QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 9, 2013 -> 01:59 AM)
I'm blissfully oblivious. I know she was rather conservative, but all in all she has a fairly good rep in the USA
Ah, maybe I shouldn't have brought it on here. I don't want to go forcing the topic on anyone.
I'm just about to head to bed, so I'll keep it short. Suffice to say, there's many of my own countrymen and women that wouldn't have seen an early grave or the inside of a prison cell, if it hadn't been for her. Likewise, there's many of her own countryfolk that would have suffered a lot less too, had it not been for her. That, plus her support of Pinochet in Chile, her condemnation of Nelson Mandela and opposition to sanctions being put in place against apartheid South Africa, and her support for several other unsavoury regimes. Her disdain and callousness towards anyone but her own clique of wealthy supporters was repulsive.
As I say, I'll leave it at that.