[Lazamataz]

Yes or no ... did Revere himself use bells and gunshots to warn the British?

Good Lord.

Here are the sum total of Sarah Palin quotes on this topic. Please data-mine the above to show me where she says PAUL REVERE HIMSELF used bells and gunshots to warn the British.

• ""Part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there that 'hey, you're not going to take American arms, you are not going to beat our own well-armed persons individual private militia that we have.'"
• "He who warned the British that they weren't going to be taking away our arms by ringing those bells and by making sure that 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 and we were going to be armed."

Note on the second quote, she does not say "HE WARNED", implying Revere, she said "HE WHO WARNED", implying another person or persons.

And the part about riding through town, the sentence structure and facts about horseback riding certainly shows that the riding through the town CAUSED the bells and gunshots. Even a Palin-Derangement-Syndrome Sufferer would have to admit that riding on a horse and ringing a church bell are mutually exclusive activites.

[freedomwarrior998]

Only a blind apologist would try to say that she wasn’t suggesting that Revere himself warned the British with bells and gunshots.

However, that’s irrelevant, because even using your timeline she still gets it wrong. You make it sound as if there were bells and gunshots going off as Revere rode through the towns. That simply isn’t what happened. There were no bells or gunshots until after Revere had already been captured. His only warning was to exaggerate the strength of the British troops. The bells and gunshots didn’t come until after Revere was in British hands.

Both sides are simply wrong here. Palin was wrong in her rendition, and her critics were wrong in believing that Paul was never captured or exaggerated the strength of the colonial forces to his interrogators.

Trying to play a game where you give your favorite person a complete pass simply because you like her, makes you no better than the leftists who worship Obama and give him a pass on his many gaffes.

[Hoodat]

Note on the second quote, she does not say "HE WARNED", implying Revere, she said "HE WHO WARNED", implying another person or persons. And the part about riding through town, the sentence structure and facts about horseback riding certainly shows that the riding through the town CAUSED the bells and gunshots. Even a Palin-Derangement-Syndrome Sufferer would have to admit that riding on a horse and ringing a church bell are mutually exclusive activities.

Well done, Laz.