I'm not a professor of American History, but I did live in Boston for over six years and while I never did walk the entire length of the Freedom Trail, I do know the story of Paul Revere. Apparently Sarah Palin doesn't.
A bit confused? What I love most is that she knew she didn't have the story right and so she had to throw in there the bit about Paul Revere warning the British they weren't going to take our arms or our freedom. (Yeah, the year is 1775 at this point, so the Continental Congress hasn't even declared independence yet and the Bill of Rights wasn't even mentioned until 1789 by James Madison.)
There are a few "versions" of the night of April 18, 1775, the night Revere (and William Dawes) were instructed by Joseph Warren to ride from Boston to Lexington to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams of the advancing British Army is the true and accurate history. That Revere took the ride alone or that he told every patriot - and mind you Ms. Palin patriot here is neither a missile nor a football player - that "THE BRITISH ARE COMING" is the kids version. If you can't even get the kids version right you are a moron.
You are a moron who has absolutely no place being president of anything, except maybe your own fucking fan club. There are lots of mothers in America who are raising children with disabilities who don't go on national television expecting a pat on the back and a sympathy vote. I'd vote for any one of those truly inspirational women over you Ms. Palin any-day-of-the-fucking-week.
Maybe I shouldn't be so hard on Ms. Palin for not knowing her history? I mean she reads many newspapers, in fact she claims she reads "all of them". Still, it's bit sad that one could learn more about American History from listening to the Beastie Boys or reading Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride" than listening to someone who wants to be President of the United States.
The truth is I have no sympathy for Sarah Palin. Not one iota. She should not be a symbol for anything except that greed, corruption, and stupidity are apparently one way to get ahead in America. She should be plastered on school textbooks as a warning of what happens when you don't bother to get a good education. Do you really want someone like Palin running anything? On and on she went about family values. Maybe staying at home making sure your daughter wasn't having unprotected sex would have shown the world you cared more about family values than simply getting a spending allowance to blow at Sak's Fifth Avenue. Sure you're just a regular ol' hockey mom - if every regular ol' hockey mom in America also got a $250,000 check to buy Jones New York suits and private jet rides.
Here are some other great tidbits of knowledge via Ms. Palin:
"As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where– where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border." --Sarah Palin, explaining why Alaska's proximity to Russia gives her foreign policy experience, interview with CBS's Katie Couric, Sept. 24, 2008
"Well, let's see. There's ― of course in the great history of America there have been rulings that there's never going to be absolute consensus by every American, and there are those issues, again, like Roe v. Wade, where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So, you know, going through the history of America, there would be others but ―" --Sarah Palin, unable to name a Supreme Court decision she disagreed with other than Roe vs. Wade, interview with Katie Couric, CBS News, Oct. 1, 2008
"But obviously, we've got to stand with our North Korean allies." --Sarah Palin, after being asked how she would handle the current hostilities between the two Koreas, interview on Glenn Beck's radio show, Nov. 24, 2010
"Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate." —a Tweet by Sarah Palin, which she quickly removed after being ridiculed for inventing the word "refudiate"
When asked about how as President she would avoid investigations similar to the one compelling her resignation as Governor of Alaska she responded, "I think on a national level your Department of Law there in the White House would look at some of the things that we've been charged with and automatically throw them out."
Cancel what I said about her even being fit to be President of her own fan club. I was mistaken.
A bit confused? What I love most is that she knew she didn't have the story right and so she had to throw in there the bit about Paul Revere warning the British they weren't going to take our arms or our freedom. (Yeah, the year is 1775 at this point, so the Continental Congress hasn't even declared independence yet and the Bill of Rights wasn't even mentioned until 1789 by James Madison.)
There are a few "versions" of the night of April 18, 1775, the night Revere (and William Dawes) were instructed by Joseph Warren to ride from Boston to Lexington to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams of the advancing British Army is the true and accurate history. That Revere took the ride alone or that he told every patriot - and mind you Ms. Palin patriot here is neither a missile nor a football player - that "THE BRITISH ARE COMING" is the kids version. If you can't even get the kids version right you are a moron.
You are a moron who has absolutely no place being president of anything, except maybe your own fucking fan club. There are lots of mothers in America who are raising children with disabilities who don't go on national television expecting a pat on the back and a sympathy vote. I'd vote for any one of those truly inspirational women over you Ms. Palin any-day-of-the-fucking-week.
Maybe I shouldn't be so hard on Ms. Palin for not knowing her history? I mean she reads many newspapers, in fact she claims she reads "all of them". Still, it's bit sad that one could learn more about American History from listening to the Beastie Boys or reading Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride" than listening to someone who wants to be President of the United States.
Here are some other great tidbits of knowledge via Ms. Palin:
"As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where– where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border." --Sarah Palin, explaining why Alaska's proximity to Russia gives her foreign policy experience, interview with CBS's Katie Couric, Sept. 24, 2008
"Well, let's see. There's ― of course in the great history of America there have been rulings that there's never going to be absolute consensus by every American, and there are those issues, again, like Roe v. Wade, where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So, you know, going through the history of America, there would be others but ―" --Sarah Palin, unable to name a Supreme Court decision she disagreed with other than Roe vs. Wade, interview with Katie Couric, CBS News, Oct. 1, 2008
"But obviously, we've got to stand with our North Korean allies." --Sarah Palin, after being asked how she would handle the current hostilities between the two Koreas, interview on Glenn Beck's radio show, Nov. 24, 2010
"Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate." —a Tweet by Sarah Palin, which she quickly removed after being ridiculed for inventing the word "refudiate"
When asked about how as President she would avoid investigations similar to the one compelling her resignation as Governor of Alaska she responded, "I think on a national level your Department of Law there in the White House would look at some of the things that we've been charged with and automatically throw them out."
Cancel what I said about her even being fit to be President of her own fan club. I was mistaken.
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