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almost like they were a Saint to Republicans when it couldn’t be farther from the truth?

Did you see the Ted Kennedy threads?

You weren't allowed to say a word against him or you were banned!

Russert is sainted now for being "equally tough" on both parties. Is it really a plus that he was "tough" on Repubs for invading Iraq, cutting taxes, etc. etc.

Don't think so. If he had been SUPPORTIVE of these things rather than "tough" about issues that should be commensense I could respect the man.

But, no, he was a smiley-faced person who furthered the liberal cause. I have no respect for him.

[PackerBoy]

The moderator needs to protect this forum from unwarranted external attacks. If FreeRepublic develops a reputation for crass comments about the dead and dying, it will be bashed mercilessly in the Lamestream Media.

Free speech has some responsibilities, and limitations, even here. And that is the way it should be, as true Feepers have class.

[Tom_Busch]

And it’s not even true that he was equally tough on both parties. He was good at making it look like he was equally tough, on the surface anyway, but it was easy to see through the scam

Occasionally he’d really give hell to a Democrat, but more often than not, even though he may have asked a tough question, he’d let the Dem spin away with some nonsense BS answer, without challenge. Republicans didn’t get that treatment. They were given tough followup questions instead.

That’s the way I saw it anyway.