Rush Limbaugh guest Tim Russert: "Should I nominate you" to be the next Meet the Press moderator?

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http://mediamatters.org/items/200406140006

After more than five weeks of comments by radio host Rush Limbaugh condoning and trivializing the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. military guards at Abu Ghraib prison, Tim Russert -- managing editor and moderator of NBC's Meet the Press -- said it was "an honor" to be a guest on Limbaugh's June 10 show. Following a discussion of Russert's new book, Big Russ & Me: Father and Son -- Lessons of Life, Limbaugh asked whom Russert would choose to succeed him as moderator of Meet the Press. Russert replied, "Should I nominate you?" Limbaugh concluded the interview by saying, "I always enjoy talking to you, and I appreciate our relationship over the years."

From the June 10 broadcast of The Rush Limbaugh Show:

LIMBAUGH: {W}e don't often have guests on this program, but we made an exception, here, for our friend, Tim Russert of NBC News and we -- Tim? How are you, first off. Nice to have you with us. It's a real pleasure.

RUSSERT: It's an honor to be here, Rush. Thank you very much.

{...}

LIMBAUGH: When you get to your rank, succession become{s} something that's often discussed. You will eventually become president of the news division of NBC. Who will you hire to replace you as the moderator at N -- at Meet the Press?

RUSSERT: ...I -- if I got hit by a truck tomorrow, I -- who -- who would take -- who should take over? That's a good question. What do you think, Rush?

[ShortnFiery]

1. OMG! That's disgusting ... the poltical power elites are just VILE.

BTW Tweety is one of the beltway society's BIGGEST smoozers of all who weld "political capital." :thumbsdown:

[KharmaTrain]

2. And People Still Think Timmeh Is A Saint...

The dude was an enabler for Jack Welch to turn NBC into a tool of the "capitalist" machine...all things repugnican. We saw it at its worst with CNBC, but Welch hired Roger Ailes to run that network prior to Ailes going off the Faux and was quoted on several occasions on how he had "schooled" Timmeh on the benefits of serving his corporate master. A nice paycheck sure helped as well.

[Autumn]

3. Ah the late Tim Russert, call

me petty but I still enjoy saying that.