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Helen Thomas, JFK went on date
Politico ^
Posted on 10/05/2013 5:18:38 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Helen Thomas, JFK went on date By: Andrew Glass October 5, 2013 03:47 PM EDT
Helen Thomas covered 10 presidents, from Eisenhower through Obama, in her time as a White House correspondent.
She also went on a date with one of them, it emerged during a memorial service attended by about 500 people Saturday at the National Press Club for Thomas, who died on July 20 at age 92.
As told by Suzanne Geha, Thomas’s niece, who presided, Thomas arrived in Washington in 1942, at age 22, shortly after graduating from Detroit’s Wayne State University. United Press (later UPI) hired her in 1943.
While working for UP, she went on a date with John F. Kennedy, then a young Democratic congressman from Massachusetts, whom she subsequently covered in the White House.
“How did it go?” her friend asked her.
“He was too fresh,” Helen reportedly replied.
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To: NTHockey
Yikes! I am leaving the thread before the obligatory picture of youknowwho, appears.. :)
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posted on
10/05/2013 5:31:41 PM PDT
by
carlo3b
(Speechless in Sugar Land)
To: Charles Henrickson
Now now....
She WAS quite a looker, back in the day
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posted on
10/05/2013 5:31:51 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: Sub-Driver
Was this before or after Kennedy was killed?
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posted on
10/05/2013 5:34:04 PM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: Sub-Driver; a fool in paradise
Eeeeeewwwwww!
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posted on
10/05/2013 5:34:18 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Sub-Driver
OMG too many jokes not enough time ROFL
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posted on
10/05/2013 5:34:33 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: Revolting cat!
Big deal
Lana Turner went on date with Ronald Reagan LOL!
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posted on
10/05/2013 5:35:08 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: Sub-Driver
I’m figuring he’s thinking, “Well... I’ll take one for the team.”
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posted on
10/05/2013 5:35:29 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
To: SevenofNine
It’s inappropriate to bring that type of drivel into a memorial service.
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posted on
10/05/2013 5:37:42 PM PDT
by
Ciexyz
To: Rodamala
Helen had a nose for the news.
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posted on
10/05/2013 5:37:45 PM PDT
by
Charles Henrickson
(He really must have been a sexoholic.)
To: Rodamala
"Helen, you've just got to go out with me."
"What, you think I'm easy or something?"
"That's what it says in the men's room at West Point. 'For a jolly good time, send a courier to Helen's house'."
"Yaaa haaa haaa! That Benedict Arnold could never keep a secret."
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posted on
10/05/2013 5:39:13 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: Sub-Driver; a fool in paradise
He was a known cheapskate. This is where he took her.
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posted on
10/05/2013 5:42:13 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks Sub-Driver.
Thomas arrived in Washington in 1942, at age 22, shortly after graduating from Detroit's Wayne State University. United Press (later UPI) hired her in 1943. While working for UP, she went on a date with John F. Kennedy, then a young Democratic congressman from Massachusetts...
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posted on
10/05/2013 5:44:34 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
To: Sub-Driver
As a graduate of Wayne State, I did not know this and if I had, would never have told anybody that I was and will refrain from doing so in the future!
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posted on
10/05/2013 5:46:09 PM PDT
by
Nuocmam
To: Sub-Driver
He was so much more giving than we ever knew.
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posted on
10/05/2013 5:46:55 PM PDT
by
big bad easter bunny
(If it weren't for coffee I would still be living with my parents!)
To: Sub-Driver
A dead president and an ancient MSM reporter walk into a bar...
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posted on
10/05/2013 5:47:08 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Rodamala
Helen back in the day was an old fashioned girl. She would look OK after 6 or 7 Old Fashioneds
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posted on
10/05/2013 5:47:36 PM PDT
by
slapshot
("Were not gonna take it anymore" Twisted Sister)
To: Revolting cat!
I find this story hard to believe
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
10/05/2013 5:49:46 PM PDT
by
real saxophonist
(Rock, paper, scissors, GUN. I win.)
To: Sub-Driver
“He was too fresh,” Helen reportedly replied.
Not something Helen was ever accused of by her gynecologist
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posted on
10/05/2013 5:54:11 PM PDT
by
Cyman
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