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Reporter: Cheney’s Not Presidential Material [Helen Thomas BARF Alert!]
The Hill ^ | July 28, 2005 | Albert Eisele and Jeff Dufour

Posted on 07/28/2005 11:45:51 AM PDT by 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.”

(Excerpt) Read more at hillnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Miscellaneous; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008election; bush; cheney; cheney2008; helenthomas; media
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Too bad Kevorkian is not available.


61 posted on 07/28/2005 12:48:24 PM PDT by rog4vmi
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To: West Coast Conservative
As Gregory Hines said as he wielded a flame thrower in the movie "Deal of the Century", 'Just a little touchup'...

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Oh Helen? Drop dead you puke.
62 posted on 07/28/2005 12:49:01 PM PDT by Mad Mammoth (Some folks just need killin' = Clint Eastwood as 'The Outlaw Josey Wales'...)
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To: West Coast Conservative
Reporter: Cheney’s Not Presidential Material

Translation: he'd be grrrrrrrrreat!

63 posted on 07/28/2005 12:50:40 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (fiat voluntas Tua)
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To: tobyhill

That old hag probably ain't going to make it to see 2008.


64 posted on 07/28/2005 12:50:58 PM PDT by phatchamp
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To: West Coast Conservative

Dick Cheney said he might run today causing Helen Thomas to go into convulsions. ha ha!


65 posted on 07/28/2005 12:52:43 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: West Coast Conservative
“The day I say Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I’ll kill myself,”

Please say it.

66 posted on 07/28/2005 12:52:51 PM PDT by CheneyChick
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To: West Coast Conservative

Like Alec Baldwin promised to leave the country?


67 posted on 07/28/2005 12:53:25 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Dean won't call UBL guilty without a trial, but thinks DeLay and Rove should be in jail)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Putting the phrase "public service" in a whole new light...


68 posted on 07/28/2005 12:53:31 PM PDT by MAEsser (The law is not about fairness, equality, or justice. It is about power.)
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To: rog4vmi

Your comment from another thread:

"Too bad Kevorkian is not available."

Felos is the next best thing!!


69 posted on 07/28/2005 12:53:51 PM PDT by Stellar Dendrite (islamofascism, like socialism must be eradicated from the face of this earth)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Hey Helen! Maybe you can do a Pay-Per-View special!


70 posted on 07/28/2005 12:53:57 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: West Coast Conservative

Please run Dick!


71 posted on 07/28/2005 12:54:28 PM PDT by colonialhk (sooprize sooprize sooprize)
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To: kcvl

The sailor in that photo looks real thrilled to be in the presence of greatness, doesn't he?!


72 posted on 07/28/2005 12:54:30 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (fiat voluntas Tua)
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To: West Coast Conservative
“The day I say Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I’ll kill myself,” she told The Hill.

Well Helen, this comes to mind:

****

If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.

73 posted on 07/28/2005 12:54:56 PM PDT by beyond the sea ("If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball." - Jack Lemmon)
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To: West Coast Conservative
Run, Cheney! Run! Do it for your country!
74 posted on 07/28/2005 12:55:03 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("A people without a heritage are easily persuaded (deceived)" - Karl Marx)
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To: West Coast Conservative

RUN, DICK, RUN!!!


75 posted on 07/28/2005 12:55:09 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Liberals preach comity and practice calumny.)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Nice piece of unbiased reporting from Ms. Thomas.....I always thought a Dick might get her in the end....Run Dick Run!!!!!


76 posted on 07/28/2005 12:55:22 PM PDT by PigRigger (Send donations to http://www.AdoptAPlatoon.org)
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To: West Coast Conservative

This from a woman who voted for Bill Clinton.


77 posted on 07/28/2005 12:55:37 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Stellar Dendrite

Just listening to that biatch...is enough to make me wonder when McClellan is finally going to start chewing some of their asses out from the podium.


78 posted on 07/28/2005 12:56:02 PM PDT by rog4vmi
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To: West Coast Conservative

Sounds like a two-fer to me!!


79 posted on 07/28/2005 12:56:12 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Liberals preach comity and practice calumny.)
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To: kcvl

I couldn't agree more. Impartiality my a$$. What a pathetic waste of space.


80 posted on 07/28/2005 12:56:29 PM PDT by FairfaxVA (SELECT * FROM liberals WHERE clue > 0. Zero rows returned!)
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