Cokie Roberts, veteran journalist, political commentator and author, dead at 75. (trunc)

Fox News ^ | Sept 1, 2019 | Fox News

[libstripper]

Cokie Roberts, the veteran journalist, political commentator and author, died, ABC News announced Tuesday morning, citing her family. She was 75.

"We will miss Cokie beyond measure, both for her contributions and for her love and kindness," her family said in a statement.

[wardaddy]

They never did find her daddy.

Maybe she finally has

[Moonman62]

“Her father was Hale Boggs, dem House Majority leader. Went missing 40 years ago on a plane flight in Alaska.”

Flying in light planes seems to be something that takes a lot of celebrities’ lives.

...

And with its mountains and weather, Alaska gets more than its share of crashes.

[NorthMountain]

Best that I say nothing.

She was a cog in the leftist Big Media lies and propaganda machine. There's really not much good to be said for such people.

[Category Four]

Cokie is the restart.

The previous round of three (by my count anyway, YMMV) was T Boone Pickens, Eddie Money, and Ric Ocasek, so now we are, as the song title says, Back at One.

[NorthMountain]

The old media staples that lied to us for decades are dying off.

And being replaced by an even worse batch of liars.

[jjotto]

Yep.

An Alaska Congressman was on the same flight.

[RummyChick]

Just wait until the Clintons bite the big one. BIll has looked like he is at deaths door for years

[RummyChick]

My mother spread to bones and brain. I am astounded at Ginsburg and her ability to withstand it all.

[Squantos]

Back when she was in the White House press pool, I will say she had she was sporting one smoking hot body...... I was USAF EOD sheep dipped to USSS Technical Security and talked with her on many occasions. Voted best booty among the presstitutes back then.

[Gay State Conservative]

Reminds me of a bit of fun published in the National Lampoon many years ago:

(In the form of a "letter to the editor"):

Dear Sirs,

Hey,we're over here!

Signed,

Hale Boggs

Over Here,Alaska

[Persevero]

“FReeper women” generally referred to as “FReeperettes.” :)

[fatima]

I’ll say it,very pro-death and pushed it all the time.May God rest her soul.

[gathersnomoss]

Ditto’s

[skinndogNN]

Unfortunately, there is a long line of millennial brainwashed Liberals willing to take their place.

[Menehune56]

Whoa... Apparently she is not very well liked over at DU. They don’t like her due to her criticisms of Bill Clinton.

Interesting to see they can't stand any shred of decency when it comes to their hot button issues.

[Albion Wilde]

Not much use as a liberal, but she wrote an interesting book about the Founding Mothers -- the wives of many of the Founders.

[Liberty Valance]

Rest in peace.

[a little elbow grease]

She was a beltway TV staple for decades.

_________

She was a beltway TV paid con with a nice twinkle in her eyes.

You know ... there is a reason why the same old goons and get alongs are on those Sunday shows every Sunday year after year. It is because they can be trusted to KEEP THE LIE ALIVE. They will not say what they are told not to say.

Sunday Morrning political shows are vomit-worthy and sad to say, Cokie was part of it.

[Moonlighter]

An article today said that the name “Cokie” came from her brother who, as a child, pronounced her actual name that way.

[Pelham]

Hale Boggs. I’d been trying to remember her dad’s name, I kept thinking Wilbur Mills, another Democrat stalwart from that era.