The Wicked Witch of the White House
has overstayed her time in the Press Corps.
It's time to send Helen Thomas home.

This clip is from a blog called Yid with Lid, and that blogger's post begins with these words:

"Helen Thomas is as fair and open minded as she is good looking. The most Senior of White-House Correspondents has given up being a real reporter and instead spends her time spewing venom toward America's war on Terror and/or anything Israel does...."



Regardless of one's views on Isreal or their current conflict with Hamas, let's start with simple steps in the right direction. Like for instance: Hearst Newspapers needs to retire this 90-year-old Lebanese loose canon, Helen Thomas. Most of America is far more tired of seeing her at press conferences than she is of seeing Jews in their homeland of Israel.

UPDATE Friday, June 4, 2010: Helen Thomas issued the following statement today: “I deeply regret my comments I made last week regarding the Israelis and the Palestinians. They do not reflect my heart-felt belief that peace will come to the Middle East only when all parties recognize the need for mutual respect and tolerance. May that day come soon.”

It is clear that she was speaking from her heart the first time (May 27, 2010) and from a boot in the butt the second time.

Update June 5, 2010: In the twenty-four hours after posting this call to sing "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead," the controversy has rightfully mounted. Like me, Former Press Secretary Ari Fleisher has called for Hearst to fire her. Let's face it; if she had said such a remark against African-Americans or Hispanics, the witch would be melting into the floor, but as we know there are two groups to which "hate speech" does not apply: Jews and Bible-believing Christians.

Charles Krauthammer's recent column summarizes the need for Israel's blockade and what's really behind the anti-Israel remarks of Helen Thomas and the rest of the Muslim-sympathizing world.

Why does it matter? Time will tell, but there is reason to believe that this "news" is old news and that the real scoop was written long ago.
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