President Finally Calls on Helen Thomas, Says He Only Semi-Regrets It

She grills him. He implodes. Stuttering, stammering, dodging the question, going off on a tangent. It’s a sad thing when an 85 year old woman has more balls than the President of the United States.

NEW YORK Unlike several of his predecessors, going back decades, President Bush has largely avoided calling on veteran reporter Helen Thomas, one of his harshest critics, in press conferences.But today, for some reason, he relented, early in this morning’s press gathering, and the following exchange took place.

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Helen. After that brilliant performance at the Gridiron (dinner), I am — (laughter.)

Q You’re going to be sorry. (Laughter.)

THE PRESIDENT: Well, then, let me take it back. (Laughter.)

Q I’d like to ask you, Mr. President, your decision to invade Iraq has caused the deaths of thousands of Americans and Iraqis, wounds of Americans and Iraqis for a lifetime. Every reason given, publicly at least, has turned out not to be true. My question is, why did you really want to go to war? From the moment you stepped into the White House, from your Cabinet — your Cabinet officers, intelligence people, and so forth — what was your real reason? You have said it wasn’t oil — quest for oil, it hasn’t been Israel, or anything else. What was it?

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