Age shall not weary

I love Helen Thomas. She's an 88-year-old who is still working at the White House press pool as a reporter, who is not afraid to criticise the administration, the mainstream media and the journalists working for it, and says she has always planned to die in her boots. I found an interview by John Greenya in the free Washington Flyer that contained a few exquisite quotes:

"The more we know the better off we are. An informed people is very important to democracy - and we might be able to prevent some bloodshed."

"The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself."

"...So many presidents do not rise to the people's expectations, because to be president is top of the mark - ain't no other place to go..."

April 22, 2009 | Posted in Writing