Why would a womon like Thatcher, who, granted is NOT my favorite person, want to meet with a white trash ignoramus like Palin? It boggles the mind!
I bet Thatcher didn’t even know who Palin is, nor cares

I’m sure she knows who the 2008 Republican veep candidate was — especially since she’s constantly compared to her by wingnuts.

Maybe the Brits should put a Bobby or two on alert, just in case Sarah comes that way, ya know, anyways. They could blow their whistles and ring some church bells if they see her comin’ ta – ya know, WARN HER that she’s not gonna be handin’ out guns and stuff in jolly ol’ England!

YOU BETCHA!

Also.

Thanks for the chuckle, BT.

They both give me the creeps.

AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND…

Citizen Blue Texan:

“Sarah Palin is nuts.”

Comin’ from a legendary practioner of fascist crazy, that’s gotta hurt… even for someone as anesthetized by her own stupidity as is Palin. Awe shit, how much trouble are we in as a country when Sarah Palin is able to draw more media attention than flies on the steamin’ piles of bat shit she leaves behind?!!

And why the fuck is ANYone askin’ Maggie Thatcher ANYthing?

KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE AMMUNITION, IT’S GUNNA GET CRAZIER AND CRAZIER!!

I would take Maggie over any American Republican, as nuts as she is. Compared to say, Mike Huckabee, she’s a flaming left-winger.

Lady Thatcher will not be seeing Sarah Palin. That would be belittling for Margaret. Sarah Palin is nuts.

In what respect, Charlie?

Good question what is her damage? Are we even sure she is crazy? When Captain Kirk read Sarah’s rants on late night tv as a beat poet would they flowed quite well, they still made no sense of course.
The thing is many Beat Poets used Speed as part of the creative process Sarah is from the meth capital of Alaska she rants like a Beat Poet but makes much less sense and her delivery would be improved if she ranted like a Beat Poet but her structure is there.
(Ducking shoes thrown by angry Beat Poets )

Sarah doesn’t just drop a g, she drops a whole string of them!

Citizen Blue Texan:

Ah yes, the relativity of fascist stupidity…once ya get to some level of crazy don’t we stop countin’?

Good Point Sarah might just decide to show up uninvited it would fit her pattern. Sarah wants like all GOP Presidential wannbes to be seen as the next Reagan.
Thatcher is a female Reagan and linked to Reagan Sarah needs this photo op.

once ya get to some level of crazy don’t we stop countin’?

No, and that is the scariest part.

Oh, Norske, why don’t you just come out and say what you really feel! ;^)

In defense of Sarah what is Maggie complaining about on the ideas she is no more nuts than the GOP front runners or even Reagan her hero. All Sarah does is do a different more emotional delivery of those ideas.
She at worse is not as polished as Reagan or Maggie.

Maggie broke up a coal mining strike and broke unions if I remember right, Sarah supports Scott Walker granted she lacks the guts to face angry crowds of Lefties but she does support Scott Walker’s attempts to break unions.
Maggie Privatized many industries Sarah wants to Privatize them. They both believe in the Free Market and Corporate Welfare at the same time despite both ideas opposing each other.
They both try to be more Manly than the men running against them in politics. I am not a Maggie expert but I am sure I can find more similarities.

After this I guess wikipedia will have to lock down the Thatcher page as well.

the Palinese Liberation Army

remember the loosey Tania!

One big difference: Maggie believes in ZOMG SOCIALIZED MEDICINE!

Seriously. Oh for the good ol days when Maggie and Ronnie were as extreme as they came in UK and US politics.

Damm a picture of Sarah hugging Maggie if she does indeed believe in Socialized Medicine and we had quotes to that effect to hang under the picture would be great!

When the Nixon GOP was not more left than the Obama Blue Dog dems.

Of course she does. She’s British. Not even Cameron will touch the NHS with a ten foot pole.

And why would a former head of state – even if she has a lot in common with the Qutter – want to meet with such a waste of carbon? What hubris, Palin. Why not stop in Rome and demand to have beers with the Pope? Plan to rent a van and grab a six pack and spray it all over his robe?

A much more interesting story and topic would be the over the top “we’re smarter than her” coverage of the Paul Revere Palin statement that actually turned out to be very true.

Lots of very “smart” people chuckling about how stupid she was about Revere and his ride, and then, turns out, according to NPR, she was actually right and all the “smart” people wrong.

The comeuppance of the holy “more intelligent than you” crowd is far more interesting than Thatcher.

