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Bruce Springsteen Performs at Tim Russert's Memorial Service

2008-07-20T14:46:07Z

Bruce Springsteen performs at Tim Russert's Memorial Service in
Washington.

Russert, host of "Meet the Press" died of massive heart attack on June 13, 2008.

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Charlie Rose - Tim Russert

2008-07-20T14:44:29Z

Tim Russert on living the American Dream

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Charlie Rose - An appreciation of Tim Russert part 1

2008-07-20T14:44:30Z

An appreciation of Tim Russert. Russert died of an apparent heart attack while recording a voiceover for Meet the Press in Washington, D.C. on June 13, 2008. He had just returned from family vacation in Italy, which celebrated his son's graduation.

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Charlie Rose - An appreciation of Tim Russert part 2

2008-07-20T14:44:30Z

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Charlie Rose - An appreciation of Tim Russert part 3

2008-07-20T14:44:29Z

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Sunday Show Roundup: Tim Russert, 1950-2008

2008-07-20T14:46:12Z

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: As you know, Tim Russert, NBC Washington Bureau Chief and moderator of Meet the Press since 1991, died suddenly last Friday at the age of 58. We remember him in today's Sunday Show Roundup episode of TPMtv.

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John Edwards: People Trusted Russert

2008-07-20T14:46:08Z

Appearing on Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Senator John Edwards shares his thoughts on Tim Russert, who died of a massive heart attack earlier in the day. Edwards said of Russert, "He was not only an extraordinary journalist, but an extraordinary human being."

Speaking about Russert's cross examination style of interviewing, Edwards said that Russert "was not looking for that 'a ha' moment but looking for the truth." "The American People trusted him," Edwards said.

Edwards released the following statement on Tim Russert: "A great man has been lost. It is not just that our system depends on intelligent, persistent, fair-minded journalists, and Tim was one. It is not just that the civility of our political interchange requires dignity and respect and -- it is also true -- compassion, and that Tim was a model of each of these. It is not just that the manner in which we treasure and respect our essential personal relationships is the real mark of character, and that Tim was an exemplary son and husband and father. It is that too few among us reach for all these things and even fewer attain them. We were blessed to have had his friendship and companionship. We were all blessed to have his wisdom and vision and to have shared his joy for life. Tim will be missed today and tomorrow and next year and the year after and in a decade and for even longer than that. Elizabeth and I will miss him."

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Tim Russert Dead At Age 58

2008-06-24T18:40:18Z

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NBC's Chuck Todd Mourns The Death of Tim Russert

2008-07-20T14:46:12Z

Chuck Todd, June 13, 2008

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Tom Brokaw Reports Death of Tim Russert

2008-07-20T14:46:12Z

Tom Brokaw reports death of Tim Russert, June 13, 2008. More at HuffPo.

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God's Speed, Tim Russert.

2008-07-20T14:44:50Z

Good-bye and thanks for everything. . .
Tim Russert, age 58, passed away today. Sigh.
He will be sorely missed.

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McCain Battle Raps Tim Russert

2008-07-20T14:27:06Z

This video was made by Joe Sabia. His YouTube account was unjustly terminated, and he apparently lost 60 of the very popular viral videos he made. I downloaded this video of his a while back. I'm uploading it because I think McCain rapping deserves an audience.

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Russert Asks McClellan Why He Didn't Challenge Bush

2008-07-20T14:22:51Z

Tim Russert must be the dumbest man in media - and he must have the dumbest producers on TV. In an amazingly absurd exchange, Tim Russert asked Scott McClellan why McClellan didn't challenge Bush on the very same question Russert should have challenged Bush. Russert has always been overrated - but this exchange proves beyond a doubt that Russert is a buffoon. What's sad is that Russert is too stupid to know he's stupid - or that he was part of the propaganda machine that sent this nation to war.

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Tim Russert Asks McClellan If He'll Donate Money From Book

2008-07-20T14:22:51Z

In a moment of shameful hypocrasy, Tim Russert asked Scott McClellan if McClellan, having been part of the pro-war propaganda machine, would be willing to donate part of the proceedings from his book to those who suffered because of the war?

And you, Russert, WILL YOU???

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Primary Results - Should Clinton Get Out Of The Race?

2008-06-13T03:30:55Z

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Russert Calls It Like He Sees It

2008-06-12T09:33:17Z

MSNBC, May 6, 2008.

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Tim Russert: The end-game is becoming clear

2008-06-18T04:34:39Z

From MSNBC's primary coverage May 6, 2008.

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Mighty Tim Russert Wields His Clout

2008-07-20T14:48:17Z

It seems that Arianna Huffington has run up against the impenetrable wall that is Tim Russert's ego. Huffington, who is currently on tour for her new book Right Is Wrong: How The Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded The Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe, will be appearing on CNN, ABC, and CBS. She had been booked on Morning Joe and Countdown with Keith Olbermann as well, but those bookings were suddenly and inexplicably cancelled.

NBC confirmed that Huffington wouldn't be booked on any NBC-affiliated show to promote her book, but refused to explain why. Huffington's people say that this is Tim Russert's doing, that Russert is out for revenge because Huffington called him a "conventional wisdom zombie" in her book and devoted seven pages to faulting Russert for allowing his Meet the Press guests to go unchallenged (not to mention HuffPo's RussertWatch).

If Huffington's claim is true and Russert has been pulling rank with NBC, then this whole affair smacks of immature middle-school antics. Is Russert really that sensitive that he can't take criticism from Huffington? And if he truly thinks his show hasn't become an outlet for Bush administration figures to push their message uncontested (as Huffington suggests), then shouldn't he bring Huffington on and challenge her assertions? Or, at the very least, allow Huffington to go on another NBC show?

Probably not, since that would mean Russert would have to ask tough questions for a change.

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Stopping the FOX Virus

2008-07-09T17:46:33Z

I had a very disturbing talk with my dad about Barack Obama.

I was on the phone with my parents telling them about the video I was working on, FOX ATTACKS! Obama part 2: Spreading the Virus, and brought up how FOX (Sean Hannity, in particular) has been desperately trying to create a connection between Louis Farrakhan and Barack Obama because a magazine founded by Obama’s pastor, Jeremiah Wright, and run by Wright’s daughters recently gave Louis Farrakhan an award. I told my parents how Hannity went from saying the magazine gave Farrakhan the award to claiming Wright gave him the award (which he didn’t) to saying that Obama “associated” with Farrakhan (which he hasn’t). Hannity would mostly use these “stories” so he could rattle off some of Farrakhan’s most offensive comments and mention Obama in the same breath, effectively linking the two in the minds of FOX viewers. He just wants to say, “Obama — Farrakhan — racist — anti-Semite” over and over again until they are linked, just as FOX did with “Iraq — Al Qaeda — 9/11 — terrorism” in the run-up to the Iraq war.

Of course, Hannity almost never mentions that Obama has repeatedly denounced Farrakhan’s racist, anti-semitic, and inflammatory remarks, has called for more cooperation between the black and Jewish communities, has spoken before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), and has been defended by the American Jewish Committee, the Anti-Defamation League, the Simon Wiesenthal Center and other prominent Jewish organizations. But Hannity doesn’t want his viewers to know this. He just wants them to have a vague impression that Obama is an anti-semite and a black separatist.

When I mentioned this example to my parents, my dad said, “Wait, didn’t Louis Farrakhan give Obama an award and Obama accepted it?” When I told him that this was completely off, he said, “Oh, I guess I must have heard it wrong.”

First, let me tell you a bit about my dad. He’s a very smart man, and when it comes to chemistry, he’s a certified genius. He’s not a current events junkie like I am, but he’s reasonably well informed. I got him a subscription to the Economist several years ago and I know he’s kept it up and still reads it, and he watches the nightly news. He is definitely not a conservative or a FOX viewer.

So how could he have been so wrong? That’s one of the problems we’re trying to address in FA Obama 2.

