"Oh, regret-It doesn't bring back a life" Perino-NO MATCH-For Helen Thomas

[kpete]

Perino: "Helen, I find it really unfortunate that you use your front row position, bestowed upon you by your colleagues, to make such statements," Perino said. "This is a -- it is an honor and a privilege to be in the briefing room, and to suggest that we, at the United States, are killing innocent people is just absurd and very offensive."

Thomas asked Perino about civilian casualties in Iraq: "Do you know how many we have since the start of this war?"

"How many -- we are going after the enemy, Helen," Perino said, ducking the question. "To the extent that any innocent Iraqis have been killed, we have expressed regret for it."

The longtime White House correspondent who has gone after presidents from both political parties responded, "Oh, regret. It doesn't bring back a life."

more at:
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Thomas_to_Perino_Your_regret_doesnt_1201.html

[gateley]

1. I LOVE Helen! nt

[NC_Nurse]

2. Dana Perino is SO scary.

Nice house, nobody home. Yuch.

[zabet]

5. And the light

on the porch is
burned out.

[donheld]

25. But the shutters bang loudly

next to the broken windows.

[mamameow]

27. cold

her parents missed when they named her dana, should have been crystal----ice crystal!!!!!! bet husband has to really "work" at getting her hot!!!!!

[George II]

28. She's the Stepford Press Secretary

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Helen Thomas could knock Dana Perino into the next county

with the flick of a finger. That snotty, supercilious little hairdo isn't worthy to even speak to Helen Thomas let alone dis her like that.

I never thought I'd actually miss Tony Snow.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

4. How about missing dear little "impordant" Scotty? YIkes.

I actually used to feel sorry for him, bless his little snotty heart. MKJ

[Solly Mack]

6. What a crock

first she says the US isn't killing Iraqis (to even suggest it is absurd and offensive) and then she says they express regret for dead Iraqis...

it's that word...innocent.... that brings it all together

they regret any innocent Iraqis that may have been killed ..


She's saying all the Iraqis that have died were bad and wrong and evil and terrorists...so it's absurd and offensive to suggest that any Iraqis that get killed aren't terrorists

and isn't that all just so neat and tidy of her!

What a disgusting piece of shit she is

[xchrom]

7. make perrino watch shock and awe.

and remind her that saddam HAD NO WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

[Disturbed]

9. " it is an honor and a privilege to be in the briefing room,"

The pretty face of Fascism is on your TV.

[xchrom]

13. the pretty face of deception. -- this is good we could go on. nt

[MiniMe]

17. Maybe for Perrino, but Helen has been there for years

It is old hat for her

[flyarm]

32. fuck perrino..who has been in that briefing room longest?? and what a little witch to suggest that

to Helen "grandmother" of that Briefing room!

Why does anyone give these "newbies" any credibility?

The lady of the BREIFING ROOM..HELEN THOMAS... IS THE ONLY PERSON I GIVE ANY CREDIBILITY TO IN THAT ROOM!

Fuck the rest of the fascists and cowards!

fly

[Canuckistanian]

35. Helen has EARNED that privilege

Helen has served in the WH press corps for over 57 years, with distinction.

A partial list of her service is fairly represented in Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Thomas

Perino is a partisan crony who will be forgotten the second she walks out of the WH.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Oh, SNAP!

[flordehinojos]

10. HEY DANA PERRINO... MAYBE HELEN THOMAS' COLLEAGUES GAVE HER AN HONOR SEAT IN THE FRONT ROW SO THAT

SHE COULD ASK YOU THE QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ASKED. THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY ARE ALL TOO AFRAID TO ASK ...

AND... NO. 2, WHY DON'T YOU STOP BEING CONDESCENDENT TOWARDS HELEN THOMAS. YOU OUGHT TO BE KISSING THE GROUND SHE WALKS ON!

THE WOMAN KNOWS DEMOCRACY AND HONOR AND INTEGRITY. YOU KNOW A WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT AND YOU PASS ON HIS LIES!

[SeattleGirl]

14. Hear hear!!!!!

Dana the Barbie Doll should be ashamed of herself, for treating Helen Thomas that way. Of course, she won't be, because she's a Bushite, but DAMN!!!

DAMN DAMN DAMN!!!!

:grr: :grr: :grr:

[Cha]

11. Typical Fascist Putdown Shit..try

and frame the messenger as not worthy to even be asking questions of the erstwhile grand United States Government.

dana perino sounds like she'd going down in the trashpile of bushite history..lie some more, dana, and lie harder.

Helen Thomas eats and spits out pressers like you just for a snack.

[spanone]

12. dana's head would make a very musical shaker

[blues90]

15. Beside Perino being such a freak , what is with the noise ?

You always heard Snow and Perino but when they switch to the do nothing reporters there is always the soundof something like a in need of repair air conditioner running out of control roaring in the back ground .

[SaveOurDemocracy]

16. Helen Thomas has no peer.

History will remember her.

[Rosemary2205]

37. Amen to that.

[Blue_In_AK]

18. That little twit Perino

has a lot of nerve being condescending to Helen Thomas. Dana's not worthy to tie Helen's shoes.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

19. We have expressed regret for doing what is

absurd and very offensive of you to suggest we've done!

