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RATHERS DENY SPLIT (Thank God)
NY Post ^ | June 1, 2006 | Liz Smith

Posted on 06/01/2006 11:17:31 AM PDT by presidio9

THE DAN Rathers of New York and Austin, Texas, signal me that the rumor of their impending divorce is as highly exaggerated as the story of Mark Twain's death while he was still alive and kicking.

I saw the Rathers in the capital city of Texas, where they have a condo overlooking the Colorado River. They buzz into town from their nearby ranch for games of bridge and barbecue. They always act like teenagers who just met. In fact, the artist Jean says to me that the only "D" word around their house is "date night." The couple just celebrated their 49th anniversary in Las Vegas, where Dan received the NAB Distinguished Service Award for lifetime achievement. They are planning their 50th some place equally exotic.

While I'm on the subject, the great reporter Mr. Rather recently interviewed me for an extensive piece on "CBS Sunday Morning." It turned out to be quite a story, and so Dan has not disappeared from television as many feared. I don't know what the ratings are for this popular show, but I heard from just about everybody in Western civilization after it aired. And this means that all those people saw Dan Rather at his best. He asked me some tough questions.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: danrather; lizsmith; ratherblather; whatsthefrequency; wtfk
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To: presidio9
>>>>>the rumor of their impending divorce is as highly exaggerated as the story of Mark Twain's death while he was still alive and kicking<<<<<

Since Mark Twain is, in fact, dead, then the gist of this is the divorce is coming, it's just a matter of time.

41 posted on 06/01/2006 11:55:10 AM PDT by vrwinger (You're entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts.)
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To: TXBubba; HawaiianGecko

Also see http://www.lcra.org for more information on the Colorado River in Texas


42 posted on 06/01/2006 11:56:16 AM PDT by TexanByBirth (Tired of high gas prices, then kick an environmentalist!)
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To: ErnBatavia

MY EYES! MY EYES!!!!!

Now I understand what Coyote Ugly is.....

Semper Fi


43 posted on 06/01/2006 11:56:33 AM PDT by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: river rat

She's the toast of the Austin GLBI community. Which is sizeable.


44 posted on 06/01/2006 11:57:53 AM PDT by txhurl (haditha delenda est.)
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To: Xenalyte

That's a she? Yikes!


45 posted on 06/01/2006 11:58:18 AM PDT by Tenniel (Whenever a man casts a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct -- T. Jefferson)
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To: txflake

I'm nearly 70, and don't know what the hell GLBI means....
I suspect it means she's wired wrong?

Semper Fi


46 posted on 06/01/2006 11:59:35 AM PDT by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: txflake

I'm nearly 70, and don't know what the hell GLBI means....
I suspect it means she's wired wrong?

Semper Fi


47 posted on 06/01/2006 11:59:46 AM PDT by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: river rat

Gay, lesbian, bi, cross-dresser, trans, they've unified here.


48 posted on 06/01/2006 12:04:13 PM PDT by txhurl (haditha delenda est.)
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To: Xenalyte
I partial to this "Ratherism:"

"Now, after extensive additional interviews, I no longer have the confidence in these documents that would allow us to continue vouching for them journalistically. I find we have been misled on the key question of how our source for the documents came into possession of these papers. That, combined with some of the questions that have been raised in public and in the press, leads me to a point where-if I knew then what I know now-I would not have gone ahead with the story as it was aired, and I certainly would not have used the documents in question.

But we did use the documents. We made a mistake in judgment, and for that I am sorry. It was an error that was made, however, in good faith and in the spirit of trying to carry on a CBS News tradition of investigative reporting without fear or favoritism.

Please know that nothing is more important to us than people's trust in our ability and our commitment to report fairly and truthfully."

49 posted on 06/01/2006 12:07:46 PM PDT by presidio9 ("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K virus -only without the inconvenient deadline.)
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To: txflake

So is that a 'she' or an 'it'.....??? Just wondering.......


50 posted on 06/01/2006 12:08:17 PM PDT by Enchante (General Hayden: I've Never Taken a Domestic Flight That Landed in Waziristan!)
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To: presidio9
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit...

You forgot to say, and had to swallow it.

51 posted on 06/01/2006 12:09:39 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken.)
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To: TexanByBirth; txflake

Incorrect. You don't have rivers in Texas. You have clebrated misnamed creeks.

52 posted on 06/01/2006 12:10:32 PM PDT by presidio9 ("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K virus -only without the inconvenient deadline.)
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To: txflake

It's all Dan's fault!
I've always suspected he squats to pee, and NEVER leaves the seat up.

Semper Fi


53 posted on 06/01/2006 12:11:34 PM PDT by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: rwa265

I didn't know that


54 posted on 06/01/2006 12:11:54 PM PDT by HawaiianGecko (Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.)
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To: txflake
She's the toast of the Austin GLBI community. Which is sizeable.

According to the picture, so is she.

55 posted on 06/01/2006 12:12:18 PM PDT by presidio9 ("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K virus -only without the inconvenient deadline.)
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To: Xenalyte

I'm trying to decide who is the bigger @ss kisser -- Liz Smith or Lightweight Larry King.


56 posted on 06/01/2006 12:14:36 PM PDT by travlnmn41
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To: linda_22003

A simple look at a map would answer your question, had it occurred to you to do so.

Actually it occured to me that it was easier to let you answer for me :).


57 posted on 06/01/2006 12:15:40 PM PDT by HawaiianGecko (Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.)
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To: presidio9
Here's my segment of the 'misnamed river':


58 posted on 06/01/2006 12:16:21 PM PDT by txhurl (haditha delenda est.)
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To: presidio9
I was going to try to dipute this .... then I found this. That's a good sized creek.

Of course we do have some interesting fish in them .... like 2 meter alligator gars.


59 posted on 06/01/2006 12:17:00 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (The social contract is breaking down.)
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To: Xenalyte
They're not Texan, by any means - no one down here talks like that

Xenalyte, I don't know about that!

People up in this neck of the woods talk pretty funny sometimes. And Rather has to get those sayings somewhere!

Example: My wife and our neighbor were talking (you know, gossiping) about a mutual acquaintance. The neighbor told my wife "You know you've got to just love her, because she is so damn hard to like."
60 posted on 06/01/2006 12:18:06 PM PDT by TexanByBirth (Tired of high gas prices, then kick an environmentalist!)
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