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Sarah Palin Denies Chris Wallace’s Charge That She ‘Messed Up About Paul Revere’

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This morning Sarah Palin appeared on Fox News Sunday and Chris Wallace did not hesitate to ask her about her recent version of historical events that left many a bit perplexed. Wallace said “you realized that you messed up about Paul Revere, don’t you?” Yet Palin informed Wallace, and by extension any of her critics, that in fact they were wrong to think that Revere did not also give a warning to the British.

Before they addressed the Paul Revere controversy, Palin had a minor bone to pick with her Fox News colleague Shepard Smith regarding the purpose behind her bus tour and reiterated that “it’s not a campaign tour”:

“At least reporters don’t seem to be understanding it. Even your own Shep Smith there on Fox News, he announced the other day that I was on some publicity tour. I wanted to say, ‘Shep, take it one step further. What am I publicizing on this tour?’ I’m publicizing Americana and our foundation and how important it is that we learn about our past and our challenges and victories throughout American history.”

Regarding her earlier statement that Paul Revere “warned the British,” Palin suggested this wasn’t a misstatement that many tried to portray it as:

“You know what, I didn’t mess up about Paul Revere. Here’s what Paul Revere did. He warned the Americans that ‘the British were coming, the British were coming’ and they were going to try to take our arms. . . . But remember, the British had already been there . . . part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there that, ‘hey, you’re not going to succeed. You’re not going to take American arms. You are not going to beat our own well-armed persons, individual, private militia that we have.’ He did warn the British. And in a shout-out, gotcha-type of question that was asked of me, I answered candidly. And I know my American history.”

For any “gotcha journalists” out there, Palin wants you to know that she does know her American history, but just prefers such questions about it aren’t shouted-out at her in the future.

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  • Sam M.

    Like I said previously, the woman suffers from cerebral hypoxia. You can’t make this ditz up.

  • Big Eddie

    Sarah Palin is the one you can count on to speak clearly and strongly for the American people . She gets it . She’s us .

    This was one of her best appearances .

  • Sam M.

    Here’s the half-term nit wits quote. It’s a keeper.

    “He who warned, uh, the, the British that they weren’t gonna be takin’ away our arms, uh, by ringin’ those bells and, um, makin’ sure as he’s ridin’ his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that, uh, we were gonna be secure and we were gonna be free and we were gonna be armed.”

  • Fokker News

    She was on the right show this morning trying to pass off that nonsense.

    P.S.
    I hope the “Christians” on this board got a chance to practice their religion on this Sabbath.

  • Emma

    That was a “gotcha type” of question? Palin didn’t have to answer it. It wasn’t a scheduled interview or a press conference where she was expected to take questions.

    This is woman is an EPIC FAIL!

  • Fokker News

    Emma said:
    That was a “gotcha type” of question? Palin didn’t have to answer it. It wasn’t a scheduled interview or a press conference where she was expected to take questions.

    This is woman is an EPIC FAIL!

    That is why her supporters like her. She is one of them.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Wholly self-absrobed people like Palin are incapable of admitting mistakes and, as a consequence, incapable of learning and growing. She’ll end her life as dumb as she is today.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Emma said:
    That was a “gotcha type” of question? Palin didn’t have to answer it. It wasn’t a scheduled interview or a press conference where she was expected to take questions. This is woman is an EPIC FAIL!

    Very good point. Of course, it doesn’t feed to need to proclaim Paln a victim.

  • Fokker News

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    Wholly self-absrobed people like Palin are incapable of admitting mistakes and, as a consequence, incapable of learning and growing. She’ll end her life as dumb as she is today.

    Some people go their whole life without apologizing.

  • GreyGoose

    Are were ever gonna get an apology from Fraces Martel’s June 2nd column that said, “but the thing about the Midnight Ride is that it is precisely the sort of historic event where everyone seems to have it wrong. For one, Revere didn’t warn the British were out to take anyone’s arms, as he didn’t yell out “the British are coming!”, as the myth goes.”?

    Its well known that the British were indeed headed towards Concord to capture te arms cache there.

    tick, toc, tick, toc. . . we’re waiting Martel

  • labman57

    Palin is once again rewriting history while trying to refudiate her latest failed attempt to appear intelligent and educated in her quest to be perceived as God’s gift to American patriotism. In her defense, while demonstrating her expertise about familiar, important American historical events, perhaps she had sweaty palms and her ink smudged.

    Bachmann and Palin share fundamental character flaws — both have a propensity toward making snide, petty comments about those with whom they disagree, neither does her homework before making public comments regarding important social and historical events, and neither is mature enough to accept responsibility for her own mistakes, failures, and shortcomings.

  • GreyGoose

    Sam M. said:
    Here’s the half-term nit wits quote. It’s a keeper. “He who warned, uh, the, the British that they weren’t gonna be takin’ away our arms, uh, by ringin’ those bells and, um, makin’ sure as he’s ridin’ his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that, uh, we were gonna be secure and we were gonna be free and we were gonna be armed.”

    what’s wrong about that (besides the ringing bell red-herring)?

  • writer

    ‘Self-absorbed’ is the new ‘out there’ and ‘fair game’.

  • GreyGoose

    labman57 said:
    Palin is once again rewriting history while trying to refudiate her latest failed attempt to appear intelligent and educated in her quest to be perceived as God’s gift to American patriotism. In her defense, while demonstrating her expertise about familiar, important American historical events, perhaps she had sweaty palms and her ink smudged. Bachmann and Palin share fundamental character flaws — both have a propensity toward making snide, petty comments about those with whom they disagree, neither does her homework before making public comments regarding important social and historical events, and neither is mature enough to accept responsibility for her own mistakes, failures, and shortcomings.

    please tell us what Revere (amnong others) was doing that night?

  • NeoKong

    The woman has charisma.
    If she ever gets on the stage next to Barack Obama she will make him look like some guy trying to sell you a watch on a train platform.

  • Sam M.

    GreyGoose said:
    what’s wrong about that (besides the ringing bell red-herring)?

    Are you serious?

  • timzank

    labman57 said:
    Barack Obama and Joe Biden share fundamental character flaws — both have a propensity toward making snide, petty comments about those with whom they disagree, neither does his homework before making public comments regarding important social and historical events, and neither is mature enough to accept responsibility for his own mistakes, failures, and shortcomings.

    FIFY

  • GreyGoose

    Sam M. said:
    Are you serious?

    you’ve obviously have the answers. lets match your version of Revere’s ride against Palin’s. Surely you’re smarter than some “nit-wit.”

  • darladoon

    it might help his readers if mr. schneider actually did some…….i dunno…….reporting.

    rather than just do a he said/she said (especially when we know the “she” is palin,
    and the “he” is fox news’ chris wallace)

    here you go folks:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere

  • timzank

    GreyGoose said:
    please tell us what Revere (amnong others) was doing that night?

    This will be good.

  • MediaWhorse

    Big Eddie had a large helping of r*tard sandwiches for breakfast.

  • GreyGoose

    timzank said:
    This will be good.

    i predict silence from Sam M

  • Sam M.

    GreyGoose said:
    you’ve obviously have the answers. lets match your version of Revere’s ride against Palin’s. Surely you’re smarter than some “nit-wit.”

    Yes, I am. So is 99.9% of the population, thank you.

  • timzank

    MediaWhorse said:
    Big Eddie had a large helping of r*tard sandwiches for breakfast.

    Personal attack, no tie in to subject matter of post. Where’s the Mediaite cop?

  • GreyGoose

    Sam M. said:
    Yes, I am. So is 99.9% of the population, thank you.

    Well please enlighten me with the facts

  • timzank

    Sam M. said:
    Yes, I am. So is 99.9% of the population, thank you.

    Please share with us your version of Paul Revere’s ride and how it differs ( be specific) with Sarah Palins version.

    We’ll wait.

  • GreyGoose

    timzank said:
    Please share with us your version of Paul Revere’s ride and how it differs ( be specific) with Sarah Palins version. We’ll wait.

    chirp, chirp, chirp. Someone (Sam M) sure got silent

  • Sam M.

    timzank said:
    Please share with us your version of Paul Revere’s ride and how it differs ( be specific) with Sarah Palins version.

    We’ll wait.

    Glad you asked Skippy. On his way to but and therefore the coffee and doughnuts that of which the British there sent along but for our freedoms it is us who the benefits of his ride and collection of barbie dolls and such as our guns which he did not and therefore which is.

    Does this clear it up?

  • Big Eddie

    In the same appearance , Palin stated :

    “It’s very noble of president obama to stay at the helm and go down with the sinking ship, but I prefer — and many Americans prefer — that we start plugging the hole, we start powering up the bilge pump and start getting rid of this unsustainable debt that is sinking our ship. We don’t have to go the way of the Titanic,” she said.

    http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/164779-palin-noble-of-obama-to-go-down-with-the-sinking-ship

  • Sam M.

    Then he started a band. You betcha and jeepers!

  • Republitarian

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    Wholly self-absrobed people like Palin are incapable of admitting mistakes and, as a consequence

    What mistakes have Barack Obama admitted to in over 2.5 years? We are now nearing the second anniversary of our first ” Recovery Summer” and unemployment is HIGHER than before the FIRST recovery summer – oh, but we are another $4T in DEBT.

    When has Barack Obama EVER made fun of himself? He the least self deprecating President in the modern era. He’s also a president with remarkably thin skin.

  • teccec

    Palin is the closest I’ve seen to a Ronald Reagan since, well, Ronald Reagan. Libs absolutely despised Reagan too. A big part of the disconnect is the ideology. Conservatives tend to be concerned with morality, do unto others as you would have them do unto you, freedom and security from those who would oppress you or otherwise get in your way when you are trying to live your life and pursue your dreams and aspirations without harming or interfering with anyone else. I’m generalizing and not describing in full, but I’m a conservative so its what I’m more familiar with. Liberal socialists tend to be more concerned about what is best for society and individual freedoms be damned. That also is a generalization and woefully inadequate description. I’m just saying dems hated Reagan because he believed in America, Americans, Freedom, and did not believe in bureaucrats. That last part really pisses dems off. Palin unapologetically believes in the same things and is therefore forever hated by those of the opposite ideology.

    While 2012 will be about the economy, and right now Romney may be the best in that category, the Republican nominee last time was a centrist who pissed off the base and played to the middle, where Romney also is. That would be a mistake for 2012. The Republicans don’t need to move further to the left, they need to remain true to who they (supposedly) are. Most of the country is conservative. Put of a conservative (not centrist) candidate and conservatives (and many independents) will vote for that person.

    I’m reading Tony Blair’s book now, its interesting that he says he and Clinton were both ‘new progressives’, and that the labor (liberal) party had had a decades long role as the opposition party because they thought every time they lost an election it was because they weren’t ‘left’ enough. Blair realized that was garbage (as did Clinton in American politics), he knew they needed to move towards the center, give up on the more radical communist/socialist positions (which many ignored anyway). He (and Clinton) were able to take some of the right-wing issues as their own because they were the right and necessary things to do. Clinton had is personal problems, but wasn’t a bad president. Bush 43 also by the way went out of his way to push centrist policies and often got spanked by both the left and right for it. I don’t know if Palin should or shouldn’t run, but presently she has shown the most honest and consistent conservatism than any candidate. I’d vote for her in a heartbeat based on her character alone. A President should be a good political operator, should be learned in the issues of other countries as well as our own, and must represent ALL Americans (unlike the current President who has basically shut Republicans out since day one). Palin happily worked with Democrats in her previous roles, was more than willing to poke her finger in the eye of misbehaving Republicans, and had the best interests of her constituents and her ideals in mind. I think Reagan would be proud and I think he’d advise her to run if she feels she’s ready, if for no other reason than to excite the base and set herself up for a future run – Reagan ran and lost before winning you know…

  • lorenzo

    Following on Revere’s alarums, bells would indeed have been rung and arms fired to raise the militia. As to Palin’s contention that Revere warned the British soldiers against disarming the citizenry, after his capture by the regulars he was questioned about the location of the militia’s armory. His subsequent actions as a leading figure of the revolution would indicate he would not be cooperative in disclosing that information. If you have a real interest in the facts of this historical event, you may wish to check the following:

    http://goo.gl/kKDD0

  • GreyGoose

    Sam M. said:
    Glad you asked Skippy. On his way to but and therefore the coffee and doughnuts that of which the British there sent along but for our freedoms it is us who the benefits of his ride and collection of barbie dolls and such as our guns which he did not and therefore which is. Does this clear it up?

    And you call Palin a nit-wit?

  • timzank

    Sam M. said:
    Glad you asked Skippy. On his way to but and therefore the coffee and doughnuts that of which the British there sent along but for our freedoms it is us who the benefits of his ride and collection of barbie dolls and such as our guns which he did not and therefore which is. Does this clear it up?

    If you are incapable of telling us what happened (historically) that night we completely understand. We don’t expect liberals to actually know history.

  • writer

    Some people are so self-absorbed, they post their flight schedules and what they had for lunch, as if anyone cares.

  • GreyGoose

    timzank said:
    If you are incapable of telling us what happened (historically) that night we completely understand. We don’t expect liberals to actually know history.

    only if its a situation which makes us look negative

  • Sam M.

    GreyGoose said:
    And you call Palin a nit-wit?

    Yes, as are her fans. Thanks for asking.

  • WCinWI

    Fokker News said:
    Some people go their whole life without apologizing.

    Don’t worry. Obama’s apologized for America enough. 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • puck30

    timzank said:
    Personal attack, no tie in to subject matter of post. Where’s the Mediaite cop?

    Must be on Doughnut break.

  • GreyGoose

    Sam M. said:
    Yes, as are her fans. Thanks for asking.

    She’s obviously smarter than you….at least she KNOWS about the Revere ride. Can’t say that much for “others” on this topic.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lars-Svensen/100001028197161 Lars Svensen

    Sweet, seductive Sarah Palin didn’t “mess up about Paul Revere”, but she long ago messed up the heads of jealous haters who attack everything she says & does.

  • Sam M.

    timzank said:
    If you are incapable of telling us what happened (historically) that night we completely understand. We don’t expect liberals to actually know history.

    Palin told you what happened – you don’t believe the half-term nit wit? Read a book. They are these things with pages that you read and then turn. You can find at the lieberry. If you are lazy, try the internets. LMAO.

  • timzank

    Sam M. said:
    Palin told you what happened – you don’t believe the half-term nit wit? Read a book. They are these things with pages that you read and then turn. You can find at the lieberry. If you are lazy, try the internets. LMAO.

    So you admit you don’t know then.That’s fine. As I said we understand.

  • Sam M.

    GreyGoose said:
    She’s obviously smarter than you….at least she KNOWS about the Revere ride. Can’t say that much for “others” on this topic.

    No, she doesn’t and neither do you. She’s no smarter than a hang nail. Don’t know what that says about her fan base.

  • GreyGoose

    Sam M. said:
    Palin told you what happened – you don’t believe the half-term nit wit? Read a book. They are these things with pages that you read and then turn. You can find at the lieberry. If you are lazy, try the internets. LMAO.

    but you said she was wrong….we just want you to tell us where she was wrong. Surely you can give a couple examples

  • WCinWI

    Sam M. said:
    Palin told you what happened – you don’t believe the half-term nit wit? Read a book. They are these things with pages that you read and then turn. You can find at the lieberry. If you are lazy, try the internets. LMAO.

    Yes she did tell us what happened. :) Thanks for clarifying that point. Now, I have no clue what your point is so do continue to make non-points.

  • Sam M.

    WCinWI said:
    Yes she did tell us what happened. :) Thanks for clarifying that point. Now, I have no clue what your point is so do continue to make non-points.

    My non-point is that the half-term nit wit does not know her history and it’s sad but likely that you don’t either. You and the goose just parrot what the nit wit says having know idea that she pulled it out of the air.

  • GreyGoose

    Sam M. said:
    No, she doesn’t and neither do you. She’s no smarter than a hang nail. Don’t know what that says about her fan base.

    Sam M, let this beat down of your argument be a lesson to you. When you read stories on Kos (and co.) stop being a sheep and investigate things for yourself. You’ll find out that those who you believe just might be trying to keep the whole truth from you.

  • GreyGoose

    Sam M. said:
    My non-point is that the half-term nit wit does not know her history and it’s sad but likely that you don’t either. You and the goose just parrot what the nit wit says having know idea that she pulled it out of the air.

    poor little fellow dug a hole for himself and instead of admitting that Palin was right, he starts throwing personal attacks.

  • Bill Huggins

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    This WHOLE “interview” is HILARIOUS !!!

    Wow. I was watching it this morning just eating up the WORD SALAD with croutons!! Hahahahahaha

    This is CLASSIC PALIN MATERIAL for the comics this whole next week!!

    She’s publicizing Americana! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

    Chris should’ve asked her about the Statue of Liberty! Hahahahaha

    GOTCHA BY THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA

  • DonnaK

    Another softball interview with Fox, I expected better of Chris Wallace!! It is so funny for this clown to talk about President Obama going down with ship, this fool abandoned the ship….Just because she didn’t pee herself, all her supporters are raving about this interview, it was just more word salad…You don’t even know what she has said when she is finished!! I guess the point was to show her giving her speech, after Ailes said she was stupid….She is STUPID!!!

  • Sam M.

    GreyGoose said:
    but you said she was wrong….we just want you to tell us where she was wrong. Surely you can give a couple examples

    Einstein. She got it all wrong. LMAO.

  • BatBoy

    Sam M. said:
    No, she doesn’t and neither do you. She’s no smarter than a hang nail. Don’t know what that says about her fan base.

    Another Self Anointed Liberal Intellectual bites the Dust!

    Here is the liberal theme song…..
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0xsRgivU4M

  • GreyGoose

    WC & timzack,

    Good job fellows. We once again prove that facts destroy emotion/ignorance every time

  • GreyGoose

    Sam M. said:
    Einstein. She got it all wrong. LMAO.

    yes of course, but the fact that YOU ARE AFRAID to tell us the “real” truth proves to me- and the candid world- that Palin was/is correct.

  • glenn113

    DonnaK said:
    Another softball interview with Fox, I expected better of Chris Wallace!! It is so funny for this clown to talk about President Obama going down with ship, this fool abandoned the ship….Just because she didn’t pee herself, all her supporters are raving about this interview, it was just more word salad…You don’t even know what she has said when she is finished!! I guess the point was to show her giving her speech, after Ailes said she was stupid….She is STUPID!!!</blockquot
    what else would you expect? I'd get off my deathbed to watch Rachel interview her!

  • writer

    How does such a ‘dumb’ person keep all of these smart people so angry and upset all the time?

  • GreyGoose

    DonnaK said:
    Another softball interview with Fox, I expected better of Chris Wallace!! It is so funny for this clown to talk about President Obama going down with ship, this fool abandoned the ship….Just because she didn’t pee herself, all her supporters are raving about this interview, it was just more word salad…You don’t even know what she has said when she is finished!! I guess the point was to show her giving her speech, after Ailes said she was stupid….She is STUPID!!!

    Sam M refused(couldn’t) to tell us where she was wrong perhaps you can Donna. Please show us that you’re smarter than Palin

  • glenn113

    I can’t imagine her letting Rachel interview her… that would be a classic.

  • Sam M.

    GreyGoose said:
    yes of course, but the fact that YOU ARE AFRAID to tell us the “real” truth proves to me- and the candid world- that Palin was/is correct.

    No warning shots, no bells. How’s that for starters.

    By the way, what exactly is the “candid world?” LMAO.

  • glenn113

    GreyGoose said:
    Sam M refused(couldn’t) to tell us where she was wrong perhaps you can Donna. Please show us that you’re smarter than Palin

    Donna just has to show her high school diploma.

  • WCinWI

    glenn113 said:
    Donna just has to show her high school diploma.

    So Palin didn’t graduate from college? Nice try. If you’d like to use college transcripts as a barometer, Obama is a smart but crappy President. :)

  • glenn113

    BatBoy said:
    Another Self Anointed Liberal Intellectual bites the Dust! Here is the liberal theme song…..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0xsRgivU4M

    I’m wrong Sarah did go to college.. she is sitting in the second row ..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_Y6UKMp8Qw

  • glenn113
  • WCinWI

    glenn113 said:
    I’m wrong Sarah did go to college.. she is sitting in the second row ..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_Y6UKMp8Qw

    Rent free.

  • Sam M.

    GreyGoose said:
    Sam M refused(couldn’t) to tell us where she was wrong perhaps you can Donna. Please show us that you’re smarter than Palin

    Well, getting you to read a book is not going to work. That’s fine, didn’t expect it, most Palin supporters aren’t interested in book, facts, etc. But you do have an internet connection and it would only take 10 minutes to do a quick internets search. You up for it? I’d suggest doing a search of “Paul Revere.” Is this helpful?

  • writer

    Listen my friend and you shall hear
    Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere
    Throw off the cover, throw off the sheet
    As the left makes a dash for the toilet seat

  • lorenzo

    Sam M. said:
    No warning shots, no bells. How’s that for starters.

    By the way, what exactly is the “candid world?” LMAO.

    As I previously posted:

    Following on Revere’s alarums, bells would indeed have been rung and arms fired to raise the militia. As to Palin’s contention that Revere warned the British soldiers against disarming the citizenry, after his capture by the regulars he was questioned about the location of the militia’s armory. His subsequent actions as a leading figure of the revolution would indicate he would not be cooperative in disclosing that information. If you have a real interest in the facts of this historical event, you may wish to check the following:

    http://goo.gl/kKDD0

    You obviously have no interest in the facts.

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    This is so embarrassing for our country, how can we be talking about a potential presidential candidate that knows so little about US history?

    I really hope kids are not listening to her talk about our history, the damage she’s doing to our fragile education system is in greater peril thanks to her nonsense.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Thorkil-Kowalski-Vrge/566276352 Thorkil Kowalski Værge

    Bill Huggins said:
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    ….

    This is CLASSIC PALIN MATERIAL for the comics this whole next week!!

    She’s publicizing Americana! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

    /blockquote>
    Usually you libs are much more subtle in your anti-western rhetoric. Kudos for your honesty in the above quote. If you can now just explain why you hate the ideas on which America was founded and which country you think has done better the last 235 years.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Thorkil-Kowalski-Vrge/566276352 Thorkil Kowalski Værge

    Thorkil Kowalski Værge said:
    .

    This is CLASSIC PALIN MATERIAL for the comics this whole next week!!

    She’s publicizing Americana! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

    /blockquote>
    Usually you libs are much more subtle in your anti-western rhetoric. Kudos for your honesty in the above quote. If you can now just explain why you hate the ideas on which America was founded and which country you think has done better the last 235 years.

  • GreyGoose

    Sam M. said:
    No warning shots, no bells. How’s that for starters. By the way, what exactly is the “candid world?” LMAO.

    Lord be praised, Sam M has decided to defend his point.

    First off, the bell ringing is in dispute. Reverve was the head of a metal foudry, which MADE bells (I think that co. still stands.) and would other services to churches that he’d ring them every so often, so Revere was known for his bells, so thats where the “ringing bells” came into this story (wich may/may not be true.)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Thorkil-Kowalski-Vrge/566276352 Thorkil Kowalski Værge

    Damn quoting system… Well. You probably got the message.

  • WCinWI

    Sam M. said:
    Well, getting you to read a book is not going to work. That’s fine, didn’t expect it, most Palin supporters aren’t interested in book, facts, etc. But you do have an internet connection and it would only take 10 minutes to do a quick internets search. You up for it? I’d suggest doing a search of “Paul Revere.” Is this helpful?

    http://conservatives4palin.com/2011/06/governor-palin-gives-the-media-a-history-lesson-on-paul-reveres-midnight-ride.html

    Would you like to disagree with the Massachusetts Historical Society? Do go on.

  • Bunker

    According to Paul Revere, Palin is correct:

    “I observed a Wood at a Small distance, & made for that. When I got there, out Started Six officers, on Horse back,and orderd me to dismount;-one of them, who appeared to have the command, examined me, where I came from,& what my Name Was? I told him. it was Revere, he asked if it was Paul? I told him yes He asked me if I was an express? I answered in the afirmative. He demanded what time I left Boston? I told him; and aded, that their troops had catched aground in passing the River, and that There would be five hundred Americans there in a short time, for I had alarmed the Country all the way up. He imediately rode towards those who stoppd us, when all five of them came down upon a full gallop; one of them, whom I afterwards found to be Major Mitchel, of the 5th Regiment, Clapped his pistol to my head, called me by name, & told me he was going to ask me some questions, & if I did not give him true answers, he would blow my brains out. He then asked me similar questions to those above. He then orderd me to mount my Horse, after searching me for arms”

  • Sam M.

    lorenzo said:
    As I previously posted:

    Following on Revere’s alarums, bells would indeed have been rung and arms fired to raise the militia. As to Palin’s contention that Revere warned the British soldiers against disarming the citizenry, after his capture by the regulars he was questioned about the location of the militia’s armory. His subsequent actions as a leading figure of the revolution would indicate he would not be cooperative in disclosing that information. If you have a real interest in the facts of this historical event, you may wish to check the following:

    http://goo.gl/kKDD0

    You obviously have no interest in the facts.

