"Helen.....this is you inaugural moment" as he addressed Helen Thomas for a question

[opihimoimoi]

I love him for that...that he paid respect to the Lady of the Press Corp....

[saltpoint]

1. Agree. Helen Thomas deserves far better than she got under the

Bush administration.

Obama's acknowledgement was restorative, presidential, and grown-up.

[Skittles]

2. Obama is a true gentleman

[opihimoimoi]

3. That he is....on the other hand.....Bush was an asshole..."Ya gonna be sorry" HT to Bush a year ago

[saltpoint]

4. Yes. Helen Thomas didn't play ball with the Bushies and so they

treated her dismissively, the way ornery boys in the classroom diss a substitute teacher.

But of course Helen wins that match, long-term. She was faithful to the attendant duties of her job while the Bush boys botched theirs outright.

[Hippo_Tron]

5. Even Raygun treated Helen Thomas with great respect

Bush's need to be surrounded by a constant echo chamber has to be some kind of personality disorder or something.

[saltpoint]

7. Hi, Hippo_Tron. Yes. I agree. It was a bit of old-boy arrogance thrown

in with some right-now misogynist arrogance, and it was dissmisve and rude.

Thomas stands pretty tall in that room when she is shown the respect she has earned, and Bush sure has shrunk by comparison.

[opihimoimoi]

10. Inadvertedly, President Obama has thrown Bush under the Helen Thomas Bus

[saltpoint]

11. It's true. Helen endures while Dubya falls into alcoholic obscurity.

Dubya rises each day to the universal conclusion by almost everyone on earth that he is a failure.

[opihimoimoi]

14. His Television sets have ALL been shot out with buckshot :o)

12 gauge

[Bolo Boffin]

6. "my inaugural moment", he said n/t

[FrenchieCat]

8. Which actually makes more sense.....and is more chivalrous!

[opihimoimoi]

9. My BAD...I misquoted.....srry

[Hekate]

12. That was a grand moment, one I've been awaiting for a long time...

:hi: Opihi!

President Obama joshed Helen Thomas a bit, she bit back with a sharp question, and the balance was restored. She still looks very frail, so I am doubly glad she has lived to see this day.

Hekate

[opihimoimoi]

13. She must be smiling as she sleeps tonite....I love that Lady :o)

:hi: there Hekate

Kung Hee Fat Choy

[Raine]

15. CLASS ...

all the way! :thumbsup:

[opihimoimoi]

16. The diff is STUNNING.....Poor Bush...ya just know he shot all his TV sets with a shotgun

[nichomachus]

17. But I'm betting Obama wishes she had stayed in the back row

The look on his face as he ran away from her question was hilarious. She asked a tough question. He didn't really answer it. And then he shouted over her as she tried to get him to answer it, pretending she didn't exist.

Go Helen!

The next time we have a presidential "debate," we should let Helen ask all the questions. I'll bet she could make people cry.

[lunatica]

19. I think Helen has made Presidents cry.

Probably every last one of them up to now.

[PretzelWarrior]

18. Did she botch her question the way Justice Roberts botched the oath?

lol. sorry. when I think of "inaugural" I can't help thinking of that prick.

[1776Forever]

20. Go Helen - Never give up Baby! Picture of Helen with Ed Schultz radio host next to her.......

Video of her questions and answer on Ed's website link:

http://www.bigeddieradio.com/

[Jennicut]

21. What a true gentleman

She had a big smile on her face when she was called on.