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Old 06-06-2011, 12:48 PM
 
Location: Georgia, on the Florida line, right above Tallahassee
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This is the most riveting story of 2011. I expect the next president to be able to recite the entire poem.
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Old 06-06-2011, 01:49 PM
 
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Under liberal logic if you don't know how many men died on the Arizona you don't know what happened at Pearl Harbor.

I don't think there was a media person following Paul Revere to chronicle what happened in every town and village.
Not at all.... If you don't know, don't pretend like you do. If you do know and you misspeak? Say you misspoke. Don't attempt to edit and twist history to fit your misspoken version of it....

Really not that difficult.

And while there may not have been a media person chronicling everything that happened along the ride, I guarantee you that Palin is NOT the one with special "insider information" on what REALLY happened...
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Old 06-06-2011, 01:50 PM
 
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Not at all.... If you don't know, don't pretend like you do. If you do know and you misspeak? Say you misspoke. Don't attempt to edit and twist history to fit your misspoken version of it....

Really not that difficult.

And while there may not have been a media person chronicling everything that happened along the ride, I guarantee you that Palin is NOT the one with special "insider information" on what REALLY happened...
Isn't it closing time for your fabrication shop?
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Old 06-06-2011, 01:54 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Isn't it closing time for your fabrication shop?
Still waiting to hear about all those metaphors she used in her telling of the story of Paul Revere...
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Old 06-06-2011, 01:54 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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Sarah Palin's Account of Paul Revere's Midnight Ride Gets Shot Down by Historians - ABC News

"He didn't warn the British," said James Giblin, author of "The Many Rides of Paul Revere." "That's her most obvious blooper."
Thanks for bringing us back to reality. No, Revere did not set out to warn the British that the colonists were armed, and to threaten the Brits that the colonists wouldn't let the Brits take their arms away. He set out to warn the colonists that the "regulars" (they were ALL Brits back then) were coming.
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Old 06-06-2011, 01:58 PM
 
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Isn't it closing time for your fabrication shop?
LOL!!! I have posted a link that explains in pretty gorey detail the history surrounding Paul Revere. As I guessed. You didn't bother reading it. I'm not going to attempt to surmise whether its because you're lazy or that you are incapable of doing so... No matter.

Attempting to say that what Palin meant when she said "Warning the British" is that she was referring to after Revere was captured when he was essentially singing like a canary with a gun to his head about his mission or whatever is the biggest spin-job I think I've ever seen. He certainly wasn't on horseback firing warning shots and ringing bells either...

Your girl should just stick to "I'll get back to you on that Katie" methinks...
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Old 06-06-2011, 01:59 PM
 
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Thanks for bringing us back to reality. No, Revere did not set out to warn the British that the colonists were armed, and to threaten the Brits that the colonists wouldn't let the Brits take their arms away. He set out to warn the colonists that the "regulars" (they were ALL Brits back then) were coming.
Let's be fair. Somewhere in Palin's rambling, incoherent response, she may have stumbled onto a series of words that if looked at sideways while squinting, resembles an actual historical fact. But which is more likely:

1. Sarah Palin actually knows more about the history of Paul Revere than most historians and was mentioning only the part of Revere's story where he was talking to the British after being captured; or
2. Sarah Palin gave a word salad response, and part of that response stumbled onto something that may be factually accurate in one way.

I know what my response would be.
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Old 06-06-2011, 02:01 PM
 
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LOL!!! I have posted a link that explains in pretty gorey detail the history surrounding Paul Revere. As I guessed. You didn't bother reading it. I'm not going to attempt to surmise whether its because you're lazy or that you are incapable of doing so... No matter.

Attempting to say that what Palin meant when she said "Warning the British" is that she was referring to after Revere was captured when he was essentially singing like a canary with a gun to his head about his mission or whatever is the biggest spin-job I think I've ever seen. He certainly wasn't on horseback firing warning shots and ringing bells either...

Your girl should just stick to "I'll get back to you on that Katie" methinks...
Lay it to rest master fabricator. I see it bothers you so much that you have to keep spewing your ill informed BS. Why is that because you don't understand what she said, it automatically has to be wrong? Maybe you're the one who is wrong. Just sayin....
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Old 06-06-2011, 02:02 PM
 
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She's a Republican, so of course, she's always right (in the eyes of the gullible).
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Old 06-06-2011, 02:02 PM
 
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Still waiting to hear about all those metaphors she used in her telling of the story of Paul Revere...
Eh good luck getting that out of him.... He's gone all "Rain Man" on us with his "fabrication shop" line..... Guess it beats trying to actually prove his point (especially when you don't have one).
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