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If you check out the New York Times’ comments section on its Tim Russert “death” article, you will notice most of the commenters telling a certain “Lesley” to shut her fat face for being Insensitive. But there is no longer any comment by this pagan Lesley, because the New York Times censors free speech and has deleted the comment! We have secretly obtained Lesley’s manifesto, and she has some pointed criticisms of “Lil’ Russ.” We’ll give you a hint: she says “Noobama.”
Politically and media speaking…I feel for Noobama…he has lost one of his strongest media supporters. Wonder what the media thinks about this one - and whether Noobama can make it without Russert, the media ringleader of the Noobama booster club. Maybe the media will feel freed from Russert’s stranglehold.
Life certainly is strange this particular year.
And to think that Russert died on Friday, the 13th!
Maybe some of the media nastiness of this election season will now stop.
Though I watched Meet the Press going back to the ’50s, I have not watched it in months b/c of Russert’s unabashedly biased behavior.
He is a loss as a human being, but certainly not as a TV host.
NEVER 4GET.
NBC’s Tim Russert Dies [New York Times]
This year of record voter turnout has certainly brought out the best in all of us.
Who’s n00bama? Someone new to World of Warcraft?
Fuck me! Hillary, it’s over!!
Right on. Death to Meet the Press (but not to “russet”).
No, seriously, is it a play on the word “nubian”? That’s all my coworkers and I can come up with.
And she didn’t even end her rant with the obligatory “What? Too soon?”
59.
June 13th,
2008
5:16 pm
The priest who resided at his bedside said that his last words were in a very faint whisper, obama. What does that tell you?
— Posted by mokescren
Didn’t he collapse and die? Fucking people.
So what is she saying, that Russert got pwned by a n00b?
She witnessed Meet the Press traveling through time? And since when is “media” a fucking adverb?
shortsshortsshorts: Long live the new potato flesh.
I know I’m not to say the word, so I’ll just say that it rhymes with “bunt”.
shortsshortsshorts: THAT is hilarious. Not even half a day goes by and the final chapter has been rewritten by every mook with access to a kompooter.
‘Though I watched Meet the Press going back to the ’50s’
Oh, I get it. She’s one of those bitter old ceiling cracks.
Tawmn: Use “twunt”. Twice the bang for your buck.
Cape Clod: Ah yes. Ceiling cracks. Normal people take the stairs or an elevator if they want to get upstairs, crazy people just bash their heads on the ceiling.
Gopherit v2.0: …noted!
Where is this person’s compassion? People get so caught up in the contest that they forget it is a real person they are talking about. If you make them cartoons or demonize them you stop think of them as people, and then you rot inside. Sick bitch.
I’ve read “Lesley’s” remark, and a similar one made at the L.A. Times message board. I’ve also read several comments on liberal blogs commenting about Russert being in the tank for the GOP. Guess that says it all about the man - he was good enough to piss off liberals and conservatives alike for perceived maltreatment of their respective heroes. Good enough for me.
I thought you guys might like my new Avatar. Classy no?
How that Russert is out of the way, Hillary can come back and win the White House!
AnnieGetYourFun: ‘n00b = ‘newbie’
This “Lesley” can go fuck herself, because probably no one else will. Definitely a wrinkled old Bitter.
Let’s not speak ill of the dead, in case they have the option of haunting us.
shortsshortsshorts:
Someone watched Citizen Kane too many times.
This is just the type of person who will resent it when we dance on gas-bag Limbaugh’s grave. Not very sporting! Speaking of that, when is the old pill popper going to croak? He must be embalmed already from all the drug’s, I bet. The evil fucks never seem to get justice.
“Russert appeared briefly in a scene on the television drama Homicide as himself” - Wikipedia
…this must have been foreshadowing, for when someone killed Russert (perhaps Hillary, McCain?)
upperleft: mordecai1908: Yes, damn these insensitive Liberal Blog commenters…
Lesley= HRC supporter.
iwillsavethispatient: Yeah, but at least they Botswana and Wookee’s comments are about Russert. I can respect that, even if I don’t agree. This is a comment section of a blog, after all. This cow Leslie used someone’s death to score political points. She deserves her bitterness.
Gopherit v2.0: i guess because my dad is close to russert’s age that i’m a little sensitive to comments calling him out so quickly after he dropped dead, but they could’ve been a least had a little class or at least waited. or is snark and bitterness all that defines us as a people nowadays? everyone is quick to yell about what they hate rather than talk about what they enjoy. tim russert fucked up in his position, yes that’s true, but sudden death like that, should befall no one. he didn’t cruelly order deaths like hitler. he was a half decent man. can we at least focus on that for a while. of course the media will overcompensate but that’s what they do. it’ll pass and then you can return to the hate. but for now, it shouldn’t be too hard for anyone to shut up about how much they hate the man.
Gopherit v2.0: Yeah, I totally agree with you, I was just trying to regain some snark. I assume Botswana / Wookie won’t take it personally!
