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27. I would be a happy woman if one member of the media or of Congress (current or past)

Thu Jan 1, 2015, 11:08 PM

Jan 2015

had the guts to stand up the way Glenda Jackson did in the House of Commons when Thatcher died.

There was also a website called "Is Thatcher Dead Yet" - it was up for years with the answer "No - check back later". When she died the website read "Yes. How are you celebrating?" It had links to FB and other sites where people were venting about Thatcher...No crocodile tears or "let's not speak ill of the dead" comments by the British for Thatcher like we had for Reagan and will have when George H.W. meets Satan.

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When George HW Bush does die, will there be a lot of tributes? Or condemnations? [View all] Archae Jan 2015 OP

He will be Saint George. annabanana Jan 2015 #1

Sadly, you're probably right, FoxNewsSucks Jan 2015 #4

Exactly... RichGirl Jan 2015 #20

the repukes will put up a bill to clone the old... Javaman Jan 2015 #42

Tributes surely. babylonsister Jan 2015 #2

Yeah...(sigh)...even Nixon had lots of tributes. Archae Jan 2015 #6

I think Nixon redeemed himself babylonsister Jan 2015 #9

The tributes made to Nixon were as phony as Nixon himself. Major Hogwash Jan 2015 #38

Yes... Mike Nelson Jan 2015 #3

Mostly "So, what." earthside Jan 2015 #5

I, for one, am going to have a party. . . DinahMoeHum Jan 2015 #7

We can thank him for starting NAFTA, which no one will remember he played an imp role in RiverLover Jan 2015 #8

Read my lips, Poppy had no high points. He barely made it through 4 years. Rex Jan 2015 #10

I remember that vividly! RoccoR5955 Jan 2015 #11

Something most people don't know about Poppy, he found odd things funny. Rex Jan 2015 #14

Wow. I think I was at work and missed this when it happened. Ilsa Jan 2015 #18

I consider him one of the creepiest men I've ever read about. Rex Jan 2015 #21

I hear you. There's a dark void of Ilsa Jan 2015 #23

I think they will help him survive to 100/ 110 Sunlei Jan 2015 #12

The minimum. no_hypocrisy Jan 2015 #13

It will just be the normal ex president stuff and WWII braddy Jan 2015 #15

The "Last Gentleman" rehab's been in progress for a couple years now Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2015 #16

According to a book I read ... JEFF9K Jan 2015 #17

In the MSM? sendero Jan 2015 #19

Tweety will weep rivers of tears. They will need to wheel in tons of kleenex boxes Rex Jan 2015 #22

Send Tweety to Texas. The lakes need filling. nt Ilsa Jan 2015 #25

The MSM will "honor" him....but point out... Xolodno Jan 2015 #24

I suspect the media will try to treat it as a major passing but I actually doubt that the OregonBlue Jan 2015 #26

I would be a happy woman if one member of the media or of Congress (current or past) dflprincess Jan 2015 #27

I'll never forgive him for this quote: HeiressofBickworth Jan 2015 #28

That makes two of us. Archae Jan 2015 #29

I didn't know he had Mandy Patinkin's job before. Kablooie Jan 2015 #30

They will rename the State of Texas misterhighwasted Jan 2015 #31

Tributes ailsagirl Jan 2015 #32

Oh you'll hear tributes, and you'll also feel great weight lifted from mother earth and see light! TheNutcracker Jan 2015 #33

Mostly tributes. People will compare his Gulf War to his son's disaster, Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #34

He knew invading Iraq was a bad idea.. KinMd Jan 2015 #35

I don't know davidpdx Jan 2015 #36

"Didn't finish the job in Iraq." moondust Jan 2015 #37

The US government will produce a huge State funeral extravagana starring the President and Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #39

I think he's already dead. The GOP will unthaw his frozen body just before the next election B Calm Jan 2015 #40

Only if Jeb is running MiniMe Jan 2015 #41