Is it safe to say that Russert was a Cheney ass licker yet? While I feel for his Family..

[symbolman]

How many people may have been tortured or killed along with Family over his Plame lies, and selling of the Iraq debaucle? While I feel very sorry for folks that actually KNEW him and are suffering, I have no more or less Respect for him. His Election prognostications were spot on, but with Rove Faxing you the game plan its not hard to report, just don't give enough away to appear disloyal or fuck up the GOP takeover and you'll do fine..

Some of these folks talk like he's a goddamn STATESMAN, and I'm waiting for the Riderless cart to head to Congress with a flyover by the Blue Angels next.. For Christsakes, he was a Talking Head, period, not anywhere Near a Journalist.. Chronkite, now HE was a Journalist, Bill Moyers.. I'll be sad to see them go, as they contribute opinions of value, not regurgitated Right Wing Propaganda..

Worst of all, we're being treated to a National Media Wake, and I'm hearing personal stories that are More than I care to Know about this guy.. The Media Blown Hair weirdos are NOW the fucking Story anymore... Just REPORT the News and shut the hell UP, could you? :)

As for Concern Vultures here, if i wanted to say last week that Russert was the physical embodiement of my childhood idea of what a Troll under a Bridge would look like, and I feel the same way This Week, well, then at least I'm Honest..

Just because someone Dies who you or I have never met and probably never Would have met, and just because their pixels graced a TV screen I'm supposed to ACT like they were someone in my Family?

It is an Illusion, all well miss is a bad program that hurts Poor people, and to his death I say "So What?"

Except for the fact that when Any Human dies, we are All Diminished.. As they say..

But again, I would say.."Not by Much, Really.. Not THIS Guy.."

I'm sorry for his Family, that's about it..

Now.. How about some freakin' NEWS for the Living, eh? :)

[Swamp Rat]

1. !!

:popcorn:



:hi: symbolman!

[seemslikeadream]

2. me too?

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. RLOL

[Swamp Rat]

5. $$CHA-CHING!!$$

[seemslikeadream]

10. Damn you I haven't seen that!!

:rofl::rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl::rofl:

[rdenney]

53. Bought and paid for......err.....well he was. I guess he will get a great funeral soon enough.

Lord only knows how much @$$ Timmy-boy has kissed.

[seemslikeadream]

17. PIMPITUDE

[dailykoff]

18. Oh man.

Good one. :rofl:

[jeff30997]

39. Lol! You're good Swamp.

Can you take the same pic and make The Chimpster say something like:"Can somebody pass me the impeachment,please?".And someone replies:"Nancy stole it".:)

[OzarkDem]

43. ...

:rofl:

[Raster]

40. You are not well!

:rofl:

[OzarkDem]

41. Thanks!

You're always good for a laugh to lighten things up. I love that hat.

[symbolman]

7. Oops!

hasn't it been 24 hours yet? Or is there the weekend factor?

Too bad he became the Friday news dump, KO looked Destroyed, HIM I feel sorry for..

Great graphics as usual!

[Swamp Rat]

11. He died yesterday, June 13th... RIP

Today is another day. :D

[seemslikeadream]

24. You're kil........uh......... making me laugh so hard

[Swamp Rat]

26. LOL!! Donna Reed gone bad!

:rofl:

The other gif is cute as hell! :loveya:

[countryjake]

32. Speaking of news dumps, Brian Williams (in Afghanistan) never said a word...

about the more than 1500 prisoners who were liberated over there, today in Kandahar. Not. One. Word.

Guns blazing, trucks blowing up, prison walls crumbling, but nary a peep out of NBC's "on the scene" news anchor.

Meanwhile, a major portion of the midwest is suffering the deluge of the century...500 year flood in some places...hundreds of counties declared states of emergency in half a dozen states. Nary a word.

[OzarkDem]

44. No way

Unbelievable.

[countryjake]

48. Way.

I tuned in for William's report, knowing that he's been over there all week, and expecting to at least hear some mention of today's major Afghani story. Of course, I also expected him to be sad and stunned about Russert's death and had no illusions that it wouldn't be the lead story or take up most of the thirty minutes, but for them to completely leave out that raid on the prison...left me stunned.

I'd already had a bet going that they would make no mention of the Midwest disaster...MSM just does not care when little people lose their entire lives.

[Liberal Dose]

60. Now you know damn well the only place to get news is from the fake news shows

Stewart and Colbert ARE the nightly news :D

[countryjake]

105. I don't get either of those guys on cable...was watching NBC Nightly News...

and foolishly thought that since Williams was actually in Afghanistan, he might at least mention the attack, the many deaths, or possibly the hundreds of "suspected insurgents" that were set loose.

My bad.

