Posted on 06/08/2010 12:30:19 PM PDT by Rufus2007
It's hard to imagine a scenario where one would be sympathetic toward former "dean of the White House press corps" Helen Thomas following her videotaped remarks that Israeli Jews "should get the hell out of Palestine" and go back to Germany or Poland.
However, in a June 7 column on Salon.com, Anna Clark wrote that Thomas deserved leeway, since some talk radio personalities say "controversial, even despicable comments," but manage to keep their jobs.
"I don't like how Thomas voiced her opinions in this video; it was sloppy and hurtful," Clark wrote. "But her views aren't exactly news; the gist of them are evident from her past columns. Meanwhile, Thomas joins a long line of opinion-makers who have uttered controversial, even despicable comments. Rush Limbaugh, anyone? Glenn Beck? Howard Stern? Sean Hannity?"
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How about Uglism.
How about animal abuse.
Limbaugh, Beck, and Hannity are not representing themselves as “objective journalists”.
Is Salon saying it’s time for the leftist “journalists” to come out and admit that they slant all their reporting to fit their leftist political agenda?
“Salon.com Equates Helen Thomas to Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity; Blames Departure on Sexism, Ageism”
They for uglyism.
I meant they forgot uglyism.
To be fair, Helen formally and publicly declared herself to be a “columnist” a few years ago, when confronted by her off-color remarks and bias against Dubya. Since then, she’s managed to maintain her prime seating assignment in the White House press room, right beside practicing “journalists”.
Go figure.
I suppose that's to make Helen Thomas feel that she's not really alone at this moment.
Alternatively, the Leftwingtards are finally admitting they are anti-semites, but we already knew that.
>> Salon.com Equates Helen Thomas to Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity
In some jurisdictions, equating a liberal with Limbaugh is a hate crime.
SnakeDoc
Helen just let slip what the left believes but knows they must keep hidden.
She got old and either didn’t care or forgot herself.
After all, she probably thinks her existance ends *poof* pretty soon when she dies.
> ... uglyism
The Polittically correct term is “Lookism”.
Yeah, Rush, Hannity, and Beck constantly advocate that Jews in Israel be deported back to the lands of Auschwitz, Dachau, and Treblinka. I swear I heard Glenn say it this morning ... /s
Hey Anna...tell that to ESPN.
The problem with Salon is, it couldn’t find a clue if it was up there with it’s head. A better placement strategy seems called for, but then that hasn’t helped improve the situation in the past.
No, let’s not address Thomas for what she did. Let’s just smear everyone else who didn’t do it, and has never done anything even remotely similar.
Thomas suggested Israel/Jews should leave their present home in the Middle-East, and return to the two nations who made it the most necessary for them to flee to that location.
When has Rush done anything like this? This was a very crude and destructive smearing by Salon. It should destroy their credibility completely. Alas, that was already done for anyone that has read much of the tripe it puts out.
Those that still read it, are content to expose themselves to the misinformation and slandering it publishes.
Not me.
Salon stock deathwatch
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=SLNM.OB&a=00&b=1&c=2009&d=05&e=8&f=2010&g=w
0.08 a share
What "clue"? It is the Democrats' propaganda machine. It doesn't try to be "accurate" or "biting". It is all spin. It doesn't have to be truthful.
Rush Limbaugh was blacklisted from buying an NFL franchise even though the quotes attributed to him (by Media Matters or some similar leftwing propaganda outfit) on wikiquotes were not even his remarks.
When the far left believes they are among fellow travellers, they don't mind being open with their hate.
She was
STANDING IN FRONT OF A BUNCH OF YOUNG MEN IN YAMULKAS!
AT A JEWISH HERITAGE APPRECIATION DAY LUNCHEON!
I guess they disgusted her so much she had to vomit out her comment.
She may have felt particularly ballsy. Or she may have figured they voted for Obama and would likewise be pro-Palestinian.
This type of rationalitation can only make sense in the alternative reality of the liberal mind.
True...
That would be a hoot.
In Helen Thomas’ case it is “Can’t lookism.” I’m already blind in one eye.
However, Anna Clark gives the game away when she uses the excuse that Helen Thomas got 'sloppy', meaning - to me, anyway - that Clark realizes Helen Thomas said what most, if not all liberals believe; that the existence of tiny Israel and Jews living in their ancestral homeland are 'the problem' and need to disappear (presumably, back to Auschwitz). Thomas also made a point of (erroneously) stating that 'Palestine' is 'occupied' by Jews, who need to "get the h--- out! This is the Arab line - and its a lie.
Israel was was given statehood in 1947 via the United Nations and Great Britain. Jews had been in Israel for 3,000 years. The anti-Israel types employ the meme that "Palestine' is an Arab 'homeland' and that the Jews 'stole their land' (a lie) and now 'occupy' their land. (another lie). Of course, it's really just tribal hatred fueled by the Muslim holy book, the 'Qur'an', that puts a 'religious' sheen over what is really deep-seated, tribal-based animosity.
So, Helen Thomas is finally gone from the White House press room and her vile utterances will be heard no more. Too bad it took so long to dislodge her.
Anna Clark better watch what she says & who she supports in the future. Badmouthing Israel & Jews might not sell so well in the future.
> In Helen Thomas’ case it is “Can’t lookism.” I’m already > blind in one eye.
LOL!!
Yes, her mug is definitely too hideous for publication.
Even a contractor’s trash bag isn’t opaque enough to obscure her ugliness.
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