ARTICLE ON THE HILL.COM ON THE FLOWERS

[helderheid]

After grilling Bush, Helen Thomas gets thousands of flowers
By Albert Eisele

The roses kept coming - and coming - and coming - to the Hearst Newspapers office in downtown Washington on Thursday, until they filled a large conference room to overflowing.

http://thehill.com/

[malaise]

1. Send the link to KO

I can't get enough of this.:D:

[fooj]

2. Wow! That's a really nice article. Well done.

:applause:

BTW- You have a beautiful name...

Peace.

[Fridays Child]

3. Great article. k/r

[crispini]

4. Direct link.

http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/033006/thomas.html

K&R!!!!!

[Botany]

49. Did I ever tell you that you are my Fav?

America loves a fighter. Be it Boxer or H.T.

Gives us a clean vote and we win in a landslide.

I smell M

[Botany]

50. Did I ever tell you that you are my Fav?

America loves a fighter. Be it Boxer or H.T.

Gives us a clean vote and we win in a landslide.

I smell M

[wryter2000]

5. Cool, they interviewed you!

:bounce:

[Spazito]

6. That is a very good article!

Your efforts and those of the volunteers and donors made a very honorable woman feel appreciated and respected, thank you so much for that!

[Alleycat]

7. Yes we should send the link to KO

[Rainscents]

8. I read the article on other tread...

It's wonderful article! It brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for speaking on behalf of DU!!!

[Pacifist Patriot]

9. The lady has class...

"sent the bulk of them to wounded military personnel at Walter Reed Army Hospital."

[benny05]

11. Same line captured my heart

I think Pelosi did the same thing.

Roses of peace...

benny

[MiniMe]

15. Pelosi or Boxer?

[benny05]

18. Not same line

But roses to Boxer...thanks for the reminder.

Roses of peace is attributed strictly to Helen Thomas.

:patriot:

[arikara]

10. What a nice article.

Thanks!

[SeattleGirl]

12. Fabulous article!

More goosebumps!! I swear, helderheid, your idea, and how it all worked out, was the absolute highlight of my week!

:yourock:

[ClayZ]

13. Whoo Hoo! Well said! K & R

:kick:

[Esra Star]

14. Well done, Clarity

You have advanced the movement towards the msm by being creative.
I am waiting to be amazed at your next effort.
Go get em!

[Synnical]

16. Sweet - Glad you're getting some attention, Clarity

And Glad Helen is, too. :bounce:

[suffragette]

17. A nice, positive article

Great interview, helderheid.

[acmejack]

19. Beautiful.

helderheid makes the bigtime and deservedly so!

[OzarkDem]

20. Great article, thanks for doing it!

Much thanks and congratulations to all who were involved. It was a wonderful tribute to a great woman.

[MazeRat7]

21. Stop it with the Helen thing....

Don't you know boys don't cry ? :sarcasm:

Oh I tease the DU....

No seriously, this is beyond great. I can't think of a more significant gesture to a lady that has devoted over 40 years of her life seeking the truth from those that strive to obfuscate it. When I think about my twilight years and how much such a gesture for a life time of work would bring to my heart...its hard for this boy not to tear up just a wee little bit.

Thanks to you all.. this is about the best thing I've seen happen "FROM" DU in a really long time....

You all are great!!!


MZr7

[Democrat 4 Ever]

22. The Hill also made this the picture of the day on its home page

At the Hearst Newspapers Bureau, Helen Thomas is surrounded by roses sent to her by well wishers who enjoyed her recent exchange with President Bush in the White House Briefing Room.
Photo by Sara Henderson


*cross post from another thread

[in_cog_ni_to]

23. AND she's the "PHOTO OF THE DAY!"

[me b zola]

24. Two classy ladies...

Helen Thomas & helderheid :toast:

[Patsy Stone]

25. For all you do

this K&R is for you! Thanks for posting this and, again, thanks for the cat herding. :thumbsup:

[greeseyparrot]

26. I've ever posted here before,

but I wanted to tell everyone who participated in the sending
of all those roses to Ms. Thomas, that I think you people are
great! 

[The Witch]

27. Hi greeseyparrot!

Welcome to DU!!!! :hi: :hi: :hi: :grouphug:

[anitar1]

29. Welcome to DU, greeseyparrot, n/t

[motocicleta]

31. thanks and welcome, greesy

:evilgrin: :applause:

[Ladyhawk]

38. Welcome, greeseyparrot. :) n/t

[newyawker99]

45. Hi greeseyparrot!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[myrna minx]

55. Welcome to DU, greeseyparrot.

:hi: You're going to love it here.

[anitar1]

28. And Clarity is the perfect name for you, dear person. n/t

[motocicleta]

30. I am so grateful to have been given the opportunity

to be involved with this, to repay Helen for her work on what I feel is my behalf. To have her turn around and send the roses on to Walter Reed? I love her.

