There is no denying that Helen Thomas is the
daughter of Lebanese immigrants. There is also no denying that she is the tenacious bulldog of the White House press corps. I want to think that it's that tenacity that caused
Tony "Tar Baby" Snow to mount a viciously racist attack against Thomas yesterday. It's hard to not think the worst of anyone associated with Bush and reconize that Snow's lack of professional judgement in implying Thomas is an arm of Hezbollah is a multi pronged attack on Thomas and the press.
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QUESTION: The United States is not that helpless. It could have stopped the bombardments of Lebanon. We have that much control with the Israelis.
SNOW: I don't think so.
QUESTION: We have gone for collective punishment against all of Lebanon and Palestine. And what's happening -- and that's the perception of the United States.
SNOW: Well, thank you for the Hezbollah view, but I would encourage you...
QUESTION: Nobody's accepting your explanation. What is it say, to call for...
SNOW: I'll tell you, what's interesting is people have. The G-8 was completely united on this. And as you know when it comes to issues of...
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Snow's an ass for saying this. Simultaneously, he insults entire press corps, Helen Thomas, and the citizens of the country by ridiculing her question as somehow being the official view of what the White House calls terrorists. Snow's a disgrace.