Video: The obligatory “Obama sings happy birthday to Helen Thomas” clip
posted at 6:02 pm on August 4, 2009 by Allahpundit
Here’s what the boss would call the emetic of the day. Watching it, I wondered how it could be made any more stomach-churning for conservatives. Maybe if Al Gore had a cameo? If Helen said something snotty and dismissive about Palin? If The One — who’s also celebrating a birthday today — used the occasion to goof on Birthers? Help me out.
And yes, I deliberately saved it for posting during the dinner hour. How does it taste? Did it go down smooth?
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The face of Journalism today
400lb Gorilla on August 4, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Projectile vomit …
Yeeeeeck
darwin on August 4, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Can’t…watch…it…Urrrp!
Where are the Rolaids Plus?
kingsjester on August 4, 2009 at 6:04 PM
fun couple of the year
JohnBissell on August 4, 2009 at 6:04 PM
I found it a stomach emptier but I understand that all news must be reported.
rplat on August 4, 2009 at 6:04 PM
I’m gonna be f-cling sick.
Ghoul aid on August 4, 2009 at 6:05 PM
I love that he gave her CUPCAKES !
let them eat cupcakes !
William Amos on August 4, 2009 at 6:06 PM
This partisan imbecile is FOR this healthcare debacle KNOWING she’s be a gonner??? WTF?
marklmail on August 4, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Cupcakes for everyone!
ladyingray on August 4, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Also should mention That Obama said helen wants world peace, and end to racism and health care reform
(no lie)
William Amos on August 4, 2009 at 6:07 PM
The nasty old hag is 89 years old now. Her age has finally passed her I.Q.
Percy_Peabody on August 4, 2009 at 6:07 PM
reminder folks: the wh press corps stands up for obama; they never did for Dubya.
they love this guy, and it shows!
they should all rot in Hell.
reliapundit on August 4, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Allah, you’re a sadist.
joshlbetts on August 4, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Well, you gotta give it to Obama – Helen’s way prettier than his Klingon “wife”.
Aristotle on August 4, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Thomas and Obama have well over a hundred years shared between them…and only about a year or so of actual experience.
coldwarrior on August 4, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Cupcakes.
Stimulus!
Abby Adams on August 4, 2009 at 6:10 PM
That loser also can’t sing…I’m still waiting for something our POTUS doesn’t f*ck up.
As far as a cringe-worthy aspect goes…That’ll have to wait until The One gives the eulogy at Saint Helen’s state funeral.
AUINSC on August 4, 2009 at 6:10 PM
I don’t know what’s worse, Barry’s singing or the fact these sycophants taking pictures at the rate of D-Day of it. Vomit. Who’s the moron next to Major Garrett?
Renwaa on August 4, 2009 at 6:10 PM
What is she… like 100? Don’t stand too close… You’ll get dust flatulence on you…. what’s that FARKEL DUST?
CynicalOptimist on August 4, 2009 at 6:11 PM
It is vomit-inducing. Suckering Helen to stop criticizing his choosing of specific journalists for question.
jencab on August 4, 2009 at 6:11 PM
how did this great Country come to this?????????
SDarchitect on August 4, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Funny. Oh come on, he’s not clueless, at least. He’s just poking fun at himself over the cupcakes gaffe.
I’m reading a great biography on Andrew Jackson. Let me tell you, guys, our founding fathers REALLY were rough and tumble.
Talk about gaffes.
AnninCA on August 4, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Which one is bho?
L
letget on August 4, 2009 at 6:12 PM
A$$ Kisser in Chief.
Key West Reader on August 4, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Good thing I’m on central time and dinner is still two hours away.
Lady Texan on August 4, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Notice he said, “…health care reform bill..”…not the new title, health insurance reform bill. Perhaps he didn’t get that memo?
LEBA on August 4, 2009 at 6:15 PM
You sick twisted freak!
Trov on August 4, 2009 at 6:15 PM
I wonder if the cupcakes were laced with anything… you know Obamacare considers her a drain on medicare….DON’T EAT IT HELEN! Oh no! Too late.
CynicalOptimist on August 4, 2009 at 6:16 PM
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/6299/obamacapitalist.jpg
Enoxo on August 4, 2009 at 6:16 PM
I also wonder if he charged her for it? There’re no freebies at the White House no more.
CynicalOptimist on August 4, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Good LORD.
Dash on August 4, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Obama the attention whore.
mizflame98 on August 4, 2009 at 6:18 PM
gag me with a spoon.
Zorro on August 4, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Gag me with a fighten pufferfish.
