DISGRACEFUL – AT 10:50 A.M. ET:  Do some "journalists" actually think about what they write before putting it in print?  There is this guy, Greg Sargent, at WaPo, and this is what he wrote yesterday:

Hearst Newspapers is refusing to say whether it will stand by White House veteran reporter Helen Thomas in the wake of conservative outrage over her remarks about Jews leaving Palestine and going back to Europe.

Conservative Web sites have been banging away at Thomas ever since video surfaced of her urging Jews to "get the hell out of Palestine" and go back to Germany and Poland. Beyond these comments, Thomas has aggressively questioned the Obama administration's support for Israel in the wake of the flotilla raid, angering the right, and some Republicans are now seizing on her latest comments to call for her firing.

COMMENT:  What?  Is this serious reporting?  Is Mr. Sargent suggesting that only conservatives are outraged by Helen Thomas's vulgar, anti-Semitic remarks?  Are only those on "the right" angry about the way Helen Thomas has abused her senior position in the White House press corps?

This is the liberal mindset, or what it's degenerated into over the years.  Liberals, at one time, would have been first out of the gate to denounce bigotry.  Today, they calculate who's engaged in the bigotry, whether we care about that group, and how many party invitations will be lost by denouncing the outrage. 

They also calculate the effect of the bigotry on their favorite causes.  Right now that's the "legitimate rights of the Palestinian people."  Next week it'll be something else.

Sometimes people reveal themselves.  Mr. Sargent has revealed himself.  I have no doubt that many, many decent liberals are sickened by Helen Thomas, and would like to see her sink into retirement.  Apparently, Mr. Sargent doesn't know any. 

June 6, 2010