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HELEN THOMAS ANGRY AFTER 'KILL SELF' OVER CHENEY COMMENTS PUBLISHED
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Posted on 07/31/2005 4:28:13 PM PDT by Indy Pendance
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HELEN THOMAS ANGRY AFTER 'KILL SELF' OVER CHENEY COMMENTS PUBLISHED
White House press doyenne Helen Thomas is plenty peeved at her longtime friend Albert Eisele, editor of THE HILL newspaper in Washington, D.C.
In a column this week headlined "Reporter: Cheney's Not Presidential Material," Eisele quoted Thomas as saying "The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself. All we need is one more liar."
Thomas also said: "I think he'd like to run, but it would be a sad day for the country if he does," according to Eisele's column.
But Thomas said yesterday at the White House that her comments to Eisele were for his ears only. "I'll never talk to a reporter again!" Thomas was overheard saying.
"We were just talking -- I was ranting -- and he wrote about it. That isn't right. We all say stuff we don't want printed," Thomas said.
But Eisele said that when he called Thomas, "I assume she knew that we were on the record."
"She's obviously very upset about it, but it was a small item -- until Drudge picked it up and broadcast it across the universe," Eisele said.
Still, he noted that reporters aren't that happy when the tables are turned. "Nobody has thinner skin than reporters," Eisele said with a laugh.
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To: Indy Pendance
I'm not sure when it was, but it was a great night. If I'm not mistaken she had said something out of turn earlier in the week. This was the White House's way of punishing her. The rest of the White House reporters also lost their cookies over the snub to their beloved Helen.
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posted on
07/31/2005 5:04:54 PM PDT
by
asp1
To: Indy Pendance
In view of Helen's suicide threat, I'd say that Dick Cheney should be "profiling" grumpy old buzzards wearing big overcoats.
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posted on
07/31/2005 5:05:13 PM PDT
by
melt
(Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
To: Indy Pendance
Well, we can all certainly understand Helen's anger. She definitely does NOT want Cheney to run, and now that her rant was publicized, he has a greater incentive to seek the Presidency.
My question is, assuming he does and she does, what is the big deal? Her body would only just catch up to her brain, which has been dead for decades.
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To: leftcoaster
I'm sure that Dick has ole Helen marked down in the Clymer column.
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posted on
07/31/2005 5:08:23 PM PDT
by
Thumper1960
("It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed."-V.I.Lenin)
To: Indy Pendance
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posted on
07/31/2005 5:08:44 PM PDT
by
Cagey
(Scrapple is not for vegetarians, those who keep kosher, or those with weak stomachs)
To: Indy Pendance; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Old Sarge; SandyInSeattle; ...
Sweet, sweet
schadenfreude ping!
---
This-Is-Not-A-Ping-List ping![Freepmail me to get on or off this Not-A-Ping-List.]
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posted on
07/31/2005 5:09:42 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Canada is the answer to a question that nobody bothered to ask." --Stand W)
To: scrabblehack
So I guess that means HT will never speak to anyone ever again. Then...the world will seem like a much nicer place.
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posted on
07/31/2005 5:10:43 PM PDT
by
syriacus
(Muslims who really want peace should unite behind a non-violent leader like Gandhi, King, or Walesa.)
To: Indy Pendance
I'll never talk to another reporter againHow can she talk to herself--- when the mirror cracks every time she tries.
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posted on
07/31/2005 5:10:59 PM PDT
by
melt
(Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
To: Gosh I love this neighborhood
A burka would do the job nicely too.
To: rdb3
At least you've got an excuse.
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posted on
07/31/2005 5:11:33 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Canada is the answer to a question that nobody bothered to ask." --Stand W)
To: Indy Pendance
"She's obviously very upset about it, but it was a small item -- until Drudge picked it up and broadcast it across the universe," Eisele said. I continue to marvel at how liberals want to blame their incendiary comments on "right-wing media" for reporting what they actually said.
And instead of apologizing for saying something beyond the pale, they blame Drudge or Limbaugh for "creating a furor" over it. And yet who got upset with Trent Lott's innocent joke at a birthday party for Strom Thurmond? And who got their noses bent out of shape when Earl Butz told an off-color joke to John Dean? And who went crazy over a muzzled comment by candidate Bush to Cheney during a campaign event?
Can you say "hypocrisy" kids?
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posted on
07/31/2005 5:11:52 PM PDT
by
Tall_Texan
(Visit Club Gitmo - The World's Only Air-Conditioned Gulag.)
To: BW2221
I'd like to get the Freepers, opinion - who is uglier: Helen Thomas or Molly Ivins?Yes.
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posted on
07/31/2005 5:12:36 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Canada is the answer to a question that nobody bothered to ask." --Stand W)
To: Indy Pendance
.
JFK just laughed at HELEN THOMAS on National TV during his 1961 Presidential News Conferences.
WE should too.
.
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posted on
07/31/2005 5:12:51 PM PDT
by
ALOHA RONNIE
("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
To: gopwinsin04
What the hell is that on the left?
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posted on
07/31/2005 5:14:12 PM PDT
by
AnOldCowhand
(The west is dead. You may lose a sweetheart, but you will never forget her - Charles Russell)
To: gopwinsin04
![](http://www.29eagles.com/aboutme/abtmepix/helen_thomas.jpg)
Dear G-d, it spawned!
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posted on
07/31/2005 5:14:21 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Canada is the answer to a question that nobody bothered to ask." --Stand W)
To: Slings and Arrows
She got a little dose of "what goes around, comes around!"
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posted on
07/31/2005 5:14:26 PM PDT
by
Not A Snowbird
(Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
To: Indy Pendance
Eisele quoted Thomas as saying "The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself.
__________________________________________
Oh Yea!
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posted on
07/31/2005 5:14:43 PM PDT
by
26lemoncharlie
('Cuntas haereses tu sola interemisti in universo mundo!')
To: Baynative
What the hell is a SENIOR reporter anyway?
I'm thiking OLDER than the hills, lol.
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posted on
07/31/2005 5:14:54 PM PDT
by
JLO
To: Slings and Arrows
Yikes! What in the heck happened to Molly Ivins? She's suddenly morphed into Kathy Bates from 'Misery.'
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