In response to EarthquakeWeather @ 19:

Oh for the good ol days when Maggie and Ronnie were as extreme as they came in UK and US politics.

Hah! Well said.

In all seriousness, Thatcher has been struggling with dementia since 2000:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/25/margaret-thatcher-sufferi_n_121133.html

Having cared for 2 parents with Alz (father) & dementia (mother), I wonder how much Thatcher is even *aware of* Palin??? So it makes me wonder if it’s actually a spokesperson of Thatcher’s saying the “nuts” thing… as in: Thatcher has dementia, R U NUTS to suggest a visit, ya numbskull??

Clearly the narcissitic Media Whore ONLY sees a visit with Thatcher as a Photo Op to *enhance herself.* Perhaps Thatcher’s handlers and/or relatives are not amused….

So Princess Dumbass of the North wants to travel from the fine country of Africa to the fine country of Europe, then? She’s all over that geography thing…to say nothing of that history thing. And her math thing? The more revenue we suck out of the economy in the form of tax cuts for the wealthy, the more money there will be in the economy for “hard workin’ Americans to prosper and get the gubbmint off their backs…”

See my post above.

Wait, Palin said something true!?!?!?!??

OMG, if you’re right, that SHOULD be BIG NEWS.

So Princess Dumbass of the North

Just curious, but Michele “Batshit crazy don’t even cover it” Bachmann is from Minnesota. Which is north. Too. Also.

How did they decide the title on that one?? That HAD to be interesting.

Yeah, well they’re not too bright over at National Public Republican Radio either.

Sarah does tend to step outside the boundaries. Why would she even think that Thatcher would meet with her? Sarah actually is a nobody. She ran for office and lost. She has a devoted but fairly small bunch of groupies and that’s all. She seems to think that she is a former gov’t official.

Well since Nice Polite Republicans radio has become ever more *conservative* both in terms of their “nooz” stories and who they hire as “nooz” casters (Mara Liasson, for ex, works for Fox), it’s no surprise to me that NPR got a story wrong. THAT’s why I ceased listening to and contributing to NPR a looooong time ago. I find their “Nooz” coverage to be no better than Fox, and I’m not buying that lying bullshit from either “nooz” outlet.

Thanks for pointing out how conservative NPR IS… and thus, how faulty and inaccurate their “reporting” is. I’m not surprised.

Is the Palinese Liberation Army gonna liberate us from Sarah?

People don’t understand Palinspeak. Her remark about Paul Revere warning the British was about a non-verbal warning to the British. What she meant to convey was that the act of warning the colonists that the British were coming in itself was a warning to the British. Her inability to convey the meaning of her statement just proves that she is not competent to be president.

please no more oxygen for the quitter.

What she meant to convey was that the act of warning the colonists that the British were coming in itself was a warning to the British.

So, by warning the colonists that the British were coming he also warned the British that the British were coming? The British didn’t know they were coming? Do the British have trouble figuring out when they’re coming? They must be very bad at the rythm birth control method.

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This is what I get for trying to understand Sarah Palin I guess.

The most disgusting part of the story is the erection of a statue of Ronald Reagan. I could see the Iranians doing that, but Americans?

Knowing that 2/3 of Americans think Palin is unqualified to be president (there is always that lower third of the intellectual bell curve that stood by GW Bush and now stands by Palin) allows me to take her with a sense of humor. What is so funny about her is that she is not merely very ignorant. She’s oblivious to her own ignorance. That allows her to remain supremely confident in the fantasy mythological history of the USA that she just assumes must be true because God shed his grace on it and all. In her mind, the USA is the exceptional nation that has always stood for good and has never done wrong. Anyone who differs is just an evil, godless liberal who hates America.

Wait! What?

Lots of very “smart” people chuckling about how stupid she was about Revere and his ride, and then, turns out, according to NPR, she was actually right and all the “smart” people wrong.

Doesn’t mean it’s not true, but, I have never, ever, ever, heard her unique version of the story before

Who said this? And what did they say?

Oh, you are quite smart indeed. Actually, it was the head of the History Department of a Boston university and expert on Revere who pointed out what she said was correct. NPR just interviewed them.

But, even more revealing is the lengths you will go to in order to avoid what you don’t want to hear.

You likely believed Weiner when he said it was the bad news people who made it seem like he Twittered the photo.

If you don’t like the news, just trash those who deliver it. Hmm, that sounds like something a wing-nut would do. Which is not to say an action like that would make someone no better than those they criticize, but it could.

