Disgusted Helen Thomas: I Automatically Assumed Obama Was Black, Therefore He's Liberal

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Disgusted Helen Thomas: I Automatically Assumed Obama Was Black, Therefore He's Liberal By Tim Graham Created 02/18/2011 - 8:27am

By Tim Graham | February 18, 2011 | 08:27 Tim Graham's picture

Jeff Poor at the Daily Caller isolated the latest rant from former UPI White House correspondent Helen Thomas. On Wednesday night's Joy Behar show on CNN Headline News, Thomas said Obama is a coward, not a liberal, which was disappointing, since she thought "because he was black, I thought he would automatically be" liberal, or in other words, have an "empathy for all the blacks."

BEHAR: Things have changed. And President Obama, do you like him? Do you think he is doing a good job? We started out the conversation before about it a little bit.

THOMAS: I think he lacks courage.

BEHAR: He lacks courage?

THOMAS: And he is not a liberal. I had hoped he was. I suppose I thought he was, because he was black, I thought he would automatically be–

BEHAR: Well, that was your mistake.

THOMAS: That was my mistake. I thought he would be a liberal.

BEHAR: Can’t judge a person by the color.

THOMAS: Absolutely. You are so right. But I really thought that he would have an empathy for all the blacks, what they had gone through in life.

BEHAR: Well, I think he does have empathy, but he is up against a Republican machine, and he has to get reelected. You know, I mean, he’s in a tough spot. Doesn’t he have to get re-elected? He needs the middle, doesn’t he?

THOMAS: You take a stand on something in your life. You should have principles and stick to them.

Earlier in the interview, Thomas slammed Obama for failing to get out of Iraq faster:

BEHAR: But -- I have to tell you that, you know, I admired you, many -- I admire you even now, for the many things that you did in those press conferences, how you stood up to presidents, how you spoke out, particularly on the Iraq war, which I was vehemently against myself. And one of the reasons that I liked Obama was that he was against the Iraq war.

THOMAS: Almost.

BEHAR: Well, he was against it. I mean, I think that he ran on that.

THOMAS: Well, you know, let's see it fulfilled.

BEHAR: Well, you know, I think he was handed something, too. So let's -- I always expect the best from him.

THOMAS: I never have sympathy for presidents. They aren't handed -- he could have walked out the day after he took the oath.

BEHAR: Well, I guess so, but I don`t know if -- you know, what happened to if you break it, you have to fix it, you know?

THOMAS: It was broken.

BEHAR: It was broken. So we had an obligation to stay there, no?

THOMAS: No, you just get out. How did he go in?

BEHAR: Well, he didn`t go in. It was George Bush who went in.

THOMAS: Yes, he is, but he -- he didn`t have to stay there.

Don't buy it when Helen says I "never have sympathy for presidents." She certainly has in the past, when they're named Carter, Clinton, and Kennedy.

[17th Miss Regt]

Well, at least she isn’t saying that it’s all the fault of those nasty Jews. For now.

[allmendream]

IBHTP!!!!

[Notary Sojac]

Firefox with PrefBar is a must for Helen threads.

One quick click before entering the thread means you'll never see anything that can't be un-seen.

[windsorknot]

Helen Thomas is a certified dingbat on the same intellectual plane as Sheila Jackson Lee.

[thulldud]

IBHTP!!!!

Indeedy, and OBHTP, too!

[Buckeye McFrog]

How awful this woman’s life must be. To be so near the end and yet so bitter.

[Tupelo]

I must say, I can empathize with Helen Thomas.
When I see a Black person I automatically assume they are liberal. After all they vote Democrat by something like 90%. And the percentage of Blacks that voted for 0bama approach the numbers that Saddam Husein got the last time he was elected.
But then, I am a White, Southern, Conservative male. That alone make me a racist, sexist, homophobe, not fit to be seen in the New America.

[popdonnelly]

I want to thank Joy Behar for allowing her fellow liberal idiots to demonstrate publicly what fools they are.

[submarinerswife]

Are you asking for us to break the rules????

[chessplayer]

And no one crticized her for her racist comment. What a surprise.

[DrC]

Given that Obama’s “African” heritage actually is “Arab” and given his flagrant antipathy towards Israel, I’m astonished Helen Thomas isn’t a huge fan of the president’s. He’s done more to jeopardize the security of Israel than any other president since Jimmy Carter. I’ve often wondered whether Helen Thomas wasn’t a secret behind-the-scenes adviser to him.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

The combined IQ of the two is not even triple digits...

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I feel filthy just reading their words.... I can hear those whiny voices too! Quick, someone post a link to something annoying like “It’s a Small World” or anything by Kanye

[NFHale]

Wow...the old Grimm’s brothers Fairy Tales ARE true...

Hags and Trolls DO exist!!!!!!!!!!