Margaret Thatcher Won’t Be Meeting Sarah Palin

Thatcher ally: ‘Sarah Palin is nuts’
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Half-governor Sarah Palin announced recently that she really, really wants to meet Margaret Thatcher; but apparently the feeling isn’t mutual.

It appears that the former prime minister has no intention of meeting the darling of the Tea Party movement. Andy McSmith reported in the Independent this morning that Palin is likely to be “thwarted” on the grounds that Thatcher, 86, rarely makes public appearances.

It would appear that the reasons go deeper than Thatcher’s frail health. Her allies believe that Palin is a frivolous figure who is unworthy of an audience with the Iron Lady. This is what one ally tells me:

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

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1 thedopefishlives  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:20:12am
Sarah Palin is nuts.

And with that, Your Honor, the prosecution rests.

2 Kid A  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:20:36am

I always knew the British were cool.

3 gummitch  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:20:57am

And then there’s that language barrier…

4 Kragar (Antichrist )  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:21:08am

And now, the casting of Thatcher as just another Euroweenie Socialist by Palinistas.

5 researchok  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:21:25am

Not enough lipstick, Ms Palin.

6 Sol Berdinowitz  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:21:31am

Whatever you could say about Maggie, she had class, poise and bearing, and her speeches were eloquent.

7 Kragar (Antichrist )  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:23:13am

re: #6 ralphieboy

Whatever you could say about Maggie, she had class, poise and bearing, and her speeches were eloquent.

But has she ever shot a wolf from a helicopter?

Has she?

Has she?
/

8 makeitstop  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:23:44am

Arise, Palinistas! To the Thatcher Wikipedia page, post haste!

9 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:24:13am

This keeps happening to her.

10 ProBosniaLiberal  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:25:35am

We have good news and bad on Syria:

Good News: Syrian Ambassador to France has resigned in protests of the brutality of Al-Assad

PhilipinParis Philip Crowther
BREAKING Syrian ambassador to France tenders her resignation live on @France24_en. Her response to the crackdown in #Syria.

Bad News: Syrian Affliated Palestinians went into a refugee camp and killed 11.

AJELive AJELive
Palestinian faction loyal to #Syria shot dead at least 11 Palestinians at Yarmouk camp [Link: aje.me…]

If there is a silver lining here, it is that Hamas may be finished in elections. Of course, I’m counting on a competent campaign from Fatah. This can’t go well for Hamas in an election if brought up.

11 Sol Berdinowitz  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:25:38am

re: #7 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

But has she ever shot a wolf from a helicopter?

Has she?

Has she?
/


She broke the back of an entire Union Movement from her living room at Downing Street…

12 Decatur Deb  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:25:59am

We need a contest for the most creative use of the 5’9” statue we keep advertising.

13 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:26:16am

Thatcher was the first and loudest major politician in support of direct and extensive action to combat climate change. She has advanced degrees in science and an IQ well above room temperature.

She also knows Sarah is a political joke in Britian.

14 darthstar  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:26:21am

Sarah Palin is nuts? Certainly she means Sarah Palin is nuts about our right to bear arms and keep a well armed militia(s) like the Promise Keepers and The Minutemen.
/

15 celticdragon  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:26:29am

re: #6 ralphieboy

Whatever you could say about Maggie, she had class, poise and bearing, and her speeches were eloquent.

Not always.

“I think we’ve been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it’s the government’s job to cope with it. ‘I have a problem, I’ll get a grant.’ ‘I’m homeless, the government must house me.’ They’re casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It’s our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations. There’s no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation.”

She started off with a reasonable premise: Government cannot fix all of your problems and over reliance on it is a bad thing.

Then she went into wacko Ayn Rand territory.

16 Kragar (Antichrist )  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:26:49am

re: #12 Decatur Deb

We need a contest for the most creative use of the 5’9” statue we keep advertising.

Petting the lobster material.

17 darthstar  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:27:07am

re: #12 Decatur Deb

We need a contest for the most creative use of the 5’9” statue we keep advertising.

Laminate it, strap it to a piece of styrofoam, and watch it “go with the flow.”

18 Decatur Deb  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:27:46am

re: #13 LudwigVanQuixote

Thatcher was the first and loudest major politician in support of direct and extensive action to combat climate change. She has advanced degrees in science and an IQ well above room temperature.

She also knows Sarah is a political joke in Britian.

