Shoot me!! Now MSNBC is dragging out Russert's son.

[CatWoman]

Who's next? His dog?

[medeak]

1. KO is on? n/t

[CatWoman]

3. yep

and the Spawn of Timmy will be on soon.

[rpannier]

2. They're digging up the corpse of his great, great, great grandfather as we speak

[itsrobert]

4. Jesus?

The son of Russert?

[bigwillq]

5. Get the gun.

I'll end the misery.

I love ya sweetie but a little tired of everybody complaining about Tim Russert. Change the channel. Read a book. Run a marathon. Cook me dinner. Buy a car. Go to Iowa and help the flood victims. Go to China and help the earthquake victims. There are a lot more productive things we all could be doing than complaining about Tim Russert. NBC is honoring one of their own. It happens. It will again.

[CatWoman]

7. asshole

:)

:hi:

Keith is talking about McInsane's "nonsupport" among Repubs.

Timmy's son will be on soon. At that time I think I'll go scoop the litter boxes.

[medeak]

8. ditto.. oh the horror of it all n/t

[bigwillq]

11. See, there is some real news

being reported. Thanks to Good ole Keith for covering the "nonsupport" angle.

And very good choice by accomplishing something important while they make a fuss over Russ. :) :hi:

[malaise]

6. Maybe he'll be the new MTP host

I think it was grossly insensitive for GENBC to invite him on the Today Show.

[ruggerson]

10. From what I understand it is an inherited title

[SoCalDem]

16. Will they make him dress up like William?

[BuddhaGirl]

26. OH. MY. GOD.

ROFLMAO!!! That is the most undignified getup!! Poor Wills...looks like he's about to sink to the floor in shame!!! LOLOL

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

It is time to abolish this anachronistic abomination that is royalty!!

[kath]

29. Oh, man! What ceremony was going on in those pics?

:rofl:

[BuddhaGirl]

32. he became a knight of the garter

an ancient, ridiculous ceremony. He looks ridiculous!!!

[malaise]

19. Getting up off the floor

:rofl:

[The Magistrate]

9. When Matthews Opened Tonight With The First Line Of The Hail Mary, Ma'am

The thing was past the point of even being dignified as a circle-jerk....

[Garbo 2004]

24. ? Ordinarily I would take such a comment as satire but I'm at the point of believing

you are entirely serious.

On edit: they're re-running Hardball at 8 PDT.....and I see you were simply reporting the facts. Oy.

[hisownpetard]

35. Wait - seriously???

:wtf:

[Garbo 2004]

40. Yes. See my post below to K. n/t

[K Gardner]

36. He opened with "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee".. ??

[Garbo 2004]

38. Yes. Dunno if transcript/video available. & then he talked about Irish Catholicism ,

Russert and faith with Barnicle and Buchanan. I didn't really pay attention to all of it, was doing something else at the time. But that was how he opened the program.

[hisownpetard]

48. Jeez!

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[K Gardner]

33. He didn't. Did he?? I haven't been able to watch.

[Garbo 2004]

39. Yes he did. See my post above to K. n/t

[theboss]

12. Watch baseball

Why are you forced to watch MSNBC?

[Staph]

13. If KO can do a segment on American Idol once a week,

then I have no problem with a second Countdown segment on Russert. Russert wasn't the prime story, KO didn't drag it out or let it interfere with extremely long lead-in to the Gore endorsement of Obama. I would vastly prefer one Russert segment a week to the annoying American Idol princess and her gushing review of that dreck.

[MiniMe]

14. Turn on CSPAN, Obama is still speaking

Although it sounds like he is starting to wrap it up

[UTUSN]

15. & he looks so HAPPY / attentionED!1 n/t

[devilgrrl]

17. I hope the Buffalo Bills rename their stadium after Tim Russert...

before the team moves to Toronto.

[hisownpetard]

37. Wow - you get a cigar! I heard that the section of highway that runs past

the stadium where the Bills play is going to be re-named "Tim Russert Highway."

Actually, I think that's kind of sweet.

[anigbrowl]

18. Jeepers. Just change the channel already

To read the posts here complaining about it you'd think people had TVs from North Korea that could only pick up NBC. So it's excessive. So what? Read a book, watch a DVD, do something else. What's happening here is that a bunch of news junkies are getting their regular feed interrupted and having a temper tantrum over it. Like I said, just change the damn channel and stop complaining about it.

[CatWoman]

20. maybe I don't fucking want to!!!

look, I tuned into Keith for NEWS, dammit!!!

and I have every right to bitch when he doesn't deliver.

