Nothing to do with history, but with the way she stumbled and bumbled and struggled to come up with an answer. Like all of us, Sarah Palin is human and subject to human failings. People sometimes make mistakes and misspeak, especially when tired and/or distracted. So I seldom get too wrapped up in criticizing the occasional goofy thing a pol might say. Problem with Palin is, she does this sort of thing way too often. Makes me hesitate to support her, so I’ll remain uncommitted until much later in the process. In the meantime, I’ll call it like I see it with all the candidates. Tough love is sometimes the best. I don’t want conservatives to do what the left did with Obama. Other qualities are equally as important as whether or not a candidate is a “true” conservative.
regardless of whether or not Sarah palin should be supported in an election, your comment that she stumbled and bumbled says more about you than it does about her. She spoke in a circumstance which did not call for scripts, speeches, or teleprompters. Despite the gargantuan efforts to make it falsely appear otherwise, her comments about the history and Paul Revere warning the British officers against attacking the American Patriots were precisely correct and exactly to the point of her theme about not taking on an alarmed Patriot citizenry.
Sorry, misunderstood your point the first time...
BTW, I don’t see near as much of an issue with the form of her answer as you. Esp given the circumstances (no teleprompter, not a prepared speech, etc.) Definitely a Palin supporter, near to a Palinista here. That said, I also like some of the other candidates a lot, esp Cain and DeMint. And West, but sadly he’s not running - he’s my hands down favorite. Hoping for Palin/West or Cain/Palin now.