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Politics : THE BIN LADEN LOVERS' HALL OF SHAME AKA THE BIN LAUNDRY LIST
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To: Bill who wrote (315)12/8/2001 3:09:20 PM
From: jlallen  Read Replies (3) of 383
 
A new inductee:

At Wednesday’s White House press briefing former UPI reporter Helen Thomas demanded to know what makes President Bush "think that he has the right to go into a sovereign country and bomb the people?"

As the senior White House correspondent Thomas, now a columnist with Hearst Newspapers, gets the first question when she attends briefings, which isn’t very often anymore. On December 5 she took advantage of her privileged position to pose this question to Press Secretary Ari Fleischer: "Ari, what makes the President -- I'm taking note of his wide-swinging threats in speeches recently. What makes him think that he has the right to go into a sovereign country and bomb the people?"
Fleischer was baffled by her hostile tone: "His threats?"
Thomas: "Any country. Yes, he's-"
Fleischer: "Would you like to be more specific?"
Thomas: "Does he think he can go beyond Afghanistan or anywhere else?"
Fleischer responded: "The President has made it clear to the American people that the United States, in the wake of an attack on our country, will defend itself. And as a result of defending ourselves, you can see what is happening in Afghanistan. The President has said that this is a war against terrorism because terrorists continue to pose a threat to the United States and to others around the world, and that he is involved in phase one of defending this country against terrorists, and he will continue to do so. Major."
Thomas, raising her voice to cut off CNN’s Major Garrett: "What gives him the authority to go into other countries and bomb them, which is what he is threatening to do?"
Fleischer tried again: "The right as the Commander-in-Chief to protect and defend the American people."

The real wonder is why the White House still provides press credentials to such a political activist.

DISGUSTING!

JLA
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