Daily Breeze - Doubting (Helen) Thomas offers her press veteran's take on state of presidency
"... She seemed to have sympathy and affection for everyone but George W. Bush, a man who she said is rising on a wave of 9-11 fear %u2014 fear of looking unpatriotic, fear of asking questions, just fear. %u201CWe have,%u201D she said, %u201Clost our way.%u201D
Thomas believes we have chosen to promote democracy with bombs instead of largess while Congress %u201Cdefaults,%u201D Democrats cower and a president controls all three branches of government in the name of corporations and the religious right.
As she signed my program, I joked, "You sound worried."
"This is the worst president ever," she said. "He is the worst president in all of American history."
The woman who has known eight of them wasn't joking. ..."