Sarah Palin wasn't 100 percent wrong.
When the former Alaska governor insisted that part of Paul Revere's ride was meant to warn the British, she was ridiculed by many. But PolitiFact.com, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-finding project of The St. Petersburg Times, researched the facts and found a grain of truth in what she said.
Here is Palin's statement to Fox News' Chris Wallace, who said that she had "messed up" about Paul Revere: "Part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there. That, hey, you're not going to succeed. You're not going to take American arms. You are not going to beat our own well-armed persons, individual, private militia that we have. He did warn the British."
PolitiFact.com looked at two similar accounts Revere wrote about the night of April 18, 1775. The first came in a deposition, while the second was from a letter Revere wrote in 1798, PolitiFact.com reported.
In both instances, Revere said he set out to Lexington to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were advancing. Halfway there, he was captured. In the letter, he explained that a British commander questioned him, PolitiFact.com reported:
"He asked me if I was an express," Revere wrote. "I answered in the affirmative. He demanded what time I left Boston? I told him; and added, that their troops had catched aground in passing the River, and that there would be five hundred Americans there in a short time, for I had alarmed the Country all the way up."
The deposition said essentially the same thing. And PolitiFact.com points out that author David Hackett Fischer relied on historical documents to recount a similar passage in his 1994 book, "Paul Revere's Ride."
So, PolitiFact.com says, "Palin is correct about one point: Revere did warn the British that they were going to face armed resistance from some 500 colonists."
Thursday, June 9, 2011
FAMOUS QUOTES, GAFFES, MISS-STATEMENTS by OBAMA!
"I've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go."
"Why can't I just eat my waffle?" --after being asked a foreign policy question by a reporter.
"We're not trying to push financial reform because we begrudge success that's fairly earned. I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money."
"I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."
"In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died -- an entire town destroyed."
"It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
"One such translator was an American of Haitian descent, representative of the extraordinary work that our men and women in uniform do all around the world -- Navy CORPSE-Man Christian Brossard."
"The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries."
"UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? It's the Post Office that's always having problems."
"The Cambridge police acted stupidly." —commenting on a white police officer's arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home in Cambridge, Mass.
"The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system."
"No, no. I have been practicing...I bowled a 129. It's like -- it was like Special Olympics, or something."
"What I was suggesting -- you're absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith..."
"Let me introduce to you the next President -- the next Vice President of the United States of America, Joe Biden."
"How's it going, Sunshine?" --campaigning in Sunrise, Florida
"On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today"
"Hold on one second, sweetie, we're going to do -- we'll do a press avail." --to a female reporter for ABC"
"The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person, who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know, you know, there's a reaction that's been bred in our experiences that don't go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way, and that's just the nature of race in our society."
"Come on! I just answered, like, eight questions." --exasperated by reporters after a news conference.
"I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any seances." -–after saying he had spoken with all the living presidents as he prepared to take office.
"Why can't I just eat my waffle?" --after being asked a foreign policy question by a reporter.
"We're not trying to push financial reform because we begrudge success that's fairly earned. I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money."
"I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."
"In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died -- an entire town destroyed."
"It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
"One such translator was an American of Haitian descent, representative of the extraordinary work that our men and women in uniform do all around the world -- Navy CORPSE-Man Christian Brossard."
"The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries."
"UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? It's the Post Office that's always having problems."
"The Cambridge police acted stupidly." —commenting on a white police officer's arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home in Cambridge, Mass.
"The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system."
"No, no. I have been practicing...I bowled a 129. It's like -- it was like Special Olympics, or something."
"What I was suggesting -- you're absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith..."
"Let me introduce to you the next President -- the next Vice President of the United States of America, Joe Biden."
"How's it going, Sunshine?" --campaigning in Sunrise, Florida
"On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today"
"Hold on one second, sweetie, we're going to do -- we'll do a press avail." --to a female reporter for ABC"
"The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person, who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know, you know, there's a reaction that's been bred in our experiences that don't go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way, and that's just the nature of race in our society."
"Come on! I just answered, like, eight questions." --exasperated by reporters after a news conference.
"I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any seances." -–after saying he had spoken with all the living presidents as he prepared to take office.
OBAMA...CHRISTIANS....MUSLIMS....MUST READ!!!
In 1952 President Truman established a "National Day of Prayer." In 1988 Reagan designated the 1st Thursday in May each year as the "National Day of Prayer." In June 2007 Candidate Barack Obama declared that the USA "Was no longer a Christian nation." This year President Obama canceled the National Day of Prayer ceremony at the White House under the ruse of "not wanting to offend anyone"
BUT... on September 25, 2009 a National Day of Prayer FOR THE MUSLIM RELIGION was Held on Capitol Hill, Beside the White House. There were over 50,000 Muslims in D.C. that day. HE PRAYS WITH THE MUSLIMS! I guess it Doesn't matter if "Christians" Are offended by this event -We obviously Don't count as "anyone" Anymore. Muslim religion believes that if Christians cannot be converted, they should be annihilated
BUT... on September 25, 2009 a National Day of Prayer FOR THE MUSLIM RELIGION was Held on Capitol Hill, Beside the White House. There were over 50,000 Muslims in D.C. that day. HE PRAYS WITH THE MUSLIMS! I guess it Doesn't matter if "Christians" Are offended by this event -We obviously Don't count as "anyone" Anymore. Muslim religion believes that if Christians cannot be converted, they should be annihilated
Let's Take A Stand!!!!
2012 IS COMING!........A Nation of Sheep Breeds a Government of Wolves!
Let’s Take a Stand! Borders: Closed....Language: English only....Culture: Bill of Rights + Constitution!...Drug Free: Drug screen mandatory for anyone on welfare and/or food stamps! NO freebies to Non-Citizens! We the people are coming!
Let’s Take a Stand! Borders: Closed....Language: English only....Culture: Bill of Rights + Constitution!...Drug Free: Drug screen mandatory for anyone on welfare and/or food stamps! NO freebies to Non-Citizens! We the people are coming!
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Comedian jokes about killing Sarah Palin!
In an appearance on The Adam Carolla Show Monday, stand-up comic and former sitcom star Christopher Titus sparked outrage by joking that if Sarah Palin became president, he would “hang out on the grassy knoll all the time, just loaded and ready.”
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