June 07, 2010
— Slublog Breaking now:
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- Hearst Newspapers says White House reporters Helen Thomas is retiring, effective immediately.That's all there is at the moment. More as it comes in.
Below, something I created this weekend. Enjoy.
Media Reaction? - Some newspapers didn't even report her remarks, so the media reaction to this is going to be interesting to see. Obviously, they're going to bemoan such an "illustrious career" ending in disgrace - as a result of a story brought to the public's attention largely by (!) conservative blogs. The 'meanness' of online discourse will be tut-tutted over.
Don't let it fool you. As Jonah Goldberg points out today, this is a career that should have ended long ago.
She's been full-spectrum awful. I've known a few people who knew her 40 years ago, and she was slimy then too. One small example can be found in James Rosen's excellent book on John Mitchell, The Strong Man. Mitchell's wife Martha was a mentally unstable alcoholic who would call reporters to vent sad, paranoid, fact-free theories and diatribes. At first, many reporters were eager to hear her out, but over time it became obvious that Martha Mitchell was not well and it was cruel to exploit her. Obvious, that is, to nearly everyone but Helen Thomas who continued to milk Martha Mitchell for damning quotes and nonsense.Despicable behavior by any standard, and yet she was lionized by the media and the Washington establishment. That doesn't speak well of either.
Oh, and thank you Rabbi Nessenoff.
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Posted by: Vic at June 07, 2010 08:22 AM (6taRI)
Behold the power of a Rabbi with a video camera. Karma's a bitch, isn't it Helen?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 07, 2010 08:23 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: ghost707 at June 07, 2010 08:23 AM (o1EVD)
Posted by: nevergiveup at June 07, 2010 08:23 AM (0GFWk)
Posted by: Penfold at June 07, 2010 08:23 AM (1PeEC)
Posted by: Gerbil Malodor at June 07, 2010 08:23 AM (+ysLD)
Posted by: TomInKorea at June 07, 2010 08:24 AM (+gX1+)
Dude, even Helen Thomas on fire would be the scariest thing you ever saw.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 07, 2010 08:24 AM (9hSKh)
Thank goodness we won't be forced to look at her scraggly mustache anymore.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 07, 2010 08:24 AM (i3AsK)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 07, 2010 08:25 AM (UOM48)
With a face like Helen's it's hard to tell if she's coming or going. . . .
Posted by: logprof at June 07, 2010 08:25 AM (Mmw0q)
Dude, even Helen Thomas on fire would be the scariest thing you ever saw.
I imagine it be like the scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark where everyone's face melts.
Posted by: taylork at June 07, 2010 08:25 AM (0Hn5w)
Tapper is an asshole and liberal weasel, he deserved herPosted by: nevergiveup at June 07, 2010 08:26 AM (0GFWk)
Hearst is using "retired effective immediately" but we all know they fired her ass.
Good riddance, you hateful old bitch.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 07, 2010 08:26 AM (fx8sm)
Posted by: lorien1973 at June 07, 2010 08:26 AM (IhQuA)
Now who will I jerk off to?
There, there, ncj. There's always Rosie, Hillary, Maureen....
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 07, 2010 08:27 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: MJ at June 07, 2010 08:27 AM (BKOsZ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 07, 2010 08:27 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: joncelli at June 07, 2010 08:27 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Ben at June 07, 2010 08:27 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at June 07, 2010 08:27 AM (1kwr2)
Posted by: sherlock at June 07, 2010 08:28 AM (h6sl7)
With a face like Helen's it's hard to tell if she's coming or going. . . .
Posted by: logprof at June 07, 2010 12:25 PM (Mmw0q)
After you stare at Helen's face for about a minute, it's starts to look like a topographic map of Israel.
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at June 07, 2010 08:28 AM (YVZlY)
Posted by: Ben at June 07, 2010 08:28 AM (wuv1c)
Oh well, at least the troll is gone. At least we have that.
Posted by: Jay in Ames at June 07, 2010 08:28 AM (UEEex)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 07, 2010 08:29 AM (UOM48)
She spent 8 years spewing lies and filth about Dubya, but she ends up getting thrown under the bus by her sweet little marxist accomplice.
Nice.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 07, 2010 08:29 AM (fx8sm)
Posted by: Major Kong at June 07, 2010 08:29 AM (H6Boa)
They take no prisoners.
How long before she is Journalism Czar in the Obama White Crib?
Posted by: sifty at June 07, 2010 08:29 AM (abru+)
Question. Did she retire? If so does that mean she is giving up her White House press seat?
Maybe she will try to be an independent journalist.
Posted by: Ben at June 07, 2010 08:29 AM (wuv1c)
Who will "tell Gibbs a question" or lob partisan softballs to the Democrats?
The journalism world has truly incurred a huge loss - NOT!
Posted by: Gunga Dan at June 07, 2010 08:30 AM (3c1P1)
Posted by: Helen Thomas's cats at June 07, 2010 08:31 AM (9Sbz+)
Posted by: mikeyslaw at June 07, 2010 08:31 AM (QMGr1)
Posted by: av at June 07, 2010 08:31 AM (rG4O2)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 07, 2010 08:31 AM (xOTwH)
Posted by: prettypinkfluffypanties at June 07, 2010 08:31 AM (2LL2w)
I would say her next gig will be a homicide bomber. If you see her at a mall I would suggest going the other way.
It will be interesting to see how the media handles this. I wouldn't be surprised to see a glowing biography on her career.
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2010 08:32 AM (fwSHf)
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at June 07, 2010 08:32 AM (554T5)
Mr Bus - meet Helen.
"squish"
(Heard just before the squish - "Hey, aren't you Reverend Wright....?"
