[Mr. Jeeves]

“As a reporter having covered him for eight years in the White House, I am sure the press could have done a better job if we had known the real Ronald Reagan.”

Any praise she or any other Democrat media shill offers to Reagan now is intended solely as a criticism of Bush by comparison.

[Always Right]

Any praise she or any other Democrat media shill offers to Reagan now is intended solely as a criticism of Bush by comparison.

I think you nailed it.

[mjolnir]

Any praise she or any other Democrat media shill offers to Reagan now is intended solely as a criticism of Bush by comparison.

Very true. Still, this is the closest thing I’ve read to a good, factual column by Helen Thomas-— that is to say, not everything in it other than “Helen” and “Thomas” is an out and out falsehood.

That's a serious shock (to me), almost on the level of when Maureen Dowd inexplicably and uncharacteristically showed self-deprecating rather than nasty humor in relating teasing from her wise, solidly conservative Rush Limbaugh listening family in a column that was actually well written and fun to read.