Is that supposed to be something written down? Just looks like a blob of ink. And believe me, I wrote enough notes on my hands in spanish in HS to know the difference.....haha
Maybe it’s a Rorschach inkblot, and you have to stare at it to interpret the answer.
Seriously, whatever that mess is on her hand
(no - not that kind, 3 ![:))](https://www.getbig.com/boards/Smileys/classic/laugh.gif)
is not legible enough to work from – at least not at the point we see her look right at it while seated.
Earlier shots from the podium show it already well distorted.
I’m sure she knew about whatever was there, and I’m sure she put it there. I also noticed that she stroked her knee with that hand just prior to looking at her palm.
I suspect she may have been inspecting for additional smearing, and likely glanced
(at least, peripherally) at her knee for any transfer.
As far as her requiring “help” in responding to those particular issues, I agree with Hugo’s assertion that yes – these are questions that she has answered many times the same way. Those answers by now are as easy as reciting her own name.
If she did need help, I doubt she’d have gotten it from that blurry mess. And if she did get lost there, she recovered pretty quickly. I suspect the smudge simply may have distracted her a bit.
Regardless – for those who criticize Obama for using a teleprompter or Palin for using papers or scribbling a few words on her hand, it’s unreasonable to expect
anyone to recite a speech of that length without aides.