RIP Tim Russert...

[bagelchick]

How ironic that I'm sitting in the hospital with my dad when NBC broke into the golf coverage......
My dad is having triple bypass surgery on Monday. His blockage is so bad that admitted him for the weekend.

Devastating......I felt like I've lost a friend. Great man and great journalist.
And so sad that his dad outlived him...and that its Father's Day weekend.

Tom Brokaw was hard to watch.

 

[Beaker]

I am now convinced it doesn't matter how much you do to stay in shape -- or how healthy you seem to be -- it makes no difference. It can hit any of us at any time. So everybody be careful, please, and take care.

Life stinks.

What you say has a grain of truth, but I am not sure that Tim Russert was the absolute picture of health. We should all do whatever we can to stay in shape and eat well because it does cut down on risks of heart disease. Ultimately, genetic factors may outweigh all of it, but it doesn't mean that our habits don't matter.

Losing Russert this year, in the most interesting political year ever, is an American tragedy as far as I'm concerned.

When I visited Tim Russert's wikipedia page a few minutes ago, some asshole had linked it to the page for "fats." Thankfully it was immediately changed.

 

[suburbia]

Terrible, terrible news.

Of all the tv news talking heads (Stephanopolous, O'Reilly, Olberman, etc.), Russert was the one who struck me as the one who best balanced being a serious reporter and not just an entertaining TV personality, but who at the same time didn't take things so seriously that he sounded wooden and sterile. He knew his stuff and could have gravitas when needed, but could also have some color too.

The TV news business will really miss him.

 

[DanOregon]

Thoughts and prayers to the family. Terrible news. He was a legendary figure in DC.

I read "Big Russ and Me" a few years ago and enjoyed it, but it seemed to be more about Russert, than his dad. I am now grateful that Russert was able to write about how he grew to be the person he became.

I'd rather be Aaron Rodgers than the next host of Meet the Press. Big shoes.

 

[spinning27]

Here's how you know how important Tim Russert was.

On the night of the Indiana and North Carolina primary, he made news simply by making the following statement:



Once Russert said it, it was real. What more can you say about a journalist?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Wow, that's really ****ing scary...

RIP

 

[Write-brained]

One of my all-time broadcasters and personalities. It's a shame he never got to see his team win the big one, which he so badly wanted.

RIP Mr. Russert.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

How sad.

Went to the same college as Tim Russert, at a different time. He's one of the faces of JCU and recently did a short video for the school's Pride of John Carroll series about his time there.

RIP.

 

[D-3 Fan]

Thoughts and prayers to the family. Terrible news. He was a legendary figure in DC.

I read "Big Russ and Me" a few years ago and enjoyed it, but it seemed to be more about Russert, than his dad. I am now grateful that Russert was able to write about how he grew to be the person he became.

I'd rather be Aaron Rodgers than the next host of Meet the Press. Big shoes.

MTP has always been the biggest shoes to fill on Sunday morning.

I'm hurting here in Iowa for my fellow neighbors, but I have to add his family in my prayers this afternoon. Like him or hate him, Russert was the face of the political media.

It's going to be hard as hell on Sunday morning to get the skinny. On a day that he cherishes with Big Russ and Luke.

Devastating on top of a tough week for me.

 

[bagelchick]

NY Times is now saying it was a coronary embollism, not a heart attack.

You don't survive when that happens.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

It's always sad when someone dies, but this is one where you read it and you feel like you were just punched in the gut.

****...

This sucks...

 

[GuessWho]

I feel so horrible about this. Watching MSNBC's coverage, he sounds like the kind of person I thought he would be.

 

[D-Backs Hack]

Devastated for Russert's family.

Saddened for TV journalism.

Meet The Press, with your host, Chris Matthews.

I can't bear the thought.

 

[pressmurphy]

Unless they already have a blockbuster guest booked for the weekend, I hope Meet The Press drops everything and just does a Tim tribute instead. His family and friends could use that right now.

RIP.

 

[Write-brained]

My favorite Russert moment was the Bush-Gore election night. I remember him with, was it Bob Costas?, with his sleeves rolled up, his hair messed up, standing at the red state/blue state map, exhaustively explaining all the scenarios and possibilities revolving around Florida and Ohio. By then, all of his comments were completely off the cuff and hilarious.

 

[Trouser_Buddah]

I honestly thought this thread was going to be about something he said that may have cost him his career... not because he'd be one to say that, just because the thought of him actually dying was furthest from my mind...

RIP

 

[Gomer]

In case you missed it, like I did.

RIP.

 

[MileHigh]

Holy freakin' ****.

This is just devastating.

RIP.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Devastated for Russert's family.

Saddened for TV journalism.

Meet The Press, with your host, Chris Matthews.

I can't bear the thought.

Nah. Probably Andrea Mitchell or David Gregory, I would think ...

 

[pseudo]

Holy mother of God.

Stunned. Just stunned. Met him a few times, hoisted a beer or two ... and he was never "Tim Russert - media superstar," he was just Tim from South Buffalo, always wanting to talk about our beloved Bills.

Maureen, Luke, Big Russ, thoughts and prayers heading your way.