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Posted on 11/30/2007 5:28:24 PM PST by RDTF
Transcript:
HELEN THOMAS: Does the President want no troops out from Iraq on his watch? I’m talking about all the troops.
MS. PERINO: Well, 5,700 troops will be home by the end of the year, so that is some troops coming home. The President said that troop levels are going to be made by commanders on the ground, and that we’re going to have to talk about –
THOMAS: Why should it be? Why can’t the American people have a say?
MS. PERINO: — return on success. The American people have had a say. They elected a President who is their Commander-in-Chief and is making decisions based on what his commanders on the ground are telling him.
THOMAS: And you think that was the vote of the American people?
MS. PERINO: They elected a Commander-in-Chief, and the President is bringing home 5,700 troops, based on the recommendations of his commanders on the ground and based on return on success. Hopefully in the future we can bring home more, but it’s going to depend on what General Petraeus reports and remember he will come back in March.
THOMAS: Why should we depend on him?
MS. PERINO: Because he is the commander on the ground, Helen. He’s the one who is making sure that the situation is moving –
THOMAS: You mean how many more people we kill?
MS. PERINO: Helen, I find it really unfortunate that you use your front row position, bestowed upon you by your colleagues, to make such statements. This is a — it is an honor and a privilege to be in the briefing room, and to suggest that we, at the United States, are killing innocent people is just absurd and very offensive.
THOMAS: Do you know how many we have since the start of this war?
MS. PERINO: How many — we are going after the enemy, Helen. To the extent that any innocent Iraqis have been killed, we have expressed regret for it.
Q Oh, regret. It doesn’t bring back a life.
MS. PERINO: Helen, we are in a war zone, and our military works extremely hard to make sure that everyone has the opportunity for liberty and freedom and democracy, and that is exactly what they are doing.
I’m going to move on.
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Dana was/is superb!
geez
in case you missed this -
Coloradan steps right into the media spotlight
Dana Perino, 34, fills in as Bush’s press secretary
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When Schaefer retired, Perino moved to England to marry businessman Peter McMahon, whom she had met on a flight. While there, she spent time training their short-haired Vizsla, named Henry.
Now, when she says, “Tell us what you really think about John Kerry,” Henry fetches a flip-flop.
Asked if “anybody thinks that Bill Clinton should be in jail,” Henry barks.
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Because this is a republic (thank God) not a democracy you supercilious old gasbag.
I am not going there.
Geez, it amazes me every time I see her picture, just how ugly Helen Thomas really is. It’s got to be the reason she’s so angry all the time. (((shudder)))
Ian you rock!
I feel terrible for Helen Thomas that God made her so ugly.
Don't you get the idea that a lot of the MSM thinks we have a parliamentary form of government? This sort of question drives my crazy!
No she needs to be kicked out the white house. We use to punish Marxists in this country, now they are celebrated with front row seats. We even have a quasi Marxist running for the oval office and leading the polls in her party.
You called it, CAluv! Was Helen the model for the witch in the Hansel & Gretel story? Inquiring minds want to know!
She’s 1000 times uglier on the inside.
JFK is prettier. Just my opinion.
Makes me crazy too. It’s pretty apparent to me they would love a real communist state with them appointed official “news” providers of course.
I knew Helen Thomas when I was young. I thought she was old back then when she covered the WH for UPI, but she was probably in her early to mid-40's at the time. And no, she was not attractive, nor did she show any signs of having been attractive when she was young. What I remember more than how she looked was how she smelled. Apparently, her grooming habits were very French - little bathing and lots of very strong perfume. She was the subject of many conversations after she left the room, as her odor remained for quite sometime.
It sounds like Helen follows in her Arabic roots tradition. I spent a few years in the Middle East - and that was the smell - BO, perfume, more sweat, more BO, and more perfume.
The perfume didn't help.
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