Michele Bachmann Makes Margaret Thatcher Comparison Ahead Of 2012

MINNEAPOLIS -- Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann is harkening back to a past woman world leader with firm resolve – former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher – as she tries to convince American veterans that she would make a strong commander in chief.

Bachmann shed led light Thursday on her foreign policy views in a speech to the American Legion's national convention, in her home state of Minnesota. President Barack Obama addressed the convention earlier in the week.

Bachmann says the world needs to know America has a "strong leader" like Thatcher and her contemporary President Ronald Reagan. She says it would show that the United States won't "conduct our foreign policy apologetically, such as leading from behind."

Bachmann emphasized her role on the House Intelligence Committee as evidence she knows pressing threats.

Bachmann isn't the first Republican woman to idolize Thatcher. Last year, Sarah Palin wrote in a Facebook post that the Iron Lady is 'one of my political heroines.'

Palin gushed:

"Baroness Thatcher’s life and career serve as a blueprint for overcoming the odds and challenging the “status quo.” She started life as a grocer’s daughter from Grantham and rose to become Prime Minister – all by her own merit and hard work. I cherish her example and will always count her as one of my role models."

Comments

[Gary St Lawrence]

02:45 PM on 09/03/2011

Despised by virtually everyone, even her own staffers? Yeah, that's pretty much how Margaret Thatcher rolled, too.

[woodnwire]

10:08 AM on 09/03/2011

yea, and i'm like Betsy Ross (minus the boobs )

[DiogenesOfAlaska]

10:02 AM on 09/03/2011

Wonder why she isn't trying to make any Teddy Roosevelt comparisons.

[stick7]

06:26 PM on 09/02/2011

Mrs. Thatcher should sue for defamation

[KrazyJay]

12:47 AM on 09/03/2011

Palin wouldn't be invited to sit at Lady Thatcher's table, but I guess it's safe to pretend ... all with that ocean between us and everything.

[wrabbitt]

02:56 PM on 09/02/2011

Ms. Thatcher had common sense, I don't see the connection.

[StopMakingSense2]

01:32 PM on 09/02/2011

Yes your a female, I think. But otherwise I must be missing something. Thatcher actually accomplished things. Tell us all about your MN accomplishments... **** Crickets****
Flapping your lips endlessly to convey your brain farts doesn't count... That just makes you Rush Limbaugh.

[DRaymond]

01:06 PM on 09/02/2011

I would have though that Dan Quayle would have taught Republicans the hazard of comparing their own vapidity to the great leaders of the past.

Ms. Bachman, you are no Margaret Thatcher.

[ICarr]

12:57 PM on 09/02/2011

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[Daniel R Cobb]

12:02 PM on 09/02/2011

Margaret Thatcher, I am quite sure. would disagree.

[anothervoter]

11:40 AM on 09/02/2011

No you're not.

It's as simple as that.

[springsm]

11:40 AM on 09/02/2011

Did anybody ask this wizard if she even knew who margaret thatcher was?

[Boomerwoman]

11:15 AM on 09/02/2011

Michelle, I remember Margaret Thatcher....and you, Madam, are NO MARGARET THATCHER.

[joedaplumper]

11:12 AM on 09/02/2011

I wish MB was more like Margaret Thatcher- living in England, I mean.

[Paul Houston]

11:47 AM on 09/02/2011

Hey, knock it of, we like our politicians to be educated and sane!

[Angie Tyne 1]

02:15 PM on 09/02/2011

We used to... :P

[Daniel R Cobb]

12:03 PM on 09/02/2011

That was good.

[bk1]

10:56 AM on 09/02/2011

Margaret Thatcher led a country that believes it is a human responsibility to ensure healthcare for all citizens. Margaret Thatcher believed in equal rights for all people, regardless of their personal sexual orientation. Margaret Thatcher was a compassionate representative for all of her country's citizens.....................Michele Bachmann----You are no Margaret Thatcher.

[dfranz]

10:54 AM on 09/02/2011

As I recall Thatcher was at least able to recite history without making stuff up and was smart enough to realize that the Brittish healthcare system was the third rail and untouchable if she wanted to stay in office.