Newly declassified documents indicate that British officials thought that Ronald Reagan was a "bozo" and were incredulous that he was elected President.

Courtesy of the Daily Beast:  

Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan were often portrayed as geo-political soul mates, but government files declassified in London on Wednesday expose a deep British disdain for the president who was described in official papers as homophobic, uninformed, disinterested and, not to put too fine a point on it, “a Bozo.” 

The British Foreign Office files seen by The Daily Beast show that Prime Minister Thatcher was warned President Reagan had little interest in world affairs and was unable to sustain a serious conversation about contemporary politics. 

The damning critiques, which expressed sheer incredulity that this man could occupy the White House, were shared at the highest levels of government before and after Reagan’s first State Visit to Britain in 1982. 

Despite the hostility of her advisors, Thatcher appeared to strike up a close relationship with Reagan based on their shared values. They loudly battled Communism together and were determined to vanquish the post-war economic consensus, which had been based on the work of John Maynard Keynes, in favor of trickle-down economics and low taxes. 

Successive British ambassadors in Washington were deeply unimpressed with the former California governor, however. Sir Nicholas Henderson, who was in the job when Reagan was elected, described him as a dogmatic and simplistic man. “He has clear-cut opinions, not to say prejudices, as was apparent to me when he told me à propos Keynes that it must not be forgotten that he was a homosexual,” Henderson wrote in his United States Annual Review of 1981.

Anti-intellectual,  anti-gay, anti-comprehension, oh yeah that was the Ronald Reagan that we knew and loathed here in the U.S..

Sir Oliver Wright, who replaced Henderson as the British Ambassador, was even less impressed with Reagan.  

Wright was aghast to find that smart and serious political operatives in D.C. appeared happy to work under Reagan’s leadership. “No one in Washington smirks when they are expounding the President’s views or communicating his policies,” he said. “No one in official and hardly anyone in non-official Washington decries his want of powers of analysis or his inability to argue a closely reasoned case.” 

Wright’s summation of the twin threads of the Administration’s policy objectives was equally damning. He described Reaganomics as “unsophisticated… it’s component parts self-contradictory” and his foreign policy as cartoonish and based on Reagan’s Wild West heritage. “California is on the look out for baddies and Public Baddie No 1 is the Soviet Union… baddies, as we all know, have only one proper fate: to bite the dust.”

Of course fortunately for Reagan there was Mikhail Gorbachev to usher in perestroika and do the dirty work in Russia, and allow Ronnie to take the lion's share of the credit.

Is it any wonder that a certain political lightweight choose him as her role model?

Palin at Reagan ranch

Since the British found Reagan so distasteful one can only imagine how upset they were by the election of George W. Bush in 2000. And if by some miracle Palin HAD been elected as the VP in 2008 perhaps they would have stopped returning our calls altogether.

Sarah Palin finally gives a shout out to her long suffering purse carrier.

Bruce Fischer, Gail Ernst, Todd Palin. Photo credit: ShePAC

(Sadly it appears that not much of Palin's budget is wasted on clothes for Todd. He could have at least found a pair without holes, don'tcha think?)

Courtesy of the Queen of the Frigid Valley's Facebook page:

These guys have guts! And the patience of Job, no doubt. Attending Iowa’s “Heels On, Gloves Off” rally for U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst last week, our husbands stood still long enough for a quick photo. We honor them for their continued love, support, and exemplary work ethic. In the rough and tumble political arena I believe some experiences are more unpleasant for a candidate’s family than for she who is offering to serve in office. The Iron Lady said it best; here’s a quote of hers worth remembering when opponents’ distorted personal criticism flies on the points of darts and arrows that family members graciously, admirably rise above: “I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.” 

- Sarah Palin

Actually I have not gone after Palin personally because I don't have a political argument to make far from it.

I have gone after her on a personal level usually in response to that same sort of attack on others. For instance calling into question the President's manhood, or suggesting that people who do not agree with her are "wusses," or insinuating that essentially everybody who reports, writes a book, or blogs about her are pedophiles or sex offenders.

In fact the very idea that she would suggest that it is OTHERS who are using personal attacks, instead of her is laughable on its face.

