and then they came for helen thomas

today the dean of the press corps, ms helen thomas has lost her front row seat.

The press corps is scheduled to move from temporary facilities back into the spiffed-up, rewired briefing room in May or June. Thomas, who has been questioning presidents and press secretaries for 46 years, plans to be there. But her front-row seat won’t be. Plans call for her to be moved to the second row to make room for a cable news channel..

“I didn’t think I had a monopoly on that seat,” Thomas, 86, said in a telephone interview. “Since my peers have decided that I don’t belong there, I’ll bow to their – I’ll drink the – What did Socrates drink?” Hemlock? “I’ll drink it,” she said. “You have to submit to the will of the people, and apparently this is the will of my peers. It’s OK with me. I’ve had a good run in the front seat.”

this is wrong on so many levels. and everyone knows it.

shame on all of them and those at fault for the heist of this great lady's chair.

the white house correspondents association, this ugly white house and the cable news outlets have been pushing and pulling ms thomas out of her chair for the last 6 years and they have finally done it... how rotten and crafty they all have been.

apparently, cnn and fox really want that seat and they can't have helen thomas up there asking why we are still in iraq everyday, can they ?

according to politico's piece, the association's board makes the final decision this month, maybe they need to do some serious soul searching and hear from the people..