Paying His Respects

Filed under: Politik

President Bush attended a wake on Tuesday for former Meet The Press host Tim Russert, who died suddenly of a heart attack on Friday.

The memorial was held at St. Albans School in Washington.

A larger service will be held Wednesday afternoon and broadcast on MSNBC.

    Posted: Jun 17, 2008 at 4:48 pm / Email this  »

    55 comments to “Paying His Respects”

    1. bleh says – reply to this


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      Perez sucks. All he does is promote himself, kiss celebrity ass, slander those who've snubbed him, and tack other people's stories up on his page with a lame "What do you think" at the end, so he doesn't offend anybody, because that would mean less ad dollars in his pocket. Fuck Perez!

      W.W.W.W.I.N.N.E.R.S.U.S.E.D.R.U.G.S.C.O.M

    2. jenn says – reply to this


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      buffalo

    3. bush says – reply to this


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      i fucking hate president george bush the worse fucking president there is wish he would die

    4. joejo says – reply to this


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      1st

    5. fanny says – reply to this


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      fuck bush and fuck Russert



    6. 6

      ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww BUSH… ewwwwwwwwwww

    7. yay says – reply to this


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      FIRST! YES!



    8. 8

      bush is a piece of shit…who cares

    9. SupCh says – reply to this


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      Sad



    10. 10

      Hmmm

    11. lolz says – reply to this


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      fiiirssst

    12. tamir says – reply to this


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      wait he will not attend a soldiers memorial or service but he will a tv show host how wrong is that

    13. lolz says – reply to this


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      perez doesnt suck!!! he's an extremely successful person and not for being on shitty big brother or sumthing.. at least he has a frickin talent u douche

    14. Britt says – reply to this


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      Tim Russert:

      Sundays will never be the same.
      You are missed by many.

      Love, Brittany

    15. WHAT says – reply to this


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      wait he will not go to a soldiers service or memoral but he will a tv host. that is so wrong!!!!!!!!!

    16. pete says – reply to this


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      I agree, Perez is almost as dumb as Rosie. Two peas in a pod.

    17. Rash says – reply to this


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      Rest In Peace Tim Russert.

    18. st.al says – reply to this


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      st. alban's is my sort of brother school and I feel bad that I was not at the service.

      a lot of great people have died couragesly (sorry for spelling errors) this year, and will be honored in every respect.

    19. Rhond says – reply to this


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      Tim Russert, the last of the NBC news brand. It won't be long after President Bush leaves office (3-5 months) that we will be hit again. Obama or McCain will issue warrants for the arrest of the bombers and we will Hope everday and will have Change we deserve. President Bush will go down in history as one of the great defenders of America.

    20. Mary says – reply to this


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      Re: pete
      Rosie and Perez are dumb, and yet you come to their sites AND post blogs! You're an ignoramous!!!

      Russert was awesome, smart and cared about our country! Rest in peace Tim Russert.

    21. HI says – reply to this


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      What about the hundreds of thousands killed in the Myanmar cyclone and China earthquake? You forget so easily with the next big story.

    22. socal says – reply to this


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      fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=name&lname=hilton&fname=perez&search=Search

    23. cass says – reply to this


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      thanks 4 bein nice to Georgie Perez…
      everyone makes mistakes..
      he tried.

    24. Marti says – reply to this


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      STOP IT! TR was an asshole! And perez is a backstabber who doesn't know what friendship is!!!



    25. 25

      This is news for you to post? Or are you just another one of those anti-Bush zealot freakos?

    26. Craig says – reply to this


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      Perez, thank you for posting about T.R.
      death. Tim will be missed. I appreciate
      you keeping us updated about T.R. on your
      blog.:)

    27. bashi says – reply to this


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      i mean, like, bashing bush is so popular these days. like, i am in a young american who has everything to be happy about, like, but i am so depressed cuz i get my news from celebrity websites and base my, like, political opinions based on them. hey ingrate Americans, there are people who die trying to come here everyday. if you think our country, our soldiers, etc. suck… get the fuck out. your transparent and warrantless whining is old. head to the mall and everything will be okay. just please, stay home on voting day and use birth control as the world has a enough idiots.

    28. JoJo says – reply to this


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      Re: st.al – What school do you attend? Your spelling sucks and I want to be certain I do not send my kids there.



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      Re: bashi

      Amen bashi. People bitch about the most pettiest things and don't realize when they have it well. This is coming from an American.

    30. Lilbe says – reply to this


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      sad. Tim Russert will be missed. He was beloved and well respected.
      PS GO ST ALBANS BULL DOGS

    31. Dick says – reply to this


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      Oh, he's back from his long European goodbye administration sanitation tour plus pushing at Iran now? Has he bothered to visit the Great Flood of 2008 in Iowa or Illinois yet? I hear the Governer got a phone call. Unbelievable. New Orleans II. I liked Russert, though. Now there's a man who was worth his salt, RIP.

    32. pete says – reply to this


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      Re: Dick
      Unlike New Orleans the people know how to take care of themselves. They do not rely on the goverment. The people in NO are parasites that need to be demolished.

    33. Pete says – reply to this


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      Re: Mary – I did not realize this was also Rosie's site. Your reading comprehension skills are great. No wonder you are liberal, you need the government to do everything for you. Let me guess, you are for socialized healthcare?

    34. Dick says – reply to this


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      Re: pete – Hurrah for Iowa and Illinois. Leadership would have been nice. Maybe showing up in person? He's not the president of Europe.

    35. LB says – reply to this


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      TIM RUSSERT ROCKED.

