Paul Revere’s ride was to warn the British...According to Sarah Palin

Discussion in 'Politics' started by AK Forty Seven, Jun 3, 2011.

  1. Ricter

    Ricter

    This is the same type of garbage reasoning some use to say that Obama does not really think there are 57 states.
     
    #21     Jun 6, 2011
  2. In once case what was said is true.

    In the other it is not.

    Which one are you going with?
     
    #22     Jun 6, 2011
  3. Ricter

    Ricter

    Suit yourself, the truth be damned; it's what you do best.
     
    #23     Jun 6, 2011
  4. Ok then, are there 57 states?
     
    #24     Jun 6, 2011
  5. Lucrum

    Lucrum

     
    #25     Jun 6, 2011
  6. Ricter

    Ricter

    Had Revere not been captured, would he have "defiantly warned" the British anyway?

    lol
     
    #26     Jun 6, 2011
  7. "Part of his ride was to warn the British that we're already there." -Sarah Palin


    Warning the British was not part of his ride /mission,he only warned the British after he got caught while trying to avoid capture by the British
     
    #27     Jun 6, 2011
  8. Sarah Palin on Paul Revere: Expert or Ignoramus?

    COLUMN: Sarah Palin’s defense of her account of Paul Revere doesn’t make any sense. Why would one complete a “he who” sentence about a historic figure with an obscure assertion?




    Sarah Palin said this about Paul Revere:

    “He who warned the British that they weren't going to be taking away our arms by ringing those bells and by making sure that 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 and we were going to be armed.”



    Revere, of course, is known for his “midnight ride” to Lexington to warn American patriots that British troops were coming. Revere’s story is considered basic American history and widely taught in American elementary schools.

    Palin’s account, of course, stands in stark contrast to that story.

    The former governor, however, refused to acknowledge her mistake. She said Paul Revere did indeed warn the British; he did it in the other part of his ride than people don’t talk about. That’s what she was referring to.

    Her explanation, however, just isn’t believable.

    First, there is no indication that part of Revere’s mission was to warn the British. Even if he were detained by British forces and then told them about America’s preparedness, it was never Revere’s initial intention. In fact, Revere was actively trying to avoid the British.

    Second, Palin was clearly shooting for the basic “elementary school” story of Paul Revere, not some obscure fact about him.

    She began her gaffe with saying “we saw where Paul Revere hung out as a teenager, which was something new to learn.” So, the subject was about Paul Revere, not about American defiance or the advantages of an armed citizenry.

    She then said “he who warned the British.” The phrase “he who” – used after the introduction of a historic figure as the subject matter – is always followed by whatever that person is most well-known for.

    For example, for King David, it’s “he who slew Goliath,” not something like “he who slew Uriah.” For Paul Revere, it’s “he who warned the Americans,” “he who rode to Lexington,” “he who warned of the British,” “he who warned Samuel Adams and John Hancock,” or any number of similar phrases. What it’s not is “he who warned the British.”

    Palin messed up on basic “elementary school” American history.

    If an American first grader gave his teacher Palin’s answer, he would have been corrected. If he tried to argue that he was referring to the other part of Revere’s ride, he would have been scolded. If an American college student tried to pull that stunt, he would have been mocked.

    Palin, however, seems to have no shame in doing so.
     
    #28     Jun 6, 2011
  9. Sarah Palin’s Lame Excuse on Paul Revere Gaffe

    Paul Revere did warn the British. However, that doesn’t justify Palin’s lame account to cover up her gaffe.





    Sarah Palin said she didn’t mess up on Paul Revere. She said he did warn the British.

    Indeed, Revere did exactly that.

    When he finished his famous ride to Lexington, he decided to embark on a new ride to Concord. During this ride, he was captured by the British and subsequently warned them about the colonial resistance.

    A historian who spoke to the Boston Herald and Paul Revere’s own letter back up this account.

    However, there is a huge difference between being right and covering up one’s mistake with an obscure piece of history.

    To recap, Sarah Palin said the following about Paul Revere:

    "We saw where Paul Revere hung out as a teenager, which was something new to learn. He who warned the British that they weren't going to be taking away our arms by ringing those bells and by making sure that 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 and we were going to be armed.”

    Palin said “as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells.” Clearly, she was referring to Revere’s famous midnight ride, not his capture at the hands of the British.

    He warned the British verbally while captured, not with “warning shots and bells” while on horseback.

    The context of Palin’s comments was her visiting of “where Paul Revere hung out as a teenager.” Her subsequent “he who” sentence was clearly shooting for what Revere is mostly known for, which is his midnight ride to Lexington.

    Lastly, who is Palin trying to kid by setting herself up a history buff, patriotic intellectual, and Paul Revere scholar? What’s more credible, that she messed up on Paul Revere or that she was honestly trying to make an obscure reference?

    Even the historian who spoke to the Boston Herald did not think Palin’s remarks reflected scholarship. Instead, he thinks she got “lucky” that her comments happen to be backed up by an obscure piece of history.

    Palin messed up on Paul Revere, which is arguably excusable because people make verbal gaffes all the time. Vice President Joe Biden made many of them.

    He once told a paraplegic, who was clearly confined to a wheelchair, to “stand up.” He once called “j-o-b-s” a three-letter world. He claimed that FDR “got on the television” to address the nation after the stock market crash of 1929, even though FDR wasn’t president back then and television wasn’t a widely available consumer product.

    Palin, however, didn’t just make a gaffe; she also tried to cover it up with a lame excuse.

    What she should have done is own up to her mistake and perhaps poke a little fun at Biden and herself.
     
    #29     Jun 6, 2011
  10. Why is this funny?
     
    #30     Jun 6, 2011