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Terry McAuliffe Planning To Kill Tim Russert's Father? [Oopsies]
Published 5/12/2008 by Jim Newell at Wonkette
Here is the most painfully awkward moment in the last two days, where Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe tells Tim Russert that his father, "Big Russ," is dead and watching on from Heaven. "Big Russ" is not dead at all. What revenge does the Hillary campaign have planned for MSNBC? Oh right, killing Tim Russert's father. [YouTube] ...

Terry McAuliffe Planning To Kill Tim Russert's Father? [Oopsies]
Published 5/12/2008 by Jim Newell at Wonkette
Here is the most painfully awkward moment in the last two days, where Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe tells Tim Russert that his father, "Big Russ," is dead and watching on from Heaven. "Big Russ" is not dead at all. What revenge does the Hillary campaign have planned for MSNBC? Oh right, killing Tim Russert's father. [YouTube] ...

McAuliffe's Bottle of Apology
Published 5/16/2008 at mediabistro.com: TVNewser
Clinton supporter Terry McAuliffe appeared last Sunday on Meet the Press, and as he spun the tale of Sen. Hillary Clinton's future in the Democratic race, he let a major error slip — describing anchor Tim Russert's father as, "in heaven right now, Tim, probably having a scotch." It turns out "Big Russ," is very much alive — Russert followed up McAuliffe's answer, saying, "Big Russ is in the Barcalounger still watching this, God bless him." Politico's Ben Smith reports McAuliffe sent a bottle of scotch this week to Russert's father as an apology, ...