“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.”
No, not Michele Bachmann who once claimed that the American Revolution started in Concord, New Hampshire, [not once but TWICE from a written script] and that the Founding Fathers worked tirelessly to end slavery. We thought no one could top those ignorant statements for dumb, but we've got a winner here.
The person who mouthed the quote above is SARAH PALIN, someone who's been teasing about running for
President of the United States and who has said she has a "fire in the belly," implying to FAUX NOOZ that she wants to run. The only other reference to "fire in the belly," AFAIK, would be to indigestion, but that's something she gives to other people.
My question is: Why do the media chase this know-nothing teevee personality around as though she were a serious presidential candidate? And who are the people who actually believe Palin is qualified to be president?
I agree with this assessment of Palin's gaffes and ignorance:
"Paul Revere wasn’t ringing bells or firing shots into the air. He had to quietly deliver the message that the regulars were coming to arrest John Adams and John Hancock. The story of Paul Revere screaming the British are coming has been woven into our popular culture, so I don’t fault Palin for getting that wrong, but the Second Amendment and shots being fired into the air are pure Palin propaganda.
How many of these gaffes should we allow Sarah Palin to get away with? Palin defenders and even some on the left have been claiming that pointing out yesterday that Palin called the Statue of Liberty the Statute of Liberty was petty, but these critics are, especially those on the left, usually good-natured people who don’t understand that these aren’t isolated gaffes.
Sarah Palin has absolutely no idea what she is talking about, yet she thinks she is qualified to be the President of the United States. When Palin spews her own incorrect version of history, we have a duty as Americans to correct it. As Sarah Palin considers running for president, we have a duty to report on her real words and deeds.
This isn’t picking on Palin. Those who seek fame and position themselves as presidential candidates should be held accountable for their words. This is the job that the mainstream media won’t do. Sarah Palin must be held accountable, and exposing the truth beyond what so many have been willing to sell for her.
Sarah Palin thinks Paul Revere’s ride was about the Second Amendment, and she wants to president."
What. A. Shameless. Dunce.
UPDATE
One of PE's regular commentators wrote that it was unfair to record what Palin said by including the "uhs" and the "ums," since most politicians use those speech hesitations when speaking. Fair enough. I reposted below what Palin said about Paul Revere's ride, deleting the "uhs" and "ums" and even the contractions. Unfortunately, it doesn't make what she said sound any better, and it actually appears more imbecilic:
“He who warned the British that they were not gonna be takin’ away our arms, by ringing those bells, and makin’ sure as he is 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.”
