Good Riddance!

Here's an excuse for Helen Thomas: "I am in no way excusing what Helen Thomas said . But it was the kind of thing that someone says when they just are not as sharp as they used to be." What also bothered me was hearing Brit Hume say something to the effect that he had sat next to her for 8 years and had heard her make similar remarks in the past. If that's true, why didn't he speak up before? It's sort of like attending Jeremiah Wright's church for years despite knowing he was a racist.