Another History Lesson from Bachmann Palin Overdrive

Thank you Field Negro for this. My response is "How long, oh Lord, how long?"

The AP reports this out:

Revere was probably bluffing the soldiers, according to Joel J. Miller, author of "The Revolutionary Paul Revere." And while he made bells, Revere would never have rung any on that famous night because the Redcoats were under orders to round up people just like him.

"He was riding off as quickly and as quietly as possible," Miller said. "Paul Revere did not want the Redcoats to know of his mission at all.   Politico 6/5/11

If this doesn't ring your bell, perhaps Michele Bachmann's take on where the "shot heard round the world"  took place will do it for you.

 http://wonkette.com/446806/sarah-palin-hs-no-idea-who-paul-revere-was-or-what-he-did
             

 http://politicalhumor.about.com/b/2011/06/03/sarah-palin-paul-revere-gaffe.html

Shot Heard Round the World Fired by Michele Bachmann

I've been searching the internet all day for a video of Michele Bachmann telling a  gathering of N.H. Tea Partiers

"You're the state where the shot was heard round the world in Lexington and Concord."

Uh, no, we aren't, Ms. Bachmann and it would be reassuring to know you know your history which you clearly don't.  

Oops!

Of course, this is a drop in the bucket of what she doesn't know.  Chris Matthews addressed this issue in January:   

Matthews called Bachmann a "balloon head" on Tuesday for saying that the Founding Fathers "worked tirelessly to end slavery." He noted that, besides the fact that many of the founders owned slaves, and that slavery only ended nearly a hundred years after the founding of America, slavery was also protected in the Constitution via the three-fifths clause, which stated that slaves would be counted as three-fifths of all other people when it came to determining how many seats in Congress each state was due.  HuffPost 1/28/11

I could include more examples but why make you wait for the fun?  The video exists only on the site of our one affiliate in the state:  WMUR.  Enjoy!