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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-14-08 06:19 AM
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15. He seemed like a nice guy. And he really loved politics,
I think he was fair enough, for the most part.

More importantly, his sheer joy at his job absolutely beamed out of him. He got paid - handsomely - to tell people about the politics he loved.
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  -So what was Tim Russert, politically? bob_weaver  Jun-14-08 12:37 AM   #0 
  - It was mentioned several times today that he was Independent --  gateley   Jun-14-08 12:41 AM   #1 
  - bluedoggish?  robinlynne   Jun-14-08 12:46 AM   #2 
  - I always got the feeling that he was a strong supporter of Lee Mercer, Jr.  Walter Sobchak   Jun-14-08 12:46 AM   #3 
  - He was a carbon based life form  tularetom   Jun-14-08 12:48 AM   #4 
  - Capitalist.  TahitiNut   Jun-14-08 12:50 AM   #5 
  - Or perhaps a Corporatist  BrotherBuzz   Jun-14-08 12:59 AM   #7 
     - Yup. One of Jack's boys.  TahitiNut   Jun-14-08 01:20 AM   #9 
  - I always saw him as a moderate.  hnmnf   Jun-14-08 12:51 AM   #6 
  - A tool.  ToeBot   Jun-14-08 01:14 AM   #8 
  - I only know the way he treated Dems and it was not good. He gave free pass to Repub.  curious one   Jun-14-08 01:21 AM   #10 
  - Russet Buffalo Potato  Swamp Rat   Jun-14-08 01:30 AM   #11 
  - Good one.  unhappycamper   Jun-14-08 05:47 AM   #13 
  - Sold himself out in certain ways  Mind_your_head   Jun-14-08 01:34 AM   #12 
  - Other.  H2O Man   Jun-14-08 05:58 AM   #14 
  - I believe he did remain mostly neutral;  old mark   Jun-14-08 06:20 AM   #16 
  - I'm very surprised by this as you could never tell this during his interviews.  OmmmSweetOmmm   Jun-14-08 08:42 AM   #23 
  - He seemed like a nice guy. And he really loved politics,  alphafemale   Jun-14-08 06:19 AM   #15 
  - He used to work for Sen Moynihan (D-NY)  MiniMe   Jun-14-08 06:31 AM   #17 
  - and Moynihan worked for Nixon  Algorem   Jun-14-08 07:05 AM   #20 
  - He started out as a Democrat and operative for  DailyGrind51   Jun-14-08 06:33 AM   #18 
  - lapdog.  KG   Jun-14-08 06:41 AM   #19 
  - Opportunist  FarCenter   Jun-14-08 08:28 AM   #21 
  - Conservative Dem  bunkerbuster1   Jun-14-08 08:29 AM   #22 
 

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