What would Tim Russert say?

[Tallison]

I mean, about all this mess.

God I miss his analysis, which would no doubt have edified and refined the present discourse. What a tragically untimely loss. :cry:

[DS1]

1. Nothing of value. He had plenty of time and things to point out

but kept his mouth yapping about the irrelevant things.

[Tallison]

3. I always found his observations prescient n/t

[blm]

16. Really? Russert discusssed Kerry's book The New War that warned of global terror networks

and the tracking of their funding when it was released in 1997? I don't seem to recall Russert ever making much note of Kerry's prescience, and, in fact, Russert MISLED this country for 4 years after 9-11 by making Bush out to be the expert at fighting terrorism while never mentioning once that the lawmaker in DC with the best record in tracking terror networks and their funding is John Kerry.

[jpgray]

7. This.

[annabanana]

2. I'm sure he would still find the RNC

information services stellar.

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. Russert would keep up a steady drumbeat of Palin-Love

He was an in-the-can propagandist of first order.

His son's inane and inaccurate commentary at the DNC told you everything you needed to know.

[Tallison]

9. Eh, he was a practical Catholic

and disfavored legislation of any religious doctrine.

I missed his son's commentary - was it that bad?

[blm]

13. He consistently linked "God" and "President Bush" in the same sentences after 9-11. Where were you?

He certainly did NOT disfavor linking God with that moron Bush throughout Bush's first term. Jack Welch was Russert's religious doctrine and it showed - fascist propaganda.

[Captain Hilts]

5. Nothing worth listening to. "If you work hard, you'll be a success!" nt

[blm]

6. "The American people will form a backlash against entire Democrat Party if they dare attack Palin."

"The American people will form a backlash against entire Democrat Party if they dare attack McCain, the legendary hero of the Vietnam War."

"The American people will form a backlash against entire Democrat Party if they dare attack President Bush who they trust more than anyone else on handling the terror issue."

[Arugula Latte]

17. Yep. Exactly. I'm sorry the guy died, but I DON'T miss his propaganda

and his shilling for the Republicans. He was a lousy "journalist," IMO.

[KharmaTrain]

8. I Sure Don't

Timmeh spread a lot of GOOP talking points...and thrived on political food fights and playing "gotcha". He turned Meet The Press into his own little party...and was the symbol of a corporate media that enabled a regime that has all but destroyed this country.

May he rest in peace, but his legacy is a corporate media that has created the poisoned media culture we "enjoy" now.

[Tallison]

10. I don't think he created so much as refined/exploited

that culture with a vision for public accountability.

[blm]

12. BS - he helped protect the secrecy and privilege of the powerful elite and targeted advocates for

open government that would be accountable to the people.

Not to mention the MOST OBSCENE THOUGHT ever uttered by any news outlet EVER in his post 9-11 appearance, "Do you believe GOD put George Bush into the WH to protect our nation?"

[laststeamtrain]

11. I ask myself that question every morning.

The answer is always the same.

Whatever his boss & Dick Cheney's office told him to say.

He would have raised the level of discourse to partisan tripe.

But, not to worry, others have filled in behind him.

[Forkboy]

14. "Clinton's cock."

[Marr]

15. Oh, he would've helped promote the GOP line, as usual. Molly Ivins might've had something

interesting to say though.

[Lex]

18. Whatever his GE/NBC bosses told him to.

As per usual.

[Stinky The Clown]

19. Tim was far better than anybody .......

.... at making right wing spin sound lucid and honest.

[blm]

20. Exactly - and THAT is why he was so dangerous to democracy and so valuable to the fascists.

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