Here are some of the most outrageous, sometimes humorous, quotes from Hearst Newspapers columnist Helen Thomas from 2002, courtesy of the Media Research Center: Self-censoring? "I censored myself for 50 years. … Now I wake up and ask myself, 'Who do I hate today?' … I have never covered a president who actually wanted to go to war. Bush's policy of pre-emptive war is immoral — such a policy would legitimize Pearl Harbor." - Ms. Thomas, speaking at a Nov. 4 dinner at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ronnie the Nasty: "There was a Reagan revolution, a very conservative revolution, and it was social Darwinism. If you can 't make it, tough." - Thomas, speaking March 3 at a Newseum session in Washington The following was paid for by … : Thomas: "Does the president consider (the election outcome) a mandate to fulfill his agenda• Going to war with Iraq, privatizing Social Security, weakening the Civil Service Commission and so forth?" Bush Press Secretary Ari Fleischer: "Helen, you sound like a commercial that didn't work." - Exchange at White House briefing, Nov. 6

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