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Reporter: Cheney’s Not Presidential Material [Helen Thomas BARF Alert!]
The Hill ^ | July 28, 2005 | Albert Eisele and Jeff Dufour

Posted on 07/28/2005 11:45:51 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative

If Vice President Cheney is indeed a “serious darkhorse” candidate for president in 2008, as Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward recently suggested, he probably won’t want to enlist legendary White House reporter Helen Thomas to help with his press relations, even though she has proposed a campaign strategy he could run on.

Thomas, a syndicated columnist for Hearst Newspapers who has covered the White House since the Kennedy administration, wrote in May that Cheney “certainly could campaign on the theme that he has had experience in running the White House.”

Thomas made the suggestion in a column she wrote about President Bush’s not being notified about a terror scare caused by an off-course Cessna airplane until after it was over, according to Editor & Publisher magazine.

Declaring that the incident “again raises the question of who’s running the show,” Thomas also noted Cheney’s central role on Sept. 11 and the widely held view that he is “probably the most powerful vice president in recent times, perhaps in U.S. history.”

But asked this week if she is promoting a Cheney candidacy, Thomas made it clear she isn’t.

“The day I say Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I’ll kill myself,” she told The Hill. “All we need is one more liar.”

Thomas added, “I think he’d like to run, but it would be a sad day for the country if he does.”

(Excerpt) Read more at hillnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Miscellaneous; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008election; bush; cheney; cheney2008; helenthomas; media
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To: roaddog727

Ugly, evil, and insane is no way to go through life.


81 posted on 07/28/2005 12:56:43 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember (Honoring Saint Jude's assistance every day.)
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To: Echo Talon

There is an exception to every rule. Looking at that creature can blind someone!


82 posted on 07/28/2005 12:57:20 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: West Coast Conservative

promises, promises .............


83 posted on 07/28/2005 12:57:25 PM PDT by beyond the sea ("If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball." - Jack Lemmon)
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To: West Coast Conservative
Thomas added, “I think he’d like to run, but it would be a sad day for the country if he does.”

How in the world can she say with a straight face shes an unbiased reporter?

84 posted on 07/28/2005 12:58:04 PM PDT by DainBramage
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To: kcvl

"Helen, would you like to be my special humidor"?


85 posted on 07/28/2005 12:58:25 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: West Coast Conservative

How do the living dead kill themselves?


86 posted on 07/28/2005 12:58:51 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: kcvl
Eww is that a stain on her dress as well ewww


87 posted on 07/28/2005 12:58:56 PM PDT by al baby (Father of the Beeber)
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To: All

Dear Helen:

I respect your feelings.

I have weapons and ammo that I loan to people who I respect.


88 posted on 07/28/2005 12:59:42 PM PDT by rbmillerjr
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To: johnb838

Alec first has to get through "having sex with animals if I want to!" Even the French frown on that..


89 posted on 07/28/2005 12:59:52 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: West Coast Conservative

"Don't do it Helen. We love you. We are your friends."

90 posted on 07/28/2005 1:01:18 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Islam is not a religion, but rather a means of world conquest" - ALAN BURKHART.COM)
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To: eleni121
Ol' obsolete Helen has been covering the WH since who now? McKinley?

James K. Polk, I believe.
91 posted on 07/28/2005 1:01:20 PM PDT by freakboy
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To: West Coast Conservative
I think it's funny that the delusional old harpy says she'll kill herself simply if he runs.

If I were her, I'd wait to see if he actually won before I'd kill myself. But no one ever said she was smart.

92 posted on 07/28/2005 1:01:35 PM PDT by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
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To: chuckles

We need a "Draft Cheney" movement right NOW!

Vice President Richard Cheney:

vice.president@whitehouse.gov


93 posted on 07/28/2005 1:01:53 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch (Helen Thomas-beyond your expectations! !)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Helen Thomas is the epitome of the lunatic left ~ thank God they're out there! :):)


95 posted on 07/28/2005 1:02:11 PM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: Lexinom
“The day I say Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I’ll kill myself,” she told The Hill. “All we need is one more liar.”

Riiiiight. And Alec Baldwin left the country when Dubya was elected....

96 posted on 07/28/2005 1:02:39 PM PDT by Born Conservative ("If not us, who? And if not now, when? - Ronald Reagan)
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To: West Coast Conservative

How long is that old wraith going to evade the grave and deny the new generation a chance to have a job and raise a family?

Drop dead idiot, please.


97 posted on 07/28/2005 1:02:56 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: kcvl

Isn't she the one with the house made of candy in the woods?


98 posted on 07/28/2005 1:03:33 PM PDT by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
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To: Grampa Dave

Beautiful! LOL!


99 posted on 07/28/2005 1:04:17 PM PDT by beyond the sea ("If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball." - Jack Lemmon)
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To: kcvl
Oh my god, I think she's melting.

Did someone pour water on her?

100 posted on 07/28/2005 1:04:55 PM PDT by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
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