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by Mike_Hanks Feb 14, 2010 3:33AM PST

"Liberals have been going all Alinsky on Sarah Palin for writing a few words on her hand for her speech last Saturday to the National Tea Party Convention and the Q&A session which followed it. Now it has been revealed that one of the left's most beloved "progressive" icons did the same thing for her 1990 gubernatorial debate against Pete Wilson. The major differences are that under the rules of the debate, the use of crib notes was against the rules, and Feinstein, unlike Palin, tride to hide what she had in, or rather on, her hand. In a Santa Barbara Independent op-ed, Jerry Roberts -- no fan of Gov. Palin by any means -- spilled the beans:

Veteran California political scribes recalled, however, that now-senior Senator Dianne Feinstein pulled the same stunt during a crucial debate when she unsuccessfully ran for governor against Pete Wilson. Back in October 1990, Feinstein and Wilson had their one-and-only debate of the campaign; nervous before the statewide televised event, DiFi scrawled three words ? ?growth, education, choice? on her palm in blue marker, to remind her of the policy themes she wanted to sound.

Her action technically violated a ground rule, on which the campaigns had agreed, against bringing notes to the podium. When reporters challenged her about it after the debate, Feinstein hid her hand behind her back, said, ?I?m not going to show you,? and walked away."

http://texas4palin.blogspot.com/2010/02/feinstein-wrote-crib-notes-on-hand-for.html

(with photos)
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2010/02/oh-my-dianne-franken-feinstein-scrawled.html

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Has Feinstein said anything negative

by JP Bill Feb 14, 2010 3:41AM PST

about the notes on Palin's hand?

IF she did...then she also would be a hypocrite...just like Palin.

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I think the point is...

by J. Vega Feb 14, 2010 4:54AM PST

I think the point is not what Feinstein has said, but what others have said. The Palin comments of Press Secretary Robert Gibbs come to mind with. In light of the Feinstein hand notes of which people have just been reminded, how do you feel about his comments on Palin?

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but what others have said.

by JP Bill Feb 14, 2010 5:48AM PST

Then Gibbs is a hypocrite (a rare breed when you talk politics)

I answered your question now you answer mine.

Do you think Palin is a hypocrite?

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Big difference...

by EdHannigan Feb 14, 2010 5:15AM PST

Palin didn't break any rules, therefore has earned the scorn of the media elites.

Or maybe it's because she's a conservative and Feinstein is a liberal? You tik?

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(NT) 20 year old story. I have underwear newer than that. RTB

by Ziks511 Feb 14, 2010 9:03AM PST

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Oh, and this is a non-story story. Totally meaningless no

by Ziks511 Feb 14, 2010 9:06AM PST

matter what the Party involved. Had her entire script be written on her hand, that would be a story.

Rob

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So you agree ...

by Bill Osler Feb 14, 2010 9:30AM PST

That Ms Palin writing something on her hand is a non-story?

I'm not a fan of Ms Palin - I don't think she has the gravitas to be a serious contender for high office - but I find the Palin bashing coming from your end of the political spectrum both repulsive and thoroughly hypocritical.

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I think it reflects poorly on both politicians but Yes, it's

by Ziks511 Feb 16, 2010 7:19AM PST

a non-story story. It's an excuse for pseudo-controversy, and sloppy journalism besides.

Rob

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20 years, or longer?

by James Denison Feb 14, 2010 8:57PM PST

Nothing quite so fun as making historical comparisons, yes?

http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6130_102-0.html?threadID=380282

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The primary story about Landrieu's office was contemporary,

by Ziks511 Feb 15, 2010 9:04PM PST

and the source of the training that these young men were receiving was the same as Don Segretti and the rest 40 years ago, and both were very similar. Indeed the crime initially suspected was the same, i.e. bugging the phone system, so the parallel made itself. Both instances were crimes.

With regard to Sarah Palin and Diane Feinstein (that is who we're taking about right?) there was no crime involved, and as I understood it, she (Palin) was reading from a script, so the crib notes on her hand were odd to say the least.

There are differences of scale and legality here, and I confess that I had never heard the Feinstein (or whoever) story, but I don't go searching for what appear to me to be petty transgressions. I posted the Palin story two days late because nobody else did, which seemed peculiar. Usually these things are raised here. Actually the same was true of the Landrieu story. I waited for somebody else to post, knowing I'd take heat for posting it, but nobody did. Funny sort of balance in discussion.

Rob

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