# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/41 "2005-07-28T23:14:38Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Not if it was Ann Coulter. > > Though there could be mass suicide on the Left if there was ever general agreement that Coulter was a “prominent journalist”. On the contrary, there would be mass celebration, since Hillary is a lead-pipe cinch to run. Anyway, Coulter’s a pundit, or talking head, or aggravating gasbag, not a reporter. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/42 "2005-07-28T23:19:03Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Ahhh, she could be going all the way back to George Sr. on that comment. Shit, we could go back to John and John Q. Adams. We need some reference here. If Cheney runs and then kills Thomas, would that be assisted suicide? ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/43 "2005-07-28T23:22:36Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > _ **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. You will never see that recipe again. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/44 "2005-07-28T23:37:44Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > If Oprah was Canadian… …she’d have a fur-lined Hermes bag? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/45 "2005-07-28T23:59:01Z")
> [@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. > > Now I kind of hope he really does win. If he does, I’m going to hold her to this. Well, I swear to never ever eat aparagus again (I never eat it anyway, I hate it). ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/46 "2005-07-29T00:22:11Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > You will never see that recipe again. ☹ I’m hanging from that hope. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/47 "2005-07-29T00:48:03Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > I’m hanging from that hope. > Daniel Beats hanging from a rope. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/48 "2005-07-29T00:48:26Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Sorry, I missed the memo. Why are we supposed to hate Helen Thomas, exactly? She is continually going over to the jukebox and playing B-17. ---
**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 29, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/49 "2005-07-29T01:00:38Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > For a little context on this, by the way, Thomas has long been mad at the administration because of perceived mistreatment and disrespect of her on its part. Didn’t they move her to the second row or something during the press briefings? Some blatant slap IIRC. She was becoming pretty annoying (not like Sam Donaldson-asking tough questions, she was acting pretty wacky it seems like). ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645/50 "2005-07-29T01:29:21Z")
I’m closing this thread for a) wishing death on someone and b) because it’s become Mundane and Pointless. Lynn For the Straight Dope [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-thomas-says-she-will-commit-suicide-if-dick-cheny-runs-for-president/314645.md?page=2)