A Pandering Backlash for The Villar Greuel

From the Facebook Page of the LA County Federation of Labor Endorsed Candidate for Mayor Wendy "The Villar Greuel", we bring you this message on the passing of former British Prime Minister Margaret "Lady Thatcher"..............

RIP, Margaret Thatcher. You will always be remembered as one of the greatest leaders in history.

Photo of Lady Thatcher via the Facebook Page of Mayoral Wendy Greuel.

As the lights flicker on and off via our Monday Wind Event, whoever posted this pandering statement on the death of one of the great 20th Century Female World Leaders, is most likely cringing at the intolerant backlash playing out on the comment section of the Villar Greuel's Facebook Page. Below we post some choice excerpts.

Was Lady Thatcher pro "Prop 8'?

Scott Crawford a racist, homophobic HATER

Wonder if Maria Elena Durazo concurs with this comment?

Paul Mackley WOW...and I was considering voting for you. If that's what you consider good government, I hope you NEVER get a chance to inflict it upon Los Angeles. I imagine you also, like Thatcher, admire Pinochet, think of unions as "the enemy within," and consider Mandela a terrorist? You just created in my heart a profound affection for the phrase "Mayor Garcetti."  

Such derangement from the supposed Villar Greuel supporters.

Daniel Vergara The miners would disagree, Bobby Sands would disagree, 300 teenage conscripts on the Belgrano would disagree, "terrorist" Mandela would disagree. But Augusto Pinochet would totally agree with you, Wendy. I supported you until now. Now I hope you lose. 

Does the Villar Greuel Lady Thatcher admirer have this in mind for her IBEW supporters?

Ed Rendon Looking back today, it's clear that British unions lost a huge amount of power during Thatcher's time in office. By beating the miners' strike in 1985, her government further demoralized millions of union members. Additionally, economic policies stripped unions of their major strength: numbers. 

According to the BBC, Union membership fell from a peak of 12 million in the late '70s to almost half that by the late '80s. They've never recovered.
According to the BBC, Union membership fell from a peak of 12 million in the late '70s to almost half that by the late '80s. They've never recovered.

Oscar must learn the ways of  "Opportunistcrats" such as the "Villar Greuel"

Oscar Taracena For someone like you Wendy that is pro-union you praise a pol that was vehemently anti-union. Get a clue.

A salient observation. 

Adam Hofberg Wendy, I remember Margaret Thatcher, and you're no Margaret Thatcher.

Then we end with this pandering rear end smoocher.

Jeff Freeman Wow! I am surprised by the venom and vitriol toward Wendy. Then again, maybe not. Great leaders often face great criticism -- it goes with the territory. No doubt, Wendy will rise above it and "move us forward" representing ALL of Los Angeles -- even her critics!

Thus, an exercise in the excesses of political pandering and its predictable backlash.

Your thoughts ..................
Scott Johnson in CD 14 

America's Iron Lady?

I remember hearing years ago that the first female President would probably be a Republican, particularly because at the time most of the supply of female Senators and Governors were Republicans.

That's changed some in recent years but upon the failed campaign of Hillary Clinton I've come to another conclusion why it will most likely be that a Republican woman will likely beat her Democratic counterparts to the White House: that Americans are more likely to turn the Presidency over to a hard fisted Margaret Thatcher or Golda Meir type than a touchy-feely give me benefits Democrat.

It was nearly 30 years ago that the United Kingdom first came to be led by a woman, the old Iron Lady herself, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher was a cold warrior, virulently anti-Communist yet not afraid to shake up the old conservative order. She was most definitely the female version of her contemporary, spiritual twin and friend, Ronald Reagan.

In thinking forward as to who is going to be the American version of Thatcher I look past old guard hard nosed Republican grand dames like Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson or North Carolina's Elizabeth Dole . Both are contemporaries of John McCain (in fact Dole is a few months older than the presumptive Republican nominee) and both old enough to be Barack Obama's mother. Dole herself ran for President before Hillary Clinton was even elected to the Senate, though obviously didn't come as far in her attempt at the nomination.

No we have to move to this generation, those of us born somewhere between Apollo 1 and Apollo 11. And that of course would be none other than Republican Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.



Palin, who has one of the highest popularity rankings of any politician in the US at present, took on the old guard and shady government corruption in her own party in her state. She was one of the folks that put an end to the "bridge to nowhere" and wasn't afraid to piss off Republicans as she steamrolled through the 49th state to election as Governor.

Palin - known as "Sarah Barracuda" during her basketball days in high school, is similar to Thatcher in that she took on her party establishment, stood hard on principles, and never looked back. As Thatcher was an iron fist against Communism, Palin is on the right side of the issue when it comes to the war on terror, is a staunch supporter of the troops, supports the second amendment and fights against government waste and corruption. I bet if you look back at Thatcher when she was in her 40s, when she served as an MP from Finchley and was in charge of British housing policy, she was probably a lot like Palin.



As John McCain looks for a running mate, many of those suggested as possibilities bring as many negatives as they do pluses. Fortunately for Palin however, the math is on her side. She would bring an energy to McCain that he greatly needs, satisfy his conservative base and bring over many of the Reagan Democrats who voted for Hillary Clinton that can't bring themselves to vote for Obama.

Then, serving four to eight years as McCain's VP (depending on his health) Palin is primed to become America's Iron Lady.