Refudiating Reality – The Malaprisms, Gaffes, and Outright Lies of Sarah Palin

Since she crashed into the nation's consciousness as John McCain's running mate in the 2008 US Presidential election, Sarah Palin has been a lightning rod of controversy; an object of derision for Democrats and adoration for the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party.

She has also been an almost unending source of material for comedians with her mangled interpretations of history and logic-defying public utterances such as these gems:

He who warned, uh, the British that they weren't gonna be takin' away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells, and um, makin' sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed." --Sarah Palin, on Paul Revere's midnight ride, June 3, 2011

"I haven't heard the president state that we're at war. That's why I too am not knowing -- do we use the term intervention? Do we use war? Do we use squirmish? What is it?" --Sarah Palin, on the U.S. and NATO bombing of Libya, March 29, 2011

"Dr. Laura: don't retreat...reload! (Steps aside bc her 1st Amend.rights ceased 2exist thx 2activists trying 2silence "isn't American, not fair")" --Sarah Palin, in a Twitter message coming to the defense of Dr. Laura Schlessinger, the talk radio host who apologized and decided to retire from her highly-rated program after using the N-word on the air 11 times in 5 minutes, Aug. 18, 2010