Margaret Thatcher (they hated Lady Thatcher too Sarah)

Thatcher, Reagan, Pope John Paul II, Lech Walesa.... an unlikely team, but the one that delivered the most telling blow against Communism in its sad history ... a history that today's Communists will never admit; a history that has led to the death and slavery of hundreds of millions of human beings.

Those leaders who followed seem intent on helping the beast back onto its feet.

PALIN: You know, well, all of them because they came collectively together with…so much diversity in terms of belief but collectively they came together to form this union.”

“Bullcrap,” Beck retorted. “Who’s your favorite?” Palin then finally settled on George Washington because he “returned power to the people” and then “went back to Mount Vernon” to farm.” Beck agreed:

PALIN: They were led by, of course, George Washington. So he’s got to rise to the top. Washington was the consummate statesman. He served, he turned power to the people. He didn’t want to be a king. He returned power to the people. Then he went back to Mount Vernon. He went back to his farm. He was almost reluctant to serve as president too and that’s who you need to find to serve in government, in a bureaucracy — those who you know will serve for the right reasons because they’re reluctant to get out there and seek a limelight and seek power. They’re doing it for the people, that was George Washington.

BECK: He is my favorite for that reason as well.

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