Helen Thomas: Obama Election Shows American People Are 'Fair and Balanced'

Liberal-media legend (and long-time UPI White House correspondent) Helen Thomas returned triumphantly to the White House briefing room yesterday after a bout of bad health, and the blog Fishbowl DC has video of an interview with reporter Ken Herman of Cox Newspapers. When Herman asked (superfluously) who she voted for, Helen said Obama. Why? "Because I really thought he was a great gift to democracy that it would show the American people were fair and balanced, and honorable, and understood [it] didn’t make any difference in terms of race, color, creed and so forth."

Voting for Obama showed the American people were fair and balanced? That would be a rather elastic defense for all the pro-Obama bias.

Helen started by claiming "I’m still as mean as ever," and tried to work up a complaint about Obama: "He’s going after all the old Clinton faces. Why? Doesn’t he know anybody?" Herman asked: "No honeymoon from you for the new president?" Helen said "No way...He’ll get one day, maybe."

Video of her arrival in the briefing room came complete with conservative talk show host Les Kinsolving joking "Here she comes! Everyone genuflect!" Helen and Les may be the only people with White House press passes dated before the age of Disco.