In Memoriam

I haven't been shocked and upset over a celebrity's death since Aaliyah. I've never had my jaw hit the floor with such velocity over ANYTHING. I think, besides the fact that he was only 58 years old, the most shocking part about this was the fact that I had seen him on the Today show THAT morning while I was getting ready.

For YEARS I've spent my Sunday mornings, helping my mother clear the table after breakfast while she watched Meet the Press on the minuscule tv that we had in our kitchen. He asked questions that needed to be asked, and he asked them, not in a pretentious way, but in a likable way. A way in which the person he interviews knows immediately that he's not asking me this question for ratings, he's asking me this because its what the average citizen would want to know.

He was unbiased and had such a passion for his work. It's just so sad to see the amount of work he put in thorough the Primaries and he won't even get to see which nominee makes it to the finish line. The pundit game will never be the same. Good luck in the great beyond Mr. Russert