Sarah Palin is still an Idiot

Sarah Palin was in the home town of Paul Revere yesterday, at his house, not running for president. She was visiting historical sites on a bus trip while not running for president. So I guess it could be called a family vacation... with the press corps following. Going around New England in a tricked out bus wrapped in the Constitution and your PAC website URL is a stupid way to travel if you want to go on a family vacation. But Sarah Palin doesn't know how to be unnoticed.

A member of the press asked her about Paul Revere since she was in his house, and what was his significance. I swear I transcribed this word for word. I rewound the DVR about a dozen times to get it right. Here is her answer about Paul Revere and his famous ride...

"He who warned the British that they weren't going to be taking away our arms. By ringing bells and, um, by making sure as he's riding his horse thru town to send those warning shots and bells that, uh, we were gonna be secure and we were gonna be free. And we were gonna be armed."

Word for word. That was her nonsensical answer because she doesn't know anything about history or Paul Revere. She will probably say that it was a "gotcha" question like, "What do you read."

Now, even I remember a few snippets of "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It was something we heard in grade school. "Listen my children and you will hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere." And the only other line that stuck with me was, "One if by land and two if by sea." (Lanterns in the bell tower.) That was all I remembered but it's still enough to know that he was warning the militia that the British were coming and from what direction.

It had nothing to do with telling the British to keep their hands of our guns! The NRA had not been invented yet and to come up with that from Paul Revere, you got to be an idiot. Why the press is following her like puppies is ridiculous, but they are waiting for her to say something crazy or inflammatory or super extreme, and she rarely disappoints. I really wished the media would stop giving her a microphone and camera to talk into. She's an idiot but a master at keeping her name in the press.

She will never be president. She might be a fun train wreck to watch, but you wouldn't want her in the White House. Her skin is far too thin and she would send a nuclear strike to any country that affronted her. And, Oh yeah, she's an idiot.

(This blog is covered by Freedom of Speech, baby. Look it up in the Constitution. And as far as calling someone an idiot, I'm at the back of a long line in this case.)