Helen Thomas weighs in on Obama press conference

[rclark23]

Police State! .... when will we say ENOUGH with this?

The president is a TRAITOR to his Constitution (the law by The People) and to his country, as some would argue.

Obama, a Constitutional Lawyer, now can effectively and warrantLESSly wiretap, indefinitely detain, and kill any American he wants; without any available recourse for the individual or family of.

Obama, just like Bush, needs to be impeached for not withholding the Constitution as he is sworn to do!

Resist their Tyranny.

[fivestarmichael]

I have seen both John Stewart and Bill Maher make fun of Obama... now Helen Thomas is bashing him? There is no way this guy is going to get a second term.

[hamid495]

Helen for presidency....................­.

She is saying what most Americans will say. They are getting sick of Israel, misusing the support and make USA look bad internationally. Every time Israel does some thing stupid, USA gets blame for it.

[kocheeseiest]

There are so many different types of people in america, there's gonna be complaining no matter what, but the complaining doesnt really accomplish much, if the world was run based on comments on youtube it would be idiocracy, quick.

[koure1]

GO HELEN GO

[WorldIslamicOrder]

YES HE IS A COMMUNIST PROFESSOR.

[darkiz7]

the jew! THE JEW!!! AAAAHHHHHHHHH

[joshuacalebm]

Lady just retire already and watch Matlock all day

[Dontouchmyipod]

Helen Thomas is a legend .

[Daisytoo]

@Dontouchmyipod

A legend? She's more like a living nightmare.

[Dontouchmyipod]

@Daisytoo your very annoyed with the truth aren't you

[daPlumber702]

@Dontouchmyipod get a life

[daPlumber702]

@Dontouchmyipod and you are a maroon

[Dontouchmyipod]

@daPlumber702 your a republican ...which is way worst ;)

[Tecunuman007]

Arrogance is more important than knowledge. sweet talker

[sanchopanza123]

damn I almost jumped out of my chair when I saw her! she is lovely though and smart!

[daPlumber702]

@sanchopanza123 lovely? smart? do you have the ability to read what you're writing? The ladies a freaking invalid. Most people that could be compaired to the which are in retirement homes, or underneath houses with their feet curled up to their knees. (wicked witch reference... thought you might need the help figuring out where i was coming from on that one since you think this lady is "smart")

[mdjbm]

some one needs to bury this rotting corpse before it starts stinking. oh I'm sorry, i didn't realize that this putrid bag of bones was still alive.

[valornetwork]

He DOES know who has nukes. It's that he just doesn't want to say. He didn't deny knowing either. They moved "USA's" WMD's to China, then they moved them to North Korea. Not something that can be done overnight; but something you would do at night and not in broad daylight. These are the works of "evil". Problem is, they want to "survive" by killing off the competition, even though they don't know they're in the fight for their lives...

[rinkichamkar]

Wait a minute ! Did she just say (at 0:23 ) that President Obama knew the questions beforehand and (at 0:34 ) said that he did "his homework" and the conference went smoothly ? In that case, I think it would be a good idea to give students all over the US questions beforehand and then they would give the correct answers ... everyone gets an A ! yay !

No wonder this country is going down the tube.

[WiLLiE069]

nope. Try to understand what Helen was saying. That Obama expected what would the questions be (e.g. economy, peace, etc.) at (0:34) based on what the expected questions would be. Obama prepared for the answers so that he wouldn't be the Palin-sque kind of interviewee who have no idea what to say about the topic.

[daPlumber702]

@WiLLiE069 and you seriously think that's the truth? He was GIVEN a list of questions, that came from a list of questions given to the press. And then those questions were scripted around (as to not answer anything) and put on a teleprompter for him to read. It's how the O rolls!

[rinkichamkar]

@RetroGameKid,

You are ignoring a third possibility -> You are a moron.

[rinkichamkar]

@RetroGameKid, Yeah.

[mrfinn9]

Helen Thomas has been in the mix and observing politics for over 5 decades. We should probably listen to her.

[Croscros72]

When the elderly don't know when to hang up the spurs, they need to be ridiculed into silence. I know it's harsh, but if you can't trust an old yenta behind the wheel of her Buick, you sure can't trust her in the briefing room.

Would you feel comfortable if Helen Thomas was trying to pass you on a two lane freeway? Me neither.

[LiberalshateAmerica]

croscros- She has been this nuts for years!

[SHAMSHAM1090]

by being serious and focussed

does that mean going on the tonight show

during the economic crisis

[mrtyles]

why the hell are half the comments (presumably those that are kind to helen) being spammed? How come I can't even click show to see these comments? Why is there so much censorship. Assholes.

