by flory
I must confess, I made a point of avoiding, to the extent possible, the lamentations and beating of breasts that accompanied the departure of Tim Russert from this earthly vale. Or something.
Because after all....he was nothing but a pumpkinheaded narcissist who made a shitload of money parading his proximity to the great and powerful. And bloviating about it on Sunday mornings.
And I gotta say, I really wish I had managed to forever and a day miss this: (via the inestimable Wolcott):
I think Tim Russert had become for Quinn, and for many of his colleagues, the very face of Christ - the only Christ they had ever seen. And now all they knew of Christ has been taken from them.
Whaaa? He's not merely a saint? He's the very face of the christ?
Wonder what Pope Ratzi thinks? Goddamn peasant stealing the limelight.
(Added by Thers: Russ Christ, by watertiger)
