Things got ugly inside 1600 Pennsylvania on Friday when Dana Perino led the daily briefing for the press corp. Helen is never one to shy away from attacking a President, she's been doing it for decades. Poor little Dana really does not have much experience and it was almost sad to see she couldn't keep up with veteran Thomas.
From RawStory:
"Helen, I find it really unfortunate that you use your front row position, bestowed upon you by your colleagues, to make such statements," Perino said. "This is a -- it is an honor and a privilege to be in the briefing room, and to suggest that we, at the United States, are killing innocent people is just absurd and very offensive."
Thomas asked Perino about civilian casualties in Iraq: "Do you know how many we have since the start of this war?"
"How many -- we are going after the enemy, Helen," Perino said, ducking the question. "To the extent that any innocent Iraqis have been killed, we have expressed regret for it."
The longtime White House correspondent who has gone after presidents from both political parties responded, "Oh, regret. It doesn't bring back a life."
Ooooh, ouch. At this point Perino moves on, without answering the question. She either doesn't care about how many civilians are being killed in the war, or perhaps her handlers won't even let her know that kind of information.
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