Sarah Palin defends her take on Paul Revere's ride

[underpants]

Source: USA Today

"I didn't mess up," the potential GOP presidential candidate said this morning on Fox News Sunday. "I answered candidly and I know my American history."

"He warned the Americans that the British were coming, the British were coming, that we 've got to make sure we were protecting ourselves and shoring up all of our ammunitions and firearms so that they couldn't take it," Palin said.

The website for the Paul Revere House in Boston has an account of what happened the night of April 18, 1775. It explains that Revere was instructed to ride from Boston to Lexington to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that "British troops were marching to arrest them."

The Paul Revere House also says the rider warned "the regulars are coming out" and didn't say "the British are coming."



Read more: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/06/sarah-palin-paul-revere-defends-herself-/1

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"I haven't interpreted it's about me," she said. "It's been about the message."

[Faygo Kid]

1. OK, Sarah, take me on in an American history version of Jeopardy.

Since I won the award in law school way back when for best student of the Constitution, you may have some work before you.

Actually, anyone here at DU would wipe the floor with her.

[underpants]

19. I'll take Pat Riots for $400 Alex

Following the Sarah Palin playbook of never admitting error, the ex-governor’s minions are busy flooding the Internet with ’proof’ that Palin did not misspeak when suggesting that Paul Revere warned the British that they would not be taking arms from the colonists during his ride where he, apparently, rung bells and fired muskets.

http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/06/04/the-palin-apologists-strike-back/

[PatrynXX]

26. british vs regulars didn't know that but thats not what Palin said

so yes mr uh underpants got $400 from alex...

[underpants]

32. She didn't know that either. Never gave a uh thought because she was catering to the gun crowd

which makes less sense than the rest of that nonsense

[Botany]

37. But she has the Constitution on the side of her bus

So Sarah must know all about the Constitution ..... except the 14th amendment which
is all kind icky ..... and shouldn't be in there anyway "equal protection under the law?"
How un-American

[murielm99]

53. I would love to see all the candidates on Jeopardy.

It would be more fun than the debates.

Candidate Jeopardy!

It would make a great SNL skit, too.

[tomg]

72. That is a great idea. Seriously.

The parody would be hilarious, but having an actual competition would be even better.

[barbtries]

2. unfortunately

"her" american history leaves a lot of actual history in the dust. try learning the nation's american history quitter twit.

[NYC_SKP]

3. "He who warned, uh, the British that they weren't gonna be takin' away our arms"

Oh bullshit! :rofl:

She said, "He who warned, uh, the British that they weren't gonna be takin' away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells, and um, makin' sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed,"


She is so fucking stupid, that lanterns were lit in a bell-tower becomes Paul Revere ridin' hard and ringin' bells (to warn the British)

What actually happened:

The Real Story of Revere's Ride

In 1774 and the Spring of 1775 Paul Revere was employed by the Boston Committee of Correspondence and the Massachusetts Committee of Safety as an express rider to carry news, messages, and copies of resolutions as far away as New York and Philadelphia.

On the evening of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere was sent for by Dr. Joseph Warren and instructed to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them. After being rowed across the Charles River to Charlestown by two associates, Paul Revere borrowed a horse from his friend Deacon John Larkin. While in Charlestown, he verified that the local "Sons of Liberty" committee had seen his pre-arranged signals. (Two lanterns had been hung briefly in the bell-tower of Christ Church in Boston, indicating that troops would row "by sea" across the Charles River to Cambridge, rather than marching "by land" out Boston Neck. Revere had arranged for these signals the previous weekend, as he was afraid that he might be prevented from leaving Boston).

