When speaking of Paul Revere in while in Boston:
"He who warned the British that they weren't going to be taking away our arms, by ringing those bells, and making sure 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."
I'm sorry, this is embarrassing. Revere was warning his fellow Americans. What a dolt! If this is the best Republicans have to offer, we're in deep dung.
>>I’m sorry, this is embarrassing. Revere was warning his fellow Americans. What a dolt! If this is the best Republicans have to offer, we’re in deep dung.<<
I am not in Sarah’s camp. but facts are facts and you are wrong. He did try to frighten the British into giving up against the superior American Army:
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/sarah-palins-problem-her-english-not-her-history
When a prospective presidential candidate doesn't know that the Battle of Lexington and Concord took place in Concord, MA rather than Concord NH, that's mildly worrisome. But Palin’s supposed gaff actually indicates that she is remarkably well informed about the Nation's founding. You guys should just give up trying to pretend she's stupid. She isn't and the truth will out.
Careful K, your ignorance is showing. U won’t find much history in those comic books.
Sigh .... you are so wrong, Palin is right. Government school?
I’m sure glad every word I say isn’t fact checked on a national level.
I’m also glad that someone of national level is making nice with one of our oldest allies.
Read Paul Revere's own account. After he'd done his ride to warn the colonists, he was captured by a British patrol. When questioned, he warned the soldiers about what was waiting for them when they reached Concord.
Apparently that part is not well known, so many folks assumed Sarah had gotten it wrong. Nope.
Oop’s!
You must have missed the account of Paul Revere’s ride written by the man himself.
Checking your history before engaging your inept fingers would be a good idea.
The only thing worse was when she said she had already visited 57 states ....
wait!
that was OBAMA!
And the actual dolt is...
Let me give you some advice.
I have spent entire nights defending positions 100% wrong (factually, not politically).
When you are 100% incorrect on 100% established facts, the hot ticket is to apologize to everyone who has schooled ya, ask for forgiveness and pray you don’t get banned anyway.
It hurts but it also freeing.
But, your ego and ignorance will dictate your next moves, I suppose.
Not embarrassing, from a different perspective. It was a warning to the British. Revere (and the other riders who are largely ignored by history) were activating the minutemen who were not coming to play tic tac-toe with the British. Certainly sounds like a warning to me.
You might want to check your facts. Sarah was exactly correct. A letter written by Paul Revere confirms that the English had a gun to his head and he warned them about the forces ready to confront them. I’ll bet you hate it when Sarah is right.
You have met the dolt, and he is you.
For all the naysayers about Sarah Palin’s Paul Revere quote, this book from 1994 also backs Palin’s account:
“At last the [British] officers began to feel the full import of what Paul Revere had been telling them. His words of warning took on stronger meaning when punctuated by gunfire. The sound of a single shot had suggested to them that surprise was lost. The crash of a volley appeared evidence that the country was rising against them. As they came closer to the Common they began to hear Lexington’s town bell clanging rapidly. the captive Loring, picking up Revere’s spirit, turned to the officers and said, ‘The bell’s a’ringing! The town’s alarmed, and you’re all dead men!’” [Paul Revere’s Ride by David Hackett Fischer, pp. 135-6].
David Hackett Fisher (born December 2, 1935) is University Professor and Earl Warren Professor of History at Brandeis University
Revere recounts in a 1789 letter maintained by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
(page 4)
“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.He then orderd them to advance, & to lead me in front. When we got to the Road, they
turned down towards Lexington. When we had got about one Mile, the Major Rode up to the officer that was leading me, & told him to give me to the Sergeant. As soon as he took me, the Major orderd him, if I attempted to run, or any body insulted them, to blow my brains out. We rode till we got near Lexington Meeting-house, when the Militia fired a Voley of Guns, which appeared to alarm them very much.”
Additionally, as the Paul Revere Heritage Project notes
http://www.paul-revere-heritage.com/midnight-ride.html
“The Redcoats had set temporary roadblocks as a security measure and on their way to Concord they encountered British soldiers. Prescott managed to escape; Revere was captured and Dawes tried to run away but was arrested shortly thereafter. The British held Revere and interrogated him with a pistol on his chest. He was asked about the plans of the militia and where they kept their ammunition. When asked where the Patriots were hiding he told them the truth and replied that they had 500 militiamen in Concord protecting them and 1500 coming. As they rode towards Concord he was told that if he tried to escape he would be shot.”
On second thought, after researching the LSM facts, Sarah Palin was wrong.
I mean like the LSM points out 24/7, everyone knows that it was an Austrian speaking corpse man named Barack Obama who rode throughout the 57 states that dark night. And when captured by the British, he signed a written confession and dated it 2008.