Alex Massie Alex Massie

Sarah Palin’s Hubris: Thatcher Edition

Good grief, Sarah Palin is a piece of work:

A very happy birthday to Baroness Thatcher! There are so many lessons we can learn from her excellent example. She once said, “If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.” She sure did. Like her friend Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher had a steel spine. Her excellent defense of the free market is as relevant and true today as it was two decades ago. I encourage people to visit her foundation’s website and listen or read her speeches. There is a wealth of inspiration in the timeless truths she lived and led by.

All true! Never mind the rather odd notion that an Iron Lady – who is still alive, incidentally, and need not be referred to in the past tense – could have a “steel spine”.

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