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27

The low point of a long journalistic career

Posted at 22:27 by Brad

Tim Russert, you’ve just moderated a debate over who gets to be the President of Red Sox Nation:

So: you have any special plans now that you’ve hit rock bottom?

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Some Guy said,

September 27, 2007 at 22:30

Pajamas Media columnist?
mt said,

September 27, 2007 at 22:36

Are you sure this is his low point?
big russ said,

September 27, 2007 at 22:37

tim. little russ. my son. what in god’s name are you doing?
Leonardo da Vinci said,

September 27, 2007 at 22:37

Unity ‘08 candidate?
mdhatter said,

September 27, 2007 at 22:37

oops, ’twas I.
a different brad said,

September 27, 2007 at 22:40

Bucky fucking Dent for Pres, Buckner for VP. Grady Little as Secretary of Defense.
Dhalgren said,

September 27, 2007 at 22:44

The whole concept of Red Sox Nation is disgusting and shameless. No one owns my right to be a fan.

But Timmeh should just hang it up.
Kathleen said,

September 27, 2007 at 22:51

Up next: He can moderate President of Cobag Nation.

what does the new The Left have to say?
fish said,

September 27, 2007 at 22:55

Until Bill Lee is elected president of RSN, they will not be viewed as a legitimate government. They will be classified as a rogue nation.
Kathleen said,

September 27, 2007 at 22:57

if only our amry wasn’t broken down, we could go to war with Red Sox Nation. now *that* I would support.
Bill Kristol said,

September 27, 2007 at 22:58

If teh Sux and teh Yank-mees get into a sectarian scuffle, can we turn the East Coast into a sea of glass?
tigrismus said,

September 27, 2007 at 23:00

So much hate! Haters!
t4toby said,

September 27, 2007 at 23:01

O/T, but I think I sense the Fingerprints of Lileks.
HumboldtBlue said,

September 27, 2007 at 23:02

I think this guy should be president of dickhead … errr Red Sox nation …

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/exhibits/pulitzer/photos/riot.jpg
Bill Kristol said,

September 27, 2007 at 23:02

I am an equal opportunity Hater. Aren’t there Dark People on both teams?

Case Closed. Bomb ‘em!
RubDMC said,

September 27, 2007 at 23:02

It’s hard to verify the identity of the person in this photograph, since it shows him in profile.

Tim Russert can only be positively identified when looking directly at the camera, for the full benefit of his classic Jack O’ Lantern visage.
HumboldtBlue said,

September 27, 2007 at 23:05

Or how about this guy for Preznit of “teh nayshun” …

http://img.timeinc.net/time/2003/worldseries/moments/images/main_4.jpg
Theo Epstein said,

September 27, 2007 at 23:07

HEY!! Does this mean I have to break out the gorilla suit again?
mikey said,

September 27, 2007 at 23:32

Man, are all you coastal types gonna look silly when none other than YOUR CLEVELAND INDIANS
mikey said,

September 27, 2007 at 23:33

Shit. How do you submit without a mouse? Poltergeists?

*AHEM* As I was saying.

Man, are all you coastal types gonna look silly when none other than YOUR CLEVELAND INDIANS win the world series in six…

mikey
t4toby said,

September 27, 2007 at 23:37

Where do you live, mikey?
Aaron Boone said,

September 27, 2007 at 23:46

I’ve formed an exploratory committee, and plan to make my announcement before Thanksgiving. I appreciate your support.
mikey said,

September 27, 2007 at 23:49

Where do you live, mikey?

Um. On the OTHER coast. The one ESPN denies the existence of and Gary Ruppert hates…

mikey
Hysterical Woman said,

September 27, 2007 at 23:57

I thought that was the flag of North Korea at first.
PoliShifter said,

September 27, 2007 at 23:58

the low point is that Hillary, Edwards, and Obama have all pledged to keep our troops in Iraq through 2013. Pretty fucking low no matter what Russert says.

And just what is your favorite bible verse?
sithson said,

September 28, 2007 at 0:00

Important Action alert! Have you heard about this story?

