Helen Thomas: Martyr of the left ~ By Joseph Farah

Joseph is absolutely correct about the left supporting Helen Thomas. In the comments for the video below, I saw this one (the only one that actually made ANY sense, even though it's wrong):

So Much for the Freedom of Speech in the US, this woman has served her country for more than 50 years in the white house with more than 10 presidents! And just because she said the truth, she's now an anti-Semite and should be fired! Why not execute her as well, also Note Note that after the video there's a guy accusing her of being intolerant and racist against Jews, now listen carefully to what Helen said, she didn't mention Jews not even once!!! ~ by thePencilOrg

If you notice in that comment above, the writer tried to claim that Helen wasn't being intolerant or racist. It is exactly the same spin that people on the left, the progressives, were trying to put on what Helen said. To be fair, the writer of the above comment lives in Jordan according to the profile on youtube, and is most likely Arab, and may or may not be "progressive," but it does illustrate the point that Joseph wrote: "It's happening all over the world. It is as if Europeans and Asians and Africans and many Americans were under a spell – a spell of vicious, irrational, hateful anti-Semitism." Just sayin'...

June 08, 2010 - Helen Thomas: What a shameful way to retire

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Which is why I must remind you of something little understood in the world today: The Holocaust was the work of a "progressive" socialist regime. It was the work of the national socialists of Germany. Many today are under the mistaken belief that Adolf Hitler was some kind of right-winger. He was not. He wasn't a Communist, but he was a socialist, which, if you remember my lesson on the political spectrum, can never, ever be part of the political right.

The Holocaust was a mere 65 years ago.

And, already the world has forgotten – at least the world of the left.

By Joseph Farah

Posted: June 10, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2010

I've received a number of queries from some of my "progressive" friends and acquaintances since writing a blistering commentary that probably contributed to the forced retirement of Helen Thomas.

Not a one of them, by the way, said: "Farah, I know I don't often agree with you about matters like government redistribution of wealth, the need for government to protect individual liberties rather than create group rights, gun control, freedom of the press and a host of other issues, but you were right about Helen Thomas. She was way over the line. What she said was blatantly anti-Semitic, and there was no excuse. Good riddance to her and congratulations to you."

Not even close.

In fact, every single one of the comments I received from so-called "enlightened progressives" suggested that I had overreacted to Thomas' remarks.

In other words, from the admittedly small sampling of perhaps 50 e-mails I received from avowed "progressives" on the matter of Helen Thomas, most of them either said they agreed with her or that I was being too tough on her.

What this suggests to me is that there is a growing intolerance, to use one of its terms, among the "progressive left" toward Israel and Jews in general.

That should be disturbing to every American.

Why would so-called "progressives," whose religion is tolerance and diversity, be so willing to excuse the kind of hate speech Helen Thomas offered in that infamous video?

I don't want to beat a dead horse on this subject, but seldom in American public life do we see such stark examples of anti-Jewish bigotry on display as we saw in Helen Thomas' downfall.

Yet, virtually all of the criticism that led to her resignation from the Hearst Corporation came from the "conservative right."

Where were the "progressives"? Where were the "liberals"? Where was the "left"?

You know the answer – and so do I.

These are indeed rhetorical questions.

The answer is that the so-called "progressive liberal-left" – internationally as well as domestically – is increasingly anti-Israel and anti-Jewish.

Jews are no longer part of a protected minority class, apparently, in the eyes of the left – if indeed they ever were.

That's pretty shocking given the 5,000-year historical record of anti-Jewish persecution. There is no parallel in history to the persecution of the Jews – none, zip, zilch, nada.

The recent international furor over the Gaza flotilla is an example of how there is simply a different standard of behavior expected from Jews and Israelis than any other people in the world. The "progressive liberal-left" can understand why Arabs send their children into Israel to act as suicide bombers and fire rockets and missiles from their territory into Israeli towns and villages, but it cannot comprehend why Israel seeks to defend itself.

There's a word for that kind of double-standard – bigotry.

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Helen Thomas needs to go ~ By Joseph Farah

The column by Joseph Farah and the video you will see below are both breathtaking. I could not agree with Joseph more! I mean, really, how could this old hag ever again see the inside of the White House, let alone the press room? This is almost beyond belief that she could say what she says (See exhibit A) and still be employed by Hearst Corp.?

Let me just ask one thing: Is the liberal press all like her? I mean, good God, do they really want to share the same air with her? Do they not realize if they don't get rid of Helen Thomas NOW, the evil stench will stick to them, too? JUST SAYIN'!!!!

She wants the Jews to go home to Germany and Poland – where 6 million of them, about half the Jewish population in the entire world – were exterminated. Israel was the refuge for the survivors. But Helen Thomas has aligned herself with Hezbollah, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hamas and neo-Nazis around the world who would like nothing better than to see the Jews wandering again so they can be picked off one by one.

But, as a fellow Lebanese-American and as a real journalist, I want to denounce this detestable old wretch in no uncertain terms. I want her discredited. I want her banished from my industry. I want to see her frog-marched out of the White House and the briefing rooms. And I want to see the Hearst Corp., for which I worked so hard and long, do the right thing and fire her.

By Joseph Farah

Posted: June 05, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2010

I worked for the Hearst Corp. for a long time – almost 10 years.

Therefore, I have some really important and good advice for my old employer and any colleagues who might still be around.

Get rid of Helen Thomas now!

She is an embarrassment to the Hearst Corp., to the entire White House press corps and to the journalistic community – if any of them can still be embarrassed.

What am I talking about?

Isn't Helen Thomas the dean of the White House press corps? Doesn't she command the respect of all her colleagues? Isn't she something of a press institution?

There's no question Thomas has been treated respectfully by her peers and by successive White Houses. I can't really understand why. Yes, she's old. Yes, she's crotchety. Yes, she's been around a long time.

But it's time to put her out to pasture. It's time to bar her from the White House press corps. It's time to retire her – ignominiously. It's time for all good journalists and respectable politicians (I know that's a small fraternity) to walk away from her and shake the dust from their shoes.

Why?

Am I just being cruel?

No, I would like you to look at Exhibit A in the case against Helen Thomas:

Video provided by rabbilive — June 03, 2010

I don't feel any other exhibits are necessary, though I could surely list them. It's not the first time I have attempted to expose this witch for what she is.

In fact, I corresponded with Tony Snow and Dana Perino during the Bush years about this battle ax and the undue respect she was afforded – even while the affable and lovable Les Kinsolving was often vilified by them.

Perino dressed me down for the contempt I showed Thomas. Dana may be very easy on the eyes, but she is hardly the most discerning and astute observer of the media and political scene.

Can you imagine in 2010 any other media or political figure getting away with saying Jews in Israel should go back to Germany and Poland?

It's stunning. It's breathtaking. It's flabbergasting.

This is a first-rate, raw-boned, dyed-in-the-wool Jew-hater.

And she represents the Hearst Corp.

She is revered by the White House press corps.

She is treated with dignity by presidents.

Can someone please explain this to me?

Why isn't Abe Foxman campaigning to get her fired and disgraced?

Where's the Anti-Defamation League when you need them?

Aren't there any professional organizations among journalists to censure this beast for this kind of hate-talk?

Now I've always known Thomas was an anti-Semite. It's been obvious in her work for decades. It's been obvious in her earlier comments about Israel. But this is a classic illustration – undeniable evidence.

If Pat Buchanan said this, he would be drummed out of the commentary business.

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