Reporter: Cheney’s Not Presidential Material [Helen Thomas BARF Alert!]

The Hill ^ | July 28, 2005 | Albert Eisele and Jeff Dufour

[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.”

[geezerwheezer]

What I want to know is, how did she look before she got "french-kissed" by that speeding Mack truck? If you want to lose weight fast, post her picture on your refrigerator. After I gag, my appetite disappears for a long time, then I look again at her photo and barf!! I've lost 27 pounds this week alone.

[GOPologist]

Isn't she one of those 72 virgins?

Egad!!!!!

[JFC]

I thought Helen Thomas was dead!!!!

[tortoise]

I thought Helen Thomas was dead!!!!

Appearances are deceiving.

[Milhous]

Am I supposed to laugh or run away in terror?

Maybe we ought to gag and bag seahag to keep it from terrorizing people with its face.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Hey Thomas, see Dick run. I would be interested if she would do it publicly?

[antienvironmentalist]

If she kills herself, I'll feel sorry for Satan.

[ConservativeMan55]

LOL!

[ConservativeMan55]

bump

[ConservativeMan55]

LOL!!!!

[Moral Hazard]

“The day I say Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I’ll kill myself,” she told The Hill

People are interpreting this incorrectly. She didn't say "The day Dick Cheney runs for president I'll kill myself." She said that she would kill herself the day she makes the statement "Dick Cheney is going to run for president."

But her statement already included the words "Dick Cheney is going to run for president." Consequently she has already made the statement and must kill herself today if she is to keep her word.

[Alberta's Child]

"Check this out" ping. LOL.

[Mo1]

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[JarheadFromFlorida]

Hey, you wicked witch of the west looking skank, c'mere, I have something for ya :)

[andyk]

That Bill Clinton could sure spin some yarns, couldn't he?

That was a superfluous sarcasm tag. :)

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

A Cheney/Rice ticket has been my first choice, now it's the only choice.

[marblehead17]

ping

[Scarlet7]

Oooh! I didn't know that was it's face....

[teenyelliott]

I don't think Mohammed ever said 72 good looking virgins.

[GSlob]

Well, it's been widely understood that His Excellency the Vice President has the intention to retire in Jan 2009 to enjoy well earned rest. However, Thomas' promise of suicide [and could she make it binding? - Karl Rove needs to get a promissory note from her to that effect] should be a sufficient incentive for him to reconsider. He could retire after her suicide, so his retirement might need only a short postponement.