[upsdriver]

The second example is Margaret Thatcher, who is revered by, among others, Palin. Thatcher may not have been an intellectual or an original political thinker in the purest sense

As an admirer of Thatcher, Reagan and Palin, what the hell is he talking about? Not original thinker? Or intellectual? I'll take their brand of intellect any day.

[David1]

I love this clip of her taking on a couple socialists in her last appearance in the Commons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okHGCz6xxiw