Posted by
Bob Siegel on Thursday, June 23, 2011 4:16:33 PM
Not long ago, I attended a social gathering with different families and
mixed ages of people. One of the adults made a joke about Sarah Palin.
Immediately, a high school junior responded by saying with cynicism,
“Let’s not go by anything Sarah Palin says.” She then proceeded to
remind us that Sarah Palin knew nothing about the treasured ride of Paul
Revere. Palin, responding to some cameras and reporters while visiting
Boston’s Freedom Trail, had given a response which flooded the media,
describing how Revere had warned British soldiers that the colonies would
defend themselves from their planned attack, kind of a reverse
description of the late night ride as we conventionally understand it.
Even though some are offering Palin vindication by claiming Paul
Revere did indeed warn his British adversaries of what they were up
against, the fact that he did this as a captive of British soldiers
forces us to concede that Sarah’s statement, at the very least, was a
confusing one.
Read the entire article in my latest piece for
San Diego Rostra.
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