Posted by: Gunga Dan at June 07, 2010 08:32 AM (3c1P1)
Posted by: sifty at June 07, 2010 08:32 AM (abru+)
Helen Thomas shown the underside of the Obama bus?
Never in a million years did I think it would happen...
Posted by: Shifty650 at June 07, 2010 08:32 AM (x3FHu)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 07, 2010 08:33 AM (Scrz2)
Posted by: Ronster at June 07, 2010 08:33 AM (5Rvpc)
Posted by: taylork at June 07, 2010 08:33 AM (0Hn5w)
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at June 07, 2010 08:33 AM (5aa4z)
Imagine the retirement fund she has built up.....
Posted by: Intrepid at June 07, 2010 08:34 AM (92zkk)
And as for 25 Tapper is an asshole and liberal weasel, he deserved her
I could not disagree more. Jake Tapper is one of the few out there who is striving to be a real reporter, in the best sense of the word. He deserves respect, and he has mine.
Posted by: Splunge at June 07, 2010 08:35 AM (9uwvY)
She just got caught saying what she said to the wrong person at the wrong time.
Posted by: mrkwong at June 07, 2010 08:35 AM (G8Eo0)
Posted by: FireHorse at June 07, 2010 08:35 AM (cQyWA)
Posted by: Zimriel at June 07, 2010 08:35 AM (9Sbz+)
Good riddence. Send her back to Lebanon where she belongs.
...
I now apologize for that statement. It crossed a line.
Posted by: MostlyRight at June 07, 2010 08:35 AM (0aCXd)
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at June 07, 2010 08:35 AM (YVZlY)
Posted by: WalrusRex at June 07, 2010 08:36 AM (xxgag)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 07, 2010 08:36 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: nevergiveup at June 07, 2010 08:37 AM (0GFWk)
Posted by: VKI at June 07, 2010 08:37 AM (LZK9H)
Posted by: Jay in Ames at June 07, 2010 08:37 AM (UEEex)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 07, 2010 08:38 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Zimriel at June 07, 2010 08:38 AM (9Sbz+)
Helen Thomas is living proof that ugly goes all the way to the bone.
Posted by: WalrusRex at June 07, 2010 12:36 PM (xxgag)
And that doesn't include her ugly bony boner!
Posted by: Fish at June 07, 2010 08:38 AM (v1gw3)
Commentary will be given by Kronkite.
Posted by: sifty at June 07, 2010 08:38 AM (abru+)
It's great having Prof. Williams subbing today. I think I like him more than that racist Rush.
Posted by: logprof at June 07, 2010 08:38 AM (Mmw0q)
He doesn't spin too hard one way or the other.
I will say that I heard something this past weekend that rather surprised me; 'Wait Wait Don't Tell Me' was going at this administration with a flaming proctoscope.
When even National Proletariat Radio won't sit trouserless on a cake of ice for you anymore...
Posted by: mrkwong at June 07, 2010 08:39 AM (G8Eo0)
Posted by: Damn Skippy at June 07, 2010 08:39 AM (f7A+e)
Ya think they bought her out? What kinda of contract you think that dirty old gas bag had?
Had to be some pretty serious arm twisting, she's too stupid and stubborn to leave on her own...(gracefully)
Posted by: dananjcon at June 07, 2010 08:39 AM (pr+up)
________________
That sort of thing probably wouldn't go well with publicity for her doubtless upcoming book.
Posted by: Anachronda at June 07, 2010 08:40 AM (3K4hn)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 07, 2010 08:40 AM (1Jaio)
Her anti-semitic nastiness has a half life of at least 10,000 years.
On second thought...nuke her from space, it's the only way to be sure.
Posted by: mpfs at June 07, 2010 08:40 AM (iYbLN)
And it can't be said enough: Rabbi + video camera + Hag Thomas = karma.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 07, 2010 08:40 AM (UOM48)
He should send Helen a Thank You note for the great wedding present.
Posted by: sifty at June 07, 2010 08:41 AM (abru+)
According to her bio, her family is from Tripoli. Perhaps she'll spend more time there during her retirement. You know, sort of following her own advice.
That's actually how she met her first husband, on the shores of Tripoli. It was a nice American lad back during the Barbary wars.
Posted by: Ben at June 07, 2010 08:41 AM (wuv1c)
Tweet from Laura Ingraham.. haha
Posted by: Timbo at June 07, 2010 08:41 AM (ph9vn)
Posted by: nevergiveup at June 07, 2010 08:41 AM (0GFWk)
Posted by: huerfano at June 07, 2010 08:41 AM (Updet)
I need an old priest and a young priest ...
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 07, 2010 08:41 AM (xOTwH)
Posted by: Hedgehog at June 07, 2010 08:41 AM (oQIfB)
Posted by: Israel at June 07, 2010 08:42 AM (nd0uY)
Off to Iran with you to recieve you just rewards of a skullfucking by Dinnerjacket.
Posted by: Glib Tunafish at June 07, 2010 08:42 AM (4ab4T)
Posted by: HH at June 07, 2010 08:42 AM (6oDXl)
Maybe France won't let her fly in their airspace.
Posted by: mpfs at June 07, 2010 08:42 AM (iYbLN)
Drew Peterson, let me introduce you to Helen Thomas, world renowned columnist and Jew hater. You two have a lot in common. Best of luck Helen.
Posted by: Fish at June 07, 2010 08:43 AM (v1gw3)
Posted by: Chris R at June 07, 2010 08:43 AM (AO4qz)
Helen Thomas stars with the Barbed Cock of Satan in
From Here to Eternity 2 - The Chafing
Posted by: garrett at June 07, 2010 12:41 PM (D3KnN)
I ain't touching that thing.