My wife is not a DUer. When I told her what had been done for Helen, she was nearly in tears. Great job, DU! Great job, Helen! We're gonna win this thing. Don't give up hope, anyone.

[itzamirakul]

32. The article is wonderful!

I am so glad because I was hoping that the rose campaign would be reported in some venue that Repubs would be sure to see or hear about.

[Up2Late]

33. Weeeeeeeeeee! How fun!

:applause: And I love this part,

"...Thomas shared her roses with Hearst bureau chief Chuck Lewis and other colleagues and sent the bulk of them to wounded military personnel at Walter Reed Army Hospital...."

I wonder if there was were enough to give a dozen to everyone, anyone know how many wounded solders are currently at Walter Reed?

[katinmn]

34. What a perfect venue for this to appear in!

All the politicos know that Helen has tons of support and well-wishers!:)

[Trevelyan]

35. Wonderful idea and Helen Thomas is more than worthy of many tributes for

her decades long service to the American people by doing her job as a journalist and a professional.

Please remember to thank Senator Feingold for his courage. The cowardly Dems managed to stun me again. Think I will change my voter registration to Independent.

[Swamp Rat]

36. Yaay!!!

:patriot:

[Ladyhawk]

37. You guys so rock.

And so does Helen Thomas for sending the flowers to Walter Reed. :) I should have known they'd end up there. :) :) :)

[ebayfool]

39. Wonderful! You just know that will stick in a few repub craws.

This 'Rose Brigade' has been sooo worth it, thanks to you helderheid! Helen sounds like yesterday helped counter some of the venom she's had to contend with lately, & I'm so very happy to see it! After the day she had yesterday, this morning -


The roses are beautiful and my cup runneth over; thanks for those kind words, helent


Do you feel that good karma you generated this week, helderheid? You should - it's flowing over, around & through you! Thank you for the light we were able to shine on this strong, beautiful & wise woman!

:hug:

[file83]

40. Helen Thomas was asking Presidents questions when W. was still

nursing the bottle (the milk bottle too!)

[ClintonTyree]

41. Props to all who were involved........

:yourock: and most of all, props to Helen who is the only reporter in Washington with the guts to hold bush's feet to the fire. Maybe the rest of the White House Press Corps will learn something from this............nah! They'll carry bush's water for him, same as always. Without Helen.............well, I'm just glad she's here!

To all who organized, donated and gave their time to make this happen.... :toast: DUers are SUCH as class act! :applause:

[DFW]

42. Changing your voter registration to Independent

Just means you give up your right to vote in the Democratic primaries
and make a difference. Give a vote to the candidate that you would like
to see be your (our) nominee. No sense in Diebolding yourself out of the
process. It's bad enough with Republicans trying to exclude us from the
general elections without us doing it to ourselves in the primaries. Stick
around and make your voice heard.

[Hekate]

43. Will someone please PM me the complete text of the article?

I have tried repeatedly off and on over the last 4 hours, and I can't seem to get it on my screen. It pretty much refuses to load, and I don't know if it's Internet traffic tonight or just my antique machinery.

I would love to read the whole thing, and I'd be very appreciative someone could help me out.

Helderheid and Crew -- and all the doners: you guys are so great for putting this together and DUing it!
:yourock: :loveya:

Hekate

[Hekate]

44. THANK YOU MALAISE AND BUCK! Now I can go read the story, too.

:loveya: :loveya:

Hekate

[MadisonProgressive]

46. I got quoted in the article!! I made the national press!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=803569&mesg_id=804245

[Scout1071]

47. Wonderful! But boy, oh boy do I wish they would have mentioned PNAC.

PNAC. PNAC. PNAC.

It's time to introduce average Americans to this criminal Neocon enterprise.

[Oakland]

48. Good job!

I love it when they know someone is out there.

[EST]

51. Welcome to DU!

And most of all, thanks to all at DU, all you wonderful, thoughtful (liberal) lovely people and HelenT, too!
Makes me proud and thankful to be sharing the world with you.
:grouphug:

[galatea]

52. I love Helen

and she deserves all the flowers in this world.

But this business has been on the front page of DU for days now and flowers can't keep Repugnants from stealing yet another election in Nov!!

Can we move on? Let's keep DU strong by posting articles on ways to stop Repugnants from stealing elections!!! Please.

[Bushies gotta go]

53. Off Topic: I've never seen

this much time go by when there are no new hot topics on the homepage. Has the DU staff been sent to Gitmo?

[Shipwack]

54. "Grilling"

As much as I like the favorable press, I wonder... When did asking a simple question of the President and trying to get a follow-up become "grilling"?