Thatcherism and Palinism. What do you Brits think?
Offline I recently read this article "This is Alaska's Margaret Thatcher"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4671671.ece
I have always disagreed with Thatcher's conservative politics but have always respected her as a leader as I similary do for British politicians on the Left. Yet I break out into uncontrolled laughter when comparisons are made between Sarah Palin and Margaret Thatcher.
Sarah Palin's hockey-mom, Christian fundamentalist, sexy librarian MILF appearing personae resonates with a large chunk of the deluded American public. It is a sign of the times when mediocrity is lauded in the US from a public wherein 20% believe that the sun revolves around the earth. There is absolutely nothing in common between Thatcher and Palin other than gender.
I see no evidence yet that Palin has enough neurons in her prayer ridden walnut sized brain that she can run a lemonade stand let alone shoulder the American economy should McCain pass away. What does she know about foreign policy? What does she know about healthcare? She is an empty headed moron. These are not adjectives I would apply to Margaret thatcher.
It is a grotesque insult to all you Brits by comparing Palin to Thatcher.
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MILF? Que es "MILF"?
Mom I'd Like to Fuck. From the "American Pie" series of movies. Generally refers to an attractive older woman.
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Humans just get wierder and wierder.
Then you definitely don't want to know what a GILF is...
No, GUYS get weirder and weirder
That wentch isn't worth a clever response, let alone a load of cum down her ugly lying throat. Go girl power, burn that witch ....
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I'd fuck her. Of course record it so it's a scandal and she doesn't get voted for! I'd be the slut in her scandal.
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Hahaha. To you, clearly. Meanwhile, you get simpler and simpler. Not that hard to figure you out Pinapple, even though you keep insisting none of us "get" you.
You really should get out more.
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I was spawned from original sin
And if I had a dollar bill for all the things I've done
There'd be a mountain of money piled up to my chin
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I'm no great fan of Thatcher but she was a highly educated and intelligient chemist and political intellectual. She pretty much had a political philosophy named after her (with a few other contributers) which is pretty rare for any politican.
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So, anyway, who's Margaret Thatcher?
She's a good example that just because you are female it doesn't mean you are automatically more compasionate and touchy-feely, or whatever else you might naively expect.
Personally, I don't much like the idea that men are more agressive/selfish/ambitious than women, being a compasionate and sensitive guy myself, but I'll have to admit, on average, women and men gravitate towards different things, and while it is very naive, there is a certain logic to alot of people (women especially) getting excited about candidates like Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin, purely because they are women.
The rationalle would go: "in my experience, most women are more compassionate and compromise seeking than men, so a women top politician would not be as war-mongering, and more compassionate about helping the weakest people in society".
But this is still a wrong rationalle, because most women, doesn't mean all women, and there are always exceptions to the rule. Indeed, the kind of woman who is likely to be found in the male dominated world of top-politics is likely more aggresive/selfish/ambitious than your average woman, because that's how she got in that position.
Margaret Thatcher is a prime example of this.
Well I was born an original sinner
I was spawned from original sin
And if I had a dollar bill for all the things I've done
There'd be a mountain of money piled up to my chin
No, it's an insult to Margaret Thatcher, and therefore I'm happy.
I do agree that there are massive differences between Thatcher and Palin, but they're both staunch conservatives, both deeply religious, and both nutjobs, one of them screwed up a country, the other is likely to screw up a country. In that respect it's an apt comparison.
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To be honest, I get the feeling Palin wouldn't have been as bad as Thatcher.
Palin has religious ignorance but I doubt she'd step on people economically like Thatcher did.
That said, I can see her focusing so much on driving religion down people's throat that she's happy to let her Republican sidekicks do what the hell they like elsewhere and they'd do enough trampling for everyone.
Ok, first of all, there is a vast difference between what passes for "conservative" in America and what is considered "conservative" in the UK.
Palin can maybe be compared to Ann Coulter, but, for god's sake, she's not even in the same league as Thatcher!
Thatcher, her personal morality aside, was a gutsy politician and did what had to be done in a difficult era of Arab oil embargos and recessions. Thatcher knew how the economy worked, knew what a business cycle was and believed that the national budget should be balanced. Contrary to popular belief, the Tories did not cut spending on the welfare state. I suspect that Palin wouldn't have a clue about such issues.
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thinking now about palin and thatcher, i'm reminded of something comrade mao once said about richard nixon at the height of the ultra-leftist cultural revolution (i'm paraphrasing): "i like dealing with rightists. rightists say what they mean, while leftists hide their true intentions." just remember that when you go out and vote. palin is saying EXACTLY what she means.
i also recall a line from a kris kristofferson song: "i don't care if that's left or right, it's wrong."
oh, and the changing face of europe and the world in the '80s had at least as much to do with gorbachev being spineless as with thatcher being "gutsy."
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