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Helen Thomas, trailblazing reporter, dead at 92
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| 7/20/2013
Posted on 07/20/2013 6:53:44 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: swamprebel
Before she became so radical, I really liked the way she held politicians accountable. It seems to me that many elderly people become bitter in their later years. I don't know why.
The time in her career that you speak of includes Tip O'Neill, Pat Moynahan, George Mitchell, Bob Dole, Robert Byrd, Trent Lott, Alan Simpson, Alan Cranston, Ted Kennedy, Jim Wright, Tom Foley, Bob Michel.
Those people didn't fight the way that Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are fighting today.
-PJ
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posted on
07/20/2013 12:51:07 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: BushCountry
This is not our Helen Thomas.
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posted on
07/20/2013 12:56:29 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: Spunky
This is not Helen of the press corps.
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posted on
07/20/2013 12:58:35 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: COBOL2Java
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posted on
07/20/2013 1:01:30 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: SunkenCiv
Meanwhile, Jay Carney is kicking his heels and pounding
the floor with his fists crying....
“I want THOSE Ruby KneePads, They’re MINE, MINE I
tell you!!!”
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posted on
07/20/2013 1:06:27 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: submarinerswife
Not, me, fine lady, but Christopher Marlowe, late of London.
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posted on
07/20/2013 1:43:56 PM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
To: markomalley
Helen Thomas, trailblazing reporter, dead at 92....however, she will still get the first question at all Obama press conferences.
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posted on
07/20/2013 2:39:46 PM PDT
by
Erik Latranyi
(When religions have to beg the gov't for a waiver, we are already under socialism.)
To: the OlLine Rebel
Not Helen. Then who is it?
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posted on
07/20/2013 2:42:15 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: COBOL2Java
She’s a woman from PA. Even when I first saw this pix I thought it doesn’t look like her, and the period is wrong. This pix is classic ‘30s at worst, and no way the ugly journalist was old enough for such a pix, jokes aside.
It’s on a genealogy website of family pix.
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posted on
07/20/2013 3:01:50 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: Liberty Valance
I forgot who said that LOL!
One of old school Freeper LOL!
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posted on
07/20/2013 3:44:30 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: ExTexasRedhead
"...Godless Liberals, when facing their Maker, must have a huge shock when theyre atoning for the sins they committed against their fellow man and their country, ya think?..."Her biggest surprise had to be: "Wow - You DO Exist!" .................................. FRegards
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posted on
07/20/2013 4:49:33 PM PDT
by
gonzo
( Buy more ammo, dammit! You should already have the firearms ... FRegards)
To: markomalley; a fool in paradise
She’s with her heroes, the Dead Kennedys!
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posted on
07/20/2013 4:50:59 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: gonzo
I’d think more like “Yep! I hated You alright and I now hate You forever, I’ll even go to hell rather than stop condemning Your name!” Hell is a home of very bizarre things.
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posted on
07/20/2013 4:53:18 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Whatever promise that God has made, in Jesus it is yes. See my page.)
To: gonzo
Woops, not that one. Well if that one is alive then she still has time to change her mind, or to let God into it to change it for her.
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posted on
07/20/2013 4:55:17 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Whatever promise that God has made, in Jesus it is yes. See my page.)
To: markomalley
Someone get a wooden stake. You can’t be too careful.
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posted on
07/20/2013 4:56:28 PM PDT
by
Flatus I. Maximus
(Fight Third-World Despotism. Overthrow Obama.)
To: the OlLine Rebel
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posted on
07/20/2013 5:07:06 PM PDT
by
Spunky
To: Feckless
Agree !
All I can say, good riddance ! I fully support Israel and strongly oppose those who support socialism/communism and who want to destroy Israel.
> I dont cry for Commies and Israel hating scum. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
To: markomalley
Wasn’t it Nixon who made her into a household fixture, but he was the one she hated the most.
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posted on
07/20/2013 6:18:08 PM PDT
by
Theodore R.
("Hey, except for six women in Sanford, FL, the American people must all be crazy out there!")
To: catfish1957
Quite the opposite. I’ve just always seen grave dancing as a Democrat trait. I always thought Republicans had more class. And quite frankly, exulting in the death of a bitter old woman who’s influence was minimal (at best) seems a bit silly to me. Your stated glee in her passing gives her more worth than her life justifies.
The only reason Helen Thomas was newsworthy was because she was a female, and hung around forever. Her journalistic influence was a blip.
To: Spunky
The very first occurrence of that photo is the source you need to READ.
http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/pennsylvania/17983/helen-thomas-1933?size=_original
I already posted why it didn’t make sense. As if there aren’t plenty of “Helen Thomas” women around.
Let’s please stop spreading falsehoods. I saw a liberal blog used this photo in their headlining her death today. It gives wrong impressions and is really some other people’s Pennsylvania grandma.
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posted on
07/20/2013 6:44:34 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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