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Skriven 2005-08-01 12:38:00 av TIM RICHARDSON (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av VERN HUMPHREY
Ärende: Promises, promises
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On 07-31-05, VERN HUMPHREY said to ED HULETT:


EH> VH> I note in the news today, Helen Thomas, formerly of the White House
EH> VH> press corps, has said if Dick Cheney announces he's running for
EH> VH> President, she'll commit suicide.


EH>I doubt anyone would miss her.


VH>I dunno, Ed -- seeing anyone that ugly in your sights could cause you to
VH>pull your shot off. :-)


I heard a blurp about that this morning. It was said that Thomas, hearing that
what she spouted was reported in the news, got `very' angry and declared that
thats the last time she will `ever' talk to a reporter!


I found this on the Drudge Page later on:



DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2005®



XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN JULY 31, 2005 19:44:05 ET XXXXX


HELEN THOMAS ANGRY AFTER 'KILL SELF' OVER CHENEY COMMENTS PUBLISHED


White House press doyenne Helen Thomas is plenty peeved at her longtime friend
Albert Eisele, editor of THE HILL newspaper in Washington, D.C.


In a column this week headlined "Reporter: Cheney's Not Presidential
Material," Eisele quoted Thomas as saying "The day Dick Cheney is going to run
for president, I'll kill myself. All we need is one more liar."



Thomas also said: "I think he'd like to run, but it would be a sad day for the
country if he does," according to Eisele's column.


But Thomas said yesterday at the White House that her comments to Eisele were
for his ears only. "I'll never talk to a reporter again!" Thomas was overheard
saying.


"We were just talking -- I was ranting -- and he wrote about it. That isn't
right. We all say stuff we don't want printed," Thomas said.


But Eisele said that when he called Thomas, "I assume she knew that we were on
the record."


"She's obviously very upset about it, but it was a small item -- until Drudge
picked it up and broadcast it across the universe," Eisele said.


Still, he noted that reporters aren't that happy when the tables are turned.
"Nobody has thinner skin than reporters," Eisele said with a laugh.


Developing...

-----------------------------------------------------------
Filed By Matt Drudge


Imagine.....Helen Thomas being taken aback that a reporter would pass along
something Thomas had said as `news'!


Sometimes.......Monday's are really great days!


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