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October 19, 2010
"We knew all along what she meant!"
A friend emailed me a link to Michelle Malkin's post about how moronic leftists embarrassed themselves by accusing Palin of being a historical ignoramus. Sarah Palin wisely warned Tea Party activists to keep working hard right up until Election Day -- and not to "party like it's 1773" yet.The problem is, they're wrong. As any student of American history knows, Palin was right to refer to the 1773 date. Her critics obviously thought she meant 1776! Talk about falling for your own rhetoric. They have said she's a moron for so long that they're actually starting to believe it. Honestly, I was so shocked by this that, bleeding heart that I am, I was actually embarrassed for them. Not that they need my embarrassment on their behalf; they'll probably snark that they "knew all along" that the original Tea Party happened in 1773, but it was obvious to them that Palin didn't. Riiiight. Oh the pain. Anyway, I emailed back: You're so right about Palin driving the left crazy. The fact that she was right and they were wrong in "correcting" her and they're having an Emily Litella moment only makes it more pathetic.Except I was wrong. They're not having an Emily Litella moment! Having an Emily Litella moment requires admitting that you got it wrong: The news anchor interrupted Litella to point out her error, along the lines, "That's death, Ms. Litella, not deaf ... death." Litella would wrinkle her nose, say something like, "Oh, that's very different...." then meekly turn to the camera and say, "Never mind."I wouldn't expect Markos Moulitsas Zuniga to do that.
Rather than admit that he mistakenly thought he had caught her in a historical error, he's probably shameless enough to say that the purpose of his snark was to chide Palin for bragging about her superior knowledge. After all, doesn't it smack of intellectual hauteur to expect ordinary working class folks to know about the events of 1773? How dare this effete impudent snob from Alaska do that! (What, do I have to write the script for these historically illiterate morons?) MORE: Hell, if I have to script shameless explanations for them, I might as well offer another one as an alternative. That dumb bitch Sarah Palin deliberately led her opponents into a trap by cleverly making it appear that she was mistaken while knowing all along she was right! Which makes her not only stupid, but evil! I hate not being thorough. posted by Eric on 10.19.10 at 11:35 PM
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Oh, Eric! Give 'em hell! I love this! Lin Lin W · October 20, 2010 01:04 AM If I may play devils advocate here. Is it possible that Markos was being so sarcastic, like "oh, how cute, she knows when the tea party happened, how so effing smart." ? In truth that's what I thought at first. And I thought Ifills Ummmmm was in response to the people bashing palin going "ummmmm, she's right." Though you can never overestimate the arrogant stupidity of the left. Anonymous · October 20, 2010 05:09 AM Heck, I have a picture I took of the Tax Day rally in Alamo Plaza on April, 2009, of a kid with a home-made banner which said "Party like it's 1773." It's not like the date of the original Boston Tea Party is particularly esoteric knowledge.Oh, wait ... maybe it is to graduates of our finer public schools, and the creatures of the mainstream media. Never mind. Sgt. Mom · October 20, 2010 10:35 AM I'm not sure you can reason with most doctrinaire leftists. Democrats have a donkey as a mascot for a reason. They have to be hit in the head repeatedly with a 2x4 in order for them to begin to comprehend actual reality. Otherwise they're perfectly happy building vast, intricate, pretty mental models and economic systems of how reality *ought* to be. That's what made the whole "Reality-based community" BS particularly amusing to those of us ACTUALLY living in the real world. They obviously haven't been listening closely (or, at all) to Palin the past week or two. 1773 was the BEGINNING of the struggle in earnest. The "party" is just about to start. filbert · October 20, 2010 10:54 AM She obviously learned from Darth Cheney. So when they screeched about how evil and mean he was, ordinary people would look at what he said and think, "Well, that's just common sense". Sarah Palin does even when she's not trying. Veeshir · October 20, 2010 11:12 AM I think Mrs Palin does this on purpose. She is living in their heads. gb · October 20, 2010 11:20 AM Post a comment
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