Posted on 06/05/2011 6:14:36 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
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.
The effort to back up Palin is based on taking bits and pieces of facts surrounding the historic event that, when cut and pasted together, work to make Palin look a little less befuddled than her actual statement would indicate.
While I give them credit for the effort, I’m afraid that – to any rational person – it is a lost cause.
Let’s set the historic record straight.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.forbes.com ...
In the scheme of things is it more important for Sarah Palin to recite when asked the Longfellow version of Revere’s ride or for the president of the United States when asked to know the difference between Iraq and Afghanistan?
Rick Ungar is an idiot.
This is the way it is in our PC society, truth doesn't matter and those that point out the truth, including a freeper with a link to Paul Revere's letter, are simply apologists and not truth tellers.
Our culture is rotten as hell. Whether we do a F.... YOU (read without the ellipses) -- VIDEO or attack candidates Reagan and Palin for pointing out the truth, our culture is evil and putrid. Another reason to fear for this country.
http://www.theroot.com/buzz/rick-ungar-proof-obamacare-working
“Rick Ungar: ‘Obamacare’ Is Working”
http://www.goldtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40173
“Rick Ungar’s big lie:Founders mandated health insurance in 1798”
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2011/01/founding_fathers_favored_gover.html
“Forbes writer Rick Ungar is getting some attention for a piece arguing that history shows that John Adams supported a strong Federal role in health care.”
http://trueslant.com/rickungar/
“Is there anyone out there who did not already know that Fox News, Breitbart, and others of their ilk would pollute and twist a story in order to better meet their political objectives?”
http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/04/14/obamas-character-and-the-progressives-who-resent-it/
“...the President took his stand against the GOP effort to take away the soul of this nation while staring directly into the eyes of Rep. Paul Ryan— the architect of the document that would remake this country in the mold of third world nations where there are rich people and poor people with nobody in the middle. Unlike the taunts, personal insults and barbs that Ryan and his companions lob at the president on a daily basis from the safety of a television studio, Obama took the route that requires character. He did it to Ryan’s face.”
http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/04/06/scott-walkers-election-nightmare-in-wisconsin/
“Scott Walker’s Election Nightmare in Wisconsin”
“Union Busting: Michigan Style — Rick Ungar — The Policy Page — Forbes”
I didn't dig it up. This was handed to me on a silver platter.
Rabs,
This has been debunked all over the place, and yet you still rush to post crap like this because you somehow think it damages Palin or you think it proves your point.
It does neither but it does cement in the minds of readers of FReeRepublic your PDS and lack of objectivity where Sarah Palin is concerned.
No doubt a silver platter with flippin' Mitt's prints all over it.
Liberals have to revise history in order to continue to exist. I’m surprised that they don’t credit the theory of man-made global warming to Thomas Jefferson.
Please expand on your comment.
She simply mis-spoke. And I think it makes conservatives look like apologists when they look for ways to make it appear she said it intentionally. She simply made a mistake.
After reading Paul Revere’s own account concerning the events of that night, it could be reasonably assumed he was trying to warn or alarm the British. He definitely tried to put the fear of God in them. Whether he succeeded or not is beside the point. Obviously, the media is scouring every statement Palin makes to try to prove her an idiot. Would they do the same to Obama? Sorry I asked that question.
Rick Ungar ironically and generously quotes the Soros-funded Think Progress in his diatribe
Rick Ungar: ‘Obamacare’ Is Working
May 24, 2011
Really. And how did she do that when Revere DID warn the Regulars that 500 men were waiting for them and that "their troops had catched aground in passing the River"?
Letter from Paul Revere to Jeremy Belknap, circa 1798 - Page 4
The link is to the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Me thinks you have been exposed to the rare element *Pissantium*.
Would suggest aggressive decontamination immediately followed by a mental laxative to get any fecal matter out of your brain.
PS:
This subject has been beat to death enough!
Rick Ungar
Rick Ungar Writes he doesn’t care about the accuracy:
“You are absolutely right when you suggest my bias is showing.”
Please check your FReepmail.
[...] 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.”
Final score:
SARAH PALIN: 1
ANKLEBITERS: 0
Awwwwwwwwwwww. ;)
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