Farewell Margaret Thatcher

For John, BLUF:  Rush Limbaugh liked Maggie Thatcher.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

Blogger and Law Professor Ann Althouse has a longish blog post with this title, "Rush Limbaugh calls Margaret Thatcher 'one of the greatest Americans, quote, unquote, that I've ever met.'"  The lede is:

He describes a dinner party at which the hostess, Gay Gaines had seated him next to her longtime friend Margaret Thatcher and was urging him to talk about the latest political issue, which he said he was too tired to do.  Thatcher said "Gay, he doesn't wish to speak about politics.  So let's talk of the rule of law" and, as Rush puts it:

... bam, there we are off on a discussion, the rule of law. She loved the founders.  She absolutely thought they were the most brilliant people, 'cause they were Brits, don't forget.  Our founders were British.  She loved them.

She loved Thomas Jefferson.  Thomas Jefferson was it.  But she loved them all.  She knew the history of this country better than most people in this country do, and she revered it.  She was one of the greatest Americans, quote, unquote, that I've ever met.

That important Anglo-American history and belief in the rule of law and the rights of People is a wonderful tie between two Peoples.

Regards  —  Cliff