:banghead:

[malaise]

63. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

That's not news. Only Timmy is news on GEM$NBC

[DrZeeLit]

107. Yeah, you noticed? I kept waiting for him to say...oh, by the way.... and nada.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. fully agree with you

fer chris sakes we have the midwest under water

[TahitiNut]

6. Huh? You mean you're not preparing to throw yourself on his coffin as it's lowered into the grave?

Shame.

:sarcasm: of course.

[symbolman]

16. Hell NO!

He might Eat Me! :)

Remember, that whole Troll under a Bridge feel I had going..

Its the shits for his poor Son though, to graduate and have your dad die, wouldnt wish that on anyone, really..

[Mind_your_head]

8. NOBODY gets on msm (or gets to be a senate/house/presidential candidate)

these days ..... unless one "plays along"

That's part and parcel as to why we citizens are so sadly screwed. :-(

[rdenney]

54. Right on !!!

[sammythecat]

116. Truer words have never been spoken. n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

143. Which is why Edwards and Kucinich were run off.

:grr: And we are screwed!

[funflower]

9. Have you no decency? What is the matter with you?

He was a human being.

[Lex]

14. I don't think the OP disputed that he was a human being.

nt

[Mind_your_head]

20. I'm sorry that he died,, but we ALL die.

And THEN what happens? Inquiring minds want to know......

[jeff30997]

31. You die and then...

Afterlife's a bitch. :rofl:

[Mind_your_head]

38. Hopefully......for those who didn't seek/strive for true 'justice' in this life. eom

[alcibiades_mystery]

49. So were the half million people he helped the admin kill

I'll cry for Russert when Andrea Mitchell and crew show the slightest "compassion" or "empathy" for them.

[symbolman]

72. You know, that's a GREAT Idea..

Genius, seriously.. These Media Clowns are ALL about Image, and with an Election coming up, along with a Real Human Being running for once, maybe in these days of 70's Revival we can actually create and fan the flames of a Meme that these bastards Don't Care about anyone But Their Own - Russert being a case in Point.

If Many Websites kept pointing out that these Newscasters simply have NO Empathy for what's going on with Dead Soldiers and Iraqi children, then with enough of a drumbeat (and I've seen it work, hell, I've made the bastards DO things before with Takebackthemedia.com smacking them around) WE can Force them to Re-Humanize, if for no other reason than to Collect our Dollars!

I'm serious, this can cut them to the Bone, AND get some Results, maybe help some kids, get Real, Actual Human Interest stories back on the Page..

Need to create Action Alerts, pick a few Blowhaired Blowhards and single them out for the, "You don't really CARE About the Troops/Iraqi children/starving,evicted,foreclosed families, DO You?"

It always about how the Poor Banks just won't make it, watch them, its goddamn True!

A good idea, how to get the blogosphere to "Lockstep" a little.. If we could, and i had a major plan for it five years ago, we could, as a Force, OWN these Media asses..

If I could just get a "cat herding" Budget, we could kick their asses, folks :)

Some here might remember when our site Ruled, long before anyone was doing Political Ads on the Web, WE were there.. Man, those were the days.. Sheesh, sounding like McCain now :)

But it IS a worthwhile idea you've got there, No one wants to admit they have neither a sense of Humor, or lack of Empathy.. Its even pathological Here if you pay attention :)

Thanks!

[rdenney]

55. He supported the current affairs, including the deaths of thousands in Iraq. He didn't care..

then, and we don't care about him, now.

Got it?

[reclinerhead]

86. You are missing the point

Of course he was human, and his family and friends have a right to grieve him.

People are pissed because of the media attention given to his death - it just seems disproportionate, given other important events.

Tim Russert 'seemed' to be one of the good guys to me (IMHO) - a good guy caught up in mega-power and politics who lost himself, and by hook or crook, ended up cheerleading for some truly terrible people and events. I choose to remember him by trying to understand how easy it must be to go astray in the face of our evil and corrupt administration.

I hope his family, friends, and fans have their chance to remember him in their own way. But personally, I'd like these young men to get just as much attention in the news:

06/13/08 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Sgt. John D. Aragon, 22, of Antioch, Calif., died June 12 in Kadamiyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team...

06/13/08 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Sgt. Steve A. McCoy, 23, of Moultrie, Ga., died June 10 at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, of wounds suffered on March 23 in Baghdad, Iraq, when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.

(From icasualties.org)

[progdonkey]

118. so is Dick Cheney...

who went almost exclusively on Russert's show, because he knew he could "control the message" there--the message being "we will shred the Constitution and murder hundreds of thousands for our pleasure."

