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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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KEYWORDS: antisemite; antisemitism; cultureofcorruption; democratscandals; hearst; helenthomas; journalist; journolist; obituary; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; thomas; upi; usefulidiot
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To: ExTexasRedhead

“What excuses do Liberals make when they face God?”

I can’t answer the above question.

However:
What does a Liberal say when meeting God for the first time?

Answer: You are sitting in my seat.


81 posted on 07/20/2013 7:29:43 AM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam is antithetical to, and Islam is irreconcilable with, America. Therefore - Islam Delenda Est)
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To: markomalley
DING! DONG!
82 posted on 07/20/2013 7:29:48 AM PDT by beef (Who Killed Kennewick Man?)
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To: markomalley

We made a lot of fun at her expense over the years but she was a pioneer in her field and occasionally made a strong crack at the knees of Democrat presidents (not nearly as often as she did Republican ones).

As with all of us, her reward in the next life will be based on the life she led and what her faith in God was. May she find mercy.


83 posted on 07/20/2013 7:30:05 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Howdy to all you government agents spying on me.)
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To: markomalley
died Saturday morning at her Washington apartment after a long illness

Wow, I never knew that anti-American anti-Semitic Liberalism was fatal... Oh well, Helen, you seem to have had a good long run.

Say hey to Beelzebub for us!

84 posted on 07/20/2013 7:31:53 AM PDT by ssaftler (Oh, hell YEAH!!!! This is absolutely Obama's fault)
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To: Mr. K

“At least she will still be able to vote democrat”

Line of the day. The ranks of our Bolshevik rulers is lessened by one today.


85 posted on 07/20/2013 7:31:53 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: markomalley
I thought of two nice things to say! She outlived Detroit!
86 posted on 07/20/2013 7:32:49 AM PDT by Theophilus (Not merely prolife, but prolific)
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To: markomalley

God rest her soul. She was very messed up along the way, particularly in later years, but she is still a Child of God.


87 posted on 07/20/2013 7:32:50 AM PDT by Lazamataz (If illegal aliens voted (R), then the Dems would create the tightest border security in the world.)
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To: ImNotLying
NAZI Princess Pelosi..my bet.

88 posted on 07/20/2013 7:33:01 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :)
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To: hal ogen
"No pictures, Please"

I couldn't resist. There was a time when she was nice looking, but being a Democrat made her ugly. :-)



89 posted on 07/20/2013 7:34:04 AM PDT by Spunky
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To: DoughtyOne

Well, kind of sad. Most women in their younger years are normally, at least, attractive. This woman was a hag even 60 years ago. Too bad. RIP.


90 posted on 07/20/2013 7:34:17 AM PDT by john drake
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To: ExTexasRedhead
What excuses do Liberals make when they face God?

They will say that if God had only listened to THEM, the planet would have been much better and fairer...

91 posted on 07/20/2013 7:35:03 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Howdy to all you government agents spying on me.)
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To: Lazamataz

We are all God’s children, in the sense that he created each of us. But do you have any evidence that she saw herself as such? Any evidence that she wished to further His agenda?


92 posted on 07/20/2013 7:35:36 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: Luke21

Like Trotsky, she was at least an honest Bolshevik. Sadly, there are 71 more who need to join her to supply an Islamonazi with their quota of virgins.


93 posted on 07/20/2013 7:36:35 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: markomalley

Please...no unflattering pictures...please!


94 posted on 07/20/2013 7:36:39 AM PDT by montomike (Politics should be about service and not a lucrative, money-making opportunity!)
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To: markomalley

Helen wasn’t always anti Semitic, that only started after Moses drowned her Egyptian boyfriend.


95 posted on 07/20/2013 7:37:11 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Spunky
I couldn't resist.

Do you realize what you've DONE?!?!

96 posted on 07/20/2013 7:37:20 AM PDT by 101stAirborneVet
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To: markomalley

Oh, she’s till blazing, I’m pretty sure. And I know where, too.


97 posted on 07/20/2013 7:37:21 AM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Obama: the bearded lady of Muslim Brotherhood))
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To: markomalley

RIP.


98 posted on 07/20/2013 7:37:25 AM PDT by DemforBush (Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia!)
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To: markomalley

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99 posted on 07/20/2013 7:38:02 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then)
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To: Farmer Dean
as W.C.Fields had said dying; holding a Holy Bible..
"I'm looking for any loopholes"

100 posted on 07/20/2013 7:38:34 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :)
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