On the way to Lexington, Revere "alarmed" the country-side, stopping at each house, and arrived in Lexington about midnight. As he approached the house where Adams and Hancock were staying, a sentry asked that he not make so much noise. "Noise!" cried Revere, "You'll have noise enough before long. The regulars are coming out!" After delivering his message, Revere was joined by a second rider, William Dawes, who had been sent on the same errand by a different route. Deciding on their own to continue on to Concord, Massachusetts, where weapons and supplies were hidden, Revere and Dawes were joined by a third rider, Dr. Samuel Prescott. Soon after, all three were arrested by a British patrol. Prescott escaped almost immediately, and Dawes soon after. Revere was held for some time and then released. Left without a horse, Revere returned to Lexington in time to witness part of the battle on the Lexington Green.

http://www.paulreverehouse.org/ride/real.html

[jwirr]

12. That is a long way from what she interpreted this to mean. She sees

only what she wants to see.

[Botany]

18. There you go again .... you liberal who reads the .......

.... lame stream media quoting her word for word and not understanding what she really meant was the following;

She explained that the British army had been in Massachusetts for some time and that there wasn't
just one midnight ride. And she insisted that part of Revere's message was the symbolism that revolutionaries
were ready to fight. :wow: Oh O.K..


But she said something different than that and it was taken out of context by people who are out to get her w/ her own words.

BTW although I detest the man, Roger Ailes, he is own record that he is done w/ her because she just doesn't know when to
shut the hell up I have to agree w/ him on Ms. Palin.

[DallasNE]

20. Here's More Writeup

And it explains that "regulars" was shorthand for British regular army as was "are coming" meant they had started moving, in this case the two laterns meant across the Charles River. (No ringing bells to be found anywhere). Following writeup comes from Wikipedia.

"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.

In the days before April 18, Revere had instructed Robert Newman, the sexton of the Old North Church, to send a signal by lantern to alert colonists in Charlestown as to the movements of the troops when the information became known. In what is well known today by the phrase "one if by land, two if by sea", one lantern in the steeple would signal the army's choice of the land route, while two lanterns would signal the route "by water" across the Charles River.<7> This was done to get the message through to Charlestown in the event that both Revere and Dawes were captured. Newman and Captain John Pulling momentarily held two lanterns in the Old North Church as Revere himself set out on his ride, to indicate that the British soldiers were in fact crossing the Charles River that night. Revere rode a horse lent to him by John Larkin, Deacon of the Old North Church."

[No Elephants]

105. With all due respect to wiki, while it has been widely accepted that Newman was the one who

hung the lanterns, that has never been proven. We do know, I think from Revere's own deposition, that he asked three people to take care of that, one of them being Newman.

"Paul Revere told three Boston patriots to hang two lanterns in the steeple. These men were the church sexton Robert John Newman, and Captain John Pulling, the two of whom David Hackett Fischer suggests each carried one lantern up to the steeple, and Thomas Bernard, who stood watch for British troops outside the church."

(Also from wiki, but the wiki of Old North Church. )

The Revere House account fudges by using the passive voice. The Old North Church account favors its sexton.

Every year around April 19, an actor plays Paul Revere at the Revere House and gives the account. Later, actors representing British troops are seen near Old North Church. Soon after that, a special service is held in Old North Church. Many arrive in 18th Century dress. "Revere" leaves on horseback. (You can also see him the next morning on horseback, either in Charlestown or near the Revere House.) One or more descendants of Newman climb into the steeple with lanterns.

It's really neat. I highly recommend it.

[AlbertCat]

24. they weren't gonna be takin' away our arms"

See... they wanted to take away our 2nd Amendment rights!!!!








in 1775







:eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[Recursion]

87. Umm... the regulars were trying to take the colonists' arms

They were going to an arms depot in Concord to take all the muskets. That part at least is right; I think it's the bell-ringing that she's mixed up on.

[No Elephants]

109. There is a difference between British troops seeking to confiscate guns from British subjects in

1775 and the U.S. federal goverment taking away Second Amendment rights, which came into existence (as such) in 1789.

[RobinA]

114. Yeah, But

her interpretation works in a pinch. Don't want to get too hung up on details and nuance.

[Recursion]

116. She didn't bring up the 2nd Amendment

That was a DUer.

