On Zogby, Helen Thomas is shown with her DU roses and talks about impeachment!

[cascadiance]

I just watched this week's "Viewpoint with James Zogby" show on my PVR, which featured Helen Thomas talking about the current presidential candidates and comparing them to who she was working with in the past. GREAT lady and perspectives that echo what many of us here have been saying.

Of course James Zogby didn't ask her about impeachment. Wouldn't have expected him to, but a North Carolina caller asked if congress would ever have the guts to start impeachment proceedings against Bush and Cheney. Her answer:

"No, I'm sure they won't! You only impeach Democrats! (she then laughs facetiously and Zogby quickly goes to the break)

Then when they went through a segment of photos showing her past career, one of them is her standing in front of our DU array of flowers! I'm guessing that she supplied them with these photos, so I think that speaks HIGHLY for how much she or others close to her valued our gesture to her earlier!

[NastyRiffraff]

1. That's VERY cool!

I love Helen. She's one of the few willing to stand up to this administration. She even quit a long-time, probably beloved, job because of the Moonie takeover of UPI.

I remember those roses; I contributed to them. How wonderful that she still remembers them.

[PassingFair]

10. Let's remember that the next time someone here....

pooh-poohs the sending of flowers to a champion
of ours!

[cascadiance]

2. I'll see if I can get a screenshot of it...

... which shows Zogby himself down in the corner of the frame.

[spooky3]

3. very nice! k&r (n/t)

[malaise]

4. Isn't that nice

I love Helen Thomas

[EFerrari]

5. Someone PM helderheid!

That's beautiful! :)

[MiniMe]

6. Excellent. For anybody who wasn't around then, here is our result

DU chipped in and got her 100 dozen roses. Of course when the photographer arranged them a lot better, but DU pretty much filled the conference room with roses. It was an honor to be there and to have a chance to talk to her. What a great lady.


edited to fix the pic link

[klook]

7. One of DU's greatest moments. (n/t)

[immoderate]

8. I'm overwhelmed every time I see those pictures.

I can imagine how Helen felt that day. You can see it in her smile.

--IMM

[MiniMe]

12. She was almost overwhelmed. And to the OP,

Her colleagues there that day were absolutely ecstatic, as was her assistant. They brought their own cameras into the room to take some pictures. It was the editor who called press in to get the pics.

[Yael]

11. What/where/when was this?

Thanks for the pics!!

[MiniMe]

13. March 30, 2006 I believe. At least that is the time on the pics.

There were a bunch of threads back then with the blow by blow descriptions.

[Pastiche423]

49. Do you know everyone in this pic?

I have 3.30.06 as the date as well.

I :loveya: Helen!

[MiniMe]

63. I was there, so I met them all. Helen was wonderful to us

But I met everybody at Helen's offices, and I haven't seen them since.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

14. Awesome pictures!

And an awesome display of warmth and kindness for a special woman. Good on you, DU!

[MiniMe]

15. Helderheid was the driving force behind this one

If it hadn't been for her, it never would have happened.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

16. Sent a PM. Thank you for the info!

[shireen]

17. thanks again, Helderheid. You organized a good thing. :) nt

[Beaverhausen]

18. Oh- I love seeing those pics. What a fabulous smile she has

I'm trying to remember what it was she did or said that prompted this. I think she was really grilling either Bush himself or Scotty about Iraq, right?

[NMDemDist2]

22. IIRC it was when she called Chimpie on the fact there were no WMDs or Al Queda

connections in Iraq at a big presser

[Beaverhausen]

24. yeah. I remember that day here so well. The flowers were late, then traffic was bad

we were all on pins and needles waiting for word that the roses were finally set up and she got to see them. The DUers who helped out were so great to spend their whole day doing it.

[MiniMe]

26. And the vases got lost along the way somewhere

There was one point when we were just sitting in the conference room waiting for the vases. It was a pretty wild day. But worth it.

[roguevalley]

23. she grilled him and finally lost her seat in the front of the press room

[malaise]

25. I'll never forget that day

EVER!!

[cascadiance]

27. It was a cropped version of the first pic that was used in this show...

Hang on... I'm hoping to post her whole interview in 4 segments to Youtube for the first time (close to 40 minutes of stuff), and I'll alert this thread when that happens. Look for part 3. That will have BOTH the guy asking about impeachment AND the segment with the montage of images in it. The WHOLE interview is great and it is something with the various caller questions (they had an extra long question session this time), that you RARELY see with someone of her stature on the mainstream media. Someone even asked her about the recent Infraguard story we've been talking about the last day or so here.

[MiniMe]

29. Awww, that makes my heart go pitty pat that Helen Thomas saved one of MY pictures

Makes me go all weepy. I'll never forget that day.

[cascadiance]

45. Congrats for your contribution that helped that day, and again this last week!

[helderheid]

31. Please let me know when you've got it posted!

:yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock:

[cascadiance]

36. Part 1 is up...

Three more to go!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x94343

[malaise]

38. Thank you

Time to order her new book.

[cascadiance]

37. Part 2 is up!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x94352

[malaise]

39. Part 2 is no longer available

Part 1 was great. A scathing condemnation of Bush and nothing complimentary about either Obama or Hillary re their ME positions.

[cascadiance]

48. It's now back again...

So, it wasn't "removed"...

