Did Margaret Thatcher Call Sarah Palin a Nut?

[marshabar1]

A meeting with Margaret Thatcher in the centenary year of Reagan's birth would be the perfect way of launching her bid for the Republican nomination for the 2012 US presidential election.

This is what Palin told Christina Lamb in the Sunday Times:

I am going to Sudan in July and hope to stop in England on the way. I am just hoping Mrs Thatcher is well enough to see me as I so admire her.

It appears that the former prime minister has no intention of meeting the darling of the Tea Party movement. Andy McSmith reported in the Independent this morning that Palin is likely to be "thwarted" on the grounds that Thatcher, 86, rarely makes public appearances.

It would appear that the reasons go deeper than Thatcher's frail health. Her allies believe that Palin is a frivolous figure who is unworthy of an audience with the Iron Lady. This is what one ally tells me:

Lady Thatcher will not be seeing Sarah Palin. That would be belittling for Margaret. Sarah Palin is nuts.

Thatcher will show the level she punches at when she attends the unveiling of a statue of Ronald Reagan outside the US embassy in Grosvenor Square on Independence day on 4 July. This is what her ally told me:

Margaret is focusing on Ronald Reagan and will attend the unveiling of the statue. That is her level.

www.guardian.co.uk/politics/wintour-and-watt/2011/jun/07/margaretthatcher-sarahpalin

Who wants to bet that insider becomes an outsider post haste? Thatcher's got more class than to lob that kind of turd. She is seeing very few people and didn't attend the royal wedding because she is suffering from dementia.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/thatchers-battle-with-dementia-by-her-daughter-907799.html

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

I don't know- is this the same Lady Thatcher that has already invited Sarah Palin to meet with her on a previous visit to England? These media dolts really should do their homework.

[mmhmm]

It's really hard to imagine a bastion like Margaret Thatcher with dementia. I'll always picture her as the strong-willed woman the world came to know. I want to think she still pictures herself the same way.

[marshabar1]

It'll be interesting to see how this thing shakes out.

[txbo]

Jun 8, 2011 12:12:29 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

I don't know- is this the same Lady Thatcher that has already invited Sarah Palin to meet with her on a previous visit to England? These media dolts really should do their homework.

Or did she? The only evidence of a possible meeting comes from Palin’s facebook page that she had received an invitation from an undisclosed source to visit London, with a possible meeting with Thatcher.

[marshabar1]

Jun 8, 2011 12:22:33 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

It's really hard to imagine a bastion like Margaret Thatcher with dementia. I'll always picture her as the strong-willed woman the world came to know. I want to think she still pictures herself the same way.

It's an awful thing to see a person crumble that way. I have an 86 year old friend who started down that road, losing periods of time and forgetting simple things. It scared her terribly but it turned out to be caused by a medication. A change in medication solved the problem. She still walks two miles a day and is socially active in her community. She takes better care of herself than ever because of the experience of losing it for a while. Doesn't want to go there again. She was aware of her deficits.

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Interesting....sounds like this could be, or not be, true. Frankly, that nuts statement does not sound to me like it came from someone of Thatcher's status and age. Sounds like a hired hand. As Marsha said, hopefully an EX hired hand.

[mmhmm]

My father suffered from vascular dementia during his final years, marshabar. We watched it slowly steal the important things from his life. It has one saving grace, I suppose. For most sufferers, by the time the end comes they're past the worry, fear, angst, and regrets that others will face at that time. Daddy passed peacefully in his sleep. Mother, at 89, is still trucking right along. She has mobility issues but her mind is intact, other than the bit of forgetfulness one expects when one lives that long.

[marshabar1]

Jun 8, 2011 13:08:28 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

My father suffered from vascular dementia during his final years, marshabar. We watched it slowly steal the important things from his life. It has one saving grace, I suppose. For most sufferers, by the time the end comes they're past the worry, fear, angst, and regrets that others will face at that time. Daddy passed peacefully in his sleep. Mother, at 89, is still trucking right along. She has mobility issues but her mind is intact, other than the bit of forgetfulness one expects when one lives that long.

Your mom is blessed to have you there for her.

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mmhmm has some very good qualities.

[mmhmm]

I'm much more blessed to have her here for me, Marshabar. My husband passed three years ago this month. Mother and I have one another, and our cats. We're a family. My kids live within half an hour of us. I'm a very fortunate person and I know it. Without mother, life just wouldn't be the same. While I'm aware her time will come, as will mine, I value every moment with her and am so glad I'm able to return some of the things she did for me when I was young and helpless. Now that she needs help, I have the opportunity to give that same care. It's a gift. It really is.