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Helen Thomas agrees to bow out as commencement speaker at Walt Whitman High (DIS-INVITED !!)
Washington Post ^
| 06/07/2010
| Martin Weil and Debbi Wilgoren
Posted on 06/07/2010 7:50:43 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Edited on 06/07/2010 7:51:48 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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Veteran journalist Helen Thomas agreed Sunday not to appear as commencement speaker at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, after she was captured on videotape saying that Jews should leave Israel and go "home" to countries like Germany and Poland.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: academicbias; antisemitism; bethesda; commencement; hatespeech; helenthomas; helenthomasgaffe; liberalbigot; macaca; macacamoment; md; pravdamedia; waltwhitmanhigh
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"I don't know why anybody would ask a person like that to speak at a commencement ceremony," Whitman parent Raisa Slepoy said, ". . . especially where there's a pretty large Jewish population."
To: SeekAndFind
She must really be hating Jews even more today. I’m sure she is blaming her problesm on them.
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posted on
06/07/2010 7:52:07 AM PDT
by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
To: SeekAndFind
Significant coverage on the airwaves?
I didn’t see any - did anyone else?
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posted on
06/07/2010 7:52:33 AM PDT
by
Right Cal Gal
(Ronald Reagan: "our liberal friends....know so much that isn't so...")
To: for-q-clinton
I think she now knows what “MACACA” means.
To: SeekAndFind
In their own self importance some people feel that they can say and do whatever they want and get away with doing it.
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posted on
06/07/2010 7:53:18 AM PDT
by
chiefqc
To: for-q-clinton
And that non-apology apology. The only thing she sorry about is that there was a video that went viral.
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posted on
06/07/2010 7:53:32 AM PDT
by
Right Cal Gal
(Ronald Reagan: "our liberal friends....know so much that isn't so...")
To: for-q-clinton
What is Miss Johnson going to say?
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posted on
06/07/2010 7:53:54 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: SeekAndFind
Such pure BS...What does she "regret?"..her comments, or the fact that she was caught on tape saying them...
If she truly regrets them..she should sat WHY they were wrong, and what caused her to utter them.
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posted on
06/07/2010 7:53:59 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(Save the Earth..It's the only planet with chocolate!!!)
To: for-q-clinton
I just wonder — will this woman ever RETIRE ?
How old is she ? 89 ? She’s older than my grandmother who retired 10 years ago when she was 70.
To: Yo-Yo
Room 222. Karen Valentine...yummy!
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posted on
06/07/2010 7:55:16 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: SeekAndFind
Go back from where you came from-Kindergarten?
To: SeekAndFind
How long before Helen Thomas channels Hillary Clinton, and blames “those F*#@ing Jew b@$tards” for running her out of town?
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posted on
06/07/2010 7:56:25 AM PDT
by
airborne
(Why is it we won't allow the Bible in school, but we will in prison? Think about it.)
To: SeekAndFind
She should have just stuck with plain old anti-Americanism.
Much more politically correct.
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posted on
06/07/2010 7:56:43 AM PDT
by
EyeGuy
To: SeekAndFind
Maybe they can get a slightly less racist speaker to replace her...maybe someone like Ahmadinejad.
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posted on
06/07/2010 7:57:14 AM PDT
by
highlander_UW
(Education is too important to leave in the hands of the government.)
To: SeekAndFind
Helen Thomas agreed Sunday not to appear as commencement speaker agreed?? When told you're not speaking, what is it you have to agree about?
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posted on
06/07/2010 7:57:20 AM PDT
by
HoustonCurmudgeon
("I'll try to be NICER, if you will try to be SMARTER!" ~ MNJohnnie, FReeper)
To: SeekAndFind
Leave it to the comPost to spin Helen!!!
There are speaker’s bureau’s who probably send a list of available people to give commencement addresses.
A couple of years ago, Oberlin College invited a speaker via teleconference hookup........Mumia Abu Jamal.
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posted on
06/07/2010 7:59:03 AM PDT
by
Carley
(For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
To: highlander_UW
Maybe they can get a slightly less racist speaker to replace her...maybe someone like Ahmadinejad.
That's only reserved for "elite" ( note the quotes) universities like Columbia.
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
06/07/2010 8:03:08 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: SeekAndFind
Note the difference from WaPo headline and AP:
“High School Cancels Reporter’s Speech Over Israel Remarks” Updated: 2 hours 2 minutes ago
BETHESDA, Md. (June 7) — A high school graduation speech by veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas has been canceled because of controversial remarks she made about Israel, the school’s principal said in an e-mail Sunday.
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posted on
06/07/2010 8:05:55 AM PDT
by
Rennes Templar
(Illegal immigration is destroying America, look what it's done to the White House)
To: Rennes Templar
The WaPo wants to make it look like Helen Thomas and the school mutually agreed for her not to appear as opposed to her being told that she was being disinvited.
They must think that readers can’t see behind this facade.
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