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Congressman Apologizes for Remark Insulting Helen Thomas
Associated Press ^
| 06/21/06
Posted on 06/27/2006 10:36:28 AM PDT by presidio9
An Iowa congressman has apologized for disparaging comments he made about a veteran White House correspondent. Republican Steve King was discussing the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Saturday at the state Republican convention when he mentioned 85-year-old Helen Thomas.
King said about Zarqawi, "There probably are not 72 virgins in the hell he's at." He went on to say, "And if there are, they probably all look like Helen Thomas."
A spokeswoman for the two-term congressman says in an e-mail that King has apologized to Thomas.
Thomas has covered the White House for nearly 50 years. She's currently a columnist for Hearst Newspapers.
King is running for re-election this fall. His Democratic opponent calls his remarks uncivil.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: helenthomas; hell; repostatrocity; ripvanwinkleawakened; steveking; welcometolastweek; zarqawi
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posted on
06/27/2006 10:36:29 AM PDT
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presidio9
To: presidio9
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posted on
06/27/2006 10:37:07 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: AppyPappy
To: presidio9
To: presidio9
Quote: "His Democratic opponent calls his remarks uncivil."
Uncivil, perhaps. Funny as all hell, definitely!!!
To: presidio9
i didn't think it was possible to insult helen thomas
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posted on
06/27/2006 10:39:23 AM PDT
by
camle
(Keep your mind open and somebody will fill if full of something for you.)
To: presidio9
Already posted
here under a different title (I searched for "Helen Thomas").
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posted on
06/27/2006 10:39:37 AM PDT
by
newgeezer
To: presidio9
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posted on
06/27/2006 10:40:23 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
("An armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein(the moon is a harsh mistress))
To: presidio9
Great.
Now the Left can apologize for insulting [insert group the left has insulted here] repeatedly.
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posted on
06/27/2006 10:40:51 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(This is a test of the emergency tagline system. Had there been an emergency, you would have heard...)
To: presidio9
Why did he apologize? Maybe he meant it as a compliment to her.
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posted on
06/27/2006 10:41:24 AM PDT
by
dmw
(Aren't you glad you use common sense, don't you wish everybody did?)
To: presidio9
Mr. King is a gentleman.
Helen Thomas is a .....
Never mind.
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posted on
06/27/2006 10:41:38 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
To: presidio9
I can't believe he apologized to Helen the manwomen. Has it occurred to anyone that Helen may be a transvestite with necrophilic tendencies?
To: presidio9; All
In the Australian House of Representatives last month, opposition member Julia Gillard interrupted a speech by the minister of health thusly: “I move that that sniveling grub over there be not further heard.”For that, the good woman was ordered removed from the House, if only for a day. She might have escaped that little time-out if she had responded to the speaker’s demand for an apology with something other than “If I have offended grubs, I withdraw unconditionally.”
— Charles Krauthammer.
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posted on
06/27/2006 10:42:11 AM PDT
by
dighton
To: presidio9
Meanwhile, we're still waiting for apologies for even nastier remarks made by liberals about conservatives. But I'm not gonna hold my breath.
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posted on
06/27/2006 10:42:32 AM PDT
by
PCBMan
(My only marketable skill is to take up space.)
To: newgeezer
Actaully I DID do a search for "Helen Thomas" but I see now that the article was way down the list. Oh well. Nobody died.
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posted on
06/27/2006 10:43:03 AM PDT
by
presidio9
("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K virus -only without the inconvenient deadline.)
To: presidio9
"And if there are, they probably all look like Helen Thomas." This guy must be a FReeper.
Also, he should not be apologizing. Does Helen Thomas apologize for being the nasty, rude b!tch that she is?
Nope.
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posted on
06/27/2006 10:44:22 AM PDT
by
Recovering Hermit
(Apparently, most who protest for peace do so at the expense of hygiene.)
To: Vaquero
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posted on
06/27/2006 10:45:37 AM PDT
by
cvq3842
To: presidio9
In order for an apology, there has to be some falsness to the fact that this is one seriously ugly b!tch. Apologizing for the truth just make republI CAN'T's look weak!
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posted on
06/27/2006 10:46:03 AM PDT
by
Bommer
(Attention illegals: Why don't you do the jobs we can't do? Like fix your own countries problems!)
To: presidio9
His Democratic opponent calls his remarks uncivil. OUCH, the truth hurts.
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posted on
06/27/2006 10:47:00 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: presidio9
I see now that the article was way down the list. Yes, way down the list, along with the other articles posted on 6/22. ;^)
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