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Blog Guy, I’m surprised you didn’t get involved in the Sarah Palin thing a couple of days ago, when she told her goofy version of Paul Revere’s ride.
Yeah, I do have to admit that was the best video clip I’ve seen since Miss South Carolina immortalized herself a few years ago.
Exactly! This is a story that every school child learns from that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem. You know, “Listen my children and you shall hear, Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere…”
Look, Palin has clearly done her research, and has chosen to go with Longfellow’s alternate, second version of the poem.
A second version? I didn’t know that! How does it go?
It goes something like this:
Listen my children and you shall hear,
Of the midnight ride of a guy called Revere
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five,
He got on his horsie and went for a drive
He said to his friend, “If the British come, Bub,
You mark my words, they will close down the pub!
Go fetch some big kegs, for just you and me,
One if by land, and two if by sea
Then, many drinks later he rode through the town,
He called from the saddle, he couldn’t get down
He sent out a message to all patriots,
Ringin’ those bells and sendin’ those shots
“The British are coming!” shouted Revere,
“We know,” said a Redcoat, “We’re already here!”
Revere, he had blown it, a mistake we would rue,
Telling the Brits what they already knew
“Oh, WOE!,” Revere cried, “Oh unbearable woe!”
“But in two hundred years, who’s gonna know?”
With that, he fell off, and returned to the bar,
‘Twas the end of the ride for Paul’s brother, Lamar!
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Top: Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska, takes part in the Rolling Thunder motorcycle ride to honour U.S. veterans, in Washington May 29, 2011. REUTERS/MollyRiley
Right: First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton praises fifth and sixth grade students from the New School in Cambridge, Massachusetts after they recited the poem “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” at the Longfellow House in Cambridge, December 5, 1998. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Right: Palin greets supporters as she exits the Fox News headquarters in New York, June 1, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Right: Sarah Palin signs an autograph before taking part in the Rolling Thunder motorcycle ride to honour U.S. veterans in Washington May 29, 2011. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Bottom right: Palin gestures as she speaks during the LIA (Long Island Association) Annual Meeting & Luncheon at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, New York February 17, 2011. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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Sarah Palin, that goofy woman – she can’t even do a proper Vulcan ‘live long and prosper’ salute in the first picture.
Since I dont know the original poem, your’s is the version I shall revere, BG!
If Mrs.Palin would have joined her little finger and the finger next to it, and then her middle finger and her index finger creating a gap in the middle, I would have said “Nanooo Nanooo”
(I remember Robin Williams in that movie, used to make me fall off my seat laughing as a kid)
And I definitely want that bike!!! Get off it, woman!!!
Hey Nosmo, I think you’ve used that one before…
BG, last time I think it was the Vulcan nerve pinch – and that’s something she can do really well.
@Shra – that is one very nice scooter.
A haiku:
Poor Sarah Palin
Not a history buff, no
Lend her my Google?
What’s everyone got against Massachusetts? First Michele Bachmann blabs about Concord and Lexington being in New Hampshire, Mitt Romney apologizes for helping the poor get health insurance when he was guv, and Sarah Palin mangles the state’s history.
Hilarious rewrite of Paul’s ride, BG, and maybe closer to the truth.
Many thanks, Slick. I did a lot a research on it and turned up some interesting stuff.
For example, did you know Paul Revere’s “Midnight Ride” was really at 11 p.m. because they didn’t have Daylight Savings Time back then?
I knew that. We also say “Listen my children and you shall hear of the 11 p.m. EST ride of Paul Revere.”
LOL, Slick… Wonderful!
OMG! I *knew* Lamar had something to do with Simple Sarah’s statement!
Didn’t she say something about, “One if by sea, two if by air”?
Next thing we know, she’ll be quoting Napoleon XIV.
I think she’s demonstrating the nerve pinch in photo 3.
Let the haiku’s roll!
Now Sarah knows that
she should not trust research by
her staffer, Lamar
As a neighbour to the north, I’m wondering if Americans are setting impossible standards for politicians. Why roast poor Sarah just because she’s not up on the rock bands of the sixties? I know….kicks just keep gettin’ harder to find.
Great one, ladylala. And nice self-control, not mentioning Lamar at all….
Well Paul did warn the British, documented fact.
http://www.masshist.org/database/doc-vie wer.php?item_id=99&mode=nav
Uh oh… I guess someone needs a zapping!!
You too, BG!
@ladylala: Paulin is what rednecks want, I guess?
Not surprisingly, you have all missed your marks. Study more in school. Paul Revere was captured by the British and warned them that it would not be easy to control the colonies. Sarah Palin was right.
Haiku?…
Hoped for once again
by foolish G-O-P’ers
Got’cha saves us all
Alaskan Beauty
ignorance’s face unveiled
not Presidential
or
Revered Paul’s ride
Recounted by Russia’s watcher
History in ruins
at least Sarah was able to get the crib notes off her palm
http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/20 11/06/03/palin-gets-a-palm-reading/
for Sarah:
Don’t know history
But I can still see Russia
Why apologize?
for the Weiner:
Certitude’s not there…
On second thought, I did it.
Sorry…I’ve done worse.
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Every time Weiner opens his mouth, he shows he is unfit. He sent inappropriate photos and lied about it. Now he thinks he shouldn’t resign because (he claims) he didn’t do these acts on government equipment. This country simply doesn’t need a waste of human flesh as a Congressional representative.
I agree, Doc. However, I would re-word your last sentence: This country simply doesn’t need ANOTHER waste of human flesh as a Congressional representative.
and how about hometown boy, Newt? Geez…campaign staff resigns en masse??? I guess none of them made the Tiffany’s gift list.
Spin, when I pull a weed, I pull it out by the roots.
He lied about what did, claiming someone else did it. Worse, after he admitted he did it, he continued to lie. First, he lied about it becasue he knew what he did was inappropriate. Now, after havibng admitted he committed the acts, he says he did “nothing inappropriate.” Multiple layers of deception. I believe people in positions of authority should set the standard by personal example.