Making jokes on McCain’s on-line store = Funny (and satisfying). Calling someone a twunt = Hilarious (brilliant, Gopherit v2.0). Talking shit about Russert on the day of his death: Awful. There are a lot of people I hate (current Administration), but wouldn’t start to throw a parade on the day they died. Say good riddance - quietly and to yourself. Think inside voice.
bess marvin, girl detective: “…sudden death like that, should befall no one.” Au contraire, it’s much better than the protracted kind.
iwillsavethispatient: Exactly. Wonkette needs to look in its own comments section before ridiculing the New York Times’.
bess marvin, girl detective:
Sudden death for me please. Preferably in my 80s.
Aurelio: Not for his family. I’ve gone through both types of deaths with loved ones, and the sudden unexpected death was much harder to deal with. The protracted one was also hard, but we got a chance to say goodbye.
Canmon (the Inadequate): HIllary, take the pills. This kind of pent-up rage isn’t healthy.
Or should I call you…..Lesley? Either way, same advice.
Billo, you’re next FATASS!
Don’t worry Mr Newell, you’re still way gayer for Obama than Potato-head ever was. Even if Barry pulls a Sinclair on Tim’s corpse, you still have the edge here. A real champ!
lumpenprole: your 80s or 2080s? I’ve dibs on the second. Oh yeah, and in the saddle, too, because dying at work is too depressing.
ms_mcgee: Even Cheney? C’mon… no ding dong the Cheney’s dead?! Wake up, wake up you sleepy head!
Gormogon: “heh-heh. You’re GAY Jim. Nyah! Cower! Cower before my superior wit!”
Banzai77: Yeah, I’m enough of a nerd to know what a “noob” is (or more correctly, a n00b), but I wasn’t under the impression that that was what Lesley was implying. Could be wrong, though.
iwillsavethispatient: Oh I don’t take it personally — of course I don’t think I said anything particularly hateful about him either. The instant hagiography doesn’t help my attitude though. It would be a lot easier to maintain a respectful silence about his flaws if the past few hours weren’t filled with eulogies that made him out to be Moses.
Oh, and speaking of which — is it not too soon to say that John Ritter never made me laugh? Whew, that felt good.
Canmon (the Inadequate): I think it was the crassness of the politicization of his death in the context of the NYT that made it ripe for ridicule.
Wonkette just doesn’t have the same level of gravitas (sorry Jim!). All the same, some of the comments here were in questionable taste.
Oh the moral conundrum!
AnnieGetYourFun: I think it’s No Obama, without the space.
mordecai1908: Exactly.As much as Russert could piss me off at times,he was the only journalist that I could unequivocally say was an honest person,with no bias.
SayItWithWookies: I disagree! John Ritter was hilarious in Sling Blade.
Cicada: When “gravitas” is a Wonkette standard, I’ll start sending Ron Paul checks.
Gopherit v2.0: Being “gay for” somebody isn’t really a slur on homosexuality inasmuch as it’s an insult regarding someone’s blatant hero-worship and total lack of objectivity. Like, Jon Stewart was prety frikkin “gay for Kerry” in 2004, but that’s not like saying he’s homosexual.
Actually, I’m kind of with Lesley on this one.
Sure, it’s sad that someone died, and at only 58, but they’re talking on TV like he was Edward R. Murrow or Walter Cronkite or something, and he wasn’t.
I wouldn’t say this anywhere else, but this is Wonkette. It’s where I come when I want to be an asshole.
Lesley seems like one lonely gal…
PoliticalGraffiti: “Homicide: Life on the Streets” was a great show (for network TV). One of the characters (a female detective/Sargeant) was named Russert, eventually revealed as a cousin of potatoface.
Of course, “The Wire,” from the same creator and much of the production staff, was an even better television show.
shortsshortsshorts: Point taken ;). I would hate to see your paychecks go to fund the Magical Constitution Blimp.
Gormogon: You must have watched The Daily Show in Bizarro world. I don’t even think Mrs Kerry liked John.
Objectivity on a blog? You, my friend, must be new tho these intertubes.
You probably should have said something more mature, like “If you love Barry so much, why don’t you marry him!!!”
Gormogon: Your qualification is totally gay.
jasonelias: But would you hit it?
Also, I don’t see how being critical of someone right after they die is any different than being critical of them in two weeks, which most of you will be anyway. Unless you knew him closely or something, it’s (arguably) as legitimate as say, any of us getting the ax.
shortsshortsshorts: If wonkette ever asks you for “gravitas” shorts, just tell them to eat a bag of dicks. We’ll all be sitting back cheering.
Cicada: What a horrible thing to say. You are obviously an anti-semite and/or homophobe or something. Does the ADL monitor Wonkette:?
shortsshortsshorts: I think it has to do with custom, and respect for others that may be grieving. You wait awhile so that the emotions are less raw.
Banzai77: Oh I get it! I thought it was just Nobama with an added dramatic “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!”
