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    The Beatification of St. Russert of Buffalo

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    10/08/09

    In reply to The Beatification of St. Russert of Buffalo
    Det. Russert's cousin from Homicide is dead!?
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    10/07/09

    In reply to The Beatification of St. Russert of Buffalo
    I'm just glad they have that smirking chimp David Gregory in his chair, so I know the Republic is safe.

    Bwahaha. Fuck Gregory. Shame about the ratings. Has there been time enough past to say Tim Russert was a hack and a courtesan of the powerful, without a single original thought as he introduced endless guests telling us how we needed to brutalize the people of Iraq without mercy or human decency? Because of fake imaginary weapons?

    Yes, it's time enough. Fuck Tim Russert, salesman for the Iraq war. Too bad there's a line of people waiting to replace him. Talking the hawkish tawk on behalf of the military-industrial complex. Genial spokesperson for blasting the fuck out of some other foreign country.

    Oh, but apparently he was a jolly fellow when he wasn't inviting people on camera to advocate a disastrous war. Ho-ho, Tim was one them, that tiny Beltway crowd with their entitlement and heads firmly up their own asses.
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    10/09/09

    @Baroness: I must admit I've not once watched Gregory on MTP (my Sunday mornings are otherwise occupied) but I feel that these recaps distill his essence quite nicely.
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    10/07/09

    In reply to The Beatification of St. Russert of Buffalo
    The exhibit would be perfect if Carville and Matalin were sitting in the mock-office, as if they were waiting for Big Tim to show up. To pass the time, they could bicker in their campy way over some nonsense.
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    10/07/09

    @MrInBetween: lovely, yes. with pat buchanan denying the holocaust, bill o'reilly denying the loofah and rush limbaugh denying the drug addiction and the sex trips.
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    10/07/09

    In reply to The Beatification of St. Russert of Buffalo
    tv news: crap squared
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    10/07/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: also: how to be a corporate ass kissing toadying shill 101
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    10/07/09

    In reply to The Beatification of St. Russert of Buffalo
    Sorry, but I just don't get the ALL-CAPS hostility towards Russert, just like I didn't get it when it was directed towards Rather. I mean, its a fucking display at the Newseum. He's not getting his own wing at the Smithsonian. Calm down.
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    10/07/09

    @Atilla the Bun: It's not directed so much at Russert as it is the failed state of today's news media. The idea that Russert is the best we have to offer against the news giants of the past generation is more than slightly disappointing. It's nothing personal against Russert, but he just wasn't that good of a newsman.
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    10/07/09

    @anonymousryan: It seems pretty directed at Russert to me--that he "wasn't that good of a newsman." Which is fine, but the tone still seemed rather over the top and harsh. It's kind of like beating up on Santa Claus.
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    10/07/09

    @Atilla the Bun: For some of us the problem last year had nothing to do with Russert and everything to do with the reaction at NBC and MSNBC, where his surprise passing was treated as the end of the world as we know it. Big time journalists were unable to separate the personal and the professional and viewers across both platforms were treated to nearly all-Russert, all the time beatification. Now? I don't really care what the Newseum does so long as it keeps those Front Pages available onlline.
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    10/07/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: "and everything to do with the reaction at NBC and MSNBC, where his surprise passing was treated as the end of the world as we know it."

    Well, you have you seen David Gregory host, right? If I was an NBC suit, I'd have been shitting bricks too.
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    10/07/09

    @Atilla the Bun: Santa Claus brings gifts to children.

    Tim Russert was a disservice to the news industry. Jack Welch and his Irish-cabal at NBC are notoriously bad at actual news, Russert included.

    He was a terrible newsman who never actually did any good reporting and served to misinform the public under the guise of being a "nice guy." He may have been a nice man in person, but he was indeed a terrible "newsman." Hence, the tone of the post.

    Next thing you know, Olbermann will close his show with Morrow's signature line.
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    10/07/09

    In reply to The Beatification of St. Russert of Buffalo
    THE LATE TIM RUSSERT: You've expressed unease with my posthumous deification.

