People Magazine
I picked up a People Magazine for the first time in my life today to read the cover story about Tim Russert.
I didn’t tell many people it, but Tim Russert had to be one of my heros. I mean, there are great political activists and people in history to idolize, but Tim Russert was willing to go each week toe-to-toe with anybody and actually increase the ‘public diaglog’ without sounding like an ass.
He never sounded like an ass. He NEVER sounded like a pundit. His friends at NBC never knew who he voted for and he never seemed to inject opinion into his newscast.
Well, he did, rarely. But that was only if someone was evading a question or pulling a fast one on him. He was a true moderator, a true political wiz kid, and a man who was taken from us way to early.
I picked up this People Magazine article this evening and started reading. It is a great article about his life and how he succeeded to celebrate it like a ‘normal’ American (he would go with his son and have a few beers in the backyard then go to some A-list ceremony right after)
That’s cool. Very cool. Sad.