Jeebus… no wonder… He looked so odd in those last shows, like when Hopey went over the limit… Remember he was kind of teary and looked kind of bloated and confused… Goes to show you these things creep up on you, there are warnings… sorry, no teh funny or teh snark.
This video was crazy:
http://www.minimovie.com/film-128295-Welcome%20Back,%20Clinton
I guess that consummate professional journalist Chris Matthews will have to fill the big guy’s slippers at MSNBC.
bess marvin, girl detective: amen.
since i’m your father’s age, and you seem to understand
about life i’ll tell you something.
unless the dier is a real evil piece of shit, your instinct to take
a time out and reflect on life…life itself..and to think about the effect
of this knd of thing happening to you or a loved one, and to have some
sympathy for the people it did happen to is right on.
sorry to be preachy and sorry that i called tim a gasbag last week.
Gormogon: Remember when “gay for kids” was not just a Republican platform, but an innocent mid-century tag line?
Lesley probably wandered over from Hillaryis44.org, where the comments have been of the classy variety about “karma” striking down both Russert and Iowa (which is under water right now because God is a Clinton support.)
Cicada: I’m just impatient, I suppose. *waiting*…
As a hardened Lefty, I say thank you to FOX, ABC, CBS, CSPAN and NBC for all the decent signs of respect you paid to the loss of a fellow colleague, and someone the public greatly respected.
That said, I send a big FUCK YOU to CNN, LOU DOBBS and GLEN BECK, who barely interrupted their Mexican bashing to honor the guy.
In all the years I watched Russert, I never went away feeling I saw anything but a good journalist who did his homework, was good to his colleagues, loved his job and loved his Dad.
CNN is dead. Not Tim Russert.
shortsshortsshorts: I sympathize! If O’Reilly kicks it, I may have to stay away from my computer for a day. That mofo doesn’t get more than 24 hours, though.
Cicada: One can only dream at this point. Sooooooon….
And on that note, this breaking news:
Benazir Bhutto is STILL deader than the battery of that crumpled 1986 Yugo her forehead resembled after impacting with the open hatch of that SUV . . . .
It is newbie, NEWBIE, you non-yod pronouncing Americans!
Aurelio: that is true, i guess i mean how the unexpected death will affect his family. no one wants a drawn out process, but abruptness can be just as cruel
Noobama for the Noosphere.
Cicada: If O’Reilly kicks it, I won’t be anywhere near the computer, because I will be out cavorting naked in the streets…
Neilist: …and not to be a hypocrite, but fuck off.
ronaldpagan: Yup. I’ll have a fine irish wake and then piss on his grave. Cuz, you know, he’s evil.
Gopherit v2.0: There’s no party like the party you throw when a hateful, vindictive asshole dies. I still have the fondest memories of May 15, 2007.
ronaldpagan: Me, too. I cracked a bottle of good whiskey just for him. I knew how much he’d have liked that.
Gopherit v2.0: I celebrated with a gay dance party and impulse abortion!
Couln’t agree more with Lesley. Certainly wished the man no harm but holy crap what a bunch of crappy journalism he was pumping out.
Tim Russert died doing what he loved after watching his child graduate from college and vacationing in Europe. If that isn’t the biggest Fuck You to the Lesley’s everywhere, then I don’t know what is. We should all be so lucky.
From The Aria of Chris Matthews, Mark Leibovich, NYT Magazine, April 13, 2008:
“Tim — as in Russert, the inquisitive jackhammer host of “Meet the Press” — is a particular obsession of Matthews’s. Matthews craves Russert’s approval like that of an older brother. He is often solicitous. On the morning of the Cleveland debate, Matthews was standing in the lobby of the Ritz when Russert walked through, straight from a workout, wearing a sweat-drenched Buffalo Bills sweatshirt, long shorts and black rubber-soled shoes with tube socks. “Here he is; here he is, the man,” Matthews said to Russert, who smiled and chatted for a few minutes before returning to his room. (An MSNBC spokesman, Jeremy Gaines, tried, after the fact, to declare Russert’s outfit “off the record.”)”
(From The Aria of Chris Matthews, Mark Leibovich, NYT Magazine, April 13, 2008)
agingboomerguy: Tim Russert, God rest his soul, worked out?
Where is all this hate for Russert coming from. If you’re going to say he was biased, or just crappy, use specific examples so there can be an actual dialogue. Point to a youtube video, or article, or something to show your not making shit up because he interviewed some one you liked in an aggressive manner. If you can’t find examples, you might just be full of it yourself.
kile: Amen.
If Bill O’Reilly or one of the Fox bims kicks the bucket tomorrow, I trust Lesley will be equally classy.
kile: I like Tim Russert’s big head and the way he looked and so, I gather, did his producers and the public…and I hate to do this really, but since you asked, check out what Eric Boehlert had to say about (RIP) Russert and how he aided and abetted in the murder of thousands of his fellow Americans and uncounted others:
This is from http://www.democracynow.org/2006/6/7/how_the_press_rolled_over_for
AMY GOODMAN: Other journalists?
