When Hillary Clinton launched her presidential bid her campaign chairman, Terry McAuliffe, billed her as as the new “Iron Lady”, comparing her to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Rudy Giuliani begs to differ. Giuliani will be on his way to London this week where he will be awarded the Margaret Thatcher medal of freedom by the original Iron Lady. The occasion of his visit is the inaugural Margaret Thatcher lecture, organized by the Atlantic Bridge think tank, which he will deliver. Of Clinton's comparison to Mrs. Thatcher, Giuliani said,
“I don’t think Margaret Thatcher would impugn the integrity of a commanding general in a time of war, as Hillary Clinton did, or require an army to give a schedule of their retreat to the enemy, as the Democrats are suggesting.”
Giuliani was referring to Clinton's remarks to General David Petraeus whose report, she said, required “the willing suspension of disbelief”, and to her refusal to condemn MoveOn.org for its attack on General “Betray Us” in a full-page ad in The New York Times.
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