Today's Ari Fleischer Press Briefing: WHERE WAS HELEN?

The White House | March 7, 2003

[Dont Mention the War]

So several reporters (especially the WorldNetDaily loon, of all people) demanded to know why Queen Helen was not allowed to spew last night, and Ari gave the exact, factual answer: They were looking for REPORTERS last night, not columnists.

But more importantly, Ari himself did not call on The Old Hag today! Was he intentionally snubbing her? Or did she stay home and pout like a little girl instead of coming in to work today?

[Procyon]

Finde with me if HT is never called on again. It is a press conference, not "Crossfire".

And is Gregory (NBC) really an idiot, suggesting that the Vietnam war was about "regime change". He was what, 4 years old at the time?

[CFC__VRWC]

She was at home today drowning her sorrows in a pitcher of Manhattans and a carton of Kents.No way - she's definitely a cheap whiskey and Pall Mall unfiltereds kind of hag.

[freedomlover]

They were looking for REPORTERS last night, not columnists.

He really said that? OMG

[dead]

Maybe somebody finally informed Helen that she died of old age in 1978.

[Sloth]

Just a guess on my part, but I think she's in a snit and purposefully didn't show up

Or she finally keeled over dead from the shock...

[Sparky760]

This is the same thing the James Polk administration did to Helen in 1847.......

[aynrandfreak]

What's funny is that is was HT that was complaining about how long it had been since W had held a press conference the day before this one was announced.

Here's your press conference Madam; your seat is right back there.

[The Wizard]

I have to say, being moved to the third row last night, and then not even called on, probably hurt her to her heart, made her feel very old and she didn't show up today at all.

I am very aware that she has been extremely crude in her comments about the President and I guess they were tired of it.

That being said, for 40 years she has been in the front row and asking questions, and last night signaled the end of that era, and having been around a lot of seniors, this was probably like a knife thru her heart, and while I too hated the implications of her questions, I am very afraid that last night may have impacted her in a very bad way......

She was only a reporter, not the enemy dasshole is, (who I must say, I would not miss.)

[Mr. Lucky]

You guys are gonna feel awful when somebody discovers Helen has been in her one room apartment, dead for the past week.

You WILL feel awful, right?

[Sloth]

I wish they wouldn't ever call on that Terry Moron -- I mean, Moran -- from ABC.

[Paul Atreides]

I've heard that Helen is what Michael Jackson looks like, in private.

[Dont Mention the War]

This is the same thing the James Polk administration did to Helen in 1847.......

ROFL! She'll bounce back by 2050!

[kayak]

As Ari said, she is no longer a reporter ..... she is now a columnist ...... and one who has stated that she's sick and tired of holding her feelings in so she's going to voice her opinion.

[dnandell]

ROTFLMAO

[freedomlover]

I have to say, being moved to the third row last night, and then not even called on, probably hurt her to her heart

Assuming a fact not in evidence. Start again.

[The Wizard]

questions were NOT pre screened, you're thinking of the beast

[Exeter]

"Little girl" pout? This old bat looks to be in more dire need of roughage in her diet than anyone else I can think of...

[Dionysius]

She was out doing her favorite thing -- stopping clocks. On bright, sunny days she stops sundials.