Comments on: D.C. Elite Pay Tribute To Russert

Journalists, Politicians And Family Gather To Mourn The Respected Host Of "Meet The Press"

[outwest6]

The world is full of sad bitter people who can''t get over their private view of the world and they write small shameful things on this story. All the sadder for them and their kind. Deaths are not comparative, death is hardest for those left behind.

I never met Tim Russert but I know that he would have defended the small minded folks writing in.

I will miss Tim Russert because among all of the bitter talk radio ranters, he brought thought to our process and well reasoned questions every Sunday morning. God speed to the next better place and thanks for sharing with us.

[walterm140]

Paul R. Smith, Jason L. Dunham, Michael P. Murphy, Michael A. Monsoor and Ross A. McGinnis.

Who are -those- guys?

They are all posthumous winners of the Congressional Medal of Honor.

They were killed fighting an unnecessary conflict enabled by people like Tim Russert.

That would definitely include Brian Williams who fawned over Bush after Katrina and David Gregory, who cavorted with Karl Rove at a banquet last year.

This is not to pick on NBC, the other networks are just as bad. I do not include Fox News. That is not a network, but a propaganda organ modeled after the Nazi Dr. Geobbels'' ideals.

MSNBC DOES have Keith Olbermann who is just awesome, awesome, awesome.

But Tim Russert? - sorry, he was an an enabler of a LOT of what George W. Bush has done to ruin everything about this country.

[dsproull]

Tim had a Great personality and we all saw it! The very best to his family and God be with them.

[oneworldusa]

I didn''t get to see the memorial, but it sounds as if it was beautiful. A great celebration of this father''s and son''s life. We will miss you this election year, Tim. Godspeed.

[ampsanne]

Regardless of what the rest of you say Tim was a good man and good reporter. Over the years he became a familiar face on our TV. It will be like losing a good friend. Our sympathy to his family, as it was such a shock. And it surely will be hard to fill his shoes on Meet The Press. God love you Tim.

[rushlimpdrug]

So when a "host" does his job he is praised to
the high heavens because he did his job?

I would say what''s wrong with this picture
but it would be censored.

When every other worker does his/her job
they are honored by taking that job to
china.

Of course the real news is how the election
is going.

That and the wonderful olympics in china.

The press just suks period.

[eroosevelt08]

I have sympathy for Mr. Russert''s family. Even so, it is hard to forget how anti-Senator Clinton he was. To me, a number of his remarks were quite sexist.

[walterm140]

Russert a liberal democrat? Sorry, I am a liberal democrat and I just don''t see it. He was not objective, he took positions favored by his sponsors - like Boeing. Why would Boeing buy ad time when it-doesn''t-make-a-single-thing-anyone-can-buy-?

I watched MTP regularly and I often castigated Russert through e-mail for his obvious bias.

Walt

[kodiak8881]

Hey Walt. Tim was a very strong liberal Democrat. To say he favored the Republicans doesn''t even make sense.

On another note, although I wish his family well, I have a real problem with this spectical. This guys was a journalist, not a great stateman or important world leader. It really did look like grandstanding to me. Why would a man that is supposed to be very religious want a funeral that didn''t open with prayer, or with any religious presence, but instead had the flag and the national anthem sung just like we do at ball games? And why wasn''t this far more private? If he was a family man, which I believe her certainly was, wouldn''t he have wanted his funeral to be a family event - not on the worldwide NBC stage?

I''m sure he will rest in peace. I just didn''t like the tone of the whole thing.

[barbaraf4]

Was Bruce Springstein there? Russert was a lifelong fan and I would have thought the family would have asked him to attend.

God Bless, Tim. You were a good, decent man.