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RATHERS DENY SPLIT (Thank God)
NY Post ^ | June 1, 2006 | Liz Smith

Posted on 06/01/2006 11:17:31 AM PDT by presidio9

THE DAN Rathers of New York and Austin, Texas, signal me that the rumor of their impending divorce is as highly exaggerated as the story of Mark Twain's death while he was still alive and kicking.

I saw the Rathers in the capital city of Texas, where they have a condo overlooking the Colorado River. They buzz into town from their nearby ranch for games of bridge and barbecue. They always act like teenagers who just met. In fact, the artist Jean says to me that the only "D" word around their house is "date night." The couple just celebrated their 49th anniversary in Las Vegas, where Dan received the NAB Distinguished Service Award for lifetime achievement. They are planning their 50th some place equally exotic.

While I'm on the subject, the great reporter Mr. Rather recently interviewed me for an extensive piece on "CBS Sunday Morning." It turned out to be quite a story, and so Dan has not disappeared from television as many feared. I don't know what the ratings are for this popular show, but I heard from just about everybody in Western civilization after it aired. And this means that all those people saw Dan Rather at his best. He asked me some tough questions.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: danrather; lizsmith; ratherblather; whatsthefrequency; wtfk
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To: presidio9
Liz Smith is an 83 year old bisexual. She's always been a Dem hack, but her age is dramatically showing, re: I don't know what the ratings are for this popular show, WTF? She's lost it. She gets printed for the same reason Ann Landers and Dear Abby keep getting printed. Newspapers are about as forward looking as drunk Russians (or am I repeating myself?), and they continue to run the same tired cr@p because they aren't getting new readers, and they don't want to hack off the old ones.
61 posted on 06/01/2006 12:18:09 PM PDT by Richard Kimball (I like to make everyone's day a little more surreal)
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To: ErnBatavia

Tell me that's not an actual photo, but a Photoshop 101 project gone terribly wrong. There's NO WAY anyone could be that ugly.


62 posted on 06/01/2006 12:18:26 PM PDT by travlnmn41
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To: presidio9

Wait a minute. Liz (apparently unknowling) basically admits she is biased and not just Rather-biased. Rather threw her a hugh bone. Dano is putting her on TV! The MSM no longer even pretends their puff pieces to salvage reputations don't produce quid pro quos.

Wonder what some recent writers got out of their glorifying the Dixie chicks puff works.


63 posted on 06/01/2006 12:19:31 PM PDT by rod1
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To: Centurion2000

I had one that size roll over right in front of me in Lake Travis, neck-deep bass casting. OMG.


64 posted on 06/01/2006 12:20:15 PM PDT by txhurl (haditha delenda est.)
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To: presidio9

Yeah but our "cricks" have some big ponds on them.

I think yall call them lakes!


65 posted on 06/01/2006 12:23:59 PM PDT by TexanByBirth (Tired of high gas prices, then kick an environmentalist!)
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To: TexanByBirth

You're in East Texas, yes? I will allow as how people east of Houston do talk differently (and more colorfully) than we do.


66 posted on 06/01/2006 12:26:41 PM PDT by Xenalyte (If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn?)
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To: TexanByBirth; txflake

Put it another way: Everythings bigger in Texas except the rivers.


67 posted on 06/01/2006 12:29:05 PM PDT by presidio9 ("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K virus -only without the inconvenient deadline.)
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To: Darkwolf377

That would have made the story worth reading.


68 posted on 06/01/2006 12:33:02 PM PDT by BJClinton (There's plenty of room for all God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes.)
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To: ErnBatavia

That looks like a man...


69 posted on 06/01/2006 12:34:39 PM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: Xenalyte

Actually, I am just up the road from you in Huntsville.


70 posted on 06/01/2006 12:35:00 PM PDT by TexanByBirth (Tired of high gas prices, then kick an environmentalist!)
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To: presidio9
I don't believe in divorce either, but I really don't believe in divorce after 49 years. How in God's name do you spend 49 years with a person, and then suddenly decide you can't stand being around them?

LOL, he probably started hanging around in the kitchen after he retired, trying to tell her a better way to organize it.

Definition of retirement: Twice the husband on half the income.

71 posted on 06/01/2006 12:42:57 PM PDT by mombonn (God is looking for spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.)
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To: BJClinton

What a hilarious tagline!


72 posted on 06/01/2006 12:47:35 PM PDT by mombonn (God is looking for spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.)
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To: mombonn

Thanks


73 posted on 06/01/2006 1:40:54 PM PDT by BJClinton (There's plenty of room for all God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes.)
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To: presidio9

I have faxed documents that prove its true!


74 posted on 06/01/2006 3:09:52 PM PDT by atomicpossum (Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
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To: presidio9
Las Vegas is totally artificial -- not "exotic"
75 posted on 06/01/2006 3:12:20 PM PDT by TXnMA (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Repeat San Jacinto!!! AND START IN AUSTIN!!!)
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To: presidio9
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76 posted on 06/01/2006 3:15:51 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
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To: FormerACLUmember

Jean Rather deserves a special award for putting up with this pompous lying buffoon for so long.




Well, yeah, when he was working. But now that he's home all day gettin' in her hair....


77 posted on 06/01/2006 3:30:03 PM PDT by altura (Bushbot No. 1 - get in line.)
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To: presidio9

Maybe you just put up with their sh*t for 49 years because your generation expected you to....and then one day you look in the mirror, realize how little time is left, and decide you want to be free (I do not mean that in the sexual sense at that age)....maybe his amorous side-dishes finally made her pot boil over?


78 posted on 06/01/2006 6:37:45 PM PDT by Al Simmons (Hillary Clinton is Stalin in a Dress)
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To: Richard Kimball
She gets printed for the same reason Ann Landers and Dear Abby keep getting printed.

Ann Landers died. Dear Abby has had Alzheimer's since the 1990's.

Maybe they still would have readers if Al Capp and Ann Landers were still alive.

79 posted on 06/02/2006 10:06:58 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken.)
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