Helen Thomas on Katie Couric’s Palin interviews: “She saved the country”
posted at 6:52 pm on May 21, 2009 by Allahpundit
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This was one of her lines at last night’s roast of Couric, but I don’t think she’s joking. Leave it to Aunt Bethany to miss the point of the evening, just like she’s been missing the point of asking useful, probative questions at the daily White House presser for decades. There’s an interesting admission buried here: Is she implying that McCain/Palin would have won but for the Couric trainwreck? I’ve never heard anyone on either side seriously suggest that. I guess it takes years of taking up space in the briefing room, muttering questions about Israel, to develop that sort of political acuity.
Axelrod joined in on the fun with Palin too, of course:
Most punch lines included ratings, Sarah Palin and colonoscopies– or an odd combination of the three…
“People were surprised by the intensity of that interview with Sarah Palin, but I wasn’t. To me, it made perfect sense. After all, Katie has made it her civic responsibility to conduct public colonoscopies. But I’m sure that will be the butt of a lot of jokes tonight.” -Axelrod
I wonder how Katie feels knowing that her long career in TV news will likely be most remembered for (a) having her colon examined on camera and (b) asking the question, “So, what do you like to read?” Oh — you’ll be pleased to know that Huckabee was there too, laughing along. Which, given his perspective on the Couric/Palin interview, isn’t a surprise.
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Who killed Allah and made him a gallant champion of Palin?
promachus on May 21, 2009 at 6:53 PM
This is our administration. These are our overlords.
Classy!!!
Schadenfreude on May 21, 2009 at 6:55 PM
If one had never heard of Sarah Palin before, all one would need to know to understand how good she would be for America is that Helen Thomas hates her.
MikeA on May 21, 2009 at 6:55 PM
and helped give us Biden.
rob verdi on May 21, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Is Huckabee kissing everyones ass lately?
Firebird on May 21, 2009 at 6:56 PM
She is right on Israel but wrong on Obama saving the country.
The Dean on May 21, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Aren’t roasts supposed to poke fun of the guest…not some third party political opponent? I guess not in Obamerica.
AUINSC on May 21, 2009 at 6:56 PM
I’d rather go through a colonoscopy than watch a Katie interview
conservnut on May 21, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Too bad someone hasn’t saved us from Helen…
She’ll probably die in that seat of hers at the White House and no one will know the difference.
ayrab on May 21, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Helen Thomas is completely right! I feel so much safer with Joe Biden as Vice President. Whew!
/sarc
terryannonline on May 21, 2009 at 6:58 PM
When an esteemed doyenne who been on the earth 80 years falls for the demagoguery of Obama is there any wonder that women 50 years younger fawn over Obama and if it weren’t were Michelle would be his personal slave.
And of course with this segment of the population Sarah Palin is really dangerous and if she were the VP under McCain she would destroy America and do 100 times more to damage America than the idiot Joe Biden has.
technopeasant on May 21, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Pretty powerful stuff. Not her achievement, obviously. She was at the right place at the right time. But still.
radiofreevillage on May 21, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Helen Thomas is dinosaur who needs to stop being let out in public.
upinak on May 21, 2009 at 6:59 PM
i thought liz lemon saved the country!
homesickamerican on May 21, 2009 at 6:59 PM
I was going to say that the flies and stench would give it away. But probably not.
conservnut on May 21, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Huckaphony, you hanging out with these jerks tells me more about you than anything else.
Karma is going to bite these people in the ass.
Axelrod seems to be a misogynist. He has that slimy quality.
jencab on May 21, 2009 at 7:00 PM
we’ll know the difference because she will be asking better questions.
homesickamerican on May 21, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Who even cares what that senial old troll thinks?
SnakeintheGrass on May 21, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Oh the Irony:
http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/site/couric.html
Talk about a foot in mouth moment.
ihasurnominashun on May 21, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Bias what bias?
Theworldisnotenough on May 21, 2009 at 7:03 PM
I wonder if Helen Thomas would have her colon examined on camera…………..?