Posted by: Satan at June 07, 2010 08:43 AM (oQIfB)
Posted by: nevergiveup at June 07, 2010 08:43 AM (0GFWk)
Posted by: Les Grossman at June 07, 2010 08:44 AM (jat5l)
Posted by: Dr. Van Helsing at June 07, 2010 08:44 AM (xOTwH)
Commentary will be given by Kronkite.
Posted by: sifty at June 07, 2010 12:38 PM (abru+)
I don't doubt it...people who are too stubborn to hang up their cleats, often croke not long after forced retirment. Work is all they have...its their identity. I don't know much about old Helen's personal life, but I think I read somewhere that she hasn't been married since the early seventies. Her job was her life...now some one link me to one of them death-ghoul pools!
Posted by: dananjcon at June 07, 2010 08:44 AM (pr+up)
I'm surprised she's even allowed to get inside an airplane. No pets allowed and such...
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 07, 2010 08:44 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 07, 2010 08:45 AM (UOM48)
I'm surprised she's even allowed to get inside an airplane. No pets allowed and such...
Posted by: Kratos
LOL
This news made my Monday.
Posted by: mpfs at June 07, 2010 08:45 AM (iYbLN)
Posted by: rdbrewer at June 07, 2010 08:46 AM (jyuzf)
I asked her a question, and she swung her 30 pound purse and hit me in the head, knocking me out and forcing me to the ER, where I received 8 stitches.
Posted by: Will Folks at June 07, 2010 08:46 AM (92zkk)
Even the Blade of Olympus would be loathe to piece this monster's heart.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 07, 2010 08:46 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 07, 2010 08:47 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Barry, Famous Editor at June 07, 2010 08:47 AM (FcR7P)
yeah, this is what's called a forced retirement --obviously someone gave her a choice: Helen, either you retire now or you get fired and your entire career is tarnished.
Posted by: fishdicks, do you like them? at June 07, 2010 08:47 AM (uFokq)
Posted by: Couldn't happen to a nicer woman at June 07, 2010 08:48 AM (8/DeP)
I always try to celebrate when a turd is removed from the national pool.
Posted by: sifty at June 07, 2010 08:48 AM (abru+)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 07, 2010 08:49 AM (Scrz2)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 07, 2010 08:49 AM (UOM48)
is it
A. Openly opine that political opposition is ignorant and likely inherently brain damaged?
B. Openly opine that autocratic rule without Constitutional constraints would be a better system for America.
C. Openly opine that members of a culture that is a major liberal constituency need to abandon their home and return to places that, prior to them leaving, were wholesale executing them then burning the bodies?
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 07, 2010 08:49 AM (0q2P7)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 07, 2010 08:49 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Monsieur Ahmedinejad at June 07, 2010 08:50 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: fishdicks, do you like them? at June 07, 2010 12:47 PM (uFokq)
So her option was resign as a batshit crazy old lady who once insulted the Jews or be painted as a life long Jew Hater?
Posted by: garrett at June 07, 2010 08:50 AM (D3KnN)
Posted by: maddogg at June 07, 2010 08:50 AM (OlN4e)
So Helen, shall we book you a berth on the MV Saint Pancake's next luxurious cruise to Gaza? I can get you a room on the Lido Deck right next to the hot Turkish suicide bomber.
Posted by: Moose4 at June 07, 2010 08:51 AM (mAhn3)
In other words, a normal day in the asylum
Posted by: chemjeff at June 07, 2010 08:51 AM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Dustoff at June 07, 2010 08:51 AM (fKPuo)
Silence, followed by "you violated her 1st Amendment rights!
After all, the only 'sin' she committed was speaking in 'mixed' company. The rest of the MSM have NO PROBLEMS with what she said.
Posted by: GarandFan at June 07, 2010 08:51 AM (6mwMs)
Posted by: taylork at June 07, 2010 08:52 AM (0Hn5w)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 07, 2010 08:53 AM (UOM48)
The reason she spoke so freely, is that in her circles, everyone believes exactly what she said she believes.
I'm sure Helen Thomas is honestly shocked at the blow-back from this "speaking truth to jooos". To her it will juse go to PROVE that the Jooos control the media.
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at June 07, 2010 08:53 AM (oIp16)
So her option was resign as a batshit crazy old lady who once insulted the Jews or be painted as a life long Jew Hater?
Not quite. If you think Helen Thomas is gonna shamefully slink away into the night you're wrong. Helen will be honored by her colleagues and by Obama and by Gibbs. They'll say some nice things about her, say their goodbyes, and pretend she never said a word about Israel.
Posted by: fishdicks, do you like them? at June 07, 2010 08:53 AM (uFokq)
Posted by: sifty at June 07, 2010 08:53 AM (abru+)
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 07, 2010 08:54 AM (TZJPP)
In related news, Bobby Byrd is looking for a date, date, date.
Posted by: Fritz at June 07, 2010 08:54 AM (GwPRU)
Posted by: WalrusRex at June 07, 2010 08:54 AM (xxgag)
Posted by: King Rat at June 07, 2010 08:54 AM (qmW32)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 07, 2010 08:54 AM (UOM48)
Good point. I've added some scare quotes to indicate sarcasm.
Posted by: Slublog at June 07, 2010 08:54 AM (qjKko)
color me cynical: She didn't retire... she threw herself on her sword to protect her master, Obama.
wow.. one of obamas supporters threw themselves under his bus...
see ya
cathy : )
Posted by: cathymv at June 07, 2010 08:55 AM (NHFzt)
Posted by: Helen Thomas at June 07, 2010 08:55 AM (FkKjr)
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 07, 2010 08:56 AM (2g2ex)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 07, 2010 08:56 AM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 07, 2010 12:56 PM (2g2ex)
She'll be the only one there older than the HEF.
