So what did Russert ever do that was so great?

[here_is_to_hope]

I do not recall that he ever did anything so important as to warrant all of this coverage.
Clue me in, I didnt like him anyway and now I get the feeling there must be more to Mr. Potatohead than I thought.
What am I missing?

[Kahuna]

1. One thing. The last time he had Cheney on MTP, he nailed his butt

to the cross. It was masterful. You should've seen the old dick squirm.

[Gabi Hayes]

26. I'll take your word on that, with the following caveat:

so what?

he had tons of chances to do it when it mattered, like EVERY TIME he was on the show during the run up to the war

Cathie Martin, anyone? know her, and what she had to say about Cheney/MTP?

[CODemocrat]

2. Well he did have that show......

Meet the Press?

It was pretty good.

What have you done?

[here_is_to_hope]

9. Quite a bit and, ah, welcome to DU...

Enjoy your stay, have some popcorn:popcorn:

[hlthe2b]

3. EarlG, Skinner, Elad... won't you save us and go ahead with

the server maintenance.... After the 1000th TR post, I'm about to totally lose it....:crazy:

[AlCzervik]

4. i love people complaining about the Russert coverage and then posting threads about him.

i wasn't a fan but damn gd is covering Russert just as intently as the cable news media is.

[bigwillq]

11. I love it too.

:bounce:
So silly how some people are.

[stray cat]

5. He exposed David Duke's incompetence when Duke was running for gov.

[here_is_to_hope]

7. My five year old could have done that, I mean Duke? Come on, there has

to be something...
Meet The Press? Isn't that some old fogey show on Sunday mornings where the guy asking questions gives a courtesy reach around?

[Gabi Hayes]

27. wow! I saw them running that. what a CONTROVERSIAL stance!

did he come out against cancer, too?


child pornography?

I guess I missed the part where he took Condi/Cheney/Powell/Tenet to task for their uncountable, provable lies before/during/after that little Iraq thing

just for starters

and there's always this:

[OmahaBlueDog]

6. He did a very good job on MTP

He, like Ted Koppel, was good at not letting guests wriggle out of questions with non-answers. Unlike Koppel, I never saw him lose his patience with a guest.

[Wilms]

10. That's not the way Time for Change saw it.

And this was two years ago when being honest wasn't considered to be in bad taste.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Time%20for%20change/31

[rwheeler31]

8. We have a record. Thanks Mr. Russert.

[sam sarrha]

12. he was a real journalist, asked real and pertinent questions, didnt accept hedges, he was #1, and

there is no #2 to fill his place.. your attitude isn't funny, it is repugnant and vile.. totally uncalled for from anyone NOT a troll

[here_is_to_hope]

15. Your attitude isn't funny, it is repugnant and vile.. totally uncalled for from anyone NOT a troll!

And you probably eat kitteh's too.

How is Canada by the way?
Ya know, there is another one of you far northers sticking up for Mr. Fuckedinthepoatatohead...hmmm...but the other one is a 'journalist' who cant spell.
What are the odds?
Oh, and eat my ass out with a straw while you are here, I havent the time.

[sam sarrha]

16. ...... oh, just a minute.......

[PeaceNikki]

17. Well aren't YOU a bucket-full-of-charm?

[PeaceNikki]

13. Testified against Scooter Libby

[KoKo]

31. He was "forced" to testify... subpoena....and not by "do nothing congress" but

DJ Prosecutor. There's no "honor" in that.

[Royal Oak Rog]

14. He once

ate 2 knackwursts in 2 bites!

[Kickin_Donkey]

18. Well, he had a TV show ...

and somehow fooled people into thinking he was a journalist, when he was really a GOP/GE shill.

Other than that, not much.

[KG]

19. he never wore brown shoes with a blue suit.

[HEyHEY]

20. You sir, never had a blowjob from TR

[here_is_to_hope]

21. Hey, its the 'journalist' with spelling issues....

Glad you could make it...straw?

[HEyHEY]

24. get bent

[Rex]

22. Well if you are a Repuke, you will think his coverage of Bill's penis was great

coverage. He evidently fooled a lot of people into thinking he was anything but a hack.

[Skittles]

23. a LOT of people n/t

[leftofthedial]

25. made lots of money

sucked up to the powerful neocons at every opportunity

climbed the corporate ladder

was the quintessential media whore during an era in which his profession was dominated by media whores

[Hannah Bell]

28. he was rich & on tv. what else?

[GCP]

29. I've been on this board 7 years - I'm thinking of leaving

I'm so sick of the nastiness which seems to be the general state of the board nowadays.
Just. Plain. Nastiness.

[Snarkturian Clone]

30. I haven't been on the board 7 years,

but I agree.

[KoKo]

32. Nastiness about Russert? If anyone has been here 7 years...they know what Russert

was. A self-promoting bloviator who made it a point to use Repug Talking Points and insider info from Bushies and RW to go after Democrats. His "man of the people shtick" was put together by his own PR agent.

[mitchum]

33. He never killed a puppy on MTP?