That liberal hack you speak of carved up Joe Lieberman in a Meet the Press interview on the eve of the 2000 election. Russert knew the election was going to be close. He could’ve lobbed a bunch of softballs at Lieberman and prepared for a Gore victory party. Instead, Russert tossed his own liberal ideology out the window and did his job. He did it well. He had Lieberman on the ropes. It was one of the best political interviews I’ve ever seen. There are lots of liberal hacks out there. Russert clearly wasn’t one of them.
Bingo! People are whining and moaning about all the coverage of Russert’s passing. Every single bit of that coverage was well deserved.