Well put!! However, only one other comment, it has been extremely long overdue for her to leave. Good riddance!!

Helen Thomas has long been a blow hard of moderate to lower intelligence that spouted nothing but the most liberal party line. She has often opined against this country and its principles. It is long, long, loonngg past time that she left the field to (hopefully) a more objective reporter.

She's gone because of bad timing, Obama and his coterie have chosen to undermine Israel less ostentatiously. If George Bush was still president the media would have come to her defense, saying she made a statement that needed saying, that her courage was a sign that it was time to quit coddling Israel. This time crap hit the fan and it splashed on Obama, that's a no-no among the members of the White House Press Corp. They are vetted before being allowed in the emperor's circle and obeisance is taken for granted. Bad Helen!

Forget anti-Semitism for a moment... first and foremost, ever noticed how UGLY this toad is?

Helen Thomas and her anti-semitic views are just the tip of the iceburg in manifesting the hatred of God's chosen people by all those who are biblically ignorant of the history,covenants,etc of the nation of Israel. This is just part of the fullfillment of prophecy. There will NEVER be peace in Israel OR the world until Messiah JESUS returns to reign on His throne in JERUSALEM.

Thank God the Wicked Witch of the Press is gone.

Well I'll be; she is of Lebanese descent. And here I thought that anti-semitism came mostly from the middle east.

I have great hopes for her Quick reunion with Ted Kennedy.

Aren't Arabs also Semitic people? This means Arab bashing is also anti-Semitic. Ms Thomas is a Lebanese American, so many of her critics are anti-Semitic.

Also....For the record, the Jews were not the only victims of Nazi Germany.

Smart people wish to hear all sides to the story.

It is said by Bernard Malamud,

If you ever forget you're a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.

I CANT BELIEVE THIS, YOU PEOPLE CALLING THE WOMAN UGLY, NO MATTER WHAT SHE HAS DONE, SHE IS STILL A HUMAN BEING.... HOW WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR MOTHER CALLED UGLY? NO WONDER THIS COUNTRY IS GOING TO HELL IN A HAND BASKET... NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO CALL OTHERS NAMES..NO ONE!

Judy, let's face it - sometimes ugly inside is reflected on the outside. She has a mean ugly heart, and used her position to spread her views, rather than report the facts, as so many journalists do these days. Sad but true, there will be another one just like her to fill that seat.

May she soon go to her appointed place. She is a vaxshion to the spirit.

I do not wish her ill -- I just wish she had "retired" uyears ago. Free speech does not mean that people can do nothing but spew hatred. If these words had been uttered by a conservative American there would be an out-poring of indignation. Now she has the "free press" coming to her defense. She wants to send Jews back to Poland and Germany where millions were murdered. I once attended a party where I met a woman who had been in a death camp in Germany. She still had the numbers etched on her forearm. It was chilling. Let us all remember that Jesus was a Jew and he was crucified.

Actually - it is sad that political views are routinely excoriated as 'racist' when they run counter to powerful, organized groups. If Ms Thomas had suggested that the Palestinians go home to Jordan (as the author suggests), she would probably have been applauded; she certainly wouldn't have been forced into 'retirement'. You can dislike her political views and wish her gone for that, but I am tired of the endless conflation of political opinion with racism simply as a way of demonizing ideas not liked.

Judy,

What's all this stuff about "free speech", I and anyone else in this country have the right to call anyone anything anytime. Ugly is what ugly does.

First off, I too am of Lebanese descent, but I am Pro-Isreal. Second of all she cannot be Anti-Semitic because she, like me and like most Middle Easterners are technically Semites, even though the negative connotation generally refers to Jews. She is however an ignorant bigot who should have been forced to leave a long time ago. Long live Isreal, the fates of Isreal and the US are closely tied. Lets not ever forget that.

Helen Thomas is a perfect example of why one should get out of the game while they are still still ahead. In my humble opinion she has been making remarks that have not made sense for quite awhile. Now she's really done it and it was terrible.

Hey Vince! You might want to check:

It's "Israel" and not "Isreal"

-- DK

First off the 'predication' for Israel to be placed (1948) in the middle of the Arab world is purportedly the Bible. I wonder, is that the same Bible the Jews want banned from every institution in this country? We can mention the Bible if it satifies the desires of the Jews but not otherwise?

For those of you who are not aware, 3 days BEFORE 9/11, at a legally convened and sanctioned United Nations Conference in Durban, South Africa, the United Nations General Assembly voted 170 to 2 to sanction "Israel as a terrorist nation for what she has done to the Palestinians over the past 70 years." The only nations to vote against the resolution were the US and Israel. People outside of this country know what is going on; the Jew press in the US feeds us horsepuckey.