Just saw a clip of Helen Thomas giving Scotty Hell on CNN

[William769]

You go Girl!

[Nashyra]

1. Just saw it to

He tried to lite into her, said that Helen did not want the American People to hear the truth. He sounded pissed. Good for her

[MissMarple]

5. The truth? He wouldn't know the truth if he shook hands with it in church.

After all, we know he is not reality based.

[Dr. Death]

13. "The truth"

"He tried to lite into her, said that Helen did not want the American People to hear the truth"

Oh yeah, the *co truth: up is down, black is white, war is peace...

[Maat]

2. Woohoo!

Helen, you go, Girl!

[yellowcanine]

3. Scotty proley wishes * would go on more trips so he didn't have to face

Helen so often.

[Greeby]

4. Is there a way to get the phosphorus/napalm story to Helen?

If anyone would go out there and ask about it, she would

[babylonsister]

8. I know she has an e=mail addy that you can write to, and

she will write back. If I can find it I'll let you know.

[JohnyCanuck]

11. email her at [e-mail]

[e-mail] is her email address, as mentioned in a reprint of one of her columns appearing on the website of a Boston TV station.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/helenthomas/3788822/detail.html

[yellowcanine]

6. Did anyone ask Scotty if * is talking to pictures of dead presidents yet?

[Lena inRI]

7. Her question was. . .?

I always marvel at Helen's succinct zinger-questions. . .comes with experience. . .no substitute for experienced integrity in a journalist like her.

:loveya:

[Strawman]

15. Does the President support the use of torture?

McClellean said no. She asked well then why has Cheney been lobbying for exemptions to the ban on torture. MCClellan said that wasn't true, then realizing he had just lied, changed the thrust of his answer to saying that the admin. was committed to doing whatever necessary to protect us from the bad guys out there who are committed to spreading their ideology of hate.

He got pissed because he was caught in a blatant lie. If the President supports tortured justified and thinks it's necessary and justified, why not just say yes he does and here's why? Nope. These guys are so arrogant that they think they can just tell bald faced lies and get away with it because they are aggressive. They think they can bully people into just going along with whatever they say. And for most of the WH Press Corps, that's exactly how it works.

[Lena inRI]

17. Thanks, Strawman. . .

your details reminded me of another quality of Helen's experienced journalism:

she uses Aristotelian syllogism or logic with a:

-major premise (Does B* support the use of torture?)
-minor premise (Cheney is lobbying for exemptions to the ban on torture)
-and then a conclusion. . .which is unspoken but hangs heavily in the room as Scotty bullshits (B* and Cheney support torture!)

Helen is one sharp cookie. . .our wise warrior!

[mainer]

9. way to go, Helen! She's coming to speak in our town next summer!

She'll be our featured speaker for a maine civil liberties union fundaiser in july.

[Dinger]

10. Where Is That?

I'd sure love it if she'd come to Wisconsin!

[mainer]

12. Camden-rockport high school, maine

We took a chance and invited her -- and she accepted!

[madame defarge]

14. Why do they bother...

to have these press briefings when all Scottie says is "can't comment on an ongoing investigation..."??? What if the press just boycotted the briefing one day... Or when Scott answers in his usual way, they should all chime in together and repeat the same old "ongoing investigation" line with him.

[Strawman]

16. because it creates the illusion of accountability

to the "adversarial" press. They're our "watchdog" you know.

:sarcasm: