Helen Thomas just SERVED Leslie Blitzer on CNN!

[kpete]

Helen Thomas just SERVED Leslie Blitzer on CNN!
by EasternOkie
Tue Mar 21, 2006 at 03:36:27 PM PDT

It was the best minute in TV since this morning when Helen embarrassed the President by asking why he planed to invade Iraq even before 9/11. Leslie (aka Wolf) had Helen on to talk down to her about her questions to Bush earlier today. For some strange reason Leslie asked Helen why she thought the US invaded Iraq. Helen gestured toward Les (is our boy Les a neocon?) and said, (paraphrase) "Well because of the neocons at the Project for a New American Century (PNAC). Their plan was to invade first Iraq, then Syria, then Iran."

Les interrupted with some irrelevancy about all the 9/11 dead, and Helen leaned toward him and said, "They had nothing to do with each other...."

Then Helen said to Leslie, "Come home, you'll be welcomed."

(it gets better below)

EasternOkie's diary :: ::
But the best part was as she continued, "You and I were at the WH together and you used to ask tough questions. You asked Clinton why he didn't resign." Les was perturbed, cut her off and said,"That was a different time" and went to commercial.




http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/3/21/173627/737

[rodeodance]

1. yeah, i heard that. Seemed like a sour grapes response to me.

.....But the best part was as she continued, "You and I were at the WH together and you used to ask tough questions. You asked Clinton why he didn't resign." Les was perturbed, cut her off and said,"That was a different time" and went to commercial.

[EVDebs]

50. Blitzer used to work for Pat Robertson's CBN

""...But it’s sort of strange to realize that Pat and Wolf Blitzer go way back together. Yep! Wolf used to work for Pat Robertson's CBN way back when Pat was setting up his news bureau and Wolf was the 700 Club’s reporter from the Middle East. He was a lot younger in those days, but in those beginning days Pat exposed Wolf Blitzer to a viewing audience that topped the Nielsen ratings at 28.7 million monthly viewers! That’s a great way to launch one’s career. But Wolf Blitzer likes to keep that part of his career kind of quiet. He doesn’t list the 700 Club’s news bureau in his biography. He doesn’t tell CNN’s audience that Pat was like an angel to him when he was just an independent reporter starting out. But those of us who watched Pat’s show could never forget Wolf Blitzer’s reports. He was presented to us as such an expert—we were just so proud of him! And look how high he’s gone. You’d think he’d give Pat a little credit. No doubt he says “Thanks” by inviting him on CNN!""

A little story about Pat Robertson
http://www.yuricareport.com/Media/OnPatRobertsonWolfeBlitzerAndDavidCorn.html

[BurtWorm]

56. Holy shit! (No pun intended.) I didn't know that!

Unholy shit is more like it, anyway.

:evilfrown:

[SeveneightyWhoa]

57. That site is the only source I've ever seen for this claim.

Does anyone have any further evidence that Blitzer worked for Pat Robertson?

[Harald Ragnarsson]

60. I never heard about Pat Robertson before

But I know "Blitzer" used to work for the Jerusalem Post.

[EVDebs]

71. No mention in the CNN bio. Will investigate further.Will CNN corroborate?

CNN's Wolf Blitzer bio
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/blitzer.wolf.html

Contact CNN info
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/

More bio info (from a weblink provided by a Univ of TX source for what it's worth)
http://www.la.utexas.edu/chenry/mena/roles/aip/profiles97/0040.html

Pat Robertson bio with internal link to Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN)
http://www.answers.com/topic/pat-robertson

So, the question David Corn asked, 'why does CNN invite Robertson on to talk' keeps coming back to us. The MSM doesn't seem to respond and we're thrown back to our yuricareport.com source material in the end. Why don't the CNN or CBN employers confirm or deny ? Or Blitzer himself ?

