Give me the Original Pitbull with Lipstick -- Margaret Thatcher -- over this Emperor with no clothes any day. I didn't agree with a lot of Thatcher's politics back in the day and maybe I wouldn't agree with many of them now, but she was a seasoned, tough, experienced politician when she became Prime Minister.

I agree, McCain's tribute to Palin is bizarre and paternalistic. But the Palin phenomenon is bizarre anyway. Palin can make rousing speeches but there is no substance to her whatsoever.

She would be massacred by our media, I can tell you, not treated with kid gloves.