Petite Perino fills ailing Snow's big shoes

Washington Times ^ | 4-23-07 | Jon Ward

[JZelle]

One veteran reporter describes 5-foot-1-inch Dana Perino as "a tiny little thing," but the deputy White House press secretary brings to her job a big reputation for brains and the Wild West toughness of her native Wyoming.

Witness her recent exchange with Helen Thomas, who has covered every presidency since she followed the Kennedy campaign to Washington. When Miss Thomas, 86, kept firing questions at Mrs. Perino, 34, the presidential spokeswoman cut her off.

[JZelle]

Sounds tough!

[Goreknowshowtocheat]

Helen Thomas, who has covered every campaign from Washington to Kennedy and beyond.

[bestrongbpositive]

Ms Petrino is my hero is she will fire back at that old witch..Its high time someone at the WH did..

[BenLurkin]

Is this her?

[what's up]

Any man who fired back at Helen would be accused of sexism. Good for this lady.

[Anti-Bubba182]

[Anti-Bubba182]

That is her.

[siunevada]

“Do you want me to answer the question, Helen, or do you want to ask questions? It’s really hard to concentrate here. What’s your question?” Mrs. Perino demanded.
Miss Thomas replied, “You repeat yourself so much that. ...”
“So do you,” Mrs. Perino interrupted, then immediately called on another reporter.
Mrs. Perino is “the first press secretary to cut Helen Thomas no slack,” said Ann Compton of ABC News, who has spent more than three decades as a White House correspondent.

[Badeye]

“”I feel like I have good relationships with people in the briefing room....”

So did Scooter Libby.

[gridlock]

This is how the Washington Post likes to photograph Dana Perino. Cute, huh?

[VeniVidiVici]

Helen Thomas should be put out to pasture.

I hear they can do wonderful things with cow patties these days.

[proud American in Canada]

Is there a link? The picture didn’t show up.

[reagan_fanatic]

Wow - she really put the smack-down on the old hag, didn’t she? How refreshing!

[Hegewisch Dupa]

I think I’m in love

[COBOL2Java]

Helen Thomas, who has covered every campaign from Washington to Kennedy and beyond.

I always assumed Helen Thomas covered every campaign since Hammurabi.

[xsmommy]

you sir, are a loose piece of change...

[capydick]

even though she is a little tiny thing who needs to stand on a box just to see over the edge of the lectern," Mrs. Compton said.

Where is Compton's sensitivity here? This is an obvious slap at height challenged peoples everywhere.

[Lx]

I’m sure she was shouting for Barrabas.

[Goreknowshowtocheat]

LOL

[TexasCajun]

Get Well Tony.

...take as long as you need.