[formercia]

75. In case you didn't see my comment below

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=718885&mesg_id=722788


It’s scary to hear someone carry-on like Pat. But it’s sort of strange to realize that Pat and Wolf Blitzer go way back together. Yep! Wolf used to work for Pat Robertson's CBN way back when Pat was setting up his news bureau and Wolf was the 700 Club’s reporter from the Middle East. He was a lot younger in those days, but in those beginning days Pat exposed Wolf Blitzer to a viewing audience that topped the Nielsen ratings at 28.7 million monthly viewers! That’s a great way to launch one’s career. But Wolf Blitzer likes to keep that part of his career kind of quiet. He doesn’t list the 700 Club’s news bureau in his biography. He doesn’t tell CNN’s audience that Pat was like an angel to him when he was just an independent reporter starting out. But those of us who watched Pat’s show could never forget Wolf Blitzer’s reports. He was presented to us as such an expert—we were just so proud of him! And look how high he’s gone. You’d think he’d give Pat a little credit. No doubt he says “Thanks” by inviting him on CNN!

http://www.yuricareport.com/Media/OnPatRobertsonWolfeBlitzerAndDavidCorn.html

[SeveneightyWhoa]

77. Again, the same site.

Whenever someone talks about Blitzer being on CBN, this EXACT article (of which the credibility is questionable) is always the root of the claim. I'm asking for another source.

[EVDebs]

78. Here is the site's comment email address. Ask them about it.

[e-mail]

Or better yet, maybe someone from MSM or DU can ask Wolf Blitzer or CNN and actually get a response. Wouldn't that be lovely ?

[onenote]

67. would like to see additional support for this claim

Could be true, but the report doesn't even give the dates when Blitzer supposedly worked for the 700 Club. The bios I've seen say Blitzer graduated college in 1970 and started working for Reuters in Tel Aviv in 1972, before returning to the states in 1975 to be the Washington correspondent for the Jerusalem Post. I suppose he could've been working for Robertson in 71, but I'd like to see some further evidence.

onenote

PS - I'm glad that Helen laid a smack down on Blitzer. He's earned it.

[KAT119]

70. Helen's email: [e-mail] Drown out her freeper responses.

[Botany]

2. Go Helen.

good to hear that Leslie was smacked down.

He knows the truth but is just a shill.

[maveric]

Did you see how he backed down and then played "nice" with her?

He knew he was in the ring with a heavy hitter.
What a fucking coward!

[Botany]

23. No I try to avoid most of the 24/7 news channels

Outside of Obermann .... I find them disgusting. They spend more time
trying to protect their corporate bosses and powers that be then really reporting
the news. Ever since 11/3/04 when CNN pull the exit polls @ 2:00 AM and replaced
them w/ phony ones .... I can't stand CNN (except for a few reporters and Crusty old
coot Jack Caferty)

[KittyWampus]

66. This is how the Democrats need to start responding to Mediawhores

directly challenge their authority, integrity and journalistic credibility of the Mediawhores when their questions are loaded, biased, uninformed and mindless repititions of GOP Talking Points.

[Selatius]

3. Blitzer either sold out or doesn't give a shit anymore. n/t

[flyarm]

8. nahhhhhhh he has been *es crotch sniffer from the get go.he is a nazi! n/t

[Skittles]

10. he sold out, he is a f***ing bush whore

nothing but a bush whore

[rodeodance]

11. and I think he knows it and is a bit envious of Helen.

[LaPera]

53. Blitzer hated Clinton & Democrats-- that's why he remains on Corporate

news like republican donating Time-Warner's CNN.

[flyarm]

4. helen sliced his little gonads and served them to him on a platter!!

ohhh how i love that woman..she is truely my hero!!

she just served him gonad stew!! she sliced and diced that little nasty nazi!

fly

[Nikki Stone 1]

5. GO HELEN!!!!!

!!!!!!!

[rodeodance]

13. What a grand lady. ALL journalists should take lessons from her.

[marylanddem]

6. I had the pleasure of meeting her

and she is a truly classy woman...

[rodeodance]

14. good for you-really, That must have been grand for you.

[webtrainer]

7. here's C&L's link (correction)

to the exchange between Bush and Helen Thomas

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/03/21.html#a7603

[slor]

24. Thanks for posting...

I have to see this. We Love You Helen!

[rodeodance]

9. nominate

[Cleita]

12. Did you hear her exchange with Bush?

She reduced him into a bigger blithering idiot than he does on his own. I hope someone saves the clip.

