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I wish at times like this she would just say that she misspoke. .... heysean

why?are you truly unaware that paul revere did in fact warn the british that the colonists were ready to fight after he was captured?read your history before you say palin mispoke. .... Craftmore

Before you criticize heysean for supposedly not knowing history, maybe we should first hear what Palin actually said.

Here is the exact Palin quote on video:

"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." .... Sarah Palin

There are several elements in this quote:

1) The British were warned by Revere that the American colonists meant business. (True)

2) This was accomplished by "ringing bells". (Huh?)

3) This was accomplished by "warning shots". (Huh?)

Remember the days, long, long ago, when even the elementary school kids that went to public school could tell you about Paul Revere and silent LANTERNS ...... "One if by land. Two if by sea."

The last thing that the colonists wanted was church bells and "warning shots" being heard, in the middle of the night, from miles away, tipping off the British that the Americans were waiting for them.

We can safely assume that the British used "enhanced interrogation methods" before Paul Revere spilled the beans and then deliberately exaggerated the number of colonists that were waiting for the British. The ideal outcome would have been to blindside the British.

Any way you slice it, Sarah Palin massacred the historical facts.

Instead of warning the British of American determination to fight during an interrogation after capture, Palin's version of history has Paul Revere warning the British of American determination to fight by ringing bells and firing shots ...... essentially trash-talking to the British:

BANG! BANG! "That's what you'll get from us, redcoats!" BANG! BANG!

CLANG! CLANG! "Here we are! You wanna piece of us! Come and get it, redcoats!" CLANG! CLANG!

Nothing in her statement alludes to Revere's capture and subsequent interrogation. According to Palin's version, Revere warned the British of American intentions to fight by "ringing bells" and "firing warning shots".

Did she "misspeak"?

I think that heysean is being charitable. "Misspeaking" implies that you knew the correct answer but your tongue betrayed you while speaking.

I believe that Sarah Palin simply does not read very much until she has no other choice. She probably read about the details of Paul Revere the week before, read that he was a brass bell-maker, read something about an Old North Church, read something about Revere's capture then, a week later, the historical facts were completely scrambled in her mind: Paul Revere warned the British about the American willingness to fight by ringing bells at them.

Where are you guys coming from? Did Bill Kristol send out an alarm?

How old are you? Do you remember when Reagan would give his press conferences and we would all hold our breathe because he would make a gaffe or misstatement that needed to be corrected the next day? If you don’t, I certainly do! And yet he is now considered one of our great presidents.

One thing Sarah does - and the elites cannot stand it - is speak very quickly and impulsively and with great heart. She doesn’t do slow, pontifical Charles Krauthammer supercilous snark. And that really bugs some people. I, for one, welcome it. She’s a real woman - not a fake, feminist hag and that seems to really get under the skin of some guys.