Posted on 06/14/2008 11:13:26 AM PDT by joeclarke
Just sayin’. That’s all, just sayin’.
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What's with FReepers sudden adoration of people like Paul Newman, Tim Russert, even Ted Kennedy in his illness?
Sheesh. Conservatives are off their rocker.
Mr. Russert is one of millions of liberals who lived his own life according to conservative values but advocated liberalism for the remainder of his compatriots. I didn’t know the details of the Libby case and how much Russert was involved. It was a real shocker to learn that he had collapsed on the job.
The narrative of the BDS crowd should have been discredited long ago.
Joe Wilson went to Nigeria to assure that they would know the answer to the “16 words” question on “Africa”.
It’s a classic set up.
We let the progressives get away with this and so much more.
In 1991, shortly after he became “MTP” host, Tim Russert asked David Duke factual questions about Louisiana government, one of which ws the name of the state’s largest employer. Duke could not answer the questions. I don’t think Russert has ever asked anyone else factual questions. Wonder how Oprah’s Obama would fare with factual questions? The point is why was the objectionable Duke treated differently from other guests.
It’s called “compassion”. You may want to try it sometime.
If the information I read on another Russert thread yesterday was correct, then Russert’s testimony was correct and Libby’s was not. According to what the poster said on yesterday’s thread, it was LIBBY who changed his testimony after Russert testified.
Russert... Cooper... Mitchell... they were all neck-deep in the Plame/Wilson scam.
“FReepers sudden adoration of people like Paul Newman, Tim Russert, even Ted Kennedy in his illness”
Not exactly ‘adoration’ just a respect for life, all life, unlike the other side which wishes to destroy it.
No I don’t agree that conservatives are off their rockers, as you put it. I would say that despite the fact that conservative dislike what this class of people stand for and may not even like them in any way on a personal level, still they wish no evil upon them and have some sensitivity for the worries and fears that affect the families involved in difficult times.
That is a significant difference between conservatives and some of the hate filled lefties who would dance on the grave of President they despise rather than take a moment and have any respect for the family he leaves behind.
It’s called class, decorum, civilized, being better people than the libs.
Basically, Libby went to jail for confusing a meeting with Tim Russert with a meeting he had with Bob Woodward.
There are plenty of people who I don’t agree with but whom I still respect. I’ll leave the hating of those who disagree with you to the liberals.
These “journalists” are suppose to report the news, not be the news. A lot of people died yesterday.
The BIG Moderator has a BIG Zot button and is quite proficient in the use thereof.
I liked Russert generally speaking but his actions on the Scooter Libby episode was something less than honorable. This was just the criminaization of conservatism, plain and simple.
Did it come down to ‘credibility’ of testimony?
Why DID Libby change his testimony? As an attorney, he should have known.
Strange thing, I say.
Bottom line, this was a conviction arrising out of the investigation of Plame/Wilson. No one was charged with exposing her.
That's the big if. IIRC there was reason, based on comments Andrea Mitchell had made on TV, to wonder if Russert had his facts straight. The judge, who IMHO was very biased against Libby, would not allow the defense to call her as a witness.
There was also evidence to impeach Russert's honesty as to claims he made about his knowledge of rules governing grand jury testimony. The judge would not let that be heard either.
I did not have a good feeling about Russert's testimony. But this does not strike me as the best time to be revisiting all the little details.
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