She put her chemistry degree to use finding ways to introduce more air into children’s ice cream, or so the story goes.

19 darthstar  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:27:56am

re: #3 gummitch

And then there’s that language barrier…

True…Margaret Thatcher only speaks English donchaknow.

20 Why I Never!  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:28:08am

re: #15 celticdragon

Not always.

She started off with a reasonable premise: Government cannot fix all of your problems and over reliance on it is a bad thing.

Then she went into wacko Ayn Rand territory.

Jimmah and I went to the pub last week and he came back with glasses saying “Thatchers Gold”.
“What’s that?” I said, “The blood of the poor?”

21 Shiplord Kirel  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:28:33am

re: #4 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

And now, the casting of Thatcher as just another Euroweenie Socialist by Palinistas.

No, but her chopper guys did bag some Argentines.

22 abolitionist  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:28:43am

re: #12 Decatur Deb

We need a contest for the most creative use of the 5’9” statue we keep advertising.

SP could read it a bedtime story about the famous ride of Paul Revere.

23 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:29:35am

re: #11 ralphieboy

She broke the back of an entire Union Movement from her living room at Downing Street…

But was there a helicopter involved?

24 Shiplord Kirel  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:29:52am

re: #21 Shiplord Kirel

No, but her chopper guys did bag some Argentines.

Sorry ‘bout that. Quantum tunneling on my keyboard or something. Should have been for: re: #7 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

But has she ever shot a wolf from a helicopter?

Has she?

Has she?
/

25 Bulworth  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:29:58am

My opinion of Thatcher has increased dramatically.

26 Sol Berdinowitz  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:31:03am

re: #15 celticdragon


I did not say they were politically sound, just eloquent, well worded and delivered.

Imagine Sarah getting that point across; “Well, you know, we’re all just people, you know, and those welfare moms, well, like they hafta understand that they can’t expect to stay home and a free ride while other folks are gettin’ up and workin’ hard every day and goin’ out an’ huntin’ to fill the family larder, not with the cost of ammunition going up because people are hoarding it for fear of it being confiscated…”

etc…

27 lawhawk  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:31:50am

re: #10 ProLifeLiberal

The situation in the Yarmouk camp isn’t nearly as straight forward. Earlier reports were indicating that mourners assaulted PFLP thugs who were there claiming that the PFLP manipulated the Palestinians to going to march on the Golan border and precipitating a conflict with Israel - and the PFLP or their Syrian backers opened fire on the mourners.

28 lawhawk  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:32:24am

re: #25 Bulworth

She’s always had my respect. Palin couldn’t even carry her water.

29 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:32:33am

re: #25 Bulworth

My opinion of Thatcher has increased dramatically.

There’s no reason for her to pander to Palin. The TPer vote is irrelevent in Britain, and Thatcher has no reason to be interested in Palin.

Also, frankly, after all the whining and crying about how people didn’t like Palin because they were classists—well, they’ve got real class divisions in Britain, and Sarah doesn’t translate well on the conversion chart.

It’s a pity. If Maggie had a better sense of humor, I’m sure she could have an awesome time showing Sarah the sights.

30 Bulworth  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:32:52am

But doesn’t Palin think the British are like Obama and are going to take away her guns?

31 SpaceJesus  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:33:00am

Why would somebody who wraps themselves up in a movement called “The Tea Party” be so desperate to be seen hanging out with a symbol of British rule?

32 Four More Tears  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:33:32am

I guess Margaret didn’t appreciate Revere’s message…

33 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:33:35am

re: #10 ProLifeLiberal

Syrian Affliated Palestinians went into a refugee camp and killed 11.

Charming.

34 celticdragon  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:33:46am

My history prof at Guilford wanted to do a class on Reagan and Thatcher, but found it impossble to actually get any non partisan and unbiased material to teach from. The department chair actually laughed when he suggested the class. The mythology is taking over.

Empirically, Thatcher’s right wing approach to the economic crisis in England didn’t fair any better then the left wing approach in France under Mitterand. The employment and GDP numbers simply don’t support any other conclusion, but the wingnut mythology will not admit that. Her popularity largly stemmed from the Falklands War, since before that she was being called “Thatcher Thatcher milk snatcher!” for cutting school luches to needy children.

35 wrenchwench  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:34:07am

re: #31 SpaceJesus

Why would somebody who wraps themselves up in a movement called “The Tea Party” be so desperate to be seen hanging out with a symbol of British rule?