“She at worse is not as polished as Reagan or Maggie.”

No. I don’t really wish to dignify this sort of foolishness, but that’s complete baloney. Thatcher was shrewd, intelligent and very, very competent. She held her own in Parliament for years, against some of the toughest and most relentless questioning around. I disagree with some of her politics, but I respect her a great deal. Reagan was a lightweight compared to her. Actually, he was a lightweight, period. Palin isn’t even on the same continent as Reagan, let alone Thatcher; she’s a nothing. All she has going for her is an insatiable need for adoration and attention. She’s lazier and more stupid than Bush, greedier and more power-hungry than Cheney, and less interested in the history and function of government than my cat is. She’s barely more adult than Snookie. The only way she’ll ever get the Presidency is if somebody seizes power and then gives it to her. That’s the only bright spot I see in the situation right now.
No, Palin is a cruel joke. To link her with Thatcher is a horrible thing to do to someone who is no longer able to defend herself.

Oh please Sarah,

Sit down, shut up and wipe that ‘santorum’ off your face. Be a lady!
And don’t bother coming back from the Sudan.

http://waronignorance.net/index.html

Monitoring right wing lunacy

So extending your worship to its logical conclusion, I can go ahead and assume you’d be quite alright with Princess Dumbass having her finger on the button, right? And in charge of the economy? And in charge of domestic policy, up to and including the most egregious violations of various and sundry amendments to the US Constitution.

So? Explain yourself.

As noted above, the head of history at a Boston university who is also a specialist regarding Paul Revere.

The object of the British action was to go to Concord to grab the guns and ammo that the colonists had amassed. Revere had warned the British just before of the dire consequences of doing that. He rode through town, not yelling as the popular tale says, but knocking on the doors of pre-selected people who were to ignite the signal arranged before hand of ringing bells–church bells in particular.

THAT signaled “The British are coming.”

Essentially, what she said was true.

Oh, you are quite smart indeed.

Thank you for acknowledging what’s true. However, how you would know that about me – or the obverse – is beyond me. Because I don’t know you, you don’t know me, yet you wish to tell me who I am, what I’m like and how I feel based on… no knowledge of me. Isn’t that special?!!

But, even more revealing is the lengths you will go to in order to avoid what you don’t want to hear.

I thought you were dissing NPR? Now you think I should listen to it?? WTF? Whatever… just bc I don’t watch Fox or listen to NPR is meaningless. You make stuff up about me – about whom you know nothing – in order to fit into your fictional fantasy of who I am. Whatever…

You likely believed Weiner when he said it was the bad news people who made it seem like he Twittered the photo

Yet again, you *ascribe* something to me without having a CLUE about who I am, how I feel or what I thought. Nice going. Keep creating your own fictional fairy tale about who you perceive to be “liberals” and how we think, feel, react, live… bc, that’s all it is: YOUR fiction, YOUR fairy tale.

If you don’t like the news, just trash those who deliver it

No, that’s not what I did. I don’t like “nooz” that’s distorted, biased or not factual. But again: make up whatever fairy tale you wish to apply to what you want to perceive me as doing or thinking. I can’t stop you. Have a field day. You’re totally incorrect, but whatever… have fun. It’s clearly your “party,” and you’re enjoying your fairy tales.

NO, I just said it was nice to see some comeuppance for the “smart” crowd.

Did the prof say that PR warned the British after he was captured?

LOL really

So does that mean that YOU are NOT a member of the “smart” crowd, who is so richly deserving – in your world-view – of a “come-uppance”??

Cregan, here it is – in Revere’s own words –
http://www.masshist.org/online/gallery/img-viewer.php?item_id=99&img_step=4&tpc=&pid=&mode=transcript&tpc=&pid=#page4

And may I point out that basically EVERYONE except the native Americans were British (or some other form of European) at this time so by Revere stopping in Lexington to warn OTHER British subjects, it could possibly be construed that Revere warned the British. Plus Revere had been captured and had a gun to his head and gave untrue statements regarding weapon caches and the locations of same in order to be released. But the majority of what Palin said was dead wrong. Do you have a link to the Boston professor’s statements?

Wow! All of you are so charged up over this waste of time and space article. It’s actually quite entertaining to read your comments. And by the way, I’m not a palin supporter nor do I pay much attention to her, but this is funny.

Because there were three men sent out to warn the militiamen, Revere, Dawes, and Dr. Prescott

Revere and Dawes were caught, and Prescott was the only one to complete the journey

Some of us who post here enjoy our lunchtime (for me, at least) BT kibbitz… makes for amusement in the middle of a busy day for me… that’s just me, though.