CynicalOptimist on August 4, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Whats with obama’s fascination with cupcakes?
portlandon on August 4, 2009 at 6:20 PM
BHO would skewer that old lady the first chance he got if she got in his way. Of course deep down in her dark lonely soul she realizes this.
nothing more than his attempt to get them to get back in line.
poppieseeds on August 4, 2009 at 6:20 PM
My eyes! My eyes!
d1carter on August 4, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Doesn’t it seem odd that after last week’s comment from Helen regarding why won’t Obama release his birth certificate, he makes a special visit on their “shared” birthdays? Betcha they don’t share birth PLACES…
Califemme on August 4, 2009 at 6:25 PM
ralph. Never misses a chance to hawk his plan does he? I guess it was a nice gesture.
scalleywag on August 4, 2009 at 6:26 PM
It’s like when Marilyn Monroe sang for President Kennedy…in opposite world.
jdpaz on August 4, 2009 at 6:26 PM
HAPPY 150th B-DAY HELEN!!!!
FontanaConservative on August 4, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Wow! Obama must really like his crazy old aunt in the attic.
Other old ladies Obama has met have been thrown under a bus, or offered a pain pill instead of a pacemaker.
I suppose as long as she’s not typically white or old… wait. Obama must really like his crazy old aunt in the attic.
applebutter on August 4, 2009 at 6:27 PM
OT: Palin divorce rumor confirmed.
portlandon on August 4, 2009 at 6:27 PM
When liberal A gives cupcakes to liberal B, liberal A should first chew them up into a gooey mush and then transfer them to liberal B’s mouth like a mother bird.
whitetop on August 4, 2009 at 6:27 PM
I guess I will have to start keeping an emesis basin next to my computer if any more of these gems show up.
tru2tx on August 4, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Not sure if that is more disgusting than the giant Obama image on display in front of the WH:
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//090803/ids_photos_ts/r3995144343.jpg/
Does that remind anyone else of the giant images of fascist dictators you see all over Islamic countries?
RightWinged on August 4, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Helen never came back with lotion
:[
blatantblue on August 4, 2009 at 6:33 PM
LOL. My brother shares a birthday with them.
Emily M. on August 4, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Helen is the new soylent green.
bloggless on August 4, 2009 at 6:37 PM
So is it true the more Helen ages the bigger Obama’s lies get ?
William Amos on August 4, 2009 at 6:37 PM
Did Helen reminisce about her time in the Lincoln press corp?
JetBoy on August 4, 2009 at 6:38 PM
Photo Caption: “See, I like old people”
bloggless on August 4, 2009 at 6:38 PM
You mean like this:
http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/image/s_chairman-mao.jpg
bloggless on August 4, 2009 at 6:40 PM
Don’t Worry BB. She’ll be back. I’m surprised you didn’t jump out her birthday cupcake scantly clad.
FontanaConservative on August 4, 2009 at 6:40 PM
“Happy Birthday Mr. President! Happy Birthday!”
Remember how they were like this with Bush? Yah, me neither.
Dr. Manhattan on August 4, 2009 at 6:40 PM
I wonder if she smells of formaldehyde
blatantblue on August 4, 2009 at 6:40 PM
ROFL!!!
(sorry Blue)
JetBoy on August 4, 2009 at 6:41 PM
The screen on my monitor just cracked.
melchitt on August 4, 2009 at 6:42 PM
OT: Rahm’s going scorched earth tactic and calling out Olby and Michael Moore to attack any opponents of Da One.
Digg Mirror of Michael Moore site that’s currently down
Skywise on August 4, 2009 at 6:43 PM
I’d LOVE to
blatantblue on August 4, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Me 2
FontanaConservative on August 4, 2009 at 6:43 PM
MMMM
Helllleennnnnn
blatantblue on August 4, 2009 at 6:44 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE9G5CL7Cto
IU_Conservative on August 4, 2009 at 6:44 PM
GOOD GOD!!! We’re losing him! Quick someone rush him to the Hospital STAT!!!
FontanaConservative on August 4, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Glad I saw this before dinner…..Yuck!
cmsinaz on August 4, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Helen or Michelle … Barry has options.
redrock on August 4, 2009 at 6:46 PM
You could have titled this “Barry sings ‘Happy Birthday’ tougliest woman on earth,” and I would have known whom you’re referring to
ToddonCapeCod on August 4, 2009 at 6:46 PM
I neeeeed Hellennnnnnnn
blatantblue on August 4, 2009 at 6:47 PM
don’t go there…please don’t go there…
cmsinaz on August 4, 2009 at 6:47 PM
It coulda’ bin worse. Like what if Helen Thomas was stark naked and in the bath tub — and Barack was carrying an axe and shouting “Honey, I’m home!”
