Special report: Russert happens!

[antiimperialist]

PART 2—
<...>Tim Russert didn’t ask about climate change at Wednesday night’s Democratic debate. We had no time for a topic like that. But we did have time for these ruminations. To Russert, these things really mattered:

1) Russert found time to ask John Edwards (for the ten millionth time) about his troubling haircuts.

2) He found time to present the latest 24-style hypothetical—and to play “gotcha” with Hillary Clinton, employing an old Sean Hannity trick. (You get your guest to disagree with a quote. Then, you try to embarrass your guest when you reveal who said it!)

3) He found time to bore the world with a question (to Dennis Kucinich) about a municipal problem in Cleveland—a problem which occurred in Cleveland in 1978.

4) He found time to collect a Bible passage from each of the hopefuls—after leading with the latest RNC-scripted suggestion about the troubling lack of faith among these bad vile Democrats. (“Before we go, there’s been a lot of discussion about the Democrats and the issue of faith and values. I want to ask you a simple question...”)

“There’s been a lot of discussion about the Democrats and the issue of faith and values!” And yes, that’s true, there has been such discussion—among the nation’s pseudo-conservative hacks. But then, Russert has increasingly become a parody of a corporate-selected, multimillionaire mogul. And this is before we consider the bungled discussion he led Wednesday night about Social Security, his favorite topic—the topic on which he has misled the public, and roiled our politics. over the past many years.

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[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Have you ever heard the phrase...

"A complete ninny"? That's Timmeh.

[orpupilofnature57]

2. 'Evil Elf ' is what I call him ,Figurehead of whats wrong with MSM.

[reality based]

3. I don't know why the candidates don't agree on a list of issues beforehand

and then let them question each other with a moderator to keep order only. And Fathead, Howard the Duck and Tweetie should be forever banned from the discourse. How I miss Media Whores Online!

[flordehinojos]

4. the 450 lb. piece of lard that is russert did his best to keep democrats from

"shhhhhhhpreading" democracy tried and true into the airwaves.

[depakid]

5. Why on earth the Dems allowed that weasel to moderate is beyond me

Frankly, it was insulting to their viewers and demeaning to candidates. Seems like the Dems never learn.

[Lindsey]

6. That whole gotcha thing with Hillary was one of the lowest and

most disgusting things I've seen in "journalism." ....just when I thought I couldn't stand that guy any more.....He's just a sickening piece of crap.

[hisownpetard]

7. Yeah. His expression (head lowered, eyes looking up and bulging more than usual)

practically screamed, "Ah-HAH!" as he said, "That answer was given by William Jefferson Clinton..."

Plunk. What a dud. I thought Hillary's retort was perfect, and made Russert look like the idiot he was.