    Sorry, you really need to educate yourself as you are obviously wrong and will accept anything the half-term nit wit throws at you. This makes you a rube.

  • DonnaK

    Grey Goose—I’m not flirting with trying to be President or try to affect the out come of an election!! Most of her supporters just want to look at her, or hear her catch phrases, I would dare to say most of them don’t have a lot of education or class either…..I always wonder if these strong supporters on this board, are not Palin & her family, it has been said they are like hawks over the comments made about her, and answer quickly, to seem like she has more supporters than she really does? Is that you Sarah?

  • Sam M.

    Bunker said:
    According to Paul Revere, Palin is correct:

    “I observed a Wood at a Small distance, & made for that. When I got there, out Started Six officers, on Horse back,and orderd me to dismount;-one of them, who appeared to have the command, examined me, where I came from,& what my Name Was? I told him. it was Revere, he asked if it was Paul? I told him yes He asked me if I was an express? I answered in the afirmative. He demanded what time I left Boston? I told him; and aded, that their troops had catched aground in passing the River, and that There would be five hundred Americans there in a short time, for I had alarmed the Country all the way up. He imediately rode towards those who stoppd us, when all five of them came down upon a full gallop; one of them, whom I afterwards found to be Major Mitchel, of the 5th Regiment, Clapped his pistol to my head, called me by name, & told me he was going to ask me some questions, & if I did not give him true answers, he would blow my brains out. He then asked me similar questions to those above. He then orderd me to mount my Horse, after searching me for arms”

    Except that is not what she said. Once again, here’s the half-term nit wits full quote.

    “He who warned, uh, the, the British that they weren’t gonna be takin’ away our arms, uh, by ringin’ those bells and, um, makin’ sure as he’s ridin’ his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that, uh, we were gonna be secure and we were gonna be free and we were gonna be armed.”

    Sorry, no bells, no warning shots, etc., etc. So according to Paul Revere, Sarah Palin is a boob.

  • Longuerdo

    I’m publicizing Americana and our foundation and how important it is that we learn about our past

    So she was being ironic, which is like being satirical, in the sense that she doesn’t know what either of those words means.

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    WCinWI said:
    http://conservatives4palin.com/2011/06/governor-palin-gives-the-media-a-history-lesson-on-paul-reveres-midnight-ride.html

    Would you like to disagree with the Massachusetts Historical Society? Do go on.

    Please quote me one, only one credible historian or document that says that part of Reveres mission on his midnight ride was to “warn the British” about anything in the first place.

    But remember, the British had already been there . . . part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there that, ‘hey, you’re not going to succeed. You’re not going to take American arms. You are not going to beat our own well-armed persons, individual, private militia that we have.’ He did warn the British.

    No, “part of his ride” wasn’t about that. And no he didn’t mean to be captured.

    She’s suggesting (without saying so or even be aware of it) that he got captured later that night on purpose, which is NOT the case at all!!!!

  • WCinWI

    DonnaK said:
    Grey Goose—I’m not flirting with trying to be President or try to affect the out come of an election!! Most of her supporters just want to look at her, or hear her catch phrases, I would dare to say most of them don’t have a lot of education or class either…..I always wonder if these strong supporters on this board, are not Palin & her family, it has been said they are like hawks over the comments made about her, and answer quickly, to seem like she has more supporters than she really does? Is that you Sarah?

    As a Palin supporter, I like her on policies and her catch phrases that drive you bonkers. Have a new talking point to push? What specific policy that Palin has stated do you have a problem with?

  • GreyGoose

    as for the warning shots, I think that fact was proved at Concord….where doyou think “the shot heard around the world” came from

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    Bunker said:
    According to Paul Revere, Palin is correct:

    “I observed a Wood at a Small distance, & made for that. When I got there, out Started Six officers, on Horse back,and orderd me to dismount;-one of them, who appeared to have the command, examined me, where I came from,& what my Name Was? I told him. it was Revere, he asked if it was Paul? I told him yes He asked me if I was an express? I answered in the afirmative. He demanded what time I left Boston? I told him; and aded, that their troops had catched aground in passing the River, and that There would be five hundred Americans there in a short time, for I had alarmed the Country all the way up. He imediately rode towards those who stoppd us, when all five of them came down upon a full gallop; one of them, whom I afterwards found to be Major Mitchel, of the 5th Regiment, Clapped his pistol to my head, called me by name, & told me he was going to ask me some questions, & if I did not give him true answers, he would blow my brains out. He then asked me similar questions to those above. He then orderd me to mount my Horse, after searching me for arms”

    He got captured, she’s saying that was part of his mission on the ride, which is completely false! With her clarification she’s actually made her account even less accurate!!!

  • WCinWI

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    Please quote me one, only one credible historian or document that says that part of Reveres mission on his midnight ride was to “warn the British” about anything in the first place.

    No, “part of his ride” wasn’t about that. And no he didn’t mean to be captured.

    She’s suggesting (without saying so or even be aware of it) that he got captured later that night on purpose, which is NOT the case at all!!!!

    http://www.paul-revere-heritage.com/midnight-ride.html

  • Sam M.

    WCinWI said:
    As a Palin supporter, I like her on policies and her catch phrases that drive you bonkers. Have a new talking point to push? What specific policy that Palin has stated do you have a problem with?

    Just an fyi, I hope the half-term nit wit runs and is the GOP nominee.

    Catch phrases are always and indicator of a strong leader. LOL.

  • writer

    So how were people warned? Revere went up to each door and knocked? The main thing is, the far left is going to nitpick apart every word Palin says.

  • WCinWI

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    He got captured, she’s saying that was part of his mission on the ride, which is completely false! With her clarification she’s actually made her account even less accurate!!!

    You’re assuming that she saying stuff.

    Are there 57 states?
    Is it 2008?
    Was it corpsemen or corpsmen that he was referring to?

    Seriously – you need new talking points because you’re going to lose on this one.

  • GreyGoose

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    No, “part of his ride” wasn’t about that.

    Do you realize that the British were headed towards Concord to take control of the weapons cache there?

  • Bunker

    Sam, I think the point people are making fun of is the “Revere warned the Brittish” part.

    She was correct as Paul in his own words said ” and aded, that their troops had catched aground in passing the River, and that There would be five hundred Americans there in a short time”

    I think Palin is technically correct- I am not sure if she meant to be.

  • LOGICandREASON

    Palin was right, end of story!

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    GreyGoose said:
    Do you realize that the British were headed towards Concord to take control of the weapons cache there?

    She’s saying that “part of his ride was to warn the British”, that wasn’t his mission at all! She’s implying he meant to be captured!

    Is there a reading comprehension problem here?

  • GreyGoose

    Sam M. said:
    Except that is not what she said. Once again, here’s the half-term nit wits full quote. “He who warned, uh, the, the British that they weren’t gonna be takin’ away our arms, uh, by ringin’ those bells and, um, makin’ sure as he’s ridin’ his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that, uh, we were gonna be secure and we were gonna be free and we were gonna be armed.” Sorry, no bells, no warning shots, etc., etc. So according to Paul Revere, Sarah Palin is a boob.

    How do yuou think they conjured all the minutemen? By cell phone? They folks lived miles & miles away from each other. The ONLY WAY to message them quickly was through bell or gunshot.

  • timzank

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    She’s saying that “part of his ride was to warn the British”, that wasn’t his mission at all! She’s implying he meant to be captured! Is there a reading comprehension problem here?

    No, there is an interpretation problem on your part.

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    WCinWI said:
    You’re assuming that she saying stuff.

    Are there 57 states?
    Is it 2008?
    Was it corpsemen or corpsmen that he was referring to?

    Seriously – you need new talking points because you’re going to lose on this one.

    Let’s make this very clear. We’re talking about her clarification, not a gaffe or anything accidental like that. She’s had time to think about this, and be educated about it by I hope somebody in her staff that knows basic American history.

    She said;

    But remember, the British had already been there . . . part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there that, ‘hey, you’re not going to succeed.

    “Part of his ride was to warn …” is saying that a part of his mission was to deliver a warning or a message to the British soldiers. No one has ever claimed this, and she’s making this up. She may (and she’s still not clear about it) be confusing what he said to the soldiers when he was captured, but his ride wasn’t about getting captured or interacting with British soldiers.

  • puck30

    Sam M. said:
    Well, getting you to read a book is not going to work. That’s fine, didn’t expect it, most Palin supporters aren’t interested in book, facts, etc. But you do have an internet connection and it would only take 10 minutes to do a quick internets search. You up for it? I’d suggest doing a search of “Paul Revere.” Is this helpful?

    We are all still in shock you got past ‘Green Eggs And Ham’.

  • WCinWI

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    Let’s make this very clear. We’re talking about her clarification, not a gaffe or anything accidental like that. She’s had time to think about this, and be educated about it by I hope somebody in her staff that knows basic American history.

    She said;

    “Part of his ride was to warn …” is saying that a part of his mission was to deliver a warning or a message to the British soldiers. No one has ever claimed this, and she’s making this up. She may (and she’s still not clear about it) be confusing what he said to the soldiers when he was captured, but his ride wasn’t about getting captured or interacting with British soldiers.

    In the Spring of 1775 the “mechanics” became suspicious when they detected British vessels being prepared to cross the river. Paul immediately reported their findings to Dr. Joseph Warren.

    http://www.paul-revere-heritage.com/midnight-ride.html

    Give up. You’re not going to win this.

  • GreyGoose

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    She’s saying that “part of his ride was to warn the British”, that wasn’t his mission at all! She’s implying he meant to be captured! Is there a reading comprehension problem here?

    the point of the entire day- which the British lost aout 250 men- was a warning to Britain that we would fight them.

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    WCinWI said:
    http://www.paul-revere-heritage.com/midnight-ride.html

    no where does it say that part of revere’s mission was to warn the british of anything. you should stick to the mentally challenges that come up in the ‘real housewives’ shows you are a fan of.

  • glenn113

    “The Yankees are coming, the Yankees are coming”

  • WCinWI

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    Let’s make this very clear. We’re talking about her clarification, not a gaffe or anything accidental like that. She’s had time to think about this, and be educated about it by I hope somebody in her staff that knows basic American history.

    She said;

    “Part of his ride was to warn …” is saying that a part of his mission was to deliver a warning or a message to the British soldiers. No one has ever claimed this, and she’s making this up. She may (and she’s still not clear about it) be confusing what he said to the soldiers when he was captured, but his ride wasn’t about getting captured or interacting with British soldiers.

    Facts about Paul Revere You May have not Known

    Paul revere certainly did not shout the famous phrase which was later attributed to him, “The British are Coming!”. The main reason to believe this expression to be inaccurate was that colonists were all considered British at that time.

    http://www.paul-revere-heritage.com/trivia.html

  • writer

    “The nitpickers are coming! The nitpickers are coming!”

  • WCinWI

    ChiliPeppersFan said:
    no where does it say that part of revere’s mission was to warn the british of anything. you should stick to the mentally challenges that come up in the ‘real housewives’ shows you are a fan of.

    Read below. It’s on the site in other locations. Stop making conservatives do your research. Sheesh.

  • GreyGoose

    Sam M. said:
    what exactly is the “candid world?”

    I didn’t expect you to understand that. There’s this guy named Tom Jefferson who wrote this paper called the Declaration of Independence. Judging by your knowledge of Revolutionary history, I dont think you read it, but those world “candid world” come from there.

  • WillP

    Sarah Palin should be giving American history classes after the One Nation tour. I mean could you think of a better advocate and expert of America than her? Her family has made the sacrifice putting in the time and energy to highlight the importance of our many national treasures. Without Sarah Palin would we be reminded and educated about the journey of Paul Revere or the plight of immigrants at Ellis Island? We should count our lucky stars that we have such a strong patriot as Sarah Palin who will not back down standing firm on the side of freedom, liberty, and traditional American values against the rising wave of secularism and liberalism that threatens our way of life. God bless America. And God bless Sarah Palin. Visit SarahPac. Sarah Palin 2012!!!!!!!!

  • Barack Must Go

    All irrelevant really. If Palin winds up running, becomes the Republican candidate, Obama loses to her.

    Pretty much anything on earth she says between now and next November short of the N word, and she’s the ” one ” she’s the next president of the United States of America.

    Obama’s career ( if you can even call it that ) is OVER everywhere but in his coconut head and the lying MSM.

    Libs ought to start courting Hillary if you expect to have any chance of keeping the White House in the control of the ‘ jackass ‘ party, and you know it.

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    WCinWI said:
    Facts about Paul Revere You May have not Known

    Paul revere certainly did not shout the famous phrase which was later attributed to him, “The British are Coming!”. The main reason to believe this expression to be inaccurate was that colonists were all considered British at that time.

    http://www.paul-revere-heritage.com/trivia.html

    Again, what does that have to do with my post that you are replying too.

    This is sad, it’s as if you’ve given up. You can’t really debate the points brought up to you and will just keep linking repeatedly from the Paul Revere site. Nobody is disputing the well known facts about the story, what I can’t really put up with is people excusing ignorance!

    We need to promote intelligence and education, not ignorance and mediocrity.

  • writer

    With today’s technology, I hope the left is aware that Palin’s every utterance does not have to be placed under an ordinary microscope. We now have electron microscopes.

  • WCinWI

    GreyGoose said:
    I didn’t expect you to understand that. There’s this guy named Tom Jefferson who wrote this paper called the Declaration of Independence. Judging by your knowledge of Revolutionary history, I dont think you read it, but those world “candid world” come from there.

    I am not some history scholar (I am interested in reading about historical situations over the Summer or at least in the future sometime), but it’s clear that what Palin said (not in the initial clip – that was word salad) was right in overall context. See, that’s the difference with people that support Palin. We understand that people are imperfect. We can call out (as I just did in my own post) her moments when she needs to be more clear. That said, the same level isn’t afforded to Obama and all of his word salad moments.

  • roxsteady

    Barack Must Go said:
    All irrelevant really. If Palin winds up running, becomes the Republican candidate, Obama loses to her. Pretty much anything on earth she says between now and next November short of the N word, and she’s the ” one ” she’s the next president of the United States of America. Obama’s career ( if you can even call it that ) is OVER everywhere but in his coconut head and the lying MSM. Libs ought to start courting Hillary if you expect to have any chance of keeping the White House in the control of the ‘ jackass ‘ party, and you know it.

    Not according to the polls. You’re in denial which is only going to make her ass whipping that much more painful for you. I can’t wait. Unfortunately she’s not going to run because she doesnt’ have the balls. She knows she be crushed by Obama and so do you!

  • WCinWI

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    Again, what does that have to do with my post that you are replying too.

    This is sad, it’s as if you’ve given up. You can’t really debate the points brought up to you and will just keep linking repeatedly from the Paul Revere site. Nobody is disputing the well known facts about the story, what I can’t really put up with is people excusing ignorance!

    We need to promote intelligence and education, not ignorance and mediocrity.

    I’ve pretty much owned his this whole thread. There’s nothing for me to prove as that site already proves it. Just because you fail to see the error in your non-logic, doesn’t mean that I’m wrong.

    You are the mediocre one my dear.

  • WCinWI

    roxsteady said:

    Weiner, is that you?

  • GreyGoose

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    Again, what does that have to do with my post that you are replying too. This is sad, it’s as if you’ve given up. You can’t really debate the points brought up to you and will just keep linking repeatedly from the Paul Revere site. Nobody is disputing the well known facts about the story, what I can’t really put up with is people excusing ignorance! We need to promote intelligence and education, not ignorance and mediocrity.

    the point of the entire day- which the British lost aout 250 men- was a warning to Britain that we would fight them.

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    WCinWI said:
    You’re assuming that she saying stuff.

    Are there 57 states?
    Is it 2008?
    Was it corpsemen or corpsmen that he was referring to?

    Seriously – you need new talking points because you’re going to lose on this one.

    and the best way for someone who know’s she is wrong is to bring up gaffes made by someone else. the thing with that is is that’s all they are…gaffes, and i’m sure he would be the first to admit that. he was tired and he misspoke. palin had a couple of days to think about and all she had to do was say, “yes, i misspoke.”
    aaron blake says it best in the wash. times…

    Palin appears to be referring to a part of the story which is not in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem but is described elsewhere in historical accounts, in which Revere is detained by the British and warns them, while at gunpoint, that 500 American militiamen awaited in Concord.

    In her initial comment and on Sunday, Palin seemed to blend this aspect of the story with Revere actually riding around to warn the Americans that the British were coming. She described Revere warning the British by riding through town, firing warning shots and ringing bells. Warning shots and bells are not included in historical accounts of the ride, either.

    i’ve been wrong in the past and admitted it. give it a try.

  • aamom

    poor sarah. too dumb to know she is too dumb.

  • Liberal Tormentor

    How about we all be honest here. If given a random history test, probably 98% of American’s would fail and the % of Congressman wouldn’t be any better.

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    GreyGoose said:
    the point of the entire day- which the British lost aout 250 men- was a warning to Britain that we would fight them.

    Paul Revere’s mission that night was not to deliver that warning at all. His mission and main goal that night is well detailed by the historical record.

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    WillP said:
    Sarah Palin should be giving American history classes after the One Nation tour. I mean could you think of a better advocate and expert of America than her? Her family has made the sacrifice putting in the time and energy to highlight the importance of our many national treasures. Without Sarah Palin would we be reminded and educated about the journey of Paul Revere or the plight of immigrants at Ellis Island? We should count our lucky stars that we have such a strong patriot as Sarah Palin who will not back down standing firm on the side of freedom, liberty, and traditional American values against the rising wave of secularism and liberalism that threatens our way of life. God bless America. And God bless Sarah Palin. Visit SarahPac. Sarah Palin 2012!!!!!!!!

    she should team up with michelle bachmann and do a tag team history class at beck’s university.

    amarekin hisstery 101.5

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    How about we all be honest here. If given a random history test, probably 98% of American’s would fail and the % of Congressman wouldn’t be any better.

    you must be a fan of bill maher’s american leadership in stupidity. c’mon michelle, thought you had a better outlook on americans.

  • WCinWI

    ChiliPeppersFan said:
    and the best way for someone who know’s she is wrong is to bring up gaffes made by someone else. the thing with that is is that’s all they are…gaffes, and i’m sure he would be the first to admit that. he was tired and he misspoke. palin had a couple of days to think about and all she had to do was say, “yes, i misspoke.”
    aaron blake says it best in the wash. times…

    Palin appears to be referring to a part of the story which is not in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem but is described elsewhere in historical accounts, in which Revere is detained by the British and warns them, while at gunpoint, that 500 American militiamen awaited in Concord.

    In her initial comment and on Sunday, Palin seemed to blend this aspect of the story with Revere actually riding around to warn the Americans that the British were coming. She described Revere warning the British by riding through town, firing warning shots and ringing bells. Warning shots and bells are not included in historical accounts of the ride, either.

    i’ve been wrong in the past and admitted it. give it a try.

    There’s nothing to apologize over. She gave a word salad answer in the short media clip. She clarified today. Her point was right. The end.

    Did Obama apologize for the 57 states comment or the corpsemen comment or the 2008? Seriously. My goodness.

  • GreyGoose

    ChiliPeppersFan said:
    and the best way for someone who know’s she is wrong is to bring up gaffes made by someone else. the thing with that is is that’s all they are…gaffes, and i’m sure he would be the first to admit that. he was tired and he misspoke. palin had a couple of days to think about and all she had to do was say, “yes, i misspoke.”aaron blake says it best in the wash. times… Palin appears to be referring to a part of the story which is not in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem but is described elsewhere in historical accounts, in which Revere is detained by the British and warns them, while at gunpoint, that 500 American militiamen awaited in Concord. In her initial comment and on Sunday, Palin seemed to blend this aspect of the story with Revere actually riding around to warn the Americans that the British were coming. She described Revere warning the British by riding through town, firing warning shots and ringing bells. Warning shots and bells are not included in historical accounts of the ride, either. i’ve been wrong in the past and admitted it. give it a try.

    First off Longfellow’s poem isn’t a historical piece- its more fiction than fact. Second, bells were a system used to alert townfolk of happenings, so its logical to assume that bells were used to round up the minutemen (who lived miles & miles apart.) Finally, the purpose of the entire day- in which the British lost 250 men- was meant to send a warning to King George that we’ve had it with his heavy-handedness.

    NOWHERE WAS PALIN WRONG

  • TampopoLoco

    Barack Must Go said:
    All irrelevant really. If Palin winds up running, becomes the Republican candidate, Obama loses to her.

    Pretty much anything on earth she says between now and next November short of the N word, and she’s the ” one ” she’s the next president of the United States of America.

    Obama’s career ( if you can even call it that ) is OVER everywhere but in his coconut head and the lying MSM.

    Libs ought to start courting Hillary if you expect to have any chance of keeping the White House in the control of the ‘ jackass ‘ party, and you know it.

    “Obama loses to her” Seriously, how stupid and or delusional are you?

  • WCinWI

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    Paul Revere’s mission that night was not to deliver that warning at all. His mission and main goal that night is well detailed by the historical record.

    So then you’re saying that the Boston University project is wrong? HAHAHAHAHAHA

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Chili, I’m not saying American’s are dumb, I’m saying let’s face it, you learn a ton of stuff in school that most peope don’t remember, unless you continually study. My main point is, the media are playing gotcha with Palin. If you gave Obama a random history exam with no warning, I seriously doubt he’d do any better than Palin.

  • hamp1239

    @ Sam M….You can’t argue with stupid!!

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    GreyGoose said:
    you do realize that nobody reads this crap don’t you?

    i read it the first time i saw it and thought it was a just a bit cleaver then i checked on some of the names and facts to realize at least part of the things he is saying is true. i’m not sure if i should laugh or be frightened (in a ted kaczynski sorta way)

  • WCinWI

    WaterboardThis said:
    Accept you. It’s difficult for small minded people to grasp this much information.

    I’m sure the alcoholic beverage knows how to type except. :) Which is more than you can say.

  • Harry Flashman

    Paul Revere’s own words:

    “I observed a Wood at a Small distance, & made for that. When I got there, out Started Six officers, on Horse back,and orderd me to dismount;-one of them, who appeared to have the command, examined me, where I came from,& what my Name Was? I told him. it was Revere, he asked if it was Paul? I told him yes He asked me if I was an express? I answered in the afirmative. He demanded what time I left Boston? I told him; and aded, that their troops had catched aground in passing the River, and that There would be five hundred Americans there in a short time, for I had alarmed the Country all the way up. He imediately rode towards those who stoppd us, when all five of them came down upon a full gallop; one of them, whom I afterwards found to be Major Mitchel, of the 5th Regiment, Clapped his pistol to my head, called me by name, & told me he was going to ask me some questions, & if I did not give him true answers, he would blow my brains out. He then asked me similar questions to those above. He then orderd me to mount my Horse, after searching me for arms”

    Oops. Sounds like she got it right.

  • writer

    Nice photo.

  • GreyGoose

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    Paul Revere’s mission that night was not to deliver that warning at all. His mission and main goal that night is well detailed by the historical record.

    WHATEVER. IF ITS 2 COMPLICATED, I CANT HELP YOU.

    PERHAPS THIS WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND. IT’S OLD SCHOOL SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK

  • GreyGoose

    GreyGoose said:
    WHATEVER. IF ITS 2 COMPLICATED, I CANT HELP YOU. PERHAPS THIS WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND. IT’S OLD SCHOOL SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhdmDDBjco0

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    WCinWI said:
    So then you’re saying that the Boston University project is wrong? HAHAHAHAHAHA

    Where do they say that part of his mission for his ride that night was to warn British soldiers?
    Look, I’m giving you the benefit of the doubt that you are an adult with the capacity to act rationally and comprehend basic questions. So please read this carefully:

    “Cite a source that is not Palin that has ever claimed that part of Revere’s mission that night was to warn the British of anything”

  • lorenzo

    ChiliPeppersFan said:
    and the best way for someone who know’s she is wrong is to bring up gaffes made by someone else. the thing with that is is that’s all they are…gaffes, and i’m sure he would be the first to admit that. he was tired and he misspoke. palin had a couple of days to think about and all she had to do was say, “yes, i misspoke.”
    aaron blake says it best in the wash. times…

    Palin appears to be referring to a part of the story which is not in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem but is described elsewhere in historical accounts, in which Revere is detained by the British and warns them, while at gunpoint, that 500 American militiamen awaited in Concord.

