Back In The Saddle: Helen Thomas Resumes Her Column

by Alex Alvarez | 3:02 pm, January 6th, 2011

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It’s been seven months since Helen Thomas resigned as a member of the White House Press Corps after making comments that “Congress, the White House and Hollywood, Wall Street are owned by Zionists” and suggesting Jews “go home” to Poland and Germany. Now, Thomas is back to writing, crafting a weekly political column for the Falls Church News-Press. You can read her first post back – titled “Privatizing Social Security Again?” – right here.

The FCNP welcomed Thomas back warmly – and was not afraid to address the controversy surrounding her statements. It writes:

She declared her retirement abruptly on June 8, 2010 following a firestorm of criticism that arose from spontaneous taped comments she made the day before that some claimed to be anti-Semitic.

But in a statement also published in today’s edition, News-Press owner-editor Nicholas F. Benton writes that, as one who has known Ms. Thomas since 1991, “She is progressive, and following my more than eight hours of direct, one-on-one talks with her since the events of last June, I remain firmly convinced that she is neither bigoted, nor racist, nor anti-Semitic.”

Update: The American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors and their Descendants has responded to Benton’s comments.

Falls Church News-Press, Helen Thomas

tatboy

Oh… this should go well.
Harry Flashman

Back in the saddle?

Not to be overly picky, but somehow the doddering, geriatric Thomas and the word “saddle” just don’t go together.

Eek.
Atticus Draco

“She is progressive, and following my more than eight hours of direct, one-on-one talks with her since the events of last June, I remain firmly convinced that she is neither bigoted, nor racist, nor anti-Semitic.”

LMAO!
It took him 8 hours to be convinced of that huh?
TeaPartyPatriot

They should change the paper’s name to: the Falls Church Anti-Semite.
lazzzlo

Harry Flashman said:
Back in the saddle?

Not to be overly picky, but somehow the doddering, geriatric Thomas and the word “saddle” just don’t go together.

Eek.

eeek a mouse!

She’s not riding a horse and it is a poor picture.
lazzzlo

also, eeck a mouse is a reggae artist…just to be proper and very confusing.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Greg-Palmer/100000481076398 Greg Palmer

Back in the saddle? More like wearing the saddle. That’s a 3 bagger.
greg454

So the bitch is back. Gee, I wonder if they have room for David Duke? You see, David also hates the Jews, of course, he does hates gays and blacks as well, so I guess the liberal media won’t tolerate that. But an old anti-semitic bitch that would like to deport all Jews from Israel? Hey, that’s just peachy. Yeah, if Helen had said that all blacks need to go back to Africa, she might have had to flee to Russia just like David Duke did.
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OxyCon

Benton writes that, as one who has known Ms. Thomas since 1991, “She is progressive…”.

So there you have it folks…so long as you’re “Progressive” it’s okay to express your desire to want to see Jews shipped off to the gas chambers.
felixw

Maybe she can syndicate her new column through Al Jazeera.
Nachi

You go, Helen!!!
http://none pyrope

Nachi said:
You go, Helen!!!

And take -0bama with you.

Seriously folks, could you imagine waking up from a night out of serious drinking and seeing this old hag lying next to you?