| Author | Message | ||
     Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 212 Registered: 02-2008 |
No one across the pond will know who this is, but here's doffing my cap to the too soon departed Mr. Tim Russert. A man among men and a beacon of fairness, truth and honor. He'll be missed. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1259 Registered: 10-2004 |
Holy crap, he was young! I'll never forget watching Russert nailing Donald Rumsfeld to the wall when questioning him about the state of the Iraq war a few years into it. He had him squirming in the corner. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 213 Registered: 02-2008 |
Yeah, he nailed ol' Rumsfeld to the wall. His untimely passing is almost as sadly ironic as Grant's, when you consider how much the guy lived and breathed politics and that he won't be around for the rest of THIS political season. He was also noted for his close relationship with his father, Big Russ (whom he wrote a book about), as well as his son, so that this is the weekend before Father's Day lends a certain poignancy as well... | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1191 Registered: 01-2005 |
Another one that Tim nailed, the racist David Duke. He also exposed Ross Perot for not having any substance behind the rhetoric in 1992. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1160 Registered: 08-2006 |
This is definitely one of those deaths that caused me to take a sharp inhale when I saw the news. As a political junkie and a fan of quality journalism, I think Russert's passing is just very, very sad. I'd trade him for entire "news" teams of Fox, CNN and MSNBC combined. |