Posted on 04/27/2015 10:04:21 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
A reporter is under fire for texting during the National Anthem and refusing to apologize.
Helena Andrews, who writes the Reliable Source gossip column for The Washington Post, was caught on video using her cell phone as the "Star Spangled Banner" played Saturday at the 2015 White House Correspondents dinner. Andrews appeared to be typing with her head down, glued to her smartphone's screen, while other attendees stood solemnly with their hands over their hearts until the patriotic song finished....
"Apparently someone saw me on TV 'texting' during the dinner. FTR (For The Record) I was taking notes. On my phone. Because it's 2015," she tweeted.
(Excerpt) Read more at syracuse.com ...
“All that Anthem stuff for a stupid flag...”
The left is giving her grief??? I would think the left would be giving her the hi-5 for ignoring the song?
She’s right, it is 2015 and her god is president. “All this for a damn flag” to coin a phrase. I’d be willing to put $10 in the kitty to send her back to Africa. Her, and everyone who thinks like her.
Democrat preezy.
If it was W’s night at the dinner — the left would be completely fine with what this gal was doing,
The left is very high on state idolatry.
She’s an elitist.
I’d donate a lot more than $10 to get her sorry ass out of here.
The photo speaks volumes about her.
“Bitch is the New Black”....
Another leftist freak, “mad texting her girlfriends about dates and career horrors”.
At 28 years old, having survived a tortured childhood raised by a peripatetic lesbian mother and a career as one of the few black writers for the New York Times and the only one for Politico.com, Andrews has surpassed the stereotype of the strong black woman and been deemed “perfect girl” by a boyfriend desperately trying not to commit. Andrews offers a caustic and humorous running account of her life, mad texting her girlfriends about dates and career horrors, as she navigates the prickly terrain of a modern America getting used to a black First Lady and struggling to rethink its image of black women in general. She recounts adventures with her dog Miles, who apparently—to her embarrassment—hates black men, and her search for Mr. Right, including a date with President Obama’s bodyguard. She also offers painful recollections of near-abandonment by her mother, later growing up the only black child on Catalina Island, watching The Cosby Show with longing. Fans of her acerbic wit will appreciate this collection of essays. —Vanessa Bush —This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
http://www.amazon.com/Bitch-Is-New-Black-Memoir/dp/0061778842
Why give her a hard time?
She certainly has the freedom to be loyal to an international entity and not some nationalistic, jingoistic, reactionary
slave country, doesn’t she?
/S/
IMHO
My spare change is going to Ted Cruz or I’d make it more. I’d be fine with giving all of them a one-way first class ticket and a million dollars tax free if they’d sign a paper renouncing their US citizenship. It’d save us trillions in the long run.
#NotMyAnthem
She’s a comPoster.
It wasn't during dinner and I highly doubt she was taking notes.
An unapologetic black female lib? say it ain’t so. /s/
I’d have been more shocked if she WOULD’VE apologized.
She seems to have misinterpreted the question in a way that tells us what we need to know about her. It’s like Dillinger’s answer to the question “why do you rob banks?” (”That’s where money is”).
she was doing a googe search for the LYRICS maybe?.....
Not really ok with the rude dude in front of her either, didn’t place hand on heart. Kind of a pet peeve with me.
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