news…

Tell you what, you keep the trailer folk and we’ll take all the old people….

honora on March 19, 2007 at 1:18 PM

It’s never that ‘black and white’, in the sense of simple. There are many in the trailer dwellings and from the AARP who’ll vote either way.

I generally don’t call old people anything bad and do respect them and their experiences a lot. Was brought up with 3 generations to most every hous.

In this case, however, she’s asked for much of the bashing by her own diatribes and really strange allegiances.

Your side will need all those votes in ‘08 – with this kind of elitism, you won’t get them.

Entelechy on March 19, 2007 at 12:38 PM

Touche. Now what kind of “ism” refers to an 80 something woman as “old hag”, “battleax”, “prunea”, “raving nag” and that perennial favorite “Middle East origin”?

Tell you what, you keep the trailer folk and we’ll take all the old people….

Which is rather like having the nicest home in a trailer park.

honora on March 19, 2007 at 10:57 AM

Your side will need all those votes in ’08 – with this kind of elitism, you won’t get them.

The battleship reference seems appropriate, just not in this context.

Coyote D. on March 18, 2007 at 10:16 AM

I think you mean Battleaxe.

Boy, they really stuck it to FoxNews! Take that!…Oh wait, FNC will still have better ratings than all of them. If I were Fox, I’d request a seat at the other end of the room from Helen Thomas. Of course, that means they probably have to sit behind David Gregory. Oh well, at the end of the day, it’s just a seat and they’re gonna get called on, so it’s probably no big deal.

CP on March 17, 2007 at 7:06 PM

Than all of whom? FNC has the highest cable news ratings. Which is rather like having the nicest home in a trailer park.

Bush continues his pattern of giving kindness to those who openly despise him. I guess he doesn’t care if it’s ever reciprocated. It could be said that he’s truly living his Christian faith, but his presidency is in shambles partly because he rarely fights back against his critics.

I agree with every word you wrote. I wish Bush would stop being such as gentle wuss.

He’s not living any Christian faith. Jesus wasn’t Mister Rogers

I love this quote, and it gives me an excuse to post one of my favorite poems:

Arma Virumque
By Ambrose Bierce

“Ours is a Christian army”; so he said
A regiment of bangomen who led.
“And ours a Christian navy,” added he
Who sailed a thunder-junk upon the sea.
Better they know than men unwarlike do
What is an army, and a navy too.
Pray God there may be sent them by-and-by
The knowledge what a Christian is, and why.
For somewhat lamely the conception runs
Of a brass-buttoned Jesus firing guns.

The face that launched a thousand ships……….

PinkyBigglesworth on March 17, 2007 at 8:55 PM

The battleship reference seems appropriate, just not in this context.

Bush continues his pattern of giving kindness to those who openly despise him. I guess he doesn’t care if it’s ever reciprocated. It could be said that he’s truly living his Christian faith, but his presidency is in shambles partly because he rarely fights back against his critics.

liberty on March 17, 2007 at 4:24 PM

He’s not living any Christian faith. Jesus wasn’t Mister Rogers, he slammed his critics with everything he had. Something Bush should definitely make a note of.

Bush continues his pattern of giving kindness to those who openly despise him. I guess he doesn’t care if it’s ever reciprocated. It could be said that he’s truly living his Christian faith, but his presidency is in shambles partly because he rarely fights back against his critics.

liberty on March 17, 2007 at 4:24 PM

He’s not living any Christian faith. Jesus wasn’t Mister Rogers, he slammed his critics with everything he had. Something Bush should definitely make a note of.

Helen apparently hates bloggers.
The only realistic reason that could possibly be is that the blogisphere has essentially raised the bar for journalists and Helen couldn’t reach the bar before.
A lack of bias and some sense of competence evade her.

Speakup on March 17, 2007 at 6:39 PM

She likely hates bloggers because she’s too emabarrassed to admit she has no clue about how to run a ‘puter.

Course, your reason works just as well…

…sitting in her front row seat, harrassing Tony in full view of the cameras, scribbling with her coal and slate.

If Snow has any media sense at all, he will call on this old hag every chance he gets, within the first 5 minutes of starting.

It will be a chance to show every American what a raving nag she is.

- The Cat

Bush continues his pattern of giving kindness to those who openly despise him. I guess he doesn’t care if it’s ever reciprocated. It could be said that he’s truly living his Christian faith, but his presidency is in shambles partly because he rarely fights back against his critics.

liberty on March 17, 2007 at 4:24 PM

There is a huge difference between turning the other cheek to a personal enemy and turning the other cheek to a political enemy.

Duel at dawn for the fair maiden…prepare to give your life for the one you so love.

right2bright on March 17, 2007 at 4:46 PM

Dawn it is, kind sir………….. Hellen! HELLEN!

The face that launched a thousand ships……….

Tony Snow has a pretty good vantage point.

Bitching about Bush now won’t help get Rudy, Mitt or whoever elected next year. Any kind of negativity, even Bush negativity, will affect 2008, so toughen up. It’s going to get worse before it gets better.