. . . adorable. Wherever she goes- guaranteed to generate a wholly idiotic about nothing controversy based upon what she does or doesn't know- I think that is the point of her celebrity.
I mean I know a communications degree and sports journalism isn't exactly rocket science, but did she skip every other class in college? She couldn't have, could she?
First, was that English? Second, any three year old could give you a better response of who Paul Revere was and what he did.
Historians agree with Palin's account. She is right. Longfellow's poem, which is what most people know of Revere's Midnight Ride does not give an actual account of Revere's ride. I researched and learned maybe other's should too! I thought she was wrong too, but it turns out she wasn't.
A thousand historians were asked loaded questions until Palin's defenders were able to quote one as agreeing with some faulty precept of Palin's verbal diarrhea. I read a few of Breitbart's websites that told me what actually happened that night. I never thought she was wrong, but it's more convincing if I say I was but have seen the light!
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.” [it just wasn't Paul Revere ringin' bells and firing warning shots]
Patrick Leehey of the Paul Revere House said Revere was probably bluffing his British captors, but reluctantly conceded that it could be construed as Revere warning the British. “I suppose you could say that,” Leehey said. “But I don’t know if that’s really what Mrs. Palin was referring to.” [No one does]
McConville said he also is not convinced that Palin’s remarks reflect scholarship. “I would call her lucky in her comments,” McConville said.
Meanwhile, the state’s Democratic Party held a thin blue line on the issue, insisting on mocking Palin despite a brief historical review of the matter. State party chairman John Walsh wise-cracked that the region welcomes all tourists, even those with “an alternative view of history.”
I mean 75% of our HS grads couldn't point out Vietnam, Mali, or Tibet on a map--Sarah's just a product of my generation. But a Palin/Romney ticket is the best present the Republicans could give this country!
She's an absolute moron who has no business being part of today's political debates. She just shows the rest of the world that the majority of Americans are clueless idiots. See how she is without her usual retinue of handlers?
Even Roger Ailes, who hired her for Fox News, thinks she's an idiot, for Chrissake! I wish the media would leave her alone so she'll just fade away. She's the Paris Hilton of politics, famous for doing nothing.
any person with an internet connection could publish a book with idiotic puke that comes from Palin's lips....... we'll give you that one campaign slip up of Obama's, have any others?
Can you imagine if Obama had spent the next week in front of every TV camera he could find trying to argue that there actually WERE 57 states? That he was including Puerto Rico, Guam, DC, Mariana islands, US Virgin Islands, Midway Atoll, and Palmyra to get 57? And then his followers all fell in line, and began changing wikipedia entries to back him up, and finding arcane historical references to twist words into something that halfway resembled what he said?
No, neither can I. Everyone makes mistakes, but not everyone realizes it I guess.
How long can you use one example that could have been fatigue, to her countless examples of utter ignorance.
Even if you're arguing she gets tongue tied with lot of attention, doesn't that disqualify her from being a leader? Leaders need to be able to think and communicate on the ground, clearly and fast. Even if she has something going upstairs, which I would argue she doesn't, she get ham fisted every time she's in a uncontrolled environment.
Is that someone you want with the key to our nuclear weapons? You guys can do better than her.
The video shows very clearly that he paused. He was referring at first to "50 states", in commenting on the states in total, but changed in mid-thought to refer to "one left to go", referring to the number of states he'd already visited.
If you want to continue to point to that as "proof" of something, go right ahead. It reflects more poorly on you and others of your ilk than it does on a overly tired Presidential candidate in the midst of an arduous campaign schedule.
If she had just been to Paul Revere's house and had read any of the plaques on the wall she should have known what Paul did. I am not sure she did walk the freedom trail, as she said "We went to the place where Paul Revere use to hang out" So I'm thinking Durgan Park?
I hope she is on this one nation tour to learn about history, but so far she has not learned any thing.
I think she had just come from the Old North Church which as I recall from a junior high field trip has a plaque out front and a plaque under the lanterns, and somewhere around there is Longfellow's take on the whole thing too.
If you're going to walk the Freedom Trail and you know there will be reporters and their versions of 'Jaywalking' you should at least read a pamphlet.
She's not a moron who talks without having a clue what she's talking about...but instead, she's a Rhodes scholar who specializes in the original scripts of the Revolutionary War era held by little-known historical societies?
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She's . . .
. . . adorable. Wherever she goes- guaranteed to generate a wholly idiotic about nothing controversy based upon what she does or doesn't know- I think that is the point of her celebrity.
You do realize that's a look
You do realize that's a look alike and not the real Palin right?
Yup
That's really a liberal conspiracy in drag, duh.
Actually, that is the real
Actually, that is the real Palin. You can tell because she is wearing a TLC shirt. The fake palin was wearing a red pantsuit and an american flag pin.
Sometimes
You just wonder if she's live trolling.
I mean I know a communications degree and sports journalism isn't exactly rocket science, but did she skip every other class in college? She couldn't have, could she?
First, was that English? Second, any three year old could give you a better response of who Paul Revere was and what he did.
waaaah!
It's all the liberal media's fault!
Historians agree with Palin's account
Historians agree with Palin's account. She is right. Longfellow's poem, which is what most people know of Revere's Midnight Ride does not give an actual account of Revere's ride. I researched and learned maybe other's should too! I thought she was wrong too, but it turns out she wasn't.
Please source your information
Was she right in the sense that the colonists generally decided to tell the British to stick it? Yes. Is that what she really said? No.
Translation
A thousand historians were asked loaded questions until Palin's defenders were able to quote one as agreeing with some faulty precept of Palin's verbal diarrhea. I read a few of Breitbart's websites that told me what actually happened that night. I never thought she was wrong, but it's more convincing if I say I was but have seen the light!
Don't mess with Breitbart
He's on a one-scandal winning streak, which brings his not-completely-full-of-shit batting average up to about .067.
Stewart had it right
Parziale's has never sold so much folksy word salad.
TWO historians....
TWO historians, only, and they agree that one or two points of Palin's garbled re-telling might be "accurate":
From http://bostonherald.com.nyud.net/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1343353
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.” [it just wasn't Paul Revere ringin' bells and firing warning shots]
Patrick Leehey of the Paul Revere House said Revere was probably bluffing his British captors, but reluctantly conceded that it could be construed as Revere warning the British. “I suppose you could say that,” Leehey said. “But I don’t know if that’s really what Mrs. Palin was referring to.” [No one does]
McConville said he also is not convinced that Palin’s remarks reflect scholarship. “I would call her lucky in her comments,” McConville said.
Meanwhile, the state’s Democratic Party held a thin blue line on the issue, insisting on mocking Palin despite a brief historical review of the matter. State party chairman John Walsh wise-cracked that the region welcomes all tourists, even those with “an alternative view of history.”
Unbelieveable--but sadly believable
I mean 75% of our HS grads couldn't point out Vietnam, Mali, or Tibet on a map--Sarah's just a product of my generation. But a Palin/Romney ticket is the best present the Republicans could give this country!
The woman is a product..pure and simple
She's an absolute moron who has no business being part of today's political debates. She just shows the rest of the world that the majority of Americans are clueless idiots. See how she is without her usual retinue of handlers?
Even Roger Ailes, who hired her for Fox News, thinks she's an idiot, for Chrissake! I wish the media would leave her alone so she'll just fade away. She's the Paris Hilton of politics, famous for doing nothing.
She IS the media!
She IS the media! She works for the most profitable cable news company, how can she keep complaining about the media?
If only Paul Revere had lived to see our 57 states
If only Paul Revere had lived to see our 57 states.
Again?
That's like your only go-to retort, isn't it?
any person with an internet
any person with an internet connection could publish a book with idiotic puke that comes from Palin's lips....... we'll give you that one campaign slip up of Obama's, have any others?
I'll have to check with my friend the Navy "corpse man"
I'll have to check with my friend the Navy "corpse man" after he gets home from bowling like a Special Olympian.
Can you imagine if Obama had
Can you imagine if Obama had spent the next week in front of every TV camera he could find trying to argue that there actually WERE 57 states? That he was including Puerto Rico, Guam, DC, Mariana islands, US Virgin Islands, Midway Atoll, and Palmyra to get 57? And then his followers all fell in line, and began changing wikipedia entries to back him up, and finding arcane historical references to twist words into something that halfway resembled what he said?
No, neither can I. Everyone makes mistakes, but not everyone realizes it I guess.
Time
For a new go to slight.
How long can you use one example that could have been fatigue, to her countless examples of utter ignorance.
Even if you're arguing she gets tongue tied with lot of attention, doesn't that disqualify her from being a leader? Leaders need to be able to think and communicate on the ground, clearly and fast. Even if she has something going upstairs, which I would argue she doesn't, she get ham fisted every time she's in a uncontrolled environment.
Is that someone you want with the key to our nuclear weapons? You guys can do better than her.
While you're at it
...any Warren G Harding jokes you want to throw out there?
Snopes debunks your stupid meme very well
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/57states.asp
The video shows very clearly that he paused. He was referring at first to "50 states", in commenting on the states in total, but changed in mid-thought to refer to "one left to go", referring to the number of states he'd already visited.
If you want to continue to point to that as "proof" of something, go right ahead. It reflects more poorly on you and others of your ilk than it does on a overly tired Presidential candidate in the midst of an arduous campaign schedule.
Palin, the result of...
bad breeding? How else can you explain it?
If she just came from ...
If she had just been to Paul Revere's house and had read any of the plaques on the wall she should have known what Paul did. I am not sure she did walk the freedom trail, as she said "We went to the place where Paul Revere use to hang out" So I'm thinking Durgan Park?
I hope she is on this one nation tour to learn about history, but so far she has not learned any thing.
actually it's worse than that
I think she had just come from the Old North Church which as I recall from a junior high field trip has a plaque out front and a plaque under the lanterns, and somewhere around there is Longfellow's take on the whole thing too.
If you're going to walk the Freedom Trail and you know there will be reporters and their versions of 'Jaywalking' you should at least read a pamphlet.
Why read pamphlets
When you can speak from your gut.
Maybe more complicated?
http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2011/06/so-now-all-these-people-will-apologize.html
No, it's pretty simple, actually
Palin said Revere was ringin' those bells and firin' those warning shots.
He did neither. Nor did anybody else that night.
Nice try, though.
Palin is right!
Read your history. You are the one who is wrong!! You probably think he really said "The British Are Coming!"
God Said So!
And I believe it! And we were all raptured three weeks ago, too!
Hmmm ... I wonder ...
Here Adam,
It went something like this, donchakno
So what you're saying is...
She's not a moron who talks without having a clue what she's talking about...but instead, she's a Rhodes scholar who specializes in the original scripts of the Revolutionary War era held by little-known historical societies?
And you expect us to take you seriously?
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