In fact she is the queen of personal smears, character assassinations, and middle school taunts.

Bing celebrates the Women of 2013.

I don't know how I missed this earlier, but I did.

As a man I am humbled to my core after viewing these amazing women.

So much courage, perseverance, and joy that it should send message to all of us never to give up and to continue to strive to overcome every obstacle that life throws out way.

You can read more about the woman included in that advertisement here.

Sarah Palin can't score an invite to Margaret Thatcher's funeral, but her fellow "Queen of the Teabaggers," Michele Bachmann, finds a way. Update!

Courtesy of the Political Ticker:

Rep. Michele Bachmann will travel to London as part of the U.S. congressional delegation at Wednesday's funeral for the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. 

Other American lawmakers making the trip include Rep. George Holding, R-North Carolina, and delegation leader Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee. 

"Margaret Thatcher was one of the greatest champions freedom has ever known, and her funeral gives Americans and friends around the world an opportunity to pay final respects," House Speaker John Boehner said in a statement.

Oh man, you just KNOW this is going to burn a certain  half term governor's ass! I certainly hope that her refrigerator has taken out a life insurance policy.

You also KNOW that Bachmann undoubtedly badgered Boehner until he caved and let her come along. I cannot imagine that he chose her because of her intelligence or diplomatic abilities.

All I can say is that the Palin-bots are going to go ballistic at this news.

Update: Gingrich too!

Okay I am convinced that Palin MUST be burning up the phone lines right now trying to get an invite. I actually would not be all that surprised if she does not figure out some way to finagle herself a way into the funeral.

I mean if Bachmann and Gingrich are both going this must be driving her crazy!

Those on the invite list to Margaret Thatcher's funeral. President Obama and Hillary Clinton? Yes. Sarah Palin? Absolutely not!

Courtesy of The Guardian: 

More than 2,000 politicians, dignitaries and celebrities – from Hillary Clinton to Tony Blair, from Jeremy Clarkson to FW de Klerk, and from Jeffrey Archer to Shirley Bassey – have been invited to attend the funeral of Lady Thatcher at St Paul's Cathedral next week. 

The guest list, which includes all surviving former British prime ministers, all surviving former US presidents and a representative of the former South African president Nelson Mandela, has been drawn up by Thatcher's family with help from the government and the Conservative party. 

Downing Street said the invitations were being printed on Thursday and would be sent out on Friday by first-class post. 

A No 10 spokeswoman said: "Those invited include family and friends of Lady Thatcher, those who worked with her over the years, including all surviving members of her cabinets, former chiefs of staff, Conservative associates, peers and MPs, members of the cabinet, peers and MPs, members of the Order of the Garter, members of the Order of Merit, foreign associates and dignitaries and representatives from the wide range of groups she was associated with." 

She said 200 states, territories and international organisations would be invited to send a representative to the service. 

"We have invited those countries and institutions with whom we have normal diplomatic relations," she said. "In addition, there are invitations being made in a personal capacity to some current and former world leaders as well as others from overseas who had a close connection to Baroness Thatcher."

Over 2,000 politicians, dignitaries, and celebrities invited, with help in the choosing from the CONSERVATIVE party in Britain, and Sarah Palin STILL cannot wrangle an invite?

Don't these people realize that SHE is the obvious successor to the conservative crown of Baroness Thatcher?

Don't they realize that she has "still" spine which is kind of like being an "Iron Lady?"

Do they not realize that ever since Palin first heard about the Thatcher, from McCain's people while they were trying to cram a lifetime's worth of facts in her head before she met the press, that she has wanted NOTHING more in life than to have the opportunity stand next to her (Dead or alive), and get her picture taken to help further her conservative credentials?

Oh, well maybe they DO know that.

Wow! It is one thing to get rejected by a living woman, but to be rejected by her corpse? Ouch!

I guess they did not read this impassioned plea over at the Sea O'Pee earlier today:

But as an invited guest of the Thatcher family!! Sarah going would end once and for all the LIE that Thatcher did not want to meet her!! So I implore Thatcher's family and official representatives to PLEASE invite Sarah Palin to the memorial!! She would be a dignified and most appropriate person to TRULY represent the United States.....or at least that part of this nation that most reveres Lady Thatcher!!

Ah! And just when I thought this could not be more satisfying!

With the death of Margaret Thatcher the song "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" about to top the charts in England. Update!

Courtesy of The Independent:  

Lady Thatcher’s death could propel The Wizard Of Oz track "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead to the top of the charts. 

Those who saw her death as a cause for celebration have prompted a download surge for the track. 

Within 48 hours of the former Prime Minister’s death, the song has entered the official UK chart at number 10. 

It is expected to climb higher as a result of a Facebook campaign being set up to encourage sales. 

The Facebook group, encouraging people to download the "Witch" song to get it to number one, already had 664 members and was originally set up back in July 2007. 

The BBC said it would decide whether to play Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead during Radio 1's top 40 countdown when places are finalised this weekend. 

In a statement it said: "The Official Chart Show on Sunday is a historical and factual account of what the British public has been buying and we will make a decision about playing it when the final chart positions are clear."

Whew, that is a little harsh!

But clearly it is an accurate representation of how the people of Britain REALLY view the woman referred to as the "Iron Lady."

So much for the Right Wing attempts to sugarcoat her reputation and rewrite the history of her administration. They might be able to fool the conservatives in America, but clearly the memories of the people across the pond are not nearly so forgiving.

Update: The song has indeed made it to the number one slot in the UK.

Wing-nut freak out of the day: President Obama responded to the death of film critic Roger Ebert FASTER than he responded to the death of Margaret Thatcher, because he is a Nazi Socialist alien beamed to this planet to destroy America. Or something like that.

Seriously? That's what your upset about now?

Courtesy of the, I'm guessing, clinically insane people over at CNS News:  

Two hours after the BBC reported the death of conservative British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Monday, President Barack Obama still had not issued a statement on her passing. 

But last week, within half an hour of film critic Roger Ebert's death, the White House tweeted a statement from the president. 

Statement by President Obama on the Passing of Roger #Ebert: at.wh.gov/jL8yQ
— The White House (@whitehouse) April 4, 2013

As of 10:00 a.m. EDT on Monday, there was still silence from the White House on Thatcher's death, news of which broke here around 7:50 a.m. 

Last week, the Chicago Sun-time reported at 2:32 p.m. on April 4 that Ebert had died; The White House tweeted a statement from President Obama at 3:02 p.m.) 

"Michelle and I are saddened to hear about the passing of Roger Ebert. For a generation of Americans - and especially Chicagoans - Roger was the movies. When he didn't like a film, he was honest; when he did, he was effusive - capturing the unique power of the movies to take us somewhere magical. Even amidst his own battles with cancer, Roger was as productive as he was resilient - continuing to share his passion and perspective with the world. The movies won't be the same without Roger, and our thoughts and prayers are with Chaz and the rest of the Ebert family." 

The president's statement on Thatcher's death, issued hours after it happened, reads as follows: 

With the passing of Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the world has lost one of the great champions of freedom and liberty, and America has lost a true friend. As a grocer’s daughter who rose to become Britain’s first female prime minister, she stands as an example to our daughters that there is no glass ceiling that can’t be shattered. As prime minister, she helped restore the confidence and pride that has always been the hallmark of Britain at its best. And as an unapologetic supporter of our transatlantic alliance, she knew that with strength and resolve we could win the Cold War and extend freedom’s promise. 

Here in America, many of us will never forget her standing shoulder to shoulder with President Reagan, reminding the world that we are not simply carried along by the currents of history—we can shape them with moral conviction, unyielding courage and iron will. Michelle and I send our thoughts to the Thatcher family and all the British people as we carry on the work to which she dedicated her life—free peoples standing together, determined to write our own destiny.

OMGD! You can almost smell the disdain for this great leader who almost destroyed the labor unions in Britain, inspired race riots and angry protests all across her country, and who would not have pissed on Barack Obama if he was on fire. (I'm sorry, "Used the loo on Barack Obama if he was aflame." Better?)

Not only that, but the statement about Thatcher was TWO paragraphs long rather than the ONE written about Ebert because you know...because...uh..Kenyan Marxist, that's why! 

