Countdown, Continued: "Bush Win Would Mean Dark Times"

Helen Thomas has a few things to say about the election:

There are many reasons -- in foreign policy and on the domestic front -- why President George W. Bush should not be reelected.

Thomas's list should be read in its entirety--so I won't enumerate it here. Check out her op-ed.

One thing I WILL say, though, is that Helen Thomas has kept her dignity intact--and good for her. The So-Called-Liberal-Media has been piling on Ms. Thomas for some time, and the Bush administration did everything short of sanctifying this ugliness. Thomas was and is one of the few voices covering the White House who doesn't grovel at the collective feet of the arrogant assholes running the country. For this, she's paid the price, being shut out of the few news conferences Bush has given (and being denied her traditional role of asking the first question--probably because Bush knew she wasn't a pushover). Brit Hume had the temerity to call her "the crazy aunt who lives in the attic," or words to that effect--which is something, considering that Brit looks like a cross between Cro-Magnon Man and a Bassett Hound (minus the keen sense of hearing and smell).

I realize Ms. Thomas is getting on in years, but I hope she continues to cover the Kerry White House for at least the near future. The country is well served by journalists of her caliber.