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.
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Must you post Helen Thomas
November 13, 2008 - 12:14 ET by IgnatzJFahrquarMust you post Helen Thomas pictures so close to the lunch hour. My subway sub just got very unappitizing.
"All generalizations are false, including this one.” Mark Twain
I was getting ready to eat
November 13, 2008 - 12:55 ET by ricklailI was getting ready to eat an apple. It reminded me of the witch that gave the apple to Snow White. I don't want it now.
YOU CAN KEEP "THE CHANGE" PALIN 2012
Remember when
November 13, 2008 - 17:23 ET by RukusRemember when, as a child, you would peel an apple and carve a face in it and put it in the the sun? Well, there ya go!
"Nuke 'em 'til they... oh hell, just shoot 'em!"
Helen!
November 14, 2008 - 00:16 ET by DoktorFrankenStay indoors, woman.
I also have dreaded.....
November 14, 2008 - 05:43 ET by old croreading this article seeing glimpses of the pic in question, it's five-thirty in the morning, my stomach wasn't up to it earlier. Regardless, we will see just how tough ole Helen is on this administration, my guess is she gets back her front seat and is "relevant" again, although I could be wrong looking at my track record for picking election winners lately.
The MSM is full of idiots,
November 13, 2008 - 12:18 ET by mattmThe MSM is full of idiots, and it's about time we start treating them this way. Their myopia combined with their arrogance has caused them to become the most ignorant and uninformed segment of the population.
Ironic, but true: those who presume to inform us are the biggest pack of ignoramuses on the planet.
Helen Thomas, please go away!
November 13, 2008 - 12:21 ET by Mary Louise TurnerMs. Thomas, you've been drinking the liberal Kool-Aid for fifty years! You are the poster child for MSM arrogance; please, please go away!
Maybe she was talking about FOX News
November 13, 2008 - 15:31 ET by kg"Forget change, I want improvement!"
Kool Aid
November 13, 2008 - 20:04 ET by doug1950Judging from the photo it appears they may have left the sugar out of that Kool Aid.
Could you place a
November 13, 2008 - 12:26 ET by Delsalarge black dot over Helen's face?
She scares the hell out of me.
Or at least you could explain she is living proof of what you look like after years of kool-aid drinking.
OMG
Delsa, HT might as well be an "Obama Girl"...
November 13, 2008 - 13:09 ET by goldenthroatShe'd never cut it as a Breck girl - oh, yeah - I forgot - John Edwards has already claimed that title!
BWWWWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
"One night I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I don't know!" - Groucho Marx
Funny...
November 13, 2008 - 12:34 ET by Paul Atreides"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."
Funny, how we toothless, shoe-less, knuckle-dragging rubes in flyover country go from being bitter, wild-eyed racists in a day's time. I'm sure that the only people she considers honorable and understanding are the ones who voted for Obama; just as I'm sure that, to Helen and her ilk, "the American people" only refers to those living on the two coasts.
One other thing: Helen, please don't insult anyone's intelligence by claiming that you are going to be tough on Obama.
Is that a picture of a chupacabra?
November 13, 2008 - 12:39 ET by RESTLESS 1Or is it a hairless mole?
"This liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
I'm not one for making fun of a person's looks
November 13, 2008 - 12:42 ET by Paul Atreidesbut, that photo literally makes me think of those bum-fight videos that were being posted on YouTube a while back.
She looks like a bag-lady in the photo.
Missing From Set
November 13, 2008 - 12:39 ET by BigSpoon65Heard they had to postpone filming in the Wizard Of Oz remake because the "Wicked Witch of the West" was missing. Great news, we found her! Turns out she has been hanging out at the white house briefing room posing as a journalist. Meanwhile I have been trying to click my heels together 3 times and repeat, "There's no president Obama, there's no president Obama, there's no president Obama." Hasn't worked yet, perhaps I need the ruby slippers. LMAO
Winston Churchill ~ "Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy."
The Dark Crystal
November 13, 2008 - 12:39 ET by SemperrightShe looks like something from "The Dark Crystal"
A skeksis maybe not a gelfling though.
Semper Fi
"The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who, in time
of moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.
Doesn't the honeymoon he's had from the beginning...
November 13, 2008 - 12:48 ET by ThalpyDoesn't the honeymoon he's had from the beginning count? Frankly, I don't recall one harsh word used against him by the MSM. Who does she think she's kidding. Obama's election shows that the American people know as little about him today as they did on the first day of his candidacy-- thanks, in part, to the MSM.
It's a sure bet
November 13, 2008 - 12:53 ET by Paul Atreidesthat Helen will be right in the thick of things, throwing the "racist" label out with reckless abandon at anyone who dares blaspheme their saviour.
