Posted on 12/08/2006 6:23:57 AM PST by untenured
R.I.P. I just heard the news that Jeane Kirkpatrick passed away last night. More to follow, I'm sure.
A prayer for her and her family!
She was a major catalyst for change.
She earned her rest! She was a good and faithful servant!
Nancee
A personal hero of mine, to be sure. RIP
I always thought she was America's version of Maggy Thatcher.
Requestat en pacem fair lady. You will be missed but never forgotten.
No------This is the person who should have been the first female Secretary of State--not that dim-wit Not-so-bright. Kirkpatrick was brilliant. What a loss.
Rest in Peace.
One smart tough woman. She will be missed.
One of the giants of the Reagan Administration. RIP.
Too bad the MSM, who run our culture, only allow the worship of women like Oprah, instead of this great lady.
sw
RIP . . .
Sending prayers
Had the privilege of hearing her speak at CPAC one year.
Brilliant woman.
Rest in peace, Mrs. Kirkpatrick.
Oh no! She was wonderful. Godspeed.
The best. RIP.
A truly great Lady. May she rest in peace.
What a shame. She will be missed. She was a very great lady.
I'm sure Bill the Cat will be very upset.
An American treasure. RIP, fair lady.
The 2 best UN ambassadors of all time gone in one week.
I had hoped that Pres. Bush would renominate Jeanne after Bolton was forced out.
Voinovich and Chaffee betrayed their party and their president.
What a terrific picture. Photos are rarely as autobiographical as that one - I see a lady who is tough, who takes no nonsense, who is unyielding in the defense of what is right.
The finest ambassador to the UN we ever had. RIP Mrs Kirkpatrick.
She nailed the UN as the useless organization it continues to be many years ago.
G'bye Jeanne. Thanks for all your did. Sleep well.
So far she's the only woman I would have voted for for president.
God Speed, Jeanne.
"You can't trust the Russians." - Jeanne K at the Republican Convention in 1984. I stood on the coffee table holding an AR-15.
There are few who represented our nation better... may God welcome this strong woman.
RIP, Madame Ambassador.
An important part of a truly magnificent Executive Branch team that will serve as a model for centuries of American Presidents.
A great American and a great Lady....
Am I blind or did anyone else think Ms. Kirkpatrick was attractive in her day?
One of the last true Conservative voices this country had, is gone. Ronald Reagan gets the credit for facing down the Soviet Union, and Jeanne Kirkpatrick was one of the mighty tools he used to do it.
Like President Reagan, this Country will miss Jeanne Kirkpatrick's Leadership.
AMEN!!!
Nancee
"What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving."
"Neither nature, experience, nor probability informs these lists of 'entitlements', which are subject to no constraints except those of the mind and appetite of their authors." -- Jeane Kirkpatrick talking about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which she termed "a letter to Santa Claus".[1]
"When our Marines, sent to Lebanon on a multinational peacekeeping mission with the consent of the United States Congress, were murdered in their sleep, the "blame America first crowd" didn't blame the terrorists who murdered the Marines, they blamed the United States. But then, they always blame America first. . . . The American people know better." - Speech delivered at the 1984 Republican National Convention
"Because the miseries of traditional life are familiar, they are bearable to ordinary people who, growing up in the society, learn to cope and therefore accept the fact that wealth, power, status and other resources favor an affluent few while traditional autocrats maintain the masses in misery. So therefore our lack of concern is quite proper; indeed, quite decent and moral because the lower orders feel no pain." - 1979
"When Marxist dictators shoot their way into power in Central America, the San Francisco Democrats don't blame the guerrillas and their Soviet allies. They blame United States policies of 100 years ago. But then they always blame America first." [2]
"Vietnam presumably taught us that the United States could not serve as the world’s policeman; it should also have taught us the dangers of trying to be the world’s midwife to democracy when the birth is scheduled to take place under conditions of guerrilla war." [3
Loved that Lady! Prayers up for all.
AEI senior fellow Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, who joined the Institute in 1978, died yesterday. As a young political scientist at Georgetown University, Kirkpatrick wrote the first major study of the role of women in modern politics, Political Woman, which was published in 1974. Her work on the McGovern-Fraser Commission, which was formed in the aftermath of the Democratic Party's tumultuous 1968 convention and changed the way party delegates were chosen, led to Dismantling the Parties: Reflections on Party Reform and Party Decomposition, which AEI published in 1978. Yet it was an essay written for Commentary magazine in 1979, "Dictatorships and Double Standards," that launched her into the political limelight. In the article, Kirkpatrick chronicled the failures of the Carter administration's foreign policy and argued for a clearer understanding of the American national interest. Her essay matched then-governor Ronald Reagan's instincts and convictions, and when he became president, he appointed her to represent the United States at the United Nations. Ambassador Kirkpatrick was a member of the president's cabinet and the National Security Council. The United States has lost a great patriot and champion of freedom, and AEI mourns our beloved colleague.
Source: AEI
Her changing parties along with Reagan was the catalyst for me changing parties but I contend neither her or I changed, the Democrats left their core values behind.
Ms. Kirkpatrick....please say hello To President Reagan for all of us.
Sympathy and prayers for a fine lady...and another example of why Reagan was a great president!
That's too bad about Jeanne Kirkpatrick.
She was suppose to be the speaker at my graduation at the Univ of Oklahoma in 1984 until they dumped her late in the game so the governor, who just happened to be running for reelection and happened to be a demoncrap, could give the address...
I was really looking forward hearing her that year...
We acknowledge the passing of a great American. Many thanks, Jean Kirkpatrick.
In the mold of Maggie Thatcher......... Not many women of this caliber. RIP
This is the ONLY woman I would have considered for President. She had a great mind, was articulate, "a lady" (something Hillary isn't) and had a good handle on world affairs.
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