You know I take real offense at this.

No not because the Right Wing is responding to yet another non-existent perceived slight, that is to be expected.

No I am upset because part of what I do is exaggerate the things the Republicans say in order to mock them and make them out to be clownish. But THAT is all but impossible these days. I mean where is the room to exaggerate this?

In fact the Right Wing has become so crazed that I fear people will start to sympathize with them and suggest mental health treatment, and possible psychotropic drug therapies, in order to help them to connect once again with reality.

Then where will I be?

Sure I can still write about Palin, God knows SHE'S never going get any better. But after awhile thinking up crazy nicknames for the Wasilla Wendigo gets a little boring.

So my advice to the Right Wing is to tone things down a little bit, and remember the words of the great Robert Downey Jr.

(H/T to Wonkette.)

As predicted Sarah Palin's ghostwriters have hammered out an article to get her name mentioned alongside Margaret Thatchers and attract a little reflected attention to feed her addiction. Update!

I had predicted that this would show up on Breitbart's defunct site or on her Facebook page, but instead it was posted over at the National Review.

Not really a step up I know.

I am not going to bother going through it point by point, since a LOT of it is simply the result of research done by her team of consul....I'm sorry I meant "salaried employees," and it is designed to deify Baroness Thatcher before Palin's team carefully inserts some language comparing them, thereby suggesting that Palin is the natural successor to Thatcher and greedily lay claim to the mantle of "most famous female conservative on the planet."

And THAT part can be found right here: 

She was at heart a populist taking on the Conservative party’s old guard, who disdainfully referred to her as “That Woman.” The disdain was mutual. She referred to them as “the not so grand grandees.” As Thatcher later said, “It didn’t matter what they called me as long as I got the job done. I mean, to me they were ‘Those Grandees.’ They just don’t know what life is like. They haven’t been through it. And eventually if they didn’t help our cause, they had to go. But it didn’t bother me too much that they were patronizing like that. Frankly, the people, who are the true gentlemen, deal with others for what they are, not who their father was. Let’s face it: Maybe it took ‘That Woman’ to get things done, and the real reason why they said it was because they knew they just hadn’t got it within them to see things through.” 

In taking on “Those Grandees,” she wasn’t afraid of having strong opinions and fighting for them — something the establishment often found distasteful (See "Old Boys Club). British ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons recalled a conversation about this: “She said, ‘You know, Tony, I’m very proud that I don’t belong to your class.’ I said, ‘Prime Minister, what class do you think I belong to?’ She said, ‘I’m talking of course about upper-middle-class intellectuals who see everybody else’s point of view and have none of their own.’” And, of course, like all conservatives and trailblazers, she had to endure more than her share of vicious media attacks. Sir Archie Hamilton once recounted how he asked Thatcher whether she read the daily newspapers. “‘Oh no!’ she replied, ‘They make such hurtful and damaging remarks about me and my family, that if I ever read the papers every day, I could never get on with the job I am here to do.’” (What? Thatcher did not read newspapers either?) I know exactly what she meant. And as she said, “I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.”

OMGD! The comparisons could not be more uncanny. 

Like Palin, Thatcher was a female. Take that Lamestream media!

Like Palin, Thatcher had to stand up against the "Old Boys Club." Take that Alaska who does not like me anymore!

And like Palin, Thatcher did not read newspapers.Take that Katie Couric, you bitch!

So there you have it, Sarah Palin is the living embodiment of the Iron Lady. Only SHE is an Iron Lady with a "still" spine.

Which is better....right?

By the way according to Ann Coulter at one time Thatcher actually DID want to meet with Sarah Palin. But not to schmooze, but instead to "teach her" to "talk properly and speak like a lady."

Hah! Oh this just turned into my favorite bit of Sarah Palin/Margaret Thatcher trivia!

Update: According to Wikipedia Thatcher's Dementia was  first revealed in 2005, which means she probably suffered from it much earlier, and that leaves substantial doubt as to Coulter's claim.

Oooh, Ann is going to get a ton of misspelled e-mails now!

The Iron Lady has passed away. Update!