Posted by: Ludicrous Speed at June 07, 2010 08:57 AM (LdYLm)
Maybe Slestak will name names today and we'll get more good news.
Posted by: sifty at June 07, 2010 08:58 AM (abru+)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 07, 2010 08:58 AM (HGBhW)
You mean the entire Democratic party?.
Posted by: Mel at June 07, 2010 08:58 AM (myPP6)
Helen: So, what are your turn ons?
Sheets: Long walks, nice clean white sheets, hating Jews.
Helen: Hating Jews?! Me too!
Sheets: Oh Helen, we were made for each other.
Posted by: mpfs at June 07, 2010 08:58 AM (iYbLN)
Was this the face that sunk a thousand ships,
And burnt the topless towers of Washington?
Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss.
Her lips suck forth my soul: see where it flies!
Posted by: rdbrewer at June 07, 2010 08:58 AM (jyuzf)
The staunchest allies of Israel are Christian conservatives. I think a lot of people in Israel are beginning to realize there is power there. Far more than they can muster with lefttard American Jews.
Posted by: maddogg at June 07, 2010 08:58 AM (OlN4e)
In her statement to the press, Ms. Thomas said that she felt that it was time to step down and enjoy a well-earned retirement. She said that she's planning to get on her broom and tour the country, see how the nation has changed in the two centuries since she last travelled from coast to coast, and then spend some time in California with her good friend, the Emperor Norton.
:>
Howie
Posted by: Howard at June 07, 2010 08:58 AM (CPGCn)
Jew-hating remarks or not, she's been more of a curiosity than a "journalist" since at least the Clinton Administration.
As a complete side issue, I just got back from my local county HQ and cast my SC governor primary vote (a day early) for Haley.
Heh!
Posted by: looking closely at June 07, 2010 08:58 AM (6Q9g2)
Helen's face is Maureen Dowd's left out in the sun too long.
Posted by: effinayright at June 07, 2010 08:59 AM (lQRmV)
Posted by: logprof at June 07, 2010 08:59 AM (Mmw0q)
She must not have any other interests in her life than politics. No family around her, no friends other than other political junkie/journos. Imagine how awful it would be to sit at her table at a dinner party?!
Posted by: Intrepid at June 07, 2010 08:59 AM (92zkk)
speaking of James Rosen, the FOX News reporter...
once in a while he used to do a real funny impression of Helen Thomas bitching about the Joos to Ari Fleischer.
Remember that?
Posted by: fishdicks, do you like them? at June 07, 2010 08:59 AM (uFokq)
Posted by: Crusty at June 07, 2010 08:59 AM (GvSpB)
Posted by: maddogg at June 07, 2010 09:01 AM (OlN4e)
I'm really beginning to dig this Jewish Conspiracy. They get shit done.
Cut, jib, newsletter.
Posted by: sifty at June 07, 2010 09:02 AM (abru+)
So the Jews do run the world!
Because Glenn Beck was saying her continued employment was proof they don't.
Posted by: Scott J. at June 07, 2010 09:03 AM (NY7mQ)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 07, 2010 09:03 AM (Scrz2)
Fuck the MFM.
Posted by: Unclefacts, AoSHQ Professional Debate Team at June 07, 2010 09:03 AM (erIg9)
Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 07, 2010 09:03 AM (ujg0T)
She hasn't had much of a social life since April 1945.
Posted by: Crusty at June 07, 2010 09:03 AM (GvSpB)
For the White House to have revoked her credentials would have been a violation of her right to free speech no matter how stupid and evil what she said was.
Posted by: Vrond at June 07, 2010 09:03 AM (rxyYN)
Helen Thomas is a world class antisemite, but Hitler had a better mustache.
Was that a mustache? I thought he was just waxing his nose hair.
Posted by: maddogg at June 07, 2010 09:04 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: TomInKorea at June 07, 2010 09:04 AM (+gX1+)
Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 07, 2010 09:05 AM (ujg0T)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 07, 2010 09:05 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Andy Rooney at June 07, 2010 09:05 AM (w9BEi)
I understand wanting to do some sort of useful work as long as you're physically and mentally able. Nothing wrong with that at all.
I don't understand employers keeping people on when they're clearly no longer physically or mentally able.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 07, 2010 09:06 AM (mR7mk)
Karl Rove just told Megyn Kelly he thinks Helen is mentally ill.
Liberalism is a mental disease.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 07, 2010 09:06 AM (fx8sm)
Posted by: Annabelle at June 07, 2010 09:06 AM (xbB5C)
actually I think he was talking about someone elsePosted by: nevergiveup at June 07, 2010 09:06 AM (0GFWk)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 07, 2010 09:07 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Ludicrous Speed at June 07, 2010 09:07 AM (LdYLm)
I've been waiting by my mailbox for years, hoping for my White House press credentials to arrive so that I too might have Free Speech rights.
Posted by: damian at June 07, 2010 09:08 AM (4WbTI)
Posted by: alexthedude [via his non-fascist N1] at June 07, 2010 09:08 AM (tXsB8)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 07, 2010 09:08 AM (UOM48)
As a complete side issue, I just got back from my local county HQ and cast my SC governor primary vote (a day early) for Haley.
Heh!
Posted by: looking closely at June 07, 2010 12:58 PM (6Q9g2)
--Did you see Matt X?
Posted by: logprof at June 07, 2010 09:08 AM (Mmw0q)
garrett: So her option was resign as a batshit crazy old lady who once insulted the Jews or be painted as a life long Jew Hater?
