whitesoxfan101 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts2427 Journalist Helen Thomas, who has covered every administration since Eisenhower's and occupies front-row center in the White House briefing room is taking heat for comments she recently made on Israel. Thomas, a longtime critic of Israeli policy, replied: "Tell them to get the hell out of Palestine." She continued to say that the Palestinians are "occupied" and that the Jews should "Go home" — to Germany, Poland, America and "everywhere else." The speaker's agency representing Thomas has dropped her, and a high school canceled her commencement speech. Members of the White House Correspondents Association, which oversees seating in the briefing room, discussed the Thomas situation over weekend emails and were meeting Monday to hash out a response, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 probably won't taint her career, she hada long one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 02:49 PM) probably won't taint her career, she hada long one. Sadly, this will taint her career, and it should. Forced to resign out of embarrassment rather than at the time of her choosing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Is her saint bernard going with her? She has got to be related to Marge Schott somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 03:46 PM) Is her saint bernard going with her? She has got to be related to Marge Schott somehow. I'm going to find your grandmother, call her ugly in front of your eyes, and I expect you to laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Interesting that he has her heritage in Lebanon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Ok just for the record it's I-S-R-A-E-L That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 there are plenty of people who said crazy things when they got old and it didn't become their legacy. W.E.B. Du Bois, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 08:34 PM) there are plenty of people who said crazy things when they got old and it didn't become their legacy. W.E.B. Du Bois, etc. Helen Thomas has announced she has a new plan to keep her job. She is going to change her name to "Pat Buchanan" and instead of occasionally saying something anti-Semitic, every other sentence will blame the Jews for something. "Mr. President, why are you keeping troops in Afghanistan. Is it the fault of the Jews?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 i laughed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Hurtin Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 06:51 PM) Ok just for the record it's I-S-R-A-E-L That is all. I thought that was Gargamel's cat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 02:47 PM) I'm going to find your grandmother, call her ugly in front of your eyes, and I expect you to laugh. helen thomas is his grandmother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 05:51 PM) Ok just for the record it's I-S-R-A-E-L That is all. Whoops, was in a hurry when I posted this thread, my bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 12:13 AM) Whoops, was in a hurry when I posted this thread, my bad. kap does it too. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 06:56 PM) I thought that was Gargamel's cat. Oh, the memories... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 08:56 PM) I thought that was Gargamel's cat. QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 12:28 AM) Oh, the memories... Check out who's playing Gargamel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeNukeEm Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 there are plenty of people who said crazy things when they got old and it didn't become their legacy. W.E.B. Du Bois, etc. Kurt Vonnegut went off the deep end too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Was talking to someone about this today, who did she work for recently? I was guessing the AP but no clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 04:06 PM) Was talking to someone about this today, who did she work for recently? I was guessing the AP but no clue. She was syndicated by Hearst Newspapers, and also associated with the speaking agency "Nine speakers". Hearst newspapers is very unlikely to keep a front row press conference seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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