Courtesy of CNN:  

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a towering figure in postwar British and world politics and the only woman to become British prime minister, has died at the age of 87, her spokeswoman said Monday. 

Her funeral will be at St. Paul's Cathedral, the British prime minister's office announced Monday. 

Thatcher served from 1975 to 1990 as leader of the Conservative Party. She was called the "Iron Lady" for her personal and political toughness. 

Thatcher retired from public life after a stroke in 2002 and suffered several strokes after that. British media reported Monday that a stroke caused her death.

Here was a woman who eschewed convention and broke through gender barriers to become one of the most respected figures in British politics. Though to be fair she is perhaps MORE respected outside of England, than within.

I have always felt that her mirror image in America was Hillary Clinton, who has become the most powerful female political figure in this country.

Though we may mourn the passing of Margaret Thatcher we can take solace in the fact that at least she never had to suffer the indignity of being sued by Sarah Palin for a photo-op nor had to listen to that idiot prattle on about how much she admired her, while undoubtedly quoting erroneous facts about the Prime Minister's life to the press.

Update: As predicted the American conservatives are falling over themselves in order to quickly tweet their  admiration for Thatcher:

You inspired the world to empower people and families over government. In doing so, you helped save it. Rest in peace, Lady Thatcher.
— Eric Cantor (@EricCantor) April 8, 2013

I may have to skip my usual cable news watching today as it will all be a sloppy wet kiss directed at Thatcher. I cannot stomach much of that for long.

Still waiting for Klondike Kardashian to weigh in.

Update 2: Ah here we go.

From the Facebook page of the woman with the same number of X chromosomes as Margaret Thatcher, but none of her intelligence and ability:

 We’re deeply saddened at the loss of Margaret Thatcher. While the Iron Lady is sadly gone, her iron will, her unfailing trust in what is right and just, and her lessons to all of us will live on forever. She was a trailblazer like no other. We lost an icon, but her legacy, as solid as iron, will live on in perpetuity. 

- Sarah Palin

Definitely looks like it was cobbled together in a hurry. 

I seriously doubt THIS will be Palin's only post on Thatcher's passing. Look for a much longer and effusive post on Facebook, or a Breitbart piece, coming just as soon as she can get her ghostwriters together in a room to help her avoid sounding like a simpleton.

Update 3: Well this is interesting it looks as if Palin did not even know who Thatcher was until McCain's staff explained it to her.

Meryl Streep reveals information about Margaret Thatcher that is going to make conservatives rethink their mindless idolatry.

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God I would LOVE to be in the same room with Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin when they hear this!

Ronald Reagan raised taxes, and Margaret Thatcher is a pro-choice, government health care advocate.  Just WHO can a low information Teabagger believe in anymore?

Michele Bachmann compares herself to Margaret Thatcher, forgetting that "The Iron Lady" actually won HER elections.

Yeah I don't think that this is a comparison that is going to fly with most people.

After all Bachmann is currently polling in last place and just had her state co-chair in Iowa jump ship. And then she lied about why he did it:

“Kent Sorensonpersonally told me he was offered a large sum of money to go to work for the Paul campaign. Kent campaigned with us earlier this afternoon and went immediately afterward to a Ron Paul event and announced he is changing teams. Kent said to me yesterday that ‘everyone sells out in Iowa, why shouldn’t I,’ then he told me he would stay with our campaign. The Ron Paul campaign has to answer for its actions,” Bachmann said in a statement. 

Sorenson denied receiving any money following the announcement at a Paul rally in Des Moines. Sorensen said the race in Iowa has come down to a two man contest between Paul and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, and he didn’t want Romney to win. 

“The fact is there is a clear top tier in the race for the Republican nomination for president, both here in Iowa and nationally. Ron Paul is easily the most conservative of this group,” Sorenson said in a statement. “The truth is it was an excruciatingly difficult decision for me to decide between supporting Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul at the beginning of this campaign.”

Somehow this makes her look more like a rusty old has been, more than an "Iron Lady."

One cannot help remembering that a certain other female political has been once compared herself to Thatcher, and in fact threatened to attempt a meeting with her in England.

How did that turn out again?

Oh yeah: 

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

Yes who could forget that? And, who would want to?

Aren't there any OTHER famous female historic figures these losers can compare themselves to? 

You know ones that are more fitting? Like, I don't know Imelda Marcos? Or Elizabeth Bathory? Eva Braun perhaps?

I'm just saying.

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

Courtesy of the Guardian:

Sarah Palin wants to show to the Republican right that she is the true keeper of the Ronald Reagan flame by meeting the late president's closest ally on the world stage.

A meeting with Margaret Thatcher in the centenary year of Reagan's birth would be the perfect way of launching her bid for the Republican nomination for the 2012 US presidential election.

This is what Palin told Christina Lamb in the Sunday Times:

"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."

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"

I was going to add a little snark to the end of this post, but there is really nothing I could say that is as perfect as that last quote.

Okay so I was a tad early.

From the Daily Beast:

The Daily Beast has learned that Sarah Palin will be traveling overseas in the new year. At the top of the list: Israel and England, both countries she has said she wanted to travel to in the past. The schedule and itinerary is still fluid, but an overseas trip in 2011 will boost her foreign policy credentials, something she can turn to in a potential 2012 presidential run.

As many of you no doubt remember I had received a tip that Palin would be going to England right after her Haiti trip.  Sadly that turned out to be a touch premature.

My sources for that info are relatively new to me, but come with amazing credentials, so I trusted that they were correct even though they were the ONLY source for that information.

Right after I posted it, I learned from them that there had been a miscommunication and that the actual time would be sometime after the holidays, not before.  Oops.

I apologize for the misinformation.  However these things are bound to happen when you are covering the Palins.  I mean let's face it, half of the time even THEY don't know what they are doing.

Perhaps these next trips overseas will be a little more in Sister Sarah's comfort zone. Unlike that Haiti trip which was summed up beautifully by this wonderful graphic from the amazing flyinureye.

Sarah does Haiti.

From the New York Daily News:

The former Alaska governor and one-time GOP vice presidential candidate is visiting Haiti as a part of Rev. Franklin Graham's charity mission.

What the Mama Grizzly plans to do in Haiti remains unknown as details about the trip have been scarce. A spokeswoman for Graham's group cited security reasons for the lack of information, The Associated Press reported.

Palin has not made mention of her Haiti trip on her Facebook or Twitter accounts. The trip was first reported on Friday.

I love it that the journalist for the NY Daily News has NO idea just what in the hell Palin is doing in Haiti. Is it to give the impression of getting some foreign policy experience?  Is it to adopt a child for Bristol? (Oh yeah, THAT would not be transparent or anything!) Or is she trying to distract the media from noticing how horrible her new book sales are doing?

Well one thing we do know is that she brought her girls out for the Haitians to admire.  No NOT her children, these girls. (Somehow I doubt that the Haitians will be all that impressed with her water bra unless she is willing to stick a pin in it and let them all get a drink, you know to avoid the risk of contracting cholera from THEIR drinking water.)

She did bring one of her actual girls with her as evidenced by the very appropriately dressed Bristol in this picture.

What IS it with the Palin women and scarves anyway?  Do they really think they have the magical ability to camouflage ANYTHING?

It certainly does not appear to be helping Bristol stay cool in the heat, if this photograph is any indication.

Just look at the sweat plastered hair and sheen of perspiration on this poor young woman's face.

But that is Sarah for you, drag her kid out into the spotlight while refusing to let the media photograph her in a vain attempt to put the rumors to rest, only to have it do the exact opposite.

If my sources are correct, Palin is headed to the UK pretty soon after she is done showing the Haitians the miracle of American undergarment technology.

I hope she leaves the bra in the hotel for that visit.  I think poor Maggie Thatcher is suffering enough without having an eye poked out by one of Palin's augmented boobs.

Will Sarah Palin fly 4,500 miles just to be snubbed by Margaret Thatcher? Could happen.

From the Mail Online:

Sarah Palin should not assume that, after jetting over to London, she’ll be able to swan in through Margaret Thatcher’s front door, pose for snaps round the hearth, add it to her presidential campaign portfolio and hop off back to Alaska.

