Posted on 03/09/2005 8:27:08 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
Texas titan signing off24-year run may be ending, but he insists he's still on hunt for 'big game'
11:32 PM CST on Tuesday, March 8, 2005
NEW YORK – No, he's not nearly ready to pack it in at CBS News.
Dan Rather is adamant if not downright defiant on that particular topic. He is, however, packing up, with his long-held office under deconstruction during his final days as anchor of the storied CBS Evening News.
He's only moving across the street and just up the block to 555 W. 57th St., where he'll join the staff of 60 Minutes after taking a month or so off. The distance is short but perilous for an aging, vulnerable news warrior who risks being an army of one.
The 73-year-old Texan's record-setting 24-year reign in "The Chair" will end after tonight's Evening News. And he's going out not on top but under the still-heavy weights of "Memogate" and prolonged lousy Nielsen ratings.
Mr. Rather, known in part for his folksy "Dan-isms" and occasional oddly self-conscious moments, chooses to resolutely look ahead, leaving others to speculate on whether he's wearing blinders.
"It's a good time for me," he said. "I've had a terrific job for 24 years. I'm going to another terrific job. I have nothing to complain about. I can't wait to get to 60 Minutes. Yes, I have friends there. And there are some people who are not friends for one reason or another. They're peers. They know going in that I'll work hard. I'll be unrelenting in pursuit of big game."
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I'll be unrelenting in pursuit of big game."
Hmmm. Means he's still gonna try to smear Bush with his lies??
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Texas titan signing off (Dan Rather);
good bye and good riddance
Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my Texas ping list!. . .don't be shy.
No, you don't HAVE to be a Texan to get on this list!
Goodbye, Ted Baxter.
He's leaving behind a big mess
and outhouse ratings for CBS
Oh, Dan, we're glad to see you go!
Actually, Ted Baxter was an honest man that was simply stupid - without a political agenda..
Dan Blather - Is a stupid, dishonest jerk, with a political agenda..
It boggles the mind that it took this long to drive the leftist bastard from his perch..
Semper Fi
Dam Blather will be missed like a bad case of STD.
Bye Dan. Who is Dan Rather?
We don't really count Dan as a Texan anymore. He has been gone for years, physically and mentally, and now belongs to the same state the elected the other carpet-bagger Billary.
I suppose so. I was thinking of the phoniness factor.
We don't really count Dan as a Texan anymore. He has been gone for years, physically and mentally, and now belongs to the same state the elected the other carpet-bagger Billary.
you mean he's still on the air?
A group of Democratic House members are discussing the drafting of a "DISLIKE" bill. This law will carry half the pentalty of existing "Hate Laws". The discussion now is should suspected persons be "half arrested".
Texas titan?
He is as much from Texas as Hillary is from New York.
Dan sold his soul and Texas birth right years ago...
As far as I am concerned, he's just another Damn Yankee Liberal!
Lots of "good" here: GOOD GRIEF, GOODBYE, AND GOOD RIDDANCE! (But it doesn't make any difference to me...I wouldn't watch See BS on a bet. I couldn't care less who their anchor is.)
No question about "phoniness" Dan Blather was right up there on TOP in that category, along with Peter Jennings.
Pass the word --- Peter squats to pee.
Semper Fi
Watch CBS' newest reality show with host Dan Rather!......
Texas titan? He is as much from Texas as Hillary is from New York.To turn a Dixie Chimp's phrase:
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