You Go, Helen Thomas!!!

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Originally Posted by Esther

I have come to the conclusion they think the mass majority are idiots. And perhaps they have a reason to believe that. If you would have told me 20 years ago a man would be elected to the highest office of the land without proving he is a citizen and on an agenda of change without telling you what he was going to change.

There seems to be a lot of idiots out there.

I know every man or woman can have skeletons in the closet, but there is just too much surrounding this man's life that we don't have answers for.

I'm very glad that Helen was so forceful in her opinion. The Helen Thomas who is an icon of the Press Corps!

Now I want to read her book, Watchdogs of Democracy? The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed The Public.

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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

Robert Gibbs did absolutely NOTHING to disuade anyone of the point that Reid and Thomas were trynig to make.

After this exchange, I think (hope) the way of preselecting questioners and/or questions will be done away with by ALL future Presidents, especially and more immediately, President Obama.

This practice is not becoming of the President Obama that many folks voted for.

He was so obviously skirting the issue! And, Jermyn, the whole thing is that we saw this coming before it was happening with Obama, but no one would listen to us.

[Esther]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

He was so obviously skirting the issue! And, Jermyn, the whole thing is that we saw this coming before it was happening with Obama, but no one would listen to us.

Didn't John Kerry do the same thing?

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Originally Posted by Esther

Didn't John Kerry do the same thing?

Do you mean about Vietnam?

[n david]

Helen Thomas was a thorn in the side of W ... good to see she's doing the same with BHO.

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Originally Posted by n david

Helen Thomas was a thorn in the side of W ... good to see she's doing the same with BHO.

She sure was a thorn in W's side. LOL! She's going to give Gibbs a hard, hard time! She was pretty ticked off! Loved it! LOL! I think I'll watch that clip again! Gibb's looked like a giggling schoolboy who did not know what to do and couldn't run!

[n david]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

She sure was a thorn in W's side. LOL! She's going to give Gibbs a hard, hard time! She was pretty ticked off! Loved it! LOL! I think I'll watch that clip again! Gibb's looked like a giggling schoolboy who did not know what to do and couldn't run!

Gibbs is a moron.

I still cannot believe his answer to a question on what it would take for US intervention in Iran:

"Obviously if a tremendous escalation happens -- if tanks happen -- we would respond to that immediately," Gibbs said.

Dumb

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Originally Posted by n david

Gibbs is a moron.

I still cannot believe his answer to a question on what it would take for US intervention in Iran:



Dumb

My concern on Iran is the confusion Obama is causing by having people like Axelrod, Obama's political strategist, speak for him. Where is Hillary? It's her job to do that.

Condi Rice did the talking on foreign policy for Bush - always. Where is Hillary? She's the public face to tell us why decisions are being made.

[Esther]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Do you mean about Vietnam?

No I mean the townhall meetings that had plants put into them.

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Originally Posted by Esther

No I mean the townhall meetings that had plants put into them.

I'm not as concerned with plants as I am controlling who is there and what is asked. This deal with Obama is not open as is custom for a Townhall. Chip is saying that Obama's staff gave them information that the audience and questions are being selected. The questions will be coming from someone invited or screened before hand. I think that is much different than having a few plants.