[mrtyles]

why do people write such bigoted comments? you people are fucking ignorant. this old woman has more brains and guts than any of you have. anyone who accuses people of being neo-Marxist is a brainwashed redneck who's never been down the street of his town.

[mrtyles]

helen thomas is great! let us all question authority.

[letzteschlact2]

Dissent is Patriotic-hillaryrclinton

... unless you're a Republican ... then ... Dissent is a Hate Crime

... unless you disagree with outrageous taxes ... then ... dissent is racism 'straight up'

... unless you speak out against 'prepackaged conferences' ... then ... you are a racist 'straight up'

[Fcuk0bama]

I wonder if her face hurts because it's so ugly.

[3rdWorldInvasion]

Aaaahh!!

[mistortugas]

She's great

[RSnelli]

Helen the only one there not bought and paid for. She rocks.

[USA4July1776]

She's bought and paid for the people you like; the neo-Marxist leftists, that's why you pretend that she's neutral when it is obvious that she is not.

[bigstuff52]

@USA4July1776 go fuck yourself repug

[Whiteberry77]

This woman is incredibly stupid.

[banduril]

Look at how dumb you are

[Fcuk0bama]

Yeah banduril, look hard in that mirror.

[jeick]

The wicked witch of the east!

[scribe63]

she should retire

[darsal123]

put the cone hat on!

[darsal123]

She looks like a lovely witch!l lol

[kaduisaui]

I bet most of the journalists that can go to these conferences are too afraid to ask serious questions. If they start a line of questioning which the answers might embarrass someone in office or exposes corruption at high levels of Government then they might lose their jobs. Or worse...

[LukeUlrich42]

I think her career is about done.

[pinz2022]

Obama had better get with the program. Helen Thomas wants a dem president who will dance-monkey-dance when she cracks her whip.

If he doesn't hop to it and start condemning Isreal for having a nuclear arsenal when she prompts him things are going to get mighty unpleasant for him PDQ.

[MoveOnGuyForMcCain]

Helen Thomas is great!

[sig0]

troll

[xleax]

Can you say "In the tank for Obama"

Helen is a "so-called" liberal.

;)

[easymike]

Obama will be the ninth president that Helen Thomas has covered as a journalist and she hasn't been "in the tank for one yet. Why would she pick Obama to go in the tank for after 60 years as a journalist? BTW Ms Thomas isn't a so called liberal, she IS a liberal. So what xleax?

[xleax]

That Helen is a "so-called" liberal was making fun of her Obama question where she said "so-callled terrorists". I thought that was obvious, but I have to explain my jokes I guess.

Well she probably voted for him and you can tell she likes him a lot better than Bush.

[easymike]

Ok I get the humor.

Liking Obama better than Bush is a no brainer for all but the 26% fact deficient, Archie Bunker type ditto heads and ideologically obligated buffoons. I like his intellect and pragmatism but I am not "in the tank" for him or any other politician and neither is Helen. As I said, she has a track record of not being in the tank for any president.

[xleax]

I think really she wants him to lean more left - abandon all war and let the genocide begin.

If he's pragmatic he won't let that happen. I think he won't

[easymike]

YOU THINK she wants him to lean more left - abandon all war and let the genocide begin? Do I have to tell you how ridiculous this sounds? Even if your mind reading were accurate, do you think that war belongs the right only? Do you think that any sane person WANTS genocide? For that matter, why would any sane person think that war is a solution? How about a few facts and a little data to back up your baseless FEELINGS? Don't we get enough sensationalized fact free bullsh*t from corporate media?

[xleax]

Facts? Terrorists are real. So excuse me of being suspicious of anyone who calls terrorists"so-called terrorists" after 9/11.

But yeah I don't know if she's for immediete withdrawl from Iraq. You tell me.

[easymike]

Are you one of those misguided folk who thinks that the war in Iraq will prevent terrorism?

Besides, not everyone Bushco called a terrorist WAS a terrorist as we well know.

So "called terrorists" works for me since I fear miss-informing, fear-mongering, opportunistic, bullsh*t spreading wingnuts more that I do terrorists.

[xleax]

Well Saddam was very supportive of terrorism and was planning an attack on US, so yes.

Besides he was killing his own people, similar to what Milosevic was doing. And we all know how that ended.

[easymike]

That is complete Bullsh*t. You obviously know nothing of his regime. Saddam did NOT tolerate terrorists and was not planning to attack the U.S. You've bought the Bushco, wingnut propaganda.

