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Tim Russert Dead at 58

Posted by: Mike's America @ 1:21 pm in Obituaries

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Tim Russert of NBC News dropped dead today of an apparent heart attack at the age of 58.

Russert was the host of NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday program as well as the moderator of NBC sponsored debates with 2008 Presidential candidates.

Whatever you want to say about the liberal media, or Tim Russert’s performance in that environment, his passing is a sad milestone and he will be missed.

I recall particularly his interview with Barack Hussein Obama where Obama says “There’s not much difference between my position on Iraq and George Bush’s:”

Tim Russert’s “Straight Talk” will be missed!

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bill-tb

Prayers for him and his family. I actually watched his show occasionally. He will be missed.

June 13th, 2008 at 1:40 pm

crosspatch

Friday the 13th, 2008 was an unlucky for America.

June 13th, 2008 at 1:50 pm

Missy

This is horrible, my prayers to his family, I hope the agony they must be going through at this time is somehow lightened. He was so young.

June 13th, 2008 at 2:36 pm

Curt

While the man was a liberal he seemed to always be the most objective interviewer on TV. As Rush said today:

“Tim was a regular guy with that perpetual smile he wore naturally all the time. He loved life and got everything he could out of it.

“He was the closest thing there was at any of the networks to an objective journalist.

“Whether it was at dinner here in Florida while his son was taking golf lessons, or on the set of Meet The Press, Tim was always the same with me: genuine. He never condescended to anyone and was the consummate professional. He will be hard to replace,”

He will be missed.

RIP

June 13th, 2008 at 5:48 pm

luva the scissors

i didn’t always agree with how he saw the world and politics, but he was my sunday morning favorite. i loved watching his election night coverage he he a way of making the dry erase board its own charactor. i feel for his family and hope that they will be ok.

June 13th, 2008 at 6:15 pm

yonason

Misplaced sympathy is cruelty.

My sympathies are for his innocent friends and relatives, not him.

He eagerly and gleefully destroyed Scooter Libby’s career, depriving the Bush administration and the country of a unique and essential talent. And the only thing he regretted was that the damage he caused was limited to Libby, who used to do more for the country in any day on the job than Plame and Wilson and Russert together have ever done in their whole miserable Leftist lives!

For the harm he caused he deserves no prayers. If you want to pray for anyone, how about Scooter Libby? He’s the one who needs it, and all because of Tim Russert.

June 14th, 2008 at 8:22 pm

scott d

There is more to Russert’s death than meets the eye. we’ll never know the truth.

June 15th, 2008 at 11:28 am

Chet

Was neither a fan of the show or of Tim, but I send condolences to his family and friends. He was good a lobbing in the softballs so that those he supported could knock it out of the park.

I’ve heard a great deal about how flight can sometimes have an affect on the heart. More than one person has dropped dead after recently flying. True or not, could be this was just the right amount of stress needed to trigger such an attack.

June 15th, 2008 at 6:47 pm

Phyllis Kunz

I was saddened by Tim Russert’s death. I would like to see Lester Holt replace him because
Mr. Holt is as objective as Tim Russert was. Mr. Holt is the consummate professional.

August 22nd, 2008 at 4:41 pm