Seven Percent Solution on May 21, 2009 at 7:04 PM
In a way from a long-term point of view Helen Thomas may be right. Because McCain was defeated, the conservatives have been presented a righteous argument to rebrand the Republican party. With McCain in office that would not have been possible; in addition Sarah Palin would have been tied at the hip with McCain and her Reagan conservatism obscured by McCain’s RINO agenda.
In 2012 Sarah will be able to run free of McCain and his maverick ideas, help to rebrand the Republican party as a conservative party and finally maybe defeat Obama and save America.
Perhaps Helen you will eventually be right.
technopeasant on May 21, 2009 at 7:05 PM
So Axelrod’s “joke” about Carrie Prejean being a dog was just a warm-up.
Don’t quit your day job, Dave. Wait, what am I saying? Quit your day job. Just don’t go into stand-up.
Karl on May 21, 2009 at 7:05 PM
I bet you Palin or Katie could kick Axelrod’s ass.
I’d give you even money against Helen…
BigWyo on May 21, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Mike Huckabee is a walking joke.
V15J on May 21, 2009 at 7:05 PM
I wonder how it feels to be that close to death and be so full of hate. Helen Thomas will die in the briefing room. It is all she has.
volsense on May 21, 2009 at 7:05 PM
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” – Ghandi
Looking forward to a huge ‘Cuda win!
yogi41 on May 21, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Well that wrecked my supper! thanks
conservnut on May 21, 2009 at 7:06 PM
She always opens her yap at the pressers, so you can see right in.
Karl on May 21, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Goodness, the Dems step in that steaming stuff with every step.
If it wasn’t for the fact that the walking corpse has had a front row seat since the last ice age, Reagan should have kicked its ass out in the 80’s. There is no journalism in that blob.
PappaMac on May 21, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Gack!!!
canopfor on May 21, 2009 at 7:07 PM
He’ll go to 3rd base for a campaign contribution.
portlandon on May 21, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Sorry………..
………. maybe I should have added that the exam would take place after her bikini wax job.
Seven Percent Solution on May 21, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Thanks to Couric’s tough interview we finally know the location of the Super Secret Bunker.
innominatus on May 21, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Isn’t Oil made of dinosaurs? Somebody drill her, she might be worth a barrel of crude.
portlandon on May 21, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Thanks AP for not posting a picture of Helen Thomas.
terryannonline on May 21, 2009 at 7:11 PM
NO WAY!!! Not for $61 a Barrel.
PappaMac on May 21, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Thank you AP for not putting that hag Helen’s picture on the thread, I’ll be able to keep my lunch down now…
Liberty or Death on May 21, 2009 at 7:16 PM
fify
Y-not on May 21, 2009 at 7:17 PM
Heh, great minds and all that…
Liberty or Death on May 21, 2009 at 7:17 PM
Now I know who the local Ronulan Sturmbannfuhrer is….
dmh0667 on May 21, 2009 at 7:17 PM
When I read that out loud the cat hocked up a hairball.
conservnut on May 21, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Huckawhore. I can’t wait to vote against him in the primaries.
Punchenko on May 21, 2009 at 7:18 PM
….after her bikini wax job…
Seven Percent Solution on May 21,2009 at 7:09PM.
Seven Percent Solution: That would be tough slog,
through all the brush and dead
trees,best use a Caterpillar
skidder!!hehe:)
canopfor on May 21, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Helen died years ago. what you see in the chair currently is the result of necromancy. Damned Necromancers!!!
I think I just threw up a little….
FontanaConservative on May 21, 2009 at 7:18 PM
If I’m not mistaken, didn’t Katie Couric’s husband die of colon cancer or do I have her mixed up with someone else?
Knucklehead on May 21, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Yep, and so do the Iranians, Syrians, Russians, Chinese, North Koreans, Hamas, Hezbollah, Al Queda,…..
jimmy2shoes on May 21, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Or maybe 19 pounds of dust….
