White House Representative Pokes Fun at Sarah Palin

Republican politician Sarah Palin’s usage of her hand as a notepad during last week’s National Tea Party Convention has been well documented and highly scrutinized ever since it occurred. During her speech at the convention last week, Palin criticized President Barack Obama’s reliance on teleprompters but photographers managed to capture images of her hand with the words energy, tax and lift American spirits written on it.

On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs got in on the act by mimicking the controversial political figure. According to FoxNews.com, Gibbs wrote a brief grocery list on his hand and showed it to those in attendance at a briefing before explaining it as a list of essentials that he would need to purchase before an expected snowstorm devastates the area.

The items that Gibbs wrote on his hand included milk, eggs, hope and change. He also wrote bread but intentionally crossed it out and clarified his reasoning by stating, “I crossed out bread, just so I can make pancakes for Ethan if it snows and then I wrote down hope and change just in case I forgot that.” Gibbs cracked the joke in the midst of answering a question from a member of the press and those in attendance immediately understood the reference and let out a collective groan in response to it.