Sarah Palin and the Wikipedia War Over Paul Revere

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Two wrongs don't make a right. Palin was wrong and anyone defending her distorted history is wrong, too. Get over it.
Man up and admit your mistakes , Travis Meyerson of NJ.
Actual historians all agree that Palin is wrong, she butchered the Paul Revere story and phony revisionists are not going to ever change the general view of Americans that Sarah Palin is dumb and the decision to pick her lost the election for John McCain. Its turning out that Palin is as big a flipflopper as McCain.
Steve Schmidt was right, "She doesn't know anything".

Stan of CO 7:46PM June 10, 2011

I am no big fan of Sarah Palin and I even cringed a bit when I first heard her description of Paul Revere's ride. It turns out that, according to actual historians, she was right. I have heard at least three experts on Paul Revere say that she essentially got her story right, and yet the hacks and partisans continue with the tired trope that Sarah Palin is an idiot. Any defense of her must be from brain-dead kool-aid drinkers.
If Sarah Palin is such an idiot, why is there such a fevered attempt to destroy her? If she is such a nobody, why is the media chasing her bus around New England. I have never planned to vote for her for anything, but I am starting to wonder why everyone is so scared of her.
There must be a consensus that constantly harping about Sarah Palin's intelligence will eventually stick in the mainstream. You are acting out exactly what you accuse the "rubes" on the right of doing.

Travis Meyerson of NJ 2:29PM June 09, 2011

Barry earned his Nobel Peace Prize. Want more about the smooth operator besides Rose garden beer party ? Ok, here is his first 100 day worth. :
100 DAYS, 100 MISTAKES
"JOE SCARBOROUGH, GLENN BECK AND OTHERS ON OBAMA'S SHORT, ERROR-PRONE TIME IN OFFICE"
1. "Obama criticized pork barrel spending in the form of 'earmarks,' urging changes in the way that Congress adopts the spending proposals. Then he signed a spending bill that contains nearly 9,000 of them, some that members of his own staff shoved in last year when they were still members of Congress. 'Let there be no doubt, this piece of legislation must mark an end to the old way of doing business, and the beginning of a new era of responsibility and accountability,' Obama said." -- McClatchy, 3/11
2. "There is no doubt that we've been living beyond our means and we're going to have to make some adjustments." -- Obama during the campaign.
3. This year's budget deficit: $1.5 trillion.
4. Asks his Cabinet to cut costs in their departments by $100 million -- a whopping .0027%!
5. "The White House says the president is unaware of the tea parties." -- ABC News, 4/15
6. "Mr. Obama is an accomplished orator but is becoming known in America as the 'teleprompt president' over his reliance on the machine when he gives a speech." -- Sky News, 3/18
7." In early February, the 2010 census was moved out of the Department of Commerce and into the White House, politicizing how federal aid is distributed and electoral districts are drawn."
8. "Obama taps Nancy Killefer for a new administration job, First Chief Performance Officer -- to police government spending. But it surfaces that Killefer had performance issues of her own -- a tax lien was slapped on her DC home in 2005 for failure to pay unemployment compensation tax on household help. She withdrew."
9." Turkey tried to block the appointment of Anders Fogh Rasmussen as new NATO secretary general because he didn't properly punish the Danish cartoonist who caricatured Mohammed. France's Nicolas Sarkozy and Germany's Angela Merkel were outraged; Obama said he supported Turkey's induction into the European Union."
10. . . ." and he never mentioned the Armenian genocide."
11. "The picture of Obama and Hugo Chavez shaking hands."
12. "Hugo Chavez gave him the anti-American screed "The Open Veins of Latin America." Obama didn't remark upon it. At least it wasn't DVDs."
13. "Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega went on a 50-minute anti-American rant, calling Obama "president of an empire." Obama didn't leave the room. "I thought it was 50 minutes long. That's what I thought," he said.
14. "Executives at AIG get $165 million in bonuses, despite receiving an $173 billion taxpayer bailout."
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/item_iqmvJLSvDfvUIxgNkYBrjM

Bill Hedges of MO 6:02AM June 09, 2011

Palin is what I call a GOPer airhead. Paul Revere, the silversmith, rode through the towns warning the Patriots of the Tory troops that were coming. This woman is such a idiot and she takes advantage of the dumb. "Awww she's cute", as IF THAT makes her a good candidate for running this country? She's a quitter, a dork who cannot make up her mind and a revisionist of everything she's too stupid to study over.
I really, really HOPE that the Republicans let her win the GOPer card! That will be FUN to watch as she is slaughtered at the polls. Or even the Jesse Jackson imitator but Rush Limbaugh-lover Herman Cain - good grief!

