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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-09-05 07:37 PM
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Rather leaves with class but takes a dig
Courage


when telling the truth as a media person means losing all
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cry baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-09-05 07:43 PM
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1. word! nt
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-09-05 07:45 PM
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2. Rather is one of those guys that you never knew how good you had
Edited on Wed Mar-09-05 07:53 PM by cat_girl25
until they are gone. Good luck, Dan Rather...from a fellow Texan!
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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-09-05 07:46 PM
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3. Loved his election night euphemisms
will miss him
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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-09-05 08:09 PM
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and we are left with novacula
or as he is better known as

douchebag for liberty
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-09-05 10:47 PM
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14. you betcha, Bye, Dan, you're the BEST
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-09-05 07:49 PM
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4. I'm so fucking pissed off I could spit!
The rightwingnuts won another one. While Dan Rather never really grew on me (I was raised on a steady diet of Walter Cronkite), he was, in my view, a good guy. Why on earth the right wanted him gone was beyond me. But it goes back to that fatfukker, Jesse Helms. At least.

They **hate** the truth ... and like the fucking cockroaches they are, they hate the light of day.

Tonight, having watched Rather's farwell and his extraordinarily well crafted messaage, I am feeling as pissed as I was watching him be forced to call the last election for that shithead in the White House.
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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-09-05 07:52 PM
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5. without the chains of coporate evil influence
and no BFEE to worry about, Rather is going to become a thorn in the potus's ass.


they will wish they had left him alone as anchor.
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Ms. Clio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-09-05 08:09 PM
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6. I doubt it n/t
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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-09-05 09:04 PM
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7. who is taking his place
on the evening news?
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Ms. Clio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-09-05 09:12 PM
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8. I have no idea
Maybe someone else who co-owns a ranch with Rumsferatu.
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cmkramer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-09-05 10:45 PM
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13. Bob Schieffer for now
I don't know if that's permanent though. I imagine they are grooming someone to take over for him in the next few years.
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ultraist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-09-05 10:24 PM
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12. I'm looking forward to what he says, now that he is free of corp chains!
:bounce:

It could be REALLY good!
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-09-05 09:18 PM
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10. It's such a joke
Edited on Wed Mar-09-05 09:18 PM by FreedomAngel82
I'm so pissed. Greg Palast had a nice article on getting rid of Mapes so they wanted to get rid of Rather and company because they didn't control them and they have to control everything in this freakin country. God bless Dan Rather.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-09-05 09:12 PM
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9. Can you tell more?
I'd like to know.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-09-05 10:21 PM
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11. Did He Actually Do the "Courage" Thing? Fantastic. n/t
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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 09:03 AM
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15. Oh yes
and he was sutble but the message was clear.
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CornField Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 09:07 AM
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17. You can watch the clip of his goodbye at cbsnews.com
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laura888 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 09:06 AM
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16. Maybe he can become the new Bill Moyers?
c'mon Dan, we NEED you!
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 09:21 AM
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19. It might be reason enough for PBS to make NOW an hour long again....
(Hmmm. Add suggestion to detailed cover letter for next contribution to PBS.)

Moyers is a Texas boy, too.
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erpowers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 09:13 AM
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18. Yeah
I caught that one too. I thought it took a little bit of courage to be willing to say that. I was happily surprised to hear him say that.
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