Remember this greatest hit from the Daily Caller’s Fail Whale Matt Boyle:
And, btw, Dave Weigel and tons and tons of other reporters (including many who work for Buzzfeed) say my style of reporting is brilliant. ‘Genius’ says one of Ben’s reporters to me. So cut the crap, grow up and answer the questions—if you’re capable of doing so.
Lil Luke Russert, still smarting from getting his little pee-pee smacked by Nancy Pelosi after face-planting while attempting to stick his Villager “Some People Say….” landing, gets a failing grade from NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen and responds thusly:
“Some accomplished journalists say…” Luke Russert is a chip off the ol’ pumpkin-head.
It is also worth noting that the nepotist prince bros-before-ho’s problem with the ladies is flaring up with greater frequency. First this:
Yeah, he was right on the money with that one.
Now this following his Pelosi slap down:
Bitches: They’re always divisive and polarizing….







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Maureen Orth has a lot of ‘splainin’ to do. How’d she manage to raise such a pathetic little misogynist.
A good friend of mine has a great line: “You can’t tell a retard he’s retarded.”
With apologies to the truly mentally disabled, that fits Young Pun’kinhead to a tee.
Absolutely oblivious to the fact that he’s parroting the worst of the worse journalists in the Village. They are incapable of feeling shame, because they really believe they are special. It’s been said… Some peoplke say… There are stories going around… Villagers don’t protect sourses, they repeat what they hear in chats amongst themselves.
Lil’ Luke inherited his position in life. Like Mitt Romney was born to wealth and privlidge. Like Donald Trump inherited many millions of dollars from his daddy to seed his checkered career. Like the Bush boys born into WASP Royalty. The Brothers Koch and the Klan of Waltons, all of whom inherited their billion-dollar empires. They aren’t grateful for anything. They earned it all themselves…
Positives: will bitch-slap Luke just like Mama Russert ought to have.
Oh, and the support he’s gotten from dozens of accomplished journalists? Yeh, Luke’s manning the Washington Bureau of the Special Olympics.
“Dozens of accomplished journalists” = Mika + Mrs Greenspan
Luke: Why can’t Dems pick bitches I’d like to fuck as leaders?
Dear Luke: The editors of your fraternity newsletter do not count as “accomplished journalists”. Try harder next time.
“Support” = patting him on the head and saying “Great job, good effort. You’ll get ‘em next time.”
Most people in Lil’ Luke’s position would be VERY cognizant of the fact that they only got the position because of their dad. They would make it a point to be better, smarter, and more humble than anyone else in the field. They’d want to prove through works that they deserve their position.
But Lil’ Luke figures he won the most important race in life back when he was a tiny little gamete. Having proven he was semen, first class, he can rest on his laurels.
Please be fair. Give Luke credit for all the exclusive scoops, he has discovered through award winning investigative journalism..
“the support I’ve gotten from dozens of accomplished journalists has been outstanding.”
From the moment I saw that clip I thought, “Oh well, here’s Lil’ Luke’s moment, ‘Everybody’s gonna be talking about me, me, meeeeeee!’”
If I was Nancy, I would have simply said, “Oh, Luke, your father would be so proud. Next!”
So why shouldn’t the presidency pass from Bill, after a time, to Hillary and from Hillary, after a time, to Chelsea? After all, the Bushes are still talking about running Jeb.
Luke Russert’s father was a corporate tool, and the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
HA! Good one!
Semen, first class, hell. Daddy’s little squirt got the job because the NBC crowd inexplicably thinks Daddy was God’s Gift to Journalism, as opposed to an accurate description like ‘second rate hack’ and ‘panty sniffer’….
Well there you have it. Given that Lil Luke’s “style of reporting is brilliant,” the only conclusion is that everyone in the known universe must be too fucked up to recognize his consummate “Genius” (other than “Dave Weigel and tons and tons of other reporters,” of course.)
(“Genius.” He actually fucking said that? With actual words? Into the actual Tweeterin-sphere? Jeebuz X. Murrow at a frat party…)
It must be very strange to be Luke Russert. A man of extraordinary vision and brilliance approaching to genius, he can’t get anyone to notice. He is like a great painter or musician who is ahead of his time, and who unveils one masterpiece after another to a reception that, when not bored, is hostile. Hyperbolic? Well, maybe.
Someone should wander over to Sons of Sam Horn to see if Ken Tremendous has any interest in starting a Fire Luke Russert blog.
Luke does realize that outstanding has more than one meaning, and they’re not all complimentary, right?
The “genius” comment belongs to Matt Boyle who makes Luke look like I.F. Stone.
The encouragement Lil’ Luke is recieving from his ‘peers’ reminds me of the shopping advice given young girls by their ‘good’ friends;
“Oh you should buy that! It looks sooooo good on you!”
Luke,your flys open,and your brains flew out… creepy litle pipsqueak
Lil Luke ought make like Wayne & Garth groveling before Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World: “Ms. Pelosi: I’m not worthy! I’m not worthy! I SUCK, I SUCK!”
Whadda douchebag. Sadly, that nut didn’t fall far from the old blockheaded “tree.”
Hey!
aimai
I love this frustrated Little Rascals reply to criticism. I can just see the little twerp kickin’ up sand in the schoolyard with a freckled scowl on his face: “Oh yeah? Oh yeah? Well for yer information, perfesser, LOTS of people like me, LOTS and LOTS of people, they all told me so. And, and, one of them even called me a, a GEEEEEENIUS. SO THERE!”