[tblue37]

55. She always ends up sounding like Miss South Carolina

explaining why we need to provide maps for all those disadvantaged South African, Asian, and Iraqi children so that somehow that will make it easier for American students to find the US on a map, which will then "build up our "future, for us":

Miss South Carolina Lauren Caitlin Upton:
“I personally believe, that U.S. Americans,
are unable to do so,
because uh,
some, people out there, in our nation don’t have maps.
and uh…
I believe that our education like such as in South Africa,
and the Iraq,
everywhere like such as…
and, I believe they should uh,
our education over here,
in the U.S. should help the U.S.
or should help South Africa,
and should help the Iraq and Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future,
for us.”

Same sort of word salad. BTW, this is the question Miss South Carolina was supposed to be answering:

Recent polls have shown that a fifth of Americans can’t locate the US on a world map. Why do you think this is?

Sarah's response to pretty much any question always ends up sounding like Miss SC's answer.

[underpants]

62. Miss Teen SC was on the Amazing Race and she was NOT "Palin stupid"

actually a nice girl

I have always felt sorry for the runner-up. Years and years of dragging dresses around to every county fair and festival to get a title so she could compete in the state event...... only to get a line on a resume and then get the "You lost to HER" response.

[NYC_SKP]

70. I was kinda rootin' for her on the Race.

She took a hell of a beating for that horrific mangled answer on stage at the competition and I admire her for rising above it.

and you're right, Sarah is like a different species.

[Frank Cannon]

98. Miss South Carolina is like Marie Curie compared to Palin

Sarah's arrogance and stupidity would ensure that she wouldn't last one day on that Race.

[VWolf]

120. I remember that she

actually laughed about her brain freeze a few days later, sorta poking fun at herself.

People get tongue-tied from time to time. It happens.

Palin, on the other hand, is simply brain-dead.

[RobinA]

115. Comes From

never having read (or thought) a complete sentence. There's a bunch of soundbites in these people's heads that they get from the teevee and when you try to string them together you get this gobbeldy-gook.

[tekisui]

4. What a dolt. I knew she would defend it, she can do no wrong. hahaha.

Keep it up, sarah. You are hilarious.

[JHB]

91. Hey, if God wanted us to use brains we would have been born with them.

:sarcasm:

[Roy Rolling]

5. American History for Dummies

So let me recap: on camera she re-writes history with her version of Paul Revere's ride. Then she re-writes history to Fox News about her reciting of such an absurd and uninformed version of American history.

Somebody tell the half-term governor that clear-thinking people (not her cult followers) do not need her to explain herself---we hear her ignorance and arrogance loud and clear.

The hero-worship of dimwits like this is the downfall of America.

[Rex]

6. Do we really want a POTUS that can't admit to 'messing up'?

Fucking idiots and dolts should never be POTUS...we got GWB for 8 years, need I say more?

[Lasher]

38. That's how you troll for Republican votes, talk like a 10 year old.

That way you come across as somebody wingnuts can communicate with. Worked for Junior.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

92. Been there, done that

During one of the debates against Kerry, Bush was asked about any mistakes he had made during his first term. He look perplexed, then answered, "Give me a couple of minutes and I'm sure I'll think of one."

Later, the only error Bush would admit to was relying on the bad intelligence information he was getting to make the decision whether to attack Iraq.

[alsame]

7. Pssst, Sarah, there were no "Americans" yet. nt

[alsame]

8. Dupe, self-delete. nt

[onehandle]

9. It wasn't a 'take,' it was a mistake.

She's an idiot. Don't sugarcoat it, MSM.

[The Wizard]

36. She must have learned

History and locution from George W. Bush.

[geckosfeet]

69. Wow. She looks like someone vacuumed the brains out of her head even back then.

[No Elephants]

113. Airbrushed airhead.

[Happyhippychick]

10. Sarah, if we decide that English is the official language of the U.S. you will be in serious trouble

My sixth grade grammar teacher is rolling in her grave. Learn how to construct a coherent sentence you moran.

