Helen Thomas

Helen Thomas is a self proclaimed liberal. She has been a member of the White House Press Corps since President Adams first moved in... okay, maybe not quite that long, but pretty close. She has been enamored with President Obama and the Democrats. That is why this video is truly shocking.

Deep down somewhere in Helen Thomas she remembers what it means to be a journalist. Robert Gibbs and the Obama Administration seem to be coaxing it out of her... unintentionally of course.



***** Update: I guess Helen Thomas had more to say. You can see all of her remarks here. These are my favorites. I have ... out the more 'colorful' words.

“What the ... do they think we are, puppets?” Thomas said. “They’re supposed to stay out of our business. They are our public servants. We pay them.”

“Nixon didn’t try to do that,” Thomas said. “They couldn’t control (the media). They didn’t try."

“It’s blatant. They don’t give a ... if you know it or not. They ought to be hanging their heads in shame.”