    In her initial comment and on Sunday, Palin seemed to blend this aspect of the story with Revere actually riding around to warn the Americans that the British were coming. She described Revere warning the British by riding through town, firing warning shots and ringing bells. Warning shots and bells are not included in historical accounts of the ride, either.

    i’ve been wrong in the past and admitted it. give it a try.

    Revere’s Account of Events of April 18, 1775:

    “When we got within about half a mile of the Meeting House we heard a gun fired. The Major asked me what it was for, I told him to alarm the country;”

    http://goo.gl/9US8T

    If you want to contend that guns were fired to raise the mitlita but they forget to ring the bells, you are certainly entitled to your opinion.

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    Harry Flashman said:
    Paul Revere’s own words:

    “I observed a Wood at a Small distance, & made for that. When I got there, out Started Six officers, on Horse back,and orderd me to dismount;-one of them, who appeared to have the command, examined me, where I came from,& what my Name Was? I told him. it was Revere, he asked if it was Paul? I told him yes He asked me if I was an express? I answered in the afirmative. He demanded what time I left Boston? I told him; and aded, that their troops had catched aground in passing the River, and that There would be five hundred Americans there in a short time, for I had alarmed the Country all the way up. He imediately rode towards those who stoppd us, when all five of them came down upon a full gallop; one of them, whom I afterwards found to be Major Mitchel, of the 5th Regiment, Clapped his pistol to my head, called me by name, & told me he was going to ask me some questions, & if I did not give him true answers, he would blow my brains out. He then asked me similar questions to those above. He then orderd me to mount my Horse, after searching me for arms”

    Oops. Sounds like she got it right.

    Where’s the part that he said part of what his ride was about was being captured so he could exaggerate the size of the militia to those British soldiers?

  • Barack Must Go

    roxsteady said:
    Not according to the polls. You’re in denial which is only going to make her ass whipping that much more painful for you. I can’t wait. Unfortunately she’s not going to run because she doesnt’ have the balls. She knows she be crushed by Obama and so do you!

    Two words; midterm election.

    The polling for the Republicans was dismal back then also. The Lame Sreet Media were talking trash right up until around 10:45 PM and all the world was witness to the solid rejection of Obama’s amerika.

    Many in yhis country are afraid to say ( in public or polls ) how much they truly despies Obama and the damage he has done to our country………..but they’re not shy at all once they’re in that voting booth.

    It’s over, YOU lose. Barack tried to overthrow our Representative Republic form of government, replacing it with a banana republic, Northern European socialist utopian hybrid and We the People shut him down cold.

    Since us ” real ” Americans, unlike degenerate libs are a law abiding society we’ve allowed him to stay in our White House, basically neutered, to live out his term as the pariah he is.

  • writer

    I think she meant it was a ‘warning’ that we weren’t going to submit to British rule anymore. Not a literal warning. But again, the most important thing is to nitpick apart every single word Palin says.

  • Liberal Tormentor

    WaterboardThis said:
    Accept you. It’s difficult for small minded people to grasp this much information.

    HAHA, yeah right! Just admit you were wrong and move on.

  • Sam M.

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    Chili, I’m not saying American’s are dumb, I’m saying let’s face it, you learn a ton of stuff in school that most peope don’t remember, unless you continually study. My main point is, the media are playing gotcha with Palin. If you gave Obama a random history exam with no warning, I seriously doubt he’d do any better than Palin.

    This is nonsense. The half-term nit wit simply can’t answer questions that most third graders can answer. But her supporters have problems with similar questions which gives some insight into the intellect of the average Palin supporter.

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    writer said:
    I think she meant it was a ‘warning’ that we weren’t going to submit to British rule anymore. Not a literal warning. But again, the most important thing is to nitpick apart every single word Palin says.

    He delivered no such warning as you well know. The worse part though is saying that “part of his ride” was about that, it wasn’t … at all!

  • WCinWI

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    Where do they say that part of his mission for his ride that night was to warn British soldiers?
    Look, I’m giving you the benefit of the doubt that you are an adult with the capacity to act rationally and comprehend basic questions. So please read this carefully:

    “Cite a source that is not Palin that has ever claimed that part of Revere’s mission that night was to warn the British of anything”

    Which British? There are multiple British. The British that were here or the British overseas? Which?

  • MrTPar_taY

    WTF? The Demo’Crupts messed about O-Mao-Obama.

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Question for everyone here, how many of you didn’t have to do any research before discussing this topic? I’m guessing practically none. I think you see what I mean. This is just like when Bush was ask the President of some random country no one cares about and then the media laughed when he didn’t know. The media love to play gotcha with Conservatives. It’s easy to have a discussion on something with Google at your fingertips, but how good would the average person do if they had questions screamed at them about American history as they walked down the street?

  • writer

    I don’t think she meant a literal warning. It would be sort of like saying that with Lend Lease, we were ‘warning’ the Nazis we didn’t like what they were doing. But since the far left has to examine every Palin utterance under a microscope, carry on.

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Sam, don’t embarrass yourself. Everyone here knows you couldn’t answer the most basic of questions without help. I’m guessing with so many identities, you have trouble remembering your name every morning.

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    WCinWI said:
    Which British? There are multiple British. The British that were here or the British overseas? Which?

    British soldiers, you should know that very well as almost every other post I refer to them as such and the colonists as colonist. Please be serious.

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    Question for everyone here, how many of you didn’t have to do any research before discussing this topic? I’m guessing practically none. I think you see what I mean. This is just like when Bush was ask the President of some random country no one cares about and then the media laughed when he didn’t know. The media love to play gotcha with Conservatives. It’s easy to have a discussion on something with Google at your fingertips, but how good would the average person do if they had questions screamed at them about American history as they walked down the street?

    Why is asking Palin about Paul Revere a gotcha question? She said part of her tour was to educate the nation on our rich history … it actually seems like the reporter was helping her achieve her mission.

  • DGSanAngelo

    I learned a long time ago that it is useless argue with teenagers and drunks. Now I am adding Palinbots to that list.

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    writer said:
    I don’t think she meant a literal warning. It would be sort of like saying that with Lend Lease, we were ‘warning’ the Nazis we didn’t like what they were doing. But since the far left has to examine every Palin utterance under a microscope, carry on.

    Let’s put it this way, his mission was to warn Hancock, Adams and colonists along the way about the Regulars all while avoiding capture.

    Saying that part of his mission was interacting with British soldiers (which Palin apologists are saying literally by citing that letter from Revere) is complete nonsense.

  • rm

    I hope LSM focus on :Palin emails redacted by same people who worked for her

    http://www.adn.com/2011/06/04/1899535/palin-emails-redacted-by-same.html

  • Barack Must Go

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    How about we all be honest here. If given a random history test, probably 98% of American’s would fail and the % of Congressman wouldn’t be any better.

    I had no idea America had 57 states until professor Barackio informed me of this fact.

  • WCinWI

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    Where’s the part that he said part of what his ride was about was being captured so he could exaggerate the size of the militia to those British soldiers?

    Who stated that? No one ever state that. But Revere apparently did tell the British who captured him how many people were going to be fighting – the 500 militiamen.

    Revere was captured and Dawes tried to run away but was arrested shortly thereafter. The British held Revere and interrogated him with a pistol on his chest. He was asked about the plans of the militia and where they kept their ammunition. When asked where the Patriots were hiding he told them the truth and replied that they had 500 militiamen in Concord protecting them and 1500 coming.

    http://www.paul-revere-heritage.com/midnight-ride.html

    Revere did not shout the phrase later attributed to him (“The British are coming!”), largely because the mission depended on secrecy and the countryside was filled with British army patrols; also, most colonial residents at the time considered themselves British as they were all legally British subjects. Revere’s warning, according to eyewitness accounts of the ride and Revere’s own descriptions, was “The Regulars are coming out.”

    Just Google Revere and you can find it in Wiki.

  • WCinWI

    rm said:
    I hope LSM focus on :Palin emails redacted by same people who worked for her

    http://www.adn.com/2011/06/04/1899535/palin-emails-redacted-by-same.html

    Rent free.

  • Sam M.

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    Sam, don’t embarrass yourself. Everyone here knows you couldn’t answer the most basic of questions without help. I’m guessing with so many identities, you have trouble remembering your name every morning.

    But as I said and therefore and but it is as it is also that our forefathers said unto you that but for or perhaps even four freedoms that is to say michelle in ut is thus such as is a brain and also a stem that she at almost always is therefore masturbatory before the stars and bars and which is to say justin bieber. God bless America.

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    People armed with Google think they are smart…

  • writer

    And God bless Tiny Ted.

  • Sam M.

    Barack Must Go said:
    I had no idea America had 57 states until professor Barackio informed me of this fact.

    You had no idea that there were states.

  • WCinWI

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    British soldiers, you should know that very well as almost every other post I refer to them as such and the colonists as colonist. Please be serious.

    Dude – I’ve already told you that colonists were British so you can’t just say British as the colonists that were already here were British. My goodness – you need to work in logical terms.

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    WCinWI said:
    Who stated that? No one ever state that. But Revere apparently did tell the British who captured him how many people were going to be fighting – the 500 militiamen.

    Palin said that “part of his ride was to warn the British …”. It wasn’t.

    Revere did not shout the phrase later attributed to him (“The British are coming!”), largely because the mission depended on secrecy and the countryside was filled with British army patrols; also, most colonial residents at the time considered themselves British as they were all legally British subjects. Revere’s warning, according to eyewitness accounts of the ride and Revere’s own descriptions, was “The Regulars are coming out.”

    You keep quoting that, but nobody here is arguing that he yelled “the British are coming”. Yet you keep posting that over and over again, not sure why (cut and paste trouble)?

    Just Google Revere and you can find it in Wiki.

    Posting links doesn’t mean you understand the text in those pages.

  • huntingtonboy

    And the Chinese sit back and laugh their asses off at our falling dollar, soaring unemployment rate and cheer on Palin and the rest of you in your tricorn hats as our country goes to rat sh__ and people think this sort of stuff is important.

  • Sam M.

    skoorbekim said:
    People armed with Google think they are smart…

    I think this is a very profound statement.

  • WCinWI

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    Why is asking Palin about Paul Revere a gotcha question? She said part of her tour was to educate the nation on our rich history … it actually seems like the reporter was helping her achieve her mission.

    Why wasn’t that reporter asking Obama about QE2? You live in some alternate universe. It’s scary.

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    WCinWI said:
    Dude – I’ve already told you that colonists were British so you can’t just say British as the colonists that were already here were British. My goodness – you need to work in logical terms.

    I said “British soldiers” over and over, and in that quote I put “British”. BTW, I’m not calling the colonists “British” for clarity.

    I will note however that the person who you quoted said “warn the British”. You really think he meant the colonists? Please!

  • WCinWI

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    Palin said that “part of his ride was to warn the British …”. It wasn’t.

    You keep quoting that, but nobody here is arguing that he yelled “the British are coming”. Yet you keep posting that over and over again, not sure why (cut and paste trouble)?

    Posting links doesn’t mean you understand the text in those pages.

    The colonists were British!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    You are just odd. Very odd.

  • writer

    huntingtonboy, Palin is responsible for soaring unemployment?

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Barack Must Go said:
    I had no idea America had 57 states until professor Barackio informed me of this fact.

    I blame the public school system for not teaching me that.

  • WCinWI

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    I said “British soldiers” over and over, and in that quote I put “British”. BTW, I’m not calling the colonists “British” for clarity.

    I will note however that the person who you quoted said “warn the British”. You really think he meant the colonists? Please!

    Everything was in code so yes, I would think that it’s possible he meant that the colonists that were British!!!!!

    Who cares what he said? Revere along with two others warned the British colonists that the British were coming. Plain and simple.

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    WCinWI said:
    Everything was in code so yes, I would think that it’s possible he meant that the colonists that were British!!!!!

    Who cares what he said? Revere along with two others warned the British colonists that the British were coming. Plain and simple.

    Palin said “he was warning the British”, which British do you think she meant, the colonists or the soldiers/regulars?

  • Sam M.

    WaterboardThis said:
    Most people don’t even know how to use Google Images and draw their own conclusions.

    Here are some wanted terrorists, some for U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya & Indonesia, look-a-likes for media moguls, CEO’s, and the current administration. This is a large organization of scam artists who ran the last election on Youtube.

    All of this was online years before the last election. Search Google Images for;
    Mark Joyner Simpleology-FBI Wanted Seif Al Adel (Sarah Palin’s book Palinology)
    John Ferrero-FBI Wanted Ramadan Shallah
    Yaro Starak-FBI Wanted Umar Patek
    Armand Morin FBI Wanted and now “dead” Noordin M Top
    Michael Filsaime—FBI Wanted Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa al-Bakri (Die Hard 4 “Fire Sale” The cyber attack on our infrastructure)
    Dr. Mani Sivasubramanian-FBI Wanted Ammar Mansour Bouslim
    Carl Galletti-FBI Wanted–Ahmed Garbaya, Samir Salwwan
    Ted Ciuba-FBIWanted Abdul Rahman Yasin
    Jay Abraham- (look a like for Osama’s right hand man Ayman al-Zawahri)
    Jay Conrad Levinson- (look a like for George Soros)–key point (mastermind? Proponent for a one world government, collapsing of currencies)
    Internet Million Dollars Professor James Bradley- Communist University Professor Bill Ayers (the Pentagon bomber)
    Rosalind Gardner-(Jill Biden or look a like)
    Stephen Pierce-(look a like-Van Jones “Green Jobs Czar”)
    Perry Marshall – (Reverend Pfleger or look a like)
    Brett McFall-(look a like for Austan Goolsbee)
    John Childers-(look a like for Andy Stern)
    Howard L Moreland- (look a like for Michael Moore)
    Yanik Silver -(Ex-Google CEO, Sergei Brin look a like)
    John Carlton-(look a like for liberalist “the dude” Jeff Bridges)
    Youtube’s-Rich Jerk videos-American Airlines Stadium basketball Maverick Mark Cuban (American Airlines flt#77 hit the Pentagon on 9/11)
    Youtube’s-Robert Johnson Rich Jerk – Tony Rezko (the guy who sold Obama some of his property, arrested and convicted)
    No Money Down Real Estate – Carleton Sheets (Jimmy Carter look a like)
    Oprah Winfrey’s galpal Gail King (Whitney Houston(whit_ hous_)look a like)(Has“secret” boyfriend now who looks like Eric Holder)
    Lorrie Morgan Ferrero’s Red-Hot-Copy.com blog and website has others associated with the current administration, in addition to 72 Virgin Records Richard Branson, and White House Party Crashers the Salahi’s with Valerie Jarrett’s daughter Laura.

    In my strongest opinion, Osama Bin Laden is also a spokesperson, and a look-a-like. Osama represents Obama/Biden (Bi)n La(den.)

    Wow, this is a pretty strong opinion. Are you sure it’s your strongest?

  • Jaurez

    Sam M. said:
    Catch phrases are always and indicator of a strong leader. LOL.

    “Change!”

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    WCinWI said:
    The colonists were British!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    You are just odd. Very odd.

    Where am I saying the colonists were not British??? wow …. what is wrong with you?

  • Barack Must Go

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    I blame the public school system for not teaching me that.

    If Barack could get away with writing an executive order the history books would be updated to correct our stupidity.

  • Paul G

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    Question for everyone here, how many of you didn’t have to do any research before discussing this topic? I’m guessing practically none. I think you see what I mean. This is just like when Bush was ask the President of some random country no one cares about and then the media laughed when he didn’t know. The media love to play gotcha with Conservatives. It’s easy to have a discussion on something with Google at your fingertips, but how good would the average person do if they had questions screamed at them about American history as they walked down the street?

    Just the name Palin….or Beck, get the libturd diaper wearing cubicle babies heads ready to explode.
    Gotta love it.

  • WCinWI

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    But remember, the British had already been there . . . part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there that, ‘hey, you’re not going to succeed. You’re not going to take American arms. You are not going to beat our own well-armed persons, individual, private militia that we have.’

    The group of “mechanics” consisted of 30 men who gathered information about the moves of the British and joined every week in a tavern in North End to share information. Revere is credited by the Central Intelligence Agency as the creator of the first Patriot intelligence network on record. In the Spring of 1775 the “mechanics” became suspicious when they detected British vessels being prepared to cross the river. Paul immediately reported their findings to Dr. Joseph Warren

    http://www.paul-revere-heritage.com/midnight-ride.html

    The British army (the King’s “regulars”) had been stationed in Boston since the ports were closed in the wake of the Boston Tea Party, and was under constant surveillance by Revere and other patriots as word began to spread that they were planning a move. On the night of April 18, 1775, the army began its move across the Charles River toward Lexington, and the Sons of Liberty immediately went into action. At about 11 pm, Revere was sent by Warren across the Charles River to Charlestown, on the opposite shore, where he could begin a ride to Lexington, while Dawes was sent the long way around, via the Boston Neck and the land route to Lexington.

    - Wiki

    Dude. Palin’s right. Get over it.

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    warning the colonists: “here they come!”
    warning the British: “cross that line & here we come!”

  • Barack Must Go

    Sam M. said:
    You had no idea that there were states.

    I’m going to guess you live in Altered.

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    Paul G said:
    Just the name Palin….or Beck, get the libturd diaper wearing cubicle babies heads ready to explode.Gotta love it.

    She should give a press conference announcing that she is the President of the United States… The Libs would have a hissy fit…

  • WCinWI

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    Palin said “he was warning the British”, which British do you think she meant, the colonists or the soldiers/regulars?

    You’re implying too much to Palin’s quote. She meant a rough warning as in an action to stand up to the oppressors. That has already been proven by my NUMEROUS posts.

    Move on.

  • Sam M.

    It’s very entertaining to see the fringe kooks get bent out of shape whenever nit wits like Palin or Beck are mentioned. Watching them respond is like watching a freak show. In fact, there is no difference.

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    WCinWI said:
    The group of “mechanics” consisted of 30 men who gathered information about the moves of the British and joined every week in a tavern in North End to share information. Revere is credited by the Central Intelligence Agency as the creator of the first Patriot intelligence network on record. In the Spring of 1775 the “mechanics” became suspicious when they detected British vessels being prepared to cross the river. Paul immediately reported their findings to Dr. Joseph Warren

    http://www.paul-revere-heritage.com/midnight-ride.html

    The British army (the King’s “regulars”) had been stationed in Boston since the ports were closed in the wake of the Boston Tea Party, and was under constant surveillance by Revere and other patriots as word began to spread that they were planning a move. On the night of April 18, 1775, the army began its move across the Charles River toward Lexington, and the Sons of Liberty immediately went into action. At about 11 pm, Revere was sent by Warren across the Charles River to Charlestown, on the opposite shore, where he could begin a ride to Lexington, while Dawes was sent the long way around, via the Boston Neck and the land route to Lexington.

    - Wiki

    Dude. Palin’s right. Get over it.

    I’m actually starting to wonder if you can actually process information.

  • WCinWI

    skoorbekim said:
    warning the colonists: “here they come!”
    warning the British: “cross that line & here we come!”

    Dude – You summed up what I’ve been trying to refer to with lots of copies and pastes.

    WOOHOO to YOU!!!!!!!

  • writer

    More fun to see fringe kooks get bent out of shape over a ‘nit wit’.

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    WCinWI said:
    You’re implying too much to Palin’s quote. She meant a rough warning as in an action to stand up to the oppressors. That has already been proven by my NUMEROUS posts.

    Move on.

    She’s saying that is what part of “his ride was about”. It wasn’t.

  • WCinWI

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    I’m actually starting to wonder if you can actually process information.

    What you have, no one can correct.

    You’re illogical.

  • Bennybombom

    Paul Revere never alerted the British…that’s pure nonsense…he was captured and answered a question(with a gun on his chest) about shots being fired……
    Hell I’m not an American and even I know this.. jeez…….I dunno why people are so eager to defend Palin like she’s a poor victim of “gotcha” questions….she puts herself in front of cameras all day and then complains about the questions….she even said the “lame stream media” bit herself many times..very Presidential…..yea you’re gonna run for POTUS by answering questions only from Fixed News? Softballs only for Sarah or it’s unfair? WTF?
    She sounds like a child looking for attention and getting mad the moment you don’t do what she wants….
    Good luck with her GOP…..you’re gonna need it.

  • WCinWI

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    She’s saying that is what part of “his ride was about”. It wasn’t.

    Do tell what his ride what about. I’ve already posted enough “factual”-oriented information from multiple sources disputing your assertion but do tell what his ride was about.

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    this is like the “I can see Russia from my house,” quip…
    she is not granted the common courtesy provided to most others…

  • WCinWI

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    She’s saying that is what part of “his ride was about”. It wasn’t.

    Read above from skoor. Either message could be Palin’s intent. You are putting intent into Palin’s words without knowing what she’s referring to. You should really just stop.

  • Mosesdinoark

    Barack Must Go said:
    I had no idea America had 57 states until professor Barackio informed me of this fact.

    Get over it, he clearly misspoke. Tme and again $arah of the North has demonstrated her utter ingnorance. Revere did not shout the phrase later attributed to him (“The British are coming!”), largely because the mission depended on secrecy and the countryside was filled with British army patrols; also, most colonial residents at the time considered themselves British as they were all legally British subjects. Her babbling word salad of what the Statue of Liberty means, is just as priceless. Keep loving the stupid! I know it makes you feel better.

  • writer

    ElCapitan insists on taking Palin’s statement literally, not as a figurative warning. Palin can never be permitted to use examples, similies, jokes, puns, hyperbole, or the like. It’s like the Mark Twain story where a guy makes a joke, then the whole town takes it literally and starts saying ‘Boy, is he dumb.’

  • WCinWI

    skoorbekim said:
    this is like the “I can see Russia from my house,” quip…
    she is not granted the common courtesy provided to most others…

    Yeah except she never said that. :)

    I know you know that though. Just putting it out there for the Lefties.

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    WCinWI said:
    Do tell what his ride what about. I’ve already posted enough “factual”-oriented information from multiple sources disputing your assertion but do tell what his ride was about.

    His ride was about warning Hancock and Adams about their pending arrest, and the rest of the colonists along his way about the Regulars.

    Now, instead of copying and pasting text, why don’t you describe in one line (or a few) what his ride was really about. What was the mission of his “midnight ride”?

  • Sam M.

    Barack Must Go said:
    I’m going to guess you live in Altered.

    Is that a state in your world?

  • Sam M.

    WCinWI said:
    Yeah except she never said that. :)

    I know you know that though. Just putting it out there for the Lefties.

    That’s correct except she did. LMAO. You never ever fail to entertain. Thank you!

  • WCinWI

    Sam M. said:
    That’s correct except she did. LMAO. You never ever fail to entertain. Thank you!

    Can you provide her direct quote that stated the exact quote in question? :)

    It’s always fun and easy to disprove you.

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    Care for prediction?

    Palin bought the house in AZ because she wants to run for the retiring Kyl’s Senate seat…

  • Bennybombom

    WCinWI said:
    Yeah except she never said that. :)

    I know you know that though. Just putting it out there for the Lefties.

    Of course she did…man go on youtube and type Palin and you’ll see this bit and a lot more nonsense directly from her mouth…on camera.She really IS dumb….I’m sorry but that’s just the plain truth.
    Jeez……..

  • notsofast

    Sam M. said:
    It’s very entertaining to see the fringe kooks get bent out of shape whenever nit wits like Palin or Beck are mentioned

    Yes, I have been watching your incessant rantings, son.

  • JFD8

    Listen up kids, it’s Grizzly Mom here
    Ta tell ya ’bout ridin’ Paul Revere
    On the Eighteenth of Somethin’ (The facts I contrive;
    Hardly a dude is now alive
    Ta refudiate legends that I smear.)

    He says ta his pal, “If the British march
    By plane or sea from the town ta-night,
    Hanging bells all aloft in the belfry arch
    Of the Chrysler tower will be their invite.
    The press is so lame, soon they will see
    That I, their opponent, surely will be
    Ready ta rise n’ spread the alarm
    Ta every Diddlesex village n’ farm
    Fer the Redcoat folk ta be up n’ ta arm.

    News Short n’ Sweet by JFD8
    http://twitter.com/JFD8

  • writer

    Palin mentioned Alaska’s proximity to Russia. Tina Fey expanded on it and made the ‘I can see Russia from my house’ joke.

  • Sam M.

    Here’s anotheer Palin keeper.

    “As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where– where do they go? It’s Alaska. It’s just right over the border.”

    Really? LMAO.

  • Paul G

    skoorbekim said:
    She should give a press conference announcing that she is the President of the United States… The Libs would have a hissy fit…

    Too soon…..I love watching the libturds squirm. Ha!

  • writer

    Some of the Alaskan islands are only 24 miles from Russia. So yeah, ‘Sam’, really.

  • Sam M.

    notsofast said:
    Yes, I have been watching your incessant rantings, son.

    Yes, I’m sure you have.

  • Sam M.