She was fired. The Hearst syndicate was just using the polite word for firing her ass.She has two options: She can take the gold watch and the cake, or security can throw her through the plate glass street doors without bothering to open them first.
Posted by: Kristopher at June 07, 2010 09:09 AM (kCEOg)
Wonder who it was.....
Posted by: Intrepid at June 07, 2010 09:09 AM (92zkk)
--Sometimes people say LOL but don't literally LOL, but that time I literally LOLed.
Posted by: logprof at June 07, 2010 09:09 AM (Mmw0q)
That was not in reference to Thomas but to some other reporterPosted by: nevergiveup at June 07, 2010 09:10 AM (0GFWk)
Posted by: taylork at June 07, 2010 09:10 AM (0Hn5w)
Perhaps Helen can take that sea cruise that she has so longed dreamed about. I hear the coast of Gaza is wonderful this time of year.
Posted by: Glib Tunafish at June 07, 2010 09:10 AM (4ab4T)
"Helen Thomas" should be the phrase used to describe reporters mistakenly stating what they actually believe.
As in, D'Ohlberman pulled another Helen Thomas on PMSNBC tonight; good thing no one was watching.
Posted by: gator at June 07, 2010 09:11 AM (XBdMr)
Posted by: suzyq at June 07, 2010 09:11 AM (nLx2P)
What other WH press person was old and effectively homeless? Did they smell like cat pee, too?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 07, 2010 09:11 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 07, 2010 09:11 AM (i3AsK)
What are the odds they name one of the ships the "Helen Thomas"?
Posted by: wiserbud at June 07, 2010 09:12 AM (EW49d)
And what's wrong with that?Posted by: felixthecat at June 07, 2010 09:13 AM (0GFWk)
Painting her face on the lead ship would surely part the blockade like the Red Sea.
Posted by: taylork at June 07, 2010 09:13 AM (0Hn5w)
Posted by: Helen's 20 cats at June 07, 2010 09:14 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: alexthedude [via his non-fascist N1] at June 07, 2010 09:15 AM (tXsB8)
Posted by: Chainsaw Chimp at June 07, 2010 09:15 AM (pLTLS)
from a cannon.
Posted by: wiserbud at June 07, 2010 09:15 AM (EW49d)
90 years old? I'm skeptical.
I can't wait til they carbon date her during the autopsy. She is dead, right?
Posted by: gator at June 07, 2010 09:15 AM (XBdMr)
This comment was actually written by john Ryan. Enjoy the chew toy, morons!
Posted by: Michael Collins at June 07, 2010 09:18 AM (I+7Zv)
Posted by: jp at June 07, 2010 09:18 AM (DFDtC)
Posted by: Crusty at June 07, 2010 09:19 AM (GvSpB)
Was it a mistake? No one in the press or the O-admin has ever called her out for her crap before (when Tony Snow did it, it was because he was a misogynist agist evil Rethuglikkkan, so he could be ignored); she probably had no idea it would garner a reaction.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 07, 2010 09:19 AM (mR7mk)
Posted by: MunchkinRadish at June 07, 2010 09:20 AM (mR7mk)
from a cannon.
Posted by: wiserbud at June 07, 2010 01:15 PM (EW49d)
What a great mental picture you've drawn.
Posted by: Hedgehog at June 07, 2010 09:20 AM (oQIfB)
Posted by: dagny at June 07, 2010 09:21 AM (Nv3iQ)
I'm really beginning to dig this Jewish Conspiracy. They get shit done.
Cut, jib, newsletter.
Posted by: sifty
We will do a look/see at your application at our next meeting.
It may take time but we set shit done.
They have the watch.
We have the time.
Posted by: mpfs at June 07, 2010 09:21 AM (iYbLN)
Helen Thomas is a world class antisemite, but Hitler had a better mustache.
Just sayin'.
Posted by: Old Dad at June 07, 2010 01:02 PM (LBXax)
Franz Liebkind: But let me tell this, and you're getting it straight from the horse, Hitler vas better looking than Thomas, he vas a better dresser than Thomas, had more hair, told funnier jokes, and could dance the pants off Thomas!
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 07, 2010 09:22 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at June 07, 2010 09:23 AM (w1UmQ)
Posted by: Committee for the Preservation of Fugly at June 07, 2010 09:23 AM (+FkcS)
Posted by: DocJ at June 07, 2010 09:23 AM (dt6br)
Posted by: Michael Collins at June 07, 2010 01:18 PM (I+7Zv)
I've seen this hash before. Who is this nit wit?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 07, 2010 09:25 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 07, 2010 09:25 AM (7EDH5)
Wasn't half of FDR's "brain trust" admirers of Naziism right up until Hitler double-crossed Uncle Joe? I seem to remember a mutual admiration society between the Nazis and the proggs, especially as regards eugenics.
Posted by: MunchkinRadish at June 07, 2010 09:27 AM (mR7mk)
Thanks logprof - if I can ever return the favor, please ask. Was he better behaved on his return or still an attention seeeking whatever he is.
Posted by: Mallamutt at June 07, 2010 01:26 PM (OWjjx)
--He was making ncer posts, but still acting like the site owed him or something. I wonder if he'll return just for the hockey threads. It was funny, because his main beef was the SC threads, but i never saw him posting on them.
Posted by: logprof at June 07, 2010 09:28 AM (Mmw0q)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 07, 2010 01:25 PM (1Jaio)
John Ryan. Likes to come in and reassert his aggressive stupidity once in awhile.
Posted by: Slublog at June 07, 2010 09:29 AM (qjKko)
It may take time but we set shit done.
They have the watch.
We have the time.
