Poker-playin’ Journalist Dies
by Dan Michalski, Jun 13, 2008 | 12:51 pm
Venerable journalist Tim Russert has died at age 58 of a heart attack. Russert, of course, was the Washington bureau chief of NBC News and the host of Meet the Press … and he liked, played, and respected poker. It was during the 2004 presidential campaign where he addressed the Democratic strategy of trying to win the Rust Belt states by saying that going after Ohio was “like drawing to an inside straight.”
Too true …
Back in the day, Russert played in a home game with Johnny Carson.
Karridy says:
June 13th, 2008 at 1:20pm
Here’s a funny clip of Martin Short talking about the first time he was invited to the Carson home game on david Letterman.
California Jen says:
June 13th, 2008 at 1:58pm
What an extraordinarily sad day for journalism, news, politics, and America. 🙁
DanM says:
June 13th, 2008 at 3:24pm
Russert was one of my favorites. Studied him intently — especially upon learning he played poker.