[Javaman]

11. So she corrects her fuck up two days later aka one her aids clued her in...

and rather than admitting she doesn't have a fucking clue, she does the one thing that she shouldn't do, claim that everyone else is wrong except her. par for the course. this is what sociopaths do.

[underpants]

17. The Palin Apologists Strike Back! -- great short article taking her apart in three-part harmony

http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/06/04/the-palin-apologists-strike-back/

[shanti]

27. too funny n/t

[Rozlee]

68. Wicked cool. n/t.

[SemperEadem]

77. wicked good!!

excellent article.

[Javaman]

117. That was great! :) lol nt

[myrna minx]

121. I love how she's so stupid that she inadvertently implies that Revere was aiding the enemy

by "warning" them about troop levels.

She's chillingly stupid.

[Hubert Flottz]

13. You can put lipstick on bullshit, but it will still smell like bullshit.

I think Sarah's tea bag has been soaking too long.

[appleannie1]

14. Her handlers have been busy giving her a brief history lesson & she still won't admit she was wrong.

[obxhead]

15. I don't think any palin thread belongs in LBN.

[Strelnikov_]

16. Sarah is never wrong. Everyone else are the ones who are wrong. n./t

[BDavinciNY]

21. Right wingers will say this is a gotcha question in 3...2...

[Historic NY]

22. Does she even realize we weren't even the United States of America then..

probably not....:banghead:

[originalpckelly]

23. Unknown to most, John Hancock was once arrested for public indecency...

His real last name was John Withers, he changed it to Hancock as a humorous gesture.

[spedtr90]

25. Video of her excuse / rewrite of history

http://www.alan.com/2011/06/05/sarah-palin-defends-her-paul-revere-misstatement/

[Botany]

28. She doubles down on the stupid

1) Paul Revere did not go on his trip to warn the British that the Americans "were gonna fight"
but to alert Adams and Hancock that the British were going to arrest them.

b) They were no Americans 1775 but British subjects living in the Colonies ...... The American as
a citizen concept was not real until July 4th 1776 ..... you know Independence Day.

" ...... and in a shout out gotcha' kinda question .... I know my American history." S. Palin

[sensate2000]

She almost sounded drunk the way she rambled on.

[graywarrior]

29. Haha...imagine having to defend yourself over a history lesson

[emilyg]

30. Kinda like the 57 states.

[spedtr90]

33. If Sarah said there were 57 states she'd go on FOX....

to explain how she had just eaten a burger and that Heinz 57 ketchup had her thinking about how lucky America was that John Kerry never became President.

A mispoken number, such as your example from the President, is not the same as Sarah's ramble full of numerous errors and in total just wrong history. Then she makes stuff up to "fix" it! She's made plenty of one word screw-ups, as everyone does from time to time. I don't think anyone doubts the President knows how many states there are, although there were plenty of comments and jokes about it. Imagine Sarah dealing with world leaders...

[underpants]

50. Revere reacts to Palin

[Kali]

57. !

:spray: :rofl:

[nolabear]

74. BWAHAHAAAA!!

Beautiful. :spray:

[spooked911]

82. awesome!!

thanks for the laugh

[No Elephants]

106. LOL! Great find!

[No Elephants]

111. Not really. That was a true slip of the tongue. I'd bet my home Obama, who was born in the 50th

and last so far state, then one of 100 Senators--two from each state--and then running in primaries knew the U.S. had 50 states. And would never have defended his statement about 57 states as true.

I'd also bet my home Sarah believed everything she said was true when she said it.

And I rarely bet anything over $1.00.

[SoapBox]

31. Wile "Crazy Sarah" Coyote.....SUPPPPPER Genius! Again.

...what a maroon...me thinks she should have turned left at Albuquerque.