Posted by: mpfs at June 07, 2010 01:21 PM (iYbLN)
My favorite thing about the Jews is that they don't want me. I'll never have a Gilligan's Island marathon interrupted by a couple of Jews at the door trying to get me to join the team.
Posted by: WalrusRex at June 07, 2010 09:30 AM (xxgag)
Even granting (for argument's sake, not for accuracy) your definition of "right-wing", the Left's murderer's row is quite the source of pride, isn't it? Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Ho Chi Minh, Castro. Nice group you've aligned yourself with there.
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 07, 2010 09:30 AM (xOTwH)
Posted by: A. Sullivan at June 07, 2010 09:30 AM (EL+OC)
This is so great - Now Helen is free to implement my dastardly plan. At Game 6 Wednesday night, they can roll her out for the first face-off against the Hawks. The entire Chicago team will be so shocked horrified and appalled, they will panic and go screaming from the rink. Joel Quenelle's moustache will rip itself off his face in an awful spasm of abject terror. Somebody, quick - get Ed Snider on the phone!
(Helen Thomas' new gig - 2010 Stanley Cup Secret Weapon)
Posted by: kallisto at June 07, 2010 09:30 AM (+FkcS)
Posted by: Uncle Obama at June 07, 2010 09:32 AM (fLHQe)
Maybe when she is down to her last few shekels you'll see her at a busy intersection in DC wearing a sandwich board that says "Will Work For Jews!".
Posted by: mpfs at June 07, 2010 09:32 AM (iYbLN)
Posted by: John Galt at June 07, 2010 09:32 AM (9zzk+)
Posted by: Slublog at June 07, 2010 01:29 PM (qjKko)
Thank. So it's good old John Ryan. One of the classic idiot trolls.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 07, 2010 09:33 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Bru at June 07, 2010 09:36 AM (e9VUF)
Was it a mistake? No one in the press or the O-admin has ever called her out for her crap before (when Tony Snow did it, it was because he was a misogynist agist evil Rethuglikkkan, so he could be ignored); she probably had no idea it would garner a reaction.
I thought liberals knew not to say what they really thought in front of cameras, especially these last few years. They used to have a more compliant media to cover for them. Not anymore.
Helen's 90 and been getting away with this sort of thing forever, so her filter up and died on her.
Posted by: gator at June 07, 2010 09:37 AM (XBdMr)
Will she be the White House Press Corpse then?
Posted by: kansas at June 07, 2010 09:38 AM (mka2b)
There was some douchbag on as the League of Southern Gentlemen generally being an ass - could be one and the same.
Oh well, screwem if they can't take a joke.
Posted by: Mallamutt
Really? I saw many of those comments, and most were funny. I sockpuppeted (is that a word??) some of them, or variations on the theme. Were there some bad ones?
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 07, 2010 09:43 AM (R2fpr)
I need an old priest and a young priest ...
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 07, 2010 12:41 PM (xOTwH)
I prefer the more modern method presented on Supernatural. A shotgun full of rock salt, holy water, an iron crow bar. and a mystical knife.
Posted by: buzzion at June 07, 2010 09:44 AM (oVQFe)
His VP was a card-carrying communist. His whole administration was filled with anti-American fuckstains
Yet, he is still considered a hero to the left. Funny that.
Posted by: wiserbud at June 07, 2010 09:45 AM (EW49d)
Posted by: reason at June 07, 2010 09:45 AM (V40IZ)
heh.
Helen is gonna go from Hearst to hearse in less than a year.
Posted by: wiserbud at June 07, 2010 09:46 AM (EW49d)
Posted by: Racefan at June 07, 2010 09:46 AM (hnVJ9)
Posted by: buzzion at June 07, 2010 09:48 AM (oVQFe)
"Who will now get to sit in the urine soaked seat?"
Has anyone said Rachel Maddow?
I will say, "Rachel Maddow."
Posted by: reason at June 07, 2010 09:49 AM (V40IZ)
Posted by: larry at June 07, 2010 09:50 AM (wQPrG)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 07, 2010 12:41 PM (xOTwH)
I prefer the more modern method presented on Supernatural. A shotgun full of rock salt, holy water, an iron crow bar. and a mystical knife.
Posted by: buzzion
Max Von Sydow and holy water should do it.
"The power of Christ compels you"
Posted by: mpfs at June 07, 2010 09:52 AM (iYbLN)
Posted by: Racefan at June 07, 2010 01:46 PM (hnVJ9)
That is a really bad insult against Larry
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 07, 2010 09:53 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: buzzion
So Matt X (we'll call him Jethro from now on) got his overalls in a twist because there was a torrent of news from S.C. and almost all of it made Helen Thomas look like Miss Manners? My advice to Jethro: next time, behave decently or win the next Civil War. Until either of these occurs, we will stand here and laugh. I gotta take my hits because I'm from the place that launched Joe Biden, super genius into politics. Time to take yours.
Posted by: The International Sikh conspiracy, Palmetto state chapter at June 07, 2010 09:53 AM (R2fpr)
So she's gonna have some more time on her hands? Sweet.
Somebody call that tart Behar and see if she can fill in for me next week. I've got an...uh...unexpected medical condition that will need some prompt attention...
Posted by: Larry King at June 07, 2010 09:54 AM (V40IZ)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at June 07, 2010 09:55 AM (PaAbX)
Posted by: Atomic Roach at June 07, 2010 09:56 AM (Oxen1)
"They'll be presenting Helen with a bomb vest at her "retirement" party."
On the menu:
Molotov Cocktails.
Yellow cake.
Posted by: Larry King at June 07, 2010 09:56 AM (V40IZ)
Posted by: havedash at June 07, 2010 09:56 AM (UTFx7)
Yes, how sad that this hate-filled, ultra-biased anti-semite has to suffer the indignity of being unceremoniously dropped from her position as a White House reporter because of her own vile words.