She’s alive; unlike Reagan, the American version.

36 researchok  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:34:08am

re: #20 iceweasel

Jimmah and I went to the pub last week and he came back with glasses saying “Thatchers Gold”.
“What’s that?” I said, “The blood of the poor?”

Ouch!

37 researchok  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:34:39am

re: #23 SanFranciscoZionist

But was there a helicopter involved?

A black helicopter

38 celticdragon  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:35:05am

re: #31 SpaceJesus

Why would somebody who wraps themselves up in a movement called “The Tea Party” be so desperate to be seen hanging out with a symbol of British rule?


I have no idea.

39 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:35:08am

THATCHER

THATCHER

WHERE’S THE DREAMS THAT I’VE BEEN AFTER

40 Sol Berdinowitz  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:35:32am

re: #34 celticdragon

She started a wave of privatization that has resulted in British infrastructure remaining unrepaired since the 80’s….

41 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:36:18am

I’m no particular fan of Thatcher in general.

However, compared to the likes of Palin, Bachman, Santorum, Gingrich, Barton, Inhofe, Ryan, Rush, Beck etc… etc… she is a very well educated, moderate liberal.

42 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:36:37am

re: #30 Bulworth

But doesn’t Palin think the British are like Obama and are going to take away her guns?

Wrong bucket of crazy. I think that’s the Larouchies.

43 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:37:06am

re: #31 SpaceJesus

Why would somebody who wraps themselves up in a movement called “The Tea Party” be so desperate to be seen hanging out with a symbol of British rule?

I’m still pissed that the (really awesome Canadian) band The Tea Party has had their namespace sullied with a bunch of leathery cougar racists and bloated weekend warriors

44 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:37:37am

re: #41 LudwigVanQuixote

I’m no particular fan of Thatcher in general.

However, compared to the likes of Palin, Bachman, Santorum, Gingrich, Barton, Inhofe, Ryan, Rush, Beck etc… etc… she is a very well educated, moderate liberal.

Hell, they have me saying that about Nixon and Reagan.

45 Lidane  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:37:56am

re: #35 wrenchwench

She’s alive; unlike Reagan, the American version.

Yeah, this.

Thatcher’s allies know that Caribou Barbie only wants to meet her so she can have a photo to use on her website and in any potential campaign to prove she’s a successor to Reagan or something.

Problem is, Thatcher knew the real Reagan and is too smart to go along with it. Her frail health is the main reason she said no, but there’s no denying the political savvy behind rejecting Palin’s request to meet.

46 ProBosniaLiberal  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:38:33am

re: #27 lawhawk

The Syrian-Affiliated ones were acting like douches on some level.

47 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:38:44am

re: #25 Bulworth

Not me, she’s evil as fuck

48 lawhawk  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:39:13am

re: #39 WindUpBird

faster…. faster… /hetfield…

49 Bulworth  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:40:49am
I am going to Sudan in July and hope to stop in England on the way. I am just hoping Mrs Thatcher is well enough to see me as I so admire her.

I am cringing at the prospect of Palin going to Sudan. Doesn’t that country have enough problems as it is?

50 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:41:39am

re: #44 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

Hell, they have me saying that about Nixon and Reagan.

Exactly…

Hell compared to Nixon, they are un-paranoid, open and trusting.

Compared to Reagan they are dumb and full of voodoo economic ideas.

Compared to both they are hawkish.

Compared to both they are honest.

That is really saying something.

51 ProBosniaLiberal  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:41:57am

re: #49 Bulworth

She probably has no idea what is going on in that nation. Or the soon-to-be South Sudan.

52 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:41:58am

re: #48 lawhawk

Puppets is still great, but I can only listen to deep tracks like Orion these days *_*

53 celticdragon  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:42:15am

re: #40 ralphieboy

She started a wave of privatization that has resulted in British infrastructure remaining unrepaired since the 80’s…


Yep. Lots of people started getting killed on British Railways after privatization, since the new corporate owners took the cash and put nothing back into maintenance. But remember…government can’t do anything right and business can always do it better!

To be fair, the privatization act happened under John Major.

54 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:42:56am

PIMF

re: #44 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

Hell, they have me saying that about Nixon and Reagan.

Exactly…

Hell compared to Nixon, they are paranoid, and un-trusting conspiracy mongers

Compared to Reagan they are dumb and full of voodoo economic ideas.

Compared to both they are hawkish.

