Posted on 06/05/2011 10:08:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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.”
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.”
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.”
“If you believe he was riding through the countryside sending text messages and Tweets to the British, still come to Boston,” he said. “There are a lot of things to do and see.”
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.”
Ahhh, I see, if she gets it right, she’s lucky.
Palin’s critics are the same morons who corrected her comment about the Boston Tea Party by using their expertise to let her know that it took place in 1776. ROTFL!!!
Sarah must be the “luckiest” person in America. Her string of “luck” extends itself each day, it seems.
Yes, if she gets it right she is just lucky but if Obama gets it wrong he is just tired or misspoke, and it is so human and understandable and makes him that much more real etc. etc. etc. Amazing.
And her detractors are luckless yet again.
Son.if you study history long enough...........You make your own “luck”..I'm guessing your young or senile to reflect your view....U tell me which...
Since most of the last 3 generations has never learned our history, it makes sense they don’t know it. They are well versed on homosexuality, global warming and how to be a socialist.
Not only that, he warned the British in all 57 states!
I love it. Getting these left wing Bostonians to admit that she’s right is like pulling teeth.
You just know they hate it.
The lamestream media is horribly unaware of actual American history. When Sarah Palin teaches them about the real events, they're so taken aback by the unvarnished truth, they call her "lucky" as a means of cover for their ignorance.
In 2012, when (not if, but WHEN) she wins, the lamestreamers will doubtlessly attribute her victory to "luck".
And Palin is well versed in our 2nd Amendment rights, and the stance against big government - hence her phrasing her comments the way she did - bringing that history into the modern day fight.
Letter written by Paul Revere himself:
“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.”
I can’t remember the poster but he wrote this on another thread earlier today...
“The British troops (Democrats) are marching toward Lexington (2012 election) They hear warning shots (Obamacare town hall meetings) and then volley fire (2010 midterm elections), alarm bells ringing (Tea party rallies ). And then they are warned by Paul Revere (Sarah Palin) that the population (us) has been aroused and is prepared to oppose and defeat you.”
God has his ways of telling people to put a sock in it!
...never ceases to amaze me the defense He brings to Sarah. Funny thing about “truth” when it’s spoken...it has someone leading ...and covering the rear for those who speak it.
Kinda of reminds me of the nation Israel as they left Egypt...God’s cloud before them and behind....and it was a fire nobody should desire to mess with as the nations soon discovered.
If it’s His desire she run...no man can stop this...they will only get in the way and be mowed down in the process. And since He does install leadership....well... time will surely tell if He’s going to give this nation another chance to do it right.
Thank you for pointing that out.
What the lefty savants seem to have overlooked was that a central point of her comments called attention to the fact that the Brits were marching to Concord to disarm the Colonists. Hence her “we’re gonna be free, and we’re gonna be armed.”
They got their panties all in a twist because they thought that they had a “gotcha” moment, and utterly missed the point she was making. The thing is, the rest of us didn’t miss her point: we heard her loud and clear, and all the left has managed to do is bring her warnings about the RKBA to wider prominence.
Score another one for Palin.
John Walsh - MA Democrat Party
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I’ll take her luck over Obama’s animus of all 57 states any day.
This is what she said (supposedly)
“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.”
There’s a lot wrong with what she (supposedly) said there.
It’s a victory for Palin if she can make it about warned or not warned.
But I would really be hoping that “let’s not talk about this anymore” is the way this one goes.
Thanks - now all I can think about is bacon.
Her statement was unclear - but those familiar with the history knew exactly what she meant. Those unfamiliar, and with an agenda - ridiculed her.
They were wrong.
And actually - you are wrong as well. Although the grammer - as you have produced it - is weak/terrible - why don’t you point out which parts are “a lot wrong with what she said” -
He -
warned the British
Who were coming to take arms
He was riding a horse from town to town
Bells were ringing
As far as “shots were fired - there are a few possible interpretations -
1. Shots certainly were fired and 2.) she was referring to “the shot heard round the world”
Why don’t you point out - EXACTLY what is wrong with the statement? How many books on the topic have you read?
Note that - in the article above - the History Profs align with her - even with this grammar.
Do you know why the Brits were headed out there? Because her statements indicate - she knew exactly why.
A picture is worth a thousand words. Looks like Walsh took Ted’s place in the porking out queue.
MSM will make corrections in print & on air ......................................................
The sentence is gibberish.
That’s what’s wrong with it.
Basically, what you’re saying is something like “well, we can really rip apart what Palin says, tear it down to words or very short phrases, add some more words, leave a couple words out, and come up with a historically accurate sentence. That’s what Palin meant to say, and what she meant to say was historically accurate.”
You didn’t question this account of what she said, so let’s just assume it’s ok.
“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.”
1) “Revere warned ... by ringing those bells.” 2)
“to send those warning shots” 3) And the fact that we’re looking at this gibberish sentence so closely just to figure out what it is that she’s trying to say. Not to determine whether what she’s saying is true or not, just to figure out what she’s trying to say. The criticism here isn’t “Palin doesn’t know her history”, the criticism is “Palin makes no sense”.
