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That Stupid Palin, Getting Her History Right
American Catholic ^
| June 4, 2011 A.D.
| Paul Zummo
Posted on 06/04/2011 9:01:24 AM PDT by GonzoII
I guess there’s a new kerfuffle related to Sarah Palin. This video was linked at NRO “without comment” by Andrew Stiles. It’s more evidence that she’s some kind of historical illiterate, or something, as she supposedly claims that Paul Revere rode to warn the Brits.
Admittedly Palin’s wording is incredibly garbled and she did not give a very articulate response. Here’s the thing: her comments are completely accurate. Here’s a 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.”
Again, though spoken in mangled English, Palin’s comments are pretty much right on the money. Revere was in fact warning the British, but more as a way of bragging.
But hey, it’s so much easier to call Sarah Palin an idiot than bother with facts.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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"Again, though spoken in mangled English, Palins comments are pretty much right on the money. Revere was in fact warning the British, but more as a way of bragging"
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posted on
06/04/2011 9:01:27 AM PDT
by
GonzoII
To: GonzoII
Sarah Louise Palin
Born February 11, 1964 in Sandpoint, ID (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)
Parents were
Charles R Heath, born in ID
Sarah Sheeran, born in WI
Both parents were US Citizens at the time of her birth (Meets the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)
Sarah Palin is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN
Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama isn't!
67:12
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posted on
06/04/2011 9:05:12 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. De Vattel)
To: GonzoII
Well, HAY,
I often write mangled sentences.
So what?
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posted on
06/04/2011 9:05:12 AM PDT
by
onyx
(If you truly support Sarah Palin and want to be on her busy ping list, let me know!)
To: GonzoII
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posted on
06/04/2011 9:05:21 AM PDT
by
Matchett-PI
(In the latter times the man [or woman] of virtue appears vile. --Tao Te Ching)
To: onyx
I hate freep forum, no edit function :( I type very fast and hit post before proof reading all the time :)
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posted on
06/04/2011 9:08:52 AM PDT
by
4rcane
To: GonzoII
Whats the big deal anyway
Revere was loooong before we even had close to 57 of our states and that's a loooong time ago to remember.
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posted on
06/04/2011 9:11:06 AM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: 4rcane
LOL. I rarely, if ever proof read!
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posted on
06/04/2011 9:12:00 AM PDT
by
onyx
(Quaker)
To: GonzoII
The Leftists-created Orwellian Brave New World we live in:
"Progressives" cause regression and degeneration.
The "Intellectual Elite" actually embrace and adhere to the irrational.
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posted on
06/04/2011 9:12:26 AM PDT
by
PapaNew
To: GonzoII
And here references to the bells:
History of the Battle of Lexington, on the Morning of the 19th April 1775
BY ELIAS PHINNEY
They (British soldiers)de-tained him (Revere), with the other three prisoners from Lexington, till near three o’clock in the morning, when, finding no prospect of escape, Revere, in his turn, attempted to frighten them, by telling them, in a very triumphant tone of voice, “Gentlemen, you have missed your aim. I left Boston after your troops had landed at Lechmere’s Point, and if I had not been certain, that the people, to the distance of fifty miles into the country, had been notified of your movements, I would have risked one shot, before you should have taken me.” Another told them, “The bell’s ringing, the country is alarmed, and you are all dead men.” This appeared, in some measure, to alarm the officers.
pages 18,19
http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbattleo01phin/historyofbattleo01phin_djvu.txt
NOTE: THERE ARE TWO STATEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE BOOK, ONE BY Nathan Monroe(Munroe sic) and one by Amos Lock who give evidience of the ALARM BELLS RINGING.
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posted on
06/04/2011 9:13:21 AM PDT
by
BilLies
(r)
To: GonzoII
What exactly did she say that was wrong?
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posted on
06/04/2011 9:15:11 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: GonzoII
What’s funny/sad is that liberals have so dumbed down public education, most Obama voters don’t know or even care who Paul Revere was.
To: GonzoII
My! That’s the worst “pic” of her I’ve ever seen! They must have combed through a video very carefully, looking for the worst frame to freeze!
To: GonzoII
Admittedly Palins wording is incredibly garbled and she did not give a very articulate response.****************
Setting all that aside for just a moment, the more important question now becomes...How do you say it in Austrian?
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
My! Thats the worst pic of her Ive ever seen! They must have combed through a video very carefully, looking for the worst frame to freeze!Sarah is like family; no matter how "bad" a photo makes her look, it always brings a smile to my face.
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posted on
06/04/2011 9:38:55 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(you don't need a president-for-life if you've got a bureaucracy-for-life.)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
My! Thats the worst pic of her Ive ever seen! They must have combed through a video very carefully, looking for the worst frame to freeze!If that's how good she looks at her worst, other women can just give up now. She is truly beautiful, and I think she wears glasses to soften the impact. Even the loathsome Alec Baldwin said she was "hot" when he met her in person on SNL. Tina Fey looked like a crone beside her.
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posted on
06/04/2011 9:43:05 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(Thank you, Dubya and U.S. military. You did not falter. You did not fail.)
To: zot; Interesting Times
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posted on
06/04/2011 9:43:57 AM PDT
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
Comment #17 Removed by Moderator
To: GonzoII
Hey, Palin was focusing on “warning the British” because that’s what she and the Tea Party are doing: they warning the establishment that they’ve rallied the patriots and that they (the establishment) had better get with the program demanded by the people. It’s a subtle point because who knows that, in addition to rallying the patriots, Revere, when caught by the British, told them that they had better watch out. I, myself, didn’t know it before this item.
To: onyx; 4rcane
What’s proof reading? /sarc
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posted on
06/04/2011 9:50:54 AM PDT
by
WVKayaker
(Praise God from Whom all blessings flow!)
To: Ditter
Nothing. Once again she made fools of those who bash her. I have to wonder if she intentionally laid that trap. It would not surprise me. She brilliantly turns their mendacity against them. Again and again.
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posted on
06/04/2011 9:58:35 AM PDT
by
Josephat
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