Sarah Palin 2, liberals who don't know much about history, 0

In which the dumb snowbilly outwits her betters, for a second time:

Sarah Palin yesterday insisted her claim at the Old North Church last week that Paul Revere “warned the British” during his famed 1775 ride — remarks that Democrats and the media roundly ridiculed — is actually historically accurate. And local historians are backing her up.

Palin prompted howls of partisan derision when she said on Boston’s Freedom Trail that Revere “warned the British that they weren’t going to be taking away our arms by ringing those bells and making sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be secure and we were going to be free.”

Palin insisted yesterday on Fox News Sunday she was right: “Part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there. That, hey, you’re not going to succeed. You’re not going to take American arms.” …

Boston University history professor Brendan McConville said, “Basically when Paul Revere was stopped by the British, he did say to them, ‘Look, there is a mobilization going on that you’ll be confronting,’ and the British are aware as they’re marching down the countryside, they hear church bells ringing — she was right about that — and warning shots being fired. That’s accurate.”

Patrick Leehey of the Paul Revere House said Revere was probably bluffing his British captors, but reluctantly conceded that it could be construed as Revere warning the British.

Back in October, Palin drew fire from the left for tweeting to Tea Partiers to “not to party like it’s 1773 yet.” Kos retweeted her, mocking and sneering. The left went nuts, hectoring Palin and calling her stupid — when a very quick check of the historical record proved her right: The Boston Tea Party did in fact take place in 1773.

When will the lefties learn not to mess with Palin’s understanding of history? Half past never, I’d say. It’s not like their leader, Markos Moulitsas, actually knows anything himself. He doesn’t even know the difference between Dallas and Austin.

As for Sarah Palin, underestimate her at your peril.