Will you cry when Cheney dies? Why should we cry so much for Russert? I don't begrudge the people at NBC for being grief-stricken, since they knew him personally, but maybe if they (and Russert himself) had shown this much attention to each of the soldiers and civilians who have been killed or maimed in this war, fewer people would've been (and still be) allowed to die in this war.

But should I or the world-at-large mourn? No. I feel worse when I see roadkill on the side of the road--those animals didn't help murder tens of thousands of people because asking for a little evidence of pre-war claims would be impolite.

[texanwitch]

12. I agree.

:applause:

[Name removed]

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[kath]

21. uh, no, it''s not.

[symbolman]

22. Sure thing

Are you related to him?

And while I have decency it doesnt extend to buddying up with scumbags like him..

This is why they OWN the public, they use what you LOVE against you, they will use YOUR Decency against you with no qualms..

They do not care if you do or not, just if they can shut you up by any means, to their ends.

He is nothing to hold up to the children as an Example, not to be Revered.

[TheWatcher]

23. Is it OK for us to Return The Favor?

[kath]

15. It will *never* be safe to say it . He's in the process of being canonized.

NEWS? NEWS? What's that? I want ENTERTAINMENT, dammit! Then give me some more propaganda. Keep me stoopid and narcotized...

[TexasObserver]

19. Come on, now. Don't be bashful. What do you really think?!

Well said on all counts.

Dying does not change WHO or WHAT a person has been in life. I never dogged Russert when he alive, but I never lauded him, either. He was often too soft on the Bush administration. Smiling and chuckling in the face of evasive responses to his questions was not a good tactic for finding truth.

He seemed to want to be liked more than he wanted to require answers.

[BlooInBloo]

25. On DU, it's everyone's job to grieve harder, sob louder, and cry longer than the next person....

Or else you're an inhuman monster.

That's just the way the game is played here.

[TexasObserver]

27. Indeed, those addicted to indignation and outrage have a feeding frenzy.

Every event such as this produces an immediate divide between the thinkers and the emoters. The emoters instantly attack the thinkers for thinking, instead of emoting. Notice the language they use is filled with shame, rage, disdain, insults and such. They reenact their childhood training from whoever it was that taught them to shame and berate others as a coping strategy.

Meanwhile, the thinkers are dissecting the corpse and commenting on it.

In the end, the thinkers do some good. The emoters? Never.

[laststeamtrain]

68. This is such a great post. Celebrity deaths are rageaholic holidays around here.

It's good for the judgmental moralists too.

"Notice the language they use is filled with shame, rage, disdain, insults and such. They reenact their childhood training from whoever it was that taught them to shame and berate others as a coping strategy."

That's it, right there.

I was in the way of some re-enacted childhood traumas yesterday all because I mentioned some inconvenient truths & expressed some negative opinions about a public figure.

Pathological rage is an ugly, ugly thing. As is the cloak of moral superiority some put on.

Needless to say there are some real nuts out there just waiting for an opportunity to go berserk.

Anyway, good post. Good diagnosis.

[datasuspect]

137. "there are some real nuts out there just waiting for an opportunity to go berserk"

i could not have said it better.

[symbolman]

29. I seriously wonder what they will say when Bush himself bites it..

I can't help but wonder if they'll be gnashing their teeth, rending clothing, etc,..

Its part of the Whole PC package, demanding that others exist only to Your Specs has always seemed sort if crazy to me, and entirely intolerant.

Everyone has their own Way of Grieving and in this case I'd feel worse about a bird run over in the street in front of me..

CONTEXT People, Context!! :)

[Swamp Rat]

35. I know what I will be doing...

Buying a plane ticket for Hawaii, grabbing my guitar and smoking jacket, and heading over to your place to jam and celebrate... and I'll call opihimoimoi to ask what time is the luau. :D :smoke: :toast: :party:

[symbolman]

42. As Bush would say.. Bring it On! :)

Got lots of room while I'm here, plenty of guitars and drums, might have to row over to get Opi, but I'll just tell some of my Hawaiian pals there are some good "Long Pig" eats over there, they will be ready to Grind..

Long Pig is People in case you didn't know.. Now That is a Luau baby! :)

Come on Down!

[malaise]

64. You didn't see my thread

wondering how DUers would react if Cheney had croaked yesterday.

[AuntPatsy]

45. After reading quite a few posts I would have to say you nailed it...

some feel that if your not mourning this man as you would your own family member that your somehow not fit to call yourself a dem. Its nice to see symbolman, a long time duer who has earned his respect ten fold tell say what he really feels instead of pretending otherwise as I believe many to have done.

For his family and close friends I am sure it is a sad time but the fact is he was many times an accomplish to the war machine now in play, an apologist if you will and for that, he lost my respect quite some time ago.

I too feel for those that cared for him but I can't pretend that I am in mourning for someone I really did not know other than what he showed to me on meet the press etc..


