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.
Will she be buried in D.C. or back in her native Oklahoma?
"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
appropriate comment for the current iraq scenario.
I'm not sure.
Be prepared for the petty, nasty, snide remarks from the Dems. Just a female John Bolton to their little minds. Which, IMO, is not an insult.
She would'a made a great VP in 1988.
One tough, smart lady. She will be missed.
She was inspiring. R.I.P. Jean, you served your country well.
Not much new here. Can't wait to see what kind of wussy wonder we get for UN Ambassador now. I can almost guarantee it won't be someone that will amount to anything like the legacy that Bolton has in his short tenure.
As Jeanne Kirkpatrick said of the UN after accepting the Ambassador job, "They aren't going to kick us around anymore". Bolton has carried on that tradition.
What Democrat, has the balls see that we are not run over rough shod, run hard, and put up wet, and treated like the red headed step child in the general assembly of the Nations United against the United States of America.
High time we started using the United Nations for a platform to advance everything good about America and standing tall for the principles our country was founded upon. That will require an unusual statesman in a very important job.
I believe she was talking about those who blame America first, clear back in the early seventies. Truly someone with a very clear idea of where the US would be headed without the "proper" leadership.
They broke the mold, her and Maggie!!!!!!! may God bless her.
Yes you should have, but hey, it's water gone under the bridge. What intransigent ...... would not have at least considered your request?
Interesting how much they share in common. They had ethics, morales, common sense and never put their self interest first. They were true Statesmen. It is a sad time when people do not have a clue of what a true and real Statesmen is even when they were in our midst.
Same here .....what a stateswoman! R.I.P.
...But for a little Charles Bickford. Though a great intellect gone, yet living on in so many. God rest her soul.
She reminded me of the good lady who played the mother to Eizabeth Taylor in 'National Velvet' (1944).......Anne Revere
"Everyone should have a chance at a breathtaking piece of folly at least once in his life.”
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God ........ how true.
RIP
RIP.
I'm sure Bill the Cat will be very upset.
Sigh. He's dead, too. ( I miss Bloom County, too.)
God Bless her, may Jeanne Kirkpatrick rest in peace.
Happily for our nation, she was more American than Democrat.
I have always admired Ambassador Kirkpatrick and during a stormy period at the UN when she was being attacked by the idiot press, I sent her a letter telling her how much I appreciated the thankless job she was doing at the UN. In about 3-months I recieved a personal note from her thanking me for my support. The note is still in my collection and I am honored to have it.
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