I hope Tim Russert's funeral is broadcast live, just like Princess Diana's.

[devilgrrl]

It's so hard to say goodbye.

:popcorn:

[AlCzervik]

1. i have no doubt that it will be, level 1 that day.

:spank: :spank:

i'll be working so i'll miss it all, even if i was home i'd still miss it all.

[K Gardner]

17. Sorry.. it's going to be closed to the public :-)

[HCE SuiGeneris]

2. Intentional shit disturbing?

Why? :shrug:

[devilgrrl]

11. What's happening in Iowa is just so upsetting that I can't help myself.

:popcorn:

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Princes Di, that was adequate, for protocol reasons

why Blair fought the queen on that... and he was right

Here, it will not be.

I'll be biking I guess

[Elidor]

4. Perhaps he should lie in state in the capitol

Then they can breathlessly cover the long lines of people coming to pay their respects.

[kath]

5. oh, you bad, bad girl.

you were bad yesterday and you're bad still...

[orleans]

6. do you think there will be street parades and people standing

on bridges holding signs like they did for ronnie?

[kath]

9. I wanna see the riderless horse with the stirrups turned backwards.

and hear the muffled drums.


ahhh, the pageantry...

[kath]

19. Will there be a flag on the casket, because Tim was such a fine patriot?

Will will get to see the soldiers in dress uniform fold the flag into a tight triangle?

[malaise]

29. No just a

Bush 2000 pin. :D

[Botany]

7. Goodbye Buffalo's rose

Goodbye Buffalo's rose
May you ever grow in our hearts
You were the grace that placed itself
Where lives were torn apart
You called out to our country
And you whispered to those in pain
Now you belong to heaven
And the stars spell out your name

And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never fading with the sunset
When the rain set in
And your footsteps will always fall here
Along the Beltway's greenest hills
Your candle's burned out long before
Your legend ever will

[kath]

15. hey, where's that thread for TR with the "sleep pretty darling" song as the OP?

That was the all time fave on MY hit parade!

[Botany]

18. I feel bad for Tim's Family and friend's but the "St. Tim of Buffalo" stuff

is getting pretty deep.

Tim would have said as much too.

[Cleita]

8. Maybe they should let him lie in state in the capitol like Ronald Reagan

or they could have funeral games like the ancient Greeks did.

[TomInTib]

26. Or maybe Lenin.

Just lie there forever, like at Madame Toussaud's or something.

[BlooInBloo]

10. I just assumed it would be, given how hard everyone's fallen for the

"MY GRIEF!! MY GRIEF!!!111!!!!" routine.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

12. Now, tell me -

who will mourn your passing?

[Bob Dobbs]

14. Whoever does,

will at least be justified in doing so.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

22. And you don't think

the people he worked with for so many years are not "justified" in doing what they're doing?

Well, I'm glad you're not in charge of deciding who gets to do what.

[devilgrrl]

23. If only the late great Frank Reynolds got this kind of send off.

Give us a break please.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Reynolds

[Tangerine LaBamba]

25. Frank Reynolds was universally disliked

And he was not a boss. Not an analyst. Just a news reader.

From what I've read about him, he was quite a prick.

And anyone who considers Wikipedia some kind of authority is terribly wanting in terms of research skills. (That's your break, honey - use real sources.)

[devilgrrl]

30. Tim Russert was a BFEE toady

plenty of evidence supporting that assertion you asshole.

[Eurobabe]

13. ...

[arcadian]

16. Here, let me help.

[niyad]

20. oh yes, so they can distract the masses like they did on friday--at least 2 solid hours on cnn

of NOTHING but his death, even on the crawl, as though nothing else of any importance was going on in the world. made me quite ill.

[riderinthestorm]

21. I am going to be pissed, PISSED, I tell ya if he's not the front cover photo on

every single news magazine - Time, Newsweek, US News and World Report etc. etc. next week!!!11!!1

I mean it, there's just nothing else as important that's happened this week!11!!

[EFerrari]

24. You are evil.

:rofl:

[kath]

27. Update: no flag-draped casket. No Marines in dress uniform in two rows, folding the flag into a

tight triangle.

Seems our great patriot Tim was a Chickenhawk:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Russert

I'm crushed. The internets *must* be wrong on this. He was SOOOO patriotic. And he loved war so very, very much.

[arcadian]

28. Just dawned on me. Tim Russert farted last month on Tv

Just thought I'd mention it :evilgrin:

[texanwitch]

31. Help me please, who the hell is Tim Russert and what did he do to make him so special.

Really, I don't watch network news of any kind.:shrug:

Did he invent water or something.

[devilgrrl]

32. Tim Russert not only invented water - he could walk on it!

:sarcasm:

You are fortunate in not watching network news - you're not missing anything.

[texanwitch]

33. I stopped watching network news a long time ago.

How long before he goes under the ground, not soon enough for me.