Much better if she had been able to leave with her wholly undeserved reputation as a well-respected journalist intact.
Posted by: wiserbud at June 07, 2010 09:58 AM (EW49d)
That is a really bad insult against Larry
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 07, 2010 01:53 PM (1Jaio)
yeah your right. sorry about that Larry.
Posted by: Racefan at June 07, 2010 09:59 AM (hnVJ9)
His VP was a card-carrying communist. His whole administration was filled with anti-American fuckstains
Yet, he is still considered a hero to the left. Funny that.
Posted by: wiserbud at June 07, 2010 01:45 PM (EW49d)
Most of them were flat out commies including his hideous wife.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 07, 2010 10:10 AM (1Jaio)
Maybe Helen can use her retirement to do some of the important things in life.. Like trying to get that house off her sister.
Posted by: Jimmie at June 07, 2010 10:13 AM (nZ0GK)
won't sit trouserless on a cake of ice for you anymore...
Ahhh, fond memories of crossing the line...
Posted by: kurtilator at June 07, 2010 10:14 AM (juh4Z)
prettypink, " I bet somewhere, in a secluded room all alone, maybe even in the dark, George W. Bush is laughing his ass off."
I'm thinking he feels pity for her, instead. Pity that her soul is so malformed...
Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at June 07, 2010 10:15 AM (1kwr2)
Helen Thomas retiring from Hearst Newspapers, but begins a lucrative career modeling Depends and shilling for Life Alert with the time proven statement, "I've fallen and I can't get up."
Posted by: Fish at June 07, 2010 10:17 AM (v1gw3)
Yes, how sad that this hate-filled, ultra-biased anti-semite has to suffer the indignity of being unceremoniously dropped from her position as a White House reporter because of her own vile words.
Much better if she had been able to leave with her wholly undeserved reputation as a well-respected journalist intact.
Posted by: wiserbud at June 07, 2010 01:58 PM (EW49d)
I can almost bet that she asked to go out on a high note after this, and Hearst told her to retire now or she'll be canned.
All she's guilty of is saying what she believes without her editor around as the filter. Wouldn't you be willing to bet that she has written similar stuff in her first drafts of articles before an editor came along and altered it to the more acceptable mainstream liberal antisemitic language.
Posted by: buzzion at June 07, 2010 10:18 AM (oVQFe)
And yes get her into you Dead Pool ASAP. Without her raison d'etre the racist, bitter, old windbag will wither away by year's end.
Posted by: Rocks at June 07, 2010 10:21 AM (Q1lie)
Alan Colmes on Megyn Kelly's Fox show, and he always amazes me with his ability to obfuscate and prevaricate, all the while looking like a lilly white faggot.
Posted by: Fish at June 07, 2010 10:22 AM (v1gw3)
It's okay, Helen-doll. Come over after you're done clearing out your office, and we'll have a sleepover! Curling each others' hair, doing each others' nails, giving each other Botox injections...we can even watch Beaches!
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at June 07, 2010 10:23 AM (V40IZ)
Cut off her head, stuff the mouth with garlic and stitch it shut, drive a rosewood stake through her heart, burn the corpse, and bury the ashes at a crossraods.
Did I forget anything?
Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at June 07, 2010 10:25 AM (1kwr2)
Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at June 07, 2010 10:25 AM (1kwr2)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at June 07, 2010 10:28 AM (bCQG3)
Ms Thomas was supposed to be a top-notch journalist - or at least she was in the past. She revealed astounding ignorance of Israel's history in her statement, as well as a complete disregard for the neutrality a professional journalist should (theoretically) display.
She deserved to be fired for incompetence. Hearst wimped out by letting her retire.
Posted by: JustSayin' at June 07, 2010 10:31 AM (PcSQ+)
Did I forget anything?
Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at June 07, 2010 02:25 PM (1kwr2)
Just 3 recitations of the Trinitarian formula and the Holy Water.
Posted by: Rocks at June 07, 2010 10:32 AM (Q1lie)
Posted by: < at June 07, 2010 10:34 AM (+kzvp)
Posted by: Theresa D at June 07, 2010 10:35 AM (iGCmo)
I'll buy her a burqua as part of my Make the Earth Look Better campaign.
Posted by: Larry Sheldon at June 07, 2010 10:37 AM (OmeRL)
Did I forget anything?
Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at June 07, 2010 02:25 PM (1kwr2)
Just 3 recitations of the Trinitarian formula and the Holy Water.
You're letting her off easy, tovarisch.
Posted by: Grigory Rasputin at June 07, 2010 10:38 AM (E4Pj8)
Posted by: Larry Sheldon at June 07, 2010 10:39 AM (OmeRL)
Posted by: Larry Sheldon at June 07, 2010 10:40 AM (OmeRL)
Posted by: Josey at June 07, 2010 10:42 AM (xvFAW)
Posted by: RushBabe at June 07, 2010 10:44 AM (W8m8i)
Posted by: Josey at June 07, 2010 10:48 AM (xvFAW)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 07, 2010 10:50 AM (8lCJT)
Dang, Rasputin is right. Who's got the poison?
The Bad Witch or Toto? Nah, she looks like one of the mean apple trees.
Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at June 07, 2010 10:53 AM (1kwr2)
Posted by: torabora at June 07, 2010 10:54 AM (9xBQ7)
Posted by: BigDaddy1964 at June 07, 2010 10:58 AM (pOcKt)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 07, 2010 11:03 AM (9Cooa)
She's an absolute, doctrinaire, 100% unabashed liberal.
She's a miserable attack dog who lashes out at all things conservative.
