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BLOCK:Sarah Palin also was saying there that Paul Revere's message to the British in his warning was: You're not going to take American arms - you know, basically a Second Amendment argument, even though the Second Amendment didn't exist then.
Prof. ALLISON: Yeah. She was making a Second Amendment case. But in fact, the British were going out to Concord to seize colonists' arms, the weapons that the Massachusetts Provincial Congress was stockpiling there.
So, yeah, she is right in that. I mean, she may be pushing it too far to say this is a Second Amendment case. Of course, neither the Second Amendment nor the Constitution was in anyone's mind at the time. But the British objective was to get the arms that were stockpiled in Concord.
BLOCK: So you think basically, on the whole, Sarah Palin got her history right.
Prof. ALLISON: Well, yeah, she did. And remember, she is a politician. She's not an historian. And God help us when historians start acting like politicians, and I suppose when politicians start writing history.
THEY like NPR when it says what THEY want it to say but ignore it when it doesn't say the right thing. Of course, that is another or their methods of spin and deflection.
When will you people accept the fact that Revere was arrested and held until he told the British that the colonists had a force of people ready to fight them? Do you know that the primary chore of those three men, Revere, Prescott, and Dawes was to warn Sam Adams in Concord that the British were coming and that Revere didn't even get to Concord since he was arrested. Maybe Longfellow should have mentioned Prescott and the whole story instead of trying to make Revere more of a hero than he really was.
Or maybe if Palin had thrown a little love out to Prescott or Dawes...
That was a very early prototype that was only used in one battle, to the best of my recollection. Who was the maker of the repeating rifles you are speaking of?
IDK what he's talking about. Gun powder was still the most prevalent up to the early 1800's.
Bahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!
Grandpas take on history makes more sense than Palins!
"Cornell law professor William Jacobson, quoted Revere letters in his blog Legalinsurrection.com and said Palin’s critics are the ones in need of a history lesson. "It seems to be a historical fact that this happened," Jacobson said. "A lot of the criticism is unfair and made by people who are themselves ignorant of history."
THEY like NPR when it says what THEY want it to say but ignore it when it doesn't say the right thing. Of course, that is another or their methods of spin and deflection.
Oh please. Right back atcha... NPR is pure tripe to you until something finally appears on there that only slightly supports your opinion...
But no, its only hypocrisy from the left occurring here...
That was a very early prototype that was only used in one battle, to the best of my recollection. Who was the maker of the repeating rifles you are speaking of?
I hate to say this but I don't know whether it was Remington or Sharps but they did have them, at least many of the cavalry did. I will do some checking on this subject.
What part of "by ringing those bells" don't you Sarah apologists understand?
No wonder no one shows up at the good professor's seminars. He's full of it. And he did say Sarah was not an historian. In other words, he's making excuses for her.
Revere's own words do not reflect what Sarah said he did.
Well for starters, if posed a similar question I imagine I'd have said something to the effect of, "I enjoyed learning about Paul Revere." rather than attempting to come off as the local tour guide...
But then you probably wouldn't have supposed that since you're trying to paint a convenient picture of myself and my acquaintences in order to defend Mrs. Palin.... No matter.
I couldn't care less about your acquaintances.
I just find it incredibly strange that Palin can have a 730 post thread on a 33 second youtube video but then can have a 23 minute interview with Chris Wallace (even talking about the 33 second youtube clip) and it barely make it off post 4.
There is no questioning that we're in definitive times to say the least.
What part of "by ringing those bells" don't you Sarah apologists understand?
No wonder no one shows up at the good professor's seminars. He's full of it. And he did say Sarah was not an historian. In other words, he's making excuses for her.
Revere's own words do not reflect what Sarah said he did.
If we were to follow their logic, Mrs. Palin could give an account of the Civil War and so long as she threw in a mention of "Slavery", "States' Rights", "North", and "South" it'd be correct..... Wouldn't matter how any of the words were used in conjunction with one another.....
"Cornell law professor William Jacobson, quoted Revere letters in his blog Legalinsurrection.com and said Palin’s critics are the ones in need of a history lesson. "It seems to be a historical fact that this happened," Jacobson said. "A lot of the criticism is unfair and made by people who are themselves ignorant of history."
That guy is an intellectually dishonest swine. He quotes from Revere's first person account, after Revere is stopped by a regular British soldier. He conveniently ignores Revere's account of what he actually did.
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