And now, a brief positive note about Sarah Palin.

She was a person who, on becoming Alaska's Governor, many people underestimated as a bimbo. In fact, she took on the Big Oil Interests that had been running the state for years. In fact, she made Big Oil TAXABLE and accountable for what had been long proclaimed their right: Taking the resources from Alaska with no financial responsibility to either the state or the country.
Think I'm joking? Look at the record. She flew in the face of the legislative branch,which was controlled by the Republican Party, and forged a center-left coalition of Dems and Republicans who imposed reasonable taxes on what was being taken from th state's natural resources.

Now, what happened to her? She bought into the Rightist Demagoguery which has become what passes for passion in the Republican Party. And it was an easy role for her to adopt, and a very profitable one.

She is no statesman, and lacks many of the speaking skills of a high school gym teacher. But I believe she once had the idea that opposing ideas could be brought together for the greater good, and actually performed this task well, and achieved something very difficult. What is it about our present day political process that perverts this impulse in favor of being a true believer?

In my mind, a more important question than who Paul Revere warned.