Jesus…would you like to volunteer??
Gaaahhh…
BigWyo on May 21, 2009 at 7:21 PM
I thought it was that other old dried up buzzard Elanor Clift.
BigWyo on May 21, 2009 at 7:24 PM
When are the adults going to come back?
GarandFan on May 21, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Ed will be back Monday. Patience.
Allahpundit on May 21, 2009 at 7:26 PM
You are correct. Couric’s 42 year old husband died of colon cancer. Ironic.
ihasurnominashun on May 21, 2009 at 7:28 PM
I love Ed but you have dominated magnificently this week AP.
Good work.
conservnut on May 21, 2009 at 7:29 PM
Allahpundit on May 21, 2009 at 7:26 PM
You’ve been doing a great job holding down the fort AP.
FontanaConservative on May 21, 2009 at 7:33 PM
It was revealed in the colonoscopy.
unwashed minion on May 21, 2009 at 7:33 PM
If it wasn’t for Katie Couric’s hatchet job, Helen Thomas would have tried to get Palin with a poisoned apple.
Cicero43 on May 21, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Too bad Katie can’t save the CBS Evening News.
Screaming supersonic nosedive.
Brian1972 on May 21, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Mike Huckabee, just when I had thought you had improved, then you do something like this. Shame on you for being there and shame on you laughing at Sarah Palin.
technopeasant on May 21, 2009 at 7:36 PM
I must say Ed’s vacation has been a breath of unequivocal, masculine air.
Oh, and Thomas is a withered and disgusting bogglebo.
TMK on May 21, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Huck can go huck himself.
capitalist piglet on May 21, 2009 at 7:38 PM
It’s a good thing no one spilled a drink on old Helen, she might have melted right there, just like in the Wizard of Oz.
Brian1972 on May 21, 2009 at 7:39 PM
I am liking Huck less and less these days.
Brian1972 on May 21, 2009 at 7:40 PM
If Dick Cheney is so scary he should just shut up and go away, why does Helen Thomas get a pass?
Go away! You’ve had your 60 years, let some one else have a shot at the briefing room, preferably a hot conservative gal, like S.E. Cupp! There, that’s a better image in my head.
Brian1972 on May 21, 2009 at 7:46 PM
Palin is a true conservatives. She just vetoed over 28 million in stimulus money that the alaksan dems really wanted. Also slashed over 80 million from next years budget.
ousoonerfan15 on May 21, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Secretary of Defense Bill Gates and the people form all 57 States agree.
Basilsbest on May 21, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Here she is. Much better!
Brian1972 on May 21, 2009 at 7:50 PM
portlandon on May 21, 2009 at 7:11 PM
lorien?
cs89 on May 21, 2009 at 7:50 PM
It was the same with Dan Quayle. It’s always the people who have absolutely no room to talk who end up throwing the stones.
Think about it, there are an awful lot of people (on both sides of the aisle) who go through their whole lives being ridiculed. But the only people significantly dumber than them are institutionalized, and therefore off limits.
Then, all of a sudden they’re told by all of their closest personal friends in the world, from Big Bird to Oprah: “It is now socially acceptable for YOU to call someone ’stupid.’”
Why would we be surpised to see a feeding frenzy? It’s like offering a five-star banquet to someone who’s lived his whole life on the verge of starvation.
logis on May 21, 2009 at 7:51 PM
One of the problems with this country is we pay attention to idiots like Helen Thomas. Who gives a rat’s backside what the wormy old skag thinks?
rplat on May 21, 2009 at 7:52 PM
If we could convince Islamic terrorists that Helen Thomas is representative of the 72 Virgins, the Jihad would end tomorrow.
Basilsbest on May 21, 2009 at 7:53 PM
And the winner is……………………….
for wittiest comment.
Amadeus on May 21, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Basilsbest on May 21, 2009 at 7:53 PM
You just won the Internet.
TMK on May 21, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Oh wait,
Damn thats good!
