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Boston University history professor Brendan McConville said, “Basically when Paul Revere was stopped by the British, he did say to them, ‘Look, there is a mobilization going on that you’ll be confronting,’ and the British are aware as they’re marching down the countryside, they hear church bells ringing — she was right about that — and warning shots being fired. That’s accurate.”

Patrick Leehey of the Paul Revere House said Revere was probably bluffing his British captors, but reluctantly conceded that it could be construed as Revere warning the British.

http://bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1...

This is something of a reprise of the incident when Palin gave a Tea Party speech in front of a banner that read "1773". The Left jumped on it and said she was ignorant for not using a banner that said "1776", showing themselves ignorant of when the Boston Tea Party actually occurred.

All of this is perhaps besides the point though. I don't think Sarah Palin is qualified to be President and I hope she doesn't run. But Obama wasn't elected because he had anything decent qualifications. He's a Chicago political hack who stole Dem ballots from Hillary Clinton in Texas and who (literally) couldn't get a stop sign installed in Chicago. His "qualifications" are that he's black and many on the Left enjoyed the thought of themselves voting for a "person of color", never mind that his ancestors on both sides (especially his father's side) were slaveholders.

>Obama wasn't elected because he had anything decent qualifications. He's a Chicago political hack who stole Dem ballots from Hillary Clinton in Texas and who (literally) couldn't get a stop sign installed in Chicago. His "qualifications" are that he's black and many on the Left enjoyed the thought of themselves voting for a "person of color", never mind that his ancestors on both sides (especially his father's side) were slaveholders.

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The irony of you starting a paragraph with "All of this is perhaps besides the point though." and ending it with the above utter non-sequitur is pretty intense.

Blatant political axe-grinding, get it the fuck out of HN.

>> Blatant political axe-grinding, get it the fuck out of HN.

The following are other comments on the post, which I quote without further comment:

1) Palin and her ilk _actively distort reality_ to suit their worldview, and that is _wrong_.... So the writer misses the point. Palin can't admit she was wrong because that would unmask her 'sin,' which is _why_ her 'renfields' (a term I rather like) are up in arms on Wikipedia.

2) A politician's followers are rewriting history to fit what their leader says? How Orwellian.

3) My mum just said "There's no hope, when there's people like [Palin]"

I feel like I should respond though this thread has long lost attention.

I don't take Palin seriously. I think she exists as a point of view and not as a serious candidate.

My personal political axe-grinding would be more like "Why do any of us pay attention to politicians? Does it matter that Obama appoints executors that seem to support intellectual property when we all know intellectual property can't help but lose? PRESIDENTS DON'T MATTER"

In other words, I regard politics as a mug's game in the current stasis. And I feel no guilt in making fun of Palin, because not only is she playing the game that I have no respect for, she doesn't even know how to play it.

Your genuine point is that we all have an ax to grind; but in this thread there's been the irrelevant-to-the-thread and that which actually reacts to what's happening.

And what's happening is, Palin's a joke. She has less of a chance than Hillary Clinton of being nominated, because she's twice as radical and four times as dumb.

I actually have grown to respect Hillary Clinton's intelligence, so I might rate this number higher depending upon my mood.

Yes, people commenting on the issue at hand. Your point?

This doesn't belong here.

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