ERIC BOEHLERT: Who else do I talk about? Well, Tim Russert is famous for his closeness with the Rumsfelds and the Cheneys. He’s had exclusive access, almost exclusive access, to Dick Cheney for the first four years in terms of “Meet the Press.”
AMY GOODMAN: Well, you know, you talk about him being famous for this and all these different journalists and relationships. Most people in the country know nothing about this.
ERIC BOEHLERT: Yeah. As I point out in the book, if you’re not part of the beltway culture, if you don’t follow it professionally, you don’t know that these people are all sort of having cocktails and hanging out and buddy, buddy.
AMY GOODMAN: Well, talk about this, because you point out in the book, the whole interaction in the debate between John Edwards and Dick Cheney, the vice presidential debate
ERIC BOEHLERT: Right, right, right. It was one of the famous moments from the vice presidential debate. Dick Cheney, his big one-liner that night was when John Kerry walked onto the debate stage—
AMY GOODMAN: Edwards
ERIC BOEHLERT: I’m sorry—Edwards walked onto the debate stage. Dick Cheney said, “This is the first time I’ve ever met you,” and the clear implication was that Edwards was a, you know, total newcomer, wasn’t up to the vice president’s—for the job. But he had met him. As we learned almost immediately after the debate, they had met three previous times, and one of the times was on “Meet The Press.” But right after the debate, Tim Russert goes on TV and talks about the debate, talks about this putdown that Cheney had unleashed on Edwards and never explains that they met on his show, and he knew they met on his show, and he just sort of played dumb all night while people talked about Dick Cheney’s sort of devastating putdown. It just doesn’t make any sense. If you know that, why don’t you talk about it? And again, at the time Russert had incredibly good access to Dick Cheney and the White House so maybe that explains why he sort of looked the other way.
Very sad for his family and all, and on Father’s Day weekend, too. But he was a fat pantload of crap and an embarassment on teevee. He asked Dennis Kucinich if he had ever seen a UFO. He would always ask the most base pointless National Enquirer type questions because he had the hyena mentality that most media types do in the country now. Pandering to the masses instead of enlightening them. RIP.
1ofUS: Thank you! That’s exactly what I’m looking for… I did a google search to see why people hate Russert and all I could come up with is people who love Ron Paul or Hillary Clinton acting bitter.
I’ve been watching Meet the Press for a long time now and have quite enjoyed his gotcha moments. In my enjoyment, I forget that you have to give something to be able to get the kind of interviews he did. But when he asked President Bush if the war in Iraq was necessary and the Presidents eyes kinda glazed over into a blank expression, or when he had this interview with Cheney where he pushes the lack of a link between Iraq and 9/11, it almost makes up for it.
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Can’t we just lay off the fat bilious fuck so he can begin his journey through decomposition in peace? No I guess we can’t.
How ironic that his fascination with blue stained dresses helped lead him to a lifestye that probably involved near daily imbibement of fatty red meats, of the rarest and most delicate varieties. Life’s a bitch that way.
kile: Uh…kile? Just because he pretended to be tough with Republican administration officials in no way diverted my attention from the enormous amount of time he spent being a raging asshole toward any progressive he felt he could safely lampoon. Pardon me for not rattling about on a hamster wheel for your edification. I don’t give a shit if I change your mind or not. You asked for an explanation? There you have it.
Well fuck you too Mr Blifil.
somebody should tell harriet christian to knock it off.
It is def time for a buttsex story now.
Mr Blifil: Yes, I asked for an explanation, and you provided the ramblings of an angry crazy person. You do any point you could possibly make a great amount of injustice by making blanketed comments and provide no real information.
Except for the whole blue dress thing, which you clearly believe was all Russerts fault. By the way, thanks for the late 90’s reference, way to keep up to date.
I liked Wonkette’s commenters better before any fucking schizo with an internet connection could chime in.
I liked Wonkette’s commenters better before any fucking schizo with an internet connection could chime in.
And I apologize in advance if this is a double post. Fucking Wordpress.
PeteJayhawk v2.0: hear, hear.
PeteJayhawk v2.0: hear, hear.
PeteJayhawk v2.0: Seriously, what the hell? Wasn’t there a vetting process at some point?
kile: Silly me, for remembering the things the man once devoted his life to. Continue with the hagiographical historical revisionism. It gives me a boner.
PeteJayhawk v2.0: Buffy and Hildegard: heard, heard. Will there never be any stars anymore?
Q: Not with that pencil dick you won’t. OH…SNAP!!!
Why oh why couldn’t it have been Chris Matthews? Sorry. That was tasteless and was probably said by someone in another post.
I won’t be sad at losing Press the Meat on the teevee. Get rid of ALL the talking head shows.
PeteJayhawk v2.0: Me toooo! There’s obv no banning enabled, so what can we do? Scare them away?
