Sarah's Take on History
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Sarah's Take on History
Courtesy of The Borowitz Report.
POSTED June 6, 2011
Palin: ‘We Must Never Forget the Wisdom of Jefferson, and his Wife, Weezy’
Former Gov. Gives History Lesson
MONTICELLO (The Borowitz Report) – Visiting Thomas Jefferson’s historic home, Monticello, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin today paid tribute to the nation’s third President, telling an audience of supporters, “We must never forget the wisdom of Jefferson, and his wife, Weezy.”
Gov. Palin said that “at a time of our history when the American people needed leadership, it was Jefferson who said the immortal words, ‘We’re movin’ on up.’”
The former Alaska Governor, criticized in recent days over her grasp of American history, used the Monticello speech to demonstrate her knowledge of the country’s founding fathers.
“Let us have the ingenuity of Benjamin Franklin, who invented the electric chair,” she said.
“Let us have the honesty of George Washington, who told his father that he chopped down a cherry tree because it was blocking his view of Russia,” she added. “And let us have Washington’s perseverance, which he demonstrated during that harsh winter at Sweet Valley High.”
But she saved her most fulsome praise for her favorite American hero, Paul Revere: “In his famous cry, ‘One if by land, two if by sea,’ Paul Revere proved that you don’t have to know how to count higher than two to be a great American.”
At the end of her speech in Monticello, Gov. Palin said that she was looking forward to the next stop on her bus tour, Philadelphia, “the home of the Taco Bell.”
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POSTED June 6, 2011
Palin: ‘We Must Never Forget the Wisdom of Jefferson, and his Wife, Weezy’
Former Gov. Gives History Lesson
MONTICELLO (The Borowitz Report) – Visiting Thomas Jefferson’s historic home, Monticello, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin today paid tribute to the nation’s third President, telling an audience of supporters, “We must never forget the wisdom of Jefferson, and his wife, Weezy.”
Gov. Palin said that “at a time of our history when the American people needed leadership, it was Jefferson who said the immortal words, ‘We’re movin’ on up.’”
The former Alaska Governor, criticized in recent days over her grasp of American history, used the Monticello speech to demonstrate her knowledge of the country’s founding fathers.
“Let us have the ingenuity of Benjamin Franklin, who invented the electric chair,” she said.
“Let us have the honesty of George Washington, who told his father that he chopped down a cherry tree because it was blocking his view of Russia,” she added. “And let us have Washington’s perseverance, which he demonstrated during that harsh winter at Sweet Valley High.”
But she saved her most fulsome praise for her favorite American hero, Paul Revere: “In his famous cry, ‘One if by land, two if by sea,’ Paul Revere proved that you don’t have to know how to count higher than two to be a great American.”
At the end of her speech in Monticello, Gov. Palin said that she was looking forward to the next stop on her bus tour, Philadelphia, “the home of the Taco Bell.”
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Re: Sarah's Take on History
Surely she can't be that dumb?
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What will it take to convince you?
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If she is Min, and she enters the White House, it won't be 'God bless America' it will be 'God help America!'
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Yep...and I do not trust the electorate of this country as far as I can throw them.
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On the basis that she is the boss of Alaska I have to agree Min.
Mind you, we have our own share as well.
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Mind you, we have our own share as well.
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"Was" governor of Alaska.....she quit in the middle of her term.
Even nutty republicans (which is most of them) thought that was a stupid move.
Even nutty republicans (which is most of them) thought that was a stupid move.
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Minimalist wrote:Yep...and I do not trust the electorate of this country as far as I can throw them.
Sadly, ain't that the truth. Everything is won through the sound bite and Sarah is a mega-twit (cleaned up from my actual thought)
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It is a truism that in a Democracy the vote will always reflect the lowest common denominator, while
In a Tyranny the nod will always go to the greater despot.
Palin panders to the first to foster her lust for the second.
John
In a Tyranny the nod will always go to the greater despot.
Palin panders to the first to foster her lust for the second.
John
"Man is a marvellous curiosity. When he is at his very, very best he is sort of a low-grade nickel-plated angel; at his worst he is unspeakable, unimaginable; and first and last and all the time he is a sarcasm."
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She's on her way to the UK and has expressed a desire to meet Mrs Thatcher.
Apparently Mrs T isn't interested.
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Apparently Mrs T isn't interested.
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Dig, I REALLY hope you can play the video here.
Scroll down to the bottom and good luck!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blo ... _blog.html
Scroll down to the bottom and good luck!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blo ... _blog.html
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Just one of a 1000 similar politicians. It was Lincoln he stated that politics was a refuge for failures.
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Re: Sarah's Take on History
Colbert is more of a comedian than a politician....granted that it can sometimes be hard to tell the difference.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
-- George Carlin
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Oh wow. Looks like Palin just struck another blow in her fight to beat out W as America's Dumbest President Ever!Minimalist wrote:Dig, I REALLY hope you can play the video here.
Scroll down to the bottom and good luck!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blo ... _blog.html
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"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel"
~ Samuel Johnson
"Politics is the last refuge of a scoundrel"
~ Oscar Wilde
The poor dear has such a hard choice..............
John
~ Samuel Johnson
"Politics is the last refuge of a scoundrel"
~ Oscar Wilde
The poor dear has such a hard choice..............
John
"Man is a marvellous curiosity. When he is at his very, very best he is sort of a low-grade nickel-plated angel; at his worst he is unspeakable, unimaginable; and first and last and all the time he is a sarcasm."
Mark Twain
Mark Twain