Bush Snubs Helen Thomas [Again]

Drudge Report ^ | January 26, 2006 | Matt Drudge

[West Coast Conservative]

President Bush today again avoided taking a question from White House doyenne Helen Thomas during his 45-minute press conference, even though he took questions from every reporter around her front-row, center seat.

"He's a coward," Thomas said afterward. "He's supposed to be this macho guy. He'll take on Osama bin Laden, but he won't take me on."

Thomas, who worked as the UPI White House reporter for 57 years and is now a columnist, raised her hand every time the president was concluding an answer to a reporter's question, but he never called on her.

Thomas, who worked as the UPI White House reporter for 57 years and is now a columnist, raised her hand every time the president was concluding an answer to a reporter's question, but he never called on her.

She had a few questions in mind, though. "I wanted to ask about Iraq: 'You said you didn't go in for oil or for Israel or for WMDs. so why did you go in?' "

She also had another question at the ready, just in case, this one about the president's contention that a 28-year-old wiretapping law known as FISA is out of date, which prompted him to order the National Security Agency to conduct a secret electronic surveillance program that Democrats contend is illegal.

"You keep saying it's a 1978 law, but the Constitution 200 years old. Is that out of date, too?"

Afterward, Thomas sat sullenly in her chair in the White House press work area, huddled in her leopard-print winter coat.

But as she left, she made a prediction: "He came on to my turf. I'll bet the next press conference will be in Room 450 of the EEOB," a theater-style room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, where she would not be in the front row.

Developing...

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................ Hmmm, Helen!

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................ Helen's burnin' rubber again!

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.....................Oh oh! They suspect me! Think! Think!

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................ "Great disguise, Helen, but we all know your... um, 'unique
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......................."Doh!"

[rock58seg]

Amazing how a little rouge on the cheeks improves her appearance.

[Jonah Hex]

I will hex the first person who posts a picture.

Don't take my name in vain. That's my job. ;-)

[Cecily]

Guess what, Helen of Troll, nobody cares except you. Go home already.

[Finny]

"Somebody light a match!"

BWA-HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

[DariusBane]

bwahahahahahahahahahahaha pant,pant BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Clean spittle from face BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!

[Viking2002]

Helen Thomes, UPI Gargoyle-At-Large: "You keep saying it's a 1978 law, but the Constitution 200 years old. Is that out of date, too?"

President George W. Bush, He Of The Big Cojones: "No, Helen, our cultural chronology is benchmarked against your birthdate. The Consitiution is still quite relevant. In fact, based on that yardstick, we think the Magna Carta still has some mileage left on it, too."

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[decal]

Bush Snubs Helen Thomas [Again]

And he needs to do it every time, until the harridan gets the message.

[sine_nomine]

All conservative women are gorgeous.

[Tallguy]

Stings like a beeyatch, don't it Helen?

[sine_nomine]

Susan Estrich had ANOTHER face-lift. I hardly recognized her, but that voice! Eeeeyaaah, to quote Howard Dean.

[Bullish]

I have a question for Helen.

Why are you still wasting our air?

[Interesting Times]

an·ile ( P ) Pronunciation Key (nl, nl)
adj.
Of or like an old woman.
Senile.

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[Latin anlis, from anus, old woman.]

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a·nili·ty (-nl-t) n.

[derllak]

:)

[hellinahandcart]

Thomas, who worked as the UPI White House reporter for 57 years and is now a columnist, raised her hand every time the president was concluding an answer to a reporter's question, but he never called on her.

Thomas, who worked as the UPI White House reporter for 57 years and is now a columnist, raised her hand every time the president was concluding an answer to a reporter's question, but he never called on her.

"So Drudge, why'd you put that line in there twice?"

"I dunno. I guess I just liked reading it."

[KosmicKitty]

Thomas, who worked as the UPI White House reporter for 57 years

How the heck old is she!!?!?!?!? 100 and something!

[Exit148]

I didn't want to read the thread because of all the pictures. I don't know why Freepers do this. {{{{sigh}}}} It isn't necessary.

But my comment is to Thomas. Did it ever dawn on her that the President might call on her if she truely had a relevant question instead of a nasty 'gotcha' question?

[StoneGiant]

Time to clear the palate...Bring on the goddess Monica....

[aculeus]

Our President gets saner every day.