The most embarrassing gaffe so far in Sarah Palin's new book is her mis-attributed quote to UCLA basketball legend John Wooden.
As the epigram to Chapter Three, "Drill, Baby, Drill," Palin assigns the following remarks to the Hall of Fame hoops coach:
Our land is everything to us... I will tell you one of the things we remember on our land. We remember our grandfathers paid for it--with their lives.
Only the quote wasn't by John Wooden. It was written by a Native American activist named John Wooden Legs in an essay entitled "Back on the War Ponies," which appeared in a left-wing anthology, We Are the People: Voices from the Other Side of American History, edited by Nathaniel May, Clint Willis, and James W. Loewen.
Here's the full quote:
Our land is everything to us. It is the only place in the world where Cheyennes talk the Cheyenne language to each other. It is the only place where Cheyennes remember the same things together. I will tell you one of the things we remember on our land. We remember our grandfathers paid for it--with their life. My people and the Sioux defeated General Custer at the Little Big Horn.
Oops! That's not quite the sentiment that Sister Sarah was trying to convey as she guzzled down sugar-free Red Bull and cranked up Toby Keith's "How Do You Like Me Now?" while jumping on her patriotic high horse at the opening of the third chapter.
She thinks there is only one person with each name.
Humans walked with dinosaurs.
5000 years ago.
Posted by: DiAnne | November 30, 2009 at 07:55 PM
wow...
its right there in THE NEXT LINE after the quote she used.
Unless she thinks the Sioux is the mascot of UCLA and Little Big Horn is the Staples Center or whatever arena they play in...
I guess dead people dont think but if they did, I wonder what they would say if we went back in time and showed them the circus that is Sarah Palin. Im sure they'd shed more than that typical single tear...
Posted by: A | December 01, 2009 at 12:39 PM
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