Old School

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Helen Thomas, who appears to be one of the two last journalists in AmericaThe other one is, of course, Seymour Hersh. Greg Palast might be one someday when he grows up–if he drops the shrill joking style..

Remember back in 2003 when no one in the White House press pool was asking any questions and Bush could do no wrong?

Well, Helen was asking questions then:

THOMAS: My follow-up is, why does he want to drop bombs on innocent Iraqis?

FLEISCHER: Helen, the question is how to protect Americans, and our allies and friends—

THOMAS: They’re not attacking you.

FLEISCHER:—from a country—

THOMAS: Have they laid a glove on you or on the United States, the Iraqis, in eleven years?

FLEISCHER: I guess you have forgotten about the Americans who were killed in the first Gulf War as a result of Saddam Hussein’s aggression then.

THOMAS: Is this revenge, eleven years of revenge?

And now? What kinds of things is Helen asking now?

You go, girl!