May the peroxide force be with you

Blue Gal was wading through the swamp and found a little nugget. Actually, she found more than one, but you'll have to go there to see what I mean.

In any case, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino found herself on the pointy end of some tough questions put to her by White House press gallery member and grande dame Helen Thomas.

Enter Katherine Jean Lopez who thinks, after the exchange, that Dana Perino should get a raise for having to endure Helen Thomas.

Except that K.Lo, in posting her excerpt of the White House briefing was a tad dishonest. She didn't present the entire exchange - just the part which made it look as though Perino had put down Thomas and shut her up.

Blue Gal clears up that little bit of confusion by presenting the parts which our darling Republican hack thought weren't pertinent and during which Perino makes herself look like a total ass.

The Kellie Pickler YouTube will explain BG's conclusion.

Leave your comments at Blue Gal's.

Just plunk yer ass down in that chair

So, they remodeled the White House Press Room. From a layout which was eight seats across six rows it was rebuilt to accommodate seven seats across seven rows. No big deal, unless you are in the front row, able to get your questions out there and give the White House Press Secretary a good grilling on the issues.

With the change in seating, it was decided by the White House Correspondent's Association that CNN and FOX, both of which had been pushing to get the front row, that Helen Thomas, after 46 years of covering the White House, would be displaced so both of those cable news organs could operate from the front.

They changed their mind.

Helen Thomas, dean of the White House Press Corps, is back in the front row.

I don't think she's Tony Snow's worst nightmare, but you can bet he was hoping for a more friendly face to be staring straight up at him.

Oh yeah. FOX, because it is junior to other news organizations, was moved back.

(H/T Jill)