Is Sarah Palin really this fuckin' stupid?

[The Troll]

  who in hell cares what Sarah Palin got right.  Hell a broken clock is right two time a day.  What a dim bulb. 

[me]

How Sarah Palin Got it Right About Paul Revere 'Warning the British'


COMMENTARY | Sarah Palin stepped out of Paul Revere's home in Boston and appeared to get her history wrong. The Internet then exploded in ridicule and astonishment at the ditz from Alaska once again uttering nonsense.

It started when Palin told a questioner, according to the Daily Caller, that Revere had had "warned the British" and not the colonials. The firestorm was instantaneous and viral. From staid organs of the mainstream media like the Los Angeles Times to the snarky left side of the Internet such as the Daily Kos, almost everyone arose in high dudgeon.

Except, albeit somewhat clumsily expressed, Palin was correct.

Professor William A. Jacobson over at Legal Insurrection notes the memoirs of Revere himself, as pointed out by the Conservatives4Palin site. In it, Revere recounts an incident during the famous Midnight Ride in which he was accosted by a British military patrol and was interrogated about what his business was on the road. Revere indicated to his British captors that he had warned the countryside of the approach of British troops up the Lexington-Concord road, matching pretty much what Palin said.

"He demanded what time I left Boston? I told him; 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. 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."

So how was it that Palin got it right and just about everyone else got it wrong about Paul Revere and his famous ride? Most peoples' knowledge about Revere begins and ends with the famous Longfellow poem, which somewhat fudged the actual history of the ride that night in 1775. Palin either has actually cracked open a book or, just as likely, was paying attention to the lecture visitors get when they go to Paul Revere's home, unlike her critics.

And so it goes.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20110605/us_ac/8588011_how_sarah_palin_got_it_right_about_paul_revere_warning_the_british_1

  who in hell cares what Sarah Palin got right.  Hell a broken clock is right two time a day.  What a dim bulb. 

You're sure a sore loser. 

[The Troll]

You're sure a sore loser.

  Sugar Dumplin, just what have I lost.  I hope she gets into the race and runs on the Tea Party ticket with Herman Cain.  What a power house ticket.   

[me]

  Sugar Dumplin, just what have I lost.  I hope she gets into the race and runs on the Tea Party ticket with Herman Cain.  What a power house ticket.   

You lost the ability to bad mouth her about this is what you lost.  Turns out she was right and you just can't handle that.

[followsthewolf]

I think she blundered and stumbled and accidentally fell into being partially correct.

She certainly doesn't strike me as one who has EVER done serious research about anything.

If she had known that she was correct, she would have qualified her answer by indicating something like "Contrary to what most think they know as fact, the ride was quite different."

The facts about the ride are commonplace in college level history courses. Problem is that high school texts are rife with errors, either accidental or deliberate -- depending on the political leanings of the textbook committees in those states where the texts are standardized.

But that was the topic of another thread.

[me]

I think she blundered and stumbled and accidentally fell into being partially correct.

She certainly doesn't strike me as one who has EVER done serious research about anything.

If she had known that she was correct, she would have qualified her answer by indicating something like "Contrary to what most think they know as fact, the ride was quite different."

The facts about the ride are commonplace in college level history courses. Problem is that high school texts are rife with errors, either accidental or deliberate -- depending on the political leanings of the textbook committees in those states where the texts are standardized.

But that was the topic of another thread.

You guy's won't give her an ounce of credit will you? 

[Exterminator]

You guy's won't give her an ounce of credit will you?

Why don't you look up what she said and then research the history.  She was wrong and your attempts to portray the situation otherwise is either ignorance or more of your lies.

Unlike you, I actually looked it up before I ran my mouth.

[me]

Why don't you look up what she said and then research the history.  She was wrong and your attempts to portray the situation otherwise is either ignorance or more of your lies.

Unlike you, I actually looked it up before I ran my mouth.

And I suppose Yahoo news didn't actually research it either before they published the article. 

Quote from: me on June 05, 2011, 06:33:51 PM

    How Sarah Palin Got it Right About Paul Revere 'Warning the British'


    COMMENTARY | Sarah Palin stepped out of Paul Revere's home in Boston and appeared to get her history wrong. The Internet then exploded in ridicule and astonishment at the ditz from Alaska once again uttering nonsense.

    It started when Palin told a questioner, according to the Daily Caller, that Revere had had "warned the British" and not the colonials. The firestorm was instantaneous and viral. From staid organs of the mainstream media like the Los Angeles Times to the snarky left side of the Internet such as the Daily Kos, almost everyone arose in high dudgeon.

    Except, albeit somewhat clumsily expressed, Palin was correct.

    Professor William A. Jacobson over at Legal Insurrection notes the memoirs of Revere himself, as pointed out by the Conservatives4Palin site. In it, Revere recounts an incident during the famous Midnight Ride in which he was accosted by a British military patrol and was interrogated about what his business was on the road. Revere indicated to his British captors that he had warned the countryside of the approach of British troops up the Lexington-Concord road, matching pretty much what Palin said.

    "He demanded what time I left Boston? I told him; 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. 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."

    So how was it that Palin got it right and just about everyone else got it wrong about Paul Revere and his famous ride? Most peoples' knowledge about Revere begins and ends with the famous Longfellow poem, which somewhat fudged the actual history of the ride that night in 1775. Palin either has actually cracked open a book or, just as likely, was paying attention to the lecture visitors get when they go to Paul Revere's home, unlike her critics.

    And so it goes.


    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20110605/us_ac/8588011_how_sarah_palin_got_it_right_about_paul_revere_warning_the_british_1

[Exterminator]

And I suppose Yahoo news didn't actually research it either before they published the article.

Today, you'll quote Yahoo news; tomorrow, you'll be slamming them and calling them part of the liberal media.  Rather than make yourself look any more foolish, why not do as I suggested, read what Palin actually said, then read the actual history and make the decision for yourself whether or not she was accurate?  Trust me, she wasn't but isn't a big enough person to admit it.

[me]

Today, you'll quote Yahoo news; tomorrow, you'll be slamming them and calling them part of the liberal media.  Rather than make yourself look any more foolish, why not do as I suggested, read what Palin actually said, then read the actual history and make the decision for yourself whether or not she was accurate?  Trust me, she wasn't but isn't a big enough person to admit it.

I heard the clip of what she said and I also looked up the history.  What they are saying is correct. 

[The Troll]

I heard the clip of what she said and I also looked up the history.  What they are saying is correct. 

                                  WHO IN HELL CARES WHAT SHE SAYS. 

[me]

                                  WHO IN HELL CARES WHAT SHE SAYS. 

You do when you think you can make fun of her or put her down.

[The Troll]

You do when you think you can make fun of her or put her down.

  I'm sorry, I do frown on clowns. 

[me]

  I'm sorry, I do frown on clowns. 

And here all this time I thought you liked Pelosi......she is quite the clown though

[followsthewolf]

You guy's won't give her an ounce of credit will you?

She doesn't deserve any.