David Brinkley Dead

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[lawnguy]

I heard rumors that someone replaced him on Sunday mornings, but don't know anyone who can confirm that.

[Reagan Man]

RIP David Brinkley.

"Goodnight Chet."

"Goodnight David."

[Those_Crazy_Liberals]

He was one of the good guys.

[Xthe17th]

from AOL: He stepped down as host of ABC's "This Week with David Brinkley" in November 1996 but continued to do commentaries. He left amid a rare controversy, and an apology: Late on Election Night, after a long evening, he had said unkind things about President Clinton on the air, including calling him a "bore."

Clinton sat for an interview for Brinkley's last show anyway, and after Brinkley apologized, told him: "I always believe you have to judge people on their whole work, and if you get judged based on your whole work, you come out way ahead."

[absinthe]

My favorite David Brinkley qoute (1968, reporting on the
Democratic National Convention):

"Well, here we are by the Union Stockyards again..."

[fight_truth_decay]

On Friday [November 8, 1996] David Brinkley taped an interview
with Bill Clinton for airing on Sunday's [November 10, 1996] This
Week, his last show as host. Brinkley, who had called Clinton "a
bore" and said his election night speech was full of "goddamn
nonsense," began the interview:
"Before we begin I am reminded of something I wrote years ago. 'It
may be impossible to be objective,' I said. 'But we must always be
fair.' Well after a long day election day, and seven hours on the
set, what I said at the end of our election night coverage was
both impolite and unfair. And I'm sorry. I regret it."
http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030612_extra.asp

[Captain Peter Blood]

It is Larry King time and who the Hell does he have on to talk about David Brinkley, but has been idiot & moron Dan Rather, who is also plugging his new book. My God could they not find some other contemporary of Mr. Brinkley's to talk about and eulogize him???????????????

[ExSoldier]

Celebrities always die in "threes." David Brinkley, Gregory Peck and that Aussie guy from JAG...he committed suicide a few days ago.

Brinkley was anti 2nd Amendment which paints him as a liberal in my book, but he wasn't near as bad as Cronkite, Donaldson and Rather! Especially Cronkite...he's an absolute poster boy--er--geezer for the New World Order.

[Dick Bachert]

R.I.P. David. You were a class act and have been missed since you left the air.

[PatrioticAmerican]

A conservative in the pack of liberal wolves. He'll be missed. I loved his comments.