Our apologies to Adam Clymer, but there are reporters, and then there is Helen Thomas. Don't nobody mess with Helen.

Declaring President Bush has done more to break down the so-called separation of church and state than any other chief executive, veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas told a large audience at the University of North Carolina that the war with Iraq is a "mindless invasion … without provocation."

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Thomas has covered the White House for over 40 years. She described the first president she covered, John F. Kennedy, as inspired and eloquent. Such words did not come up, however, as she talked about Bush.

She criticized the terror-fighting Patriot Act and slammed Bush's domestic and international policies.