[rodeodance]

15. I saw the clip--Bush was talking down to her (educating her). Jerk!

[Cleita]

18. Yeah, but what I heard was him trying to spin his usual blather of

9-11 = Saddam. She kept him on point and he finally went to the next reporter without really answering her. That's what I heard. I would like to hear it again.

[AX10]

16. Blitzer knows that he has been outclassed.

[RBHam]

17. Saw it, loved it, can't wait for the Daily Show's take...

We live in interesting times.

[Sapphire Blue]

19. Our next president (D) should award her the Presidential Medal of Freedom

[peacetalksforall]

20. WB - pathetic pimp for corporate propaganda tv nt

[Flying Dream Blues]

21. I wish she was young enough to be President!

Rock solid integrity AND brains...can you imagine?

[electropop]

34. She is young enough.

She is sharper than the whole cabal put together.

OTOH, Bushit is at a mental age of 3, and that's too young.

[blogslut]

22. mp3 of Helen's interview

http://blogslut.com/helen0321.mp3

[Mika]

51. Thanks for that mp3

Thanks for posting it. :thumbsup:

[Cha]

25. "Different time"??!

Cause they wanted a repuke in to get their monopolies and tax cuts?

[Jack Rabbit]

26. Blitzer should be served with a pink slip and sent to FoxNews

Where propagandists like him belong.

[Mr_Spock]

27. I'm glad Helen made it clear that Wolf is a NEOCON

'Bout time...

[fooj]

31. Nice catch!

:thumbsup:

[Rob H.]

28. "That was a different time"

In other words, "Goddamnit, it's okay if a Republican does it!"

[helderheid]

29. anyone have this online to view?

[sellitman]

43. Go to Canofun or...

Liveoaktx on DU


liveoaktx

[0007]

30. Thank you Helen. You're my gal, I love ya.

[Atman]

32. Thank you for sharing, but everybody...please find the transcript

Helen was actually much tougher than OP suggests. When Helen mentioned that Bush planned to invade all along, and he it is all spelled out in the PNAC documents, Wolfie tried the old chestnut "But what about what happened on 9/11 when we were attacked..." and Helen interupted him point blank saying "But were not attacked by Iraq. Why not just bomb anybody?"

Wolf shut up. *Gulp*

My paraphrasing still isn't as powerful as the real thing. It was awesome.

Randi Rhodes is on Lou Dobbs now...cool!

[electropop]

33. Wolfie asked tough questions when a Dem was in office.

It's not in his job description to question his bosses (the Repug machine).

[AndyA]

35. Thank goodness for people like Helen Thomas who aren't afraid

to ask the tough questions. And there are certainly a lot of tough questions that need to be asked. Today's mainstream media does such a poor job covering the news, and the Repugs have managed to package the entire media into a "liberal" category, which by default means it favors the Democrats, but we all know it really doesn't.

So many people close to me are lifelong die hard Repugs, and they all think the news leans to the left, and that the stories that are negative to the Republicans and/or Bush have been "created" that way. They don't seem to understand they are getting the whitewashed version of those stories, with the dirty, grizzly facts conveniently scrubbed clean.

Helen Thomas has a good reputation in media circles, and a name that has high recognition value among the population. I'm glad she's asking the tough questions, because I think people know she seeks out the truth when doing her job.

[Warren DeMontague]

36. So, he ADMITS he's not a real journalist anymore?

Well, that's something.

[speedoo]

37. Thanks. I avoid Blitzer at all costs.

Can't stand the asshole. Everything about him annoys the hell out of me.

So I'm happy to hear Helen showed him up.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

38. Is Leslie the guy's actual name?

[Mojorabbit]

61. yep eom

[The Backlash Cometh]

39. "That was a different time." LOL. Yeah, now fascism is in fashion.

[ThoughtCriminal]

42. Interesting that he does not deny

that no longer asks the WH tough questions. He only meekly excuses it as "Another time".

[Maven]

40. New nickname: Bitchface Blitzer. n/t

[Blaze Diem]

65. OR: Bitchslap Blitzer

Go Helen...gee if half the Dems in Congress were as straight forward and truely PATRIOTIC as Helen is..ahh, the possibilities!

