George Costanza
A Friendly Liberal
I looked for a thread on this and did not find one. I can't imagine that no one commented on this - if they did, my apologies for a duplicate thread. OK, let's get started . . .
There seems to be no end to it. Earlier this month, Sarah was in Boston as part of her "I'm not running for President" national tour in her "Look at Me! I'm Running for PRESIDENT!" bus. But I digress . . . At the end of her exposure to Boston, she was asked by a reporter "what have you seen and what will you take away with you from your visit?"
I don't make this stuff up. This is a direct quote.
Let's give Sarah the benefit of the doubt. She defends this quote as being historically accurate. Right Wing apologists flock to shore up this claim. OK - let's say that by some far-fetched interpretation of history, what Sarah has to say here might have some semblance of historical accuracy somewhere, somehow. Even so - the garbled grouping of words that came out of her mouth in response to this simple question of "what did you see and what will you take with you from your visit here?" is not even worthy of a third grader trying to explain why they like their morning bowl of Cheerios.
And this is the person many on the Right are touting for the Oval Office? OK . . .
Note also, that in attempting to defend herself against her own remarks, Palin pointed out that her answer was given in response to a "gotcha" question, implying that "gotcha" questions are the only type of questions she ever gets from the media. "What did you see and what will you take with you from your visit?" can hardly be classified as a "gotcha" question.
How Accurate Were Palin's Paul Revere Comments? : NPR
There seems to be no end to it. Earlier this month, Sarah was in Boston as part of her "I'm not running for President" national tour in her "Look at Me! I'm Running for PRESIDENT!" bus. But I digress . . . At the end of her exposure to Boston, she was asked by a reporter "what have you seen and what will you take away with you from your visit?"
We saw where Paul Revere hung out as a teenager, which was something new to learn. And you know, he who warned the British that they weren't going to be taking away our arms, by ringing those bells and making sure, as he is 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.
I don't make this stuff up. This is a direct quote.
Let's give Sarah the benefit of the doubt. She defends this quote as being historically accurate. Right Wing apologists flock to shore up this claim. OK - let's say that by some far-fetched interpretation of history, what Sarah has to say here might have some semblance of historical accuracy somewhere, somehow. Even so - the garbled grouping of words that came out of her mouth in response to this simple question of "what did you see and what will you take with you from your visit here?" is not even worthy of a third grader trying to explain why they like their morning bowl of Cheerios.
And this is the person many on the Right are touting for the Oval Office? OK . . .
Note also, that in attempting to defend herself against her own remarks, Palin pointed out that her answer was given in response to a "gotcha" question, implying that "gotcha" questions are the only type of questions she ever gets from the media. "What did you see and what will you take with you from your visit?" can hardly be classified as a "gotcha" question.
How Accurate Were Palin's Paul Revere Comments? : NPR