JC Jackson of KY 3:51AM June 09, 2011

History - it is in the hand
Of the writer of it, to be
Or not to be allowed to stand,
Depending on who's history.
The Revolutionary War -
Written by the pro British side
Gives a dif'rent slant to that score
Than pro Americans supplied.
The truth of anything of past
Is hidden in the twists and turns
Of those who want the truth recast
To better fit some wishful yearns.
"It must be true that I am dead."
"It's Web news!" Yogi Berra said.

Ima Ryma of IL 3:41AM June 09, 2011

The 100 Days 100 mistakes written in APRIL of 2009, a couple of months after Obama took office, is full of mistakes itself - I'd say at least 75% full. Yet it keeps getting passed around - written by a neo-commie conservative on a blog. Ugh.

JC Jackson of KY 3:39AM June 09, 2011

100 DAYS, 100 MISTAKES
"JOE SCARBOROUGH, GLENN BECK AND OTHERS ON OBAMA'S SHORT, ERROR-PRONE TIME IN OFFICE"
1. "Obama criticized pork barrel spending in the form of 'earmarks,' urging changes in the way that Congress adopts the spending proposals. Then he signed a spending bill that contains nearly 9,000 of them, some that members of his own staff shoved in last year when they were still members of Congress. 'Let there be no doubt, this piece of legislation must mark an end to the old way of doing business, and the beginning of a new era of responsibility and accountability,' Obama said." -- McClatchy, 3/11
2. "There is no doubt that we've been living beyond our means and we're going to have to make some adjustments." -- Obama during the campaign.
3. This year's budget deficit: $1.5 trillion.
4. Asks his Cabinet to cut costs in their departments by $100 million -- a whopping .0027%!
5. "The White House says the president is unaware of the tea parties." -- ABC News, 4/15
6. "Mr. Obama is an accomplished orator but is becoming known in America as the 'teleprompt president' over his reliance on the machine when he gives a speech." -- Sky News, 3/18
7." In early February, the 2010 census was moved out of the Department of Commerce and into the White House, politicizing how federal aid is distributed and electoral districts are drawn."
8. "Obama taps Nancy Killefer for a new administration job, First Chief Performance Officer -- to police government spending. But it surfaces that Killefer had performance issues of her own -- a tax lien was slapped on her DC home in 2005 for failure to pay unemployment compensation tax on household help. She withdrew."
9." Turkey tried to block the appointment of Anders Fogh Rasmussen as new NATO secretary general because he didn't properly punish the Danish cartoonist who caricatured Mohammed. France's Nicolas Sarkozy and Germany's Angela Merkel were outraged; Obama said he supported Turkey's induction into the European Union."
10. . . ." and he never mentioned the Armenian genocide."
11. "The picture of Obama and Hugo Chavez shaking hands."
12. "Hugo Chavez gave him the anti-American screed "The Open Veins of Latin America." Obama didn't remark upon it. At least it wasn't DVDs."
13. "Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega went on a 50-minute anti-American rant, calling Obama "president of an empire." Obama didn't leave the room. "I thought it was 50 minutes long. That's what I thought," he said.
14. "Executives at AIG get $165 million in bonuses, despite receiving an $173 billion taxpayer bailout."
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/item_iqmvJLSvDfvUIxgNkYBrjM

Bill Hedges of MO 10:19PM June 08, 2011

When hasn't Palin put her foot in her mouth, when hasn't she misstated everything?
Ed Rollins got it exactly right! Palin was lucky that no one checked her out before she was picked sight unseen to be the Republican VP nominee in '08 (McCain's decision to pick Palin cast concern about his judgement and probably lost him election.) Since then Palin quit being Governor 1/2 term and has been trying to be the Snooki of the GOP. She's proved everyone's first impression true that she's dumb, too lazy to better herself and only out in the public eye to get rich.
Get over it, Palin isn't running, and couldn't win if she was.
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"Repeat a misstatement with enough hubris and fierceness, and people will believe it" ... yep that's Fox News' Goebbel tactic to push their Reich Wing agenda.