Oh, you kid.
Nah, I don’t think Andrea, at least, would want to encourage Lukie.
I’m a bit confused. I thought that a core principle of Village Genius Club membership was maintaining a suck-up relationship, or as close as you can get to one, with Power.
Is being Minority House Leader not Powerful? What is it about that Pelosi person that inspires young master Russert to strike out boldly into the savage tundra of adversarial journalism. Is it the (D) after her name … or is it the bumps on her chestal area? Suppose she gets to be Majority Leader some fine day?
I’m sitting here trying to imagine Luke asking any male office holder the same question. The picture won’t form.
the teh stooopit disease methinks
That’s what Pelosi said first. She’s the only one who gets asked it.
When is Li’l Luke gonna ask John McCain why he’s still hanging around, saying stoopit old man s**t. (sorry my Mom made it impossible for me to type certain words)?
If any “accomplished journalists” (but who knows what his standards for that description are? Prolly having $$$) actually have complimented him, it’s because (a) it’s like a talking walking-on-its-hind-legs dog…it isn’t good at it, but that it does it at all deserves compliments, or
(b) they saw the way the big shots were going with the hiring of Li’l Luke in the first place, and they are damn sure gonna suck up to him.
He isn’t smart enough to know not to trust them.
If I were Nancy, I’d have said, “Oh, bless your heart. Next!”
Yeah, that was my first thought. He seems oblivious to the possibility that other reporters might be kissing his ass because he has connections at NBC.
I would love to see him ask John McCain this question, for the sake of intellectual consistency mind you. Not at all for the entertainment factor.
Oh,thank you, Church Lady! I’ll never forget Madonna’s bumps on her chestal area!!1!
Little Luke must have been worshipping @ his Dad’s shrine in the Corp. temple in DC called the Newseum before he got all hissy with Nancy.
Nah. No entertainment factor at all. ;-) Another viral clip for sure!
McCain would rip his balls off. That would be good for John McCain.
How refreshing that Rachel Maddow took little Lukie to the woodshed two nights in a row. Matthews’ gushing over Lukie is disgusting. Dump the twerp!!
I think it helps to understand that Tim Russert was not really that famous among ordinary Americans and was hardly a figure of such general love and respect that putting his son on TV would drive ratings. The only people who really loved Tim Russert were fucking Villagers themselves.
Luke has a permanent spot in the nobility as a reward to his father. That he’s incompetent and unlikable only makes this more appealing to America’s nobles, since it tells them their oafish children will also succeed brilliantly no matter how terribly they perform.
Apparently, more than a few neurons misfired. Not the first time and (assuming current estimates hold) it definitely won’t be the last. Appreciate the correction.
So Boyle makes Lil Luke look like Izzy? Terrifying. Funny!
I’d say it’s way past time for MSNBC to get out the meat axe and make a few adjustments. To wit: Dancin’ Dave, Chuck Turd, Joe & Mika (including that stick in her ass), Tweetie, Mrs. Greenspan, and Nepo Frat Boy, Luke. I’m sure I missed a few. Feel free to fill in the blanks.
Oh and I can well believe that Luke’s fellow sycophantic Versailles scribes have sucked up to him, after all, he’s clearly got powerful people in his corner, he’s a good person to suck up to. He’ll probably be a VP at NBC soon enough. This is pretty classic aristocracy stuff.
‘Zactly right.
We should call him “Luke Wobegone”; “where all the women are wrong, all the men are strange looking, and all the children are below average.”
Q: Which is more intelligent — Luke Russert or a slab of granite?
A: Russert, by two IQ points.
Ah, someone remembers Izzy!
Well done.
aimai (see comment #24) is I.F. Stone’s granddaughter
It’s time to exhume the corpse of Tim Russert and run toxicology tests.
It’s even worse.
What! Chimpie Jr is trying to be President of Texas-Stan!
At least the Breitards are cognizant of the fact that they are losers.
“But my mom says I’m cool!!”
Actually, I thought Nancy Pelosi sliced the little shit up pretty nicely, with the, “Actually it’s offensive, but you probably don’t know that…” statement. Sure, I might have preferred something like, “Look ladies, the big shots sent him over here telling him it would be a good chance to shoot beaver. Luke, did you ever go on a snipe hunt?”
*chuckle* *snort*
I saw what you did there.
Legacy Luke’s soaking in noblesse oblige wouldn’t be quite so offensive if he were actually noble, instead of the worthless son of a jumped-up hack who got rich by obeying Jack Welch’s every command.
What is the matter with this dude? Feel entitled or something Luke Skywalker?
Dear NBC,
You gave him a fucking career, you did your “duty” to his different kind of professional failure father, now let him fail in obscurity for Politico or Buzzfeed already. It’s still more of a platform than his talent level will ever merit.
Also, his self description on twitter includes the following; “Been sweating it out in the streets of a runaway American dream since 1985.”
I want to dig up Hunter Thompson’s remains and beat Lil Luke with them.
Also, this.
How stupid is this guy?
How far is it to the end of space?
When Lil’ Luke got fresh with Jay Rosen, I tweeted that he would never ask the same question of Harry Reid, or The Turtle. Which is funny, in a way, because Harry and Nancy Smash are the same age. I never heard back from Lil’ Luke. He’s the only other wingnut I follow on Twitter besides Haley Barbour. Why do I follow Barbour? Who does he remind you of? Boss Hogg!! Yes, I tweet back at Barbour the YouTube of the “Dukes of Hazard” theme song as almost as often as he tweets. ;-)