    It’s very interesting and I must say entertaining watching the far right wing kooks squirm whenever the topic of Palin comes up.

  • notsofast

    Sam M. said:
    Yes, I’m sure you have.

    Shut up, Leroy!

  • Universaltruth

    skoorbekim said:
    Care for prediction?

    Palin bought the house in AZ because she wants to run for the retiring Kyl’s Senate seat…

    But she would quit after one year

  • writer

    Haven’t you been squirming just a bit, too, Sam?

  • Sam M.

    notsofast said:
    Shut up, Leroy!

    Again, this speaks for itself.

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    Arizona Senators:
    John McCain & Sarah Palin…

  • rm

    Palin lapdogs are trying like crazy to edit the Paul Revere Wikipedia page to match Palin’s botched version:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Revere&action=history

  • Universaltruth

    notsofast said:
    Shut up, Leroy!

    Missy, yelling at clouds.

    Hmm, notsofast really is not so fast.

  • WCinWI

    Bennybombom said:
    Of course she did…man go on youtube and type Palin and you’ll see this bit and a lot more nonsense directly from her mouth…on camera.She really IS dumb….I’m sorry but that’s just the plain truth.
    Jeez……..

    She didn’t say that she could see Alaska from her house. Please quote verbatim her direct quote.

  • Sam M.

    skoorbekim said:
    Arizona Senators:
    John McCain & Sarah Palin…

    LMAO!! Very good!!

  • Universaltruth

    Paul G said:
    Too soon…..I love watching the libturds squirm. Ha!

    Given your posts, you seem to watch turds squirm. Odd hobby.

  • Agnus

    WHY does Sarah Palin think she can get away with ( attended ~~5~~colle­ges in ~~5~~years ) going on national TV, declare that Paul revere was warning “the British”, go on national TV AGAIN to insist that she is correct??

    From the horse’s mouth;

    Andrew Halcro, a Republican member of the House of Represenat­ives, recalls a conversati­on with Palin when he ran against her for governor in 2006.

    “Andrew,” Palin said, “I watch you at these debates with no notes, no papers, and yet when asked questions, you spout off facts, figures, and policies, and I’m amazed.

    But then I look out into the audience and I ask myself, ‘Does any of this really matter?’ ”

    http://vid­eo.google.­com/videop­lay?docid=­-457629231­9649431866#

  • Bennybombom

    Paul Revere never alerted the British…that’s pure nonsense…he was captured and answered a question(with a gun on his chest) about shots being fired……
    Hell I’m not an American and even I know this.. jeez…….I dunno why people are so eager to defend Palin like she’s a poor victim of “gotcha” questions….she puts herself in front of cameras all day and then complains about the questions….she even said the “lame stream media” bit herself many times..very Presidential…..yea you’re gonna run for POTUS by answering questions only from Fixed News? Softballs only for Sarah or it’s unfair? WTF?
    She sounds like a child looking for attention and getting mad the moment you don’t do what she wants….
    Good luck with her GOP…..you’re gonna need it.

  • notsofast

    Universaltruth said:
    Missy, yelling at clouds.

    Hmm, notsofast really is not so fast.

    Go prepare for your PSAT, son!

    LOL

    Are you Leroy’s brother?

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    rm said:
    Palin lapdogs are trying like crazy to edit the Paul Revere Wikipedia page to match Palin’s botched version:http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Revere&action=history

    wikipedia is messy in that respect…

  • notsofast

    Universaltruth said:
    , you seem to watch turds squirm

    We always watch what you do, son.

  • notsofast

    Sam M. said:
    Again, this speaks for itself.

    What does it say, Leroy?

  • Agnus

    Palin Fans Trying to Edit Wikipedia Paul Revere Page

    by Charles Johnson
    WINGNUTS • Sun Jun 5, 2011 at 11:02 am PDT • Views: 3,937

    Man, you’ve gotta almost admire the sheer blind dedication of Sarah Palin’s wingnut acolytes.

    Now they’re trying like crazy to edit the Wikipedia page for “Paul Revere” to make it match Palin’s botched version of history. Here’s the Revision history of Paul Revere; check out the edits that are being reversed.

    Also see the discussion page for an entertaining exchange between Wikipedia editors and a would-be revisionist.

    .

    http://lgf­.bz/m7lOnW

  • WCinWI

    Bennybombom said:

    Internationally rent-free! Woot woot!

  • Sam M.

    notsofast said:
    Go prepare for your PSAT, son!

    LOL

    Are you Leroy’s brother?

    I think you need to put nutsomuch’s comments in perspective. He is a card carrying racist. Why do you think he uses terms like “Leroy.” Probably has the stars and bars in his trailer window.

  • rm

    Sarah Palin Uses A Teleprompter to Blast Obama on Fox News Sunday

    Fox Hypes Sarah Palin’s Sunday Talk Show Appearance But She’s Using Teleprompter
    http://www.politicususa.com/en/sarah-palin-fox-news-teleprompter

  • notsofast

    Sam M. said:
    He is a card carrying racist.

    Prove it, Leroy!

    BTW, has Weiner sent you his new “Dick-In-A-Box” yet?

    LOL

  • Sam M.

    notsofast said:
    Prove it, Leroy!

    BTW, has Weiner sent you his new “Dick-In-A-Box” yet?

    LOL

    Why, did you get it?

  • Bennybombom

    Agnus said:
    Palin Fans Trying to Edit Wikipedia Paul Revere Page

    by Charles Johnson
    WINGNUTS • Sun Jun 5, 2011 at 11:02 am PDT • Views: 3,937

    Man, you’ve gotta almost admire the sheer blind dedication of Sarah Palin’s wingnut acolytes.

    Now they’re trying like crazy to edit the Wikipedia page for “Paul Revere” to make it match Palin’s botched version of history. Here’s the Revision history of Paul Revere; check out the edits that are being reversed.

    Also see the discussion page for an entertaining exchange between Wikipedia editors and a would-be revisionist.

    .

    http://lgf­.bz/m7lOnW

    yea it is pretty entertaining…and creepy.

  • Universaltruth

    notsofast said:
    We always watch what you do, son.

    You asked for it, Missy………

    Like when I do your (insert any of your female relatives)?

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    rm said:
    Sarah Palin Uses A Teleprompter to Blast Obama on Fox News Sunday Fox Hypes Sarah Palin’s Sunday Talk Show Appearance But She’s Using Teleprompterhttp://www.politicususa.com/en/sarah-palin-fox-news-teleprompter

    love it!!!

  • WillP

    Sam M. said:
    I think you need to put nutsomuch’s comments in perspective. He is a card carrying racist. Why do you think he uses terms like “Leroy.” Probably has the stars and bars in his trailer window.

    You do know there were African American Confederate soldiers Sam? But, yeah you’re right. That was definitely racist. What is so sad is that Glenn Beck could call the president a racist and not be immediately fired from his show. He will have kept his show on Fox News for two years after this date. It is really an indictment of the Right that you can say anything hateful or derisive with impunity. I noticed where this site was going to do a better job of policing the site. Starting right here with notsofast is not bad at all.

  • Sam M.

    Universaltruth said:
    You asked for it, Missy………

    Like when I do your (insert any of your female relatives)?

    Most Saturday nights for nutsomuch. Same as bath night.

  • hamp1239

    When Sininster Sarah moves to AZ, she will be able to see Mexico from her front porch!

  • Universaltruth

    notsofast said:
    Prove it, Leroy!

    BTW, has Weiner sent you his new “Dick-In-A-Box” yet?

    LOL

    Only someone who is not so fast would think that funny, Missy

  • WCinWI

    Bennybombom said:
    yea it is pretty entertaining…and creepy.

    Being a conspiracy theorist is creepy!

    Hello creepsters.

  • Sam M.

    WillP said:
    You do know there were African American Confederate soldiers Sam? But, yeah you’re right. That was definitely racist. What is so sad is that Glenn Beck could call the president a racist and not be immediately fired from his show. He will have kept his show on Fox News for two years after this date. It is really an indictment of the Right that you can say anything hateful or derisive with impunity. I noticed where this site was going to do a better job of policing the site. Starting right here with notsofast is not bad at all.

    Blah, blah, blah. Will you ever have anything intelligent to say?

  • Heatshield

    hamp1239 said:
    When Sininster Sarah moves to AZ, she will be able to see Mexico from her front porch!

    Hamp1239, unfortunately you can see Mexico from just about every front porch.

  • Sam M.

    Sam M. said:
    Blah, blah, blah. Will you ever have anything intelligent to say?

    You know what, I’ll come clean. I did not read your entire post and I owe you an apology. I am sorry.

  • hamp1239

    No! But Sinister Sarah does!!!

  • timzank

    Wow, one day of tightening down on comments, mediate sees comments dry up, and today? Right back where we were with Sam.M (girth, garth,ted, whatever it’s name is today)

    That didn’t take long.

  • hamp1239

    Another goodie from Sinister Sarah!

    Masked Avengers: Ah, yeah, Gov. Palin.

    Palin: Hello.

    Avengers: Just hold on for President Sarkozy, one moment.

    P: Oh, it’s not him yet, they’re saying. I always do that.

    A: Yes, hello, Gov. Palin.

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    P: Hello, this is Sarah, how are you?

    A: Fine, and you? This is Nicolas Sarkozy speaking, how are you?

    P: Oh, it’s so good to hear you. Thank you for calling us.

    A: Oh, it’s a pleasure.

    P: Thank you sir, we have such great respect for you, John McCain and I. We love you and thank you for taking a few minutes to talk to me.

    A: I follow your campaigns closely with my special American adviser Johnny Hallyday, you know?

    P: Yes, good.

    A: Excellent. Are you confident?

    P: Very confident and we’re thankful that polls are showing that the race is tightening and…

    A: Well I know very well that the campaign can be exhausting. How do you feel right now, my dear?

    P: I feel so good. I feel like we’re in a marathon and at the very end of the marathon you get your second wind and you plow to the finish.

    A: You see, I got elected in France because I’m real and you seem to be someone who’s real, as well.

    P: Yes, yeah. Nico, we so appreciate this opportunity.

    A: You know I see you as a president one day, too.

    P: Maybe in eight years.

    A: Well, I hope for you. You know, we have a lot in common because personally one of my favourite activities is to hunt, too.

    P: Oh, very good. We should go hunting together.

    A: Exactly, we could try go hunting by helicopter like you did. I never did that. Like we say in French, on pourrait tuer des bebe phoque s, aussi.

    P: Well, I think we could have a lot of fun together while we’re getting work done. We can kill two birds with one stone that way.

    A: I just love killing those animals. Mmm, mmm, take away life, that is so fun. I’d really love to go, so long as we don’t bring along Vice-President Cheney.

    P: No, I’ll be a careful shot, yes.

    A: Yes, you know we have a lot in common also, because except from my house I can see Belgium. That’s kind of less interesting than you.

    P: Well, see, we’re right next door to different countries that we all need to be working with, yes.

    A: Some people said in the last days and I thought that was mean that you weren’t experienced enough in foreign relations and you know that’s completely false. That’s the thing that I said to my great friend, the prime minister of Canada Stef Carse.

    P: Well, he’s doing fine, too, and yeah, when you come into a position underestimated it gives you an opportunity to prove the pundits and the critics wrong. You work that much harder.

    A: I was wondering because you are so next to him, one of my good friends, the prime minister of Quebec, Mr. Richard Z. Sirois, have you met him recently? Did he come to one of your rallies?

    P: I haven’t seen him at one of the rallies but it’s been great working with the Canadian officials. I know as governor we have a great co-operative effort there as we work on all of our resource-development projects. You know, I look forward to working with you and getting to meet you personally and your beautiful wife. Oh my goodness, you’ve added a lot of energy to your country with that beautiful family of yours.

    A: Thank you very much. You know my wife Carla would love to meet you, even though you know she was a bit jealous that I was supposed to speak to you today.

    P: Well, give her a big hug for me.

    A: You know my wife is a popular singer and a former top model and she’s so hot in bed. She even wrote a song for you.

    P: Oh my goodness, I didn’t know that.

    A: Yes, in French it’s called de rouge a levre sur un cochon, or if you prefer in English, Joe the Plumber…it’s his life, Joe the Plumber.

    P: Maybe she understands some of the unfair criticism but I bet you she is such a hard worker, too, and she realizes you just plow through that criticism.

    A: I just want to be sure. That phenomenon Joe the Plumber. That’s not your husband, right?

    P: That’s not my husband but he’s a normal American who just works hard and doesn’t want government to take his money.

    A: Yes, yes, I understand we have the equivalent of Joe the Plumber in France. It’s called Marcel, the guy with bread under his armpit.

    P: Right, that’s what it’s all about, the middle class and government needing to work for them. You’re a very good example for us here.

    A: I see a bit about NBC, even Fox News wasn’t an ally as much as usual.

    P: Yeah, that’s what we’re up against.

    A: Gov. Palin, I love the documentary they made on your life. You know Hustler’s Nailin’ Paylin?

    P: Ohh, good, thank you, yes.

    A: That was really edgy.

    P: Well, good.

    A: I really loved you and I must say something also, governor, you’ve been pranked by the Masked Avengers. We are two comedians from Montreal.

    P: Ohhh, have we been pranked? And what radio station is this?

    A: CKOI in Montreal.

    P: In Montreal? Tell me the radio station call letters.

    A: CK…hello?

  • jim bronson 990cc

    WCinWI said:
    She didn’t say that she could see Alaska from her house. Please quote verbatim her direct quote.

    If she couldn’t see Alaska from her house, she must be blind…given that her house is in Alaska!

  • George Sore-ohs

    As much as Palin is not the sharpest tool in the shed and probably is not presidential material could the media please stop with the gotcha moments with her.

    They ignore the same gaffes from Obama with the 57 states or the Army corpse-men comment to mention a few.

  • jim bronson 990cc

    WCinWI said:
    The group of “mechanics” consisted of 30 men who gathered information about the moves of the British and joined every week in a tavern in North End to share information. Revere is credited by the Central Intelligence Agency as the creator of the first Patriot intelligence network on record. In the Spring of 1775 the “mechanics” became suspicious when they detected British vessels being prepared to cross the river. Paul immediately reported their findings to Dr. Joseph Warren http://www.paul-revere-heritage.com/midnight-ride.html The British army (the King’s “regulars”) had been stationed in Boston since the ports were closed in the wake of the Boston Tea Party, and was under constant surveillance by Revere and other patriots as word began to spread that they were planning a move. On the night of April 18, 1775, the army began its move across the Charles River toward Lexington, and the Sons of Liberty immediately went into action. At about 11 pm, Revere was sent by Warren across the Charles River to Charlestown, on the opposite shore, where he could begin a ride to Lexington, while Dawes was sent the long way around, via the Boston Neck and the land route to Lexington. – Wiki Dude. Palin’s right. Get over it.

    Ahh, Wiki:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere#.22Midnight_Ride.22
    “Paul Revere did not shout the phrase later attributed to him (The British are coming!).”
    “Revere was detained and questioned…”.
    Perhaps you should actually read before you post.
    Palin failed. Get over it.

  • Nature Freak

    Chris Wallace must love having to start his morning with the dingbat known as Palin.

    I don’t know is Bill Maher is right and anyone in America could be president, but any of these people listed below would make a better President than Sarah Louise Palin:

    Octomom aka Nadya Suleman
    She tried to game the system and is a publicity tart. Octomom is selfish. Octomom makes bad decisions.
    Obviously she has a lot in common with Palin. Octomon would still make a better president than Palin

    Sham Wow Slap Chop pitchman Vince Offer. Yes he would make a better president than Palin and is less annoying.

    Lisa Ann This adult actress is the star of “Obama is Nailin’ Paylin” and its sequal “Who’s Nailin’ Paylin?”. Lisa Ann is an unabashed progressive (look it up). And the Palin fanboys will at least get a woman President that looks like Palin.

    Bat Boy of Weekly World News fame would make a better president than Palin (as long as his bat parent was a natural born bat, I will have to check Vattel’s law of nations on this one).

    Rip Torn. Yes he has some criminal and addictive issues. Rip may break into federal reserve and pass out it there. At least as president it will be legal for Rip to do so. BTW, lock up the white House liquor cabinets please. Rip Torn by far beats Palin. If Rip Torn declines to run we can pick Gary Busey.

    Be safe America.

  • tiredoftherunaround

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    Wholly self-absrobed people like Palin are incapable of admitting mistakes and, as a consequence, incapable of learning and growing. She’ll end her life as dumb as she is today.

    I hope you are willing to admit you made a mistake. I’ve posted this twice on another thread, and you have just moved over to this one with the same garbage.

    “Along the course of the night, Revere was found going to and from Lexington to warn Sam Adams and John Hancock, to navigating across the Charles River ahead of the HMS Somerset, to returning to an already explosive Lexington to retrieve crucial revolutionary documents. Furthermore, Revere exhibited his bravery in the face of British Regulators when he was captured on his way up to Concord. The Regulators had heard of Revere’s exploits in the Portsmouth Alarm and were now ready to probe the patriot for information. Undaunted by British authority, Revere protected his countrymen and ADMONISHED THE BRITISH ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE CONTINUED ON THEIR WAY UP TO LEXTINGTON. This worried many British officers who took Revere’s word at face value. Fischer suggests that perhaps it was this apprehension on the part of British Regulators that provoked the first shots of war. In any case, Revere’s presence cannot be overstated. ”
    Bottom of page 3.
    http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/820711/paul_reveres_ride_pg3.html?cat=37

  • tiredoftherunaround

    Nature Freak said:
    Chris Wallace must love having to start his morning with the dingbat known as Palin.

    I don’t know is Bill Maher is right and anyone in America could be president, but any of these people listed below would make a better President than Sarah Louise Palin:

    Octomom aka Nadya Suleman
    She tried to game the system and is a publicity tart. Octomom is selfish. Octomom makes bad decisions.
    Obviously she has a lot in common with Palin. Octomon would still make a better president than Palin

    Sham Wow Slap Chop pitchman Vince Offer. Yes he would make a better president than Palin and is less annoying.

    Lisa Ann This adult actress is the star of “Obama is Nailin’ Paylin” and its sequal “Who’s Nailin’ Paylin?”. Lisa Ann is an unabashed progressive (look it up). And the Palin fanboys will at least get a woman President that looks like Palin.

    Bat Boy of Weekly World News fame would make a better president than Palin (as long as his bat parent was a natural born bat, I will have to check Vattel’s law of nations on this one).

    Rip Torn. Yes he has some criminal and addictive issues. Rip may break into federal reserve and pass out it there. At least as president it will be legal for Rip to do so. BTW, lock up the white House liquor cabinets please. Rip Torn by far beats Palin. If Rip Torn declines to run we can pick Gary Busey.

    Be safe America.

    Shame on you. You spoke slightly different once I posted the above on the other thread. You swing both ways, do you?

  • TeaPartyNation

    Theme song of the lunatic-left d-cRAT socialist stooges in the lamestream socialist media:

    99 buckets of slime on the wall, 99 buckets of slime. When one is thrown at a American Patriot, there are 98 buckets of slime on the wall.

    98 buckets of slime on the wall, 98 buckets of slime. When….

    come-on, all you lunatic-lefties – join in !!!!

  • tiredoftherunaround

    jim bronson 990cc said:
    Ahh, Wiki:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere#.22Midnight_Ride.22
    “Paul Revere did not shout the phrase later attributed to him (The British are coming!).”
    “Revere was detained and questioned…”.
    Perhaps you should actually read before you post.
    Palin failed. Get over it.

    Perhaps, you should learn to research better yourself.
    Bottom of page 3
    http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/820711/paul_reveres_ride_pg3.html?cat=37

  • Girth Brick

    MILF Mama Sarah is dumb as a brick.

    But that is what her fans love about her – someone as stupid as they are!

  • Bunker

    This book from 1994 backs Palin’s account:

    “At last the [British] officers began to feel the full import of what Paul Revere had been telling them. His words of warning took on stronger meaning when punctuated by gunfire. The sound of a single shot had suggested to them that surprise was lost. The crash of a volley appeared evidence that the country was rising against them. As they came closer to the Common they began to hear Lexington’s town bell clanging rapidly. the captive Loring, picking up Revere’s spirit, turned to the officers and said, ‘The bell’s a’ringing! The town’s alarmed, and you’re all dead men!’” [Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer, pp. 135-6].

    http://www.amazon.com/Paul-Reveres-David-Hackett-Fischer/dp/0195088476/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

  • jim bronson 990cc

    Bunker said:
    This book from 1994 backs Palin’s account: “At last the [British] officers began to feel the full import of what Paul Revere had been telling them. His words of warning took on stronger meaning when punctuated by gunfire. The sound of a single shot had suggested to them that surprise was lost. The crash of a volley appeared evidence that the country was rising against them. As they came closer to the Common they began to hear Lexington’s town bell clanging rapidly. the captive Loring, picking up Revere’s spirit, turned to the officers and said, ‘The bell’s a’ringing! The town’s alarmed, and you’re all dead men!’” [Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer, pp. 135-6]. http://www.amazon.com/Paul-Reveres-David-Hackett-Fischer/dp/0195088476/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

    UUUMMMM, no, it does not. Did you actually read it?

  • Bunker

    jim bronson 990cc said:
    UUUMMMM, no, it does not. Did you actually read it?

    So, the complaints against Palin were that Revere never warned the Brits- but this book says he does.
    Also, some people say Palin was wrong because she mentioned bells and that there were not bells, but this books says there were.

    Where else was she wrong?

  • jim bronson 990cc

    tiredoftherunaround said:
    Perhaps, you should learn to research better yourself.Bottom of page 3http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/820711/paul_reveres_ride_pg3.html?cat=37

    “when he was captured…”
    Thanks for the confirmation!

  • Old Duffer

    I notice Matt left out that after she answered Wallace’s question, he admitted he had google what she had said about Revere, and said she was right.

    And, to those who doubt she was right, might want to check actual historical facts, not what some poem the LSM uses for their repository of fiction.

    Revere recounts in a 1789 letter maintained by the Massachusetts Historical Society.

    http://www.masshist.org/database/img-viewer.php?item_id=99&img_step=1&tpc=&pid=&mode=transcript&tpc=&pid=#page1

    (page 4)

    “I observed a Wood at a Small distance, & made for that. When I got there, out Started Six officers, on Horse back,and orderd me to dismount;-one of them, who appeared to have the command, examined me, where I came from,& what my Name Was? I told him. it was Revere, he asked if it was Paul? I told him yes He asked me if I was an express? I answered in the afirmative. He demanded what time I left Boston? I told him; and aded, that their troops had catched aground in passing the River, and that There would be five hundred Americans there in a short time, for I had alarmed the Country all the way up. He imediately rode towards those who stoppd us, when all five of them came down upon a full gallop; one of them, whom I afterwards found to be Major Mitchel, of the 5th Regiment, Clapped his pistol to my head, called me by name, & told me he was going to ask me some questions, & if I did not give him true answers, he would blow my brains out. He then asked me similar questions to those above. He then orderd me to mount my Horse, after searching me for arms.He then orderd them to advance, & to lead me in front. When we got to the Road, they
    turned down towards Lexington. When we had got about one Mile, the Major Rode up to the officer that was leading me, & told him to give me to the Sergeant. As soon as he took me, the Major orderd him, if I attempted to run, or any body insulted them, to blow my brains out. We rode till we got near Lexington Meeting-house, when the Militia fired a Voley of Guns, which appeared to alarm them very much.”

    Additionally, as the Paul Revere Heritage Project notes

    http://www.paul-revere-heritage.com/midnight-ride.html

    “The Redcoats had set temporary roadblocks as a security measure and on their way to Concord they encountered British soldiers. Prescott managed to escape; Revere was captured and Dawes tried to run away but was arrested shortly thereafter. The British held Revere and interrogated him with a pistol on his chest. He was asked about the plans of the militia and where they kept their ammunition. When asked where the Patriots were hiding he told them the truth and replied that they had 500 militiamen in Concord protecting them and 1500 coming. As they rode towards Concord he was told that if he tried to escape he would be shot.”

  • Nature Freak

    Ya Baby… Shall we shag now or shall we shag later?

    This forum is very confrontational and edgy. It promotes conflict. And if i went to far I am sorry. Obviously if I was talking to someone or a group I disagreed with at Starbucks (including Sarah Palin) I would tone it down and be more in an agree to disagree mindset.

    I personally do not like Ms. Palin and satire has been a good way of bringing down people since the mists of time. There is a time and place to be snarky and this is a place to do so.

  • jim bronson 990cc

    Bunker said:
    So, the complaints against Palin were that Revere never warned the Brits- but this book says he does.Also, some people say Palin was wrong because she mentioned bells and that there were not bells, but this books says there were. Where else was she wrong?

    No, that he never completed the ride, never said: “The British are coming!”,…oh, you get the picture.

