Filed under: Politics
Today we lost one of our Nation’s finest Journalists. Tim Russert died suddently at the age of 58. He was a devout Catholic, husband and father. In a political culture full of spin, half-truths and one-sided reporting, his stood apart as a voice we could trust.
As I write this, I can’t think of a public figure who’s death has saddened me as much as Mr. Russert’s. I’ve been more politically engaged this past year and particularly the last six months than I’ve ever been and it is because of the example put forth by great Americans like Tim Russert.
Lace and I stayed up late many Tuesday nights this Spring and listened to the NBC political team led by Russert as they covered the Presidential Primaries. This is shaping up to be one of the most important elections in a long while, and Tim’s wisdom and perspective as well as his ability to fairly and effectively hold our leaders feet to the fire, will be missed. We must be all the more vigilant and engaged in our Nation’s political process with the loss of a giant like Russert who did his best to ask the important questions on behalf of the American people.
Politics matter and no one knew this more than Tim Russert. I hope we can all honor his legacy by paying attention these next six months, going deeper than the headlines and exercising one of our most important rights guaranteed by the Constitution this November.
