Sounds like Helen has been spending her evenings listening to our beloved Mark...
Posted on 07/01/2009 10:05:50 PM PDT by FromLori
First the video, that led Thomas to go Nuclear:
Transcript:
Gibbs: “… But, again, let’s–How about we do this? I promise we will interrupt the AP’s tradition of asking the first question. I will let you [Chip Reid] ask me a question tomorrow as to whether you thought the questions at the town hall meeting that the President conducted in Annandale—“
Chip Reid: “I’m perfectly happy to—”
Helen Thomas: “That’s not his point. The point is the control–”
Reid: “Exactly.”
Thomas: “We have never had that in the White House. And we have had some, but not– This White House.”
Gibbs: “Yes, I was going to say, I’ll let you amend her question.”
Thomas: “I’m amazed. I’m amazed at you people who call for openness and transparency and—”
Gibbs: “Helen, you haven’t even heard the questions.”
Reid: “It doesn’t matter. It’s the process.”
Thomas: “You have left open—”
Reid: “Even if there’s a tough question, it’s a question coming from somebody who was invited or was screened, or the question was screened.”
Thomas: “It’s shocking. It’s really shocking.”
Gibbs: “Chip, let’s have this discussion at the conclusion of the town hall meeting. How about that?”
Reid: “Okay.”
Gibbs: “I think—“
Thomas: “No, no, no, we’re having it now–”
Gibbs: “Well, I’d be happy to have it now.”
Thomas: “It’s a pattern.”
Gibbs: “Which question did you object to at the town hall meeting, Helen?”
Thomas: “It’s a pattern. It isn’t the question—”
Gibbs: “What’s a pattern?”
Thomas: “It’s a pattern of controlling the press.”
Gibbs: “How so? Is there any evidence currently going on that I’m controlling the press–poorly, I might add.”
Thomas: “Your formal engagements are pre-packaged.”
Gibbs: “How so?”
Reid: “Well, and controlling the public—”
Thomas: “How so? By calling reporters the night before to tell them they’re going to be called on. That is shocking.”
Gibbs: “We had this discussion ad nauseam and—”
Thomas: “Of course you would, because you don’t have any answers.”
Gibbs: “Well, because I didn’t know you were going to ask a question, Helen. Go ahead.”
Thomas: “Well, you should have.”
Reporter: Thank you for your support.
Gibbs: “That’s good. Have you e-mailed your question today?”
Thomas: “I don’t have to e-mail it. I can tell you right now what I want to ask.”
Gibbs: “I don’t doubt that at all, Helen. I don’t doubt that at all.”
After that Helen Thomas went nuclear with a report at CNSNEWS.COM:
Following a testy exchange during today’s briefing with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas told CNSNews.com that not even Richard Nixon tried to control the press the way President Obama is trying to control the press.
“Nixon didn’t try to do that,” Thomas said. “They couldn’t control (the media). They didn’t try.
“What the hell do they think we are, puppets?” Thomas said. “They’re supposed to stay out of our business. They are our public servants. We pay them.”
Thomas said she was especially concerned about the arrangement between the Obama Administration and a writer from the liberal Huffington Post Web site. The writer was invited by the White House to President Obama’s press conference last week on the understanding that he would ask Obama a question about Iran from among questions that had been sent to him by people in Iran.
“When you call the reporter the night before you know damn well what they are going to ask to control you,” Thomas said.
“I’m not saying there has never been managed news before, but this is carried to fare-thee-well–for the town halls, for the press conferences,” she said. “It’s blatant. They don’t give a damn if you know it or not. They ought to be hanging their heads in shame.”
During today’s briefing, Thomas interrupted a back-and-forth between Gibbs and Chip Reid, the White House correspondent for CBS News, when Reid was questioning Gibbs about who was going to decide what questions would be asked of President Obama in a townhall meeting that was scheduled to take place in Annandale, Va., today.
Ah, shaddup Helen! Don't you know that this is what Mark Levin refers to as "The Obama Show?"
That's right, and here's your host, Robert Gibbs!
Now be quiet and follow the script, or you'll end up sitting in the back with Major Garrett!!!!
Helen Thomas and a coherent thought? - GAS!
Good for Helen.
Never thought I’d say that.
I despise that old bat, but she’s finally coming out of her kool-aid induced coma.
I’m guessing it’s been a long time since anyone called her “sweetie”.
Sitting in back with Chip Reid as well, from what I derived from the nervous laughter after Goibbels questioned his new seating arrangement.
Sounds like Helen has been spending her evenings listening to our beloved Mark...
Ok, who stole the troglodyte and replaced her with a real journalist?????
Mark Levin, I luv ya’, ya’ big guy! p.s. you’re handsome , too!
They don’t need you any more, Helen.
The time of the useful idiots is over.
Amazing how the slightest bit of journalistic integrity and objectivity from these flaming leftist Obama worshippers is considered “going nuclear”.
My take on the town hall meetings is that someone should pimp them. Hire an actress, create an identity for her, generate publicity in advance of a town hall meeting with the worst concoction of bad luck, ill health, accidents, job loss, bankruptcy, lack of insurance, mean doctors, etc., etc., etc. Get her into the town meeting audience - and you know that the Obama crew will fall for it like a dog on a bone. Then, figuratively, blow the whole thing up by exposing what an orchestrated fraud it (the promotion of such a major policy shift, in such a false manner) is by using a false plant. As Rush Limbaugh likes to illustrate absurdity by being absurd... someone should crash the Obama PR party.
Remember when this hit the news stands?
And guess who was banished from all airborne press meetings with 0bama the next day?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/07/obama-newyorker.html
0bama and his lackeys are the most VINDICTIVE, WORTHLESS and SPITEFUL BASTARDS that ever lived!!!!
Lol. And the veil falls away ever so slowly.
They used ya Helen..........and tossed ya away like a dried up old .......errr um. Never mind.
Helen Thomas will be gone by September.
You bought the B.S. and ended up with a mouthful of sh*t and buyer’s remorse, Helen. Still feeling all Hopey/Changey?
Probably sooner lmao
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