Lady T is picky about who she is seen with.

‘We would prefer a discreet meeting in the margins, perhaps at a dinner where they chance to meet, so to speak,’ said a friend of Maggie.

"Lady T is picky about who she is seen with." Well that certainly does not bode well for Caribou Barbie now does it?

So here Palin has taken to Facebook and bragged about receiving "an invitation for a visit to London" and that "part of that invitation included the offer of arranging a meeting between myself and one of my political heroines, the “Iron Lady,” Margaret Thatcher", when in fact it sounds like she may only be invited to attend a dinner where they might, you know if everything goes right, "chance to meet, so to speak".

It kind of sounds like asking somebody out on a date and being told, "Hey look I will be going to dinner with my real friends at a certain restaurant, and if you show up I might say hello, just so long as nobody SEES us together."

How desperate and pathetic would you have to be to show up to THAT restaurant?

Sarah Palin's photo op with Margaret Thatcher will be "bogus".

From Opinion LA:

There's word rumbling around Great Britain and beyond that Sarah Palin is angling to meet Margaret Thatcher, the first woman to be that nation's prime minister.

It's a photo op that would be a triumph for Palin, an image supposedly showing the solidarity of conservative female leaders.

But it would be bogus. Not photoshopped-bogus, but dishonest nonetheless.

Baroness Thatcher is suffering from dementia, according to her daughter, Carol. Writing in the Daily Mail more than a year and a half ago, Carol Thatcher chronicled her mother's decline: "On bad days, she could hardly remember the beginning of a sentence by the time she got to the end.''

For a woman of Thatcher's formidable intellect and unflagging energy, it's a sad decline. For Palin's camp to use her as a human prop, as in a photo op, it's unforgivable.

For one thing, Thatcher was never about female solidarity. For another, she did not suffer fools gladly; her exacting impatience with anyone not up to snuff was legendary. And what the woman who fought to become prime minister and fought harder to stay there might have said of a governor who walked away from her elected office can be vividly and acidly imagined.

Of course as we all know none if this will matter one bit to Sarah Palin and her graceless sycophants.

If the worst came to pass and Thatcher's life ended before Palin was able to get her "pitchure" taken with the Iron Lady , it would not even slow Siser Sarah down.  She would still show up, stand next to the corpse while flashbulbs popped to record the historic moment, and then later tweet, "Met PM Maggie Thatcher. Thrill of lifetime! She was SO polite and just like me never blinked ONCE! Great conser hero/role model, exactly like Pres Reagan. It was eery"

Sarah Palin seeks feminist and political crediblity by getting her picture taken in the same room as Margaret Thatcher.

So Sister Sarah is taking her batshit crazy tour to merry old England, while oil from a British Petroleum accident washes up on American beaches?

Good timing. THAT ought to impress the people who only get their information from Fox News.

From the Mail Online:

Controversial US politician Sarah Palin could soon be on her way to Britain to boost her hopes of challenging Barack Obama in the 2012 US presidential election.

Her representatives approached Margaret Thatcher to ask for a meeting as part of a bid to enhance her claim to be the ‘heir to Ronald Reagan’ and prepare to challenge Mr Obama.

And Lady Thatcher has agreed to see Mrs Palin, who stood as the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 2008. A spokesman said: ‘We had an informal approach asking if Lady Thatcher would meet Mrs Palin if she comes to Britain and we said yes.’  (You know Margaret Thatcher is 85 years old. I wonder if she even realizes she is meeting SARAH Palin, she may very well believe she has just agreed to meet ex-Monty Python member MICHAEL Palin. Oh let's hope that is he case, shall we?)

Any trip by Mrs Palin to Britain could cause potential problems for David Cameron.

Embarrassingly, Mrs Palin’s team have not contacted No 10 so far.

One individual involved in the talks about the visit said: ‘Palin’s people haven’t said anything about meeting Cameron. Their main interest is getting a picture of her with Lady Thatcher. I’m not sure they know who David Cameron is.’

I am sorry I just REALLY find that last line incredibly funny.  The British press is going to rip Palin into tiny crumpet sized pieces.