# Helen Thomas says she will commit suicide if Dick Cheny runs for president **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 28, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645 "2005-07-28T20:45:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Thin\_Lizzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Thin\_Lizzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Lizzy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/1 "2005-07-28T20:45:29Z")
Why take a chance? Do it NOW, Helen! [http://www.drudgereport.com/flash1.htm](http://www.drudgereport.com/flash1.htm) ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/2 "2005-07-28T20:46:50Z")
I have her on my Death Pool list this year. I’ll have to remember to put her on it in 2008, just in case. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/3 "2005-07-28T20:49:01Z")
Now if only we could get Cheney to commit to killing himself if Helen Thomas runs. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/4 "2005-07-28T20:52:24Z")
I’m getting really tired of people threatening to commit suicide/move to Canada/never eat green beans again if some politician runs for or wins something and then not following through. Now I kind of hope he really does win. If he does, I’m going to hold her to this. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/5 "2005-07-28T20:53:18Z")
Let’s see how many wackos we can get on either side to take this pledge. That way no matter who wins, everybody wins. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/6 "2005-07-28T21:28:53Z")
Pure and simple hyperbole. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/7 "2005-07-28T21:31:38Z")
A hyper bowl is what I put my Sugar Frosted Choco Bombs™ in! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/8 "2005-07-28T21:34:27Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > Pure and simple hyperbole. yup. If I say “If I hear that goddam Celine Dion song from Titanic one more time I’m gonna shoot myself,” You’re not going to call 911 if “My heart shall go on” wafts from a Benneton we walk by. ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/9 "2005-07-28T21:35:58Z")
The Dems would love for Cheny to run. He would never be elected President (OK, never say never, but, come on, he’s got no chance). (Maybe she’s trying to goad him into running?) ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/10 "2005-07-28T21:36:26Z")
This is news… how? I don’t fault her for the sentiment, just for verbalizing it while Drudge Report hacks are around to make a big deal out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/11 "2005-07-28T21:40:27Z")
I’ll vote for Hillary if Helen even lives until '08. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/12 "2005-07-28T22:00:43Z")
Sorry, I missed the memo. Why are we supposed to hate Helen Thomas, exactly? ---
**Author:** ![PinkMarabou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PinkMarabou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkMarabou)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/13 "2005-07-28T22:04:34Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Sorry, I missed the memo. Why are we supposed to hate Helen Thomas, exactly? The OP is a mindless cuntbag, don’t expect any insightful answers from that shit-stain. ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/14 "2005-07-28T22:05:04Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Sorry, I missed the memo. Why are we supposed to hate Helen Thomas, exactly? I think that she wears white after Labor Day. I am pretty sure that she didn’t get a blowjob, though. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/15 "2005-07-28T22:14:43Z")
_ **I** _ heard that she left the cake out in the rain. I don’t think that I can take it, cause it took so long to bake it, and the recipe is from a now closed website. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/16 "2005-07-28T22:16:32Z")
The OP is obviously the member of the White House press corps with the most seniority after Ms. Thomas. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/17 "2005-07-28T22:17:23Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Why are we supposed to hate Helen Thomas, exactly? Cuz’s standing next to her evil opposite; Ann Coulter, she looks even more like a cross between Shreck & a shar pei ---
**Author:** ![Corii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Corii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corii)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/18 "2005-07-28T22:20:15Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > I’m getting really tired of people threatening to commit suicide/move to Canada/never eat green beans again if some politician runs for or wins something and then not following through. If Dick Cheney runs for president, I swear I will never eat okra again. OR lima beans. Take that!! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/19 "2005-07-28T22:21:32Z")
If Dick Cheney eats lima beans, I’m never moving to Canada again. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/20 "2005-07-28T22:23:48Z")
He will pass the gas bill. He will cut the cheese programs. He will sit on your toilet for over 15 minutes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645.md?page=2)