Sarah Is Dedicated
Posted on 06/07/2011 4:17:16 PM PDT by jazusamo
Listen, my children, and you shall hear
About a political dustup over Paul Revere,
On the second of June in Twenty-eleven;
Hardly a liberal now alive, by heaven,
Won’t stop saying “Sarah Palin” with a sneer.
Sarah Palin’s impromptu, slightly rambling statement about Paul Revere last week set off volleys of verbal musket fire from her many left-wing critics in the media. Touring Boston on Thursday, she gave a folksy account of Revere’s ride, saying he was one of the men who “warned the British that they weren’t gonna be takin’ away our arms, by ringin’ those bells and by makin’ sure that as he’s ridin’ his horse through town to send those warnin’ shots and bells that we were gonna be secure and we were gonna be free.”
Revere warned the British? The tut-tutting was immediate. Reporters and commentators, having griped for days about being given insufficient courtesies on Mrs. Palin’s East Coast bus tour, had a field day. One if by land, two thousand by tweet.
It soon turned out, however, that Mrs. Palin’s version of history was correct. While Revere warned the Americans that the British were coming, he also warned the British - not for their benefit - that the Americans were coming. When Revere was detained by British soldiers during his ride, he told them, in his own words, “that their troops had catched aground in passing the River, and that There would be 500 Americans there in a short time, for I had alarmed the Country all the way up.” As for the bells and gunshots, David Hackett Fischer - in the 1994 book “Paul Revere’s Ride” - quotes a townsman saying that on that night, “repeated gunshots, the beating of drums and the ringing of bells filled the air.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Or, perhaps the problem is my reading skills.
HUGE BUMP!!!
We only need the middle to grasp that she was correct. The left is hopeless and many would probably keel over and die if they had to admit she was right.
It’s really about smearing egg on the collective faces of the MSM.
It’s really about smearing egg on the face of the perverted MSM and Democrats that don’t have any idea about our American history. Half baked morons...all of them.
What her opponents don't understand is, the more they attempt to trip her up, the more they attack her or her family, the more my support for her increases.
I am one of the many for whom this is true.
of course they were all British citizens at the time
Correct, they were all British troops attempting to restrict the freedoms of the British settlers.
Amen, and count me as one of those many.
I made up my mind about a month ago, was leaning towards her for some time but wanted to see who else was getting in. There's a couple other good conservatives but I believe Sarah can beat Obama if she runs.
I guess I wasn’t taught history the way it actually happened.
I wonder why...
Sarah Is Dedicated
We still have some of the set from when we were married (although the Mrs. has moved up to All-Clad now).
LOL!
Well said. We had RevereWare for more years than I care to relate and there may still be some in the cupboard. It doesn’t wear out!
BTTT!!!
This is the best editorial on this subject that I’ve seened because it contains the actual comments by Palin and provides the historical references.
Also, don’t let this die!!! Keep reminding people of the MSM knee-jerk reaction! Please post this editorial anywhere the MSM lies are discussed.
Also, if don’t support Palin now, then expect the same treatment for your candidate when he or she moves up in the polls.
Remember, McCain only got attacked by the media once he got the nomination. Before the nomination, he was the come-back kid! Don’t let the MSM pick Obama’s opponent!
Repubs should steer clear of history or they will find themselves sidetracked arguing about the many different versions, to the joy of 0.
Dems are having fun with Palin. See my post above.
“”We had RevereWare for more years than I care to relate””
AND keeping the copper bottoms polished?? Started out in the ‘50’s with those but luckily somewhere along the line, got rid of them.....
Is she talking about the current news story in this pic? OK - I’m ashamed of myself for even thinking it!
I did your dirty work for you! ;^)
I just saw this....you’re right! Sorry I was too chicken!
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