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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:31 PM Original message |
Regarding Russert's death |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. false outrage ^ |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. no...it's real outrage at the incredible lack of maturity and compassion among some duer's. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. i hate grave dancing, it's a disgusting practice. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #30 |
45. do you call this OP grave dancing? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. OMC, They're Supposed to Be Professionals |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. What did Russert ever sacrifice for the good of all? |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. they are mourning the loss of someone |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. The public airwaves n/t |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Russert |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. They mourn him as a colleague and a friend. He was a stalwart of the field of journalism. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well to the people on the air he's a colleague and co-worker |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. That's the way to go, IMO. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. but they're using this as an excuse to not cover NEWS. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. He was in integral part of the news team he lead and a man passionate about news. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. The bigger story for me is heart disease. He died at 58 |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. That is not yet clear... autopsy pending... may have been DVT |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. That was my first thought |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Should have eaten more hot peppers |
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tulsakatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. that was another shocking thing........ |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. Coronary Thrombosis |
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rdenney (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 12:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
48. How about changing people's lives, like Paul Wellstone did? Thats a life worth living. n/t |
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BlueManDude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. They are demonstrating the very reason why I despised Russert - bloated self-importance |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. wish I could recommend this post. |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. you misjudge his value to network news |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. well, he was of *great* value to the MIC and the Bushco regime. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. I lost a pennyless inlaw to a heart attack at age 58 Wednesday |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
13. Well, if you don't watch television, you don't know |
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tulsakatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. I was personally shocked to hear about this!! |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 06:24 AM Response to Reply #15 |
53. tulsakatz, that is exactly how I would word it, too |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. Russert was BIG |
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rdenney (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #18 |
47. Tim Russert was a PUFF-BALL. n/t |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
19. Even if something prickish he said bugged me during MTP, his |
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Kickin_Donkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 06:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
52. He had a big financial interest in the fraud going on ... |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yeah, I want to die that way too. fine one moment then keel over dead the next... |
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MaryRN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. Condolences to his family... |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. russert shared nothing |
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rdenney (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Russert was exactly that. I hope he rots in hell, the bastard. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. i hope nobody says this about you when you die. |
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maui9002 (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Complete and utter nonsense |
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rdenney (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. So we suspend our feelings when someone just keeled over? No way. |
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maui9002 (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. No, you don't suspend your feelings |
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rdenney (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. So when Russert lets Bush-Co push it's agenda in Iraq, its OK when he croaks no matter how many .... |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. it is mean... |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
23. people he interviewed...people who knew him... |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
28. NBC News dedicated its entire half hour to a tribute |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
39. I think NBC is perfectly entitled to grieve over someone so integral to their operation. |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. all info media are public |
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tv45 (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
42. Here's an article about that: |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. spot on... |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
49. The news and commentary community is close-knit |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 03:46 AM Response to Original message |
50. He was a joke as a "journalist" |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 04:16 AM Response to Original message |
51. He WAS named by Time as one of the top 100 most influential people in the WORLD. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
54. Russert had his moments... |
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