Compared to both they are honest.

That is really saying something.

55 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:43:32am

re: #49 Bulworth

I am cringing at the prospect of Palin going to Sudan. Doesn’t that country have enough problems as it is?

I actually want her to make as much noise as possible, the more she’s associated with the GOP, the more I like it, it’s like she’s a vampire sucking the GOP of its vital essence

56 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:44:35am

re: #34 celticdragon

My history prof at Guilford wanted to do a class on Reagan and Thatcher, but found it impossble to actually get any non partisan and unbiased material to teach from. The department chair actually laughed when he suggested the class. The mythology is taking over.

Empirically, Thatcher’s right wing approach to the economic crisis in England didn’t fair any better then the left wing approach in France under Mitterand. The employment and GDP numbers simply don’t support any other conclusion, but the wingnut mythology will not admit that. Her popularity largly stemmed from the Falklands War, since before that she was being called “Thatcher Thatcher milk snatcher!” for cutting school luches to needy children.

Well the inside of his JCB, is a sight to behold
He’s got curtains on the windows, of colours green white and gold
He has a photograph of Haughey, from the Dail in Dublin town
And there’s one of Maggie Thatcher, but it’s hanging upside down.

57 celticdragon  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:44:46am

re: #55 WindUpBird

I actually want her to make as much noise as possible, the more she’s associated with the GOP, the more I like it, it’s like she’s a vampire sucking the GOP of its vital essence


I’m hoping she doesn’t cause a serious international incident.

58 Sol Berdinowitz  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:45:14am

re: #53 celticdragon

Yep. Lots of people started getting killed on British Railways after privatization, since the new corporate owners took the cash and put nothing back into maintenance. But remember…government can’t do anything right and business can always do it better!

To be fair, the privatization act happened under John Major.


and people getting blown up from gas leaks because the mains are not being maintained, etc. that is all maggie’s doing, she set the privatization thing in motion, major was just a shopkeeper.

59 Winny Spencer  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:45:55am

re: #47 WindUpBird

Not me, she’s evil as fuck

Yep, she’s still a murderer.

60 tnguitarist  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:46:06am

re: #52 WindUpBird

Puppets is still great, but I can only listen to deep tracks like Orion these days *_*

you will do

what I say

when I say…

61 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:48:11am

re: #51 ProLifeLiberal

She probably has no idea what is going on in that nation. Or the soon-to-be South Sudan.

She probably mistakes them for southern secessionists.

62 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:53:36am

re: #61 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

She probably mistakes them for southern secessionists.

They’re peeling off from Sudan because of high taxes, and folks wantin’ to take away their guns.

63 Shiplord Kirel  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:57:36am

Reagan/Thatcher fans conveniently forget it, but Thatcher’s government had been gleefully engaged in dismantling the British armed forces before the Falklands kerfuffle appeared. “Pro-military” and “conservative” are not as closely associated in the UK as in the US, to say the least.

The British task force that sailed to the Falklands did so without airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft, resulting in heavy losses and many tactical restrictions from surprise low-level air attack. The last British carrier capable of operating these had been scrapped by the Thatcher government 2 years earlier. The carrier capable AEW aircraft themselves (Fairey Gannets) had soon followed. The Vulcan bombers that flew 16 hour missions to hit the Port Stanley airfield were just weeks from the scrapyard. Indeed, about half the Vulcans had already been cut up or donated to museums. At one point, British airmen went to California to scrounge parts from a Vulcan that had been donated to the Castle Air Force Base museum.

64 Ming  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 12:45:13pm

Margaret Thatcher, whom I’ve always admired as Prime Minister, is now 86 and suffering from dementia. It would be obscene if Sarah Palin were allowed to take advantage of this situation, for a photo-op.

Sarah badly wants the photo op; she thinks it would boost her feminist cred. The caregivers of the former Prime Minister will have to step up and protect Lady Thatcher.

65 The Ghost of a Flea  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 12:59:36pm

I made a crack about this on the orginal post, but I hadn’t realized Mrs. Thatcher age or health: that makes this all so much more distasteful. It’s treating a person as a reliquary.

66 Thorzdad  Tue, Jun 7, 2011 1:12:03pm

Poor Sarah. Thwarted at her attempt to rub elbows with a friend of Ronald Reagan. Thatcher may be old and sick, but you can bet she and her handlers know better than bestow any possible air of legitimacy on that idiot.


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