Amadeus on May 21, 2009 at 7:55 PM
I wish Helen Thomas would just die and go to her just reward in Hell. Huckabee should just shut up and go away with the rest of the RINOs.
bill30097 on May 21, 2009 at 7:55 PM
One more thing Katie will be remembered for. Her 1999 quote on the Today show, back when she was still with NBC:
Now that’s hard-hitting journalism!
Ed Driscoll on May 21, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Report to detention.
portlandon on May 21, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Sad news today: palin hired a ghostwriter for her book.
Imagine how much more entertaining it’d be if she wrote it herself!
benny shakar on May 21, 2009 at 8:05 PM
I’d like to give Axelrod a colonoscopy with my size 10 1/2 boot.
pugwriter on May 21, 2009 at 8:07 PM
So Couric’s interview skills apparently saved the US from having an idiot for a Vice President…Hang on a minute if that’s true then how did Joe Biden get past Couric’s superior journalistic abilities?
The funny thing about Couric is the fact that she is the perfect embodiment of a journalist who is more concerned about their own celebrity and social status then actually the getting to the bottom of major stories and reporting facts.
Dreadnought223 on May 21, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Allah,
With all that went on today and all you have is this.
KBird on May 21, 2009 at 8:10 PM
I swear she sold her soul to live so long…
Tim Burton on May 21, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Axelrods a riot..joking about Couric doing a public colonoscopy because her husband died a horrible death from colon cancer. Classless Jackasses. Gibbs is a blithering idiot too. Dana..we miss you.
malkinmania on May 21, 2009 at 8:24 PM
The endless senseless campaign speeches Obama is giving…when will it end? How long can he cite ‘the mess’ he was left. Even if he was left a mess…why is it getting exponentially worse?
malkinmania on May 21, 2009 at 8:26 PM
OK smartas$, now tell me how to clean that image out of my brain. Bleach didn’t work.
MikeA on May 21, 2009 at 8:27 PM
As long as it’s not Bill Ayers.
ddrintn on May 21, 2009 at 8:29 PM
OlympicLeprechaun on May 21, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Isn’t Helen Thomas dead?
oldleprechaun on May 21, 2009 at 8:38 PM
I guess not, but when she does pass away I guess they may stuff her corpse and leave her in the press briefing room anyway.
ddrintn on May 21, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Imagine how much more coherent your posts would be if a not-to-bright 3rd grader wrote them.
BigWyo on May 21, 2009 at 8:52 PM
oldleprechaun on May 21, 2009 at 8:38 PM
I think I found the answer…
FontanaConservative on May 21, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Pointless.
Witless.
Off-topic.
massrighty on May 21, 2009 at 9:03 PM
At some point WE become the “counter-culture” and the cool ones.
And when that happens – the lefty establishment and their whores in the propaganda ministry will be hated.
Such is the way of things – ebb and flow – expansion and contraction. You cannot destroy an idea – especially when it’s a very a good idea – it tends to reach across time and convince people.
The fall will be hard for these fools.
HondaV65 on May 21, 2009 at 9:16 PM
I’m looking your way Lorien….
omnipotent on May 21, 2009 at 9:36 PM
No; undead.
MikeA on May 21, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Isn’t that benny shakar’s consuming desire?
oldleprechaun on May 21, 2009 at 9:55 PM
You know a much more cutting jibe against Katie Couric would have been something more along the lines of “Hey Katie see Helen Thomas sitting over there? That’s going to be you in few years time”.
Dreadnought223 on May 21, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Take one for the team Lorien. We’ll gouge your eyes out when your done.
portlandon on May 21, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Whew, so, who’s going to save the country from Helen Thomas and Katie Couric?
Speakup on May 21, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Right……
Let’s see what the ugly-faced d0uchebag has to say after we have our next major terrorist attack and obama bin biden goes into hiding.
D0uchebag!!!! Piece of trash!
ErinF on May 21, 2009 at 10:35 PM
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