Sarah Palin gets the spiteful Margaret Thatcher treatment

[UK] Telegraph ^ | 9/4/2008 | Janet Daley

[C19fan]

There are few sights more bloodcurdling than the liberal pack in full cry. The viciousness of the attacks on Sarah Palin is a testimony to the degree of panic her appointment has generated in Leftist circles.

It would seem that it is only sexist to trash a woman candidate if she is a Woman Candidate, which is to say a liberal.

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Like Margaret Thatcher before her, Mrs Palin is coming in for both barrels of Left-wing contempt: misogyny and snobbery. Where Lady Thatcher was dismissed as a "grocer's daughter" by people who called themselves egalitarian, Mrs Palin is regarded as a small-town nobody by those who claim to represent "ordinary people".

[C19fan]

I remember some article comparing PIAPS with Lady Thatcher. Gov. Palin is much more like Lady Thatcher in becoming the VP nomimee based on her own merits and now having to withstand the vitrol of the leftie elite.

[ken21]

i admired margaret thatcher.

say, i just got el home.

what time is governor palin’s speech? i want to pick up the video feed.

gracias.

[skeeter]

Seems pretty accurate to me, and from a distance.

[VeniVidiVici]

Where Lady Thatcher was dismissed as a "grocer's daughter" by people who called themselves egalitarian, Mrs Palin is regarded as a small-town nobody by those who claim to represent "ordinary people".

Ain't that the truth. The Democrats are the Elitist Party of America.

[DesScorp]

How apt this comparison is, as the Angry Left (thanks, Dubya!) fears Sarah Palin as Labour feared Lady Thatcher.

[pnh102]

How presumptuous of the left. Once Palin becomes President, then the comparisons to the Great Lady Thatcher will be more appropriate.

[saganite]

10 PM EST according to CNN but I expect it might run late.

[ken21]

thanks.

[Gorzaloon]

10 PM EST according to CNN but I expect it might run late.

Oh, CNN? Better turn on at 9:00 then. They surely want people ro miss it.

[Billthedrill]

Like Margaret Thatcher before her, Mrs Palin is coming in for both barrels of Left-wing contempt: misogyny and snobbery.

Concise and deadly accurate. What a pity so few U.S. newspapers hire writers of this caliber. BTT.

[hosepipe]

A smart republican would encourage the liberals to attack Sara Palin..
With every attack VOTES are converted.. and democrats are demoralized..

[HighlyOpinionated]

What about Palin and Lingel in 2012? Two women, one a Pentecostal and one a Jew. Who would dare not to vote for them? LOL

[Ciexyz]

I remember Lady Thatcher and her time in office with respect.

[unspun]

Excellent.

Just happening to being a woman, vs. being a Woman.

Just like being just a black person vs. being Black.