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dancingme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-18-08 10:40 AM
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Obama and McCain sit next to each other at Russert's funeral
Edited on Wed Jun-18-08 10:43 AM by dancingme
From NBC's Cheryl Gould
Obama and McCain just seated themselves next to each other at the private funeral for Tim Russert this morning.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/18/1151672.aspx



Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. greets people as he arrives at the funeral for NBC's Tim Russert, Wednesday, June 18, 2008, in Washington.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//080618/482/c3fcc2e7bcdb4e5595a4e95300e7fd7f/
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-18-08 10:50 AM
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1. Would any presidential candidate have the balls to not attend this thing?
His ass would be crucified by the punditocracy.

But I'd go into debt to send him the $2300.
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bigscott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-18-08 10:52 AM
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2. Tim Russert DIED?????
:sarcasm: :patriot:

seriously - my condolences to his family but this is not news
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-18-08 10:57 AM
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3. I think it's nice. Good for them.
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-18-08 11:40 AM
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4. isn't it a bit tacky for MSNBC to live-blog his "private" funeral? nt
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