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.
That said, I think anyone relentlessly hammering her on this topic has got some PDS, or at least some preconceived notions about Palin. I will note that she needs to slow down and utter only fully-formed sentences.
“Only a blind apologist would try to say that she wasn’t suggesting that Revere himself warned the British with bells and gunshots.”
I like Sarah Palin but watching the video it’s clear that she was uncomfortable and struggling for an answer. The result was a very poor one that failed to hit the main point. Revere rode to warn the COLONISTS that the redcoats were coming. By focusing her answer on what may have been a minor goal, she certainly gave the impression she was unaware of the real purpose.