OOw. That hurts the narrative. Besides why does Palin like to go outside the accepted version of things or like to talk about “blood Libel”? Me thinks she is a dumb ass trying to appear brilliant. So some other dumb ass feeds her this shit and even then she couldn’t get it right.

The Revere ‘warning’ was a form of psyops, he inflated the numbers to confuse the Brits after he was caught. His purpose wasn’t to warn them

So she is going to Sudan in July? Does that mean she is not going to run for President?

What does the PLO have to do with this story? Thatcher, by the way, was a staunch supporter of Israel, as are many millions of others, not including Mr. Texan, who never misses an opportunity…

Essentially, what she said was true.

What about all that bell-ringin’ and warnin’ shot firin’?

If what she said was true, it was through dumb luck, not due to any profound grasp of US history. This ain’t exactly David McCullough we’re talking about here…

I understand.

What does the PLO have to do with this story?

huh?

If you give a narrative about a well known event and you think you are right — and even if you are right — you should explain it as such. Did she do that or just blurt out some knowledge someone gave her only half underestanding what she said? Do you teach like that too? Makes you feel superior?? Gotcha???

It was likely given to her and even then she messed it up. Makes her feel superior don’tya know.

There was — at 2:50.

I’m glad you enjoy it. Sometimes even us serious people on the left have a little fun. Go read OFG above and have a big laugh.

Awesome.

Lady Thatcher will not be seeing Sarah Palin. That would be belittling for Margaret. Sarah Palin is nuts.

Ouch.

Of course, Palin can just prattle off a string of random words saying that Thatcher rang some bells in praise of Palin. Such prattle pleases the Palinites.

Who was the source of that quote? I’m no fan of Sarah Palin, but do we really just accept everything we read around here? (edit: everything we read that supports our world view / insults the people we don’t like)

PLO? not much. But the Palinese Liberation Army, that is another story again.

cregan? is that you in another sock puppet disguse??

Never mind that the Sphinx is in Egypt, not further south or up river, as it were, in the Sudan. Never mind that Lady Thatcher is one of England’s brightest, if most rightwing, neo-connish and elderly, former prime ministers. She has Palin’s number. Too bad the establishment here continues to give her brand of ignorance, charisma and predation a free pass.

nah… I’m just a guy that hates mindless partisan cheerleading.

I am going to join the Lady Thatcher fan club.

I can’t wait until Palin tells the taxi driver to take her to Oxford instead of Oxford Street to go shopping, and wonders why the drive took her so long and why there are so few upscale stores among the dreamy spires.

I normally don’t post anything on Palin posts because it gives her much more legitimacy than she deserves, but, when she twists the actual facts with distortions about the revolution and the founding of this country, it irks me

The British were planning to go after the stores of arms and ammunition. And Massachusetts was a hotbed of revolutionary sentiment, it makes perfect sense that it started there. But what she said …

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.

… is a joke

Maybe, sometime prior to his – and Dawes, and Prescott’s – ride he might’ve met with, and said something to the British about a coming fight

That’s hardly what’s going on here, but you know that.

I find it worth noting that when cregan bascially gets called on his stuff, he disappears. But then suddenly you show up basically saying the same b.s.

Yeah right… ummmm hmmmmm, nothing to see here folks, move along now…

You’ll have to establish one first.

I wouldn’t go that far. Thatcher is hard right, anti-union, anti-worker, pro-corporate. But as a hard science Oxford undergrad and qualified tax lawyer, she’s not stupid. She is tireless, even with dementia, and let slip the reins of power only when they were taken from her. Palin can’t take the heat and work involved in actually managing government; she just wants the millions Roger Ailes pays her to kibbutz about those who can.

I’ve mentioned that myself. At first maybe this was for humor, then I was told it was because she’s dangerous..2 things come to my mind, 1. If we keep feeding the grifter, she will never go away so I wish at least the left would quit doing cover stories (any stories) on her..it’s demeaning I think. 2. If this country is really that profoundly stupid to seriously consider electing this crazy nitwit..we deserve the hell we get (as in we’re screwed regardless if we’re truly that stupid collectively).

Mr. Cregan, do you think Sarah Palin actually knew her history or was just trying to make a right wing point about gun rights..which one is the most plausible explanation ?

If you hate mindless partisan cheerleading, you must not be a Republican.

