Here was the exchange with Helen Thomas and a reporter:

Q: Any comments on Israel?

HT: Tell them to get the hell out of Palestine. Remember, these people are occupied and it's their land. It's not German, it's not Polish.

Q: So where should they go, what should they do?

HT: Go home.

Q: Where is the home?

HT: Poland. Germany.

Q: So you're saying Jews go back to Poland, Germany?

HT: And America and everywhere else.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQcQdWBqt14

Question is, will Helen Thomas be fired and will the left come out guns a blazing as they would were you to insert another ethnic group in for where she says Jews.

Some of the liberal groups are in a frenzy right now because they don't know how to react because they want to protect her but some are genuinely outraged.

My guess is she will be gone soon, but you just never know if the media chooses to turn a blind eye to this.

she tried to weasel out later
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/04/white-house-reporter-helen-thomas-apologizes-saying-jews-hell-palestine/
but hopefully she is gone.

isadore;380394 wrote:she tried to weasel out later
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/04/white-house-reporter-helen-thomas-apologizes-saying-jews-hell-palestine/
but hopefully she is gone.

I doubt she'll be gone....just not so visible. And you are correct....she is a weasel.

She doesn't make any sense lol! When I think of Judaism, Germany or Poland does not come to mind... historically.
She must be getting some form of dementia...

Just more garbage being spewed from the liberal leftwing media. What a skank.

Other than Fox News I have seen almost zero coverage or outrage on this. Where is Al Sharpton, where is the mainstream media that formed a lynch mob after the Imus incident and demanded jobs?

The media seems to be rallying around and protecting one of their own right now with a veil of silence about the incident.

it was discussed by a panel on reliable sources on cnn this morning. some fire the anitsemite. some cut senile old hag some slack.

Two former whitehouse spokesmen say she should be fired.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/06/ari-fleischer-helen-thomas-fired/


This is an outrage, and the rascism in these comments is beyond belief. We all know the left rings the bell of rascism, but when they practice it themselves they're given a pass.

Mr. 300;381089 wrote:Two former whitehouse spokesmen say she should be fired.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/06/ari-fleischer-helen-thomas-fired/


This is an outrage, and the rascism in these comments is beyond belief. We all know the left rings the bell of rascism, but when they practice it themselves they're given a pass.

That is what I am saying. Can you imagine the shear rage that would be going on had this comment been said about say blacks and then Africe instead of Jews and Germay, Reverand Al would be shutting the world down right now and threatening a nuclear holocaust he would be so angry.

Since a comment disparaging an ethnic group was made by a member of the liberal elite though it is ignored largely by the lamestream media.

Mr. 300;380448 wrote:



Howard Cosell looks good in blue.

shouldn't the Muslims get the hell out of Palestine? You know, if you follow the whole "who was there first" rule?

LJ;381264 wrote:shouldn't the Muslims get the hell out of Palestine? You know, if you follow the whole "who was there first" rule?

This will work as long as we send the Jews back to Egypt as slaves...

Maybe they can find the ark on the 40 year walk back.

Mr. 300;380448 wrote:
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...How the hell did Nanna get out of the home without anyone seeing her leave. If anybody sees here, take her to Green Valley Retirement Home, she's missing quilt class.

I thought the Palestinians were desert nomads who NEVER had a land that was their own. When offered they refused and wanted to fight instead, and got their asses kicked. At least that 's what history has said.

It might be time for Helen to consider retirement.

Thread Bomber;381440 wrote:This will work as long as we send the Jews back to Egypt as slaves...

Maybe they can find the ark on the 40 year walk back.

Keep going back farther and the Jews were in what is "modern" Israel before they went to Egypt...I wonder how far we take that discussion back?


On topic, of course the main stream media will not be outraged over this, its one of their own lefties. If this were said by some conservative like Rush Limbaugh or Beck, Hannity, whatever they would have pitchforks and torches out.

Mr. 300;381491 wrote:I thought the Palestinians were desert nomads who NEVER had a land that was their own. When offered they refused and wanted to fight instead, and got their asses kicked. At least that 's what history has said.

Please don't insert historical facts to the liberals, they don't want them to cloud their opinions.

