... before publicly mocking someone who does. I am looking at this purely from a HSing point of view. But I find it amusing that people are quick to roast Sarah Palin (not a fan, btw) for getting the Paul Revere thing wrong. Only she didn't. lol. By his own account her comments were 100% accurate. It just goes to show how much our society values pop-history over actual history; the appearance of being educated over actual knowledge. Here's what Paul Revere had to say about the events in question. *Warning* This blog post was clearly written by a supporter (or at least one who's positive toward her). It's not my intention to talk politics here.
I thought that it was an interesting event and taught me two things. First I don't know squat about history. I am learning so much right along with my kids. Secondly that the media doesn't do its homework either. I wonder how much of it has to do with not only pop history, but the just skim it kind of teaching. Instead of teaching in depth, they only touch on each subject briefly.
I actually love Sarah Palin, but alas, I do not think she would have much success if she were to run in 2012. People either love her or hate her, and probably more people hate her than love her. I always think it is great when an underdog trumps the media! Journalists these days are so lax in their fact checking. I always hope that they will get more diligent, but it doesn't seem to have happened quite yet. Thanks for posting this one!
you know back about 25 years or so ago they got on a guy for miss spelling Tomatoes.. but he didn't he just did it the English way as appose to American spelling of the word. the media really does need to do their homework after all in our day and age the media is doing a lot of recording of history for the futures history accuracy! Its kind of scary isn't it!
Nope. 'tomato' is spelt the same in British English - even though it is pronounced differently. There's no 'e' at the end, as Dan Quayle suggested. As for Calamity Jane (Sarah Palin), I get the sense that she's in damage control mode. You don't go around saying that Paul Revere was warning the English because everyone is taught in school that he warned residents against the English (and I never even went to school here!). If you plan to quote a different incident from his life, then explain the context so you're not misunderstood. Can you imagine mis-communicating with the Chinese or the Russians...? "Um...you guys invaded...um...that place where we did a hit on the bin Laden guy...um...next to ol' Saddam, you know?...um...Do they play hockey out in them there places?...um...anyway...we proud Americans won't stand for it, ya here?"
I'm not familiar with the finer details of American History. But unfortunately a lot of what Sarah Palin has to say comes across as word salad. And when she's given a second chance to explain, she doesn't do any better. Bush occasionally had his moments, but he was still a far better communicator than Palin. I also don't like the offhand way she rolls her eyes and dismisses people and does these little fake/sarcastic laughs - she makes me feel like I'm back in high school with the Queen Bee. There are many politicians I disagree with politically, who I think I would still like personally. I would be delighted to have them over for dinner. Palin... not so much.
okay that is weird, I was given tomatoes and tomatoe on a spelling list before spelled that way thats why I thought it was right.. weird
Was it produced by Quayle Publishing? Actually, the Quayle moment involved 'potato', not 'tomato' - and here it is for posterity's sake. PS - I see Amie beat me to it.
nope but maybe I had a teacher who didn't know what she was doing... I did go to public school hahaha I did have a spelling block on one word I know that one of my teachers gave just me on every list for a year then finally at the end of the year he told the whole class that officially in my personal list story was spelled S T O R E Y and that everyone should mark it correct hahha, ( I grew up in BC that's why I figured the e was an English influence on Tomatoe, weird though I wonder when I picked it up? )
I am not yet sure how I feel about a woman president. :? I like Sarah Palin, but I think she is better off sticking to the reality shows!
Yup, this. I too though it was Potatoe that he misspelled, however I will admit I was very young when this occurred and my recollection may not be accurate.
I think it would depend on the woman. However you felt about Maggie Thatcher, she was *definitely* a leader.
Funnily enough, I remember an incident from when Maggie Thatcher became prime minister. A couple of the elders at the small church we attended took the "no women in leadership" passages in the Bible very strictly. One Sunday, they gave everyone a copy of a book, and we wondered why. The first page answered the question: The author predicted doom and gloom to any country with a woman as leader. This incident caused one of the other elders to leave. Since he and his wife were our mentors at the time, it was a sad moment. Incidentally, Maggie Thatcher was never popular in Britain, and remains unpopular today. Her party never received more than 40% of the vote when she was PM, because of the way that the British voting system works (with three main parties).
Meg I agree with that. I think any leader male or female must be strong in their formulated beliefs ( religious or other of course) and not be afraid of what the Media will say about them that is not true. They would have to be able to stand the test of rude people, who will no doubt come up with a ton of lies and such so this is really important. If they let the media get to them they are not strong enough to be in charge. They need to understand how to work with many types of people and yet still keep those same resolves that they used to get them elected too. Too many presidents and etc have said I will do this or that ifyou elect me-- it goes back to JR high even!__ and then never even really plan to get it done or try. IF they at least try to do what they said they have a bump up on my opinion of them. There are of course a million levels of political 'stuff' to stand or ignore on so that is a lot of what shows true or not in the long run. I just really hope whoever we get is wise enough to know the difference between truth and lies.
I am not a big fan of Sarah Palin, but I don't dislike her. I don't think she and I would have much in common. I have no idea about her qualifications for leadership. As far as getting things wrong-well, I think politicians should either make sure they can back there knowledge up or simply admit they are wrong. I didn't read the article, so I don't know the finer points of what is going on, but in general-just be open and honest.
She can back it up. From Paul Revere's own account, she is correct about what happened. The media is the group in this case that can't manage to admit they are wrong.
