Well, perhaps there is hope for the grand old republic. Apparently it’s still possible to say something so vile that you’re run out of town no matter what your politics.
Helen Thomas, 147, was forced to retire today. (Here I was thinking she’d been gone for decades. Didn’t Darth Vader throw her down the Death Star reactor shaft?)
In case you’ve missed it, she said the Jewish people should “get the hell out of Palestine…Remember, these people are occupied, and it’s their land.” When asked where they should go, she said “they should go home to Poland, Germany…America, and everywhere else.”
Nice, huh?
Now, apart from the appalling lack of historical accuracy, there’s something else to note here. That’s not just a “hymie go home,” ladies and gentlemen. In naming Poland and Germany, Thomas lists the two countries in which almost all of the Holocaust occurred. Victor Davis Hanson finally noted it today. Is that not just a bit creepy?
(I wish I’d written about it when it’d first struck me, because I’d have been on the front edge of it. Lesson for next time.)
Incidentally, I’m pleased to link to VDH for a different reason. Until dear Helen quit, I was all ready to pound on this gem again:
You see, good liberals occasionally slip in their parlance due to stress or by accident, and to no real worry; bad conservatives like a Lott or George Allen give valuable windows on their foul souls when they similarly lapse into insensitive speech. – Victor Davis Hanson
But, like I said, maybe there’s hope. The line is way out there, but apparently it’s still possible for a hardcore liberal ideologue to get over it.
Helen Thomas was a White House institution, and wow, who could forget her coverage of Garfield’s assassination? There’s “thank you Mr. President,” and she had the only reserved chair, and all of that. Well and good.
She’s also, apparently, a nasty old anti-Semitic witch who got to the very end of her career and accidentally slimed her legacy with some accuracy.
(See also Dan Rather.)
Oops.
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Damn, she’d need to sneak up on a glass of water to get a drink. A good, non-Jew glass of water for sure. Poland? Germany? Did she forget south Florida altogether?
That picture’s freaking me the frack out.
Ditto, kemtee. That picture is just AWFUL (and perfect). Thx for the memories!
What she said was pretty horrible, and she’s getting the appropriate grief handed to her for it. However, I find it very interesting that many of the people condemning her for her words, are the very people who bend over backwards to give M. Amidenijad speaking platforms in this very country and don’t seem to want to “offend” him. Yeah, which one of those two people is actively seeking a weapon to accomplish the ridding of Jews from Israel?
Hey, it took me a long time to find a pretty photo of Helen Thomas. Y’all are so unappreciative.