  • Nature Freak

    tiredoftherunaround said:
    Shame on you. You spoke slightly different once I posted the above on the other thread. You swing both ways, do you?

    Ya Baby… Shall we shag now or shall we shag later?

    This forum is very confrontational and edgy. It promotes conflict. And if i went to far I am sorry. Obviously if I was talking to someone or a group I disagreed with at Starbucks (including Sarah Palin) I would tone it down and be more in an agree to disagree mindset.

    I personally do not like Ms. Palin and satire has been a good way of bringing down people since the mists of time. There is a time and place to be snarky and this is a place to do so.

  • tiredoftherunaround

    hamp1239 said:
    When Sininster Sarah moves to AZ, she will be able to see Mexico from her front porch!

    Another misquote, but hey! The truth never stopped the lib and their hatred before, has it?

    Excerpts from the interview which have been grossly misinterpreted and lied about:
    page 3 on http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=5782924&page=3
    “PALIN: First off, we’re going to continue good relations with Saakashvili there. I was able to speak with him the other day and giving him my commitment, as John McCain’s running mate, that we will be committed to Georgia. And we’ve got to keep an eye on Russia. For Russia to have exerted such pressure in terms of invading a smaller democratic country, unprovoked, is unacceptable and we have to keep…

    GIBSON: You believe unprovoked.

    PALIN: I do believe unprovoked and we have got to keep our eyes on Russia, under the leadership there. I think it was unfortunate. That manifestation that we saw with that invasion of Georgia shows us some steps backwards that Russia has recently taken away from the race toward a more democratic nation with democratic ideals.That’s why we have to keep an eye on Russia.

    And, Charlie, you’re in Alaska. We have that very narrow maritime border between the United States, and the 49th state, Alaska, and Russia. They are our next door neighbors.We need to have a good relationship with them. They’re very, very important to us and they are our next door neighbor.

    GIBSON: What insight into Russian actions, particularly in the last couple of weeks, does the proximity of the state give you?

    PALIN: They’re our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.

    GIBSON: What insight does that give you into what they’re doing in Georgia?

    PALIN: Well, I’m giving you that perspective of how small our world is and how important it is that we work with our allies to keep good relation with all of these countries, especially Russia. We will not repeat a Cold War. We must have good relationship with our allies, pressuring, also, helping us to remind Russia that it’s in their benefit, also, a mutually beneficial relationship for us all to be getting along. “

  • tiredoftherunaround

    Nature Freak said:
    Ya Baby… Shall we shag now or shall we shag later?

    This forum is very confrontational and edgy. It promotes conflict. And if i went to far I am sorry. Obviously if I was talking to someone or a group I disagreed with at Starbucks (including Sarah Palin) I would tone it down and be more in an agree to disagree mindset.

    I personally do not like Ms. Palin and satire has been a good way of bringing down people since the mists of time. There is a time and place to be snarky and this is a place to do so.

    So much for consistency (honesty) on your part. You really are the Freak you speak of. Another liberal hits the dust for honesty and common sense.
    Get a load of the comments above. Aren’t you proud of your kind?

    LOL! What a commentary on the opposition.

  • Old Duffer

    Just dang, the facts are so disturbing to the Palin ankle biters, so they will do their usual gambit, lie like the dogs they are.

    Fools, does “Party Like it’s 1773″ ring a bell? You were all so gleeful that she had messed that up too, you ran around in circles chasing your tails, only to discover she was right, the historical tea party was in 1773, not 1776 like you dolts postured.

  • tiredoftherunaround

    jim bronson 990cc said:
    “when he was captured…”
    Thanks for the confirmation!

    Only confirmed what she said…………he warned the British what would happen if the continued on to Lexington.
    Don’t think she was giving a blow-by-blow description of the action.

    Admit it. You were wrong.

  • BFD

    tiredoftherunaround said:
    Another misquote, but hey! The truth never stopped the lib and their hatred before, has it?

    Speaking of misquotes, Chris Matthews never said ‘tingles’ either but that never stop you liars from nick-naming him that.

    Works both ways.

  • tiredoftherunaround

    “But remember, the British had already been there . . . part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there that, ‘hey, you’re not going to succeed. ”
    As far as what Paul was hailed as saying………….errrmmm, how many of you libs thought he’d said the same thing? This was a common myth.
    “When Americans speak of Paul Revere, the tendency is to talk of his famous Midnight Ride’ on April 18, 1775. Shouts of “The British are coming” emanate from American lips as the legend continues on for another generation. ”
    Page one
    http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/820711/paul_reveres_ride.html?cat=37

  • tiredoftherunaround

    BFD said:
    Speaking of misquotes, Chris Matthews never said ‘tingles’ either but that never stop you liars from nick-naming him that.

    Works both ways.

    Nice diversion, better known as a red herring……..care to comment on the actual subject of the post made by the poster?

  • tiredoftherunaround

    Errrrrmmm, I guess HufPo has it wrong? And, the comments, too?

    Nice try to re-write history to whoever put this coverup out.
    “Last night during MSNBC’s Potomac Primary coverage, Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann were discussing Barack Obama’s speech. Matthews — who, in the past, has both cried over an Obama speech and compared him to Jesus — described exactly what happens to him when Obama speaks:

    I have to tell you, you know, it’s part of reporting this case, this election, the feeling most people get when they hear Barack Obama’s speech. My, I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don’t have that too often.

    Watch:”
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/13/chris-matthews-i-felt-thi_n_86449.html

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Casey-Freeman/100000919732009 Casey Freeman

    Amazing! Bill Maher got it right, anybody can be president of this dumb f*&%^&g country. Look at all these fools trying to defend what this numb in the brain chick said. How many of you “THAT WENT TO SCHOOL” ever heard anything like her crazy ramblings before. Looks like the dumbing down of America is complete. Heck, even Sarah Palin thinks she is smart now. Shes definately smarter than the sheeple that think she has a brain.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bruce-Kennedy/1439463341 Bruce Kennedy

    Heck, everyone knows Paul Revere was there to warn the British. What isn’t clear is why Paul would ever warn the colonists that the British were coming. Score one for that old Tory, Palin.

  • tiredoftherunaround

    One comment among many from that site:
    “It probably was just Bill O crawling up your leg to see if you where a conservati­ve or a Democrat – he was checking to see if you have a set – he probably had his removed in the phone sex settlement so he won’t bother anyone again!!!!!­!!! ”

    LMAO!
    You guys believe ANYTHING that the liberal press puts out! Do any of you use your own head?

  • lucky5

    Palin was all wrong but she could of told Chris I might of got some parts of it wrong but she never admits mistakes. She does like the attention. She is just out to make more money, so she can have a few huge houses like Romney.

  • Old Duffer

    On second thought, after researching the LSM facts, Sarah Palin was wrong.

    I mean like the LSM points out, everyone knows that it was an Austrian speaking corpse man named Barack Obama who rode throughout the 57 states that dark night. And when captured by the British, he signed a written confession and dated it 2008.

  • notsofast

    Universaltruth said:
    You asked for it, Missy………

    Like when I do your (insert any of your female relatives)?

    More like my dog is your style, son!

  • notsofast

    Girth Brick said:
    MILF Mama Sarah is dumb as a brick.

    But that is what her fans love about her – someone as stupid as they are!

    STFU, Sam M!

  • DonnaK

    Just read that Palin used a telepromter for Chrissie Wallace interview…wow! and he thinks its the first time she might be considered a candidate for President….What does that say about the orders that came down from the top of Fox News?

  • cyberk9sheriff

    Girth Brick says:

    June 5, 2011 at 3:49 pm (Quote)

    8 3

    MILF Mama Sarah is dumb as a brick.

    But that is what her fans love about her – someone as stupid as they are!

    Girth Brick says:

    June 5, 2011 at 3:49 pm (Quote)

    8 3

    MILF Mama Sarah is dumb as a brick.

    But that is what her fans love about her – someone as stupid as they are!
    part of screen name Brick, and she is as dumb as you….lol….you can’t take in media matters and sleep at the same time…..it mess up your brain…but, you go back to sleep….sleep ….sleep…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bruce-Kennedy/1439463341 Bruce Kennedy

    Old Duffer said:
    On second thought, after researching the LSM facts, Sarah Palin was wrong.

    I mean like the LSM points out, everyone knows that it was an Austrian speaking corpse man named Barack Obama who rode throughout the 57 states that dark night. And when captured by the British, he signed a written confession and dated it 2008.

    Ironically when the British captured him they asked for his long form “Birth Certificate”.

  • Dem4Ever

    Bruce Kennedy said:
    Ironically when the British captured him they asked for his long form “Birth Certificate”.

    Of which he was unable to produce…LOL

  • tiredoftherunaround

    You libs have revealed yourselves. I’ve come to the conclusion that you as a group just don’t give a fig.
    It’s both sad and alarming that you all are so willing to believe whatever you are being fed without any research on your own. Or, maybe in this last decade you just weren’t taught how?

    You aren’t interested in the truth as history writes it. You are just interested in repeating lies and using Alinsky’s Rule #5. That’s the only weapon you have against anyone who isn’t a lib, or for Obama.
    You’ve had several completely non-partial articles posted, with little to say in return. Nada, except for one poster that tried to make the appearance of answering it by skewing what the article said.

    Guys, you are the ones that are going to be alive when all this idiocy comes to the point of no-return. And, your children, grandchildren as well. You all elected this man (or he stole……..there’s some questions….ask Hillary about that) and you continue to protect, make excuses for him, ignoring valid complaints. Lord, don’t ask me why.

    Pathetic.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bruce-Kennedy/1439463341 Bruce Kennedy

    Dem4Ever said:
    Of which he was unable to produce…LOL

    Only because he was born in the “Colonies”.

  • tiredoftherunaround

    tiredoftherunaround said:
    Another misquote, but hey! The truth never stopped the lib and their hatred before, has it?

    Excerpts from the interview which have been grossly misinterpreted and lied about:
    page 3 on http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=5782924&page=3
    “PALIN: First off, we’re going to continue good relations with Saakashvili there. I was able to speak with him the other day and giving him my commitment, as John McCain’s running mate, that we will be committed to Georgia. And we’ve got to keep an eye on Russia. For Russia to have exerted such pressure in terms of invading a smaller democratic country, unprovoked, is unacceptable and we have to keep…

    GIBSON: You believe unprovoked.

    PALIN: I do believe unprovoked and we have got to keep our eyes on Russia, under the leadership there. I think it was unfortunate. That manifestation that we saw with that invasion of Georgia shows us some steps backwards that Russia has recently taken away from the race toward a more democratic nation with democratic ideals.That’s why we have to keep an eye on Russia.

    And, Charlie, you’re in Alaska. We have that very narrow maritime border between the United States, and the 49th state, Alaska, and Russia. They are our next door neighbors.We need to have a good relationship with them. They’re very, very important to us and they are our next door neighbor.

    GIBSON: What insight into Russian actions, particularly in the last couple of weeks, does the proximity of the state give you?

    PALIN: They’re our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.

    GIBSON: What insight does that give you into what they’re doing in Georgia?

    PALIN: Well, I’m giving you that perspective of how small our world is and how important it is that we work with our allies to keep good relation with all of these countries, especially Russia. We will not repeat a Cold War. We must have good relationship with our allies, pressuring, also, helping us to remind Russia that it’s in their benefit, also, a mutually beneficial relationship for us all to be getting along. ”

    Even this article from ABC gets thumbs down.
    Couldn’t ask for better proof of what I said.

    How’s the kool-aide?

  • notsofast

    Girth Brick said:
    MILF Mama Sarah is dumb as a brick.

    But that is what her fans love about her – someone as stupid as they are!

    And barry’s the smartest guy in the world and he has given us:

    9.1% unemployment
    Record monthly deficits
    Record debt
    Record # of foreclosures
    Record # on welfare
    Record # living in poverty
    Record job losses in 2009
    Record high gas prices

    US house price fall ‘beats Great Depression slide’

  • seek

    DonnaK said:
    Just read that Palin used a telepromter for Chrissie Wallace interview…wow! and he thinks its the first time she might be considered a candidate for President….What does that say about the orders that came down from the top of Fox News?

    here you thought Obama had exclusive rights!
    Besides, I’m not buying.

  • Rokker

    Father forgive her.

    She knows not what she is doing.

  • tiredoftherunaround

    Rokker said:
    Father forgive her.

    She knows not what she is doing.

    Neither apparently do you.

  • tiredoftherunaround

    seek said:
    here you thought Obama had exclusive rights!
    Besides, I’m not buying.

    Makes us two, Seek.

  • Universaltruth

    notsofast said:
    More like my dog is your style, son!

    Come on, stand up for yourself, Missy

  • Old Duffer

    Ah ha, I see the Palin ankle biters are interjecting Sarah’s family into the mix, so enjoy info on Obama’s family, families, or whatever the tribe is called.

    .

    1) how many legitimate and illegitimate brothers and sisters does Obama have? No one knows, they quit counting after the first dozen, all by different mothers.

    2) Whose brother is a pedophile? Obama’s, UK police report his brother likes sex with 13 year old girls.

    3) Who has a drug dealing brother that lives in a cardboard shack In Kenya? Obama’s.

    4) Who has an illegal alien aunt living on welfare and food stamps in Boston? Obama.

    5) Who’s father, while attending Harvard had to ship a underage girl off to the Britain for an abortion? Obama’s.

    6) Who’s father was deported from the United States after Hawaii U, Harvard, and ICE said he was a very slippery character when it came to messing around sexually with very young girls, and they didn’t know how many wives he had? Obama’s.

    7) Who’s Mother-in-law is a practitioner of voodoo and witchcraft? Obama’s.

    8) Who’s brother is under federal investigation In Washington DC for charity fraud? Obama’s

    Doubt me, one can Google each one for confirmation.

    So folks, how’s that hopey changey thingy working out for ya out there in Obamaville?

  • Universaltruth

    notsofast said:
    STFU, Sam M!

    More, Missy, yelling at clouds

  • tiredoftherunaround

    tiredoftherunaround said:
    You libs have revealed yourselves. I’ve come to the conclusion that you as a group just don’t give a fig.
    It’s both sad and alarming that you all are so willing to believe whatever you are being fed without any research on your own. Or, maybe in this last decade you just weren’t taught how?

    You aren’t interested in the truth as history writes it. You are just interested in repeating lies and using Alinsky’s Rule #5. That’s the only weapon you have against anyone who isn’t a lib, or for Obama.
    You’ve had several completely non-partial articles posted, with little to say in return. Nada, except for one poster that tried to make the appearance of answering it by skewing what the article said.

    Guys, you are the ones that are going to be alive when all this idiocy comes to the point of no-return. And, your children, grandchildren as well. You all elected this man (or he stole……..there’s some questions….ask Hillary about that) and you continue to protect, make excuses for him, ignoring valid complaints. Lord, don’t ask me why.

    Pathetic.

    A lot of thumbs down, and not one reply with any evidence.

    Thanks for making my point.

  • Sam M.

    The half term nit wit will be remembered as having reversed any gains women have made in politics by at least 20 years. It’s unfortunate that the most popular woman in politics is this half-term nit wit who couldn’t spell her name without a cheat sheet.

  • jo hoochie

    tiredoftherunaround said:
    A lot of thumbs down, and not one reply with any evidence. Thanks for making my point.

    They never have evidence. They believe lies Obama, lame stream media throws out. No research, just blame Bush, Fox news.

  • Jaurez

    Nice to see the far left suffering horribly from PDS. ;)

  • Jaurez

    Socky M. said:
    half term

    *drink*

  • jim bronson 990cc

    tiredoftherunaround said:
    Only confirmed what she said…………he warned the British what would happen if the continued on to Lexington.Don’t think she was giving a blow-by-blow description of the action. Admit it. You were wrong.

    No, I wasn’t. Try a remedial English class.

  • jim bronson 990cc

    tiredoftherunaround said:
    Another misquote, but hey! The truth never stopped the lib and their hatred before, has it? Excerpts from the interview which have been grossly misinterpreted and lied about:page 3 on http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=5782924&page=3“PALIN: First off, we’re going to continue good relations with Saakashvili there. I was able to speak with him the other day and giving him my commitment, as John McCain’s running mate, that we will be committed to Georgia. And we’ve got to keep an eye on Russia. For Russia to have exerted such pressure in terms of invading a smaller democratic country, unprovoked, is unacceptable and we have to keep… GIBSON: You believe unprovoked. PALIN: I do believe unprovoked and we have got to keep our eyes on Russia, under the leadership there. I think it was unfortunate. That manifestation that we saw with that invasion of Georgia shows us some steps backwards that Russia has recently taken away from the race toward a more democratic nation with democratic ideals.That’s why we have to keep an eye on Russia. And, Charlie, you’re in Alaska. We have that very narrow maritime border between the United States, and the 49th state, Alaska, and Russia. They are our next door neighbors.We need to have a good relationship with them. They’re very, very important to us and they are our next door neighbor. GIBSON: What insight into Russian actions, particularly in the last couple of weeks, does the proximity of the state give you? PALIN: They’re our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska. GIBSON: What insight does that give you into what they’re doing in Georgia? PALIN: Well, I’m giving you that perspective of how small our world is and how important it is that we work with our allies to keep good relation with all of these countries, especially Russia. We will not repeat a Cold War. We must have good relationship with our allies, pressuring, also, helping us to remind Russia that it’s in their benefit, also, a mutually beneficial relationship for us all to be getting along. ”

    And you think this helps Sarah? Did you actually read it?

  • Sam M.

    Jaurez said:
    Nice to see the far left suffering horribly from PDS. ;)

    You learning challenged Palin supporters always default to this excuse when she acts like the half-term nit wit that she is.

  • Jaurez

    Socky M. said:
    half-term

    *drink*

  • hamp1239

    Palinisms!

    “Shoot, I must have lived such a doggoned sheltered life as a normal, independent American up there in the Last Frontier, schooled with only public education and a lowly state university degree, because obviously I haven’t learned enough to dismiss common sense.” –Sarah Palin, on opposition to offshore oil drilling, Facebook note, June 13, 2010

    Sarah Palin, on writing notes on her hand during her Tea Party convention speech: “I didn’t really had a good answer, as so often — is me. But then somebody sent me the other day, Isaiah 49:16, and you need to go home and look it up. Before you look it up, I’ll tell you what it says though. It says, hey, if it was good enough for God, scribbling on the palm of his hand, it’s good enough for me, for us. He says, in that passage, ‘I wrote your name on the palm of my hand to remember you,’ and I’m like, ‘Okay, I’m in good company.’” (March 5, 2010

    “I think on a national level your Department of Law there in the White House would look at some of the things that we’ve been charged with and automatically throw them out.” –Sarah Palin, referring to a department that does not exist while attempting to explain why as president she wouldn’t be subjected to the same ethics investigations that compelled her to resign as governor of Alaska, ABC News interview, July 7, 2009

    “They are also building schools for the Afghan children so that there is hope and opportunity in our neighboring country of Afghanistan.” –Sarah Palin, speaking at a fundraiser in San Francisco, Oct. 5, 2008

    Katie Couric: “What other Supreme Court decisions do you disagree with?”
    Sarah Palin: “Well, let’s see. There’s –of course –in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings, there’s never going to be absolute consensus by every American. And there are — those issues, again, like Roe v Wade where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So you know — going through the history of America, there would be others but–”
    Couric: “Can you think of any?”
    Palin: “Well, I could think of — of any again, that could be best dealt with on a more local level. Maybe I would take issue with. But you know, as mayor, and then as governor and even as a Vice President, if I’m so privileged to serve, wouldn’t be in a position of changing those things but in supporting the law of the land as it reads today.” –unable to name any Supreme Court decisions other than Roe v. Wade, CBS News interview, Oct. 1, 2008

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    I thought that she was going to walk back from her stupid notion, but instead she’s letting her imagination suffice as “history.”

    I used to think that Olbermann was mean for calling her stupid, but it turns out that he was spot on with that observation.

    If she were not lovely, she’s be ignored in Alaska. Fox, it goes skin deep.

  • Universaltruth

    notsofast said:
    More like my dog is your style, son!

    Your dog is a female relative?

    Mediaite needs to cover this 24/7

  • Darklady

    So… if this was a “gotcha question” — even though she’d been provided the opportunity to listen to a park representative explain the history of the place she was IN AT THE MOMENT… if she were (shudder) to become president, what would an emergency wake-up call in the middle of the night to alert her to a national disaster be?

    You can’t whine about being off your game because you were caught unawares (by the obvious) if you want to successfully lead a country. Real life doesn’t submit questions in advance so you can prepare for it.

  • Sam M.

    Jaurez said:
    *drink*

    Suck. LMAO.

  • Paul G

    Nature Freak said:
    Chris Wallace must love having to start his morning with the dingbat known as Palin.

    I don’t know is Bill Maher is right and anyone in America could be president, but any of these people listed below would make a better President than Sarah Louise Palin:

    Octomom aka Nadya Suleman
    She tried to game the system and is a publicity tart. Octomom is selfish. Octomom makes bad decisions.
    Obviously she has a lot in common with Palin. Octomon would still make a better president than Palin

    Sham Wow Slap Chop pitchman Vince Offer. Yes he would make a better president than Palin and is less annoying.

    Lisa Ann This adult actress is the star of “Obama is Nailin’ Paylin” and its sequal “Who’s Nailin’ Paylin?”. Lisa Ann is an unabashed progressive (look it up). And the Palin fanboys will at least get a woman President that looks like Palin.

    Bat Boy of Weekly World News fame would make a better president than Palin (as long as his bat parent was a natural born bat, I will have to check Vattel’s law of nations on this one).

    Rip Torn. Yes he has some criminal and addictive issues. Rip may break into federal reserve and pass out it there. At least as president it will be legal for Rip to do so. BTW, lock up the white House liquor cabinets please. Rip Torn by far beats Palin. If Rip Torn declines to run we can pick Gary Busey.

    Be safe America.

    Since you’re new here, I havent figured out yet if you are one to get paid 25cents a post…or you ACTUALLY believe the bullsh*t you post…..I’m going with the later. Sad.

  • GunsOfBrixton

    Okay, so she mixes truth with legend and a bit of her own fiction. The part I don’t get is that she tries to defend her own flubs by trying to revise history. I’m not talking about the technicality of her speaking of warning “Americans” or the oft misquoted legend of Revere’s exact words of warning. The zany part is that she goes off on some word-salad tangent by misrepresenting Paul Revere as some sort of bravado laden uber patriot that was going around thumping British soldiers’ foreheads while telling them something akin to ‘We’re comin’ ta git ya.’

    When she first uttered the mistake it was no big deal, really. You get an off the cuff question and sometimes the off the cuff response doesn’t jibe with facts. In the larger scheme of things, it’s still not that big of a deal other than she has a proven track record of combativeness and manufacturing facts when being called on her baloney.

  • seek

    GlennBeckReview said:
    I thought that she was going to walk back from her stupid notion, but instead she’s letting her imagination suffice as “history.”

    I used to think that Olbermann was mean for calling her stupid, but it turns out that he was spot on with that observation.

    If she were not lovely, she’s be ignored in Alaska. Fox, it goes skin deep.

    ever think maybe she’s right? lol
    Why “walk back” something that is correct? So the ones who didn’t know will feel better?

  • timcajun

    Palin’s standard “tea” defense: …”I wasn’t wrong,….. you can’t prove I was wrong,………. if I was wrong, I’ll just change history,… and if I’m proven wrong,……then it’s the liberals fault”!…. I’m a victim!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Cooke/614691403 Bill Cooke

    Questions about American history are “gotcha” questions?? What is this woman thinking?
    http://bit.ly/jkpwxa

  • Agnus

    “He who warned, uh, the British that they weren’t going to be taking away our arms uh by ringing those bells and making sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be secure and we were going to be free and we were going to be armed.”

    by Larry McAwful, Cranky Yankee of New England.

    Listen, my children and you shall hear…
    Well, just what it is, it’s not quite clear.
    On the nineteenth of April in seventy-five,
    Who’d Revere warn on his horseback drive?

    From Concord to Boston to Lexington,
    The British were warned ’bout touching our guns?
    A Tea Party Patriot, armed to the teeth!
    …At least in the words of Palin, S. Heath.

    The lanterns were lit, no doubt says she,
    In the Old North Church—for liberty!
    One if by land, two if by sea,
    Three if by air, four if by Wii.

    Good golly gosh, I’m sure I don’t know
    Just what’s the point of her traveling show.
    One thing is clear: you’re going to be failin’
    If you learn your hist’ry from Sarah Heath Palin.

  • rm
  • mediadoubt

    Agnus said:
    “He who warned, uh, the British that they weren’t going to be taking away our arms uh by ringing those bells and making sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be secure and we were going to be free and we were going to be armed.”

    by Larry McAwful, Cranky Yankee of New England.