Whoever posted that picture should be permabanned, or at least be forced to post a hottie pic in order to redeem themselves.

Went back 50 years or so....



It didn't get much better

IggyPride00;381065 wrote:Other than Fox News I have seen almost zero coverage or outrage on this. Where is Al Sharpton, where is the mainstream media that formed a lynch mob after the Imus incident and demanded jobs?

The media seems to be rallying around and protecting one of their own right now with a veil of silence about the incident.

Saw it on Morning Joe this morning, and all agreed it was pretty bad and she should retire.
It was just awful, and no excuse for her. But, she has been really, really bad of late, letting her bias come through.
I think it is time for her to retire.

The lack of outrage by the media to reign in one of their own has been quite telling.

Yet another black mark against an industry that continues to punch itself in the face at just about every opportunity.

Helen Thomas has been a bad joke in media circles for a long time now, yet the White House Press Corps treats her with the kind of respect that should be reserved for someone at the top of the profession, not someone who is the butt of jokes.

If any other public person had made this comment, they would have immediately lost their job.

I see no reason she should be given a pass on this.

Welp, she just announced her retirement, effective immediately.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/06/gibbs-helen-thomas-remarks-off.html?hpid=topnews

The White House also came out pretty strongly against the remarks. I've heard no one of legitimacy defend her.

Serious question here:

Let's turn around what she said into another argument. How many of you think we should give the US back to the Native American Indians? Technically, it was their land first and we took it from them through war, shouldn't we give this land back to them? My point is, the Jewish people lost their homeland, and because we felt bad after WWII, we gave them their homeland back by stealing land from the Palestinians. If you are going to say the Jewish people should have the Isreal area because they were there first, then you should also feel the Indians should have the US back, unless you are a pragmatist, which means you'll give different biased valuations of each situation presented.

Furthermore, I don't really see the problem with Hamas. They were democratically elected and they have agreed to let the Jewish people keep the original homeland given to them, a HUGE concession, as long as they give back areas they've gained through war, like the Gaza Strip and West Bank areas. It's the Isrealites who won't agree to this and continue to push harsh penalities on foreign nations, all the while building more settlements on Palestinian land.

bigmanbt;381603 wrote:Serious question here:

Let's turn around what she said into another argument. How many of you think we should give the US back to the Native American Indians? Technically, it was their land first and we took it from them through war, shouldn't we give this land back to them? My point is, the Jewish people lost their homeland, and because we felt bad after WWII, we gave them their homeland back by stealing land from the Palestinians. If you are going to say the Jewish people should have the Isreal area because they were there first, then you should also feel the Indians should have the US back, unless you are a pragmatist, which means you'll give different biased valuations of each situation presented.

Not that simplistic. Land was fractured after the Ottoman Empire and the British Mandate. Even before then, Jews and Christians lived in different areas in the area known as "Palestine".

Furthermore, I don't really see the problem with Hamas. They were democratically elected and they have agreed to let the Jewish people keep the original homeland given to them, a HUGE concession, as long as they give back areas they've gained through war, like the Gaza Strip and West Bank areas. It's the Isrealites who won't agree to this and continue to push harsh penalities on foreign nations, all the while building more settlements on Palestinian land.

Hamas is a terrorist organization that needs to at the very least formally recognize the state of Israel and its right to exist at least pre-1967 borders. Until then, they have little credibility to the Israelis. Also, yes they were elected, but then they nearly threw away that legitimacy with the full take over of Gaza in 07.

I've always said, the region is more complex than people think. The issue does not fit into a nice and neat box of comparisons or good vs. evil.

ptown_trojans_1;381609 wrote:Not that simplistic. Land was fractured after the Ottoman Empire and the British Mandate. Even before then, Jews and Christians lived in different areas in the area known as "Palestine".

If Jews and Christians lived there before, why the need to establish a Jewish nation? Why not a Christian nation as well? Looking over some stuff on wiki (I know it's not always right), it said Jews and Christians were allowed to live peacefully in the area and weren't even subject to Muslim Law. Why the need to interfere? It seems that all we've done is make the Muslim people hate the Jewish people and faith and turn the area into a warzone with the intervention of the UN.