This afternoon on NPR’s Here and Now program Robin Young called Breitbart a “conservative investigator”.

And Fox News is fair and balanced.

Why Palin is Going to Sudan next month:

http://my.firedoglake.com/edwardteller/2011/06/07/why-is-sarah-palin-going-to-sudan/

Bad link.

I have responded to lots of articles at FDL (not as many as you – I don’t have that kind of time) and I don’t follow cregan at all. Finding my entry to this topic worth noting may say more about you than it does about me (or cregan, I suppose) but that’s between you and your therapist ;)

My ongoing message at FDL has been (mostly) consistent: anti-intellectualism (both in approach and content), for either side, isn’t helpful. BT’s unquestioning acceptance of an anonymous dig at Palin is exactly what I’m opposed to.

I’m neither a Republican nor a Democrat, for the same reason.

But it just confirms what we all know: Palin is nuts. Or maybe you havn’t seen her much? Been on Mars?

Thank you for responding with a somewhat more thoughtful response. Ok.

However, I don’t think anyone here is responding in an anti-intellectual fashion. Facts are facts. Palin is factually incorrect, as, factually, Palin has been proven to be incorrect many many times. Where’s the argument? And how is it anti-intellectual?

Frankly, you comment here often enough (even tho by some strange happensance you claim to *know* that I comment more than you, even tho you claim not to have as much time as you think I do… whatever) to realize that FDL is known to criticize equally wherever its deserved. This blog hardly focuses solely to be negative about conservatives, nor does this blog focus solely to be positive about “Democratic pols.”

So, if the shoe fits, then it’s all fair… (to mix my metaphors).

heh… and anymore these days, NPR is “fair & balanced” as well… /s

Bingo!

*G*

Ms. Palin wants to piggyback her political career on the troubles of the Sudanese. Kudos to her if she brings constructive attention to and amelioration of their plight. It would be more consistent of Palin to claim expertise based on a few whirlwind tours through the disadvantaged world, and claim thereby to be a friend of the working class. My guess is that she doesn’t fit anyone’s definition of friend, but she sure can fake it convincingly.

Fox News. Fair and Balanced. [TM]

The tri-fecta of bullshit.

Not Balanced. Not Fair. And not a News organization.

My issue was with the original post and those posts that accept it unquestioningly. There are several side topics that have been discussed and I didn’t intend to implicate them all. As I said before, I am not a Sarah Palin fan, but her being incorrect many times is not relevant. My complaint was about Blue Texan citing as authoritative some hypothetical, unnamed ally of Thatcher (and everyone who replied with blinded acceptance).

My claim that you post more than I do was based upon the activity tab of your FDL profile. You have posted more today than I have posted in a month. I did not claim that I have less time than you; I claimed that I don’t have enough time to post as often as you do (maybe you’re just a really fast typist or maybe you don’t have the time either but compromise things I wouldn’t… I have no idea or interest).

Finally, I have said many times that I don’t care about either party. If someone bashes the left in an anti-intellectual manner, it bothers me just as much as if someone bashes the right in an anti-intellectual manner. There are many people on FDL who are open-minded, IMO, but there are also others (and many threads) which are not.

The Brits need to start ringing bells and firing shots into the air to warn that teh stupid is coming.

If someone bashes the left in an anti-intellectual manner, it bothers me just as much as if someone bashes the right in an anti-intellectual manner.

When I see you expressing genuine concern when this happens, then I might find you more believable. But if it’s true, then fine. I’m willing to stand corrected.

Your interest in my FDL profile is a bit creepy, but ok, whatever… if I have the time to post, I do. If I don’t, I don’t. Thanks again, though, for taking the time to make an informed response.

Ms. Palin’s acquaintance with the facts is cursory. It is not bashing her to point that out any more than it was bashing Mr. Bush to point out his similar ill acquaintance with them or the English language.

I would love to know what Ms. Palin actually knows about Mrs. Thatcher personally, the England she inherited and the quite different one she left behind, and the Tory Britain that has replaced a rightwing Labor government’s. She is a student of political opportunism, not of the world of facts, history, poverty or world affairs.

There is already a rumble warning them of the rapaciousness of the Tory grandees running their current government. Further noise warning them of Ms. Palin’s coming would be lost among the din of the dustmen picking up after the Royal Wedding.

NPR is riddled with former CIA, Voice of America propagandists. If they say the sun rises in the east I have to be able to verify it myself.