    Listen, my children and you shall hear…
    Well, just what it is, it’s not quite clear.
    On the nineteenth of April in seventy-five,
    Who’d Revere warn on his horseback drive?

    From Concord to Boston to Lexington,
    The British were warned ’bout touching our guns?
    A Tea Party Patriot, armed to the teeth!
    …At least in the words of Palin, S. Heath.

    The lanterns were lit, no doubt says she,
    In the Old North Church—for liberty!
    One if by land, two if by sea,
    Three if by air, four if by Wii.

    Good golly gosh, I’m sure I don’t know
    Just what’s the point of her traveling show.
    One thing is clear: you’re going to be failin’
    If you learn your hist’ry from Sarah Heath Palin.

    Careful, or she’ll steal your poem.

  • rm

    This is the “analyst” to whom Roger Ailes is paying a million dollars a year — and he wants us to treat Fox News as a serious journalistic institution.

  • WCinWI

    jim bronson 990cc said:
    Ahh, Wiki:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere#.22Midnight_Ride.22
    “Paul Revere did not shout the phrase later attributed to him (The British are coming!).”
    “Revere was detained and questioned…”.
    Perhaps you should actually read before you post.
    Palin failed. Get over it.

    Dude – I posted that he didn’t say the British were coming. He said the Regulars are coming. Who cares what he said. It’s inconsequential to THIS discussion.

  • Old Duffer

    On second thought, after researching the LSM facts, Sarah Palin was wrong.

    I mean like the LSM points out 24/7, everyone knows that it was an Austrian speaking corpse man named Barack Obama who rode throughout the 57 states that dark night. And when captured by the British, he signed a written confession and dated it 2008.

  • rm

    This is the “analyst” to whom Roger Ailes is paying a million dollars a year — and he wants us to treat Fox News as a serious journalistic institution.

    And what’s worst, Wallace is agreeing with her — and acting like he has now been educated as to the accuracy and wisdom of her words.

  • WCinWI

    BFD said:
    Speaking of misquotes, Chris Matthews never said ‘tingles’ either but that never stop you liars from nick-naming him that.

    Works both ways.

    Works both ways? Uhhhh it’s not the same concept so it can’t work both ways. Duh.

  • WCinWI

    rm said:
    NY Post trashes Palin film:
    http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/palin_UjGgIgspncI6nzXikCaOQJ

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • mlb

    Darklady said:
    You can’t whine about being off your game because you were caught unawares (by the obvious) if you want to successfully lead a country. Real life doesn’t submit questions in advance so you can prepare for it.

    They do if your are Obama. Those are the only question he takes- fully vetted fully approved. As for that 3 am phone call, it was diverted to SOS Hillary.

  • jim bronson 990cc

    WCinWI said:
    Dude – I posted that he didn’t say the British were coming. He said the Regulars are coming. Who cares what he said. It’s inconsequential to THIS discussion.

    Meaning Palin mesed up. Thank you!

  • tiredoftherunaround

    jim bronson 990cc said:
    And you think this helps Sarah? Did you actually read it?

    Yeah, I did. (1)She didn’t say she saw Russia from her house, (2) She had quite a good explanation for her views.

    Next question?

  • tiredoftherunaround

    jim bronson 990cc said:
    Meaning Palin mesed up. Thank you!

    quibble, quibble, quibble. Tell me……..until this all came up, you thought that was what was said, right?

  • tiredoftherunaround

    WCinWI said:
    Works both ways? Uhhhh it’s not the same concept so it can’t work both ways. Duh.

    And, it’s been proven that Chris said exactly what he denies now.
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/13/chris-matthews-i-felt-thi_n_86449.html
    “Last night during MSNBC’s Potomac Primary coverage, Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann were discussing Barack Obama’s speech. Matthews — who, in the past, has both cried over an Obama speech and compared him to Jesus — described exactly what happens to him when Obama speaks:

    I have to tell you, you know, it’s part of reporting this case, this election, the feeling most people get when they hear Barack Obama’s speech. My, I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don’t have that too often.

    Watch:”

    Gosh, I just didn’t think the Left was soooooo blind and deef and dumb.

  • tiredoftherunaround

    WCinWI said:
    Dude – I posted that he didn’t say the British were coming. He said the Regulars are coming. Who cares what he said. It’s inconsequential to THIS discussion.

    They have to hang on to any little thing to keep from admitting that they were WRONG! Desperate measures for desperate folks. Sheesh!

  • tiredoftherunaround

    Sam M. said:
    You learning challenged Palin supporters always default to this excuse when she acts like the half-term nit wit that she is.

    Palin was forced out office for the last 18 months to keep her and Alaska form having to foot the $2.5M legal bills, which she won BTW.

    In contrast to 0bama who essentially quit his office 24 mos (Jan 2007 – Dec 2008) prior to it’s ending so he could run for President on taxpayers’ dime.
    http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400629&tab=votes
    Check it out.
    Talk about a real half-term nitwit

  • tiredoftherunaround

    jim bronson 990cc said:
    No, I wasn’t. Try a remedial English class.

    Good comeback. Full of facts (as usual).

  • struckgld

    Palin was right. The problem is the left is IGNORANT of real history:

    I told him, he seemed supprised,
    said Sir may I crave your name, I answered my name is Revere, what said he
    Paul Revere; I answered yes; the others abused much; but he told me not to
    be afraid, no one should hurt me; I told him they would miss their Aim.
    He said they should not, they were only awaiting for some Deserters they expected
    down the Road: I told him I knew better, I knew what they were after; that
    I had alarmed the country all the way up, that their Boats, were catch’d
    a ground, and I should have 500 men their soon; one of them said they had
    1500 coming; he seemed supprised and rode off, into the road, and informed
    them who took me, they came down immeaditly on a full gallop, one of them
    (whom I since learned was Major Mitchel of the 5th Regiment Clap’d his Pistol
    to my head, and said he was going to ask me some questions, if I did not tell
    the truth, he would blow my brains out. I told him I esteemed my self a Man
    of truth, that he had stopped me on the high way, & made me a prisoner, I
    knew not by what right; I would tell him the truth; I was not afraid;

    http://www.masshist.org/database/img-viewer.php?item_id=98&img_step=1&tpc=&pid=&mode=transcript&tpc=&pid=#page1

  • SuburbanPatriot

    Check out these fascists on Wikipedia trying to shut down the Americans who are trying to bring truth to the Paul Revere Wikipedia page. I cant believe they are stifiling free speech. Is there anywhere that Real Americans aren’t threatened?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Paul_Revere#Edit_request_from_Dajames.2C_5_June_2011

  • tiredoftherunaround

    SuburbanPatriot said:
    Check out these fascists on Wikipedia trying to shut down the Americans who are trying to bring truth to the Paul Revere Wikipedia page. I cant believe they are stifiling free speech. Is there anywhere that Real Americans aren’t threatened?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Paul_Revere#Edit_request_from_Dajames.2C_5_June_2011

    Same thing when I tried to correct a page on Bush and Katrina after an actual quote from a reliable source which was in Bush’s favor was removed…overnight after I used it on a forum.

    Wiki joins the same club as Media Matters, FactCheck, Snopes, etc. The liberal left is overtaking all media sources to holler for facts to back up a conservative point, but have made sure that the web is scrubbed of those very points, with Media Matters, et al reigning as king of what was “supposedly said.”

    Soros is spending his billions to convert the stupid, and they are slavishly allowing it while slurrping up all the kool-aide they can.

  • rm

    Sarah Palin’s Spokesman speaks out about Paul Revere
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmPf8PKB0wU

  • tiredoftherunaround

    rm said:
    Sarah Palin’s Spokesman speaks out about Paul Revere
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmPf8PKB0wU

    Again, facts galore.
    This is all you libs can do, ridicule, smear, and repeat lies, (and give thumbs down when FACTS you don’t like are posted.)
    Hopeless little zombies. Don’t you get it?

    You’re losing the battle. Drivel like this only entertains the equally weak-minded. Those that are really interested in facts can make up their minds between the pablum the Left peddles (based upon lies, misstatements and crap like you’ve just posted), and facts used to refute them.
    LOL! Give it up. You’ve lost this fight.

    (Unless you’ve got a really, really good next joke to present “new facts”.
    ROF!

  • jim bronson 990cc

    tiredoftherunaround said:
    Yeah, I did. (1)She didn’t say she saw Russia from her house, (2) She had quite a good explanation for her views. Next question?

    That is a good explanation? “What insight does that give you into what they’re in Georgia? A: Well, I’m giving you that perspective of how smal our world is..”.
    Epic fail!

  • jim bronson 990cc

    tiredoftherunaround said:
    Again, facts galore.This is all you libs can do, ridicule, smear, and repeat lies, (and give thumbs down when FACTS you don’t like are posted.)Hopeless little zombies. Don’t you get it? You’re losing the battle. Drivel like this only entertains the equally weak-minded. Those that are really interested in facts can make up their minds between the pablum the Left peddles (based upon lies, misstatements and crap like you’ve just posted), and facts used to refute them.LOL! Give it up. You’ve lost this fight. (Unless you’ve got a really, really good next joke to present “new facts”.ROF!

    Since you have no working concept of the word “ride”…

  • Dr. Sandy Kramer

    Re: Warning the British – - – After his capture, Revere “warned” (i.e. put on notice) the British: ” I told him (Revere’s British captor); and added, that their troops had catched aground in passing the River, and that There would be five hundred Americans there in a short time, for I had alarmed the Country all the way up.”

    Actual letter by Paul Revere, document from the Massachusetts Historical Society.

    We are speaking of two different incidents during the same evening. Everyone knows Revere warned the colonists. (He said “The regulars are coming” NOT “The Redcoats are coming. “) The SECOND incident is when Revere is captured by the British, the same evening. While he was in custody, he “warned” (cautioned)

    his captors as to the size of the militia awaiting them. He gave the Regulars false information, a false cautionary “warning”. All history buffs know this. Now you do too.

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    Dr. Sandy Kramer said:
    He gave the Regulars false information, a false cautionary “warning”. All history buffs know this. Now you do too.

    Sarah Palin said that “part of his ride was to warn the British”, which is a stupid thing to say, that’s not what his mission was about at all. He happened to have been captured, which is a big difference.

    He fed them misinformation when he was threatened at gunpoint, this hardly sounds like a “warning” to them, or even a warning in the tone and context that Palin seems to be implying.

    And please, the whole “he didn’t say the redcoats/British are coming” comment is silly. Everybody knows that’s not the actual quote, but you try to bring it up as if to say you know some obscure fact nobody else does. Please stop embarrassing yourself.

  • Bowedoak

    Ok, lets forget about history and simply look at the sentence from a grammatically factual state:

    He who warned the British that they weren’t gonna be taking away our arms by ringing those bells and by making sure that as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were gonna be secure and we were gonna be free.

    See if your English is as good as your history, read the sentence and tell me what she is actually saying here and then try to tell me that it is correct.

    Don’t put any spin on it. Don’t try to say that “this is what she meant”– Just read exactly what she said and tell me what part of it is factually correct.

  • Truth

    Palin said “And I know my American history.”

    I guess you can say that if you rewrite history as you go as she seems to be trying to do with Paul Revere . I guess if you can make up your own words you can rewrite history. To bad she not blonde!

  • rm
  • bumsrush

    Sarah Palin needs to put on her dunce cap and sit in the hallway for a few hours.

  • Truth

    rm said:
    Sarah Palin’s Spokesman speaks out about Paul Reverehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmPf8PKB0wU

    That is special. Good one….

  • tiredoftherunaround

    jim bronson 990cc said:
    That is a good explanation? “What insight does that give you into what they’re in Georgia? A: Well, I’m giving you that perspective of how smal our world is..”.
    Epic fail!

    LOL! OMG! I can see you didn’t even read the link, did you?

    Do you even know what “Georgia” that’s being discussed? Back in 2008?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Georgia-Russia_crisis

    That’s what Charlie was asking her about.
    The rest of her answer you didn’t bother to read:
    PALIN: Well, I’m giving you that perspective of how small our world is and how important it is that we work with our allies to keep good relation with all of these countries, especially Russia. We will not repeat a Cold War. We must have good relationship with our allies, pressuring, also, helping us to remind Russia that it’s in their benefit, also, a mutually beneficial relationship for us all to be getting along.

    Sarah Palin on Russia:

    We cannot repeat the Cold War. We are thankful that, under Reagan, we won the Cold War, without a shot fired, also. We’ve learned lessons from that in our relationship with Russia, previously the Soviet Union.

    We will not repeat a Cold War. We must have good relationship with our allies, pressuring, also, helping us to remind Russia that it’s in their benefit, also, a mutually beneficial relationship for us all to be getting along.

    GIBSON: Would you favor putting Georgia and Ukraine in NATO?

    PALIN: Ukraine, definitely, yes. Yes, and Georgia.

    GIBSON: Because Putin has said he would not tolerate NATO incursion into the Caucasus.

    PALIN: Well, you know, the Rose Revolution, the Orange Revolution, those actions have showed us that those democratic nations, I believe, deserve to be in NATO.

    Putin thinks otherwise. Obviously, he thinks otherwise, but…

    GIBSON: And under the NATO treaty, wouldn’t we then have to go to war if Russia went into Georgia?

    PALIN: Perhaps so. I mean, that is the agreement when you are a NATO ally, is if another country is attacked, you’re going to be expected to be called upon and help.

    But NATO, I think, should include Ukraine, definitely, at this point and I think that we need to — especially with new leadership coming in on January 20, being sworn on, on either ticket, we have got to make sure that we strengthen our allies, our ties with each one of those NATO members.

    We have got to make sure that that is the group that can be counted upon to defend one another in a very dangerous world today…..

  • tiredoftherunaround

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    Sarah Palin said that “part of his ride was to warn the British”, which is a stupid thing to say, that’s not what his mission was about at all. He happened to have been captured, which is a big difference.

    He fed them misinformation when he was threatened at gunpoint, this hardly sounds like a “warning” to them, or even a warning in the tone and context that Palin seems to be implying.

    And please, the whole “he didn’t say the redcoats/British are coming” comment is silly. Everybody knows that’s not the actual quote, but you try to bring it up as if to say you know some obscure fact nobody else does. Please stop embarrassing yourself.

    However, you want to spin it, guy.
    I don’t think anything that’s said will enlighten any of those that rely upon the mainstream media, media matters, etc. to tell you what to think.

    Yes, telling the English that they were in trouble if they continued on to Lexington was a “warning”.
    http://ahp.gatech.edu/midnight_ride_1775.html
    “My name is Revere. What said he, Paul Revere? I answered Yes. The others abused much; but he told me not to be afraid, no one should hurt me. I told him they would miss their aim. He said they should not, they were only waiting for some deserters they expected down the road. I told him I knew better, I knew WHAT THEY WERE AFTER (emphasis added); that I had alarmed the country all the way up, that their boats were caught aground, and I should have 500 men there soon. One of them said they had 1500 coming; he seemed surprised and rode off into the road, and informed them who took me, they came down immediately on a full gallop. One of them (whom I since learned was Major Mitchel of the 5th Reg.) clapped his pistol to my head, and said he was going to ask me some questions, and if I did not tell the truth, he would blow my brains out. I told him I esteemed myself a man of truth, that he had stopped me on the highway, and made me a prisoner, I knew not by what right; I would tell him the truth; I was not afraid. He then asked me the same questions that the other did, and many more, but was more particular; I gave him much the same answer.”

    http://history.howstuffworks.com/revolutionary-war/paul-revere-ride.htm/printable (A Discovery Company)
    “The British patrols were quite pleased they’d captured the famed Paul Revere, and they questioned him at gunpoint. Revere remained calm and told the troops their plans would be foiled, that the whole countryside was marching at that very moment, ready to fight. The troops escorted Revere back to Lexington, where they heard gunfire. It was just militiamen testing their rifles but it unnerved the British. Realizing they could move faster without prisoners, they released Revere but kept his horse.”

  • Keaton

    ” To the Queen”!!!!!!!!!

  • tiredoftherunaround

    jim bronson 990cc said:
    Since you have no working concept of the word “ride”…

    Long stretch of answer to refute anything I’ve said. But, if you must to do to keep up your positive feelings about yourself, go ahead.
    ROF! “Ride” has got nothing to do with what I’ve been saying……..but whatever……. *shrug*

  • Glackin

    Dr. Sandy Kramer said:
    Re: Warning the British – -.

    Doctor:
    Would you, from

    Dr. Sandy Kramer said:
    Re: Warning the British – – – After his capture, Revere “warned” (i.e. put on notice) the British: ” I told him (Revere’s British captor); and added, that their troops had catched aground in passing the River, and that There would be five hundred Americans there in a short time, for I had alarmed the Country all the way up.”

    Actual letter by Paul Revere, document from the Massachusetts Historical Society.

    We are speaking of two different incidents during the same evening. Everyone knows Revere warned the colonists. (He said “The regulars are coming” NOT “The Redcoats are coming. “) The SECOND incident is when Revere is captured by the British, the same evening. While he was in custody, he “warned” (cautioned)

    his captors as to the size of the militia awaiting them. He gave the Regulars false information, a false cautionary “warning”. All history buffs know this. Now you do too.

    The “Doctor Sandy Kramer”, upon being Googled, leads to: E.D. Kain @ American Times.
    It can be reached at:
    www,blogs.Forbes.com/erikkain/2011/06/04/the-sad-defense-of-sarah-palins-botched-history/
    To quote the final part of the story:
    “P.S. Just to clarify, my broader point is that Palin neither described the legend of Paul Revere as told in Longfellow’s legend, or the actual historical events. She mangled

  • Greg

    Please allow me a reprint…

    THE ANATOMY OF A PALIN HISTORY LESSON
    I can just imagine it… Palin, sitting by candlelight and taking notes from W.E.B’s “Souls of black folk” for use in her next speech, is struck by an overwhelming curiosity… is the standard tale of Paul Reveres ride correct, or has liberal academia somehow twisted the TRUE history by ignoring important facts? She rushes to her library, sits at her computer and goes to her bookmarks bar… finding the folder titled HISTORY, she scrolls down to the Massachusetts Historical Society website…CLICK… and search for REVERE… Found it!

    “I observed a Wood at a Small distance, & made for that.
    When I got there, out Started Six officers, on Horse back,
    and orderd me to dismount;-one of them, who appeared
    to have the command, examined me, where I came from,
    & what my Name Was? I told him. it was Revere, he as-
    ked if it was Paul? I told him yes He asked me if
    I was an express? I answered in the afirmative. He
    demanded what time I left Boston? I told him; and
    aded, that their troops had catched aground in passing the River,
    and that There would be five hundred Americans there
    in a short time, for I had alarmed the Country all the way up.
    He imediately rode towards those who stoppd us,
    when all five of them came down upon a full gallop;
    one of them, whom I afterwards found to be Major
    Mitchel, of the 5th Regiment, Clapped his pistol to my head, called me by name,
    & told me he was going to ask me some questions, & if I
    did not give him true answers, he would blow my
    brains out.”

    “So the liberal elite have been lying all along! People need to know that Paul warned the British!” Palin declared.

    She then remembered a book she had on a shelf nearby…”Come one… there it is… “Paul Revere’s Ride”… lets see here…”

    “A townsman remembered that ‘repeated gunshots, the beating of drums and the ringing of bells filled the air.’…. Along the North Shore of Massachusetts, church bells began to toll and the heavy beat of drums could be heard for many miles in the night air.”

    “Gosh Golly, the liberal elite have hidden the church bells all these years… I shoulda known!” Palin said with gusto.

    Just weeks later, time for Palin to shine!

    “He who warned, uh, the British that they weren’t going to be taking away our arms uh by ringing those bells and making sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be secure and we were going to be free and we were going to be armed.”

    Perfect summary from a student so adept, she has become the teacher…
    _______________
    This has been a “Very Believable Tale” by the Far Right Apology Cohort.

  • seek

    Don’t you all find it odd that Palin has you talking about Revere? I’d say that is a good thing – for whatever reason, just to remember. So, everyone remembers the “story” in a different manner. Probably because of the part of the Country where they went to school etc.

    Basically, there are more versions than Carters’ has farters – so I don’t for a second think Palin’s version is wrong. You forget her Parents were teachers. There are so many different text books out – and dumb changes that to say that her version is wrong is ludicrous when right here people have “their” versions and “their” source that they cling to.

    So, move on.org

  • Glackin

    “She mangled the facts (and mangled the syntax much more ferociously) and now her defenders are digging up an obscure story not even relevant to the history itself and holding it up as though Palin knew exactly what she was talking about. This is ludicrous”

    Those are the words someone tried to twist into a defense of Palin.
    Is there NO limit to your dishonesty?

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    tiredoftherunaround said:
    However, you want to spin it, guy.

    “Part of his ride was to warn …”, that is false. He did not mean to get caught at all. Call it spin, but that’s what she’s saying, and also how a lot of Palin supporters are interpreting it. Look at the stupid edits they’re adding in Conservopedia because of her.

  • tiredoftherunaround

    Glackin said:
    Doctor:
    Would you, from

    The “Doctor Sandy Kramer”, upon being Googled, leads to: E.D. Kain @ American Times.
    It can be reached at:
    www,blogs.Forbes.com/erikkain/2011/06/04/the-sad-defense-of-sarah-palins-botched-history/
    To quote the final part of the story:
    “P.S. Just to clarify, my broader point is that Palin neither described the legend of Paul Revere as told in Longfellow’s legend, or the actual historical events. She mangled

    Read it for yourself.
    http://www.paul-revere-heritage.com/ride-letter-to-Belknap.html

  • azgrandma

    One needs only go back and look at her interviews from the 2008 campaign and they you can say if she only had a brain.

  • Glackin

    seek said:
    Don’t you all find it odd that Palin has you talking about Revere? I’d say that is a good thing – for whatever reason, just to remember. So, everyone remembers the “story” in a different manner. Probably because of the part of the Country where they went to school etc.

    Basically, there are more versions than Carters’ has farters – so I don’t for a second think Palin’s version is wrong. You forget her Parents were teachers. There are so many different text books out – and dumb changes that to say that her version is wrong is ludicrous when right here people have “their” versions and “their” source that they cling to.

    So, move on.org

    “There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.”
    WHO RANG THE ‘EFFING CHURCH BELLS?
    Seek, come to Boston next April 19th. It’s Patriot’s Day. A state holiday.
    Try telling them Sarah’s version of the events.
    Bring a VERY fast motorcycle.

  • tiredoftherunaround

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    “Part of his ride was to warn …”, that is false. He did not mean to get caught at all. Call it spin, but that’s what she’s saying, and also how a lot of Palin supporters are interpreting it. Look at the stupid edits they’re adding in Conservopedia because of her.

    Look, as many faux paux Obama has made and you know he has (shall I list them)…….you are hinging your argument about the wording “…part of his ride was to……”.

    Well, part of his ride did consist of warning the British. No way around it. Spin it all you want.

    She was correct. The violent hatred I see whenever some little mistake is made, the libs pounce on it like they did with the former President, while giving their present guy a free ride for ALL the mistakes, gaffes, errors, he’s made. The response borders on insanity, fueled by misstatements, outright lies, and over reaching attempts to find something, anything to criticize about this woman. And, the majority of what is written just isn’t true. The rest is a total exaggeration of what has said/happened.

    At any rate, take your anger pills, ulcer meds, beer, whatever it takes for you as a bunch to settle down. Sheesh!

  • tiredoftherunaround

    The cesspool must be getting a little crowded.

    For those that really want to know the truth, there are plenty of links for just that. The curious can make up their minds about who is correct and isn’t.
    The others are just lost. What can be said?
    ~Toodles.

  • tiredoftherunaround

    azgrandma said:
    One needs only go back and look at her interviews from the 2008 campaign and they you can say if she only had a brain.

    Sorry, grannie, I gave you a thumbs up and meant a thumbs down. :(

  • tiredoftherunaround

    tiredoftherunaround said:
    However, you want to spin it, guy.
    I don’t think anything that’s said will enlighten any of those that rely upon the mainstream media, media matters, etc. to tell you what to think.

    Yes, telling the English that they were in trouble if they continued on to Lexington was a “warning”.
    http://ahp.gatech.edu/midnight_ride_1775.html
    “My name is Revere. What said he, Paul Revere? I answered Yes. The others abused much; but he told me not to be afraid, no one should hurt me. I told him they would miss their aim. He said they should not, they were only waiting for some deserters they expected down the road. I told him I knew better, I knew WHAT THEY WERE AFTER (emphasis added); that I had alarmed the country all the way up, that their boats were caught aground, and I should have 500 men there soon. One of them said they had 1500 coming; he seemed surprised and rode off into the road, and informed them who took me, they came down immediately on a full gallop. One of them (whom I since learned was Major Mitchel of the 5th Reg.) clapped his pistol to my head, and said he was going to ask me some questions, and if I did not tell the truth, he would blow my brains out. I told him I esteemed myself a man of truth, that he had stopped me on the highway, and made me a prisoner, I knew not by what right; I would tell him the truth; I was not afraid. He then asked me the same questions that the other did, and many more, but was more particular; I gave him much the same answer.”

    http://history.howstuffworks.com/revolutionary-war/paul-revere-ride.htm/printable (A Discovery Company)
    “The British patrols were quite pleased they’d captured the famed Paul Revere, and they questioned him at gunpoint. Revere remained calm and told the troops their plans would be foiled, that the whole countryside was marching at that very moment, ready to fight. The troops escorted Revere back to Lexington, where they heard gunfire. It was just militiamen testing their rifles but it unnerved the British. Realizing they could move faster without prisoners, they released Revere but kept his horse.”