Guys…even if Russert was imperfect and not as tough as he could have been, is now really the time to debate it? Save your anger for when Bill O’Reilly chokes to death on a falafel.
graceless: One day they will return — they must return. And then we can all look back on this dark period as The Great Unfunniness.
ronaldpagan: I doubt scaring would work. Perhaps we should try humiliation.
PeteJayhawk v2.0: Buffy and Hildegard: graceless: ALSO…do you guys remember, not so long ago, when you’d read through the Wonkette comments and they would all be, at best, gems of hilarious political insight, and at worst, juvenile but irresistible jokes about buttsex? Now it looks like Old Wonkette mated with Hillaryis44.
I have 15 minutes to humiliate the trolls, and then it’s time to drink mojitos in Tim Russert’s honor.
Doe Terry MacAwfully now retroactively seal the douche-of-the-year award for this s**t?
Daily Show: “Hillary Clinton Campaign Chairman Terry McAuliffe believes Tim Russert’s father is dead.”
http://is.gd/x52-
Can’t we just lay off the fat bilious fuck
That’s what your wife said! Bam!
PeteJayhawk v2.0: “Premium Sponsors” don’t give a fuck about literate, funny, or even cogent. They like buttsex, but in the abstract, more as a topic providing social lubrication than an activity requiring pharmaceutical lubrication. The previous collection of miscreants and sad sacks on the “approved” list must have been revealed to be the opposite of the kind of early adopting trend setters the makers of animated banners crave to reach. It’s also known as “opening the floodgates.”
ronaldpagan: It’s hard. I can’t stop watching the endless dirge in honor of our sweet meatball head on MSNBC, so I tune in here for some smart levity. But almost all there is to be found is nasty, petty, and, most egregiously, super un-funny bull-shite about freaking blue dresses. Sweet Jesus, what the hell is wrong with you people?
ronaldpagan: Lucky for you I didn’t drop dead on the spot upon reading your comment. It might have caused you to feel a momentary pang. But don’t worry, I’m fine.
Which is what your sister said after the buttsex.
I have never wished for Paultard commenters or 9/11 Truthercommenters more than now. That would be awesome.
Mr Blifil: Stop for a second, read comments like SayItWithWookies, crankypants, nowukkers, Botswana Meat Commission FC, Gormogon, and 1ofUS. None of them are pro-Russert, and all of them show an ability to add something to the conversation rather than just talking loud but saying nothing. I know it’s the internet and blind bashing seems cool, but there are enough intelligent people here that I can actually have a dialogue with and learn something from, and it would really help if you weren’t interrupting. So if you don’t mind crawling back into the tent of blind hate from where you came, that would be great.
Noobama? Isn’t this what McAncient says each time each time he takes his Ambien?
kile: If you love Tim Russert so much, why don’t you marry him? Oh, wait…you are excused from answering…
Mr Blifil: kile: Sticks and stones may bounce off me, but your rubber glue won’t break my bones! So there! Nanna nanna boo boo. NOT IT!
Isn’t it way past your fucking bedtimes, kids?
S.Luggo: I think that’s snorebama, actually. Noobama is what he yells when Cindy wants snuggle time.
Bottom line: Even WALNUTS! can’t get his mind off of our great and glorious chocolate messiah.
Buffy and Hildegard: Bedtime? Not me, I’m on Pacific time. I mean I live in New York, but I’m a pacifist at heart.
Which is why I have a hard time getting teary eyed over a one-time panty sniffer who approvingly paraded the Iraq War architects on his show as if they were great Americans, and then acting as if a guy like Edwards was a fag, Kerry was Lurch, and Gore was some douche. All of which may have been true but he didn’t have to be so overt about it. Oh and he was paid millions of dollars to help create pre-approved narratives into which news and information were to be shoe-horned, not the other way around. The process of which resulted, on several occasions in you know, wars and whatnot.
I hope I’m not coming off as overly judgmental.
ronaldpagan: Mooooooo!
(That? Why, that’s the sound of Ronald’s pet oxen being gored.]
Who’d a thunk that McWALNUTS! would outlive Buffalo’s hometown hero?! Lil’ Tim’s death still hasn’t hit me yet. I suppose on Sunday morning in will hit me. Who the hell is going to host though? Maybe Chuck Todd could take over the reigns, seeing as how Tim had a special bond with the delegate savvy red head. I don’t know. I might have to start going to church on Sundays.
BTW:
Dear Lesley,
I’ll be the judge of who’s a human being and who’s not, thank you very much. Right now, I’m tempted to take an eraser to your name in The Book of Life.
Say your prayers,
God
Tim Russert = Turretsism: the belief that interjecting random confrontational ufology advances the political dialog.
Sorry, this isn’t too funny to me right now. My husband, also 58, had a heart attack this past Mon. pm — 3 stents later, we’re home today , finally.
Never have been a Russert fan, but. Even if my husband hadn’t had this crap happen, I’d still think Ms. Lesley was a tad out of place. . . Um, I’d tell her: watch your diet, and exercise, you twit (you’re probably a couch potato like all the rest of us) ….
Ahem. That’s it.
