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Something the Dog Said wrote: It's most likely as she is very entertaining, just as a train wreck might be. Why just yesterday, on her history tour, she had this to say about the ride of Paul Revere.
""He who warned, uh, the British that they weren't going to be taking away our arms uh by ringing those bells and making sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be secure and we were going to be free and we were going to be armed."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS4C7bvH ... r_embedded
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'Daily Show' gives Palin historical Twitter hashtag
Sometimes, one's congeniality can get one into trouble. So much so, that those with wicked intentions attach a Twitter hashtag to your persona--one that turns you into, well, a target of sorts.
In case you have been recently incarcerated for actions against the state (or otherwise out of touch with current events), you might not know that Sarah Palin visited Boston yesterday and shone something of a fading bulb on American history.
She seemed to be believe Paul Revere's midnight ride involved bell-ringing and gun-shooting, rather than lantern-displaying, and that the Revolutionary War hero's intent was to warn the British that "we were gonna be secure...free...and armed." (Details of the inventive historic account are here .)
Online retribution has been swifter than Paul Revere's reindeer.
The staff at "The Daily Show," unable to wait until Monday in order to allow a shot or two to ring out, leaped headlong onto Twitter and created a hashtag, #AccordingtoPalin, which quickly went viral. There, they invited people from all over America--and even those infidels to the west of Alaska--to offer their own, humorous renditions of Palinesque history.
Film critic Roger Ebert joined the festivities: "New Hampshire is where the famous poet Robert Frost wrote about the famous snowman Frosty."
Soon, people were leaving "#AccordingtoPalin" tweets such as: "The Bay of Pigs invasion secured our access to necessary and tasty pork products" and "The Manhattan Project was Donald Trump's first foray into real estate." and "The Moon Landing of Lance Armstrong shows what ordinary Americans can do when government just gets out of our way."
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"I didn't mess up," the potential GOP presidential candidate said this morning on Fox News Sunday. "I answered candidly and I know my American history."
He warned the Americans that the British were coming, the British were coming, and they were going to try to take our arms and we got to make sure that we were protecting ourselves and shoring up all of our ammunitions and firearms so that they couldn't take it.
But remember that the British had already been there, many soldiers for seven years in that area. And part of Paul Revere's ride -- and it wasn't just one ride -- he was a courier, he was a messenger. Part of his ride was to warn the British that we're 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.
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Fox News shows Tina Fey in on-screen graphic for Sarah Palin
Here’s the original image that Fox News used:
So what’s going on over there at Fox News? Can’t you tell the difference between Sarah Palin and Tina Fey? Is this supposed to be a joke?
Remember Fox News, she works for you. You pay her for commentary and she should be treated with respect as does everyone who works for you. She should be treated with respect regardless of that, but even more so because she works for you. And now you owe her an apology. Seriously.
Also Sheya’s got the video of this in action. Click over to watch .
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