He crossed the line too many times as far as losing his journalistic fairness in many interviews and I for one cannot canonize someone that I honestly did not respect all that much, I have no doubt that the family and friends of lost soldiers and those of Iraqis feel more for their own lost loved ones as they should.

The man was no saint as no human being is and I agree there is more pressing news worthy stories that should be told which continue to be ignored by the media and that not only saddens me way more but it sickens me in many ways as the way continues unabated and the American people just keep finding themselves further and further down the rabbit hole, he was not helping all that much and I for one though shocked when I heard it considering his age will not lose sleep and I don't feel that makes me a horrible person, just honest...he disappointed me way to many times with his interviewing those that deserved more hard hitting journalistic questions which demanded something other than allowed spin to pass for truth.

I will give him a bit of credit though, it did appear sometimes as if he himself was not exactly happy with having to allow such to pass unchallenged but the fact is he did it anyway...

[alcibiades_mystery]

50. ROFL

Don't forget the second side: It is everybody's job at DU to devise the most intricate torture for the hated criminal. Rape narratives are at a premium when the DU Imbeciles get their hands on a Michael Vick, to be sure. The DU Punishment Party makes the DU Empathy Parade look like the flip side of radical evil.

[BlooInBloo]

66. Yes indeedy.

[KG]

61. the hand-wringing and garment-rending is a hoot!

[datasuspect]

139. YOU INHUMAN MONSTER!!!!1111

we are screwn

[JNelson6563]

85. Yes, I've noticed that.

Just like the corporate media that is railed against here.

Julie

[Reterr]

88. And don't forget to say in the same breath

"You are grave dancing, you disgusting creature, YOU are the one who is not human", because you know that totally shows the person scolding others as superior and compassionate. Gotta love the dehumanizing of someone to ther face in the interests of showing how much better you are from those awful grave-dancers :D.

There is some real irony in those posts.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

99. You did not

send me the memo.

again.

But you are right.

ridiculous isn't it?

[spoony]

112. You could grieve, or you could just avoid being a total fucker

and embarrassing yourself, DU, the internet, and the human species. In other words, you don't have to mourn, but you could keep the ugliness inside of you to your pathetic selves.

[BuelahWitch]

113. .

:applause:

[datasuspect]

136. grief ninnies like to say tsk tsk and bemoan the downfall of DU

they wail and gnash their teeth and rip their hair.

[curious one]

28. Agreed. But did anyone notice some of the NBC personnels hoping to get his job?

David Gregory, Andrea ...

[jeff30997]

34. Yeah.I thought the exact same thing...

He was poisoned! :wow:

[symbolman]

37. Ah..

The feeding frenzy begins in earnest now, eh?

And the body is not even Cold.. Well, Emoters, let's get On That, Shall we? :)

TexObserver has it down, baby, They are the News right here on the DU.. Remember, when Emoting the Rational part of the brain is nonfunctional, and vice versa.. The basis of Religion if you think about it, thanks Tex!!

[malaise]

67. They're working very hard overtime

this morning. Deification, canonization!!!!!! While I feel for his family and close friends, what's going on on GEM$NBC this morning is almost comical. Never have I seen such an unbridled display of media arrogance. They have decided that they should turn their celebrity host's death into a national event. This speaks volumes about their priorities and the way in which they decide what is news.

[eppur_se_muova]

89. Whoever puts on the biggest show of garment-rending is first in line to get his job.

Isn't that how the old CPSU worked?

[gulfcoastliberal]

30. Great post!

I'm sick & tired of this celebutante worship. Fuck these tupperwared, botoxed, primped plastic people spewing RNC blast faxes on the teevee. Yeah, I get it, it's sad, he died. But he was an elitist with a fantasy life; he had first-class health care, a team of doctors, a mansion in Nantucket, hob-nobed/worshiped the most powerful and corrupt douchebags in the U.S., and he made millions of dollars each year for spinning corporate propaganda/being a douche. Is the world worse off without him? Hardly. Is it better? Arguably. I'm sick of the sanctimonious mofos acting like he was the best thing since penicillin, and that his death is such a huge tragedy. I feel a lot worse about our troops and the innocent Iraqis who died violent, truly tragic deaths today than about multimillionaire Tim Russert skating out on a massive coronary! Sheesh!

[tularetom]

33. In other news 14 US service members have lost their lives since June 1

Fighting in a useless meaningless wasteful clusterfuck of a war that Mr Russert gladly pimped over a period of years.

I feel a great deal of sympathy for their families.

[AuntPatsy]

47. Exactly, me too...

[rdenney]

56. Me too!!

[ProdigalJunkMail]

36. funny that you mention Cronkite...

