[EQAndyBuzz]

Any respect that I ever had for Tim Russert is now officially gone. Just another "Useful idiot" of the left.

I love Lenin.

[TexasCajun]

Russert is a Passionate Liberal Democrat first and TV commentator 2nd.

[billhilly]

This administration should take the oxygen away from NBC by boycotting shows like Meet The Prick, and let them wallow in an all democrat program. At least that way, their objectives would be more clear to the American people.

[White Eagle]

Russert certainly displayed his partisanship today. "How about no tax reductions until the budget is balanced?"

How about "reduced spending until the budget is balanced, Tim?"

And a little (very little) simple research into National Guard practices and policies would have shown Mr. Russert that it was standard practice to discharge a Guardsman honorably when that individual had less than a year left on their current term.

Ignorance is no excuse for poor journalism, or a lack of objective stance.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Russert never cracked a smile or lightened-up an inch.

We'll see him relax and joke with F'ing Kerry in an interview soon.

He will not challenge Kerry on his anti-war activities in the early 1970's like he challenged Bush on the National Guard question.

[optimistically_conservative]

Debunking The Bush AWOL Story - From The Horse's Mouth

Newsmax only perpetuates the myth. I have not seen Turnipseed interviewed, only selectively quoted. How could he recant something he didn't say and was misquoted or quoted out of context to serve the Globe's ideological bias?

[Dog]

I missed the interview ....had to work......did Russert ask this question?

Instead, the NBC Washington Bureau chief shifted gears, asking why Bush didn't volunteer to go to Vietnam since he was in favor of the war.

[Paul Atreides]

Tim Russert is highly overrated.

[PattonReincarnated]

The AWOL business in the interview this morning is one area that Bush had a less than adequate response. Bush should have been coached better. Perhaps by saying:

1. I received an honorable discharge from the Texas National Gaurd.

2. I was never attached to the Alabama National Gaurd.

3. I never received any orders from the Alabama National Gaurd.

4. The term AWOL is not even used in the National Gaurd.

5. My records have been completely open about this matter. They were open in the last election as well.

6. Tim, let's move onto a topic that has some basis of truth in it.

[cynicom]

Bush should never have consented to an interview with that idiot. Bush lost.

[Kaslin]

Sounding like a surrogate for Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe, Russert echoed the DNC chief's words last week on ABC's "This Week."

Check out Terry McAwfulls official bio and see what is missing.

I also did a search on Michael Moore's bio and could not find anyting that he served in the military either

[solo gringo]

Timmy Boy takes orders from the DNC like all the rest of the commies He is no differnt than tommy daschle he says what they tell him to say and ask the questions they want him to ask.He is a NBC jokester and makes most of us laugh.

[Helms]

As a middle class kid from Buffalo NY, he has found a home
as one of the "liberal intelligentsia."

All I need to know is the 2000 Election during which Major Elite Media attempted to derail the election. They and folks like Russert have put our country at risk and continue to do so.

They wish to render the psyche of America a basket case.

[Mercat]

Can someone explain to me why President Bush chose this venue? What was he thinking? When is he going to start fighting back?

[NRA2BFree]

Sounding like a surrogate for Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe, Russert echoed the DNC chief's words last week on ABC's "This Week." i>Sounding like a surrogate for Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe, Russert echoed the DNC chief's words last week on ABC's "This Week."

That's exactly what Russert is. I couldn't believe that President Bush would be so foolish to give that whiny a**ed Liberal bedwetter an interview.

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[_Jim]

For his part Bush remained firmly on the defensive

THIS is disingenuous and inaccurate on Newsmax's part - Bush was above all calm and REASONABLE during the questioning and during his answers.

No squirming, no sweating, no loss of eye contact with potato-boy ...

[g35x]

Russert ought to be arrested as an enemy combatant after this morning's performance. This was sickening!

[PROUDAMREP]

Timmy is Hillary's lapdog. He was like a love-struck schoolboy when he interviewed her. Smiled A LOT during that interview.

[David]

Reason Bush's National Guard service has become a media topic during the last several weeks is this.

The Liberals perceive that Kerry has vulnerability on certain elements of his Vietnam military record. This is part of an effort to blunt the issue. Doesn't look very successful to me. I thought Bush handled both Russert and the National Guard issue just fine.

If not being very enthusistic about going to Viet Nam in one of the regular Army units is a problem, most of his generation has much worse problems and most of them are going to vote.

Bush served in the military; flew military aircraft; qualified as a military aircraft pilot. No record of him being AWOL or otherwise in violation, he got an honorable discharge--end of story.

Further, many of you Bushbots have a very thin skin--the Russert interview was a hands down win for Bush in every possible way. Russert is clearly a motivated liberal on the other side--Bush handled him perfectly and came away with a win. If he can do this every day, he wins reelection.

[elbucko]

"You were allowed to leave eight months before your term expired. Was there a reason?" he demanded to know. "

There is a good answer to that. The services, including the Guard were bloated with personel at the end of "Nam in the 70's. "Early outs" were more than common. "RIF's, Reduction In Force, were the order of the day when Bush was allowed to attend Yale. Other servicemen were released early for college, police and fireman openings. If the town dog catcher needed a kennel cleaner one could get an "Early Out".

I don't see any perfidy on Bush's part, but I do see a lot of ignorance on the press's part.

DROP AND GIVE ME TWENTY, RUSSERT! You ignorant puke!