Well
November 13, 2008 - 13:07 ET by RowaneWell, if opposing the lying, socialist weasel (my appologies to all weasels) makes me a racist, then so be it. I can't stand the very idea of my beloved United States of America going the way that has ended so many lesser countries.
AOL
November 13, 2008 - 17:36 ET by ahusserAlready has "10 racist anti-Obama incidents" as one of their "news" headlines. Remember "The beatings will continue until morale improves." The witch hunt is really just beginning (see picture above).
"...no civilization, no matter how rich, no matter how refined, can long survive once it loses the power to meet force with equal or superior force." - Bernard Knox
Helen Thomas...When is this hideous gargoyle...
November 13, 2008 - 12:52 ET by PrairieSkygoing to retire? She's been around since God was a boy...
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
do liberal women
November 13, 2008 - 13:14 ET by choselife3xTRY to be hideous? Or is it just the inner ugliness overflowing like a stopped-up toilet?
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
choselife3x...It does make one wonder, huh? But...
November 13, 2008 - 13:25 ET by PrairieSkyI wasn't simply referring to Thomas's outward appearance. She just seems to be a nasty, miserable, sarcastic creature. Like you said, "...Or is it just the inner ugliness overflowing like a stopped-up toilet?"
I think you might be on to something, there...
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
PrairieSky
November 13, 2008 - 14:42 ET by choselife3xIf the 'inner man' is ugly the outer will reflect it eventually. In this case I think the 'inner man' is a troll....
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Chose...
November 13, 2008 - 15:28 ET by PrairieSkyCould be...It would explain a lot....
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
Love your quote
November 13, 2008 - 14:26 ET by BigSpoon65Being pro-choice is like escaping from a savage beast across a rope bridge from an Indiana Jones movie and stopping to cut the bridge as others are still on it behind you. Can you say selfish?
Winston Churchill ~ "Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy."
I don't know whether Keith
November 13, 2008 - 12:53 ET by gregfaheyI don't know whether Keith Richard's is starting to look like Helen Thomas or vice versa.
If it's true that by 50 you get the face...
November 13, 2008 - 13:08 ET by Dan LaHoodyou deserve than I have to say Helen has been a bad bad bad bad bad girl.
Anyone who has ever heard Santayana's famous quote about History repeating itself is condemned to repeat it.
Anyone remember Dorian Gray
November 13, 2008 - 17:35 ET by NorthCoasterAnyone remember the story "Picture of Dorian Gray"? He had an enchanted picture painted that was kept in the attic. When he aged, or did something evil or ugly, the picture took on the appearance that his face should have taken on. It looks like Helen never got her enchanted picture for the attic painted.
I went from being a Liberal
November 13, 2008 - 13:15 ET by marpelI went from being a Liberal to a Republican after the disaster called the Carter administration. So, I got smarter...Helen Thomas is still a liberal and will always be "fugley"!
The power of Christ compells you!
November 13, 2008 - 13:20 ET by Mica the MagnificentIf you think I'm going to click that YouTube video and watch that hideous thing move, you're crazy!
"Honey! I'm home!" - - - Words spoken by Helen Thomas in my worst nightmare
I know it is shallow but
November 13, 2008 - 13:28 ET by katiejanegood grief that woman is ugly.
Gollum
November 13, 2008 - 13:31 ET by Hanoverfist"Gollum Gollum!"
TIM
November 13, 2008 - 13:34 ET by cocodrieHow in the world did you manage to get a picture of Michelle without makeup?
RE:
November 13, 2008 - 13:34 ET by MrltavernBehold the crypt keeper.
What an asshat!
November 13, 2008 - 13:35 ET by WhoIsJohnGaltHey, if it didn't matter what race or color he was, why did you feel compelled to vote for him to SHOW that it didn't matter? The very fact that you voted for him in order to PROVE that race/color doesn't matter PROVES that race/color DOES matter...to you and your kind, at least!
What an assinine thing to say!!!!
Is that not typical liberal-think? "I'm such a progressive individual, I'm so enlightened and race matters not to me. To prove it, I'll hire more blacks...BECAUSE THEY'RE BLACK!!!"
If it didn't matter, liberals would stop initiating the race discussion.
This is NOT what MLK wanted and fought for. By the way...MLK was a Republican.
Excellent post WhoIsJohnGalt
November 13, 2008 - 14:12 ET by reality vs libsIs that not typical liberal-think? Yes it is! Its maddening. But hey if you had to go through life looking like that you would be a liberal too. So Helen, voting for a far left liberal is "fair and balanced" uh ok.
"Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong."
Calvin Coolidge
I watched teh video and
November 13, 2008 - 13:37 ET by Dan The Man 2I watched teh video and imediately thought of this from Blue Oyster Cult.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
"I need more Cow Bell"
November 13, 2008 - 17:43 ET by Seashell"I need more Cow Bell"
Dear God!
November 13, 2008 - 13:53 ET by greenfairieWhat is that hideous BEAST?? My eyes, my poor, poor eyes!!
NB double standard? If I
November 13, 2008 - 14:06 ET by Dan DiegoNB double standard?
If I posted words as obscene as the picture above, I'd be banned for life.
Hey, hey guys!
November 13, 2008 - 14:07 ET by Smoking HotHelen Thomas is ugly. Ha ha! And, I farted! Ha ha! Hey, check out my baseball cards. Wanna go play in the sandbox?
/juvenile behavior
Seriously, these posts make me sorry for NB.
Excuse me, Smoking Fart
November 13, 2008 - 14:13 ET by Mica the MagnificentI see.
We have displeased you.
I suppose of we said 'smart and grown up' things like Bush lied, you'd like us again.
And no, thank you. You may play alone in your sandbox.
Smoking
November 13, 2008 - 14:22 ET by cocodrieYou're in D.C. and used to seeing things like this. We're not.
I've never bumped into her
November 13, 2008 - 15:45 ET by Smoking HotBut if I did see her I'd treat her with a little respect, if for no other reason than I'd like to treated the same if I ever get to... geez... is she really 88? That's impressive.
My broader point stands, even if most choose to ignore it: "she's ugly" sort of comments are juvenile. I've seen some intelligent comments at NB, but not so much on this thread. Ah well, it's still the internets... my expectations are clearly too high.
bump into her
November 13, 2008 - 16:27 ET by choselife3xWhat do you do for that I wonder? A series of shots? A course of antibiotics? Shock therapy?
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Smokin
November 13, 2008 - 17:45 ET by NorthCoasterEvery now and then NB posters need to let off some steam. Sometimes it's at another's expense but we never claim to be PC. Honestly, no one as called for her demise or called for anything particularly crude or rude to happen to her. If we had made statements about her like you read about the President and other Republicans on Huffington post or KOS.....then you muight have a valid complaint. Otherwise stick around and participate as long as you don't get Trollish.
OOPs, I see someone offered to burn a witch.
Hey, even in DC, that is
November 14, 2008 - 04:51 ET by KimberlyHey, even in DC, that is shocking. Seriously, Helen, get yourself together or you'll be scaring the gleeful Obamaniacs with your press conference appearances.
We could seriously put together an anti-liberal PSA with those pictures.
"I could stick her face in
November 13, 2008 - 14:23 ET by doepacksome dough, and make gorilla cookies..." -Fred Sanford
Mica
November 13, 2008 - 14:49 ET by choselife3x'Smoking Fart'?!!! OMG! ROFLMAO!!!!
Good call on the sandbox, Mica, I hear trolls use them like cats do.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Yep
November 13, 2008 - 17:30 ET by RukusTrolls just LOVE the free munchies!
"Nuke 'em 'til they... oh hell, just shoot 'em!"
"How bout some more beans Mr. Taggart?"
November 14, 2008 - 02:54 ET by Carl Kolchak"And, I farted!"
"How bout some more beans Mr. Taggart?"
Hey, I totally recognize
November 13, 2008 - 14:32 ET by islero47Hey, I totally recognize her from the illustrated Hansel and Gretel book we had as kids. I think Disney used her as a creative source for the hag in Sleeping Beauty, too.
Sarah Palin/Jason Lewis 2012
Obama, pathological nacissist: http://www.faithfree...
Geeesh, that screen shot of
November 13, 2008 - 14:36 ET by Clear thinkerGeeesh, that screen shot of Helen is one of the scariest shots I have ever seen.
I will have nightmares tonight!
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Helen Thomas
November 13, 2008 - 15:33 ET by BiasedGirlShouldn't she be in a Home or something by now?
http://www.withbias.net
"I'll get you my little
November 13, 2008 - 15:38 ET by winston smith"I'll get you my little pretty......."
My pretty...
November 13, 2008 - 15:39 ET by BiasedGirlAnd your little dog too! LMAO! :)
http://www.withbias.net
Oh! No! It's the Sea Hag!
November 13, 2008 - 15:42 ET by NL207Oh! No! It's the Sea Hag!
Hellen Thomas is 88 years
November 13, 2008 - 16:16 ET by ForeverOnTheRightHellen Thomas is 88 years old. Is she afraid that she will die if she retires? She has to have a good retirement going for her. Why doesn't she retire, is she homeless and the press room is her only place she can get off the street? Retire, Hellen and let some other liberal nut case take your place. I bet you've been in the press room since Eisenhower. Go home, enjoy your later years.
Forever.........Eisenhower??? Try.....
