Sarah Palin - the gift that keeps on giving

[garbage can]

Appearing yesterday in Boston during the latest stop on her Summer Vacation Tour, Palin did more than simply step all over Mitt Romney’s announcement- she gave us an important lesson in American history as Palin shared the following information about Paul Revere -



http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/06/03/sarah-palin-paul-revere-warned-the-british/

Oh, poor Zippy...... Lemme guess...... You hate Sarah Palin, you hate Sarah more than you hated Dick Cheney, I'm guessing you hate Sarah Palin even more than you hated Rove, Scooter Libby and Haliburton combined.

And why do you hate Sarah Palin? Lemme guess. I'll bet it's because she's stupid, I mean really stupid, prolly a moron too. I'm guessing you think she's ignorant..... very good reasons for hating her.

 

[MeeMie]

Palin was correct regarding the bells and gunfire, as well.

It was pre-Declaration. Bells at Lexington Green and Concord were rung. The town bell was actually ringing to alert the Lexington Company of Militia to assemble on the town common because the British regulars were on the march. It was a general alarm, not an alarm of an imminent threat. Colonists rang church bells & fired rifles to muster minutemen.


Here's a more elaborate telling by a historian, which spells it out rather clearly.
http://bessel.org/revere.htm

"The Regulars had Revere remount his horse and they headed toward Lexington Green, when suddenly, they heard a gunshot! Revere told the British officer that the shot was a signal "to alarm the country!. A few minutes later, they were all startled to hear the heavy crash of an entire volley of musketry from the direction of Lexington's meeting house and then the Lexington town bell began clanging rapidly! Jonathan Loring, a Lexington resident captured earlier, turned to his captors and shouted "The bell's a' ringing! The town's alarmed, and you're all dead men!"

 

[garbage can]

Palin was correct regarding the bells and gunfire, as well.

It was pre-Declaration. Bells at Lexington Green and Concord were rung. The town bell was actually ringing to alert the Lexington Company of Militia to assemble on the town common because the British regulars were on the march. It was a general alarm, not an alarm of an imminent threat. Colonists rang church bells & fired rifles to muster minutemen....

The Progressives need reasons to hate Sarah Palin.

Please don't deprive them of their fun and glee, you might ruin their whole fucking weekend.............

 

[zipman]

Oh, poor Zippy...... Lemme guess...... You hate Sarah Palin, you hate Sarah more than you hated Dick Cheney, I'm guessing you hate Sarah Palin even more than you hated Rove, Scooter Libby and Haliburton combined.

And why do you hate Sarah Palin? Lemme guess. I'll bet it's because she's stupid, I mean really stupid, prolly a moron too. I'm guessing you think she's ignorant..... very good reasons for hating her.

LOL, I don't hate her at all. I find her to be great comedy!

Although, Meemie trying to spin her lack of understanding to be somehow accurate is pretty fucking funny as well.

 

[evesdream]

Appearing yesterday in Boston during the latest stop on her Summer Vacation Tour, Palin did more than simply step all over Mitt Romney’s announcement- she gave us an important lesson in American history as Palin shared the following information about Paul Revere -



http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/06/03/sarah-palin-paul-revere-warned-the-british/

She looks completely high.

 

[zipman]

She looks completely high.

You're absolutely right, she does. I was too shocked by the stupid rambling answer to notice it.

 

[garbage can]

Yes, her ignorance is sooo embarrassing isn't it? Tell me, do you think she's stupider (more stupid) than George Bush?

One things for sure, she's much more stupid than Henry Waxman, Eric Holder, Napolitano, Pelosi, Maxine Waters, and your latest, Mr Weiner............Don't you agree????????

 

[Lorilei]

Yes, her ignorance is sooo embarrassing isn't it? Tell me, do you think she's stupider (more stupid) than George Bush?[/B
]One things for sure, she's much more stupid than Henry Waxman, Eric Holder, Napolitano, Pelosi, Maxine Waters, and your latest, Mr Weiner............Don't you agree????????

No. They're both incredibly ignorant.

I'm not sure you're making the point you intended to make.

 

[about_average]

Palin was correct regarding the bells and gunfire, as well.

No, she wasn't. She was wrong on all counts.

She said Paul Revere was ringing the bells and firing his gun to warn the British.

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(ing) 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.

 

[MeeMie]

No, she wasn't. She was wrong on all counts.

She said Paul Revere was ringing the bells and firing his gun to warn the British.

You don't read very well, do you?

I've already cited an explanation by a historian mentioning the same. Obviously, you didn't bother to read and comprehend it ... or, maybe you fault every source that doesn't herald your opinion.

Here's another to prove you wrong:



Experts back Sarah Palin’s historical account


You betcha she was right!


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.”

Palin insisted yesterday on Fox News Sunday she was right: “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.”

In fact, Revere’s own account of the ride in a 1798 letter seems to back up Palin’s claim. Revere describes how after his capture by British officers, he warned them “there would be five hundred Americans there in a short time for I had alarmed the Country all the way up.”

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.”

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.”




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[RobDownSouth]

"Listen to Sarah and she will tell,
Of Paul Revere and his mighty Bell..."

 

[MeeMie]

"Listen to Sarah and she will tell,
Of Paul Revere and his mighty Bell..."

Did you know that Paul Revere was a bell maker?