PeteJayhawk v2.0: Buffy and Hildegard: AxmxZ: ronaldpagan: ronaldpagan: Soon, friends, I will ban the fuck out of so many people, you Good Commenters will have to do Double Duty to maintain the quota.
I am waiting for the Commenter Account Management system. Gawker’s system of auditioning to be a commenter was/is unique. They built it themselves. The new Wonkette hosts/techs are building new versions of all the weird old Wonkette things you loved.
BANNINATION IS COMING SOON, AGAIN.
Mr Blifil: Good grief, I don’t give a crap why you hate the guy. Just try to be funny about it. If you can’t bear to do that, then go spooge your hate seed on some other lady’s face. Wonkette likes her boyfriends to make her laugh, dontcha know?.
So far you’re boooooooooring, a much worse offense than raking the still warm corpse of Timmy over the coals.
Mr Blifil: (I promise, promise this is so the last time I feed this particular troll, but I just can’t help it.) Mr. Blifil, my friend (in a John McCain “fuck you” sorta way), John Edwards, a pretty, pretty man with some amount of class, does not share your views, so you can stop invoking his name in association with your bullshit…
“JOHN EDWARDS: 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.”
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/13/1140494.aspx
We Gormogons grieve in reverse. Now that I’ve roasted this douche, isn’t it about time to ask if he was murdered? Was he the *only* personality left at GE-NBC who would ever dare ask the Oba-Messiah an even gently probing question?
And he dies smack dab in the middle of NBC News late on a Friday.
Do we have an alibi for Andrea Mitchell yet?
Gormogon: I’m afraid NBC has taken your fears to heart. They’ve hired Nash McCabe as the new MTP host. Under Ms. McCabe’s guidance, it’ll be all flag pins, all the time.
Take that, Noobama!
People die all the fucking time.
Mr Blifil: Overly judgemental? Of course not! I think it’s perfectly acceptable and in good taste to berate and mock one of America’s last great journalists on the day he died. So what if Russert was objective and fair in his questioning of hot-shot politicians and who cares if he was a generous kind-hearted man who cared deeply about his friends, family, and the truth?! And who the fuck cares that Tim died on the Friday before Father’s Day and Luke, not to mention Big Russ, will be reminded every year that his father was tragically taken away from him right before the day he was suppose to be celebrating with his dad?
Words: I’m sorry about your husband; hope he’s doing all right.
Ken Layne: I never thought I’d say this, as a former victim, but YAY BANNING! And a lot of the loyal commenters are gonna spend more time here once whore diamonds are reinstated and douchebags are evicted, so that should keep us meeting the quotas.
And trolls/douchebags, you know who you are; the same people who thought it was hilarious when people sped up the video of the couple jumping out of the WTC and set it to Benny Hill music. Just because tasteless things can be funny doesn’t mean that more tasteless = funnier. You know?
Bill_TX: People mourn dead people all the fucking time.
ronaldpagan: Yes, reaming a man on the day he dies is tasteless and does not bring teh funny. Of course, I just compared Mr.Blifil to a boyfriend splooging on Wonkette’s chest, so I may not have the best tasteless detector.
ronaldpagan: One day, I too will have a whore diamond to my name.
*dreams in techniwhorecolor*
ronaldpagan: I concur, my good woman. The sooner Wonkette can start thinning the herd and rewarding worthy commenters with whore diamonds, the better.
I’m a little conflicted on this whole thing. My immediate reaction to the news was shock and sadness. I thought of his family, his colleagues at NBC/MSNBC, etc. To be completely honest, I also thought about the ways he sometimes infuriated me during his interviews. I also wondered why the death of someone I “knew” only through television could have such an impact on me. It’s completely subjective, and it’s been said here before, but any affection I had for Russert came from seeing him talk about electoral college math and laying out electoral math on that fucking dry erase board.
In any event, I never said to myself: “Hey, Tim Russert died today and all these people on this political blog are talking about him… I should totally go and make a bunch of comments about what a piece of shit he was.”
AxmxZ★: In due time, my child. A virtue, patience is.
Cicada: No, your comment was literally hilarious.
Also, guys, here’s the thang. If Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity were taken into the arms of their precious Lord, I bet a lot of us would rejoice. But we probably wouldn’t bust into conservative websites and go “Ha ha ha, your boyfriend is dead, assholes.” We are classier than that. (If Fred Phelps died, I would probably express my pleasure to the “God Hates Fags” people, but that would just be borrowing Fred’s whole steez.)
Cicada: Yeah, old potato head was a real charmer, no doubt. And also, no doubt, his stand-in will make us rue our grueful words. Glow on you weird potato man.
ronaldpagan: Fred Phelps is the one douche who definitely deserves to get reamed the very second he dies. I might even hold a protest at his goddamn funeral. Fuck his sorry ass, and his damn family that shows up at his little shindigs too.
But yeah, I wouldn’t go over to the Corner and shout my hatred of Hannity if he died, even if I was dancing a jig at home.