    36. Pete says – reply to this


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      Re: Dick

      What the hell is he going to be able to do? Nothing. The NO fiasco was because of Nagin and the gov. both dems. Nagon had 200 buses but did not use them. And what did the people of NO do? They re-elected him. Not very bright are you.

    37. Green says – reply to this


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      Re: Marti – Marti you are a complete dumbass. How in anyway was Tim Russert an asshole? Did you know the guy? because I did and he was a wonderful father, husband, and all around man. Now get over yourself fucktard.

      also go BULLDOGS!

    38. escap says – reply to this


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      RIP.

      I was always so impressed by Tim Russert's integrity and his values. I also thought he was totally hot.



    39. 39

      "Of all the Monday through Fridays.
      We joined the crusade.
      Of all the Saturday nights.
      In which we were made.
      Of all the exorcisms
      I've done with your ghost.
      Still it's Sunday morning
      I miss you the most"
      -Ani DiFranco

    40. jstew says – reply to this


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      Re: Mary – Another clueless Bush loving idiot.

    41. jerem says – reply to this


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      wow i'm surprised you didn't make a dumb ass comment about Bush. you're growing up!

    42. Dick says – reply to this


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      Re: Pete – What would he be able to do? Show up and give them support, hope, along with some sort of a plan to boost morale for those thousands of besieged citizens. Leadership. You do not seem very bright to me, acting as an apologist for a leader who showed up to one national crises many days late in a brief flyover without even touching his feet to the ground, and hasn't yet showed up for the other.

    43. Big T says – reply to this


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      Another dead Liberal makes me happy. Now we have to wait for the brain tumor in Ted Kennedy's head to kill him slowly. At least Russert had the decency to go quickly.



    44. 44

      Lots of idiocy coming from both sides of the political zealot fence actually.

    45. Bella says – reply to this


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      Tim Russert was one of the last democrats who didn't operate in the slimy, nasty, Clinton-infested aura that now exists. He was a great moderator, and a wonderful ambassador to the great city of Buffalo. He is going to be sorely missed, and the President being present at his wake illustrates just how Mr. Russert was able to garner support and respect across the aisle.

    46. Bella says – reply to this


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      Re: HI – Nobody has forgotten. Don't worry about that. We are allowed to mourn those who are close to home for us, too. The troubles of the world will not go away because people feel that they need to appropriately send condolences in the face of the death of a decent person like Mr. Russert. Get over your special interest…we all know its there, and are trying to help as best we can.

    47. Bella says – reply to this


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      Re: jstew – So in order to be supportive of the current President, you have to be "clueless", huh? You're the ignorant one. People are entitled to their "RIGHT" to support whatever political party they wish. Name-calling & brow-beating is very typical of you left-wing, radical, bleeding-heart morons. How's that?

    48. Bella says – reply to this


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      Re: Big T – I'm as conservative as the next conservative, but now now…we don't need to stoop to the liberal side of things…Kennedy is getting what was coming to him.

    49. Dissg says – reply to this


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      BUSH succks! 'All that cash he's spending to kill people in foreign lands could have been better used to help say…Victims of Katrina (& the rest of the American people who need it the most)…I can't wait until Hawk-nosed Mr.Racist,Evangelical- Fascist-Pig MORON is out of the white house.The U.S will hopefully be freed from his TYRANNY & Dick-head Cheney's. Fossil fuels fossil fuels Fossil Fools! VOTE DEMOCRAT….

    50. Dissg says – reply to this


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      Re: pete – BUSH succks! 'All that cash he's spending to kill people in foreign lands could have been better used to help say…Victims of Katrina (& the rest of the American people who need it the most)…I can't wait until Hawk-nosed Mr.Racist,Evangelical- Fascist-Pig MORON is out of the white house.The U.S will hopefully be freed from his TYRANNY & Dick-head Cheney's. Fossil fuels fossil fuels Fossil Fools! VOTE DEMOCRAT….

    51. ntf says – reply to this


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      I'm not sure why I was even SURPRISED at all to find that some ignorant assholes have come to this page, which speaks of a deceased man's wake, and slam the president.

      News flash: THIS PAGE IS NOT ABOUT THE PRESIDENT; IT IS ABOUT TIM RUSSERT.

      Even if you don't like someone HAVE SOME FUCKING RESPECT, you ingrates.

      The person who raised you failed terribly. Be ashamed of yourselves.

    52. gogo says – reply to this


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      Too bad this shameful example of a President can't be bothered to attend the funerals of our dead soldiers. He seems to have forgotten all the wars he's gotten them into, much less when their bodies are shipped home.

      More soldiers died in Afghanistan last month than died in Iraq. Did anybody notice?



    53. 53

      Re: pete – Number 34, you're very close to absolutely correct. Though many can't handle your frankness. The Ninth Ward was full of ramshackle houses and the poor. As long as we have civilization, we will have the poor.
      The original french and spanish who founded and built New Orleans 300 years ago left that land alone. It was marsh that regularly flooded.
      Of course the poor, with short memories, are going to settle on land that nobody else wants. Consequences un-considered.
      Now they expect the US gov't to build and give them free houses. (Which the US is not in the business of doing.)
      You should hear off all the shit police and the authorities are getting trying to return FEMA loaner trailers to FEMA.
      Franklin Delano Roosevelt didn't know the misery he was getting the rest of us into, when he came up with "Welfare"—what he considered at the time to be a temporary solution. It has unfortunately become a welfare culture/lifestyle for some.
      Once you give out free stuff for too long—even stray dogs will bite if you suddenly stop.



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      Re: Rambova – Beautiful poem, 41. Wish I could write like that.

    55. Melis says – reply to this


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      Wow - I swear I can't believe you wrote something about Bush without a demeaning remark involved.