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GOP Candidates Seek Thatcher Blessing
Republican presidential hopefuls are seeking the blessing of the woman called conservatism’s "last remaining great icon” – former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Fred Thompson, said to be on the verge of announcing his candidacy, visited Thatcher in London last month, saying he wanted to "remind her of America’s affection for her and pay our respects,” the New York Sun reported.
Mitt Romney had an audience with Thatcher last fall. Now Rudy Giuliani has made plans to travel to London in September and deliver the inaugural Margaret Thatcher memorial lecture to the Atlantic Bridge think tank. He too will meet with Thatcher, who served from 1979 to 1990.
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"Since the passing of Ronald Reagan, Lady Thatcher is the last remaining great icon of the conservative movement,” said Nile Gardiner, director of the Margaret Thatcher Centre for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation, who told the Sun: "All the leading Republican candidates attach huge importance to the Anglo-American special relationship.
"In contrast, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are obsessed with the notion of being popular in continental Europe despite the fact that France and Germany are highly unlikely ever to stand with America in a war.”
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