I see Helen still just can’t keep her goddamn mouth shut. I saw part of this on TV earlier so I think this is all Helen Thomas flapping her jaw, except for the first question, which was a follow-up from someone else (just included for completeness), and there’s another one further down that may not be her.
Q Is there any doubt that there’s going to be war?
Q I pick up on that — what you said. Does it bother the President that most of the world is against this war, and half of America? And I have a follow-up.
MR. FLEISCHER: Helen, this is an issue where you and I will never agree when you state your premise about what the people think.
Q This isn’t you and I. This is a very legitimate question.
Q There’s a new poll showing —
MR. FLEISCHER: Helen, I think there’s a lot of public polling that you can see out there. The recent poll from your neighbor to the right, ABC News showed that 79 percent of the American people think that Saddam Hussein is a threat to the United States. I’ve heard you say on many occasions most Americans don’t think he’s a threat to the United States.
Q I didn’t say — is said the war.
MR. FLEISCHER: So I understand your strong opinions clearly. I’m not sure the American people agree with you.
Q That’s a very personal attack. I said the war. Are they in favor of —
MR. FLEISCHER: I thought it was an accurate observation.
Q Are you saying 79 percent of the American people are for this war?
MR. FLEISCHER: What I just said to you is that according to that ABC poll, 79 percent of the American people think that Saddam Hussein is a threat to the United States.
Q That wasn’t what I asked you.
MR. FLEISCHER: In terms of support for a war, again, talking about the public polls, I saw one this morning in USA Today that put that figure at 66 percent, if I recall.
Unbelievable. Kindly choke on something and die horribly, Ms. Thomas. (And that is a personal attack.) What amazes me is how cool Ari stays when that harridan fires up. I say again: Helen Thomas needs to be one of the first against the wall when we start shooting liberals.
(And screw you, Michelle from Washington DC, who doesn’t like that I advocate shooting liberals. Don’t like it, get your own fuckin’ blog.)