Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Shorter Helen Thomas...

"Goddamn jewsmedia! I'm not an anti-Semite!"

"I hit the third rail. You cannot criticize Israel in this country and survive," Thomas told Ohio station WMRN-AM in a sometimes emotional 35-minute interview that aired Tuesday. It was recorded a week earlier by WMRN reporter Scott Spears at Thomas' Washington, D.C., condominium.
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"They distorted my remarks, which they obviously have to do for their own propaganda purposes, otherwise people might wonder why they continue to take Palestinian land," said Thomas, a daughter of Lebanese immigrants who over the years did little to hide her pro-Arab views. There was no explanation of whom "they" referred to.
There really didn't need to be any explanation because by now it should be quite obvious. I thought it was beautiful, though, that the AP included that last sentence there. Left unspoken was, "...but from her ramblings it was quite obvious she thought it was the 'Jooooo-controlled media.'"