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Helen Thomas, trailblazing reporter, dead at 92
Politico ^
| 7/20/2013
Posted on 07/20/2013 6:53:44 AM PDT by markomalley
Helen Thomas, whose career covering the White House dated back to the Kennedy administration, died on Saturday at the age of 92, the Gridiron Club announced in an email to members on Saturday.
Thomas was the the first woman to join the White House Correspondents' Association, and the first woman to serve as its president. She was also the first female member of the Gridiron Club, Washington's historic press group.
Present at the press briefings of ten consecutive presidential administrations, Thomas's career in journalism ended in 2010 after controversial remarks she made about Israeli Jews were caught on camera.
"Former Gridiron Club president Helen Thomas, our first female member, died Saturday morning at her Washington apartment after a long illness," Gridiron's Susan L. Hahn wrote in an email to members. "She would have been 93 next month."
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antisemite; antisemitism; cultureofcorruption; democratscandals; hearst; helenthomas; journalist; journolist; obituary; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; thomas; upi; usefulidiot
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To: markomalley
I won’t do a gravedance, but I won’t miss her.
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posted on
07/20/2013 6:58:51 AM PDT
by
Kip Russell
(Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Colonel_Flagg
RIP Ms. Thomas.
Now you get the meet your maker.
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posted on
07/20/2013 6:59:48 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(The reason we own guns is to protect ourselves from those wanting to take our guns from us.)
To: markomalley
May God have mercy on her soul. I agree, but my gut feeling is, she never wanted God's mercy.
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posted on
07/20/2013 7:00:13 AM PDT
by
Mark17
(This creepy a$$ cracker is leaving for the Philippines)
To: SueRae
Mom told me if I can’t say something nice, don’t say anything. My tongue is bleeding. Pet peeve of mine, sorry . . . but you failed your mother.
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posted on
07/20/2013 7:00:44 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: markomalley
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posted on
07/20/2013 7:01:05 AM PDT
by
Irenic
(The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
To: markomalley
I think that her soul has been the vault of the Democrat Party for eons. At least now, her and her idol Ted Kennedy can discuss old times.
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posted on
07/20/2013 7:01:20 AM PDT
by
sport
To: markomalley
She was unpleasant to read, listen to and look at. She had
many more years on this earth that many do.
Wont be missed by me.
To: Colonel_Flagg
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posted on
07/20/2013 7:01:23 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: markomalley
At least she will still be able to vote democrat
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posted on
07/20/2013 7:02:29 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
To: americas.best.days...
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posted on
07/20/2013 7:02:47 AM PDT
by
sport
To: All
Ya’ll hear that?????? That’s Hell cracklin’ just a bit hotter
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posted on
07/20/2013 7:02:53 AM PDT
by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: markomalley
She was preceded in death by her brain.
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posted on
07/20/2013 7:03:24 AM PDT
by
SC_Pete
To: sauropod
even helen wasnt tough enough to avoid the wear and tear on the soul of a Odrama Reigme
To: JRandomFreeper
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posted on
07/20/2013 7:04:34 AM PDT
by
sport
To: markomalley
The question is will 0bama order flags to be lowered to half-mast.
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posted on
07/20/2013 7:04:37 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: swamprebel
Oh she took a few jabs at Obama and was punished for it.
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posted on
07/20/2013 7:04:49 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: markomalley
I will violate the practice, de mortuis nil nisi bonum, and say that I personally think the world is a better place, America more pleasant and public discourse more enlighten, with Helen Thomas absent.
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posted on
07/20/2013 7:04:54 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
To: markomalley
What excuses do Liberals make when they face God?
To: markomalley
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posted on
07/20/2013 7:05:26 AM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(Obama makes Jeantel sound like Einstein.)
To: markomalley
I saw Helen Thomas recorded once saying she believed Vince Foster was murdered and that it happened “right there in the White House” (her exact words)
The talking-head interviewing her just chuckled and said “Oh, Helen!” as if it was just so funny for her to make a comment about their beloved Clintons...
And not ONCE did she call for investigation, if she believed that to be true
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posted on
07/20/2013 7:06:01 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
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