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Helen Thomas, trailblazing reporter, dead at 92
Politico ^ | 7/20/2013

Posted on 07/20/2013 6:53:44 AM PDT by markomalley

Helen Thomas, whose career covering the White House dated back to the Kennedy administration, died on Saturday at the age of 92, the Gridiron Club announced in an email to members on Saturday.

Thomas was the the first woman to join the White House Correspondents' Association, and the first woman to serve as its president. She was also the first female member of the Gridiron Club, Washington's historic press group.

Present at the press briefings of ten consecutive presidential administrations, Thomas's career in journalism ended in 2010 after controversial remarks she made about Israeli Jews were caught on camera.

"Former Gridiron Club president Helen Thomas, our first female member, died Saturday morning at her Washington apartment after a long illness," Gridiron's Susan L. Hahn wrote in an email to members. "She would have been 93 next month."


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To: markomalley

Love her or not, she was such a fixture as part of the White House press corps that everyone is going to miss her.


121 posted on 07/20/2013 8:00:17 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: RatRipper

That’s the truth.


122 posted on 07/20/2013 8:01:38 AM PDT by TurkeyLurkey
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To: markomalley

She’ll be missed.


123 posted on 07/20/2013 8:03:20 AM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: AppyPappy

Lets cut her in half and count her rings


124 posted on 07/20/2013 8:03:33 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: markomalley

Here is another nightmarish scenario. Now that she has assumed room temperature, there is the possibility that the postal service may put her picture on a postage stamp. Then we would be forced to look at her ugly face everyday.


125 posted on 07/20/2013 8:04:48 AM PDT by Mark17 (This creepy a$$ cracker is leaving for the Philippines)
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To: AppyPappy

She live this long

I thought she was in her 80s

Some Freeper told the forum once that she knew Moses and Moses dump her


126 posted on 07/20/2013 8:07:06 AM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: markomalley

The face that launched a thousand quips. What’ll the White House Press Corpse do, prop her up in the corner?


127 posted on 07/20/2013 8:08:06 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: markomalley

She made a joke enough of journalism, so I guess that’s trail blazing.


128 posted on 07/20/2013 8:12:05 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Obama's policy towards Morsi and the Moslem Brotherhood came from his heart.)
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To: markomalley

It’s in the hands of the Prophet now.


129 posted on 07/20/2013 8:13:35 AM PDT by Iron Munro (They Old. That's Old School People. We In A New School, Our Generation)
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To: markomalley

August 4, 1920-July 20, 2013.

She was a couple months older than my grandma. I sure miss Grandma.

I cannot say anything about Helen Thomas.


130 posted on 07/20/2013 8:14:35 AM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: smokingfrog

My old flag is fading, so I’ll buy a new flag today to honor our nation. It will fly at half-mast only for those who served our nation, or it won’t fly at all.


131 posted on 07/20/2013 8:20:23 AM PDT by Loud Mime (Liberal: A person who charges their grandchildren for today's party)
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To: bgill
She’ll be missed.

Especially here on FR.......the "I'd Hit It" threads will never be the same.

132 posted on 07/20/2013 8:21:55 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: MomofMarine
The only thought to come to mind is “no photos, please!”

How's this one?


133 posted on 07/20/2013 8:23:54 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: markomalley

RIP Helen Thomas

134 posted on 07/20/2013 8:24:34 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: COBOL2Java

In the end, you get the face you deserve.


135 posted on 07/20/2013 8:24:53 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Governor William J. LePetomane

Post #49 LOL


136 posted on 07/20/2013 8:25:25 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Governor Sarah Heath Palin for President of the United States in 2016)
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To: Farmer Dean; vette6387; mazda77; freekitty; gonzo; unkus; flat; ZULU; overbore; sheik yerbouty; ...

Godless Liberals, when facing their Maker, must have a huge shock when they’re atoning for the sins they committed against their fellow man and their country, ya think?


137 posted on 07/20/2013 8:26:20 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: markomalley

That means that there will be two more.


138 posted on 07/20/2013 8:28:28 AM PDT by Slyfox (Without the Right to Life, all other rights are meaningless.)
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To: bigdaddy45
Real nice to see that Free Republic is keeping it classy this morning.

This hag deserves our contempt even in death.

139 posted on 07/20/2013 8:28:31 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Face it!!!! The government in DC is full of treasonous bastards)
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To: catfish1957

One thing for sure critics talk about us

We handle the libs with class in death

We keep doing those photoshop especially Twilight Zone one


140 posted on 07/20/2013 8:29:33 AM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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