Eugene Robinson: The Revisionist Ride of Paul Revere

[marmar]

from truthdig:




The Revisionist Ride of Paul Revere

Posted on Jun 7, 2011
By Eugene Robinson


Sarah Palin is a fraud with charisma—and enough political support to effectively hold the Republican Party hostage. She is ridiculous and dangerous in equal measure.

Palin is certain about everything and knows about nothing. The only true facts are those she recognizes; other facts, when cited to contradict her private truth, are deemed politically motivated. History books are nothing more than weapons used by her enemies in their incessant attacks, their pitiful attempts to play “gotcha.”

In her view, she does not make mistakes. Therefore, it may surprise you to learn, this is who Paul Revere was:

“He who warned the British that they weren’t going to be taking away our arms, by ringing those bells, and making sure 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.” ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_revisionist_ride_of_paul_revere_20110607/?ln

[pinboy3niner]

1. That quote makes me cringe every time I see or hear it

Classic Palinese. As Dick Cavett said, "She doesn't seem to have a first language."

And what a jarring note juxtaposed with Eugene Robinson's eloquence!

[era veteran]

3. I agree totally

She is clever but so very ignorant. Her lack of education is appalling. How do you get a degree and be so stupid?

[awoke_in_2003]

7. I really miss Dick Cavett. nt

[ejpoeta]

2. this was posted by my aunt's husband who deleted his own account and has

taken to posting on my aunt's facebook page...

link to this...

The first to dispute Palin’s critics was … Paul Revere himself. In his own account of the ride, written twenty-three years later, Revere recounts how the British captured him, and how he attempted to dissuade the British from advancing. Revere warned that he had roused the local militias and that there would soon be 500 or more armed citizens coming together to repel the British.

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fconservativebyte.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fhistorians-agree-palin-was-right-about-revere%2F&h=12578

[zbdent]

4. so, according to your aunt's husband,

“He who warned the British that they weren’t going to be taking away our arms, by ringing those bells" ... he was ringing the bells in the British's faces as he sat there? I would think that they might have taken the bells away from him, thinking they might be used as blunt instruments ...

(I have had plenty of times when I was called a "liar" for not having an exact quote ...)

[ejpoeta]

5. you know.... i don't know what to do. i love my aunt. but her husband

who had his own facebook account once deleted his. i had unfriended his after he would reply to posts of mine with stuff about obama. so now i might get a post by my aunt, or her husband might post this bs on her account. i had half a mind to send her an email telling her i might have to unfriend her . but it is her account and she can let him do whatever she wants. i don't think she agrees with him. and he hasn't replied to any of my posts with his bs or anything. it just makes me mad. complete with the democrat instead of the democratic and everything. I know he has something wrong and everything that seems to be getting worse... maybe dimentia or something... but can't he have his own facebook page so that he can post that bs and i don't have to see it!!

[yurbud]

6. she is the pinnacle of decades of GOP propaganda work

Karl Rove would be proud: she don't need no stinking facts--she just makes shit up that fits her points.

[Imawriter]

8. The only good Palin is Michael

From Monty Python.

[Enthusiast]

9. There could be others, somewhere.

But I doubt they are closely related to Sarah's bunch. I agree about Michael Palin, of course. Welcome to DU.