Helen Thomas receiving lifetime achievement award from CAIR

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Helen Thomas receiving lifetime achievement award from CAIR By Bridget Johnson - 09/18/10 05:33 PM ET

The longtime White House correspondent who resigned from Hearst newspaper in June in the wake of comments she made about Israel will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

CAIR is honoring Thomas, who is of Lebanese descent and now 90 years old, at its Leadership Conference and 16th Annual Fundraising Banquet on Oct. 9 in Arlington, Va.

Speakers will also include Oxford Islamic studies scholar Tariq Ramadan.

Thomas started at the White House as a reporter during the Kennedy administration. In a video interview captured at a White House Jewish heritage event for RabbiLIVE.com that spread quickly across the Internet, Thomas advised Israeli Jews to "get the hell out of Palestine" and "go home" to Poland, Germany, America and "everywhere else."

The White House Correspondents Association and the White House rebuked Thomas, and President Obama said she made the right call in stepping down for the "offensive" remarks.

Thomas later apologized, saying: "I deeply regret my comments I made last week regarding the Israelis and the Palestinians. They do not reflect my heartfelt belief that peace will come to the Middle East only when all parties recognize the need for mutual respect and tolerance. May that day come soon.”

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Garbage...........

[Blood of Tyrants]

Is it the “Hating Jews” award?

[ColdOne]

Of course they did. :^((

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Is this from The Onion?

[mort56]

Not so surprising. CAIR loves anti-Semites.

[23 Everest]

No this is good! Mooselimbs finally starting to give women respect. /s

[Lexington Green]

Now, there’s a woman who should be forced to wear a burqua.

[BunnySlippers]

Is a burka in the future for Helen?

[VU4G10]

[muir_redwoods]

"Helen Thomas receiving lifetime achievement award from CAIR"

Please tell me this means her lifetime is over. Please

[skeeter]

Announcer: 'Accepting tonight's award for Ms Thomas is Mr. Phil Fondacaro...'

[Ancient Drive]

should it not be called the Anti-Israel Award?

[LibFreeOrDie]

[Jemian]

This is not a compliment ...             ...and very fitting. She deserves it.

[StormEye]

"Helen Thomas receiving lifetime achievement award from CAIR"

And she deserves it.

[peeps36]

They know a fellow Jew hating hag when they see one. Helen shows us she is as ugly on the inside as she is on the outside. Pure bile flows whenever she opens that big mouth.

[WestwardHo]

Sorry, I’m having trouble putting a face to the name.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Aw, even that doesn’t compare with Helen’s loveliness...

[politicalmerc]

I thought she was dead?

[Paisan]

Now, there’s a woman who should be forced to wear a burqua.

The purpose of the burqua is to minimize the possibility that a woman’s natural sexuality would lead a man ‘astray’.
In Helen’s case, even the muzzies know that this is not necessary...