[lbo-talk] Fox opinion says give Helen a break

[Dennis Claxton]

I never heard of Ratner before this. I got this from wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Ratner

She has been dating Cholene Espinoza, a former Air Force U-2 spy 
plane pilot and currently a commercial pilot for United, since at 
least 2004. In the gay community they are known as a "super couple."

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/06/07/ellen-ratner-helen-thomas-racial-ethnic-sexual-minority-ninety-brain-filters/

Give Helen Thomas a Break

By Ellen Ratner

Published June 07, 2010

Helen Thomas has apologized and resigned. What more do people want?

I'm Jewish and a supporter of Israel.

I've known Helen Thomas since 1993. I've had dinner with her many 
times and I consider her a close friend.

If I had a dollar for every American who has said something in 
private about a racial, ethnic, or sexual minority in this country I 
would be a multimillionaire many times over.

Let's face it we all have said things -- or thought things -- about 
"other" groups of people, things that we would not want to see in 
print or on video. Anyone who denies it is a liar.

Helen is three months short of 90 and her brain's filters might not 
work as well as a 40-year-old's. Give her a break.

Ellen Ratner is Washington bureau chief for Talk Radio News Service 
and a Fox News contributor.