:popcorn:

[Harriety]

34. No Sarah. You WERE wrong. A smart person admits it when they make a mistake.

[spedtr90]

35. Funny link! "More articulate than Sarah Palin"

http://www.dependablerenegade.com/dependable_renegade/2011/06/more-articulate-than-sarah-palin.html

[Grassy Knoll]

40. LOL.........

[JazzQuipster]

39. Yikes!!

Sarah sure could benefit from the use of a teleprompter.

[BrightSideOfLife]

41. ANTICOLONIAL WORLD VIEW?

Almost like Palin supports an Anticolonial Worldview! Pretty sure that wouldn't be the side she would've been on during the Revolution, though.

[Metro135]

42. It was another one of those "gotcha" questions

“Sarah blames her "previous answer" about Paul Revere on the media, saying it was a "gotcha" question.

Poor Sarah. The media is always asking her "gotcha" questions, trying to trip her up, like What books and magazines do you read? Other "gotcha" questions they've tried to ask Sarah before her handlers intervened :

What state were you born in?
What color are your eyes?
Who was the first president?

[underpants]

45. Welcome to DU! - the camera loves Sarah and Sarah loves the camera

but these days cameras come with microphones attached....and that's where the trouble starts for Sarah.

And even sometimes the camera doesn't help

[Marnie]

43. The British already were her and Revere did warn them

Adams and Hancock were British.
See. Sarah WAS right.

Of course Sarah doesn't understand that the Brits were revolting against the Brits.
And that she just said Revere was a traitor to the revolution come who warned Crown Sympathizers that the Crown's army of Red Coats were coming.
And for that matter probably thinks the Brits that perpetrated the Boston tea party wore seep through Lipton tea bags from their hats and had six shooters strapped to their thighs.

[RagAss]

44. Queen Cretin strikes again !

[Cannikin]

46. Sarah, denial is not just a river in France.

[underpants]

63. Funny on many levels

:applause:

[No Elephants]

108. LOL!

[nytemare]

47. Revere actully said that he could see Great Britain on a clear day

From his back lawn.

[Kurska]

48. Protip Sarah you're still wrong.

Paul Revere didn't "Warn the Americans the British were coming" most colonists at that time still thought of themselves as British. Paul Revere warned the colonists the British ARMY was coming.

[Blacksheep214]

49. We know she doesn't read

so she should watch the movie Johnny Tremain.

Would Disney make stuff up?

[Joey Liberal]

51. Palin is a moron. Nuff Said. nt

[liberal N proud]

52. That was a different United States than the rest of the world

Like a third dimension or something where things could have been different. The Twilight Zone. She crossed over somewhere before she became mayor of Wassila

[Jefferson23]

54. Tina Fey is happy this morning, Palin keeps writing her dialog for her. n/t

[underpants]

64. "and I just hope the lamestream media won't twist my words by repeating them verbatim"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/08/snl-tina-feys-sarah-palin_n_859101.html

[No Elephants]

110. Quoting me verbatim and in context is a lie. Newt Gingrich. (or WTTE). Runs in the Party.

[provis99]

56. why would Revere say the British were coming?

The Americans WERE British. It's as stupid as a Texan seeing the Texas National Guard, and warning Texans that the Texans were coming.

[underpants]

61. The Texas National Guard is coming!!! *without Bush of course

he is Alabama playing tennis

[No Elephants]

112. Dummya deserted from the Texas Air National Guard, not the Texas National Guard.

[Turbineguy]

58. She probably saw

the video they made back in 1775.

[marmar]

59. 'I know my American history'

She owns the whole Schoolhouse Rock collection.

[perdita9]

79. Actually, I bet she'd flunk School house Rock

This woman has a national stage to spew her views and yet has never taken the time to educate herself on the basics of American history. She's an embarrassment and the media would do all of us a favor if they'd just ignore her.

[HughBeaumont]

60. In the words from Dilbert: "BE WRONG!!! JUST BE WRONG!!!!!"

God DAMN it. How are you ever going to learn shit if you don't make mistakes or refuse to believe you make them??

