Helen Thomas doesn't beat around the bush

[Cocoa]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/09/20050919-1.html

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Q If he was so bold, why do we have 37 million people living below the poverty line?

MR. McCLELLAN: Well, do you want me to go back and talk about the economy?

Q I mean, if his policies are so great.

MR. McCLELLAN: I'll be glad to go -- more Americans are working than ever before, Helen. We've --

Q Thirty-seven million below the poverty --

[jedr]

1. go to the back row Helen.....n/t

:sarcasm:

[Carni]

2. More Americans are working than ever before/correct statement

He just doesn't bother to mention THAT THEY ARE MAKING FIVE BUCKS A FUCKING HOUR!

[abluelady]

4. And there are more Americans than ever before.

Let's talk about what percentage of Americans are working.

[bullimiami]

5. or in the event of a disaster. less than 5 bucks an hour. if...

thats what halliburton decides to let them have.

[INdemo]

21. More people are working ..Bulls#@$%.............

WOOOOOOOOOOO..........There are many Americans and I mean thousands out of work and are no longer eligible for unemployment benifits..these people are counted as employed since they dont file anymore..Now to get an accurate count of actual Americans working one would have to one would have to tabulate figures from quarterly reports and Im telling ya if the Labor department did that than the figures would certainly be a much higher unemployment percentage........

[Cha]

3. Thanks, Helen Thomas! I

know it must be like talking in Gigantic vacumn when you're talkin' to that professional liar but Thanks so much for trying!

[ET Awful]

6. Hey Scottie - sure more Americans are working . . . if you just talk

about the actual number that hold jobs instead of the percentage of those who are eligible for employment because in order to state that more are working than ever before, you must also acknowledge that there are more Americans than ever before. That statement is as dishonest as saying Bush received more votes than any President in history (even if there was no cheating which we all know isn't the case), Kerry received the 2nd most votes, so the statement without it's qualifiers is misleading.

If 37 million are living in poverty and more people are working than ever before, that tells anyone with 1/2 a brain that those who are working are working for less.

Smack him some more Helen.

[Just Me]

13. Another example of "creative" corporacrat accounting!!!

In other words, F-R-A-U-D!!!!

I am so damn sick, sick, sick of these calculative exploiters pushing their lie after lie after lie!!!!

:mad: DAMNIT!!! :mad:

[0007]

7. If an American is working two jobs to make ends meet

is that counted as two persons working in America?

[karlrschneider]

11. Well, two jobs is (are) two jobs...

:eyes:

[0007]

12. ..two jobs held by one is counted as two persons working?

[karlrschneider]

15. Actually, I have no idea...was being snarky.

:eyes: ;-)

[0007]

18. You little whipper snapper, I get jokey myself every now and then!

[CountAllVotes]

8. dog vomit on you Scotty boy

:puke:

:dem: :kick:

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. 'More Americans are working than ever before...' when? Does

this asshole enjoy lying constantly?

[chaska]

19. Actually, I believe that's true. But there are more people than ever befor

It's a bit of the old slight of hand.

weasles.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

10. Like Detergent, new-er and bolder? Bush has "bold ones"

Now, where did everyone else's go?

Little Scottie, not the pretty one, but Bush's Scottie says --

"The policies that this President has pursued are bold ones and they are ones that are achieving real results for all Americans. The President, from day one, has been acting to move forward on bold initiatives to produce real results that are helping all Americans....

more on the Prez's bold ones:
" And one question you have to come back to is, do we continue to move forward on failed policies of the past that have left too many behind, or do we think in new and bold ways to help all Americans. And this President has thought in new and bold ways and actually acted."

and again the word "bold", as if the Pres is
But this President, from day one, has been acting boldly to address these issues and to achieve results.

Q If he was so bold, why do we have 37 million people living below the poverty line?



http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/09/20050919-1.html

[alphafemale]

14. She doesn't beat "Around the Bush" She smacks him upside his pointy head.

[Lefty48197]

16. Who in the hell let Helen in?

"No one can question the results that we have achieved on behalf of the American people." - God, is there no limit to the lies they will tell?

[Missy Vixen]

17. Helen Thomas is a national treasure

She leads the way. I hope that she's been pleased over the last few weeks by the numbers of her colleagues who finally found their spine, and as a result, are making Scott McClellan's life a living hell.

This 80+ years young lady is still the dean of the White House press corps, and I hope she's with us (and badgering White House press secretaries who desperately deserve it,) for many, many more years.

:applause:

Julie

[Bozita]

22. Yes, a living national treasure! ... a true profile in courage

[in_cog_ni_to]

20. That's my lady!

No holds barred! :toast: Notice he never answered the damn question?