[airedale]

Actually Palin was right. Most of us only remember the story of his ride from the poem by Longfellow which is fiction. Revere was caught by the British and interrogated. He did warn the British that the Americans were ready for them. Of course he provided them with inflated numbers.

This story is like the one the media climbed all over Palin for saying that we should “party like it’s 1773”. They all had a big laugh saying she didn’t know that the right year was 1776. Of course since she was talking to the Tea Party they should have checked to see what event took place in 1773. That event of course was the Boston Tea Party.

[4rcane]

this is also like “blood libel”, “blue blood”, “gaggle of rads”

[MISTERA]

This whole thing is infuriating.

http://www.masshist.org/database/img-viewer.php?item_id=99&img_step=1&tpc&pid&mode=transcript#page1

This is a letter from Revere descring the events of the day.
The incident with the British is on page 4. Palin was indeed correct.

[trebb]

Not only was she right, but she is gathering some good data to shove it up the MSM's collective butts if/when she declares.

I can picture her doing a Gipper on them when they start "mis-stating" info on her, "There you go again - couldn't tell fact from fiction about Paul Revere and haven't learned anything from your deficiencies. Who can trust what you say?"

The resultant petulance and insanity that would follow something like that could finish them off (one can dream...).

[LS]

Interesting historical tidbit about Revere's ride from "Paul Revere's Ride," by David Hackett Fischer: there were five men's clubs in Boston. No one was a member of more than two . . . except for two men, both members of all five. One was Paul Revere, and the other was either Prescott or Dawes.

The point was, when Revere rode through the night shouting "to arms" or "the Redcoats are coming" (never "The BRITISH are coming," because, of course, he was British), almost everyone knew his voice and could instantly trust his information.

[luvie]

The “right-wing is stupid” ploy is getting really old and
doesn’t shouldn’t work with Drudge and Fox around. Thing is, most people had
rather just listen to how someone else portrays a candidate
rather than researching for themselves, so reach the
conclusion handed them by a hostile press. And sometimes even
Drudge and Fox come across as uber-critical.

Very unfortunate for someone who is as intelligent and savvy
as Sarah. She’ll have to defend herself because the press won’t.
...and then she comes away looking “defensive”. Good thing
she’s tough! She’ll win in the end!