Jim of ID 8:01PM June 08, 2011

Unless of course the misstater has a bunch of crotch-shots and naughty-talk out in the twitter wild, and an 'inexcusable' media forces him to come clean on his 'misstatements.' Especially if the misstater is one sorry-looking liar while in real-time progress with his 'misstatements.'
Tough job market out there, for everyone. So everyone is best advised to stick with what they do best, and double-down on it. In the case of US News and World Report's Susan Milligan, apparently that would be bashing Palin.
But alas, everyone else left town on the Revere story already. Always gotta keep it fresh.
So no further opinion now Milligan on Anthony Weiner? Still sticking with the 'inexcusable' media treatment of him during his big week of misstatements in the form of l-i-e? Working on a way perhaps to disparage vindicated Breitbart -- somehow?
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Well, at least Milligan is sticking to what she does best, bash Palin. Ro Schless seems to have dropped back from lead US News and World Report goose with that. So Milligan takes the bash-Palin apex and starts honking, to let Ro Schless rest up a bit in her draft.
Three anti-Palin posts in one week. Not so curiously, all during Weiner's big thumbing of his... nose at us. On the upside it is a form of voluntary self-containment on her part. And give her credit for knowing her limitations.
After Milligan lays back a bit longer to see how many democrats call for Weiner's resignation -- and which democrats -- maybe she'll have further thoughts of her own on the subject.

dom youngross of NM 6:24PM June 08, 2011

100 DAYS, 100 MISTAKES
"JOE SCARBOROUGH, GLENN BECK AND OTHERS ON OBAMA'S SHORT, ERROR-PRONE TIME IN OFFICE"
1. "Obama criticized pork barrel spending in the form of 'earmarks,' urging changes in the way that Congress adopts the spending proposals. Then he signed a spending bill that contains nearly 9,000 of them, some that members of his own staff shoved in last year when they were still members of Congress. 'Let there be no doubt, this piece of legislation must mark an end to the old way of doing business, and the beginning of a new era of responsibility and accountability,' Obama said." -- McClatchy, 3/11
2. "There is no doubt that we've been living beyond our means and we're going to have to make some adjustments." -- Obama during the campaign.
3. This year's budget deficit: $1.5 trillion.
4. Asks his Cabinet to cut costs in their departments by $100 million -- a whopping .0027%!
5. "The White House says the president is unaware of the tea parties." -- ABC News, 4/15
6. "Mr. Obama is an accomplished orator but is becoming known in America as the 'teleprompt president' over his reliance on the machine when he gives a speech." -- Sky News, 3/18
7." In early February, the 2010 census was moved out of the Department of Commerce and into the White House, politicizing how federal aid is distributed and electoral districts are drawn."
8. "Obama taps Nancy Killefer for a new administration job, First Chief Performance Officer -- to police government spending. But it surfaces that Killefer had performance issues of her own -- a tax lien was slapped on her DC home in 2005 for failure to pay unemployment compensation tax on household help. She withdrew."
9." Turkey tried to block the appointment of Anders Fogh Rasmussen as new NATO secretary general because he didn't properly punish the Danish cartoonist who caricatured Mohammed. France's Nicolas Sarkozy and Germany's Angela Merkel were outraged; Obama said he supported Turkey's induction into the European Union."
10. . . ." and he never mentioned the Armenian genocide."
11. "The picture of Obama and Hugo Chavez shaking hands."
12. "Hugo Chavez gave him the anti-American screed "The Open Veins of Latin America." Obama didn't remark upon it. At least it wasn't DVDs."
13. "Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega went on a 50-minute anti-American rant, calling Obama "president of an empire." Obama didn't leave the room. "I thought it was 50 minutes long. That's what I thought," he said.
14. "Executives at AIG get $165 million in bonuses, despite receiving an $173 billion taxpayer bailout."
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/item_iqmvJLSvDfvUIxgNkYBrjM#ixzz1OilaTTW0