What really infuriates Rush about the Thatcher/Palin story is that it undermines the wingnut MO

[yellowcanine]

of just making up facts to fit their political agenda.

From supply side economics (Which even its most famous promoter David Stockman now admits was basically a fraud) to global warming denial, the wingnuts want to mold public opinion with wishful thinking masquerading as facts and history. So Sarah Palin somehow turns real history (Paul Revere's Ride) into a set of pseudo facts that purport to support her version of the 2nd Amendment (which of course was part of a Constitution which came some 14 years after said ride). And somehow Palin and her would-be supporters think that the specifics don't really matter - what matters is if the narrative can be made to support their agenda. And it shocks them when serious people see through the flimflam. That is what happened here.



http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/09/margaret-thatcher-sarah-palin-meeting

[Tunkamerica]

1. British woulda stole their guns if not for the bells... and the shot.

[pacalo]

2. Perhaps the kindest thing that could have happened for the Republican party

would have been the impeachment of Bush/Cheney, nipping that BFEE culture in the bud. It is their sense of entitlement, that their twisted logic prevail regardless of whether it's right or wrong & without healthy give & take debate, that has emboldened them to the point that they have lost all credibility.

Thatcher admired Reagan & she sees that the Republican party isn't anything like it used to be. But does she realize that Reagan was just a puppet for those who carved the way to where we are now?

[monmouth]

3. Obama's trip to London and Ireland, the huge admiration for him

there just rankled the wings. They are trying to compensate for his acceptance...LOL...

[Raschel]

4. Who would be stupid enough to announce publicly they want to meet with someone who has dementia?

[bemildred]

5. Being infuriated is pretty much what Rush does for a living. nt

[JohnnyLib2]

6. For sure!

and too bloody successful at it. :eyes: