Editing Cal Thomas' "Helen Thomas' Other Sin"

HELEN THOMAS' OTHER SIN

BY CAL THOMAS (and Mike McHone)


The original drivel is spewed by Cal Thomas, a guy that contributes to Fox News. The bold and beautiful comments are by Mike McHone.



The real question about Helen Thomas' (I wonder if she's related to Cal Thomas?) abrupt departure from her job as a syndicated columnist and from her speaker's bureau is: what took so long? (Fox was busy bashing that black guy in the White House?)

Thomas' (no relation) (well, that answers my question) views about Jews, Israel and Arabs have been know for many years. She has spoken in private -- and in public -- against Israel and the Jewish people and for the Palestinians and Arabs for as long as I can remember. This time, though, her remarks were caught on video by a rabbi at a White House event observing Jewish Heritage. It was a perfect, bigoted storm. (Yes, dear Jehova, how dare those Jews be so Jewy!!! I mean... Wait, did you say she was going to a JEWISH HERITAGE EVENT?!)

The White House Correspondents Association, which surely knew of her views, (and if she were a real, dyed in wool yarmulke anti-Semite, she would've probably been invited to the Oval Office by Nixon, LBJ, or even Billy Graham for a little one on one Jew-hatin' fest.) allowed Thomas to have the first row, middle seat at White House press briefings and front row status at rare presidential news conferences. (How dare a woman who's been on the same job for nearly 60 years be afforded such luxury! The next thing you know, she's gonna want BENEFITS and SOCIAL SECURITY when she retires! The fucking nerve!) If she were a conservative who held racist or misogynist views, she surely would have been gone much sooner. Some prejudices are tolerated more than others. (Yeah! Christ, I mean if, say, Ann Coulter called Thomas' an "old Arab" - pronounced "Ay-Raab" - she would've more than likely lost her job... Oh, wait! NO SHE DIDN'T, ASSFACE: http://www.moveleft.com/moveleft_essay_2005_02_27_lust_ann_coulter_makes_racist_remark_about_reporter_helen_thomas.asp)

Helen Thomas is not alone. (Neither are we in the universe, Cal.) Other journalists share similar views about Israel and Jews. Instead of being embarrassed by her, someone should demand a survey be taken of all other correspondents to see if they share her opinions. (Are you trying to tell me that people who tout themselves to be a part of a mainstream media actually let their bias slip into their stories? Well, thank Allah we have Fox to point this out for us!)

Helen Thomas' real sin -- in addition to the obvious -- is that she exposed Washington journalists as having strong personal opinions about the subjects they cover. (I just don't get this whole bias thing. Again, thank L. Ron Hubbard for Fox!) And so she had to be expelled from the fraternity/sorority of "objective" and "unbiased" journalists who only report and let us decide. Sure! (Oh, I see waht you did there, with the whole "report" and "decide" thing! Clever! And by "clever" I mean "You're a twat, now die in a fire.")