She has plausible deniability because she is a woman who's old and nasty, and is more than happy to use every bit of the PC allowances people make for her due to her age, political orientation and gender.
What's not to lionize?
Posted by: RM at June 07, 2010 11:04 AM (GkYyh)
"Ms Thomas was supposed to be a top-notch journalist - or at least she was in the past. She revealed astounding ignorance of Israel's history in her statement, as well as a complete disregard for the neutrality a professional journalist should (theoretically) display."
Let's not forget her recent (within the past 12 months) claim that, in order to be effective reporters, all journalists should be liberal.
Posted by: reason at June 07, 2010 11:05 AM (V40IZ)
Posted by: CNN, #4 in news at June 07, 2010 11:07 AM (V40IZ)
Cut off her head, stuff the mouth with garlic and stitch it shut, drive a rosewood stake through her heart, burn the corpse, and bury the ashes at a crossraods.
Did I forget anything?
Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure!
Posted by: Jay in Ames at June 07, 2010 11:11 AM (UEEex)
Posted by: MrCaniac at June 07, 2010 11:37 AM (Vol3D)
Posted by: John G at June 07, 2010 11:44 AM (WKprX)
Posted by: Walter Cronkite, most trusted zombie in amerikkka at June 07, 2010 11:45 AM (w9BEi)
Posted by: lollipop kids at June 07, 2010 11:46 AM (H+LJc)
Posted by: MrCaniac at June 07, 2010 03:37 PM (Vol3D)
Nah, she'll be the whitehouse correspondent from Al-Jazeera and given the front and center seat.
Posted by: Hedgehog at June 07, 2010 11:56 AM (oQIfB)
So THAT's why she said what she said - she knew she was retiring today anyway!
This is very bad news. As part of the WH press corps (corpse?) she was largely out of sight of poor commoners like me. Now she'll be all over the TV, giving interviews, opinonizin' on everything, and the like. Her exposure will rise.
Posted by: Henry Hawkins at June 07, 2010 12:07 PM (0SZlc)
Posted by: Rick Ellensburg at June 07, 2010 12:09 PM (j5CHE)
Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at June 07, 2010 12:17 PM (5LYVy)
Posted by: Annabelle at June 07, 2010 12:25 PM (GAf3l)
Na-Na-Naaa-Naaaaaa...Hey Hey Hey...Good Bye!
Don't let the door hit you in the Ass on the way out either...Helen!
Posted by: Jimi at June 07, 2010 12:27 PM (SLttp)
“I deeply regret [that the] comments I made last week regarding the Israelis and the Palestinians [were spoken out loud]. They do not [accurately] reflect my heart-felt belief that peace will come to the Middle East only when all parties [Israel] recognize
Posted by: Kevin at June 07, 2010 12:40 PM (8+f3c)
Posted by: Brookes at June 07, 2010 12:40 PM (P3Gnv)
Interesting factoid - Baghdad was about 1/4 Jewish at the turn of the 20th century. Now, there are 7 Jews left, there.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at June 07, 2010 01:01 PM (Qp4DT)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at June 07, 2010 01:30 PM (rurh0)
To which I say:
1) She did it to herself.
2) The statement reveals her true, scumbaggish self (no offense to actual scumbags, which serve a useful purpose, unlike Helen).
3) No, you tool, I'm nearly orgasmic she went out this way, because this will be brought up from now on, anytime her name is mentioned. It'll never go away, and will be part of her obituary; the transitory, when eternal justice is served upon her, and the permanent, anytime anyone remembers or writes about anything else she said or did in her sick, twisted professional life.
Metaphorically speaking, I'm dancing the foxtrot on the metaphorical grave of her professional career.
Posted by: Evan3457 at June 07, 2010 01:46 PM (5CWEp)
Oh please don't use the words "snatch" and "slot" in a Helen Thomas thread.
I'm just sorry Tony Snow didn't live to see this day.
You know what, I recently heard a sermon about what Heaven might be like, and one point really struck a chord with me. The celebrant said that in Heaven, we won't just sit around on a cloud with a harp. We'll have work to do for the people on Earth-- like FUN work, work without alarm clocks or cubicles. Instead we'll be helping to move God's plan forward, and it will be in ways that bring us great joy.
So, I thinking Tony knows very well what happened this morning.
Posted by: Filly at June 07, 2010 02:00 PM (26q30)
Posted by: manofaiki at June 07, 2010 02:01 PM (uSh7j)
The witch isn't dead until they pound a stake through her black heart - or drop a house on her head.
Posted by: MarkD at June 07, 2010 02:03 PM (YhZfg)
Posted by: MarkD at June 07, 2010 06:03 PM (YhZfg)
...or pour water on her stupid ass; would pissing on her count?
Posted by: billygoat at June 07, 2010 02:14 PM (5qJM5)
Even if she was in a German oven?
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at June 07, 2010 02:55 PM (mHQ7T)
"Hell-Hag, Hell on wheels,
She hates her some Joos and tells us all just how she feels!
Hell-Hag, Hell on Wheels,
Liberal bitch return to the shit pit that spawned you!"
OK, it need some work on the rhyme and meter...
Posted by: Eye Bury Poul at June 07, 2010 04:09 PM (X67eL)
Posted by: mot at June 07, 2010 09:15 PM (R5Upi)
Did she ever do anything? I can't recall her ever doing anything. Maybe asking some stupid questions at a press conference, but I can't recall reading anything she's written or even seeing her byline on stories I passed by.
I see Maureen ODowd and Frank Rich in the NYT, so I know they write stuff. Haven't seen Helen Thomas anywhere.
Posted by: Penultimatum at June 08, 2010 03:14 AM (niydV)
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