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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 02:47 PM
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There were times when I got angry at Tim Russert, but he was a true professional
Maybe that's what a journalist is supposed to do: make us partisans angry by asking the question we would just as soon avoid. Believe me, he made the right wingers angry just as often.

I never had anything against him personally. He was a good man who loved his family very much. I was touched by his relationship with his father, "Big Russ".

Sunday mornings in America will not be the same. RIP Tim.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 02:48 PM
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1. He was a professional liar all right
I have sympathy for his family - this must be a shock to them.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 02:48 PM
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2. RIP, but I'm not down with the media lionizing him....
and they'll almost certainly use it as a wagon-circling point against criticism of theirs (and Timmeh's) journalistic malfeasance.

But RIP nevertheless.
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 02:53 PM
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10. Same here
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Zuiderelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 02:54 PM
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12. You and Malaise need to just STFU.
This is most certainly not the time to insult the man. He was a true journalist. Just shut up.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 02:55 PM
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13. No.
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Zuiderelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 02:55 PM
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14. Have some respect. Just a tiny little bit. For one fucking day, ok?
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 02:56 PM
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15. That's what "RIP" was.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 03:05 PM
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19. No I will not
He was complicit in the deaths of thousands of Americans and over a million Iraqis. My sympathy is for his family.
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Zuiderelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 03:07 PM
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21. By that logic, ALL Americans are complicit. Just shut up.
Please.
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 03:35 PM
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29. Then I suppose every American who voted for Bush is too
and all of the non-voters, and all of the Kerry voters who were not sufficiently militant for your taste.

Geez. There are such some mean, nasty and self-righteous people on this board.
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 03:14 PM
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25. Cool your jets... no insult was intended.
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Zuiderelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 03:50 PM
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31. Insult was made, however it was intended.
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 02:48 PM
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3. He was one of the best solid journalists out there and I'll miss his perspective on things
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Windy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 02:48 PM
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4. I agree. What a shock. I will be keeping his family in my thoughts and prayers.
Peace...
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 02:49 PM
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5. What a heartbreaker for his Dad this weekend
I found Tim to be always a professional guy on TV. 58. JHFC!!! I'm just a few years younger.

Peace to his family.
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LisaM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 02:52 PM
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7. Yeah, it struck me that it was Father's Day weekend too
what a shame.
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dtotire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 02:52 PM
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6. Who will take his place at MTP?
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 02:53 PM
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8. I think he was a good person
as opposed to the idiots on Faux. But I think he bought too much into the loony left stuff and let it color his questioning.
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 02:58 PM
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16. "But I think he bought too much into the loony left stuff and let it color his questioning."
Yeah, uh huh, sure, right...
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 03:47 PM
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30. Like I tell pre-schoolers, "use your words"
????
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 02:53 PM
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9. My condolences to his family - must be hard on them
That's about all I can say.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 02:53 PM
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11. I loved trashing him here
Still, I feel very sad at the thought of someone dying that young.
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LanternWaste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 03:03 PM
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17. he pissed off the left, he pissed off the right.
He pissed off the left, he pissed off the right, he pissed off the moderates...

He must have been doing something right.

At the risk of getting metaphorically tarred and feathered, I've thought for quite some time that Russert and Bob Schieffert were the last two Sunday morning heads that never exceeded the boundaries of journalism.


...and this is coming from a guy who hates to praise the dead simply because they are dead-- as though death were reserved for only a chosen few.
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DinahMoeHum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 03:04 PM
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18. It'll be interesting to read Bartcop-dot-com's reaction. . .
Edited on Fri Jun-13-08 03:08 PM by DinahMoeHum
That blog always liked to show a speeding running loop of him with the word balloon "Clinton's cock"

http://www.bartcop.com/kissmyass.htm (scroll halfway down)

:evilgrin:

Be that as it may, dropping dead at 58 years of age - Sheesh.

:evilfrown:
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 03:07 PM
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20. if by "professional" and "journalist"
you mean "partisan whore who was a tireless tool of the neocons," then I agree with you.
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 03:10 PM
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23. Asshole
nt
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 03:11 PM
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24. poo poo nose
nt
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 03:09 PM
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22. no, he wasn't
he was a donkey for the right.
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tishaLA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 03:23 PM
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26. His was the Sunday morning show I looked forward to
I think that says enough.
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Dervill Crow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 03:25 PM
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27. I'll miss yelling at him on Sunday mornings.
My dog won't even stay in the room with me when I watch the Sunday morning shows, the air gets so blue. Nonetheless, after hearing Russert talk about his father I couldn't hate him, which is a high accolade from me for anyone employed in the corporate media during this administration.
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FredScuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 03:26 PM
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28. He was a professional, alright
no amateur could deliver the oral copulation he delivered to Cheney on every appearance.

For Christ's sake! This man was a joke of a journalist! The White House specifically went on his show to spew their propaganda because they knew they'd get no pushback from the "bulldog interviewer".

Sheesh
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-14-08 01:08 AM
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32. k&r (if i could) n/t
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-14-08 03:40 AM
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38. He was a professional in the same way...
that a $20 street whore is a professional.

He was a complete joke as a "journalist", if that's what I'm supposed to respect him for. I feel bad for his family, though.
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kath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-14-08 01:15 AM
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33. a professional mouthpiece for the Bushco regime, and for the Clinton's cock-sniffers and the "Gore's
a liar!" crowd before that.

where y'all BEEN the past 10 years??
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live love laugh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-14-08 01:59 AM
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34. No he wasn't. n/t
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-14-08 02:10 AM
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35. how bout 'professional' in the following sense?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x991213
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kath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-14-08 02:15 AM
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37. ooh, thanks for finding that. I still miss The Horse so much.
and, yeppers, Russert was definitely a 'professional' in *that* sense.
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-14-08 03:43 AM
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39. amen to THAT! I really miss that site
Edited on Sat Jun-14-08 03:46 AM by Gabi Hayes
a shame that the person(s) involved have successfully remained publicly unknown. I'd like to buy them/him/her an meal sometime.

and.....I wonder how long it's going to be until any criticism of the "journalist" Russert is to be allowed by the death police. should a date be established? I could hold out. will it be for the same span that was apparently necessary to grieve for that similarly giant of a figure, Gerald ("you don't get the job until you sign the pardon letter FIRST") Ford?
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-14-08 02:12 AM
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36. He was a political hack.
RIP Tim.
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Kickin_Donkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-14-08 03:59 AM
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40. He was a true professional in that ...
he took money for his services.

But he wasn't a journalist. He was a pundit, a talking head. Just because you get your pichur on TV doesn't make you a journalist.

The fact that he, apparently, loved his family has nothing to do with whether he was good or not in his role as a media shill.

Sheez, the celebrity worship in this culture is mind-boggling.
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Honeycombe8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-14-08 04:18 AM
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41. How very sad. I will miss him. I feel as if I knew him...I watched him on TV so often. RIP. nt
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-14-08 05:23 AM
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42. I just don't get what I am seeing here today
Not at all. :eyes:
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