November 13, 2008 - 17:36 ET by BEGRUNTthe Lincoln administration........You know...that great scoop she got on General Grant, and the "Vicksburg campaign"??
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
General George S. Patton Jr.
Helen can't retire, she
November 13, 2008 - 20:52 ET by Dan DiegoHelen can't retire, she never saved. FDR told her personally "Trust me Helen, Social Security cover all your needs."
I know, immature, childish,
November 13, 2008 - 17:20 ET by Tim the EnchanterI know, immature, childish, what-not, but I've just GOT to!
"We have found a witch, may we burn her?"
O.K. Monty
November 13, 2008 - 17:31 ET by ForeverOnTheRightO.K. Monty Python.
Knights that go "nee". "What's your favorite colour."
p.s. Don't ask me why I know it's Monty Python your quoting, I have just watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail once too often.
Tim.......
November 13, 2008 - 17:40 ET by BEGRUNT"why do you think she is a witch?? She turned me into a newt!!....A newt??.....Well....I got better"
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
General George S. Patton Jr.
OMG
November 13, 2008 - 17:28 ET by NorthCoasterWhat a picture of Helen!
Help!
November 13, 2008 - 17:31 ET by RukusTurnnning...
Toooo...
Stoooooone!!
"Nuke 'em 'til they... oh hell, just shoot 'em!"
Picture says it
November 13, 2008 - 17:47 ET by bigtimerPicture says it all.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Good evenibg BT
November 13, 2008 - 17:53 ET by cocodrieHussein sees that every morning before she puts on her makeup.
coco... LOL...you are
November 13, 2008 - 17:58 ET by bigtimercoco...
LOL...you are speaking of Aunt Esther aren't you?
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Uh-Oh
November 13, 2008 - 18:09 ET by CellaUh - oh,
Hide the children!!!
That picture should have
November 13, 2008 - 18:16 ET by SeashellThat picture should have been "below the fold" and there should have been some kind of warning before viewing.
Thank you NB I was wondering
November 13, 2008 - 18:32 ET by clubchamp6Thank you NB I was wondering where my old catchers mitt went!
Wow, wow, wow...
November 13, 2008 - 18:32 ET by ConservativeMissourianDid I hear Helen Thomas say that Obama is "a great gift to democracy" in her interview?! HAHAHA. I find it hilarious how Obama is very much an ideal, not a person. Americans look at him and see a mirror. The mirror shows the potential for fulfillment of THEIR wants and needs, not his actual positions on issues. Obama takes care to preserve himself as this "ideal" with an actual, hidden substance so that he can symbolize "hope" and change" in any way that people want "hope" and "change." Although, in actuality, Obama is not a proponent of true democracy, but that's what Thomas wants to see in him so that's who Obama "is" in her mind. If individuals would actually evaluate Obama based on his track record as a senator, they would see that Obama's views do not strengthen democracy, but weaken it into a form of socialism.
Sweet Jesus! When is this TROLL going to DIE?!??!
November 14, 2008 - 02:43 ET by farstar99Shouldn't she be living under a bridge, eating baked infants?
She's like something out of Grimm's Fairy Tales.
The stuff of nightmares.
Give her a pointy hat and a cauldron and we'll sell tickets.
I wish Bush would push her down the stairs on his way out.
Well, I hope you're happy.
I'll be living like a priest for at least a month.
One look at that and all the Viagra in the world couldn't make a difference.
GOD!
A lot of us would be lucky if we got to her age!!
November 14, 2008 - 08:47 ET by Ror4JCIt would be great to hear all of the nasty comments someone makes about how all of you look if you ever live to that age. Give the woman a break on that account. She's lived a life covering historic figures and has tried her best in doing so.
As far as her liberal tendencies, that is where I don't respect her or any main stream journalist. Their job is to report the news objectively. Obviously, that is not happening and it's a mockery to the profession of jouralism.
As many have said before, electing Obama made a lot of people feel good about their own ideas of change, not for the change that is actually going to come out of this social experiment. That wide-reaching change will shock a lot of these people and make them feel duped.
Of course, if they actually had any common sense in the first place, they would have seen it coming. The absence of common sense is ignorance.
I guess that depends
November 14, 2008 - 09:01 ET by Ruths husband BenI guess that depends on your definition of "lucky". Personally, I'd rather choke on a chicken bone at 105.
Who was Disco?
November 14, 2008 - 09:00 ET by Ruths husband BenWho was Disco? Thomas Jefferson's schnauser?
If by "fair and balanced"
November 14, 2008 - 09:50 ET by steviep831If by "fair and balanced" she means that half the American population voted for McCain and the other half voted for Obama, then yes.... {rolls eyes}
Helen Thomas..
November 14, 2008 - 11:56 ET by TeddyNot Just Another Pretty Face.