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-Laelth

The Bush administration treated her very badly in my opinion. She deserves the highest honor a journalist can achieve .. she will be missed.

but stil really sad. Who will take her place? I don't think anyone today's capable.

aw how I loved her

Helen preceded my father (though not by much!) as president of the Gridiron Club.

I have posted my own thread about her--one last time. I'll miss her as a friend and as a journalist.

Condolences to you and all who had the privilege of knowing this great lady. They broke the mold, etc.

She made a new one which no one else has really managed to fit.

Thank you for sharing your experiences with her. I'm grateful.

I'm pretty sure she must have lived a tough life these last few decades. I say that because she could see. She had the powers of observation. That's a tough thing. We here all know that.

Telling Jews to "go home" to Poland and Germany and the US? Saying she sympathized with Hezbollah?

Yeah. If that's not an anti-Semite then she was just deluded.

Ever see a map of Israeli settlements in the West Bank?

I don't want to speak disparagingly of the dead, but I would encourage you read her interview on the subject if you are interested.

In my opinion, those remarks are the ones that are really worthy of condemnation (as opposed to the video clip of that guy ambushing her with questions).

She talked about a certain group control of Congress, the White House, and Wall Street in that interview. And curiously asks if the person interviewing her is Jewish.

In any case, I do admire her accomplishments over the years and am sad to hear of her passing.

That is one of her quotes.

I am not sure what you find so funny.

Who are you saying is hard core right wing?

I just think she made some nasty comments.

She made some nasty comments and resigned as a result. This has happened to many public figures over the years for a variety of different types of comments.

...to one of the most powerful Liberal peace movements in the Middle East.

Damn shame they aren't in charge.

Yet.

It had young Israeli students on one side of a symbolic wall made of cardboard and Palestinian students on the other.

They tore it down and hugged each other.

your lib'rul media, folks

Like all the other White House good 'ole boys.

And she was an important part of our history.

You will be missed.

at a National Media Reform Conference where she spoke, and treasure my autographed copy of her book.

She was a national treasure and while I didn't agree with some of her views, she was never afraid to ask tough questions of presidents, especially Bush, when nobody else dared to do so. They relegated her to the back row and he wouldn't call on her for two years after one particularly challenging question about the war.

Ms. Thomas was old school, she didn't kowtow to presidents and posed tough questions. She was the doyenne of the WH Press Corps.

Rest I peace, Helen, you deserve it for a life well lived.

You will be missed!

Agreeing or disagreeing with her stands is irrelevant to a woman who did great things in her life and who should be celebrated for her achievements.

Quite unlike the ballwashers we have now, she would ask hard questions.

Godspeed Ms. Thomas.

She was the best White House correspondent. I miss her challenging Democrats and Republicans.

Certainly the longest tenure of them.
She was a pistol too.

Good journey.

K&R

and I took a bit of pleasure in seeing him implode a few years later

That's why they moved her to the back of the room, and that's why they tried to ruin her by distorting her comments in that ambush video some hack made.

I met Helen dozens of times and she was one of the most approachable, down-to-earth, honest and decent people in media.
The world is poorer without her around.

There were some DUers close to her and I know that DU sent her flowers a couple times.

A great Reporter!

I lost a friend. RIP Helen. And to those who have negative comments, she was human.