[marias23]

65. She Speaks like a 12 -year old

"I didn't mess up" "ammunitions"?? Can you imagine her reading some law or other important document? She is uneducated, ignorant, stupid woman who should not be given ANY responsibility.

[liberation]

66. Even though every time Palin opens her mouth it is comedy gold. Episodes like these are frightening

She is obviously not only your run of the milll moron, but an uneducated, intellectually lazy, dimwitted jackass who doesn't even know the history basics of the nation she has lived in all her life and of which SHE ALMOST BECOME VICE-PRESIDENT. Think about that for just a couple of seconds, and what that does imply. And there are plenty of people who not only support her but defend her as a perfectly viable candidate to lead this country.

Further, her inability to even compute that she could possibly be wrong leads me to believe that besides her cognitive handicap, she is either a true narcissist or a barely functional sociopath. Or a combination of both.


Unfortunately Palin and her rise to prominency shines a mirror on our society that many are missing and which frightens me. ;-( I don't think I can laugh at this idiot any more...

[yurbud]

67. she's confusing Paul Revere with Charlton Heston

[Rozlee]

71. Did the colonists even have that many guns and firearms?

I'm not sure where I once read that many of the revolutionaries fought with tools, farm implements, hatchets, swords, makeshifts bayonets as well as guns and muskets. I just googled some articles about Revolutionary War muskets and they sound like the devil to load and shoot as well as being inaccurate as hell. I think I'd rather have a good pick axe on me if someone was coming at me in those days than stand there fumbling with musket balls and gunpowder and trying to jam it all in.
:shrug:

[boppers]

100. Interesting side stories here.

Yes, the colonists had muskets, several colonies got stockpiles to defend against "Indian Raids", and to be part of the local militia (non-regular army, which is why Revere was warning about the "regulars"). A good pick-axe isn't very helpful against a bow and arrow.

[Kablooie]

73. Revere's mission depended on secrecy so warning the British would have killed the whole effort.

Of course everyone there was a British citizen at the time so technically you might say she was correct.

But sending his warning shots and ringing his bells doesn't quite capture the stealth atmosphere of his ride.

[radhika]

75. She Knows Her Base - It's not US

Palin 'gets it' that her base doesn't give a rat's a*s about facts and book learnin'. That's all left wing elist stuff. We'd never vote for her, so why waste time on us.

What Palin's base does prize - and what they reward - is rude, crude sass and attitude, doubling down when lame-streamers play the Fact Card. She knows her crowd is a viral movement of Xsto-fascist Berzerkers with ammo, serpent flags and an appetitite for chaos. They'll giggle as they drag this country into the dustbin of history quicker than than you can 'White Fox on Koch'.

Anything can happen these days. Sit back and enjoy.

[Gman]

76. THAT WOMAN is an idiot!

[benld74]

78. I'll take Ignorant Ex-Sportcasters from 1988 Alex!

[Jim_Shorts]

80. OH Sarah

[mistertrickster]

81. Of course, Americans WERE British then. What he said was the REDCOATS

(i.e., the army) were coming.

[No Elephants]

107. There's really no way we know exactly what he said.

[mistertrickster]

119. Correct . . . but it's pretty clear that he didn't say something non-sensical.

"The dog faces are mamboing to the banana patch" we can definitely rule out.

[struggle4progress]

83. Who the fuck cares?

[AngryOldDem]

84. What is it with this woman's fixation on guns? n/t

[dogmoma56]

85. only thing she proved was that she was home schooled by Dominionists.

[pansypoo53219]

86. i saved something to start at just the right time.

i found a great children's book from the 50's- The Golden History Of The World-a child's introduction to ancient and modern times. mostly lllustrated. i was surprised how throrouh it is, i need to see what the book says about paul revere. perfect for my blog.