Walter Cronkite, newsman :
"Broadcast journalism lost one of its greats today. Tim Russert was a giant in our field - a standard-bearer of journalistic integrity and ethics. His masterful interviews and round-table discussions are legendary. This is a tragic loss for journalism and for all who were privileged to know him."

sP

[pansypoo53219]

46. well, the second i heard.

i posted something snarky on my blog. something about a happy dance.

[orleans]

51. you want "news" eh? well, i heard, late tonight, that parts of des moines

was evacuated.

(k&r)

[rdenney]

52. Russert was all over Cheneys' b**t, and thats a fact. Rest in Pieces, Timmy-boy......

..The only person worse then smirking Tim Russert, was his chum, "Softball" Chris Matthews.

Both mouthpieces for the MSM.

[Honeycombe8]

57. He was a wonderful person. He contributed a lot to the world. What have YOU done that compares?

My, what a high horse some people can get on, when they can click away on a computer anonymously.

He asked Cheney tough questions. Not tough enough, maybe. And Russert was not a "gotcha" interviewer. But he asked the questions I wanted to hear answers to. What YOU don't like is that he let Cheney answer. I didn't like that, either. But that's what impartial TV journalism is all about.

We got some of the best quotes by Cheney (unfavorable) from Meet the Press. That was no accident. That was because Russert ASKED THE RIGHT QUESTION TO ELICIT THE RESPONSE.

He was a self-made man, from a blue collar family. And he never forgot his sanitation worker dad or where he came from, even though he became very famous and very wealthy. He wasn't perfect. But he was certainly one of the most informed and interesting political journalists in the media. And Time doesn't name just ANYONE as one of the top 100 most influential people in the world.

[JohnyCanuck]

59. "Memo to Tim Russert: Dick Cheney thinks he controls you."

In Ex-Aide's Testimony, A Spin Through VP's PR

By Dana Milbank (Wahington Post)

Memo to Tim Russert: Dick Cheney thinks he controls you.

This delicious morsel about the "Meet the Press" host and the vice president was part of the extensive dish Cathie Martin served up yesterday when the former Cheney communications director took the stand in the perjury trial of former Cheney chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.

Flashed on the courtroom computer screens were her notes from 2004 about how Cheney could respond to allegations that the Bush administration had played fast and loose with evidence of Iraq's nuclear ambitions. Option 1: "MTP-VP," she wrote, then listed the pros and cons of a vice presidential appearance on the Sunday show. Under "pro," she wrote: "control message."

"I suggested we put the vice president on 'Meet the Press,' which was a tactic we often used," Martin testified. "It's our best format."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/25/AR2007012501951.html

[Honeycombe8]

128. Then Russert (a Democrat) was pretty sly, wasn't he? "We'll be greeted as liberators," was the

infamous response that Russert elicited from Cheney on Meet the Press.

When you grow up, you'll see that doing your job, being civil and polite to others while doing it, but still doing your job, is an honorable thing.

A journalist's job is not to protest, anger people, stomp your feet, or play "gotcha." That sort of thing is called "yellow journalism" and can be found in The National Enquirer. Russert dealt in facts and believed in civility and politeness. His job was about information. Not taking a position either way.

A fine man. One of the 100 most influential people in the world, according to Time. The world is worse off with him gone, but better that he was here.

One thing Russert never did: Criticize anyone after he died. He was, after all, a fine man.

[conscious evolution]

135. The man was a war criminal

Ranks up there with J Goebbels,Julius Striecher,Ferdinand Nahimana,J B Barayagwiza and Hassan Ngeze.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Principles

Principle VI
The crimes hereinafter set out are punishable as crimes under international law:

(a) Crimes against peace:
(i) Planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances;
(ii) Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the acts mentioned under (i).

[Binka]

146. Are You Fucking Serious? Asking What SymbolMan Has Done?

Hey I realize you are new but JesusGawd do you research anything or do you just spew Hallmark BULLSHIT? Give a few bucks to DU and use the search function.

SymbolMan is a very PUBLIC figure, his name is MIKE btw, he isn't some anonymous internet poster. You on the other hand are pathetic. You cite TIME magazine. Oh good grief go back to reading your People magazine. I am way over reading this shit on DU. Where the fuck did all of you folks come from?

The one's hiding profiles, not donating, and emoting SHIT all over this once critical thinking board.

JesusGawd.

[cali]

58. rove faxed him the campaign game plan ? typical tinfoil bullshit.

typical dogman.

[malaise]

62. Thanks for keeping it real

this 17 hour nonstop deification of Russert on GEM$NBC is mind blowing. They are taking the opportunity to to divert attention from Scotty's (and others) public criticism of their role in the lead up to the war.

M$M has decided that the news for the past 17 hours is about themselves...and of course ratings. Ah well - no need for further proof that the so called public airwaves are about the private interests of corporate M$M. David Gregory just said it's a national memorial because they can use this opportunity to remember Tim. They are doing this because they can.

This must be a painful time for Russert's family and friends but this is way over the top. It is now beyond vulgar arrogance.

[symbolman]

70. National Memorial? Are they Nuts?

Newscaster Dies at desk, report at 11.. Indepth report and Biography on Sunday (Fathers Day as he was devoted to his ailing Dad) lasting no more than Two Hours, Tops.

Th-th-th-Th- That's All Folks!!

Seriously, I care deeply about Humanity, but more like ALL of it, not some Right Wing Blast-Faxing softball throwing "common man" rich guy.. Troops are DEAD because of this clown's insensitivities in the furtherance of his career and to keep those corporate dollars coming IN..

Tens of thousands of CHILDREN have suffered, been displaced, and DIED because of his (and Others) Complicity. My thought has always been that had he lived, he should have been dragged to The Hague along with Cheney, Judith of the NY Times, and a few other Media folks and charged with WAR Crimes. Its just that simple, he aint no Paul Revere shouting that the "British are Coming!"

A lucky schlub who worked hard to get where he was so he could Sell Out completely and Utterly.. The man had better hope his God is Very Forgiving, because I've always wondered if God didn't first let you FEEL the Pain for every person, thing, animal you've ever caused harm to while you wait to see Him to be forgiven. This guy may have to wait a long time. Catholics best start praying the guy out of Purgatory NOW.

You've nailed it Malaise, thanks for posting.

Meanwhile I can't stand to see KO in this state, must have been a good pal, why, I have no idea..

I really wonder how their ratings are for the last 24 hours and the next three days.. I had to tune out after 20 minutes, all I could stand, while the Midwest turned into New Orleans, no one seemed to care, amazing.

[malaise]

71. On and on they go

20 hours now. It's sickening.

[symbolman]

75. Ive got a feeling its going to get worse before it gets any better..

Watch for Cheney/Bush Co to milk it dry.. A medal, a huge funeral, anything to avoid the disaster in the Midwest, along with the fact that MANY Terrorists are Free right now in Afghanistan, and gunning for Americans - no way to put that toothepaste back in the Tube..

Where are the National Guard troops and Equipment needed to save those in the Midwest right now? They'd have been right on top of that before, would have been men in Uniform slapping sandbags all over, choppers Everywhere, but what do WE hear about?

A single dead rich guy who asked people "important" questions..

Its starting to smell at this point, we Know they're no above Using Dead people to their own ends..

Looks like TV now has SmelloVision along with HiDef.. :)

Somewhere there has to be a McCain or a Bush eating CAKE..

[malaise]

95. Should we bombard them with email about the Midwest n/t

[Major Hogwash]

65. The 4099th soldier was killed in the Iraq War yesterday - he/she would never get this many tears.

Tom Brokaw almost choking up on tv yesterday made me think back to the night of the election in 2006 when Brokaw found out that Montana had voted Tester into the Senate instead of re-electing Burns.

Brokaw proclaimed on election night 2006 - right on tv - "there's something wrong here", as if he just couldn't believe that they hadn't fixed the election in Montana enough to keep the Senate in Republican hands.

Brokaw and Russert were good buddies all right, they supported Bush and the Iraq War right up to today.

[Edweird]

69. I concur.

[indepat]

73. Those who regurgitate right wing propaganda are enemies of the state imo for they serve to tear

asunder our Constitution with malice of forethought rather than to protect, preserve, and defend it. :D

[G_j]

74. it is the truth, so yes, say it. nt

[Annces]

76. I agree

How can anyone who helped the Bush regime get respect on DU. I think he was a liar and made that choice.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

77. Is it possible that Russert had been coerced by the same archangels of death the coerced Tweetie?

The reason why I say that is because there is a very respected DUer who claims that Russert was a Democrat who was supporting Obama. He said it with great certainty, as if he knew Russert personally.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3449800&mesg_id=3450346

[DS1]

78. Probably not, but I'm glad you did

Every time I saw that box-headed goon at a debate panel I knew we were in for a BIG PILE OF SHIT.

[symbolman]

79. Lol!

That license plate is a scream, man! Funny stuff.. :)

And I agree with your debate scenario.. Funny how he'd get all up in Dem faces, but when Repigs presented ass, he'd have a bib strapped on..

This whole Media gig is wearing thin, Maddow and KO nailed it the other day while discussing McCain and his glad handling by the Media.. It works like this, in order to be "balanced" and "fair" - and people are falling for this at this very moment, the Media presents "both" sides of the issue.. When something Nefarious happens and its a Right Winger they'll travel lightly over the Evil intention, and toss in how much "worse it Could have been" to satisfy the "balanced" reporting..

"While it MAY be true that Senator McCain was caught in a Closet with a goat dressed in black leather, and engaged in a sexual act, we know for a Fact that Everyone does it now and then, and according to the War Heroe's Medical Records he has plentiful and full strength erections, known to be hard as Penitentary Steel, and with few, little, or No STDs.."

"in the interest of fairness and Balance we regret to inform True Americans that Obama is a known Public Masticator - in fact he performs the act more than twice a Day, AND in Front of his Own Children!"

:)

[SirDaddybear]

80. Tim was THE best.

Period.

I hope they honor him for another week of news coverage.

[DS1]

81. You'll be gone well before the week is over

[SirDaddybear]

133. Why?

Did I give an opinion?

[symbolman]

84. Lern to spel

it would be " for another Weak" .. At least that's how they spel it where You come from.. :)

Just pulling your leg, looser.. :)

[Reterr]

90. me rite gud

me like my pretzeldent.

[symbolman]

92. Are you Series!!

the word "looser" as opposed to "loser" is a dead giveaway every time :)

Hey! A "Dead Giveaway"! That's what MSNBC has been doing since yesterday .. Oops, too soon? :)

[SirDaddybear]

134. Since you have no idea where I am from

it makes your welcome remark a LOT "weak".;)

[datasuspect]

141. ITS OFICAL FRIEND, SATIN WORKS THRU THESE ALOT!!11111

[SirDaddybear]

144. Satin?

Dontcha mean chiffon???

Good grief.

[datasuspect]

140. NO JESUS IS THE BEST!!!!1111

AND IT IS THE OFFAL OF GOLDLESNESS THAT WILL TAKE THE PLUME OF PUREITY AND PUT THE MANITLE OF GRETNESS ON JIM RUSTERT!!!11111

GOD WILL HAVE NO MERCYS ON THIS TRAYTORSNESS!!!!111111

SERIES!!!1111

[tabasco]

82. We say the truth even when it is not "safe."

That is what separates us from cowards like Russert, who was Cheney's lackey and mouthpiece.

[spoony]

114. Want some unsafe truth?

Hope you like it straight up:

The man in your avatar was a war criminal whose callous disregard for a prisoner, resulting in his death, helped sparked a war that killed over a million people worldwide.

This country was founded by greedy, manipulative plutocrats and smugglers who showed their devotion to freedom by owning other human beings and their opus is now only worth a shit because of 200 years of tweaking the Constitution away from its nastier traits. Ultimately this country has wound up exactly where it would have if they hadn't lived at all, in fact it might've been better off considering the progresses Canada has made from its origins.

That's unsafe truth. That's taboo shit. Not pretending like punching a dead man is helpful or brave.

[tabasco]

132. LOL.

Nobody's perfect in utopia world.

I suppose a monarchy is better.

Have you ever considered the numbers killed by the British Empire?

Punching a dead man? If he deserved to be scorned in life, dying does not change a fucking thing.

[lunatica]

83. You're right. I stopped watching when he never questioned the motives for war

Not saying anything about being asked to lie for them about Plame isn't journalistic integrity. The fact he was asked should haves made him go after the story. He would do his impersonation of a charging bull when it was a Democrat he was skewering, but otherwise he was a neo-con boot licker.

[gulliver]

87. Well, Russert bit Cheney in the ass too...perhaps a little late.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWdq7hg4dLU

Cheney looks like a bug on a griddle. Interestingly, Cheney says Zarqawi was in Baghdad until we invaded.

[acmavm]

91. While this man was alive, who's interests did he promote? That of the

American people OR a lying cabal of a bunch of murderous thugs?

THAT is how the man should be remembered.

[symbolman]

93. Yep..

THERE'S Your Litmus test, Right There..

Good call, and good Grief Charlie Brown...

Alex, I'll take the pack of murdering thugs for $200 dollars!

Bonus Round!

Sheeeit!

:)

[Lugnut]

94. K&R and thank you! n/t

[Time for change]

96. I agree with all that, except for one statement

"When Any Human dies, we are All Diminished".

Dying is a natural part of the life cycle. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't strive as a society to improve health, stave off death, and prenvent war, to preserve meaningful life when we can. But I don't see how we are diminished whenever anyone dies. In fact, many believe that it is the shortness of life that gives it so much meaning while we are alive.

[halliburtonsux]

97. Yes, and Russert was complicit in *two* GOP coup d'etats and working...

on his third.

[JackDragna]

98. I couldn't agree more.

I have sympathy for the man's family. That's it. Russert, despite all the media hand-wringing, was the embodiment of everything wrong with modern American journalism. He dwelled incessantly on meaningless stories and minutia when talking to political candidates, rather than discussing anything of substance. Let's also not forget he continued the long-standing MSM tradition of going much harder after Democrats than Republicans, asking Democrats insulting questions, assuming sterotypes about Democrats are true when asking questions, while at the same time vociferously protecting any conservative stooge who wrapped himself in the flag. His is not a loss for us to mourn.

[opihimoimoi]

100. K&R 42....ya tellum mikey....tell it as it is....

Come, we go watch golf...Tiger Obama kicking Phil McClones ass.

[earth mom]

101. It all makes me wonder what will happen when someone from * & Co passes.

:crazy:

[opihimoimoi]

102. Silence of the Lambs....?

[BlueStater]

103. Bash the shit out of those scum all you want. You want hear any complaints from me.

I just don't think Russert was quite up to their level.

[bertman]

104. YES, IT'S SAFE TO SAY IT. WELL PUT.

[SwiperFox]

106. Cant stand the hypocrites!

Russert was and will be a disgusting creature. A sick parasite sucking on the hide of the murderous ancient elephant we have for a vice-pres.
An easy death does not alter the facts: HE IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE SCUM!

[ekwhite]

108. Is it safe to say you are an a**hole yet?

OK - the MSNBC Russert-a-thon is getting old now, but what is it with people pissing on graves around here? I'll reserve my urine for Bush and Cheney.

[symbolman]

121. Actually I WAS thinking of Honoring Russert with a fine bottle of wine

pouring it on his grave..

But being of Irish decent I'll have to run it through my kidneys first :)

Day 21 of the Media State Funeral Mourning for the Hero of the Barcalounge.

[madokie]

109. when I got back home for the docs yesterday and seen

Russert had passed the first words out of my mouth without thinking was fuck timmy. He wasn't a friend of mine in any sense of the word, period. I seen who buttered his toast years ago and it damn sure wasn't the common wo/man, you or I.

[girl gone mad]

110. Russert lied, people died. n/t

[Deja Q]

111. Wow. What do you have against rimming?

(which is a disgusting practice, but where did you get the idea Tim engaged in analingous?)

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[symbolman]

120. Sure thing CBoy

and I remember you making a Public Stew from his bones..

Always there to constantly Insult just about everyone on this board, a pathological liar with no pretense of morality, treating this place like your personal ant farm..

I'm always suprised to see you here AT ALL..

Maybe next time you'll finally step on the wrong toes..

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[Tutonic]

122. They Became the News

Brilliant post symbolman. Russert should be held in high esteem by the MSM--since his death allowed them all to become the news. Now they can freely turn the camera on themselves and marvel at how they haven't aged a day since 1984.

[Swamp Rat]

123. Willkommen in DU

:hi:

[symbolman]

125. This one is just beautiful in its own strange way..

its hard to comment on Hitler as they were So Vile in their ways, but I'm just as "guilty" of calling these killer klowns, murderous thugs Nazis as well :)

Drudge stuck up my "Bush is Not a Nazi, so Stop Saying That!" when I was one of the Finalists in MoveOn's "Bush in 30 Seconds", but it backfired on him, he thought I was some other guy :)

Anyway, I'm trying to say this is a great job, I dunno how/where you got that McCain head, but baby it Works- especially the killer font..

Continue cracking everyone up, some pretty severe buttplug yanking's been going on :)

I can almost hear, "Der Fuhrer Says" by Spike Jones!

[symbolman]

126. Welcome Tutonic!

Thanks, you've raised a major point as well, its not just money or power, its fucking Vanity on top of it - but honestly they have to promote Russert as a human, a political mashine, genius, etc.. Because physically this guy is challenged in every dimension.. I suspect his weight killed him, lack of exercise, too many bacon/cheese/meat product sandwiches in the BarcaLounger or behind the news desk..

Enjoy the DU, there are all types here, a tapestry with a few frayed edges, some loose threads, and loose cannons :)

[tom_paine]

127. Damn! Too late to recommend. Here's a swift kick, though!

:kick:

[Hubert Flottz]

129. LOL...n/t

[dogday]

138. I too am sorry for his family, but Russert was nothing but a right

wing hack who asked all the hard questions of the dems, and sucked up to the right, even to show bush his button which russert wore under his lapel... Makes it hard to be unbiased when you are a bush supporter....

[leftofthedial]

142. big time

he couldn't have done a better job for the bush cabal if they'd made him press secretary.

[lutefisk]

145. The last time I watched him was when he had Cheney on before the invasion

I was so disgusted by the show he put on with Cheney I tuned him out forever.

So, yes, I agree with you.