Tim Russert's Demented Secret-this guy's sick!

2008-07-09T13:36:19Z

gross

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TPMtv: When Russerts Attack

2008-06-18T03:31:59Z

The standout performance of last night was Tim Russert's repeated tirades at the candidates for not answering his clownish questions. So we thought we'd string all of Tim's gonzo moments into one tight reel. Let's all repeat together, "I'm rough enough, I'm tough enough, and doggone it, people like me!"

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Russert Plays the Farrakhan Card

2008-06-18T03:31:53Z

Tim Russert moderates the Democratic Presidential Debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, February 26 2008

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NBC's Portly Tag Team High as Kites

2008-07-20T14:39:29Z

How do these guys keep their jobs?

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NBC Plots To Destroy Clinton Candidacy

2008-07-20T14:39:29Z

I mean, c'mon, can it be any more obvious?!

Respected newsmen? What a joke!

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Rev "I-Didn't-Major-In-Math-I-Majored-In-Miracles" Huck on Meet the Press

2008-02-24T20:40:57Z

Rev Gomer, that folksy, Reconstructionist, that major HuckUp, is interviewed by Timmy Russert.

But first, for the last time, you HuckHead: It's "punDITS", not "punDINTS". What's so hard about that?

On we go:

You're embarrassing John McCain in the primaries, and letting the Democrats win: "I didn't set the rules". "We shouldn't have a coronation."

On McPain alienating Republicans: "He's often a voice in the wildnerness." "We have a mutual respect." "This is not about personal hostility." "I'll vote for him if he's the nominee... compared to Hillary and Obama, he's a conservative."

On Rush Limpbaugh's assertion that either one, McPain or Gomer, would destroy the Republican party: "I really like Rush... I love his show." ... "I'm disappointed in what he said.." He couldn't knock either of us out, though.

On Kenneth Copeland, the televangelist who fundraised for Rev Gomer, who said that Gomer would "stand with" him "any time, anywhere on any issue": "Yeah, that's my man, that's my man, right there...He's a friend, a person of integrity. That's what I know about him. Chuck Grassley says he won't cooperate with an investigation of his finances, fundraising. Do you stand with him? Are you interfering with the investigation? "He's innocent until proven guilty."... This is not an issue I'm dealing with as a candidate... He's getting legal council... He's allowed freedom of speech, freedom of religion... "I'm not interfering with the investigation..." ... "I haven't called Grassley to tell him to lay off. THAT would be interfering." "It's a little chilling if Congress goes after a non-profit organization... Will they also look into MoveOn?"

On his flip-flops: First, he said he'd outlaw public smoking. Then he flipped. Then, re: Cuba... In 2002 he was for lifting the embargo, in 2007, he flipped. Finally, he flipped on raising taxes, saying he "doesn't make pledges", then 33 days later, he signed the tax pledge. His response:

On smoking: "I'm for protecting clean air, not banning smoking in the workplace." [Laffy note: suppressing laughter now] I'm not "telling someone what they can or can't do."

On Cuba: This was specific to the rice industry in his state, he says. "We wanted to export rice, including to Cuba. So, I saw I was shortsighted, so I saw an embargo was important."

On taxes: "I met with Grover Norquist, and I saw that we wouldn't raise marginal tax rates"... We should have a Fair Tax (consumption tax).

So you were not playing to conservatives? No, I matured.

On being on a McCain ticket as V.P.: "I don't want to be vice president and I won't be asked." In October you said, "nobody turns it down." "I wouldn't think about it, but.. nobody turns it down, I haven't been asked yet... I see no scenario in which he'd ask."

On frying squirrels in a popcorn popper: "We really did that... Of course we ate them... I should say they taste like chicken, but it tastes like squirrel... You gotta do something with those things... It's a college thing... I haven't eaten squirrel since college, thank the lord."

[I'm not sure how he did it, but he managed to insert "the lord" into a discussion about frying squirrels in a popcorn popper.]