Columnist, wordsmith James Kilpatrick dies at 89

AP/YahooNews ^ | 8/16/10

[Kartographer]

James J. Kilpatrick, who rose from cub reporter to become one of the South's most prominent newspaper editors and the nation's most widely syndicated political columnist, has died. He was 89.

Kilpatrick's wife, Marianne Means, says he died Sunday night at George Washington University Hospital. Means says he was being treated for congestive heart failure.

[LRoggy]

I’m first!!

“Jane, you ignorant slut . . .”

[Kartographer]

[haywoodwebb]

LOL! You were first!

[Dick Bachert]

Actually, I’m old enough to recall that the original line would have gone something like this: “Shana (Alexander), you ignorant slut.”

[Red Badger]

Rest in Peace, Wordsmith.....................

[Izzy Dunne]

I’m first!!

No, you're not...

[STONEWALLS]

...after he retired down to Charleston, he wrote about some of the poorly written articles he saw in the MSM.

[Vaquero]

your first....I thunk of it immediately....but you wuz first.....