On the Eighteenth of April In 'Seventy-Five

[filkertom]

Sarah Palin on Paul Revere. The look on the reporter's face is priceless.

Comments

[stormsdotter.livejournal.com]

Oh. My. Gods.

I ended up memorizing all of Wadworth's damned inaccurate poem for English class. And my grandparents lived in Concord, so I used to ride my bike past the place where Revere was captured, and Samuel Prescott finished the Ride.

I don't expect non-New Englanders to be familiar with the historical inaccuracies of the poem, but every American should know "One if by Land, two if by sea...."

[fair-witness.livejournal.com]

"And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to rise and spread the alarm, through every Middlesex village and farm."

Reflex.

[alverant.livejournal.com]

I do remember a man named Israel who had a longer ride, but pretty much forgotten by history.

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

"Listen, my children, and shut your jaws;
While I tell of the ride of William Dawes...."
(all credit to my friend gyzki)

[unclekage.livejournal.com]

*death by facepalm*

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

And she's still on Faux Noise's payroll. Shows the quality of their staff, for sure.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

That point, specifically, is why Lawrence O'Donnell thinks (http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ten-miles-square/2011/06/sarah_palin_is_not_going_to_ru029952.php) she's not actually running for president. I agree with him.

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

and this is considered presidential candidate material?!

Mate, a lot of your fellow countrymen are nucking futs!

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

M'friend, I've mentioned that I wouldn't trust her competence as a diner waitress. Palin practically defines "failing upward".

[dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com]

Who said we considered her presidential material?

I'd like to know the last time a politician as flat-out dumb as her got this much traction elsewhere.

[lizziecrowe.livejournal.com]

Eric said it best: she andMichelle Bachman live in an alternative history novel that they make up as they go. Out warning the British. Because the shot heard round the world happened in New Hampshire. It's the only thing that possibly makes sense.

[ericcoleman]

HEY ... I was going to post that here.

brat

[jhayman.livejournal.com]

Dear heaven, it's not part of my history and I know the "one if by land, two if by sea" _lantern_ signal.

I take it that Caribou Barbie failed American history?

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

"Failed" is for students who live in the same world as the subject they're studying. How can you fail your own fantasy?

[smoooom.livejournal.com]

I'm British by birth and Canadian by choice. One if by land two if by sea. Right? In 1775 you didn't even HAVE a constitution yet. So the whole bearing arms thing doesn't yet apply. I wonder what she'd say if you asked her about the causes of the Revolution.

It's a sad state of affairs when a british canadian knows the "story" better than a former Governor. She really is pathetic.

[fair-witness.livejournal.com]

If you asked her about the causes of the Revolution, I suspect she'd say some vague stuff about how we "wanted to be free." I don't know if she'd be savvy enough to trot out "no taxation without representation," which is not a totally accurate summary either, but does at least touch on one of the Colonists' reasons for rebellion.

[his-spiffyness.livejournal.com]

Of course a Canadian would know American history better than us, you still have a working public education system.

[rowangolightly.livejournal.com]

The only bright side to this is that it all makes her very easy to beat in an election.

But ya know, who needs brains if you have beauty? *eyeroll*

[fair-witness.livejournal.com]

My personal (and admittedly very catty) suspicion is that Palin's trying to get what she can while she still has her beauty capital.

[lemmozine.livejournal.com]

Too bad being an embarrassment to one's self is not a crime; if it were, Sarah Palin would be a woman of many convictions. Like many Democrats, I hope she gets the Presidential nomination, and manages to decimate the minimal thread of credibility the Republicans are using to hang themselves.

[melchar.livejournal.com]

As a Republican, I hope Palin gets the nomination because IMO there is no Republican in higher office right now who has NOT already sold themselves out financially & morally.

...it's a complete shame that the last Repbulican who actually espoused the party's ideals was Nixon ... for which he was destroyed. [The chapters about Nixon's sabotague were the best parts of Russ Baker's 'Family of Secrets'.]

[lone-cat.livejournal.com]

She makes Gee Dubya seem almost eloquent by comparison.

[his-spiffyness.livejournal.com]

Hell, Dan Quayle is downright Lincolnesque in comparison.

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

What the hell kind of CNN commentary is that? I mean, why contain your contempt and just say "History lesson from Sarah Palin?" I can totally see some Tea Partiers watching that and thinking what she said was fine. I wanted that reporter to specifically call out that is was completely inaccurate.

blargh.

[mimiheart.livejournal.com]

Sarah Palin just bought a house down the street from me in Arizona. Rumor is she's going Kyl's seat.

I could have McCain AND Palin as my senators.

And you can just see the reporter thinking, "I cannot make a snarky comment, I cannot make a snarky comment."

[capplor.livejournal.com]

I can.

[cscottd.livejournal.com]

I expect nothing else from the leading celebrity of the party that seems determined to gut education at every opportunity.

[joecoustic.livejournal.com]

Must be the suppressed true version of Paul Revere's ride that she located - maybe Trump's investigators tracked it down for her ;).

[dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com]

That depends. I was surprised to learn that she hasn't learned the maxim "Stop digging."

[madderbrad.livejournal.com]

Frightening.

It's a very scary world that has someone like that in a position of respect and public adulation.