    OMG! The real letter from Revere gets a thumbs down?

    That speaks for itself. LOL!

  • Glackin

    tiredoftherunaround said:
    Read it for yourself.
    http://www.paul-revere-heritage.com/ride-letter-to-Belknap.html

    SOMEONE posted as “Dr. Sandy Kramer” with a highly suspect story. Did you read it? I did.
    I then Googled the author, and was given E.D. Kain, and the article I cited.
    What Revere, one of four riders that night, did AFTER being captured was not in the plans. No one in the history mentions ringing bells as part of the warning. Palin misspoke. She has done it before. She will continue to do so as long as she has a podium. It’s entertaining, in a character. It’s scary in one who wants to rule the world.
    A petty little mother of a pup who steps all over another party member’s announcement day when she had a week’s notice should not be trusted with anything more dangerous than her mouth.

  • ganymede

    The Palin fans on this blog shouldn’t think that all Libs and Dems hate Sandra Palin. I certainly don’t hate her. How can I hate her as I don’t know her personally and she hasn’t done anything that terrible that one could possibly hate and condemn her for. But she has injected herself into the public political discussion and has become a spokeperson for a large number of people and she definitely has aspirations to become president. Sarah Palin has become a famous personality and is making a lot of money. More power to her. My only gripe is that she’s trying to rewrite history and is doing more to dumb down the body politic than most anyone else. Do you really, really think she has the leadership and intellectual abilities to be a successful president? If you do, I along with the vast majority of people in this country strongly disagree.

  • Bowedoak

    The problem is that even if she was 100% correct (and she wasn’t) she cannot think on her feet and communicate with any clarity.
    And she wants to be president.
    Yes, Obama makes mistakes, everyone does. Most people apologize when they screw up. Palin doubles down and her fans change Wikipedia to suit Palin’s version of events.
    Do you really not grasp the significance of that? At least one of her fans tried to edit the most commonly used encyclopedia in the country by changing it so that it matched Palin’s story about the bells-using Palin’s quote as a reference.
    Revere did not ring any bells. Revere did not fire any shots. Shots were fired after he had been detained. Shots that, he told the Regulars, were meant to alarm the colonists. Revere himself, in his “warning” to the regulars, says the shots fired were fired to warn the COLONISTS.

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    tiredoftherunaround said:
    Look, as many faux paux Obama has made and you know he has (shall I list them)…….you are hinging your argument about the wording “…part of his ride was to……”.

    Well, part of his ride did consist of warning the British. No way around it. Spin it all you want.

    She said “part of is ride was to warn the British”, no it wasn’t. It’s you who is spinning and changing her words. She’s making it sound like that was part of his mission, and her supporters are interpreting it that way!

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    BTW before you call me a Palin hater, I attended 2 rallies of her in the 2008 elections, drew a poster of her that she liked so much she signed and got a picture taken and shook her hand (and my kids) (this was on one of her visits to FL).

    I don’t “hate her”, but I do think when it comes to facts and history she’s proven herself to be unreliable to the max.

  • azgrandma

    We have tragedies going on all over the U.S. and Our country is headed over a cliff financially not to mention a few of our problems and she spends all this time defending herself and of course that goes on and on and on.

  • bumsrush

    “Sarah Palin is coming! Sarah Palin is coming!” – the true warning of Paul Revere.

  • Paul G

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    BTW before you call me a Palin hater, I attended 2 rallies of her in the 2008 elections, drew a poster of her that she liked so much she signed and got a picture taken and shook her hand (and my kids) (this was on one of her visits to FL).

    I don’t “hate her”, but I do think when it comes to facts and history she’s proven herself to be unreliable to the max.</blockquot

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    BTW before you call me a Palin hater, I attended 2 rallies of her in the 2008 elections, drew a poster of her that she liked so much she signed and got a picture taken and shook her hand (and my kids) (this was on one of her visits to FL).

    I don’t “hate her”, but I do think when it comes to facts and history she’s proven herself to be unreliable to the max.

    Hmmmmm……….

  • bumsrush

    Every time Sarah Palin opens her mouth, it’s a gotcha moment.

  • hamp1239

    I know it’s hard work defending Sinister Sarah! You all should feel embarrass. I going to just sit back and relax. The comedy is getting started!!!

  • beavoux

    There are words, but none that I could get away with here!

  • ElCapitanAmerica

    Paul G said:
    Hmmmmm……….

    Don’t believe me? Here she is holding up the sign I drew of her and McCain (as Batman and Robin)
    http://oi54.tinypic.com/2wn8sic.jpg

    Here is the signed poster;
    http://oi56.tinypic.com/2mqpwsw.jpg

  • Paul G

    azgrandma said:
    We have tragedies going on all over the U.S. and Our country is headed over a cliff financially not to mention a few of our problems and she spends all this time defending herself and of course that goes on and on and on.

    ummmmmmmmmmmmm……Wow. I didn’t know she was President!?..I thought it was the guy that was gonna be the MOST transparent, lower the sea levels and be the TRUE uniter that is our President…….oh yea….have unemployment under 8%….oh yea…and close Gitmo. Oh yea….get us out of all the wars…..OOPS…we are now in Libya……HOW’S HE HOPING AND CHANGING FOR ALL YOPU LIBTURDS OUT THERE?…And you bitch about Sarah? HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
    You libturds are something.

  • dougx

    The Country has become so dumbed down and sad to say, she has become a big part of that culture. Paul Revere wasn’t warning the British to leave us alone or whatever, he was all about warning us that the British were on the move to suppress us. She had it completely wrong.

    I saw her interview with Hannity. All platitudes and boilerplate.

    I really don’t know what she is doing other than distract the Republican voters from focusing in on the people who are running. She needs to run or get off the pot.

  • dougx

    tiredoftherunaround said:
    Look, as many faux paux Obama has made and you know he has (shall I list them)…….you are hinging your argument about the wording “…part of his ride was to……”.

    Well, part of his ride did consist of warning the British. No way around it. Spin it all you want.

    She was correct. The violent hatred I see whenever some little mistake is made, the libs pounce on it like they did with the former President, while giving their present guy a free ride for ALL the mistakes, gaffes, errors, he’s made. The response borders on insanity, fueled by misstatements, outright lies, and over reaching attempts to find something, anything to criticize about this woman. And, the majority of what is written just isn’t true. The rest is a total exaggeration of what has said/happened.

    At any rate, take your anger pills, ulcer meds, beer, whatever it takes for you as a bunch to settle down. Sheesh!

    I like Sarah and have defended her a 1000 times on HuffPo, here or where ever. But this is getting a little tired where she makes a mistake and then blames someone else. She’s a distraction and that’s it. Is she helping to get people registered to vote? What is she doing? I understand she is liberated and in her own little world, but the rest of us operate based on our own clock. We have decisions to make about who to work for, contribute to, and so on. She needs to quit playing games.

  • Nacho

    labman57 said:
    Bachmann and Palin share fundamental character flaws — both have a propensity toward making snide, petty comments about those with whom they disagree, neither does her homework before making public comments regarding important social and historical events, and neither is mature enough to accept responsibility for her own mistakes, failures, and shortcomings.

    It’s what will never allow them to be taken seriously enough by rational people to ever Make it to the top office.

    Although I could see Romney pick Bachmann for VP to get the crazy vote.

  • Truth

    Nacho said:
    Although I could see Romney pick Bachmann for VP to get the crazy vote.

    When McCain used that logic look what happened.. If the GOP has any chance at all in 2012 the Presidential candidate can not be running around doing damage control in behalf of his VP candidate. Palin and Bachmann are both rogues and could easily mess up a candidtate’s chances.

  • Agnus

    Dr. Sandy Kramer said:
    Re: Warning the British – – – After his capture, Revere “warned” (i.e. put on notice) the British: ” I told him (Revere’s British captor); and added, that their troops had catched aground in passing the River, and that There would be five hundred Americans there in a short time, for I had alarmed the Country all the way up.”

    Actual letter by Paul Revere, document from the Massachusetts Historical Society.

    We are speaking of two different incidents during the same evening. Everyone knows Revere warned the colonists. (He said “The regulars are coming” NOT “The Redcoats are coming. “) The SECOND incident is when Revere is captured by the British, the same evening. While he was in custody, he “warned” (cautioned)

    his captors as to the size of the militia awaiting them. He gave the Regulars false information, a false cautionary “warning”. All history buffs know this. Now you do too.

    These are her EXACT words;
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    “He who warned, uh, the British that they weren’t going to be taking away our arms uh by ringing those bells and making sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be secure and we were going to be free and we were going to be armed.”
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    OBVIOUSLY …Palin was NOT speaking of his capture, she would not have even known that had happened.

    Her description sounds like a John Wayne shoot um up movie WITH bells…….lol

    Keep in mind this is after she said THIS most recently about the Staue of Liberty;

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    “Lady Liberty is the symbol of unity and friendship we have with other freedom-loving nations. It’s also a “warning” of sorts, as France encouraged us to keep democracy alive as the recipient of this gift… basically telling us not to blow it. Thank you for this reminder, France!” she wrote on her SarahPAC.com website.

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    AND …THIS last September;
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Sarah Palin appeared this weekend in Anchorage with her pal Glenn Beck. People waited in long lines to pay up to $225 for tickets, as the Anchorage Daily News reported. During the show, Palin said to the cheers of the crowd:

    “This Statue of Liberty was gifted to us by foreign leaders, really as a warning to us. It was a warning to us to stay unique and to stay exceptional from other countries. Certainly not to go down the path of other countries that adopted socialist policies,” Palin said to cheers from the crowd.”
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    WHAT countries had “socialist policies” in 1870?

    A poem by Emma Lazarus is graven on a tablet
    within the pedestal on which the statue stands.

    The New Colossus

    Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,

    With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

    Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

    A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame

    Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name

    Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand

    Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command

    The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

    “Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she

    With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,

    Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

    The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

    Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

    I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

    Palin does not know HISTORY from a HYSTERECTOMY!

    Steve Schmidt, McCain’s campaign manager , was quoted saying “she doesn’t know ANYTHING!”

  • dougx

    Truth said:
    When McCain used that logic look what happened.. If the GOP has any chance at all in 2012 the Presidential candidate can not be running around doing damage control in behalf of his VP candidate. Palin and Bachmann are both rogues and could easily mess up a candidtate’s chances.

    A lot better choices out there, Rubio/FL, Kasich/OH and many others. The VP’s job is to deliver at least his/her home state. Bachmann cannot deliver Minnesota.

  • IIWII

    Paul G said:
    ummmmmmmmmmmmm……Wow. I didn’t know she was President!?..I thought it was the guy that was gonna be the MOST transparent, lower the sea levels and be the TRUE uniter that is our President…….oh yea….have unemployment under 8%….oh yea…and close Gitmo. Oh yea….get us out of all the wars…..OOPS…we are now in Libya……HOW’S HE HOPING AND CHANGING FOR ALL YOPU LIBTURDS OUT THERE?…And you bitch about Sarah? HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
    You libturds are something.

    Yep, she has not been elected to a national position… and yet she sets their hair on fire………

  • IIWII

    hamp1239 said:
    I know it’s hard work defending Sinister Sarah! You all should feel embarrass. I going to just sit back and relax. The comedy is getting started!!!

    I will take you more seriously when your grammar and sentence structure approaches basic normality…. until then, go sleep it off… Mr. Daniels is knocking on your skull…

  • IIWII

    tiredoftherunaround said:
    OMG! The real letter from Revere gets a thumbs down?

    That speaks for itself. LOL!

    Yep… they do not read history… they re-write it.

  • Agnus

    A book by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin , reveals that advisers to John McCain were taken aback by how little Mrs Palin knew about ~~~~~politics and~~ history ~~~ when she was confirmed as Mr McCain’s Republican running mate after a cursory, 12-hour selection process.

    “You guys have a lot of work to do,” Steve Schmidt, Mr McCain’s campaign chief, is said to have told the experts he had recruited to tutor her. “She doesn’t know anything.”

    Heilemann and Halperin write:

    “Palin couldn’t explain why North Korea and South Korea were separate nations.

    She didn’t know what the Fed [the Federal Reserve] did.

    Asked who attacked America on 9/11, she suggested several times that it was Saddam Hussein.

    Asked to identify the enemy that her son would be fighting in Iraq, she drew a blank.

    Later, on the plane, Palin said to her team: ‘I wish I’d paid more attention to this stuff’.”

    http://www.aipnews.com/talk/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=11592&posts=6

  • IIWII

    ElCapitanAmerica said:
    She said “part of is ride was to warn the British”, no it wasn’t. It’s you who is spinning and changing her words. She’s making it sound like that was part of his mission, and her supporters are interpreting it that way!

    ALL of his ride was to warn the British!!!!!!!!!! “America” did not exist at the time. Revere’s ride warned Brit citizens of opproaching Brit forces……….. it was not until AFTER the Revolution that “Americans” existed…… Sooooooooooo, Paul’s ride actually did warn Brits………..stop trying to argue just because of a political bias… and understand the precise facts of history…

  • IIWII

    IIWII said:
    Yep… they do not read history… they re-write it.

    Yes!!!! Thumb’s me down… but do not post a single word on why I am wrong or a sentence to disprove my point…… sit in the back and toss semi-literate stones…… nice try, slacker.

  • IIWII

    Agnus said:
    A book by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin , reveals that advisers to John McCain were taken aback by how little Mrs Palin knew about ~~~~~politics and~~ history ~~~ when she was confirmed as Mr McCain’s Republican running mate after a cursory, 12-hour selection process.

    “You guys have a lot of work to do,” Steve Schmidt, Mr McCain’s campaign chief, is said to have told the experts he had recruited to tutor her. “She doesn’t know anything.”

    Heilemann and Halperin write:

    “Palin couldn’t explain why North Korea and South Korea were separate nations.

    She didn’t know what the Fed [the Federal Reserve] did.

    Asked who attacked America on 9/11, she suggested several times that it was Saddam Hussein.

    Asked to identify the enemy that her son would be fighting in Iraq, she drew a blank.

    Later, on the plane, Palin said to her team: ‘I wish I’d paid more attention to this stuff’.”

    http://www.aipnews.com/talk/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=11592&posts=6

    There is a book out there that claims the Clintons put “communist revolutionary” ornaments on one of the Christmas trees in the White House… people can claim anything… only fools believe everything they read.

  • Glackin

    IIWII said:
    Yep… they do not read history… they re-write it.

    Your pedantry is intact. The God of the classroom has deigned to walk among the hoi polloi.
    Small problem. Your hero has clay feet. She needs to learn the lesson of Clarence Thomas.
    “It’s better to remain silent, and be thought a fool, than to open one’s mouth, and remove all doubt.”
    IF She were to run (SHE WON”T), she would be destroyed in New Hampshire.
    She does not have the personal strength to handle that without lashing out.
    She can make millions, or self distruct.

  • IIWII

    Glackin said:
    Your pedantry is intact. The God of the classroom has deigned to walk among the hoi polloi.
    Small problem. Your hero has clay feet. She needs to learn the lesson of Clarence Thomas.
    “It’s better to remain silent, and be thought a fool, than to open one’s mouth, and remove all doubt.”
    IF She were to run (SHE WON”T), she would be destroyed in New Hampshire.
    She does not have the personal strength to handle that without lashing out.
    She can make millions, or self distruct.

    You missed the entire post… I was commenting on the “actual” letter from Paul and its contents… and you made a mental stumble to making my comment a “Palin” reply…. again madam/sir you have failed…… my comment was not about Palin, it was about the factual/historical letter from Paul and how people reject the truth…. go away… until you learn how to discern fact from hoped-for-fiction…..

  • Rokker

    Palin is an ignorant delusional clown. But we already know that.

  • IIWII

    Glackin said:
    Your pedantry is intact. The God of the classroom has deigned to walk among the hoi polloi.
    Small problem. Your hero has clay feet. She needs to learn the lesson of Clarence Thomas.
    “It’s better to remain silent, and be thought a fool, than to open one’s mouth, and remove all doubt.”
    IF She were to run (SHE WON”T), she would be destroyed in New Hampshire.
    She does not have the personal strength to handle that without lashing out.
    She can make millions, or self distruct.

    And she is not my “hero”…….. again you fire a barbed mental shot and miss the mark wide……. keep shooting from the “lip”…. it just shows your ignorance.

  • Glackin

    IIWII said:
    There is a book out there that claims the Clintons put “communist revolutionary” ornaments on one of the Christmas trees in the White House… people can claim anything… only fools believe everything they read.

    People can claim that paul revere had bells rung so the british would know not to take the american’s guns.
    You claim you are a teacher. If you shovel that crap out to your students, you are stealing Federal money.

  • Agnus

    IIWII said:
    There is a book out there that claims the Clintons put “communist revolutionary” ornaments on one of the Christmas trees in the White House… people can claim anything… only fools believe everything they read.

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Yes and Palin has a couple of books herself, after being fact checked turned out to be pure fantasy.

    Oh, and the bible is a book that millions swear by…….the point is it depends who the writer is, what his/her research is and how it stacks up against known facts..

    And you prove that “people can claim anything”, because you’ve done so repeatedly here.

    In Palin’s own words, she proves that she “dosen’t know anything”, time and time again.

    You need to learn that there IS no defence for the indefensible.

    Or, if you would rather not, you may carry on proving to us what a fool you are.

  • IIWII

    Rokker said:
    Palin is an ignorant delusional clown. But we already know that.

    So why bother posting? If it is already known you add nothing to the discussion… I wish I had as much time as you to be pendantic…

  • IIWII

    Agnus said:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Yes and Palin has a couple of books herself, after being fact checked turned out to be pure fantasy.

    Oh, and the bible is a book that millions swear by…….the point is it depends who the writer is, what his/her research is and how it stacks up against known facts..

    And you prove that “people can claim anything”, because you’ve done so repeatedly here.

    In Palin’s own words, she proves that she “dosen’t know anything”, time and time again.

    You need to learn that there IS no defence for the indefensible.

    Or, if you would rather not, you may carry on proving to us what a fool you are.

    Again….SO? There are books galore… nothing makes an arguement better than disillusionment. And why are you so anti-religion? Why do you hate people who “believe”? Where is the great liberal, live and let live?? You had to toss the Bible int here, didn’t you? And hey, here is a thought… maybe I am athiest!!! An athiest Conservative… wrap your three brain cells around that one. And the fool on the hill (you) stumbles back and wonders how a simple farm boy can defeat your inane chatter………conservative athiest, yep… not a bit of god in my world… but why do you hate my wife? My wife ( 33 years) is a believer, and I let her have her way… and you, a nobody from nowhere attack her and her beliefs…. why do you hate my wife? You have never met her? Keep on your religious crusade… you are just proving your ignorrance.

  • IIWII

    Glackin said:
    People can claim that paul revere had bells rung so the british would know not to take the american’s guns.
    You claim you are a teacher. If you shovel that crap out to your students, you are stealing Federal money.

    And you “claim” I am not a teacher……one of us is lying… and since I am a teacher… seems that makes just about all of your posts suspect……. liar.

  • Paul G

    And they say 1 out of 3 are homo….I’m not, you’re not….Hmmmmm……Looks like you’re it Glackin. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Are you getting double time time for posting so late?

  • IIWII

    Paul G said:
    And they say 1 out of 3 are homo….I’m not, you’re not….Hmmmmm……Looks like you’re it Glackin. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Are you getting double time time for posting so late?

    Yep…. and me, the wee teacher from No-Where Montana shut down the crazy lib Glackin from some big city someplace or other….. I do like the time he called me the “God” of the classroom… in big-boy letters and such. He/She may have been being sarcastic but I walk in the full gloy of his tributary words!!!! kkekekekekekekeke, libs… they have NO sense of humor.

  • Agnus

    IIWII said:
    Again….SO? There are books galore… nothing makes an arguement better than disillusionment. And why are you so anti-religion? Why do you hate people who “believe”? Where is the great liberal, live and let live?? You had to toss the Bible int here, didn’t you? And hey, here is a thought… maybe I am athiest!!! An athiest Conservative… wrap your three brain cells around that one. And the fool on the hill (you) stumbles back and wonders how a simple farm boy can defeat your inane chatter………conservative athiest, yep… not a bit of god in my world… but why do you hate my wife? My wife ( 33 years) is a believer, and I let her have her way… and you, a nobody from nowhere attack her and her beliefs…. why do you hate my wife? You have never met her? Keep on your religious crusade… you are just proving your ignorrance.

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    OMG………For the love of Mike!

    You need to be under supervised care.

    Hopefully, you ARE in a institution and have computer privileges.

    Which will of course be revoked when your caretakers read the rantings that you have posted to this blog.

    You need to stop stashing your meds and swallow them down like a good boy, you’ll feel MUCH better if you do.

  • IIWII

    Agnus said:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    OMG………For the love of Mike!

    You need to be under supervised care.

    Hopefully, you ARE in a institution and have computer privileges.

    Which will of course be revoked when your caretakers read the rantings that you have posted to this blog.

    You need to stop stashing your meds and swallow them down like a good boy, you’ll feel MUCH better if you do.

    Attack, attack, attack… and with your life passing away… you use your breath to say….. nothing. It is the fist level of humanity to attack… and for that you score high points. It is of the second level of humanity to refute (with evidence) and soon, some day you will score points…. it is the 48th level of humanity from where my comments were issued… in 30 or 90 years you may respond coherently… I’ll get back to you around, oh….2187′ish….

  • IIWII

    Agnus said:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    OMG………For the love of Mike!

    You need to be under supervised care.

    Hopefully, you ARE in a institution and have computer privileges.

    Which will of course be revoked when your caretakers read the rantings that you have posted to this blog.

    You need to stop stashing your meds and swallow them down like a good boy, you’ll feel MUCH better if you do.

    And you never did answer my primary question… why do you hate my wife? Misogynist? Why do you hate so much?

  • Agnus

    IIWII said:
    And you never did answer my primary question… why do you hate my wife? Misogynist? Why do you hate so much?

    ROFLMAO………

    You mean your imaginary wife.

    Who will you pretend to be tomorrow? Don Quixote?

    Then you can accuse folks of insulting your horse.

    Maybe you’ll be Sarah Palin, then you can really stand up for…….yourself!

    Jigs up pal, you’re just plain nuckin futz…….

  • Glackin

    IIWII said:
    And you “claim” I am not a teacher……one of us is lying… and since I am a teacher… seems that makes just about all of your posts suspect……. liar.

    And you over step. I believe you are being paid as a “teacher”. Whether you ARE an educator has not been proven. Perhaps your pedantry is to be expected, yet regrettable. Your explanation of your job sounds much like the stories of the “missionaries” who brought “Christianity” to the Hawaiian Islands, as Sarah Vowell describes in “Unfamiliar Fishes”

  • IIWII

    Agnus said:
    ROFLMAO………

    You mean your imaginary wife.

    Who will you pretend to be tomorrow? Don Quixote?

    Then you can accuse folks of insulting your horse.

    Maybe you’ll be Sarah Palin, then you can really stand up for…….yourself!

    Jigs up pal, you’re just plain nuckin futz…….

    Again… attack… attack…attack……. hate, hate, hate…… keep playing, pal… you are making my case for me… libs are petty and shallow. I bet ya had to google “Quixote” to get the spelling correct. Again, I ask… you bashed the Bible and religion in the previous post… so, tell me… why do you hate my wife? Why do you hate those who “believe”??? I am asking from one athiest to another…. why so much rage? I am on your side in matters of religion, but… why so much anger and rage from you?

  • IIWII

    Glackin said:
    And you over step. I believe you are being paid as a “teacher”. Whether you ARE an educator has not been proven. Perhaps your pedantry is to be expected, yet regrettable. Your explanation of your job sounds much like the stories of the “missionaries” who brought “Christianity” to the Hawaiian Islands, as Sarah Vowell describes in “Unfamiliar Fishes”

    Nope… I am paid as a teacher (with you tax money, thank you very much… have I told you??? You and your tax dollars are sending me on a 14 day fact finding mission to South Africa…. July 17 to August 1… and I thank you for working so hard to send me there…)… and nope… you are wrong on all counts…. and you have been schooled by a wee red-neck fella from Illinois… with plow in hand and bible tossed to the side. And as for my being an “educator”… please, tell me, why was my contract renewed with bonus paid if I was not doing a good job? You madam are shooting from the shadows… where you have spent the majority of your life.

