This is the same type of garbage reasoning some use to say that Obama does not really think there are 57 states.
"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
Sarah Palin on Paul Revere: Expert or Ignoramus? COLUMN: Sarah Palinâs defense of her account of Paul Revere doesnât make any sense. Why would one complete a âhe whoâ sentence about a historic figure with an obscure assertion? Sarah Palin said this about Paul Revere: âHe 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.â Revere, of course, is known for his âmidnight rideâ to Lexington to warn American patriots that British troops were coming. Revereâs story is considered basic American history and widely taught in American elementary schools. Palinâs 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 donât talk about. Thatâs what she was referring to. Her explanation, however, just isnât believable. First, there is no indication that part of Revereâs mission was to warn the British. Even if he were detained by British forces and then told them about Americaâs preparedness, it was never Revereâs initial intention. In fact, Revere was actively trying to avoid the British. Second, Palin was clearly shooting for the basic âelementary schoolâ story of Paul Revere, not some obscure fact about him. She began her gaffe with saying âwe saw where Paul Revere hung out as a teenager, which was something new to learn.â So, the subject was about Paul Revere, not about American defiance or the advantages of an armed citizenry. She then said âhe who warned the British.â The phrase âhe whoâ â used after the introduction of a historic figure as the subject matter â is always followed by whatever that person is most well-known for. For example, for King David, itâs âhe who slew Goliath,â not something like âhe who slew Uriah.â For Paul Revere, itâs âhe who warned the Americans,â âhe who rode to Lexington,â âhe who warned of the British,â âhe who warned Samuel Adams and John Hancock,â or any number of similar phrases. What itâs not is âhe who warned the British.â Palin messed up on basic âelementary schoolâ American history. If an American first grader gave his teacher Palinâs answer, he would have been corrected. If he tried to argue that he was referring to the other part of Revereâs 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.
Sarah Palinâs Lame Excuse on Paul Revere Gaffe Paul Revere did warn the British. However, that doesnât justify Palinâs lame account to cover up her gaffe. Sarah Palin said she didnât 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 Revereâs own letter back up this account. However, there is a huge difference between being right and covering up oneâs 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.â Palin said âas he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells.â Clearly, she was referring to Revereâs famous midnight ride, not his capture at the hands of the British. He warned the British verbally while captured, not with âwarning shots and bellsâ while on horseback. The context of Palinâs comments was her visiting of âwhere Paul Revere hung out as a teenager.â Her subsequent âhe whoâ 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? Whatâs 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 Palinâs remarks reflected scholarship. Instead, he thinks she got âluckyâ 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 âstand up.â He once called âj-o-b-sâ a three-letter world. He claimed that FDR âgot on the televisionâ to address the nation after the stock market crash of 1929, even though FDR wasnât president back then and television wasnât a widely available consumer product. Palin, however, didnât 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.