[malaise]

53. Thanks again

A superb interview. All DUers should watch this

[cascadiance]

40. PART 3 IS NOW UP!

I'd watch this while you can! Just noted that the second one was removed. I'd noted that there were other older Viewpoint episodes on Youtube, but perhaps I need to investigate more getting permission to put these up now. Anyway, if someone can, go ahead and make a screen grab of the appropriate frames here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x94364

[malaise]

42. The most egregious act that Helen has witnessed during

her time at the WH - invading a country without a cause they still can't explain five years later...Nixon's crimes were small - the things this President has done have affected every man, woman and child in the world.

With 100 dozen roses - too sweet.:D

This is a fabulous interview. Bravo Helen!
Add.

[cascadiance]

43. Part 4 (last one) is now up...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x94367

[malaise]

44. Thanks

Great interview.

[bear425]

46. I was so proud to be a part of that. What a great lady! n/t

[FloridaJudy]

47. What a great picture

Of a truly great lady. Thank you for posting this.

[uppityperson]

9. Very cool. I love Helen Thomas.

[pleah]

19. That was a beautiful thing to do for Miss Helen.

Great lady.:applause:

[StarryNite]

20. I love Helen!

You go girl!
:bounce:

[suffragette]

21. How wonderful!

I remember that well. It's fantastic that it was included in the montage.

[MiniMe]

28. Some links to the threads back then

Flowers to Helen Thomas
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=795702

Flowers for Helen Thomas - Delivery Day Thread #2
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=795702

Flowers for Helen Thomas - Delivery Day Thread #3
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x796592

Flowers for Helen Thomas - Delivery Day Thread #4
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x797410

Flowers for Helen Thomas Thread #5--
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=798151

Flowers for Helen Thomas - Thread #6
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x798595

Flowers for Helen Thomas - Thread #7
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=799654



More pictures - Roses for Helen Thomas
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=799674


A MESSAGE FROM HELEN!!!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=803569


Another article about flowers for Helen: "Bouquets for a Firebrand"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=839744

[JNelson6563]

32. Makes me all teary eyed

A delightful stroll down memory lane. :hug: :cheers:

I will never forget that. A beautiful way to send a shout out to a brave lady and let her know "You don't stand alone!"

Julie

[MiniMe]

33. Yeah, I couldn't help reading the while I was doing the search

I'm surprised that we didn't kill the servers that day. :rofl: :hi:

[Beaverhausen]

56. thanks for finding these threads. It was fun to read through them

Looks like it was her mention of PNAC to Chimpy that got us motivated to acknowledge how much we love her!

[helderheid]

30. OMG!!! I wonder if the video is online! WOW!!! Thank you!

[malaise]

35. That was a beautiful moment

http://www.humanflowerproject.com/index.php/weblog/bouquets_for_a_firebrand

[Kurovski]

34. There are a lot of Helen Thomas fans around these here parts.

:loveya:, Ms. Thomas. And she has a great sense of humor, too.

[cascadiance]

41. Here's a screengrab....

[ClayZ]

50. Wasn't that the best!!!!

I love Hellen!

K and R

[teacher gal]

51. I don't know a lot about Helen Thomas

but the times I have observed her in action, I've greatly admired her. She's gutsy and she let's 'em have it. I wish we had more real journalists instead of opinion blatherers and entertainers who pass themselves off as journalists.

[cascadiance]

52. DKOS is now linking to these videos...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/16/23473/5584/838/457831

[DFW]

54. I never tire of seeing posts honoring Helen

For those whom I haven't yet banged over the head with this, she is
a (many!) decades-long friend of my family, and a true legend in
American journalism--the standard to which all aspire (or should).
Proud as ever to call her a friend:

[helderheid]

55. How incredibly blessed are you to be able to call her a friend!

[EFerrari]

57. That's so cool. She must really be a handful.

:)

[DFW]

58. Not really a handful

She's extremely bright, very personable, and not in the least a powerhouse of
aggressiveness. She's pleasant, methodical, and doesn't miss a thing, which is
the main reason Presidents are apprehensive of her questions, the main reason
Republicans are terrified of her questions, and the main reason Bush considers
questions from her about the same way turkeys consider axes on Thanksgiving.

[malaise]

59. I hope all DUers watch her interview with Zogby n/t

[DFW]

60. So do I

She doesn't have one personality for TV and one in private. At age 88, she
has no reason to. There are few people left with her experience who are still
active and lucid. I never get tired of being able to spend a couple of hours
with her when I'm in Washington. Truly the last of a generation of journalists
to whom principle outweighed air time and/or salary.

[malaise]

61. You're lucky to be a friend of hers

Helen Thomas has integrity and guts - I love her.

[DFW]

62. She was a close friend of my father's

He was a Washington journalist, too. I knew her from when I was very little.
When my dad passed away, I sort of filled in the gap, along with my DC-based
brother, and you're right--we do consider ourselves lucky to be among her
circle of friends.

By the way, if you're ever in Washington, check out her favorite restaurant:
Mama Ayesha's (Helen is of Lebanese origin). It is a trip back to Beirut, ca. 1920.
The food, by the way, is so good, to call it merely "memorable" would be almost
an insult. It is not far from where she lives, and she goes there often, so you might
even get to see her at a nearby table and say hi!