FYI: If you make a statement to a journalist for the print and broadcast news, Rush Limbaugh devotes an hour to it on his show, and it becomes the talk around town - it's a pronouncement.
Posted on 06/08/2011 6:45:20 PM PDT by kristinn
Rush Limbaugh the US conservative radio host, was angry on Wednesday after I blogged that Margaret Thatcher would not receive Sarah Palin if the darling of the Tea Party movement visits London in July.
Limbaugh opened his show with a lengthy denunciation of the Guardian after I quoted an ally of Thatcher on Tuesday describing Palin as "nuts".
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Members of the Thatcher circle are highly protective of the former prime minister, 86, who has suffered from dementia for some years. They ration her appearances with great care and are careful to ensure that she is not used by unsuitable politicians. This is why they feel so strongly that Thatcher should not meet Palin: they believe it would be beneath the dignity of the Iron Lady to meet such a lightweight figure who would use the meeting to burnish her credentials as the keeper of the Reagan flame.
The Thatcher ally quoted in my original blog told me on Wednesday that members of her circle were standing by their decision after the description of Palin as "nuts" was reported in the US. This is what the ally told me on Wednesday:
"Margaret will not be meeting Sarah Palin. If necessary we will make sure that Margaret has an off day when Palin is in London."
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The lesson is clear. Report people's real thoughts about Palin with care or Rush Limbaugh will take a run at you with his cigar.
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I believe Limbaugh. But not the ultra-left-wing British rag The Guardian.
if this turns out to be so, it is a shame the Grand Margaret Thatcher fell into such unsuitable caretakers in her later years. Not fitting for a woman who made such a contribution to the same movement as Palin is today.
Nicholas Watt has already gotten too much attention.
“I believe Limbaugh. But not the ultra-left-wing British rag The Guardian.”
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Yes, The Guardian is the New York Slimes of London.
I am listening to Rush (24/7) as I type this post, 9:40 AM Th here.
Those were the days, we had Ronnie and they had Maggie.
The only lightweights are the Brits who have rolled over and allowed their country to be raped by Muslims.
I believe that someone who thinks they know Thatcher said Pail in nuts. But as they said, Lady Thatcher is suffering from dementia and does not know what she is saying anymore.
I think she probably would have blocked Palin from access to Reagan.
Whereas Reagan himself would almost certainly have been delighted with Sarah Palin, if he had been able to meet her before he went into decline due to Alzheimer's.
I think she probably would have blocked Palin from access to Reagan.
Whereas Reagan himself would almost certainly have been delighted with Sarah Palin, if he had been able to meet her before he went into decline due to Alzheimer's.
Sorry for double post.
Wow. I expect Thatcher, if she were in her right mind, would love to meet Sarah. I also expect Sarah wanted to meet her based on her respect and admiration for Thatcher.
However, the various “handlers” around Thatcher are all clearly delusional, so it’s best the situation be avoided at this point. ;-P
Reagan would have been totally enamoured.
Sarah announced that was invited by someone to meet Lady Thatchers last year before a scheduling conflict ended that and apparently now Sarah last week sounded confident that she has plans to possibly meet Lady Thatcher if she was in better health, next month. So Sarah said this publicly but others so called “inner circle” are Thatcher are saying these things “anonymously”.....hmmm!
Then I guess Palin won’t be meeting with Lady Thatcher when she visits London. Palin shouldn’t have made any pronouncements until she was able to work something out.
“Members of the Thatcher circle are highly protective of the former prime minister, 86, who has suffered from dementia for some years. They ration her appearances with great care and are careful to ensure that she is not used by unsuitable politicians.”
I think they sort of destroyed the whole purpose of their own article and control racket. Leftist are the most clever imbeciles in human history.
It’s revenge,that’s what it is.The Left Maggie once despised are her “handlers” now.
I thought they met a couple of years ago.......I’m not sure though.
The British SAS need to make a strike...take out the miscreant caretakers and transport Lady "Belgrado" Thatcher to a place where she gets the loving care and attention she needs.
Well like the Rolling Thunder. She was invited by someone claiming to have authority. She announced it. Then gets blasted by a lefty other officer who did not know his buddy had invited her. Gives the left and media a chance to freely tee-off on Sarah, but she just keeps on a comin’
When did Palin make any pronouncements about meeting Thatcher?
And I doubt that any president has known everything about everything. I look at the kind of people they get their info from. Obama has failed in the category, categorically!
It’s Rush over the idiots at the Guardian any day. Who else but a newspaper hires those of no intellect?
Oops, forgot.
Obama.
IIRC Sarah Palin stated how much she admired Margaret Thatcher, and mused that IF she was willing to give her audience she would very much like to visit her when she is in London.
IIRC that’s all she said, so what is the big deal?
Well, it is true that Tories think most Americans are nutters. American Conservatives do not have much in common with their English counterparts. I doubt they had a very good opinion of Reagan either until his policies proved successful, and of course George Bush had a closer friend in Blair than in anyone on the other side of the House. What angers me is the vulger slap at Palin by the leeches around Thatcher. All they had to do is tell Palin people that she was unable to see anyone. But they just HAVE to meddle in American politics, something about which they know little.
Thatcher has had a series of small strokes over the last 10 years. She had has a fall not long ago where she broke her arm, and she had to be told her children’s names, and also had to be reminded that her husband Dennis had long since passed away.
That said, Palin is no Thatcher. Sarah Palin is only potential at this stage; Margaret Thatcher actually had the experience of leading a nation for almost 12 years. Thatcher actually stopped and reversed flat out Socialism in Britain. Palin is only an aspirant at this stage. Thatcher has actually walked the walk. Once Palin actually does, then the comparisons can flow. They have no merit at this point.
Well how about a few men standing up and being a strong conservation willing to stick to his convictions and not waver in front of a camera, HuH?
This gatekeeper sounds a little concerned that Margaret Thatcher would actually welcome and receive Sarah Palin, fretting over the possible necessity of whisking her away from the premises as he does.
What,are you another Romney droid looking for any excuse to bash Palin too?
I haven't seen anyone compare Palin's accomplishments to Lady Thatcher. The spirit, drive, the philosophy and the right person at the right time in history, perhaps, but not the accomplishments.
I’m glad you cleared that up. So it’s on? Good deal.
I had listened to the initial statement by Rush Limbaugh. Angry? on the contrary. Rush mentioned the times that he was with Margaret Thatcher. This included his driving a golf cart around with Mrs Thatcher Stateside. There was indeed a tone of some regret by Rush, regret that people could be so obtuse (not his word).
He then said that at all times Mrs Thatcher retained a dignified composure and did not even say hurtful things about those she obviously was against. It was not simply her character.
Altogether a masterful commentary by Rush and well done. Not so dignified myself and working class, I would describe all and sundry with their denigration of Sarah.
Miserable lying sods!
A statement that doesn't even make sense on its face because Thatcher doesn't make public appearances at all anymore: she has "on days". But then, what would we expect from an anonymous source?
Um, no. Palin turned around Alaska. The governor of Alaska has powers that no other governor has. They are the CEO. Palin broke the oil and good ole boy network. In Aug 2008 she had a 88% approval from the voters.
Really,the Democrats have oodles of “anonymous Republican sources” up their butts to bash conservatives with...
Same with the Brits too apparently.
"I love London and England ... We hope to be able to visit soon. I'd like to meet with Margaret Thatcher."
This is not a pronouncement.
pronouncement [prəˈnaʊnsmənt]
n 1. an official or authoritative statement or announcement
2. the act of pronouncing, declaring, or uttering formally
In fact Palin has never said she was going to meet Thatcher.
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There is a greater chance that no one around Thatcher said anything. The Brit libs lie more than the slimes... watch the BBC and see what I mean.
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Sadly in her old age the Right has abandoned her.
The original article appears to have been scrubbed from the Daily Mail. Here’s a summary of it from the AOLingtonPost:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/14/sarah-palin-margaret-that_n_611561.html
Wouldn’t bet on it. Really, the Tories are generally more anti-American than anyone to the immediate right of readers the Guardian or the Independent.
Disgusting!
Seriously? Palin has viewed Thatcher as a role model for much of her life and has long planned for such a meeting. They are ideologically very similar. She was talking about the invitation to meet Thatcher over a year ago.
Gee, no bias there. I've been assured by anonymous sources that Nicholas Watt is nuttier than a sh!thouse rat.
They should not have shared that, regardless of the capacity in which they presume to serve Mrs. Thatcher.
And Sarah Palin should shut up about it.
FYI: If you make a statement to a journalist for the print and broadcast news, Rush Limbaugh devotes an hour to it on his show, and it becomes the talk around town - it's a pronouncement.
Your article references a planned visit last year that never happened. Posted: 06-14-10 05:27 PM. I’m assuming you think that offer still stands. It seems not.
“I’d like to meet Thatcher” isn’t a pronouncement no matter how you spin it.
But your reply was pretty funny so I’m going to drop it.
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