My collie says:
CyberCipher on August 4, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Yeah, you need her like I need a roach problem. Remember the Palin running pictures!!1!
Emily M. on August 4, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Man Helen is HOT
blatantblue on August 4, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Helen wants ObamaCare…..
BREAKING NEWS: HELEN THOMAS DOESN`T WANT TO SEE HER 90TH BIRTHDAY.
ThePrez on August 4, 2009 at 6:48 PM
It’s getting worse! Someone get the Medic!!!
FontanaConservative on August 4, 2009 at 6:48 PM
I’d love to see her in a nice bustier
blatantblue on August 4, 2009 at 6:49 PM
GOOD GOD!!! We’re losing him! Quick someone rush him to the Hospital STAT!!!
FontanaConservative on August 4, 2009 at 6:46 PM
.
Apply ObamaCare, STAT: “The Reaper is Cheaper!!”
dont taze me bro on August 4, 2009 at 6:49 PM
ok ok im done
blatantblue on August 4, 2009 at 6:50 PM
You sure?
FontanaConservative on August 4, 2009 at 6:51 PM
so hot!
blatantblue on August 4, 2009 at 6:51 PM
He didn’t have to end it with “… and a couple more.” That was just uncalled for.
Ronnie on August 4, 2009 at 6:53 PM
She doesn’t look a day over 103.
greggriffith on August 4, 2009 at 6:56 PM
She off to Carousel yet? That light in her palm has been out for 75 years.
daesleeper on August 4, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Really? He really said “a couple more?” Geez what a cheap bastard. Why didn`t he just say “O.k. Helen, you`ve got 2 more years to kick it!”
ThePrez on August 4, 2009 at 7:00 PM
The video has been buffering for me for 5 minutes.
Did the President let Helen ask a question on her birthday?
If not, the song and cake are just a photo op and the President is a phony and scared to have Helen ask him why he is abandoning his campaign promises on Iraq and Afganistan and pursuing the so-called “terrorists” in those countries.
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Readers need to remember that old school journalists like Helen may be flaming liberals and may even be dim bulbs, but they can be tenacious and fight to get their questions answered. We should appreciate it that at 89, Helen can still stir things up in the press room.
slp on August 4, 2009 at 7:02 PM
I’d hit it.
/lorien
hillbillyjim on August 4, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Wonder how Obama liked holding onto (and singing to) the ugliest corpse in recorded history?
He’s had practice of a sort I guess…
bradley11 on August 4, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Eeeeeuuuwwwwwww!!!
dogsoldier on August 4, 2009 at 7:17 PM
Well Iran’s busted, Venuzuela is acting crazy, N. Korea’s on meltdown. But its Obama’s birthday today! Yay! Cake all around. Don’t mind everything that’s going to pieces around you.
Rightwingguy on August 4, 2009 at 7:17 PM
I think I’d rather dig up my great great great great grandmother and sing happy birthday to her.
Rightwingguy on August 4, 2009 at 7:18 PM
After all, she’s part of the Administration…not supposed to be, but is.
kirkill on August 4, 2009 at 7:19 PM
“Now Mr. President, do you have a comment on the latest deficit projections which clearly show that your plan … oh look, CUPCAKES!!!”
PackerBronco on August 4, 2009 at 7:24 PM
If any carbon pollution deserves to be sequestered those two in the picture should be first in line.
chemman on August 4, 2009 at 7:28 PM
Here’s a photo for your dinner: Helen Thomas Cold Nipples
Enoxo on August 4, 2009 at 7:31 PM
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
bernzright777 on August 4, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Helen Thomas
Cold NipplesBarry has that affect of liberal straight women.
CynicalOptimist on August 4, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Let’s try that again.
Helen Thomas
ColdOld NipplesCynicalOptimist on August 4, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Heh.
BallisticBob on August 4, 2009 at 7:44 PM
You’re right. Helen’s birth place was Pangaea.
AaronGuzman on August 4, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Wow, the rednecks are calling an 89 year old woman ugly. Whatever. She will go home to her house while you live in shacks on wheels.
Happy Birthday President Soetero! Be sure to make that 2nd Amendment go away quickly. Armed inbreds are dangerous.
simplesimon on August 4, 2009 at 7:58 PM
I refuse to watch this. But then again, who will? Given Obama’s lousy ratings of late, I doubt if anyone will bother watching.
Terrye on August 4, 2009 at 7:59 PM
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