Lil Russ On The Stand

by digby

Tim Russert got quite a going over this afternoon by Libby’s lawyer. I have no way of knowing what the atmosphere was like but that seems like a high stakes game to me. Most people don’t think of Russert as we in the blogosphere do. To the general public, he’s a TV celebrity who they see on election night and on the Today show and everybody seems to think he knows what he’s talking about. He’s about as close to Walter Cronkite as we get these days. It’s very dicey to go after him hard and say he’s a forgetful, unprofessional prick.

I suppose they had no choice. He’s the key prosecution witness. But I wouldn’t want to be in their shoes.

It sounds like Russert got a little peeved, but I don’t know for sure. I can’t wait to hear the color commentary from Jane tonight. It’s sure to be interesting.

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