    Yet you wrote this on October 7, 2009:

    "He was a ... a watchdog ... an institution ... a towering genius."

    Is there not an inconsistency here?

    PS. - GO BULLS!
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    10/07/09

    In reply to The Beatification of St. Russert of Buffalo
    I used to work for the Newseum. Tim Russert was on their board before he passed. He was a highly respected board member and liked a lot there, so I'm not surprised that they received some of his things (now the merits of putting up his office as is. . .).
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    10/07/09

    @hfree: I should add that folks were really, really excited to get that dry-erase board. It was like it was the holy grail or something.
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    09/25/09

    In reply to RIP Big Russ
    Will Luke, the doughy opportunist grandson get more face time and yet another undeserved job now?
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    09/25/09

    In reply to RIP Big Russ
    Cadaverruss
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    09/25/09

    @scroll_lock: Incredulruss.
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    09/25/09

    @blix: Rigor mortruss
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    09/25/09

    @scroll_lock: Sacrilegruss.
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    09/25/09

    @blix: Gratuitiruss
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    09/25/09

    @scroll_lock: Your lack of sensitivity in this matter is egregiruss.
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    09/25/09

    @blix: I'm just being facetiruss- not callruss or blasphemruss.
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    09/25/09

    @blix: I understand his esophagruss progressed from cancerruss to gangrenruss.
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    09/25/09

    @scroll_lock: but speaking ill of the dead is sacreligiuss
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    09/25/09

    @eeeradicator: Let's not get too sanctimoniruss.
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    09/25/09

    @scroll_lock: Are you making fun of my speech impediment? Outwagiruss!
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    09/25/09

    @scroll_lock: This whole string seems extraneruss.
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    09/25/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: Unfortunately it's contagiruss.
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    09/25/09

    @blix: Not to Russ to judgment, but I expect NBC's coverage to be ostentatiruss.
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    09/25/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: No, it will be bold and courageruss.
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    09/25/09

    @blix: No need to get all self-righteruss about it.
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    09/25/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: That's an atrociruss thought about what should be a properly doloruss occasion.
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    09/25/09

    @scroll_lock: Niiice. I'm starting to wish I had a thesauruss.
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    09/25/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: That could prove advantagruss.
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    09/25/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: Fortunately our vocabulary is colossoruss.
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    09/25/09

    @blix: And hellaciruss.
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    09/25/09

    @blix: And enormruss. (And no, that's not being too generruss.)
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    09/25/09

    @scroll_lock: I'm off to lunch. I'm suddenly voraciruss.
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    09/25/09

    @blix: Hope it's deliciruss. See ya.
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    09/25/09

    @scroll_lock: If Barbara Walters read this thread aloud all the words would pronounced correctly. Then she'd ask for a moment of silence for "Big Wuss".
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    09/25/09

    @blix: Pweposterruss.
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    09/25/09

    In reply to RIP Big Russ
    Are we legally required to refer to him now as "Big Dead Russ"?
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    09/25/09

    In reply to RIP Big Russ
    Not what I needed to see before going to sleep. Good, decent man.

    RIP, Big Russ.
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    09/25/09

    @Airvault: I've been somewhat addicted to "The Today Show" since a little before the (horrible) Columbine massacre and I have to say that the stories Tim did about Big Russ were very humorous, moving, and thought-provoking. But...it may seem dorky... I really did admire Tim Russert and I really did think his dad seemed wonderful. And it is sad that he outlived his son.
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    09/25/09

    @downlow: they seemed totally fake and made up. like i doubt he was ever called big russ until it was book proposal time
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    06/12/09

    In reply to Porn Mags You Read For The Stories Grow Less Lucrative
    Porn has had such an outflux of talent recently. In fact, I canceled my Juggs subscription as soon as Camille Paglia left.
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    06/12/09

    In reply to Porn Mags You Read For The Stories Grow Less Lucrative
    You know things are bad when the porn industry is suffering. Where's their bailout?
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