I consider myself a nice guy, in real life, but somehow I do wind up pissing people off occasionally. So, I’m a little bit leery of the banning stuff.
I’d like to see it based more on literacy and comprehensibility, than on some stuck-up moderator’s perception of douchebaggery.
And 9/11 was definitely an inside job.
Cicada:
If Hannity died, I would silently hope for a drawn-out feeding tube scenario, but that’s just me.
The creepiest part of the Fred Phelps story is the footage of his 9 year old grandkids talking about “the faggots” and how they are “abomimations in the eyes of God”. A little funny hearing prepubescents say it, but more disturbing than anything else.
gurukalehuru: Well, a lot of the trolls here are neither literate or comprehensible, but there’s a difference between dissenting opinions and douchebaggery for douchebaggery’s sake. Which is what’s going on with a lot of commenters here.
obfuscator: Cicada: I’m gonna go get drunker. But let me open this up for discussion…what would be the best protest sign to carry at Fred Phelps’ funeral?
ronaldpagan:
I’m drunker getting, also.
“God Hates Assholes”?
ronaldpagan:
Thanks.. I appreciate it. Sorry to get personal and be unfunny, but an occasional reality check can be helpful….
I know 58 sounds ancient to some folks, and yes, he’s older than me, but…. he’s not really old, ok? Sigh. this is the MOST unfunny, nonsnarky, maudlin comment I’ve made on this website.. Ken I’m sorry! please don’t ban me yet. I’ll say 5 Hail Marys and 5 Our Fathers for atonement and forgiveness, ok?
Mr Blifil: Thanks for stealing my line. You read too many posts, and don’t come up with enough original material, douchebag. If there’s a ban capability, I hope you’re one of the victims.
ronaldpagan: “God’s a fag. You’re screwed, motherfucker.”
Ken Layne: I love you Ken. Need a drink?
obfuscator: or “Satan LOVES Assholes”. LOLsatan: “Im in ur wurld steelin ur asshols!”
obfuscator: Gopherit v2.0: AudicityofHope: Love ‘em. But I think I’d keep it simple and go with “God Hates Fag-Bashers.” Also, “God Hates Flags” would be a funny t-shirt.
Gopherit v2.0: Being banned from Wonkette would hardly qualify one for victimhood. I tend not to read anyone’s posts besides my own, but if you think I’m stealing lines, just think of it as my homage to Tim Russert.
In the new Huffington book, there’s a chapter about Russert’s more supine moments, dealing with W in his ascendency. Didn’t watch him much–I’m a Stefazoid fan–but some of the commentators here are right to point out that he could be arrogant or asleep at the wheel. Once again, we have to figure out what’s the rule: how long do you have to wait to start offering a corrective to the mass media’s eulogies? 12 hours? 24?
It’s been a long and snarkless day since 24 hours ago I never heard of Tim Russert and wouldn’t have known the dude if I saw him at the Quickee-mart. So all I got to say is, I await the arrival of BANNINATION!!!
I used to joke about people dying. Then, a year ago, my daugher died unexpectedly in her room in our home. She was 19 years old at the time. Death had never touched me before, but when it did, the grief was more than I can express and the depth of the pain is nearly unbearable. So now, when someone dies, I think about those that loved that person, and the sorrow they will carry for the rest of their lives. I don’t joke about people dying anymore, it’s just not in me.
Here is a picture of my daughter.
Q2: She was really a lovely young woman. I can’t imagine your grief. Yes, there are always those who experience loss in a private way no matter how public the person was. Your daughter looks like she would have been a good snarker too!
Darehead: She was very smart and her humor was cautic and completely brutal! She was a rip.
I think “Lesley” may have been letting us in on a little secret: All of Billary’s enemies will PAY!!! I guess giving Ted Kennedy brain cancer was just the warm-up act. Now that Russert’s gone, and Obama supporter Paul Newman (http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/candidates/barack.obama.html) has the cancer, whose next? Olberman better not let his coffee out of his sight.
ronaldpagan: When I first heard about the boy scouts killed by the tornado in Iowa, my first (unspoken) thought was “Well, this is obviously God punishing them for their stance on homosexuality”. But I didn’t run out and post it on some blog.
Well… until now.
ronaldpagan: Can’t some of us hold on to the illusory ideal of wonkette.com as a “cynical” site and not a partisan one? That’s what drew some of us here in the first place.
Also, it would be funny if Hannity crapped his pants when he died. Live on air.
Gormogon: That’s why I came here, and that’s what I loved about Wonkette: everyone got the shit kicked out of them here.
Buffy and Hildegard: John Edwards made it on Countdown and Larry King last night. It doesn’t cover new ground from the comment you quoted in your post but you get to watch the pretty, pretty man say it.
Countdown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxK7MmW5bAQ
Larry King: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXBrwKsLhN8 (he comes in at about 1:15)
I tried to post this a few times, but it doesn’t seem to work in the camino browser. Sorry, again, if this is something crazy repost.
kile: Okay, here are some examples of why I never thought of Russert as a pinnacle of journalistic integrity. (And Q2 and others, I’m not taking any delight in his death — although the relentless beatification of him on his network has driven me to slightly more involvement than usual).
