, maybe not... but when you hold your hand and head in that manner when you need a 'point 2 of what you hate about obama'...
Just admit she used cheat notes, and let the issue go away. Blindly defending it in is just like the Obama Kool-Aid. Everybody fvcks up, we're just human. Palin used a cheating aid, and just like Romney with the earpiece, she got caught. It'll be old news in 2 days, no doubt.