Knight High School in Palmdale
http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=4473580&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1
El_Cid said,

September 28, 2007 at 0:17

Wasn’t Tim Russert “Little Russ” in “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”?
HumboldtBlue said,

September 28, 2007 at 0:21

Now this guy would surely win prez of the nation by a landslide

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.itsalreadysigned4u.com/shop/media/images/product_detail/11PHDEN700.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.itsalreadysigned4u.com/sports-memorabilia-Bucky-Dent-Vs-Mike-Torrez-Hitting-Limited-Edition-Autographed-11X14-Photograph–MM-11PHDEN700.html&h=516&w=640&sz=60&hl=en&start=12&um=1&tbnid=S2AMF-uNYsnNMM:&tbnh=110&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbucky%2Bdent%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DgHM%26sa%3DX
t4toby said,

September 28, 2007 at 0:45

So Cal, huh, Mikey? Damn, its going to be hard to get down there under martial law…
Snowwy said,

September 28, 2007 at 0:52

Oh please! There are all kinds of lows he can reach for! Can you say World Net Daily, friends? I knew you could.
mikey said,

September 28, 2007 at 0:58

Actually, Silicon Valley. But other than the lack of palm trees and wannabe actresses, not much of a difference…

mikey
MrWonderful said,

September 28, 2007 at 0:58

t4toby–

“Caroline Allen, an NStar spokeswoman, said the explosion resulted from a cable failure, which occurs “from time to time.”

Okay? Look, it happens. Manholes burst into flame (whatever the fuck that means) from time to time. Get over it.
Snowwy said,

September 28, 2007 at 1:01

Manholes burst into flame (whatever the fuck that means) from time to time.

Oh, stop being coy. I’ve seen you at both Folsom and Pride…
HumboldtBlue said,

September 28, 2007 at 1:02

Mikey …. howdy neighbor!
Jay B. said,

September 28, 2007 at 1:10

Come on Brad — Russert whoring himself out to Red Sox Nation will pale in comparison to the low he’ll soon reach when he take a dive during the next GOP debate.
wagonjak said,

September 28, 2007 at 1:20

I couldn’t watch most of this debate because Russert was in full attack mode towards every Dem candidate with every nasty attack question he could muster up to make them look bad…geeez do I hate Timmy and Chris both.
t4toby said,

September 28, 2007 at 1:27

Mr Wonderful-

Are you familiar with the Manhole of Promise?

Snowwy seems to think so…
t4toby said,

September 28, 2007 at 1:28

Well, mikey, that’s a fur piece from here.

Do you travel to train?
a different brad said,

September 28, 2007 at 1:37

Actually, manhole do more or less burst into flame from time to time.
I remember one on the other side of the building i used to live in on the LES doing so. Twice, in fact.
None of us want to know how poorly our nation’s infrastructure is maintained. And Manhattan’s not exactly a low tax revenue area.
MrWonderful said,

September 28, 2007 at 1:55

Having pride in one’s manhole does not necessarily mean th–

No, wait.

Uh, “bursting into flame” is not always a euphem–

No, um, hang on–

Uh, Promises, promises! If I had a dollar for every manhole I promi….

Forget I said anything.
Snowwy said,

September 28, 2007 at 1:56

diffbrad,

Sounds like a Red Sox nation problem, to me. We never have that here in the People’s Republic.
Gus said,

September 28, 2007 at 2:08

I regret to inform you that it will in fact be the LA Angels of Anaheim who will defeat all comers on their way to the crown.
Galactic Dustbin said,

September 28, 2007 at 2:10

Yankees vs. Red Sox.

It’s like Lex Luthor vs. Doctor Doom- can you root for both to lose?
g said,

September 28, 2007 at 2:20

Ah, yes, I remember the manhole of promise fondly.
Humor Me said,

September 28, 2007 at 2:44

Oh, listen to Snowwy, all “we have basic functioning civil infrastructure here in LA LA land”, or some other rich liberal haven, built on the backs of mexicans..

We in the east are proud of our heritage of cesspits next to wells in the country, and unexpected methane explosions in the cities. Bostonians and New Yorkers take pride in studied indifference to civil catastrophe. The rest of the nation would do well to take note and emulate our pluck, as there will be a temperary pause in the maintinence of the country while we pay back the trillion dollars China lent us.

So you’d better get used to flaming manholes, you’ll be seeing a lot more from now on.

Oh, and BU sucks. Still have the right priorities. Remember Silber?
John O said,

September 28, 2007 at 3:13

Aww, c’mon. EVERYONE who doesn’t have a serious vested interest in their own team will root for the Cubs.

But given their fabulous reverse-sweep against the dreaded Marlins this week, us Cub fans are put in the position of hoping the magic number is taken care of exclusively by the Brewers.

But anything can happen come playoff time!

HRC’s answer to this completely stupid, irrelevant-to-anything-substantive (I know, Mr. Plamegate, you were just trying to lighten things up) was oddly revealing. Couldn’t commit. Yankee fan? Why not just root for more money-as-power, straight up?

Good line about the apocolypse, though. Even *I* laughed.

And she’s the worst possible Dem candidate, save for one critical character trait: She’s MEAN, tough, and won’t take any Swiftboating bullshit. It will serve her well, because she’s in for one serious blizzard of attack, and the GOP doesn’t have far to go with the independents to make her seem like Mao.
John O said,

September 28, 2007 at 4:08

Even though she’s the most “conservative” of the Dem candidates, ironically.

We have to stop this “left v. right” thing. That’s just a canard to hold the little people at bay against the REAL debate, “have v. have not.”

The middle class is being destroyed.
John O said,

September 28, 2007 at 4:25

But, on topic, the only thing that matters in Chicagoland for the next three weeks is fall baseball. Fuck politics.

Also, Rex Grossman is getting the Gore-smear from the local and national media.

So there.
Yankee hater hater said,

September 28, 2007 at 5:53

Question: Is having a bunch of “poser” fans worse, or would being at year 89 without a WS win be worse?
John O said,

September 28, 2007 at 5:58

Say what you want about poser fans, but at age 10 I probably saw 140 games (God bless WGN) in 1969. If I ran home from school fast enough, I could see the late innings in every game.

I saw the infamous black cat live; I watched Don Young blow a couple easy plays in center field as Ron Santo have the heart attacks that still haunt him today; I watched the Cubs blow an 8 1/2 game lead in 6 weeks.

Once you’ve gone through that, as a 10 year old baseball junkie, you’re in.
RubDMC said,

September 28, 2007 at 6:23

“would being at year 89 without a WS win be worse?”

Dude, the Red Sox won their last World Series, like, three years ago.
Jake H. said,

September 28, 2007 at 15:53

On matters of sport I have a soft-spot for Timmeh, as he is, like me, a Buffalonian export to DC, and, like me, a Bills (SIGH) and Wizards fan (no really–he actually comes to the games! I wave at him from the nosebleeds and yell that he needs to ask more questions about “values.”). But at this point, allowing yourself to be identified with this whole deranged “Red Sox Nation” phenomenon is like agreeing to duet with Britney on her next album. Just back away.
Charles Giacometti said,

September 28, 2007 at 18:24

If it meant I could stand next to Tina Cervasio, I would moderate anything.
Tina Cervasio said,

September 28, 2007 at 18:27

Hi! I’d love for Charles to moderate a debate between the staff of The Weekly Standard and 9/11 truthers!
Jake H. said,

September 28, 2007 at 19:23

I do like that he seems to be elbowing that woman in the face. That’s those blue-collar South Buffalo manners for ya!
Charles Giacometti said,

September 28, 2007 at 21:37

Tina, if you are at my elbow, so to speak, anything!
whack said,

September 28, 2007 at 22:20

Timmeh’s hit rock bottom, but will try to dig deeper.

The low point of a long journalistic career

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