"Revere opened a hardware and home goods store and later became interested in metal work beyond gold and silver. By 1788 he had opened an iron and brass foundry in Boston's North End. As a foundryman he recognized a burgeoning market for church bells in the religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening that followed the war. He became one of the best-known metal casters of that instrument, working with sons Paul Jr. and Joseph Warren in the firm Paul Revere & Sons. This firm cast the first bell made in Boston and ultimately produced more than 900 bells."

 

[about_average]

You don't read very well, do you?

I read fine, it's you who doesn't.
Show me a quote from a historian where Revere rang bells and fired his guns like Palin said he did.

Also, intentionally inflating manpower figures after being captured and then under duress by the enemy after possibly being struck in the head with a pistol isn't a warning.
By Palin's definition Operation Mincemeat was a warning to the Germans.

Do you really think the British didn't know the militia was there? Apparently Palin and you think they didn't know.

No where in Revere's account did he even hint that part of his purpose was to warn the British.
'Palin insisted yesterday on Fox News Sunday she was right: “Part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there."'
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1343353&srvc=rss

 

[landslider2000]

Because of the media narrative that Palin is dumb, people rushed to proclaim how stupid Palin was.

However, Revere's own account of the ride backs up what Palin said in offhand remarks.

While Palin's casual comments were certainly not elegant or complete, Palin was correct and her critics look uninformed.

 

[zipman]

I really hope she runs for president.

Really, really, really hope it.

 

[MeeMie]

Meanwhile, back in the White House:

The Obama Morning News || June 6, 2011 7:43 AM

President Obama is beginning to retool his 2008 campaign machinery. Whoever gets the GOP nomination, they’ll face a Herculean task of reversing Obama’s 2008 electoral landslide.

(insert "HAHAHAAAA!" here)



Here's his strategy:

Obama, DNC Mobilize Re-Election Army...

'We ought not to act like an incumbent'...



He certainly can't run on his record. Maybe the same old bullshit will work again.





NOT!

 

[zipman]

Because of the media narrative that Palin is dumb, people rushed to proclaim how stupid Palin was.

However, Revere's own account of the ride backs up what Palin said in offhand remarks.

While Palin's casual comments were certainly not elegant or complete, Palin was correct and her critics look uninformed.

No, it doesn't.

It makes her and everyone who tries to defend her lack of knowledge regarding a rather famous bit of American history a bunch of morons.

I'm guessing you already felt right at home.

 

[about_average]

However, Revere's own account of the ride backs up what Palin said in offhand remarks.

Again, show me in Revere's account of where part of the reason for his ride was to warn the british (as Palin said) and where he rang bells or fired shots (as Palin said).
http://ahp.gatech.edu/midnight_ride_1775.html

 

[phrodeau]

Because of the media narrative that Palin is dumb, people rushed to proclaim how stupid Palin was.

However, Revere's own account of the ride backs up what Palin said in offhand remarks.

While Palin's casual comments were certainly not elegant or complete, Palin was correct and her critics look uninformed.

Those were surveyor's marks!

 

[phrodeau]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Paul_Revere_warning_colonists_via_bell_according_to_Sarah_Palin.jpg

 

[MeeMie]

Blind as a bat loonies.

http://bessel.org/revere.htm

"The Regulars had Revere remount his horse and they headed toward Lexington Green, when suddenly, they heard a gunshot! Revere told the British officer that the shot was a signal "to alarm the country!. A few minutes later, they were all startled to hear the heavy crash of an entire volley of musketry from the direction of Lexington's meeting house and then the Lexington town bell began clanging rapidly! Jonathan Loring, a Lexington resident captured earlier, turned to his captors and shouted "The bell's a' ringing! The town's alarmed, and you're all dead men!"

 

[phrodeau]

Blind as a bat loonies.

http://bessel.org/revere.htm

"The Regulars had Revere remount his horse and they headed toward Lexington Green, when suddenly, they heard a gunshot! Revere told the British officer that the shot was a signal "to alarm the country!. A few minutes later, they were all startled to hear the heavy crash of an entire volley of musketry from the direction of Lexington's meeting house and then the Lexington town bell began clanging rapidly! Jonathan Loring, a Lexington resident captured earlier, turned to his captors and shouted "The bell's a' ringing! The town's alarmed, and you're all dead men!"

The Bible says that God writes on His hand!

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Yeah, bells . . . . The standard story, as I recall from the dim pages of my elementary education, was that Revere rode and shouted, "the British are coming." I think Palin bollocksed up the story, as she seems wont to do, and any "correctness" in her version of events is completely accidental on her part.


Will this God-damned campaign ever be over??? Fifty-seven states and nothing's on . . . .

 

[MeeMie]

The Bible says that God writes on His hand!

Making up more shit to strengthen your opinion again, I see.

 

[richard_daily]

Yeah, bells . . . . The standard story, as I recall from the dim pages of my elementary education, was that Revere rode and shouted, "the British are coming." I think Palin bollocksed up the story, as she seems wont to do, and any "correctness" in her version of events is completely accidental on her part.


Will this God-damned campaign ever be over??? Fifty-seven states and nothing's on . . . .

Well, you have to give her credit, she JUST learned about this material last week, so she's not searching back in her memory for the story.

She's been cramming all sorts of facts in, and it's bound to happen that some of them get mixed up.