[BikeWriter]

41. Good show!

[XOKCowboy]

44. LiveOakTX where are ya man??

I'd sure like to see that clip. Hope someone gets it.

[XOKCowboy]

48. Oops My Bad... Ya beat me to it ol' buddy

Ya gotta love Helen Thomas. She's a true journalist of the finest order. I adore her.

[jillan]

45. Omg - she said that? Pnac???

Helen - I love YOU!!!!

Does anyone have an email for her?
We need to send her some love.

[hootinholler]

47. Ask and ye shall receive...

helent -at- hearstdc.com

I think I shall thank her also.

-Hoot

[jillan]

55. Me thinks you should start a thread on this

She would get lots of DU love.

[donco6]

46. And the only comment he had about Al Gore was. . .

"looks like Al's put on some weight."

Jeez, Les, you could use some "weight" yourself. Lazyass putz.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

58. Yeah, and Wolfie acted as if..

..that was some HUGE journalistic observation.

What a clown!

[Bigmack]

49. As "plain" as Helen is....

... I'd bear her children!

Biggest balls in the room.

[Bridget Burke]

69. As Calamity Jane said...

"I don't drink where I'm the only fuckin' one with balls!"

(Pardon my French--this quotation is from "Deadwood.")

[Bigmack]

74. Deadwood rules....

... can we feed Dimson to Wu's pigs?

[upi402]

52. Ooh SNAP!

Helen is true blue and a hero of mine.

[hopeisaplace]

54. sorry for another O.MG. but here it is

:wow:

[XOKCowboy]

59. "My goals are to seek the truth

wherever it leads me and I do think that's the goal of journalists and I do think we fell down on the job"..

Wolfie waffled bad in his response. "That was another time and this is another story" is a cop out. He was face to face with a real journalist and in that one sentence proved he was a corporate media whore. He's not worht of being in Helen Thomas's presence.

The video is on canofun.com if you want to get sick.

[StaggerLee]

72. !

He was face to face with a real journalist

Exactly!

:thumbsup:

Blitzer is a punk.

[lies and propaganda]

62. "That was a differnt time!"

Hahahahah!

Before his surgery maybe, Leslie?

[formercia]

63. Some dirt on Blitzer

http://www.yuricareport.com/Media/OnPatRobertsonWolfeBlitzerAndDavidCorn.html

It’s scary to hear someone carry-on like Pat. But it’s sort of strange to realize that Pat and Wolf Blitzer go way back together. Yep! Wolf used to work for Pat Robertson's CBN way back when Pat was setting up his news bureau and Wolf was the 700 Club’s reporter from the Middle East. He was a lot younger in those days, but in those beginning days Pat exposed Wolf Blitzer to a viewing audience that topped the Nielsen ratings at 28.7 million monthly viewers! That’s a great way to launch one’s career. But Wolf Blitzer likes to keep that part of his career kind of quiet. He doesn’t list the 700 Club’s news bureau in his biography. He doesn’t tell CNN’s audience that Pat was like an angel to him when he was just an independent reporter starting out. But those of us who watched Pat’s show could never forget Wolf Blitzer’s reports. He was presented to us as such an expert—we were just so proud of him! And look how high he’s gone. You’d think he’d give Pat a little credit. No doubt he says “Thanks” by inviting him on CNN!

[cyberpj]

64. - delete

[CrispyQ]

68. "That was a different time."

Sellout Blitzer

He exchanged a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage. How does someone like that look themselves in the mirror?

[LiberalinNC]

73. My republican husband was blown away by Ms. Thomas!

He walked in the door (he listens to CNN on his satellite radio)last night and asked me if I knew who Helen Thomas was...LMAO I said Yes I do, she's an amazing journalist who speaks the truth. Then he says, she's got balls, she made up w/ Bush and then hits him w/ some amazing questions. I said Yep, that's Helen!!!

[donkeyotay]

76. Damned, I missed it. Helen Thomas is a national treasure

Leslie... well, leslie. Looks like you got what you wanted. Your boy's in office. Own him.