I’m certain Helen silently birthday-wished for President Obama to give at least one non-cupcake answer to her burning questions regarding Bush/Cheney war crimes…and those "uncountable" Israeli nukes…in her remaining White House Daily Brief lifetime.
Actually Obama's mother chose Helen Thomas' birthday because she knew that once Barack grew up to be president he would share this photo op with her. The plot thickens...
In all seriousness, it makes me really happy, after the amount of petty crap the Bush administration visited on her, to see Thomas getting treated with respect and affection. Happy Birthday, Helen. Rock on.
@MissNormaDesmond: She's wonderful. Loved the bit she did with Colbert for his notorious/celebrated Correspondents' Dinner. Also, I suspect Pareene might do the NYT Crossword, where Helen was the clue for "Doyenne" recently..
@Baroness: Yes - I was just on YouTube looking for that very clip. I found it in part 3 of the correspondents dinner, but I can't seem to find an edited video with just that bit.
Well, I'll just plop the whole thing on here. The Helen stuff is around mins 4 to 8.
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What? The Queen was born in Kenya, too?
UK Birthers, REPRESENT!
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@kjack: Happy birthday to you.
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I'm going to hell for that, right?
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You, too, Barack.
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Well, I'll just plop the whole thing on here. The Helen stuff is around mins 4 to 8.
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