Wingin' it: Palin's teleprompter pulled a Howard Dean

Today we discover that Sarah Palin's teleprompter screeched to a halt during her RNC acceptance speech and she was forced to wing it.

Here is word from Redstate.com that McCain Campaign sources say that during Sarah Palin’s speech last night the teleprompter stopped working properly, leaving her to speak without its help! Drudge is linking to the Redstate article...

She did not miss a beat! So much for the, “She can read a telemprompter well” attack! Priceless!

On the other hand if it were Obama in that situation losing touch with his oh so necessary teleprompter.

“Buhdeeba-buhdeeba-duh-that’s all, folks.

For instance… Let’s count the ‘uh’s’ in this quote.

BO: Well, you know, my understanding is that, uh, Governor Palin’s town of Wasilly [sic] has, uh, 50 employees, uh, uh, we’ve got 2500, uh, in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year. Uh, uh, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month. Uh, so I think that, uh, our ability to manage large systems, uh, and to, uh, execute, uh, I think has been made clear over the last couple of years. Uh, and certainly, in terms of, uh, the legislation that I’ve passed just dealing with this issue post-Katrina, uh, of how we handle emergency management. The fact that, uh, many of my recommendations were adopted and are being put in place, uh, as we speak indicates to extent to which we can provide the kinds of support and good service that the American people expect.

SEVENTEEN!

Gee, perhaps that's why the Anointed One™ refused to participate in unscripted "town hall" meetings with John McCain.

Image adapted from photo by: Tod Heisler/New York Times.