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Sarah Palin Rewrites History on Paul Revere

SARAH PALIN: "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=oS4C7bvHv2w What is even more laughable than this latest Palin word salad is the lengths that Palin apologists have been going to claim her comments are somehow factual: "Clanging church-bells in the middle of the night probably did warn British spies & double-agents that something was afoot. Sarah was referring to the Revolutionary spirit of resistance to British rule as a "warning" to the British that the colonists were fed up, and not gonna take it any more. And, can any Sarah-bashing know-it-all provide video or links to news reports of Paul Revere's Ride? Sarah Palin's history lesson is as goo...
 

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