Russert’s involvement in the Valerie Plame case: Essentially Scooter alleged that he had first heard Plame mentioned when he spoke to Russert to complain about an episode of Hardball, and Russert said all the reporters knew Plame had sent her husband on a boondoggle. Russert testified during the CIA investigation that no mention of Plame ever occurred during that conversation, yet vehemently resisted testifying to this point to the Libby grand jury.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/09/AR2006010901745.html
He also, oddly enough, discussed the phone call on Meet the Press — without ever talking about the substance of the show that Libby called to complain about. Oh, it involved Joe Wilson’s trip to Niger.
http://www.slate.com/id/2129234/
Also
Kouric, Lauer and Russert allege that the Abramoff scandal is bipartisan:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/27/lauer-russert-abramoff/
Russert asks Pelosi if her criticism of Dubya hurts the troops, emboldens our enemies:
http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh060104.shtml
Matthews and Russert assert that record turnout in Dem primaries is insufficient, possibly elitist — because many Dems are college grads (really, I’m not making this shit up)
http://mediamatters.org/items/200802060008
Matthew Yglesias article on Russert’s inane questions (note the partisanship also):
http://www2.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2007/0712.yglesias.html
My condolences to his family and friends. It’s sad that he died and so suddenly, but that should be enough. I don’t feel obligated to buy the whole hog and believe that his death suddenly elevates his performance as a public figure to stratospheric levels of insight and integrity. And when I die, everyone’s free to talk as much shit about me as they want — in fact, I’d be a little disappointed if they didn’t. Were I not dead, that is.
Q2: I’m so sorry for your loss.
ronaldpagan: Hey thanks, but no more condolences…please. I posted my comment as an insight to the immeasurable pain the death of a friend or loved one brings, not to harvest sympathy and certainly not to hijack this thread or detract from the subject.
Q2: Wonkette caught Hope. And since cynicism is a very pure emotion (if you fake it, its no longer cynicism) the best that can be expected (until Hopey falls on his face or Walnuts wins) is snarkiness.
BTW, I wonder if Barry realizes the huge expectations that are riding on his candidacy, engendered by his own words? Its basically no less the the re-establishment of the Republic. If he succeeds then we will have weathered the greatest challenge to the Republic since the Great Depression. If he fails…
If Hillary Clinton had just dropped out when she should have and the primary race had therefore not been so stressful, TR would still be alive.
Just sayin’!
fishcanoeski: Erm…speak for yourself. Although I will happily vote, donate to, and volunteer for our great mocha messiah, I hardly expect a New New Deal (Newer Deal?). After the last eight years, any Dem would be converting cynics into the faithful. Cynicism is, after all, the last refuge of the defeated.
Why, oh why couldn’t it have been Ann Coulter???
NuNuDeal
or NooDeal
Q:
:::Snark Off:::
Q, if it makes you feel better, and consistent with the Wonkette Spirit, you can assume that I responded . . .
“I’d hit it.”
If it makes you feel bad, however, tell me to fuck off.
Either way, sorry for your loss.
:::Snark On:::
Back to Russert: Aren’t “bad things supposed to happen in threes”?
So when are two other Fat Old Annoying Fucks going to die from heart attacks?
Mr. Vice President? Mr. Limbaugh?
The World is WAITING.
yomama: Yomama from washington state?
dcmgurette: In order for Ann Coulter to die a sudden and agonizing death, she’d have to be alive in the first place, wouldn’t she?
Coulter can never die, unless one drives a wooden stake through her heart whilst she slumbers in her coffin. Volunteers?
There is nothing like a God’s take down.Tim thought he has has taken Hillary down.But…..
I feel sorry for him as a human being but I won’t mis him on Sundays from my TV line up.
9inchboucoul: If you didn’t like Tim’s show, why did you watch it? If you didn’t watch it, why would you not miss him on your Sunday TV line up?
Tim Russert looked like a big baby.
Now he looks like a big DEAD baby.
This week Fox will be throwing a celebratory banquet to honor the DEATH of Tim Russert.
Tim Russert is now one of those potatoes with sprouts growing out.
Tim Russert is being asked the hard questions, but the guy isn’t answering any of them. WHY DO YOU NOT ANSWER, SIR?
Does CNN have no shame?? Of course not -3 words = Beck and Dobbs..sounds like a good name for a sewer service, yes?
Wolf Blizter very briefly this morning, noted the passing of “my competitor”. “My” competitor??
Has anyone -ever put the name Wolf Blitzer in the same category as Tim Russert??
Wolf Blitzer is to Tim Russert, as Lou Dobbs is to Genghis Khan.
hazmaq: I was never a big fan of Russert, but Wolf Blitzer should die with a dick in his mouth.
The comment from Darth Vader about Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobama was much more offensive in my view.