<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420042" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Helen Thomas</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In her time she's seen them all: <br>Johnson's anguish and Nixon's fall<br>From Camelot's dissolution<br>In a grieving nation's tears<br>Helen Thomas was a witness<br>to the history of my years.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She held a place of honor<br>Where all to her deferred: <br>Senior writer in the press corps<br>Well respected, sometimes feared.<br>Now she's fired and disgraced-<br>banned from her accustomed place.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The arbiters of elegance<br>took umbrage at her words<br>Her statement lacked “correctness”<br>As per the beltway herd<br>She's a racist and a bigot, An old and senile shrew-<br>They have no need of sticks and stones who know what words can do.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Once upon a better time<br>We had a Bill of Rights<br>The press was free and speech was free<br>We were vigilant of our rights.<br>But now it's just a paper<br>a tapir burning in the night..</div><div style="margin:10px 0">These days the press conveys the lies<br>that government wants heard.<br>If any dare to disagree<br>They're soon kicked to the curb.<br>The rest will heel at master's voice<br>Like obedient whipped curs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Her speech may have been hateful<br>Doubtless many will agree<br>But speech must be protected<br>Or else none of us is free.<br>Where's our Voltaire with courage rare<br>to defy rank tyranny?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+F.+McCullagh">John F. McCullagh</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420042" data-title="Helen Thomas de John F. McCullagh" data-description="In her time she's seen them all: Johnson's anguish and Nixon's fall From Camelot's dissolution In a grieving nation's tears Helen Thomas was a witness to the history of my years. She held a place of honor Where all to her deferred: Senior write..."></div> </div> </div>

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