[xleax]

BBC, June 18 2004

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that after the 9/11 attacks Moscow warned Washington that Saddam Hussein was planning attacks on the US.

"After the events of 11 September 2001, and before the start of the military operation in Iraq, Russian special services several times received such information and passed it on to their American colleagues," he told reporters.

"Despite that information... Russia's position on Iraq remains unchanged," he said.

[easymike]

So What? This is meaningless rhetoric. Do a little research on what our own intelligence says. Check out the 9/11 report. Stop feeding your need for propaganda that supports an unnecessary and illegal war.

Putin indeed! Good Grief!

[xleax]

The fact that Russian intelligence found out that Iraq was planning an attack, multiple times, even though Putin was against the US war in Iraq is interesting, indeed.

And then you have George Tennet telling Bush that Saddam's having WMD's is a "slam dunk". Other intelligences around the world also thought Iraq had WMD's.

Iraq Liberation Act (1998) signed by Bill Clinton.

So that together with the context, which is a good year after 9/11, gave Bush little choise but to act on Iraq.

[easymike]

All debunked by the 9/11 commission.

[xleax]

I'm citing facts - I'd like you to quote where the 9/11 report debunks anything I wrote here.

If you make the blanket statment, back it up.

[easymike]

You are citing well know propaganda. Google 911 commission report, download the PDF file read it and show me where it supports your baseless allegations.

[xleax]

Russian intelligence spreading propaganda (even though Putin was against Iraq war)? No.

Is Iraq liberation act fiction? No.

Did George Tennet, Tony Blair and other intelligences believe that Iraq has WMD's? Yes

So I don't know what your beef is with that.

Based on your refusal to cite examples from the 9/11 comission report that support your case, I have a feeling I'll have a very hard time finding anything that supports your case too, but I may be wrong.

[easymike]

What Tennet, Blair, Bush, Cheney, etal SAID they believed and sold to the American public is irrelevant. The 911 report shows that evidence to the contrary was deliberately obscured and omitted.

[xleax]

Like what?

[ObamaIsUnAmerican]

Exactly, no answer from easymike... he's full of self-serving unsubstantiated conspiratorial bullshit.

[xleax]

Right.

What's with the Obama picture making him look like Hitler? Do you think Americans elected a Nazi? Come on man. You're no different than the far-left guys that were taking stabs at Bush anytime he misspoke, only you're on the other side of the spectrum.

[bigjaytexas]

How does Obama know what Iran wants,and does not know what Israel has,he as good as lied.

[aradinstud]

Can someone tell this nasty looking bitch it is time to retire?

[elwoodin]

this woman is nothing but a liberal who hates anything that doesn't believe as she does, and she will never ever find anything wrong with obama......even if he blew up the white house I think. She has nothing to say that would interest me.

[easymike]

You obviously don't know didley about Helen Thomas or the history of journalism. Helen has been reporting for 65 years and covering presidents for nearly 50. Being a Republican or Democratic president has never effected her reporting. She has more journalistic ethics in her little finger than any 10 wanabe's or pundits. If you can prove otherwise start dredging up examples elwoodin. You can start with example of hatred.

[kaduisaui]

I bet she got a lot more out Obama's first conference than she did in the last 8 years. At least she got a lot less monkey business and disrespect.

[easymike]

No doubt, kaduisaui!

[honkywill]

Thank you for your service to this country, Helen!

[TheRealCritique]

I appreciate her pushing on the question of nuclear weapons, but why the hell would he give away that kind of classified intelligence at a press conference and not during a major conference where the parties themselves admit it? Sorry, but beyond preposterous to expect him to answer that question at that time.

[sig0]

What a horrible miserable old troll of a woman. She's a relic of a dieing media that has no business taking up space in the WH press room.

[TPAUSA]

LOL, talk about dieing media: Have you seen how desperate and bitchy FoxNews is behaving lately? They seem not to know where to spit their "fair and balanced" pearls.. At least they have the 28 or so percent fringe as a consolation prize =) That's some lively media right there.

[GoldenInk]

I love you Helen, you are the voice of everyone smart enough to know, but without the ability to speak.

[NicosNicosNicosNicos]

I just heard the press conference questions. "So-called terrorists"!! Brilliant.

Thank you for questioning this nonsense.

[RiyazGuerra]

Helen the Israeli elections were the next day so it wasn't the best time for such a revelation on his part.

But now that the elections are over, please pose the question directly again just the way you framed it here. Ask him why should we ask Iran to stop nuclear weapons development when Israel has nuclear weapons.

[sateliteoflove202]

Give em hell Helen!

[Fcuk0bama]

Hell is all she has to give.