Helen Thomas: The Vitriol of a Woman Scorned

My main headache is this: Is Helen Thomas the nastiest or merely the most ugly woman in America?

There are those who say she is both.
And I tend to agree.
Plus she is Arab as well.
That would explain her particularly virulent, vicious, rabid, very racist, terrorist loving nature.

She's clearly an charter member of the Enemy Within:

The Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) presents the 2004 Arab-American of the Year Award to Helen Thomas:

The Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) earlier this year held its 33rd anniversary banquet in Detroit attended by 2,700 guests. The event begun with "Drumbeats of Youth" performed by the Maples School Arabic Music Ensemble. Emery King, Master of Ceremonies, introduced Jennifer Granholm, Governor of the State of Michigan, saying the Governor is a speaker who holds her audience "spellbound. In her welcoming remarks, Governor Granholm said: "Thank you very much on behalf of the State of Michigan. I particularly want to extend greetings to Helen Thomas, who is going to be your keynote speaker this evening. And obviously she can see how important the Arab-American community is to the State of Michigan. [snip]

In her speech, Helen Thomas said:

"It is a profound honor for me to participate in the grand opening of the Arab American National Museum. The first ever of its kind and rightfully placed in my native Michigan. I want to thank the very kind sponsors. I would like to congratulate Joseph Haiek, a fellow journalist, and the awardee of the late Helen Atwell, who helped found this unique museum.

"I feel that our parents, our grandparents and our great grandparents have all contributed to the legacy we are saluting tonight. I have to tell you that I grew up as a firm believer in the melting pot, the greatness of America and I reject hyphens. But on the other hand I must say that I have been lucky to grow up in two cultures - American and Arab - and am grateful for their enrichment of our lives.

"There are probably many who do not believe the media gives the Arabs a fair shake, and yet the phenomena of truth has hit home with those shocking photos of prison abuse in Iraq are worth a thousand words. Need more to be said than it has stunned and silence the liberators. Not a line can wipe out the truth of these devastating pictures. We now know how war brutalizes the victims, but mostly the perpetuators of such cruelty. So it’s a rude awakening for America - that we would be capable of such atrocities and the world who may take the preachments of our leaders about freedom, democracy, compassion for Arabs with a grain of salt. Somewhere, somehow there were a few good people who wanted the truth out.

"I don’t believe these are manifestations of America. But then there is a question before our country: Can anyone justify unprovoked preemptive war? Hardly, considering the innocent lives taken in such a calculated misadventure. And the irony is that all those who dreamed up the ‘walk in the park’or cakewalk into Iraq evaded the Vietnam draft. They had other priorities. But the good news is I believe we have learned the lesson that people will defend their own land..., breathes a man with soul so dead, who never to himself has said, this is my own, my own native land. Any transformation of the Middle East has to be homegrown.

"There is no question, that it’s all over in Iraq, and we’re looking for the exit signs.

"When I call the Pentagon the officers will give me the American fatality and wounded figures. When I ask for the Iraqi toll, I am told ‘we don’t track them. They don’t count.’ These are the people we are liberating. The grateful dead. Man’s inhumanity to man. We are shocked that we stoop so low as to humiliate, but not when we wantonly kill the innocent. Cry the beloved country and ask why we are there and why we continue to kill and be killed. The only way for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing. Now I think I should lighten up and tell you no one should go into journalism if they want to be loved.

"As for the White House, I can assure you that no president has ever liked the press, dating back to George Washington... I was covering him, but Kennedy said, ‘I am reading more and enjoying it less.’ What Lyndon B. Johnson said is ‘unprintable.’

"Nixon once looked up when we walked into the cabinet room and said: ‘It’s only coincidental that we’re talking about pollution when the press walks in.’ President Ford accused me of practicing acupuncture on presidents.

"President Carter always seemed to be saying: ‘Lord forgive them for they know not what they do.’ When President Reagan was told that a press helicopter had been fired on at the Honduran border, he said, ‘There’s some good in everyone.’

"And when President Clinton was asked why the press always sent along with the motorcade when he went jogging, he laughed and said " ‘They just want to see if I drop dead.’ My favorite ego trip is when Fidel Castro was asked what was the difference between his government and our democracy, he said: ‘I don’t have to answer questions from Helen Thomas.’ Well, President Bush has found a way to avoid them from me too. But that’s OK, just so others in the press come out of their coma and start asking the tough questions... happily they seem to be doing better. As for presidents, I have always thought they have reached the top of the mark. Ain’t no other place to go and they should only want to do the right thing because the greatest honor that anyone can have and that is the trust of the American people.

"Lincoln said: ‘Let the people know the facts and the country will be safe.’ Jefferson said: ‘Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.’ Justice Brandeis said that a constant spotlight on public officials lessens the possibility of corruption. He also said that if the government becomes a lawbreaker it breeds contempt for the law.

"I say let’s get our country back and once more adhere to it’s highest ideals which made us the most admired not the most hated around the world.

"Terrorism and tyranny can be fought when we represent the best mankind has to offer. So I say: Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for all of us.

"Let’s give peace a chance and let it begin with us. I hope this museum will beckon many visitors who will know contributions of great Americans with ties to the Arab world.

A standing ovation of 2,700 guests followed her speech.

The entertainment for the evening was provided by Ali Barada and His Band that pulled hundreds to participate in the Dabkeh, Arabic folkloric dance.

The dinner committee: Brigitte Fawaz-Anouti, chairperson, Anne Darwish-Talab and Najwa Hadous Team Leaders.

The 33rd anniversary dinner was sponsored by Comerica Inc. and General Motors and co-sponsored by: Bank one, DaimlerChrysler Corp., DTE Energy and Ford Motor Co. The Patrons were: The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee(ADC), Henry Ford Health System, Karmanos Cancer Institute and Standard Federal Bank.

Hasn't a house fallen on her yet?

You say, " Helen your 15 minutes are over, why not retire with any shred of dignity you have left."

Too late!

She deserves it. I've listened to her.

Perhaps she suffers from some form of dementia.

spot on.

Helen Thomas can't bear to leave the limelight since she would atrophy from lack of attention.

She has graduated from being a dilapidated old windbag to being a vitriolic troll...

This statement is a testament to Helen Thomas' versatility: she combines all the most intense features of both descriptions.

I might also add that she is a venomous sea monster, but again, it just goes to show her tremendous range.

Ladies and Gentleman, Helen's "glamour" shot:

Sell it, baby! Sell it!

"She has graduated from being a dilapidated old windbag to being a vitriolic troll"

As a fourth generation Norwegian American, I am insulted that you would denigrate trolls with such a statement.

Ugh!! My eyes!

You go and ruin a perfect good Helen Thomas pictoral thread by posting a repulsive pic of Catherine Zeta-Jones?

The vitriol part I already knew.

But, Helen Thomas is a... Woman??

Helen Thomas is a woman.? Yeah Who Knew. ? Like they say,:Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.

Geez. She was even hideous in that daguerreotype. The poor photographer....

"Sell it, baby! Sell it!"

(To the music of Hendrix' 'Foxy Lady.')

I can't believe you used "glamour" and "Helen Thomas" in the same sentence.

BWAAAAHAAAAHAAA!

Note -- The opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions, views, and/or philosophy of GOPUSA.

They sure reflect MY opinion of that disgusting old scumbag.

She has graduated from being a dilapidated old windbag to being a vitriolic troll

That is an insult to trolls everywhere! For the record, my trolls are CUTE and their bad hair is quite endearing!

Worth repeating in big, bold font:

She has graduated from being a dilapidated old windbag to being a vitriolic troll and I will never apologize for the use of those words.