Midnight Rider

"He who warned, uh, the British that they weren't gonna be takin' away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells, and um, makin' sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed."

Palin botches the story of Paul Revere’s midnight ride.  It is important to note that the average 4^th Grader could get the story right.  One if by land, two if by sea… there’re were two.  “The British are coming, the British are coming, to arms, to arms!”  You even might have had to memorize Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” in school yourself.   

June 3, 2011

 TWO DAYS LATER:

"[Paul Revere] did warn the British. And in a shout-out, gotcha-type of question that was asked of me, I answered candidly. And I know my American history."

Two days?  Two days, Sarah?  Nobody gets two days to prepare a defense for such a stupid comment.  Especially considering that most Americans think you’re a complete moron.  You had two days to learn the history of Paul Revere.  Ask a campaign worker, ask a 4^th grader, Google it, read the freaking plaque underneath the monument of Paul Revere you visited… anything.  And yet you have the balls to stick to what you said as an accurate depiction of what we all had to learn a goddamn poem about.  And as for the “gotcha-type” question the reporter asked her, was “What have you seen so far today, and what are you going to take away from your visit?”  You know what Sarah; you have every right to take issue with that asshole.

June 5, 2011