[anigbrowl]

22. It's free TV, worth exactly what you paid for it

Most everyone on TV news, including Keith Olbermann, is a good-looking jackass. TV news is like cheap candy - it doesn't really taste good and it's bad for you, but some people get addicted to the additives. Now would be a great time to overcome your dependency and switch to a more nutritious informational diet.

[snailly]

21. Again?

I feel terrible for someone so young losing his father but doesn't he have some mourning to do? Maybe this is his way of coping. Who knows?

[KoKo]

23. You are "behind the times," Cat....He's the NEXT RUSS for Hire on MSNBC!

Charming... Sort of reminds me of a cross between Jeb and Chimp. You wondered why this Memorial was like the "Second Coming?"

:D Besides...he's already been "groomed" by James Carville...as a sophomore at Boston College he got a gig on XM Radio doing sports casts with James...as a duo that his father "Little Russ" promoted on "MTP!"

Ultimate Media Whoredom. Wait and see "Little Luke" is gonna go far in this world.

[devilgrrl]

25. And Little Luke worked real hard to get there. A genuine up-by-the-bootstraps kind of guy.

:eyes:

[leftofthedial]

27. The Timgasm is still going on?

:eyes:

[Bluebear]

28. "I was the cleaning lady at KPOX, where Tim got his start in 1943..."

"I never met him, but his desk was always neat when I got there, paper always in the wastebasket, never on the floor..."

[K Gardner]

34. Is this sarcasm? I can't tell anymore and I can't watch it !!

[Quantess]

30. I'm so glad the weather has been nice, and I haven't turned the TV on for days!

Life is better when you're outdoors in the sunshine!

(To everyone who've had lousy weather, I hope it gets good, so you can be outdoors, too!) :D

[Frank Cannon]

31. Jesus Christ. Bert Convy didn't even get this kind of a send-off.

[mentalsolstice]

42. Bert Convy died? I had no idea! Wow!

I must've been at the grocery store or cleaning my bathroom when the announcement came down.

[LibDemAlways]

47. I have to admit I hadn't heard about

Bert Convy's 1991 passing until I looked it up just now.

Seriously, though, Jim McKay who was an integral part of ABC sports, and especially known for covering the Olympics, got no more than a passing mention when he died a couple of weeks ago. Given America's interest in sports, you'd have thought his demise would have generated a bit more buzz.

This Russert coverage is extremely out of proportion. Given most people's lack of interest in politics, I doubt the majority could even identify Russert if shown a picture. The complete lack of restraint in covering this has been appalling.

[Frank Cannon]

50. Jim McKay contributed more to TV journalism in 16 long hours...

in 1972 than Tim Russert did in a lifetime. McKay actually started his long, distinguished career as a crime reporter for a metropolitan newspaper. When it came to instant recall of detailed facts and figures, no one beat Jim McKay. He could give you all the boring details of an event, no matter what it was, and keep it interesting. In that sense, he was a true journalist.

I am not kidding when I say that Bert Convy deserved as much, or more, of a memorial than Tim Russert.

[Overseas]

41. Used as filler while waiting to go to Gore speech in Detroit

I was surprised to see that also. Although Luke seems like a wonderful kid. The channel has had days of coverage of the Russert passing and KO decides we need some more? How about using some national and international news, like even footage of protests of Bush's visit to the UK?

[ProSense]

43. Lawmakers Seek To Honor Russert With NY Highway Change

Lawmakers Seek To Honor Russert With NY Highway Change

Guess the MSM aren't the only culprits.

[Forrest Greene]

44. "Journalists" Love Nothing More

...than a story which writes itself.

[MadHound]

45. Why are you people continuing to watch this shit?

I find it vastly amusing, and a bit puzzling, to log onto here and find people in an ongoing flame-fest against NBC and the MSM for their over the top coverage of Russert's death. If you change the channel, or better yet, turn the TV off, you won't have to worry about what is being broadcast. But nooooo, many folks continue to feed into the madness, watching the tube while simultaneously complaining about the massive Russert coverage. Don't feed the beast! All you're doing is continuing to send positive feedback to NBC and the rest of the MSM TV media that this 24/7 coverage is actually being watched, and therefore all is good.

Don't feed the beast, turn the damn thing off.

[papapi]

46. TVs can be turned off. Or you can change the channel. I don't get ghouls.

[cherokeeprogressive]

49. Change The Channel. Go for a walk. Listen to some music. Mow the lawn.

Enough already. Stop watching, and maybe they'll stop broadcasting.