There are plenty of good reasons to object to Sarah Palin’s comments and political positions; there’s no need to make stuff up. This anonymous insult does not confirm anything about Palin. It’s contribution to an intelligent discussion is less than zero because it detracts from legitimate concerns and criticisms. What it DOES confirm is my fear that many people will accept almost anything they read so long as it supports their pre-existing feelings about someone or something.

lol… not creepy… I recognized the name from a thread awhile back and when you responded, I checked out the profile to make sure it was the same person.

Any name of either the expert or the institution?

Nope, no need. It is done.

Thatcher would meet with Tina Fey impersonating Palin…

You are right there are indeed “plenty of good reasons….no need to make it up.” Yep, she’s nuts,as someone said.

Ms. Palin’s Reaganesque misdescription of events surrounding the rides by Paul Revere and others would probably be matched by many Americans. To the extent it is correct, it is so by accident, being largely drawn from Longfellow’s poem written nearly a century after the fact. Usefully, Ms. Palin notes that Mr. Revere was a living person who led a long, complex life and not just a caricature in a poem. As for the reference to a Boston professor, I’ll point to one from Cornell and to the record of events promulgated by the Revere House.

Mr. Revere was not alone in riding to warn colonial insurrectionists of the advance of a small contingent of British troops toward Concord and Lexington. They delivered their warnings verbally to select houses, not to whole towns by raising the alarm or ringing bells. Revere’s “warning” to the British was the braggadocio of a man temporarily detained by armed sentries, “warning” them to leave him alone or “500 troops” will save him.

His mission was not to warn the British commanders that their attempt to stop an insurrection – or take colonialist arms, in anticipation of a not yet existent 2nd Amendment – would be fruitless. The last bit was likely Ms. Palin’s anachronistic attempt to appeal to NRA fundamentalists by describing her “take-away” from a visit to Boston.

Ms. Palin’s acquaintance with historical facts is not far removed from that shared by many in Congress, who probably think the Tidal Pool is a place to look for mistresses, lost bathing suits and sea anemones, not Jefferson’s monument.

Ms. Palin is a popular rightist figure more famous for her charisma and her legs than her command of history or state government. The commentary about her would be excessive were it not for her excessive ambition, which might put her in charge of an organization significantly larger and more complex than the one based in Anchorage. In that role, as in being a quoted public figure, an accurate command of facts, problem solving and management skills would be useful, indeed, essential. She has not shown herself to have such talents.

Mrs. Thatcher, of course, is 85, frail, has had one or more strokes, suffers from dementia, and sees few people. She has never suffered fools of any political persuasion gladly. She would not likely have seen Ms. Palin for a variety of reasons, an outcome Ms. Palin or her handlers would know.

Ms. Palin’s reference to her desire to see Mrs. Thatcher is more in the nature of political code. Here, it is a desire to be Reaganesque more than a desire actually to engage what was once a formidable intellect and executive. It is like her desire to learn about Paul Revere – a figure known more to children than American history – and the third world conditions in the Sudan. It is preparation for the great things she hopes will come to her, if not to America.

Earl, you really know how to take the subject apart. So, is she “nuts” ?

i cannot stand margaret thatcher. i lived in london in the 80′s during her premiership and found her cold hearted. nonetheless, i have to give her kudos for this.

According to the English papers, Mrs. Thatcher rarely sees anyone but immediate family, which is true of many people in their mid-80′s. It is her advisers who have little regard for Ms. Palin’s interest in seeing her.

They view Palin’s level of interest in Lady Thatcher as comparable to Palin attending the unveiling of a statute of Reagan. A meeting, they say, would “belittle” Mrs. Thatcher. I agree. It would also expose her frailties to a demonstrably insensitive, injudicious personality.

That Palin wants to burnish her credentials – to visit Lourdes, as it were, not to debate a papal legate about hard policy decisions – is made clear in her unwillingness to see any currently active UK politicians.

I agree. I abhorred her policies and her manner. For current politicians, she is either a talisman or emblematic of hard right policies that oppress the middle and working classes.

Perhaps I meant a “statue” of Reagan. The mind boggles at what one might find in a Statute of Reagan.

Well, who wouldn’t?

Wait a minute. NPR did not say Palin was correct. NPR interviewed a single historian who said Palin was correct. Sort of like the Tobbacco Institute interviewing a single doctor who says smoking is safe.

They call the Statute of Reagan “The Patriot Act”,as in “Reagan tried to scare us into giving away our rights to self-styled “patriots”, but wasn’t as effective a scare-monger as Bush/Cheney.”