Posted on 04/08/2013 6:58:37 PM PDT by Steelfish
APRIL 8, 2013 3:00 P.M. The Least Interesting Fact About Margaret Thatcher The Iron Lady’s legacy is her love for liberty, not shattering glass ceilings. By Mona Charen
President Obama’s statement honoring Margaret Thatcher was an example of the chameleon-like nature of liberalism. Rewriting history is a liberal specialty. Just as the anti–Cold War liberals were miraculously transformed into cold warriors after the war had been won, yesterday’s anti-Thatcherites are today morphing into something else.
The president’s statement praises Thatcher as one of the “great champions of freedom and liberty” and goes on to observe that “she stands as an example to our daughters that there is no glass ceiling that can’t be shattered.”
So today we all celebrate Margaret Thatcher as a feminist icon? This is revisionism of a high order.
Of course, she ought to have been a feminist heroine. Thatcher was one of the greatest statesmen of the 20th century and the greatest female leader of modern times. A woman of rare brilliance, grit, accomplishment, and determination, she won three national elections, helped to dismantle the Soviet empire, and transformed her nation and the world for the better.
But no, the feminists loathed her. During her first campaign for national office in 1979, the more polite noseholders said, “We want women’s rights, not a right-wing woman.” The less subtle circulated the slogan “Ditch the B****.” Following the release of the movie The Iron Lady, a feminist wailed on the Huffington Post that Thatcher was “the embodiment of everything that feminism is not: selfish, rigid, and intolerant.”
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Feminists hate successful women. They want women to be helpless victims who need to be dependent on someone powerful. Thatcher just wasn’t their type.
But, why is no one mentioning Golda Meir? The Israeli PM ('69 - '74). She was tough and a very great leader
Not to detract from Margie. Her bio book has been on my birthday present list for several years...
I happen to be in Mumbai this week.. CNN International’s Christianne Ammanpour actually did a report where she interviewed:
Sinn Fein - Former leader of IRA
Some dude who was the leader of the Labor Party during Maggie’s 1st term, and..
get this..
Some RANDOM soldier from Argentina who fought in the Falklands. GUESS what HE thought about Thatcher??
That *bitch* Ammanpour, actually said.. “Thatcher sent British forces to tale the Falkkands from Argentina”.
Unbelievable.
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