You actually can strengthen up your own argument by mentioning that some scholars do believe that warning shots were fired.
I’m not arguing this is a big deal, and I didn’t really read the stories about what Palin intially said, I started paying attention to the “critics are wrong” stories. It may very well be that the critics were attacking the wrong aspects of the sentence, perhaps by making a story out of it in the first place.
I guess “Palin says something that makes no sense” is not a news story, but “Palin gets Paul Revere facts wrong” is a story?
It’s just something you don’t really want to be talking about any more.
Victory! Read all about how we made a historically accurate sentence out of Palin’s gibberish. You kinda have to repeat the gibberish over and over every time you want to point out how each nugget of factishness is related in some way to something that did happen. That’s not necessarily a good thing for Palin.
Funny the best presidents I can think of in my lifetime have all been called stupid or ignorant simply because of the way they talk... i.e. talking gibberish or cant talk etc... and our current president is just an articulate talking figurehead reading what his controllers are putting up on the teleprompter. I will take Gibberish from now on thanks! If she runs (which I personally believe she will) she has our two votes.
Funny the best presidents I can think of in my lifetime have all been called stupid or ignorant simply because of the way they talk... i.e. talking gibberish or cant talk etc... and our current president is just an articulate talking figurehead reading what his controllers are putting up on the teleprompter. I will take Gibberish from now on thanks! If she runs (which I personally believe she will) she has our two votes.
Well, I like Palin too. If Palin talks like that a lot, a new defense trick, instead of defending aggressively, say “that’s just Palin being Palin” or whatever. Trying to communicate the idea that you understand that sometimes her sentences don’t make sense, and you really don’t care.
As always, the leftys never let the truth get in the way of a good lie.
This is an good read about the battles of Lexington and Concord. Being an old fart, found this interesting, even some old men as a group did their thing that April 19th day in 1775.
“After Percy had left the city, Gage directed two ammunition wagons guarded by one officer and thirteen men to follow. This convoy was intercepted by a small party of older, former militiamen, still on the “alarm list” who could not join their militia companies because they were well over 60. These men rose up in ambush and demanded the surrender of the wagons, but the regulars ignored them and drove their horses on. The old men opened fire, shot the lead horses, killed two sergeants, and wounded the officer. The survivors ran, and six of them threw their weapons into a pond before they surrendered.”
(snip) “After 1860, several generations of schoolchildren memorized Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem Paul Revere’s Ride. Historically it is inaccurate (Despite what the poem says, Paul Revere never made it to Concord, for example), but it captures the idea that an individual can change the course of history.”
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/battledetail.aspx?battle=1
"He who warned uh the, the British that they weren’t gonna to be takin away our arms uh by ringin those bells and and um making 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."
I keep picturing Revere riding with one hand firing into the night sky, and one hand tirelessly ringing some little bells. lol
There's 56 other states where I will spend my money. I have no urge to ever go to Massachusetts, let alone Boston.
Meanwhile, Barry and Joe can gaffe all day long and nobody outside the blogosphere says anything.
Crickets from the mainstream media when Barry and Joe gaffe.
Mainstream media deconstructs every word from Palin in an effort to turn it into a gaffe.
Ahhh, I see, if she gets it right, she’s lucky.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.”
McConville said he also is not convinced that Palin’s remarks reflect scholarship.
“I would call her lucky in her comments,” McConville said.
A real bunch of truth-seekers we have here! LOL!
Look, it's a commonplace that people don't actually speak in complete sentences all the time.
Had this been a prepared speech, it would have been rightly criticized for sloppiness.In the event, critics of Palin's response are exactly like the grammar police who nitpick on FR from time to time.
ROTFLMAO!!!!
That's it. She's just lucky!!!
A tornado in Kansas killing 10,000 people
57 states in the U.S.
The “Marine Corpse”
Signing the guest book at Westminster Abbey with the year 2008
Not a peep from the media.
Lucky? What an A$$. Hoping she gets ‘lucky’ in 2012 too.
He claimed an Uncle in Patton’s army who helped to liberate Auschwitz.
Oh really. Why is that?
You damn blue blood old money elitists and your stupid syntax! That’s not how we talk in real America!
That was my thought as well. What a$$holes they are. I truly hate them.
This sizes up the media elite. They learned all their US history from America-hating Leftists. It reminds me of the APUSH tests, ignorance teaching the ignorant.
They’re ignoramuses of the first order.
That is my thinking as well. If He forgives us, He will give us another chance....and that chance is Sarah, and only Sarah, our modern day Esther.
If it's not Sarah, I take it that He has NOT forgiven us. If true, that means "the sleeping giant slept far too long".
Don't mess with old men. They'll just kill you.
Thanks for the history lesson. There is so much of this type of story that never made it into a book or past one or two succeeding generations. More unsung American patriots.
Definition:
warning: alert someone to a potential danger
warning: a threat of upcoming negative circumstances.
Both are legitimate usages of the word.
I warned my neighbor of the approaching tornado.
Kennedy warned Russia of the consequences.
These libs just cannot accept the fact that Palin is once intelligent cookie. It isn’t luck, it’s innate intelligence, and wisdom.
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