Helen Thomas: Some words better left unuttered

[Darwin2002]

God bless
Helen Thomas!



Tuesday, December 30, 2003

Some words better left unuttered

By HELEN THOMAS
HEARST NEWSPAPERS

WASHINGTON -- Some of the words uttered by very important people in Washington in 2003 are best forgotten.

On the other hand, as we enter an election year, maybe they should be remembered. Many of the official statements were made about the war in Iraq, and the so-called imminent threat Iraqi weapons posed for the United States:


On March 17, three days before the invasion of Iraq, President Bush said in an address to the nation: "There is no question we have evidence and information that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical."

On May 1, he delivered a war-ending speech on the USS Abraham Lincoln off the coast of California with a banner across the ship reading: "Mission accomplished
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/154440_thomas30.html

[revcarol]

1. I vote her

the PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM, to be awarded by the next President of the United States.

Stay safe, Helen. You're a national treasure.And a great person with a big heart.

[pocoloco]

3. And certainly well deserved!

thanks revcarol

[DODI]

2. These things should not be forgotten.

[peacetalksforall]

4. Guts, sense of himor, vision, clear headed thinker,

pusher, good writer, and someone who knows what
the U.S. is supposed to be about.

She is also a heroine for leaving her long time
employer when they went right wing crazy or
whatever it was.

[Hokie]

5. How did Rove get away with banning her from news conferences?

Just how did these assholes get away with banning Helen Thomas from Junior's precious news conferences? Why isn't this a huge story? Must be the liberal media at work again.

:mad:

[Lefty48197]

6. I love Helen Thomas

but it's getting harder and harder to hear her as the right wingers push her farther back into the closet.

[Myra]

7. Thanks for remembering Helen. You're the best.

eom

[Deesh]

8. Helen Thomas --

-- is wonderful. I wrote her an email last weekend on one of her anti-Bush columns and she took the time to write a short note back.

It didn't feel like a brush with celebrity, but a privilege to hear from a true American. I was already a fan of Helen, but now I'm a Thomas PROSELYTIZER!

[pscot]

9. This old lady has more balls

than the entire staffs of the New York Times and Washington Post combined.

[prariedogging]

10. She is a sweetheart!

Now I would pay big bucks to see her shove you-know-who off a boat dock. With 100 pounds of lead tied to each of his shoes.

[Jack Rabbit]

11. After the squatters are evicted from the White House

They should rename the seat where the senior reporter sits the Helen Thomas Chair.

[jbfam4]

12. Thanks for posting this article

Helen Thomas is a national treasure. Thanks for just being YOU , Helen.

[tabasco]

13. I LOVE YOU, GAL !!!!!

Please Helen, teach other reporters how important they are to the functioning of our democracy !

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[yelladawg]

15. Helen is great

It's one more great story she has written in her lifetime.

[kurtyboy]

16. Buh Bye!

Go elsewhere, please.

[enough]

17. May you live a long life

to endure such idiocy from those who are born after you.

However long you live, it's unlikely you will make the kind of contribution that Helen Thomas has made in her life's work.

I've been saving my first "ignore" for a worthy cause. You will do fine.

[nostamj]

18. i agree... god bless helen!!

[e-mail]

she reads her email and does respond (briefly but... hell, she's busy lady!)

[takebackthewh]

19. Yeah OK

But now can we start reeling back some of the stupid things that Dean keeps saying? His mouth is killing us. He needs to learn something that my boss told me once:

Just because you think something doesn't mean you have to say it.

:think: