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'Motherly' Margaret Thatcher cleaned bodyguard's shoes and tidied their rooms
Telegraph ^
| November 2, 2012
| Hannah Furness
Posted on 11/03/2012 11:05:07 AM PDT by billorites
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'a colleague had once feared getting into trouble after accidentally treading in dog mess outside and walking over a white carpet.
the Prime Minister reassured him with the words "Never mind, we're in the country now," before getting on her hands and knees to scrub his shoes and carpet with soap and water.'
Ask yourself, "What would Barry do?"
To: billorites
Seems leftists are always hatin' on the virtuous.
God bless the Lady Thatcher.
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posted on
11/03/2012 11:07:31 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: billorites
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posted on
11/03/2012 11:08:07 AM PDT
by
fabian
(" And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo with laughter"you min)
To: billorites
What a contrast. Hillary Clinton used to try to make the Secret Service scrub the unremovable stains from her industrial knickers!
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posted on
11/03/2012 11:10:15 AM PDT
by
Harley
(Those that don't engage in politics are destined to be governed by inferiors. -Plato)
To: skeeter
It’s what you do when no one’s watching, and there are no photo-ops to be offered or taken, that is what really takes the measure of you as a man or a woman. I am not surprised by this story, just delighted all these years later.
She was the real thing.
To: billorites
Motherly? I would say DECENT —she treated her subordinates decently.
This article has this amazed tone because a core liberal assumption is that conservatives are not simply misguided or wrong but are seen as consciously choosing EVIL over good —a very simplified view.
I’m not a big W fan, but he treated them this way also. And so did Reagan.
Ever hear the SS talk about CARTER? Or Hillary? She once hit her limo driver in the back of his head with a Bible for NOT running a red light during a drive following church during the Monica Mess.
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11/03/2012 11:11:40 AM PDT
by
gaijin
To: billorites
Wish Maggie was ours. GB was lucky to have her. WOW, What A Lady! Dang, I’m Gonna Claim Her for America. God Bless You, Maggie!
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posted on
11/03/2012 11:13:21 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
To: billorites
This is the image of her that sticks with me.
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11/03/2012 11:14:12 AM PDT
by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: billorites
“popular literature has depicted former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as a formidable Iron Lady, putting politics before her personal life and not suffering fools gladly”
*****
Literature written by a bunch of liberals who no doubt resented her for her convictions, courage and class.
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posted on
11/03/2012 11:14:22 AM PDT
by
Starboard
to clarify ... GB means Great Britain
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posted on
11/03/2012 11:14:55 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
To: billorites
These anecdotes about Lady Thatcher mirror those of Secret Service agents who’ve shared their experiences working for Democrat versus Republican presidents.
They uniformly praise and fondly remember their days with Republicans, while recounting horror stories of their times with Democrats.
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posted on
11/03/2012 11:22:06 AM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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posted on
11/03/2012 11:22:35 AM PDT
by
submarinerswife
(Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results~Einstein)
To: billorites
Barry would walk out front like he did after the Beer Summit. Attorney General John Ashcroft shoveled snow for his neighbors in DC.
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posted on
11/03/2012 11:23:49 AM PDT
by
taterjay
To: billorites
She is a conservative. Conservatives are just good, decent people who take care of themselves and do their best for others. Makers, not takers.
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11/03/2012 11:28:59 AM PDT
by
sitetest
(If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
To: billorites
Given the constant load of crap she received for decades from the BBC, the Guardian, etc., she was not thrown off by the incident.
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posted on
11/03/2012 11:30:53 AM PDT
by
DeaconBenjamin
(A trillion here, a trillion there, soon you're NOT talking real money)
To: billorites
Ask yourself, "What would Barry do?"
iPOD loaded with a bunch of his speeches. Plus a bust of Winston Churchill, slightly used.
To: billorites
Thank you for posting this. I have always adored her.
To: billorites
Lady Thatcher was truly noble.
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posted on
11/03/2012 11:37:43 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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posted on
11/03/2012 11:44:13 AM PDT
by
RedMDer
(https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=om93destr)
To: Badabing Badablonde
I have always adored her.Same here.
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posted on
11/03/2012 11:44:28 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(If God can send millions of ordinary folks to preserve a chicken store, He can fix this mess.)
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