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BREAKING: Helen Thomas Announces Retirement; Robert Gibbs Calls Remarks “Reprehensible” – Video
Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | June 7, 2010 | Brian

Posted on 06/07/2010 9:35:59 AM PDT by Federalist Patriot

BREAKING: Fox News is reporting that Helen Thomas has announced her retirement effective immediately from the Hearst Corporation, and as a member of the White House Press Corps.

In the video above, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs today called anti-Jewish remarks by Helen Thomas “reprehensible”:

“I think those remarks were offensive and reprehensible. I think she should and has apologized. Obviously those remarks do not reflect the opinion, certainly, I assume, of most of the people in here, and certainly not of the administration.”

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: antisemite; buhbyeeee; decrepitude; gibbs; helenthomas; helenthomasgaffe; jumpedtheshark; pravdamedia; senility; underthebus
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1 posted on 06/07/2010 9:36:00 AM PDT by Federalist Patriot
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To: Federalist Patriot

What a great way to start a Monday!


2 posted on 06/07/2010 9:36:29 AM PDT by Towed_Jumper (Stephen Hopkins: Founding Father who had Cerebral Palsy.."My hand trembles, my heart does not.")
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To: Towed_Jumper

Obama still hates Israel.

This gives him temporaty cover.


3 posted on 06/07/2010 9:37:48 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Towed_Jumper

She is now free to go back to Lebanon.


4 posted on 06/07/2010 9:37:55 AM PDT by bajabaja (Too ugly to be scanned at the airports.)
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To: Towed_Jumper

Ding Dong,, the witch is dead!!


5 posted on 06/07/2010 9:38:29 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: Federalist Patriot; Slings and Arrows; Timesink; martin_fierro; reformed_democrat; Loyalist; ...

Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans

A dual “Jumped the Shark” and “Under the Obama bus” moment!


6 posted on 06/07/2010 9:39:09 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Throw the bums out in 2010.)
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To: Federalist Patriot

Does this mean that all FR members with Helen Thomas fixations will stop posting that heart stopping picture?

(I hope, I hope, I hope...)


7 posted on 06/07/2010 9:39:20 AM PDT by EasySt ( Join Free Republic Folders - A tribute to Ronald Reagan)
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To: Federalist Patriot
Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch! Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead. Wake up - sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed. Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead. She's gone where the goblins go, Below - below - below. Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out. Ding Dong' the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low. Let them know The Wicked Witch is dead!
8 posted on 06/07/2010 9:39:27 AM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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To: DesertRhino

At least she won’t be around to torment yet another Conservative...Wonder if W’s planning a cookout at the ranch to “mark the occasion”...


9 posted on 06/07/2010 9:40:00 AM PDT by Braak (The US Military, the real arms inspectors!)
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To: Federalist Patriot

Finally!


10 posted on 06/07/2010 9:40:42 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Sarah and the Conservatives will rock your world.)
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To: Federalist Patriot

Wow. Completely unexpected.


11 posted on 06/07/2010 9:40:46 AM PDT by rintense (God bless Israel!)
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To: Towed_Jumper

“Retired” in shame, just like Dan Rather...


12 posted on 06/07/2010 9:42:08 AM PDT by Beaten Valve
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To: Beaten Valve

Exactly. Retired in shame.


13 posted on 06/07/2010 9:43:11 AM PDT by Federalist Patriot
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To: Federalist Patriot
I think she should and has apologized.

Yeah. This is the apology released by Hearst:

"I deeply regret my comments I made last week regarding the Israelis and the Palestinians. They do not reflect my heart-felt belief that peace will come to the Middle East only when all parties recognize the need for mutual respect and tolerance. May that day come soon."

But apparently do reflect her heart-felt belief that the Jews don't belong there. Otherwise why ignore that part of her comments?

14 posted on 06/07/2010 9:43:13 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Federalist Patriot
"Obviously those remarks do not reflect the opinion, certainly, I assume, of most of the people in here"

Obviously, that was a certainly a somewhat unequivocal, and I assume, mostly heartfelt remark. Perhaps.
15 posted on 06/07/2010 9:44:05 AM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: Federalist Patriot

Already posted, 161 comments, search is your friend, you know the rest.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2529427/posts


16 posted on 06/07/2010 9:44:16 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: bajabaja

“She is now free to go back to Lebanon.”

Either that or Obama can use her as a poster child for his new approach to old folks via Obamacare —he can take her to the Vet and have her put down.


17 posted on 06/07/2010 9:45:37 AM PDT by Towed_Jumper (Stephen Hopkins: Founding Father who had Cerebral Palsy.."My hand trembles, my heart does not.")
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To: Federalist Patriot
Robert Gibbs Calls Remarks “Reprehensible”

but agrees with them fully...you just cant say that...right?.

18 posted on 06/07/2010 9:46:59 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Towed_Jumper
Gibbs “thinks” that her remarks were offensive and reprehensible? How about a declaratory statement, Gibbs...ie..”Her remarks ARE offensive and reprehensible. Of course, Obie and the WH staff disagree.
19 posted on 06/07/2010 9:47:01 AM PDT by JPG (Mr. Gore, we have a warrant for your arrest...put your hands behind your back.)
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To: Federalist Patriot

Another Israel hater bites the dust. Now for the hater in chief...


20 posted on 06/07/2010 9:50:35 AM PDT by BigFinn (Body language expert: If they are looking left, they're lying.)
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