HUH?

Bravo Helen, you're a champion!! :hug: :loveya:

[L. Coyote]

20. K & R. Hooray for Helen. Keep asking how many, Helen!! Keep asking and asking.

[Elspeth]

21. Hey Dana, it's an honor and a privilege to live on the taxpayer for just being a pretty liar

And you abuse it daily.

[annabanana]

22. "an honor and a privilege"?. . ."AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE"??

It is an honor and a privilege for HER.. to be allowed to speak for someone who WORKS FOR US and to try and explain to US,, THE PEOPLE . . why we should accept their excuses for their behanvior..

the nerve...

[HCE SuiGeneris]

23. Oh Dana,

you poor misguided POS. You are not worthy of addressing Helen, never mind chastising her.

[CBHagman]

24. I'll take sanctimonious wenches for 800, please, Alex.

Boy, Perino really has that feigned woundedness and self-righteousness down pat. Ooh, how dare we question the administration when they're so wise and pure. :puke:

On edit: Just watched the video at the link. Perino wiping her nose with the back of her hand added exactly the right touch. :rofl:

And then she snottily reminds Helen Thomas what a privilege it is to be in the briefing room. :eyes: Yes, and Dana Perino was still having her diapers changed when Helen Thomas was more than a decade into her career in the White House press corps.

Take a tip, Dana. Don't mess with Hel. She'll surgically remove your posterior and hand it to you on a platter.

[donsu]

36. lol - Perino will pay

nt

[barbtries]

26. if i could stand to sit through it twice

i'd count the lies spouted by the WH's whore, starting with "the commander in chief was elected by the american people" to "we're delivering freedom and democracy to iraq" - but i can't. the sound bite was as much as i can bear at one sitting as far as listening to and watching these motherfuckers. i have high blood pressure already.

[Bjorn Against]

29. Where is this "regret" the White House claims to have shown?

Perino complains that Helen is abusing her privilege by asking how many civilians have been killed, that is a question every journalist should be asking yet Perino views at as an abuse of privilege. They tell us they show regret, but in what way have they shown regret? To push the issue to the side whenever it is brought up. These people simply have no respect for human life and have no problem committing acts of murder.

[robbedvoter]

30. Funny - I used that line re: candidate who sponsored IWR but now regrets

but somehow, no one sees the permanence of taking lives when it comes to THEIR candidate. They keep calling it a "mistake"

[WinkyDink]

31. I refuse to listen to Perrino's tinny, robotic, hurried speech. Nails on a blackboard.

[Iris]

33. Rock on, Helen!

:headbang:

[lowry]

34. "It is an honor and a privilege to be in this briefing room"

Hilarious. This same honor and privilege were bestowed upon that "journalistic pillar" Jeff Gannon, aka, Jim Guckert, White House soft-baller and prostitute extraoridnaire.

Lancet estimates maybe 1,000,000 innocent Iraqi dead, Perino. Gonna take a lot of regret to cover that blood. If there were a hell, you & the whole * gang would find a nice frying pan waiting for you. I might even change my entire theological outlook, just to see you fry.

[LuckyLib]

38. I find that when people begin a response with the person's first name, the sanctimonious

patronizing is on the way. It's a way of isolating someone as an individual crackpot, someone whose question barely merits an answer. But the real tragedy is the rest of the Press Corpse behind Helen who say nothing -- they should bombard Perino with the same question asked 14 different ways until she implodes. Then walk out. En masse. End of press conference.

[eggplant]

39. "And I have a follow up..."

"With whom did you place your soul in a blind trust when you took this job?"

[burythehatchet]

40. I think the premise that a flake (flak?) like Perillo would

admonish Helen is preposterous.

[skepticscott]

41. So how long will it be

before Perino ditches her daily liefest to "spend more time with her family" or "pursue other opportunities" and how long after that before HER (redacted) tell-all book comes out, expressing deep astonishment and regret that her bosses had her passing along "inaccurate" information?

[piesRsquare]

42. Wow--Perino looks like shit!

Perino is a couple of years younger than I am (I'm 35), but in that clip she looks 10 years *older*. She's gotten nastier, too.

I wonder if she's gonna make it through the next year; she's pretty worn and torn right now!

[HCE SuiGeneris]

43. It's corruption eating away at her from the inside out.

Evil has its price...

[sattahipdeep]

44. In the September 16 shooting, who authorized the grant of immunity?

"How many -- we are going after the enemy, Helen," Perino said, ducking the question. "To the extent
that any innocent Iraqis have been killed, we have expressed regret for it."



http://oversight.house.gov

Committee Seeks Information about Blackwater Immunity

Chairman Henry A. Waxman writes Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
to ask who conferred immunity on the Blackwater security guards involved
in the September 16 shooting, who authorized the grant of immunity, and
when did Secretary Rice and other senior State Department officials learn
about the immunity.

[samsingh]

45. good for her and perino

should pay attention to how the other propaganda speakers that came before him are being treated by the bush mob.

and how stupid is the statement 'we're going after the enemy' - you assholes created the enemy, and you assholes can't tell us who the enemy is. i suspect that any dead Iraqi is called an enemy combatant.