  • IIWII

    What???? No more takers????? “Angus, Rokker, Glackin…..” tried their best (which was actually a 2.4 out of 10) and when they had enough… bolted… ran away…. typical no-thought libs… so I stand strong, tall (like Pompey’s Pillar) and am now off to bed…. slacker libs… try again next week……same Bat (yer-azz) time same Bat (yer-azs) channel…. night, and sleep tight all ya good conservatives.

  • Glackin

    IIWII said:
    And you never did answer my primary question… why do you hate my wife? Misogynist? Why do you hate so much?

    Agnus just wants to argue. I want to know. Are you a time-marking pedant feeding at the federal trough while being a staunch “CONSERVATIVE” who hates govt. spending? You serve the Crow or the Blackfeet, neh?
    Do you teach them Palin’s history?(subject to revision, daily). The white man’s history? Theirs? How do you tell students about the fine young soldier who just got the Medal of Honor for action in Afghanistan, and then the twenty Medals of Honor that were handed out for Wounded Knee?
    Or, do you skip that? Are you an educator?

  • Glackin

    IIWII said:
    Nope… I am paid as a teacher (with you tax money, thank you very much… have I told you??? You and your tax dollars are sending me on a 14 day fact finding mission to South Africa…. July 17 to August 1… and I thank you for working so hard to send me there…)… and nope… you are wrong on all counts…. and you have been schooled by a wee red-neck fella from Illinois… with plow in hand and bible tossed to the side. And as for my being an “educator”… please, tell me, why was my contract renewed with bonus paid if I was not doing a good job? You madam are shooting from the shadows… where you have spent the majority of your life.

    Your contract was renewed because the govt. keeps buying the same old crap over and over. When it’s not you, you bitch about the waste. You are part of it! We’ve got a MAC base in my area. They keep flying C-5′s, but they have to carry four spare engines on every flight. They still get stuck all over the globe when the “5′s” break down. but the govt. keeps paying for them.
    Just like you.

  • IIWII

    Glackin said:
    Agnus just wants to argue. I want to know. Are you a time-marking pedant feeding at the federal trough while being a staunch “CONSERVATIVE” who hates govt. spending? You serve the Crow or the Blackfeet, neh?
    Do you teach them Palin’s history?(subject to revision, daily). The white man’s history? Theirs? How do you tell students about the fine young soldier who just got the Medal of Honor for action in Afghanistan, and then the twenty Medals of Honor that were handed out for Wounded Knee?
    Or, do you skip that? Are you an educator?

    Nope… I hit ALL of that… even the last Crow who made War Chief in WWII….. and I am teaching on Northern Cheyenne, “The Crow got the land, the Sioux got the glory, the Cheyenne got the fighting.”… so there…. punk….. now, read my last post… I am off to bed…………………………Oh… and I also taught them of the 23 professional Native baseball players who made it to the Bigs before Jackie Robinson… so, again… you speak from anger and think from nothing…….. punkette….

  • IIWII

    Glackin said:
    Your contract was renewed because the govt. keeps buying the same old crap over and over. When it’s not you, you bitch about the waste. You are part of it! We’ve got a MAC base in my area. They keep flying C-5’s, but they have to carry four spare engines on every flight. They still get stuck all over the globe when the “5’s” break down. but the govt. keeps paying for them.
    Just like you.

    Wrong again……………….. I hope “being wrong” pays your bills… because if so, thank ME I will never have to carry you….

  • Paul G

    Glackin said:
    Agnus just wants to argue. I want to know. Are you a time-marking pedant feeding at the federal trough while being a staunch “CONSERVATIVE” who hates govt. spending? You serve the Crow or the Blackfeet, neh?
    Do you teach them Palin’s history?(subject to revision, daily). The white man’s history? Theirs? How do you tell students about the fine young soldier who just got the Medal of Honor for action in Afghanistan, and then the twenty Medals of Honor that were handed out for Wounded Knee?
    Or, do you skip that? Are you an educator?

    And Glaki gets paid by his posts…..

  • Paul G

    Ok Mediaite…I just had to close ur stupid MSNBC pop ups 8 times……..not cool.

  • Paul G

    IIWII said:
    What???? No more takers????? “Angus, Rokker, Glackin…..” tried their best (which was actually a 2.4 out of 10) and when they had enough… bolted… ran away…. typical no-thought libs… so I stand strong, tall (like Pompey’s Pillar) and am now off to bed…. slacker libs… try again next week……same Bat (yer-azz) time same Bat (yer-azs) channel…. night, and sleep tight all ya good conservatives.

    Glackin is an actual 25 cent cubicle diaper wearing girl……it’s ok…we know who she is……………

  • Paul G

    Paul G said:
    Glackin is an actual 25 cent cubicle diaper wearing girl……it’s ok…we know who she is……………

    Ellie…….

  • Paul G

    sux to be you……what’s your new name? I know uv had it for months

  • Paul G

    Paul G said:
    sux to be you……what’s your new name? I know uv had it for months

    Paul G said:
    Ellie…….

  • jim bronson 990cc

    tiredoftherunaround said:
    LOL! OMG! I can see you didn’t even read the link, did you? Do you even know what “Georgia” that’s being discussed? Back in 2008?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Georgia-Russia_crisis That’s what Charlie was asking her about.The rest of her answer you didn’t bother to read:PALIN: Well, I’m giving you that perspective of how small our world is and how important it is that we work with our allies to keep good relation with all of these countries, especially Russia. We will not repeat a Cold War. We must have good relationship with our allies, pressuring, also, helping us to remind Russia that it’s in their benefit, also, a mutually beneficial relationship for us all to be getting along. Sarah Palin on Russia: We cannot repeat the Cold War. We are thankful that, under Reagan, we won the Cold War, without a shot fired, also. We’ve learned lessons from that in our relationship with Russia, previously the Soviet Union. We will not repeat a Cold War. We must have good relationship with our allies, pressuring, also, helping us to remind Russia that it’s in their benefit, also, a mutually beneficial relationship for us all to be getting along. GIBSON: Would you favor putting Georgia and Ukraine in NATO? PALIN: Ukraine, definitely, yes. Yes, and Georgia. GIBSON: Because Putin has said he would not tolerate NATO incursion into the Caucasus. PALIN: Well, you know, the Rose Revolution, the Orange Revolution, those actions have showed us that those democratic nations, I believe, deserve to be in NATO. Putin thinks otherwise. Obviously, he thinks otherwise, but… GIBSON: And under the NATO treaty, wouldn’t we then have to go to war if Russia went into Georgia? PALIN: Perhaps so. I mean, that is the agreement when you are a NATO ally, is if another country is attacked, you’re going to be expected to be called upon and help. But NATO, I think, should include Ukraine, definitely, at this point and I think that we need to — especially with new leadership coming in on January 20, being sworn on, on either ticket, we have got to make sure that we strengthen our allies, our ties with each one of those NATO members. We have got to make sure that that is the group that can be counted upon to defend one another in a very dangerous world today…..

    I quoted a smal part of that interview to show how foolish she looks. You, however, look far more foolish by trying to cover a fundamental lack of perception by deception.

  • jim bronson 990cc

    tiredoftherunaround said:
    Long stretch of answer to refute anything I’ve said. But, if you must to do to keep up your positive feelings about yourself, go ahead.ROF! “Ride” has got nothing to do with what I’ve been saying……..but whatever……. *shrug*

    It has to do with what Palin said. Again, try reading before you post. You are looking very silly!

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: Fire away here comes the Palin. The Palin is coming. Not even Nostradamus could see the fear it causes the democrat.

  • hanoisteve

    Glackin said:
    Your contract was renewed because the govt. keeps buying the same old crap over and over. When it’s not you, you bitch about the waste. You are part of it! We’ve got a MAC base in my area. They keep flying C-5’s, but they have to carry four spare engines on every flight. They still get stuck all over the globe when the “5’s” break down. but the govt. keeps paying for them.
    Just like you.

    Well if the US military would stop attacking countries around the globe and close some of the overseas military bases these old C5s would not have to carry around extra engines and waste all that taxpayer money.

  • TfT

    The new movie about Palin is getting rave reviews (except by those lefty loons,who if they were honest would change their tune).

    Palin was right, the idiot on CNN who smirked and Howie and the rest of the idiot left were wrong. I love it when she just trounces them; they hate her so much they just jump on anything without thinking.

    As Ailes said:

    “Palin is so smart, she has the media chasing a bus up the east coast”.

    In the end, she wins, the left who hate her with such a passion lose, and the media look just like the fools they are.

    Palin must be laughing her clymer off.

  • hanoisteve

    Just4thefax said:
    Fact: Fire away here comes the Palin. The Palin is coming. Not even Nostradamus could see the fear it causes the democrat.

    Fact: The whole world would fear the stupidity of Palin if she was in charge.

  • Just4thefax

    hanoisteve said:
    Fact: The whole world would fear the stupidity of Palin if she was in charge.

    Fact: Stupidity are the holdouts that don’t admit they were wrong when they voted for Obama. Most come clean but a few are just stink bugs.

  • seek

    Just4thefax said:
    Fact: Stupidity are the holdouts that don’t admit they were wrong when they voted for Obama. Most come clean but a few are just stink bugs.

    I have been hearing more and more people say “don’t know what we were thinking” and they really don’t have an answer.

  • seek

    p.s. I think Rush pretty well nailed it when he said:
    “They hate her, they despise her, they are frustrated that they haven’t destroyed her. They can’t believe she’s still smiling. They can’t believe she’s still drawing crowds. They can’t believe that she’s enjoying life. They can’t believe her family is still together. They can’t believe her husband hasn’t walked out on her. They can’t believe any of this. Folks, you know this as well as I do: When they set out to destroy you, they mean just that — and Palin’s not playing along with the script. She’s not acting destroyed. She’s not asking for forgiveness. She’s not begging them to leave her alone. She’s not changing in order to make them lighten up or anything. She’s just looking at ‘em and smiling.”

  • Keaton

    Palin is toying with you libs! You make such a fuss about Paul Revere’s history, she then proves you wrong with Revere’s own words! That part of history was for people like her who actually studied. She actually read it and did some critical thinking about it. You libs could learn a lesson from that!

  • timzank
  • Greg

    timzank said:
    Uhhh…

    http://hotair.com/archives/2011/06/06/historians-agree-palin-was-right-about-revere/

    Great job… The two historians quoted in the cited article conclude…

    “I suppose you could say that,” Leehey said. “But I don’t know if that’s really what Mrs. Palin was referring to.”
    McConville said he also is not convinced that Palin’s remarks reflect scholarship.

    Continuing to manufacture evidence that isn’t…

  • notsofast

    Greg said:
    Great job… The two historians quoted in the cited article conclude…

    “I suppose you could say that,” Leehey said. “But I don’t know if that’s really what Mrs. Palin was referring to.”
    McConville said he also is not convinced that Palin’s remarks reflect scholarship.

    Continuing to manufacture evidence that isn’t…

    Sorry, son. You left out:

    “The first to dispute Palin’s critics was … Paul Revere himself. In his own account of the ride, written twenty-three years later, Revere recounts how the British captured him, and how he attempted to dissuade the British from advancing. Revere warned that he had roused the local militias and that there would soon be 500 or more armed citizens coming together to repel the British.”

    And this:

    “Boston University history professor Brendan McConville said, “Basically when Paul Revere was stopped by the British, he did say to them, ‘Look, there is a mobilization going on that you’ll be confronting,’ and the British are aware as they’re marching down the countryside, they hear church bells ringing — she was right about that — and warning shots being fired. That’s accurate.”

    And no one, including SP said she was a “scholar” on the Revolutionary War.

  • timzank

    Get over it commies, she was right (as usual) again. It’s not as though she claimed something as stupid as there are more than fifty states or something.

  • Greg

    @notso

    You have retreated to the primary absurdity… Namely that Palin’s summary was based on evidence gleaned from a primary source text….

    I was addressing the newly presented absurdity, that “Historians agree Palin was right about Revere” is a sensible conclusion, much less headline, when only two historians are cited and both express doubt about Palin’s historical literacy.

    Good luck constructing confusion around a clear issue. Cheers!

  • Greg

    timzank said:
    Get over it commies, she was right (as usual) again. It’s not as though she claimed something as stupid as there are more than fifty states or something.

    Truth is not created by reckless confidence.

  • timzank

    Greg said:
    Truth is not created by reckless confidence.

    Nor by blind partisan hackery.

  • Greg

    timzank said:
    Nor by blind partisan hackery.

    I could not agree more… You should think more deeply on that point.

  • tatboy
  • RationalModerate

    I think people are confusing “point of the ride” with the events of the ride. I don’t think “the point of the ride” was to get captured. Thus, anything Mr. Revere answered to the British really had nothing to do with the POINT of the ride, but it was an EVENT of the ride. To the point about Mr. Revere telling the British that there was an armed rebellion, of course he would say that. His alternative would be something akin to “You can ride in and take what you want.” Lastly, to the point about asking about the arms stores. The British were putting down a rebellion, so of course they would ask about any arms stores. This would just be a common sense question.

    I believe that Ms. Palin may gotten a big mixed up by the question, but as always, this is a non-issue. No one will remember this next week.

  • Bill Huggins

    Tell me that she was right re: Statue of Liberty and I’ll shut up.

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHABABABAHABABAHABANABABANABABA

  • tatboy

    Well she was right about the subject of this blog post… see above link. Now if you want to start bringing unrelated things into the mix, I could start talking about 57 states. :)

  • hamp1239

    @IIWII I will take you serious when you stop defending Silly Sarah! Continue your ” ECT THERAPY”!!!

  • Agnus

    The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has a new petition, follow the link at the bottom to sign the petition if you want to.

    Please pass this around. Thanks.:

    Teach Sarah Palin a History Lesson

    During her bus tour, Sarah Palin was yammerin’ away to reporters about how Paul Revere rode through the streets, ringin’ a bell to warn the British to stay away and keep their red-coated hands off Americans’ guns. Huh? That’s certainly not the historical account WE remember.

    If Sarah Palin’s going to be a presidential candidate, she needs to bone up on her American history, and we’re ready to help.

    We’re going to send her a copy of “A Picture Book of Paul Revere.”

    Would you like to help? Add your name, and we’ll be sure Sarah has you to thank for her newfound knowledge.

    http://www.dscc.org/act?action_KEY=195

  • Tedderman

    Since this darned Greta Van Sustern threw that “gotcha” question at Sarah about Paul Revere she’s been studying up about her history. Today she learned that Washington crossed the Deleware River to close down an abortion clinic.

  • rm

    The actual “gotcha question” was rather benign: “What have you seen so far today, and what are you going to take away from your visit?”

  • Jayson

    “You know what, I didn’t mess up about Paul Revere. Here’s what Paul Revere did. He warned the Americans that ‘the British were coming, the British were coming’ and they were going to try to take our arms. . . . But remember, the British had already been there . . . part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there that, ‘hey, you’re not going to succeed. You’re not going to take American arms. You are not going to beat our own well-armed persons, individual, private militia that we have.’ He did warn the British. And in a shout-out, gotcha-type of question that was asked of me, I answered candidly. And I know my American history.”

    This woman is an embarrassment to the country. Any man or woman that thinks differently is a fool.

  • Agnus

    timzank said:
    Get over it commies, she was right (as usual) again. It’s not as though she claimed something as stupid as there are more than fifty states or something.

    Since these are her exact words……..
    “He who warned, uh, the British that they weren’t going to be taking away our arms uh by ringing those bells and making sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be secure and we were going to be free and we were going to be armed.”

    I challenge you to find ANYTHING “historically accurate”, using her own words, other than he rode a horse.

  • J Baustian

    Considering that what Palin said about Paul Revere was essentially correct — according to Paul Revere — I do not understand why this is a controversy.

    Here is Revere’s own account of what happened:
    http://www.historycarper.com/resources/articles/prevere.htm

  • J Baustian

    I challenge any of you Palin critics to put yourself in a similar situation — signing autographs, engaging in small talk with a number of people simultaneously, and then discuss in detail a fairly obscure point of American history which nearly everyone knows about — but what everyone knows is based on Longfellow’s fictional poem.

  • J Baustian

    Palin’s critics have had four days to learn the truth — why are they still repeating the false talking points?

  • jim bronson 990cc

    J Baustian said:
    Considering that what Palin said about Paul Revere was essentially correct — according to Paul Revere — I do not understand why this is a controversy. Here is Revere’s own account of what happened:http://www.historycarper.com/resources/articles/prevere.htm

    So when exactly did he say:”The British were coming” as Palin claimed?

  • jim bronson 990cc

    J Baustian said:
    I challenge any of you Palin critics to put yourself in a similar situation — signing autographs, engaging in small talk with a number of people simultaneously, and then discuss in detail a fairly obscure point of American history which nearly everyone knows about — but what everyone knows is based on Longfellow’s fictional poem.

    Ah, so you agree she should have kept her mouth shut. Thank you!

  • purveyor

    After 18 pages…

    I have had to consider how I would respond, if Ms. Palin was a Socialist-Democrat?

    Coming from a purely human perspective, I too, have been caught “flatt footed”, so to speak. Someone may have asked me a question, challenged me or just interrupted me. Then, only moments later, did I wish I hadn’t said something or said such differently. Haven’t you?

    Ms. Palin, was (I think) in an Ice Cream Parlor (in your case, a Bar) and made the mistake of fielding questions from intrusive reporters. (Let me guess, some of you will approve of the boorish behavior of the Media?)

    As for her comment on “warning the British” , such was merely dicta. (the plural form of dictum) Ms. Palin made a simple observation expanding on the generally acknowledged, historical narrative. You and I do this sort of thing all the time, its considered simple, polite conversatonal english, partuclarly in an informal setting such as an Ice cream Parlor or a Tavern.

    Take the yellow pill.

    PURVEYOR OF RHETORIC

  • purveyor

    To: JIMBRONSON,

    Nice to see you.

    MY 1100F is alive! The engine is solid. It needs 110 octane to run on, so I blend octane booster and premium. Racing Gas is better of course and I love the after burn of high octane go juice.

    Now comes paint and the detail work…

    Oh yeah, The Bike is street legal set up for curvy roads and canyon work. Even put laps in on it at the now defunct Second Creek Raceway in Denver. However, as it needs 110 octane, I have an, um, er, limited range…LOL

  • J Baustian

    jim bronson 990cc said:
    So when exactly did he say:”The British were coming” as Palin claimed?

    She didn’t. (They were all Englishmen at the time, Tories and Patriots alike.) The main point on which she was unclear — not wrong, but vague — was the reference to church bells ringing. She seemed to be mixing Revere’s warnings to patriots along his way with the townspeople ringing bells after he passed. Also, Revere’s purpose was to warn John Hancock and John Adams; but when captured, he warned the British Regulars that Lexington was ready for them, with 500+ heavily armed militia.

    I would say that Palin got it about 90% right, while Brian Williams and Chris Matthews got a zero. And quite a lot of Mediaite readers get a zero also, based on their thumb’s-up/thumb’s-down ratings as well as their ignorant comments.

  • purveyor

    To: AGNUS, BRONSON, etc.,

    Were you arguing the Palin/Revere case to a jury, the Jury would at least be tired of you by know. You might even lose the case as you go over and over with the same evidence. Effectively, you both manage to talk yourself out a cogent argument. You both have command of the facts, however, you both way over use them to the point of tedium. Which should give both of you insight as to the nature of the argument.

    Argumentation and debate analysts might call this “Inflation of the conflict”. Ergo, you’ve made your point, move on.

    Another consideration is called “the least possible hypothesis”. Ergo, you search not for the most plausible reason, rather, you desire a particular result, so, the least plausible reason will suffice. Hence, Ms. Palin did not simply misspeak, to you, she made a career ending faux pas that could damage the Union.

    I realize this quote is trite, however: “thou doest protest to much, me thinks”. All of you risk losing any debate, because, your credibility is threatened by your own vehemence. In other words, quit beating the dead whatever it is!

    PURVEYOR OF RHETORIC

  • thatVeteran

    This,as well as many inconsistency in newly abridged history books are at least a few reasons my Son has chosen to teach history at the High school level,

    lets look at what was said: Sarah Palin yesterday insisted her claim at the Old North Church last week that Paul Revere “warned the British” during his famed 1775 ride — remarks that Democrats and the media roundly ridiculed — is actually historically accurate. And local historians are backing her up.

    Palin prompted howls of partisan derision when she said on Boston’s Freedom Trail that Revere “warned the British that they weren’t going to be taking away our arms by ringing those bells and making sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be secure and we were going to be free.”

    well now its all over you tube and various liberal media web sites that..ha look at how stupid Palin is they go on and on to criticize her ..but what they don’t realize is
    she was correct.

    A Boston University history professor told the Herald that Revere did indeed warn the British as well as the Americans earlier in his ride:

    Boston University history professor Brendan McConville said, “Basically when Paul Revere was stopped by the British, he did say to them, ‘Look, there is a mobilization going on that you’ll be confronting,’ and the British are aware as they’re marching down the countryside, they hear church bells ringing — she was right about that — and warning shots being fired. That’s accurate.”

    Of course, Revere wasn’t planning on getting captured. He and others riding to the alarm (William Dawes and Samuel Prescott) wanted to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams of British action first, and rouse the militia second. Dawes and Prescott managed to elude the British and complete the mission, but Revere was captured. Furthermore, his warnings sufficiently rattled the British that they let him go — but without his horse. He returned on foot to Lexington, where he managed to hide a trunk with Hancock’s letters to keep it from being captured, but missed the battle.

    What seems to be lost on many of the people who criticize Palin.

    at the point of Reveres ride..um..the colonists were mostly British..am as Palin stated , the main reason that “the British were coming” well it certainly not to get a pint down at the pub..The reason the British were marching on Lexington was to seize ammunition and arms held by the Americans whom they feared were planning to rise up against them. Revere and Dawes were riding to Lexington and Concord to warn Adams and Hancock. Revere was detained by British troops and told them that the Americans knew they were coming and would resist them, possibly in hopes of getting them to stand down.But Cornell law professor William Jacobson, who asserted last week that Palin was correct, linking to Revere quotes on his conservative blog Legalinsurrection.com, said Palin’s critics are the ones in need of a history lesson. “It seems to be a historical fact that this happened,” he said. “A lot of the criticism is unfair and made by people who are themselves ignorant of history.”

    lets look a time line of events surrounding Paul Reveres ride..lets see it was the 18 of April in 1775..then what happened?

    well if you looks at many history text book available for our young people to gain wisdom from..nothing happened..that’s right..absolutely no mention of what took place on the 19th of April..and what happened that day???

    Minutemen and redcoats clash at Lexington and Concord “The shot heard ’round the world.” this is why riders were sent out in the first place..because the British Army knew if they seized arms and weapons they could crush an uprising from the Americans with out firing a shot.

    So,this being said..Many of our educated and degree in hand liberal Elites are unaware as to what happened and why riders were reporting that…the British are coming.

    and now, they are sticking to their wrong story or changing tactics completely saying she just got lucky…well instead of printing retractions,and offering their apologies and admitting they were incorrect.

    links:hotair.com . . .

    bostonherald.com . . .

    en.wikipedia.org . . .

  • Big Dumb Ape

    NEWS FLASH!

    Because her National Geographic ALASKA show actually managed to pull in a few viewers — basically, people who made some popcorn, plopped on the couch, and were hoping (with fingers crossed) to see Palin get eaten by a bear — the History Channel has decided to get in on the action. As a result, they’ve just signed Palin for a brand new show!

    It will be: “Sarah Palin’s Revisionist History”.
    You can look forward to such amazing episodes as…

    1) Dinosaurs and humans living side-by-side in Biblical times, to explain her Creationist views. And forget that silly “”giant asteroid hitting the Earth” theory! It was really the ROMANS who killed the dinosaurs!

    2) The Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor, because it was actually their friendly way of telling us that WWII was coming because the phones weren’t working that day….

    3) Oh yeah! And even though the FIRST man in space was actually Yuri Gagarin, that just won’t do since he was Russian. So you’ll be happy to know that in the NEW Palin historical timeline, Gagarin’s flight was just propaganda and a Cold War lie…so it NEVER happened.

    It will be a GREAT show, so man your keyboards and get ready to wipe Wikipedia clean in all sorts of new revisionist ways! History? ACCURATE history? BAH! Who needs that when Sarah Palin can tell us all how things REALLY happened!

    >sigh< (shaking my head) I've said it before, I'll say it again.
    Speaking AS someone who leans right, Palin really is an EMBARRASSMENT to our side…

  • Steve Scott

    Maybe she was reading from a teleprompter.

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