ush Limbaugh, the talk show host, denounced the suggestion that the former Prime Minister might take a dim view of Mrs Palin as “preposterous”. Other supporters of the likely presidential candidate complained online that Lady Thatcher’s aides had “disgraced” her.
Mrs Palin, the darling of the right wing Tea Party, has described Margaret Thatcher as one of her “political heroines” and repeatedly expressed her desire for a meeting.
She disclosed recently that she is planning to stop off in London on her way to Sudan later this summer and said she hoped to arrange an interview.
A photo opportunity with Lady Thatcher could help earn Mrs Palin important political capital, not least because of the former prime minister's close ties to Ronald Reagan.
Lady Thatcher is expected to make a public appearance at the US Embassy on July 4 to unveil a statue of the late president to mark the centenary of his birth.
But sources close to the former PM are said to be anxious to avoid any such meeting taking place. One aide was quoted in The Guardian recently as saying: “Lady Thatcher will not be seeing Sarah Palin. “That would be belittling for Margaret – Sarah Palin is nuts.”
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