http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_revisionist_ride_of_paul_revere_20110607/The Revisionist Ride of Paul Revere
Posted on Jun 7, 2011
By Eugene Robinson
Sarah Palin is a fraud with charisma—and enough political support to effectively hold the Republican Party hostage. She is ridiculous and dangerous in equal measure.
Palin is certain about everything and knows about nothing. The only true facts are those she recognizes; other facts, when cited to contradict her private truth, are deemed politically motivated. History books are nothing more than weapons used by her enemies in their incessant attacks, their pitiful attempts to play “gotcha.”snip//
The gaffe is understandable—well, almost understandable. But
she doubled down with a claim of persecution and a bald-faced lie. That is what we ignore at our peril.This is a small, unimportant matter. But Palin demands to be seen as a big, important person in the nation’s political life. Her party is so afraid of her that the putative front-runner for the presidential nomination, Mitt Romney, won’t even call her out for stealing thunder from his campaign kickoff by just happening to be in the neighborhood, complete with the attendant media circus.
The woman, like Lord Byron, is
“mad, bad, and dangerous to know.” I’d shout it throughout the land, if I could find my horse and my bells.
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