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| HELEN THOMAS Guess Who Isn't Coming To Dinner? by Judith Haney USNEWSLINK/November 30, 2001 Is it just me, or is Helen Thomas, the "dean" of the White House press corps, losing her edge? Helen's latest contribution to the world's literary treasures, It's The People's White House, condemns the Secret Service and President and Mrs. Bush for closing the White House to public tours during war time. Well, it's "our" house, Helen's and mine, and millions of the rest of Americans, and Helen shall not have the last word on this issue. Frankly, Helen is acting like a spoiled brat. During the years prior to the Clinton Administration, Helen enjoyed free and unencumbered access to all of the offices in the West Wing. She had hung around the White House for so many years that nobody dared confront her intrusive conduct. But, Helen's liberal access to the West Wing stopped with the Clinton presidency. And Helen never got over it. She ranted and she railed against the Clintons for months before settling down about not being able to pass through the guarded entrance to the West Wing offices from the press room. Now she is railing against the Bushes for using common sense in closing the nation's house to the public in the interest of reducing access to it by terrorists. Has Helen lost touch with reality? Doesn't she understand that there is nothing, absolutely NOTHING, a terrorist would like more than to destroy the White House structure, and kill hundreds of staff, visitors, tourists, the President, First Lady, and as many others as they could? I wish Helen would pick on someone her own size, say the Pentagon for instance. Leave Laura Bush alone! I'm sure if Helen asked nicely she would get an engraved invitation from Mrs. Bush to view this year's Christmas decorations complete with Gingerbread House, etc., which she so jealously mentioned in her latest tome. Helen's thesis, i.e., that "the people won't get to tour the White House this year", really means HELEN won't get to see the White House decorations this year. So here's a piece of advice to the Bushes. Invite Helen to brunch, ask her to bring her favorite nieces and nephews, etc., and let Helen see the Christmas decorations. Please do this in the interest of saving us all from further tirades by the "dean" of the White House press corps. I don't think I can stand another fight started by Helen and finished by Helen. It wears me out, it really, really does! Here's an idea. Let's send Helen to Afghanistan. She would make hash of the Taliban in short order and still get home in ample time to view the White House Christmas decorations! After all, as Helen says, it isn't "our" style to cave in so quickly! And as Helen further says, "If we conquered the Nazis, the fascists and the communists, why not terrorists, elusive as they are"? And then, by gosh, just as soon as we conquer the terrorists, EVERYBODY, including Helen Thomas, can see the White House Christmas decorations! |
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