Thomas, who had masqueraded as a ‘serious’ journalist for far too long, managed to hold onto a prized front-row seat at White House briefings despite the fact that she had not been a working reporter for seven years since leaving UPI. Her years as a columnist have exposed her deep-seated bias, leftist ideology, and absolute malevolence for conservatives and President Bush’s administration in particular.
Finally, the absurdity of this faux-reporter having a prime seat for WH briefings has come to an end. With that position, she has been an embarrassment to the WH news corp, and to America in general. It’s been obvious for quite some time that the Establishment Media is anything but objective, or even fair to the United States, but Thomas’ rantings for the past seven years have been beyond the pale. I’m not saying the president shouldn’t be taken to task (I do so regularly) but her lack of decorum and respect for the president (regardless of policy disagreements) had gotten old, nauseating and insulting to all of us. She’ll still be in the press room, but at least moved to the second row. Please, to the back of the room, or even the hallway would be preferable.
Helen Thomas Moving Back After 46 Years Down Front
The press corps is scheduled to move from temporary facilities back into the spiffed-up, rewired briefing room in May or June. Thomas, who has been questioning presidents and press secretaries for 46 years, plans to be there. But her front-row seat won’t be. Plans call for her to be moved to the second row to make room for a cable news channel – a sign of Washington’s changing pecking order, and of the new ways that Americans get their news.
“I didn’t think I had a monopoly on that seat,†Thomas, 86, said in a telephone interview. “Since my peers have decided that I don’t belong there, I’ll bow to their – I’ll drink the – What did Socrates drink?â€
Hemlock? “I’ll drink it,†she said. “You have to submit to the will of the people, and apparently this is the will of my peers. It’s OK with me. I’ve had a good run in the front seat.â€
That’s an understatement. Good riddance and watch your knees on the back of those front-row chairs.
86? Wouldn’t retirement be a better idea about now? Caught you on O’ Reilly last night. Why do they hold you to the end and give you two minutes? Is it to keep us in our seats through all the commercials?
What do you say we give Thomas’ seat to P.J. O’Rourke?
So Tammy, since all this talk about Helen Thomas means we associate a face with the name, can we have a Babe to get this weekend going right? I think we all deserve it, too, since we had to endure the site of Bill Maher as well.
God, any babe will do just save us! She doesn’t have to be of the blue-eyed variety either.
So the harpie is finally leaving her nest. Of course, she’s just passing the torch on to her baby bird, David Gregory.
I’d be fine with her keeping the front row seat, if the President would just do what I’ve been suggesting for years and make Donald Rumsfeld the Press Secretary.
Yeah, and a non-blue-eyed babe would be fine. Maybe a brown-eyed Irish Italian one.
Tammy,
Evicting Helen from that chair isn’t for the faint hearted. Whoever is assigned that task will probably need a crowbar and some mace.
Setting aside the eviction problem, there is a downside to moving her from the front row. Without Hound From Hell Helen’s relentless baying, how will Tony Snowjob keep from nodding off while the News Nitwits pepper him with inane questions?
Enquiring minds want to know.
For your babe viewing pleasure one need only to scroll down 3 posts and click on the Hot Air link. There’s a talking living doll and smart as a whip too ! That’s all you need. That and a nice dry martini.
She almost serves a purpose there in the front row. America gets a look at a full blown moonbat in rage mode.
[LOL!–ed.]