Jim Dandy: Never heard of her till someone brought her up.

Jim Dandy: Helen Thomas is an anti-Semite. I don't see how anyone can consider a racist a hero. You need to find new forums. She has a history of Antisemitism. You ok with that?

Artful Dodger: Anti-Semite, or anti what the Israeli's have done??

(V): If she had simply said Israel should blah blah blah,in regards to the Palestinian issue, it would be one thing. The request Israelis be banished to two places that still hold very taumatic memories for Jews worldwide took it over the edge in my opinion.If she was ignorant to that, she clearly is not qualified to hold a seat in the WH press corps anyway.

Jim Dandy: Sometimes I think it would be good if Someone went to the Israeli gov and talked about 'ghettos' ... Not to be nasty, but to try and knock some sense over the whole middle east situation. I'm wondering if she was trying to get that point across.

Artful Dodger: I read, and engage in forums from all sides.You don't learn anything from only hearing one side of the story

Jim Dandy: I'm sure you do. But it doesn't sound fairly represented. After all, 90% think Helen Thomas is a hero. I don't know of any conservatives that would think that way. And that 90% of the posters in your forums think a Jew hater is a "hero" is hardly something to celebrate. That's a statistic you ought to try to camouflage, not parade for all to see. It's not the first time Helen Thomas showed her hatred for the Jews. But hey, it's the Jews. It's not like she hates blacks! That would be different. In your world it must be ok to hate Jews. I wonder if Helen Thomas was aware that many Jews still have their tattoos from the concentration camps? And many have family members that were murdered (by the millions) in both Poland and Germany. News Flash for you and others who admire racist Helen Thomas: The Jews ARE home.

I wonder if Helen Thomas favors sending all the Blacks back to Africa? For that matter, what's her position on Mexicans living illegally in the US?

Artful Dodger: it wasn't a scientific poll

Jim Dandy: Doesn't matter. Clearly a huge majority of people on your forums consider Thomas to be a hero. That doesn't speak well of them.

Artful Dodger: No argument here,it seems many woulld like to throw Israel under the bus, to appease known terrorist groups who populate boats with well intentioned bleeding hearts as human shields to break down their passage for weapon reinforcements............say that 10 times fast

Jim Dandy: That sums it up well.