[Drew Richards]

88. Here is her "documentation" on Revere

Guys here is the deal...Palin Doesn't read...
Everything she knows about paul revere she is quoting from her 5th grade movie she watched in school...Johnny Tremane...check it out...dead on

[kath]

89. Great comment on MSNBC's site about SP - "That's what she thinks the Revolutionary War was about,

someone trying to take away our guns... whereas in reality it was, of course, actually about those abortions the redcoats forced upon our women".


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43285196/ns/politics/

[JHB]

90. Ahhh, she's using the Gingrich principle...

..."Anyone who accuratley quotes what I said the other day is lying".

It's Republican Evilution in action: when faced with a challenge, the memory Newtates into a new form so that it is always right.

[noel711]

93. Her arrogance is shocking-

She simply can't admit she made a mistake.

If she'd show some humanity,
and smack herself in the head (with a two by four),
say "Doh!".. she'd win more fans.

But she's perfect the way she is.
Sad.. that so many of them continue to defend her.

Her defensiveness puts more walls around her.
I can't imagine her in any position of authority.

[yellowcanine]

94. Uh but didn't Sarah say they "rang bells to tell the British they couldn't take our arms?"

Of course it all means the same thing anyway. It's just semantics.:rofl:

[yellowcanine]

95. "I haven't interpreted it's about me," she said. 'And that is why it says "Sarah Palin" on my bus.'

:rofl:

[Thor_MN]

96. Too stupid to admit when she doesn't know something

Too stupid to admit when her made up bullshit is wrong.

[Nossida]

97. me thinks

Sister Sarah needs to be drug tested.

[spooked911]

99. Palin dead-enders trying to edit wikipedia!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1232826&mesg_id=1232826

[and-justice-for-all]

101. Dumb as a post, a POST I SAY.nt

[MaineDem]

102. She's an idiot and a phony

But she has a lot of fans. Crazy...

[blackspade]

103. What a moroon!

[No Elephants]

104. Paul Revere never rang any bells, ya ding dong. No one did. Someone hung lanterns in the steeple.

We think it may have been the church sexton. but no one can be 100% sure.

As for what Revere said, the actor who plays Paul Revere at the Revere House says Revere never would have said, "Tthe British are coming," because the colonists considered themselves British, which makes sense.

As to what Paulie actually said, with all due respect to the Revere House, which I love. no one can possibly know. The audiotape has been lost. (j/k. but you get my point.)

The shot heard round the world was fired the next day.

Amazing how selectively Sarah recast what she said.

Good thing the media call her on crap like that.

Oh, wait, they never do.

[eringer]

118. Will Someone please ask her what happened in Area 51?

I am dying to find out the real truth (Sarah style).

[Seth Abramson]

122. SARAH PALIN ANNOUNCES SHE IS PRO-CHOICE

Could someone please start a thread with this amazing new development?

http://sethabramson.blogspot.com/2011/06/sarah-palin-announces-that-shes-pro.html

S.

[harvey007]

123. What a bimbo!

She's dumber than a doornail.

[Green_Lantern]

124. I hate to defend Palin but she isn't that wrong on this..

Revere was captured and questioned by the British soldiers at gunpoint. He told them of the army's movement from Boston, and that British army troops would be in some danger if they approached Lexington, because of the large number of hostile militia gathered there. Everything Revere told his British captors had a single goal, to move the soldiers away from Lexington, where he had left Hancock and Adams. Revere had reason to believe the patrol's mission was to arrest the two Patriot leaders. He and other captives taken by the patrol were still escorted east toward Lexington, until about a half mile from Lexington they heard a gunshot. The British major demanded Revere explain the shot, and Revere replied it was a signal to "alarm the country". A few minutes later, came a flurry of shots that seemed to alarm the British captors even beyond the panic they were already in. As the group drew closer to Lexington, the town bell began to clang rapidly, to which one of the captives proclaimed to the British soldiers "The bell's a'ringing! The town's alarmed, and you're all dead men!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere#.22Midnight_Ride.22


The media are just as dumb for not doing its research on Paul Revere. If the current media existed back then they would've defended the British and called Paul Revere "anti-government" or a terrorist.