[RetroSexual]

Just exactly what has she sowed that you object to? She has always asked hard questions.

Primarily, I think her attitude about the Iraq War lent credence to the "Bush lied, people died" mentality of the left. Statements like, "I'm covering the worst president in American history" and "The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself," were designed to sow the seeds of discontent, not to uncover facts.

When one is in a position that demands respect (as she certainly is after her long tenure in the press corps) one needs to understand the power of their words. The President saying that the Cambridge police acted "stupidly" means a lot more than when one of us here on FR says it. Likewise someone who makes their living reporting the supposed facts needs to understand the weight of their words.

Helen Thomas has spent the last several years indiscriminately throwing overblown language around to advance her political agenda. Now that the leftists have control she's got what she wanted.

[carenot]

The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself," were designed to sow the seeds of discontent, not to uncover facts.

I didn't know about her saying that.

I was and am against the Iraq war. But since we are there now, I don't see a way out.