« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2 3 4   Go Down

Author Topic: RIP Tim Russert  (Read 822 times)

Offline Nwbie

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2022
RIP Tim Russert
« on: June 13, 2008, 02:43:12 PM »
Died today - one of the few I watched on politics

Seemed like a real - guy - and very professional

Sorry to hear it

NwBie
Logged
Skuzzy-- "Facts are slowly becoming irrelevant in favor of the nutjob."

Offline ZetaNine

  • Persona Non Grata
  • Silver Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1685
Re: RIP Tim Russert
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2008, 02:52:58 PM »
WASHINGTON - Tim Russert, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and the moderator of “Meet the Press,” died Friday after a sudden heart attack at the bureau, NBC News said Friday. He was 58.

Russert was recording voiceovers for Sunday’s “Meet the Press” program when he collapsed.




great guy.........great author......great fan of the Buffalo Bills.
God Speed Tim.
« Last Edit: June 13, 2008, 02:58:42 PM by ZetaNine »
Logged

Offline Makarov9

  • Silver Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 949
      • http://www.332nd.org/
Re: RIP Tim Russert
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2008, 02:55:25 PM »
He was one of the only newsmen I trusted to give an honest opinion and not take one side or the other. Sad stuff..
Logged

Offline Reschke

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 7724
      • VF-17 "The Jolly Rogers"
Re: RIP Tim Russert
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2008, 02:58:14 PM »
His job was to take the opposite side of a politicians viewpoint and get that person to open up about their views. He was objective and able to get many people to talk about their views so we as voters could make an informed decision. He will be missed. Godspeed Mr. Russert; your family will be in our thoughts and prayers.
Logged
Buckshot
Reschke from March 2001 till tour 146
Founder and CO VF-17 Jolly Rogers September 2002 - December 2006
"I'm baaaaccccckkk!"

Offline texasmom

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 6078
Re: RIP Tim Russert
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2008, 02:58:19 PM »
I'm very sad to hear that. I did like him perhaps more than any other TV personality.  :(
Logged
<S> Easy8
<S> Mac

Offline Toad

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 18415
Re: RIP Tim Russert
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2008, 02:59:19 PM »
The old ticker... yep, he was one I watched some. Thought he did a better than most job of it.
Logged
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!

Offline ZetaNine

  • Persona Non Grata
  • Silver Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1685
Re: RIP Tim Russert
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2008, 03:00:10 PM »
Tim wrote a wonderful read about his relationship with his father.  It's one of my favorite books.... making it especially sad this father's day.



his follow up book:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12916744/
« Last Edit: June 13, 2008, 03:03:54 PM by ZetaNine »
Logged

Offline JB88

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 10980
Re: RIP Tim Russert
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2008, 03:10:14 PM »
wow.

bummer.

 :(
Logged
this thread is doomed.
www.augustbach.com  

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. -Ulysses.

word.

Offline Holden McGroin

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 8591
Re: RIP Tim Russert
« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2008, 03:12:50 PM »
The political discourse in America just became much more shallow.
Logged
Holden McGroin LLC makes every effort to provide accurate and complete information. Since humor, irony, and keen insight may be foreign to some readers, no warranty, expressed or implied is offered. Re-writing this disclaimer cost me big bucks at the lawyer’s office!

Offline LePaul

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 7988
Re: RIP Tim Russert
« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2008, 03:13:16 PM »
Wow at 58

First thought is what the heck happened?  Did he have a heart issue, was he treating something or what...that's just too young for such a talented guy.

Sad, he had just come back from his son's graduation
Logged

Offline soda72

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 5201
Re: RIP Tim Russert
« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2008, 03:15:37 PM »
 :(
Logged

Offline SkyRock

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 7758
Re: RIP Tim Russert
« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2008, 05:03:47 PM »
Logged

Triton28 - "...his stats suggest he has a healthy combination of suck and sissy!"

Offline Holden McGroin

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 8591
Re: RIP Tim Russert
« Reply #12 on: June 13, 2008, 05:06:15 PM »
...
« Last Edit: June 13, 2008, 06:07:02 PM by Holden McGroin »
Logged
Holden McGroin LLC makes every effort to provide accurate and complete information. Since humor, irony, and keen insight may be foreign to some readers, no warranty, expressed or implied is offered. Re-writing this disclaimer cost me big bucks at the lawyer’s office!

Offline Yeager

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 10167
Re: RIP Tim Russert
« Reply #13 on: June 13, 2008, 05:54:35 PM »
I liked the guys style.  You could tell he was one of the good guys, a proud American. 

Lastly, I admire the way he lived his life, to the fullest.

<S>
Logged
"If someone flips you the bird and you don't know it, does it still count?" - SLIMpkns

Offline Maverick

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 13920
Re: RIP Tim Russert
« Reply #14 on: June 13, 2008, 06:07:23 PM »
The few times I watched him he seemed to take a true journalistic neutrality of opinion and concentrated on factual reporting. It was refreshing to see in a swamp of media mediocrity that we see most often.

RIP.
Logged
DEFINITION OF A VETERAN
A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life."
Author Unknown
Pages: [1] 2 3 4   Go Up
« previous next »