Luke Russert looks like he's lost weight

[bigdarryl]

He was just on MSNBC being interviewed on capital hill. The young man is showing a lot of talent I predict after Gregory is done with Meet The Press he will follow I give him 10 more years

[Saturday]

1. He doesn't seem believable to me for some reason.

I don't like watching him.

[flpoljunkie]

3. A real light weight, actually. Part frat boy, part insider toady.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. +1

[WCGreen]

16. Yep, if his last name wasn't Russet he'd be lucky to be working

at a Buffalo TV station..

[spiritual_gunfighter]

17. He seems like he is in way over his head n/t

[Rupert Notmurdoch]

18. He's a kid

Cut him some slack already!

[Arugula Latte]

2. Hope he doesn't turn into a corporate rightwing toady like his father.

That would be Tim "I'm wearing a Bush pin on the inside of my lapel" Russert.

[Raster]

15. Tim-meh "integrity is for paupers" Russert.

Yeah, he's the guy.

[rvablue]

4. Strangest post of the day. n/t

[timeforpeace]

9. Ditto.

[Diane R]

5. So the Meet The Press job is like a monarchy?

[Romulox]

11. Pretty much everything in America is like a monarchy at this point! nt

[TheDebbieDee]

7. I'll bet that there are a lot of seasoned reporters at MSNBC

who are fit to be tied that that little $hit of Tim Russert's has leap-frogged over them to wind up on TV just about everyday.

[WI_DEM]

8. He still doesn't impress me.

[Romulox]

10. Being interviewed? "So....still related to Tim Russert? You are? Wow!" nt

[AngryOldDem]

12. If they decide to keep MTP around...

...and I, for one, think it has long outlived its usefulness...Rachel Maddow should be given serious consideration. She is competent, able to hold her own, and calls people on their bullshit. Much like MTP did back in the day of Spivak, et. al.

[ShortnFiery]

13. Losing weight doesn't make him less of an ass ... nepotism rules in politics and corporations.

:puke:

[Skittles]

23. I don't mind nepotism as long as they start at the bottom

I know how the real world works and have worked with several people whose mommies and daddies got them jobs in my company - but honestly, as long as they started at the bottom and worked their way up it was OK. This kind of stuff with Timmy's boy - it just stinks.

[Bonobo]

14. Yes, because everyone knows that journalistic skill is inherited through one's genes. nt

[Bluenorthwest]

19. He's a result of nepotism and I can not stand his hubristic

self indulgence for a moment. I switch the tube if he is so much as mentioned. Feh. Ten years is a long time to ride on the coat tails of a father few really liked much to begin with, outside his tiny world of NBC News, where they just went too far in trying to pawn this kid off on the public.
These are not jobs that should be inherited. They need to be earned. Gregory sucks too much to watch, but he's at least done work that explains how he got there without mentioning his Daddy. Luke sucks and has to mention Daddy.
I'd be happy to see him go earn a place in the world like others do. You can ride coat tails to the middle, but you can not fuck or coat tail ride to the top.

[JamesA1102]

20. While other people's sons were sent to Iraq to fight a war

that his father helped sell to the American people, Luke was getting preferential treatment for internships at NBC.

[truebrit71]

21. Oh great, another verbose right-wing enabler-in-training...

...no thanks..

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

22. I don't even know what to say to this. And I neeeeever have a problem coming up

with something to say. :shrug: or :rofl: