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    "The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Is A Straight Line:" The Toughness Of Helen Thomas
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    Image of willwriteforfood willwriteforfood
    10/06/09

    In reply to "The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Is A Straight Line:" The Toughness Of Helen Thomas
    Helen Thomas kicks ass seven ways from Sunday. I love that she is patient when interviewed, even in the face of inane questions, but always acts like she'd much rather be the one doing the interviewing. Which is the attitude of any good journalist.
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    Image of rednrowdy rednrowdy
    10/06/09

    In reply to "The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Is A Straight Line:" The Toughness Of Helen Thomas
    i thought ann's questioning of that sextortion dude's lawyer was about as direct as possible - it was probably the first time ann did an interview and didn't ask a cringe-inducing question. there are plenty of interviewers who do that.

    ted koppel is the master. barbara walters is alright - she gets too precious in her delivery. with oprah, she's a good interviewer in that she'll softball, but only to a point. she lost a bunch of points when she asked the olsen twins what they ate for breakfast, though. stupid ass question. charlie rose is good, but let's face it, he's got, like, half an hour for his interviews, and that's just the part they show.
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    Image of Apollonia Apollonia
    10/06/09

    In reply to "The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Is A Straight Line:" The Toughness Of Helen Thomas
    I love Helen Thomas. She reminds me so much of my abuela, both in looks and disposition.

    And I want to defend Ann Curry, but after watching the whole video, she comes off as kind of patronizing. Helen's old, but she's clearly not stupid. "I want to die with my boots on" clearly means with her pen in hand, Ann.
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    Image of Anna N. Anna N.
    10/06/09

    @Apollonia: Yeah I just found her really condescending throughout.
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    Image of winner winner
    10/06/09

    In reply to "The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Is A Straight Line:" The Toughness Of Helen Thomas
    "Do you ever get tired of looking at the white house?"

    What the hell kind of question is that?
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    Image of freckles freckles
    10/06/09

    @winner: The kind of question that gets you a job on the Today Show apparently. ::bangs head into wall::
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    Image of willwriteforfood willwriteforfood
    10/06/09

    @freckles: I guess that means I'll never work on the Today Show (breaks down, weeps). Seriously, even when I was a stupid cub reporter, it would not have occurred to me to ask that question. I mean, what kind of answer are you expecting to get?
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    Image of rodmanstreet rodmanstreet
    10/06/09

    In reply to "The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Is A Straight Line:" The Toughness Of Helen Thomas
    She's a classy dame. I want to write a musical about her. It might be called "Classy Dame." It would fall somewhere between Golden Girls, The Man Who Came To Dinner, and The Music Man.

    "The Shortest Distance Between Two Points" would be a great title for an inspirational belter to close the first act.

    "And I will ask the questions!
    And I will find the truth!
    Because the shorteeeeeeest
    Distaaaaaaance
    Betweeeeeeen twoooo pooints...
    Is a straight liiiiiiiiiiiine!"
    ba bada ba baaaa! Bum.

    Curtain.
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    Anna N. promoted this comment Edited by rodmanstreet at 10/06/09 2:45 PM rodmanstreet was starred rodmanstreet was unstarred
    Image of winner winner
    10/06/09

    In reply to "The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Is A Straight Line:" The Toughness Of Helen Thomas
    Actually, the shortest distance between two points is a tesseract.
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    Image of brokenscope brokenscope
    10/06/09

    @winner: /nerd laugh
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    la.donna.pietra promoted this comment Edited by brokenscope at 10/06/09 2:36 PM brokenscope was starred brokenscope was unstarred
    Image of GreyEminence GreyEminence
    10/06/09

    @winner: I think I love you.
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    la.donna.pietra promoted this comment GreyEminence was starred GreyEminence was unstarred
    Image of rodmanstreet rodmanstreet
    10/06/09

    @winner: All right, all right. Who let the nerds on the board? ;)
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    la.donna.pietra promoted this comment rodmanstreet was starred rodmanstreet was unstarred
    Image of teenypanini09 teenypanini09
    10/06/09

    In reply to "The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Is A Straight Line:" The Toughness Of Helen Thomas
    when i was about 11 years old, my family and i took a trip to washington d.c. when we were visiting the white house, she was leaving it. my parents took a picture of her and she chatted with them a bit. i was too young to realize who she is. but now, i think she's so awesome.
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    Image of APigofSuccess APigofSuccess
    10/06/09

    @teenypanini09: My dad saw her on a plane about a year ago. He is really tall and he leaned down quietly and said, "Keep giving 'em hell, ma'am." He said she just smiled and said, "I will." LOVE.
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    formergr promoted this comment APigofSuccess was starred APigofSuccess was unstarred
    Image of formergr formergr
    10/06/09

    @APigofSuccess: I love your dad, that is awesome. And I too teared up reading that...
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    Image of willwriteforfood willwriteforfood
    10/06/09

    @APigofSuccess: Fabulous story! I am ENVIOUS. Also, your dad is awesome.
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