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Obama: Longtime journalist Helen Thomas a 'true pioneer'
The Hill ^
| 7/21/13
| Erik Wasson
Posted on 07/21/2013 10:42:04 AM PDT by Nachum
President Obama on Saturday said he and first lady Michelle Obama were saddened by the death of longtime White House journalist Helen Thomas, calling her a true pioneer who opened doors and broke down barriers for generations of women.
Thomas died on Saturday after a long illness. She was 92.
Thomas covered every president from John F. Kennedy to Obama and long held the informal title of "Dean of the White House Press Corps."
In a statement, Obama said Thomas never failed to keep presidents myself included on their toes. What made Helen the Dean of the White House Press Corps was not just the length of her tenure, but her fierce belief that our democracy works best when we ask tough questions and hold our leaders to account.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; helen; journalist; liberalmedia; obama; pioneer; thomas; tribute
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He could have been her son.... or something.
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posted on
07/21/2013 10:42:04 AM PDT
by
Nachum
To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...
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posted on
07/21/2013 10:43:47 AM PDT
by
Nachum
(The Obama "List" at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Nachum
Pioneer? Well, I can sort of picture her crossing the Cumberland Gap in a covered wagon.
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posted on
07/21/2013 10:44:20 AM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
To: Nachum; fieldmarshaldj; justiceseeker93; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; Clintonfatigued; ...
She was literally a pioneer, she came over on the Mayflower.
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posted on
07/21/2013 10:44:26 AM PDT
by
Impy
(RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
To: Nachum
I wonder if Helen will be buried in Jerusalem?
To: Nachum
always a soft spot in the imperial president’s heart for the anti-semites...
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posted on
07/21/2013 10:45:36 AM PDT
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: Nachum
She was, but she did not pioneer anything good and decent. Her face mirrored her alleged soul.
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posted on
07/21/2013 10:47:31 AM PDT
by
sport
To: Nachum
No Satan, Marx, Lenin and Stalin were pioneers. She was just a follower.
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posted on
07/21/2013 10:49:50 AM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: Nachum
I agree with Obama, she took ugly to new frontiers.
To: Nachum
Given her age and leftist beliefs, she may have been a Young Pioneer.
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posted on
07/21/2013 10:50:24 AM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(I'm so conservative I won't even wear progressive bifocals.)
To: Nachum
Now the ugliest woman in Washington is Louise Slaughter.
To: Nachum
Tradition says you should speak well of the dead . . therefore I will say nothing about the passing of Helen Thomas.
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posted on
07/21/2013 10:54:34 AM PDT
by
2nd Amendment
(Proud member of the 48% . . giver not a taker)
To: Nachum
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posted on
07/21/2013 10:55:08 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Charles Martel
Well, I can sort of picture her crossing the Cumberland Gap in PULLING a covered wagon.
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posted on
07/21/2013 10:55:28 AM PDT
by
digger48
To: Nachum
Yep, pioneer - one of the survivors of the Donner Party.
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posted on
07/21/2013 10:57:13 AM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Nachum
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posted on
07/21/2013 11:02:48 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
To: Nachum
A true “pioneer” and originator of the ugly tree.
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posted on
07/21/2013 11:05:53 AM PDT
by
albie
(t allowed)
To: Charles Martel
Wagon
Train
The
Helen
Thomas
Story
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posted on
07/21/2013 11:06:36 AM PDT
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: Nachum
She was a true pioneer.
A regular trailblazer she was.
She went into everything face first.
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posted on
07/21/2013 11:10:39 AM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: Revolting cat!
Yep, pioneer - one of the survivors of the Donner Party.Not anymore.
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posted on
07/21/2013 11:12:00 AM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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