listen to the horse show……

On June 15th, 2008 at 7:37 pm, terrig said:
Of course not Dark Knight, you think this is the blog of those who worship Satan don’t you? Please, get off your sanctimonious horse for once. I agree with Mookie on this one. My cousin is quite active on that Hillary site and it’s gaining popularity.
Dark Knight, you can see there’s been nothing but kind comments towards Tim Russert. We all respected the job he did at NBC and know his likes won’t be seen there again. The all knowing MistressJustice misconstrued the posting of Jen of the Jungle but of course she saw what she wanted to see because like you she thinks this is the den of Satan.
It never ceases to amaze me how you liberals think you’re so above the fray when you’re really the worse. I would recommend that you and your pal MJ as well as the rest go back and look at the blog postings when Tony Snow’s cancer returned or when President Reagan died. You should be ashamed of yourselves by coming over here and telling us how hateful we are. There is no hate on this thread but you think there is because you misconstrue a posting.
The rest of us are for the most part shocked at this news even a few days later. It won’t be the same, as his and Chris Wallace’s show (at the 6 p.m. news time) were the only Sunday shows worth watching. Sorry your hatred had to seep through again.

Wow terrig… let’s start from the beginning.

Contradictory of your comment, I do not think people on this blog worship Satan. I will not resort to insulting you or anyone else with a “high horse” argument. I never said there was hate here. Ever. This was a discussion between myself and Mookie… and a quite civilized discussion at that. He feels that the site he quoted has a large following and felt that the postings on there expressed a point of view of more than a few Democrats.

I did not misconstrue his posting. I did not know how large that blog is that Mookie was citing in his post. It could represent many people, or it could represent just one person’s point of view. That’s what we discussed. Quite calmly and without personal insults.

The point that I was saying was that on this particular topic concerning Mr. Russert’s death, the postings on liberal blogs including the Huffington Post were overwhelmingly positive and sympathetic. This thread cannot (and will not) turn into how blog commenters react to other people’s tragedies (or else we would have to discuss comments on here about Sen. Kennedy’s situation as well).

I was simply saying that the vast reaction to Mr. Russert’s death from liberal and Democratic websites was mostly compassionate, and to point out (to, at that time, the best of my understanding) a small blog, was not fair.

He disagreed, and it’s good to at least to have had the discussion. That’s what blogs are for.

If you would like to bring up things that are said during other tragedies, that can be another discussion. I’d be happy to have that discussion with you.

I feel that we can at least disagree that when people do make vile postings about tragedies, that is most unfortunate.

Despite his personal politics, I always admired Tim Russert, he served NBC News as a comsummate pro, without agrandizing any particular personal opinions, unlike the majority of talking heads on NBC and MSNBC who seem to thrive on a strongly left-leaning bias, and worse yet, seem incapable of operating away from their bias. Tim always seemed above a shock & awe approach of presenting the news. He never seemed to persent himself as a “star”, when actually he was.

My sympathies to his family, his friends, and his co-workers for their grevious loss.

Finding a small website and saying “see? see?” isn’t entirely fair IMHO.

I’m going to respectfully disagree about this particular site. This isn’t an obscure blog. The Hillary supporters on that site have been actively recruited by McCain’s campaign and have participated in McCain conference calls and are fundraising for him. They also participated in many conference calls and events with Hillary’s campaign.

Mr. Russert had a great deal of love and respect for his father and had a special connection to his son.

Though some may examine the political side of the issue, I think that it is so important to recognize that Mr. Russert’s relationships with his father and son are emblematic of what Father’s Day is all about.

Happy Father’s Day everyone, and Mr. Russert, may your soul rest in peace.

On June 14th, 2008 at 9:40 pm, Mookie said:
The most vile comments I’ve seen towards Tim’s passing have been from Democrats. There’s a website called Hillaryis44.org that is filled with the most disturbing comments I’ve seen online in a long, long time.

Mookie, that’s not entirely fair. Although some of the things said on that particular blog (that many people haven’t heard of?) are disturbing, that is not representative of many of the posting on Democratic/liberal websites.

For example, if you go to the Huffington Post posting on the topic, you will see that there are 1,784 comments on the topic.

Granted, some comments are discussions about what would happen to Meet the Press and NBC in general, some comments are disturbing in nature, but a vast, vast majority of these comments (on this very prominent liberal website) express heartfelt sympathy and condolence to the Russert family.

Finding a small website and saying “see? see?” isn’t entirely fair IMHO.

The most vile comments I’ve seen towards Tim’s passing have been from Democrats. There’s a website called Hillaryis44.org that is filled with the most disturbing comments I’ve seen online in a long, long time.

The frustration of Hilary supporters is understandable. I heard Russert gave Obama a very light interview compared to what Hilary got.

Yet, your post doesn’t surprise me. You should have seen what the left wrote when Ann Coulter’s father passed away. I read one article and the guy thought it was a joke.

Russert and Britt Hume were the only hosts whom I could picture as ever having been reporters.

Everyone can ignore the raving lunatic like Olbermann. But a politician is more effective when he sits behind the news desk and refuses to endorse or openly advocate but, instead, boxes in one side with strawman arguments that take the form of “repor….

Oh yeah, he will be missed. (but the ‘Wellstonian’ response to his passing will not.)

RIP and Condolences to the family.

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PS.. maybe NBC can grab Katie for his slot. She asks the same kind of questions he did, with the same intent.