You nailed it, JRV. Perfectly.

I've only known Helen as an unhinged "senile old aunt" who asks people like Ari Fleischer "Why do you want to kill Iraqi children". (Depravedlunatic sees no issue with this, I'm sure.) She's like te Mike Tyson of journalism: great in her day, but a sideshow freak to anyone without memories of past glories.