From DailyDose:
Before today’s press briefing, I had a chance to talk to Helen Thomas. I let her know that I gave Bill O’Reilly what for for bashing the legendary White House correspondent. Her comment?
"Bill sent me flowers, and I sent him a note thanking him for the lovely flowers." she said.
I also asked her a question that a lot of people, including Billdo, wanted to know. Here’s Helen:
I shot that video at yesterday's press briefing, and it's getting the righties in a lather.
(Author's note - I am Tommy Christopher, also the author of the Daily Dosepiece and the one who shot the video)First there's Hot Air, where Ed Morrisey takes the "she's calling us terrorists" stance that is SOP for the right. To his credit, though, he also gives Helen her propers. What I found amusing was that he had to add an update later to tell his commenters to cool it on the insults to Helen's looks:
Update: Look, I know you are all having a lot of fun picking on Thomas’ looks, but believe me, if someone told me I’d be doing this at 88 with my own seat at the White House briefing room, I wouldn’t really care what I looked like as long as I was still breathing.
Don't feel bad, Ed. At least now, we know that if America is ever invaded by little old ladies, your commenters are ready and ruthless.
Caleb Howe at Redstate takes this simple approach:
What is there to add to that? Helen’sown words I guess.
"I’m a liberal, I was born a liberal, I’ll be one ’til I die, what else should a reporter be when you see so much and when we have such great privilege and access to the truth?"
I don't see your point, Caleb. It's a given, everybody should be a liberal.
What I haven't seen is any liberals coming to Helen's defense. That surprises me. The intent of her statement is pretty clear to me, and it's not to say that "We're all terrorists."