Obama: Longtime journalist Helen Thomas a 'true pioneer'

The Hill ^ | 7/21/13 | Erik Wasson

[Nachum]

President Obama on Saturday said he and first lady Michelle Obama were saddened by the death of longtime White House journalist Helen Thomas, calling her a “true pioneer” who opened doors and broke down barriers for generations of women.

Thomas died on Saturday after a long illness. She was 92.

Thomas covered every president from John F. Kennedy to Obama and long held the informal title of "Dean of the White House Press Corps."

In a statement, Obama said Thomas “never failed to keep presidents – myself included – on their toes. What made Helen the ‘Dean of the White House Press Corps’ was not just the length of her tenure, but her fierce belief that our democracy works best when we ask tough questions and hold our leaders to account.”

[Nachum]

He could have been her son.... or something.

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[Charles Martel]

Pioneer? Well, I can sort of picture her crossing the Cumberland Gap in a covered wagon.

[Impy]

She was literally a pioneer, she came over on the Mayflower.

[vetvetdoug]

I wonder if Helen will be buried in Jerusalem?

[God luvs America]

always a soft spot in the imperial president’s heart for the anti-semites...

[sport]

She was, but she did not pioneer anything good and decent. Her face mirrored her alleged soul.

[yarddog]

No Satan, Marx, Lenin and Stalin were pioneers. She was just a follower.

[Robert DeLong]

I agree with Obama, she took ugly to new frontiers.

[CrazyIvan]

Given her age and leftist beliefs, she may have been a Young Pioneer.

[immadashell]

Now the ugliest woman in Washington is Louise Slaughter.

[2nd Amendment]

Tradition says you should speak well of the dead . . therefore I will say nothing about the passing of Helen Thomas.

[dfwgator]

No comment.

[digger48]

Well, I can sort of picture her crossing the Cumberland Gap in PULLING a covered wagon.

[Revolting cat!]

Yep, pioneer - one of the survivors of the Donner Party.

[JoeProBono]

[albie]

A true “pioneer” and originator of the ugly tree.

[BerryDingle]

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[mountn man]

She was a true pioneer.
A regular trailblazer she was.
She went into everything face first.

[mountn man]

Yep, pioneer - one of the survivors of the Donner Party.

Not anymore.