Bellew Invokes Margaret Thatcher As Inspiration For Her Candidacy
“The world lost a giant yesterday,” said Leigh-Ann Bellew, Republican candidate for State Senate in District 13. “My condolences go out to the family of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. She blazed the path for women like me to enter into politics, showing that a strong woman can be an effective leader.”
In a statement released this afternoon, Bellew called for men and women alike to emulate Thatcher’s strong leadership, free market principles and reverence for life.
“But what we must remember most isn’t her ability to show that women can lead but that conservatism & adopting free market principles can transform government,” said Bellew. “We need leaders who will fight the same battles that include the right to life and to protect oneself in their own home, as well as freedom from oppressive government taxes and spending. Margaret Thatcher understood those principles and she became a voice for Great Britain. She was an inspiration to me and I look forward to being a voice in government much like she was.”
During her time as Prime Minister, Thatcher turned a country around after leading the Conservatives to three election victories from 1979 to 1990. “The Iron Lady,” Margaret Thatcher led Britain away from socialism to free market principles and opened the door for society to accept that women could indeed lead. She is famous for saying “If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman” & “any woman who understands the problems with running a home will be nearer to the problems of running a country.”
In 1979 when Thatcher became Prime Minister, British citizens were tired of socialism and the failings of government. Thatcher understood that government was unable to continue being socialist when she said, “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” She removed large parts of the economy from government control by transferring it to the private sector. While this caused tension amongst her fellow European leaders, it made her immensely popular in the U.K. When faced with the challenge of the Falkland Islands invasion by Argentina, her image as the “Iron Lady” would be forever solidified.
Bellew continued, “In essence, Margaret Thatcher was a great leader first and an inspiration to women second. In a world where we try to separate based on segments of society – the word ’emulate’ most comes to mind when I think of Margaret Thatcher. My hope is her strong leadership and conservative principles are something all of society will emulate – men and women alike.”
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Ask Joe Kyrillos if he will either bow out or disinvite Christian Peter knowing his record of abuse against woman in his past. It may have been in the past–but the culture to abuse and/ or batter woman, must not be tolerated!
Lets place decency over the priority of raising political contributions!
Margaret Thatcher, you clearly are not. Nor, could you even begin to think you can fill her shoes. Did you just think this up and are willing to use her death as a campaign tool?
If so, how disgusting.
Why didn’t you say Margaret Thatcher was your inspiration for running when you FIRST announced.
Correct me if I am wrong if you did say that.
Signed,
Silence Dogood, Redux
What’s next? Seth Grossman comparing himself to Ronald Reagan?
Check this out:
Thatcher said of Britain’s health care sector: “The principle that adequate health care should be provided for all, regardless of ability to pay, must be the foundation of any arrangements for financing the Health Service.”
“She did not think health care should be left to the vicissitudes of capitalism,” O’Donnell said, describing her support for Britain’s government-funded pension and social security systems, which he called “socialist programs.”
Though Republicans today call Obama a socialist while simultaneously praising Thatcher, O’Donnell doesn’t buy it. What would Sarah Palin say if she heard Thatcher voice her belief in evolution? Thatcher once said, “I began with Charles Darwin and his work on the theory of evolution and the Origin of Specials. Darwin’s voyages were among the high-points of scientific discovery…the beliefs of Darwin’s era should help to see us through–the belief in reason and the scientific method.”
Or what would the GOP say if, for instance, Thatcher advocated for action to combat climate change? Her words: “The problem of global climate change is one that affects us all and action will only be effective if it is taken at the international level. Each country must contribute and those countries who are industrialized must contribute more to help those who are not.”
As a Member of Parliament Thatcher voted to legalize abortion, homosexuality and in favor of gun control. She was hardly the stuff that Tea Party dreams are made of.
Safe to say Margaret Thatcher would be alot more comfortable politically with Chris Christie and Joe Kyrillos than she would with the likes of Leigh-Ann Bellew and the clowns over at Bayshore.
Thatcher? That’s not going to win her a lot of votes among the Irish.