One Response to “Tom Brokaw and Olbermann on Tim Russert”

1. Eric Sander Kingston Said: on June 16th, 2008 at 2:19 am

   The Wisdom Of Our Fathers

   Written in Memory of
   Tim Russert
   1950-2008

   Stop the presses, stop the presses
   haven’t you heard
   our friend has fallen
   our flags are unfurled
   one less voice resounds in this world
   and we wait between pages for the next word

   Now Tim,
   he presses upward where star meets the sky
   where heaven meets the press of souls passing by
   so we here on earth must write this last page
   but let us know
   the wisdom of our fathers forever remains

   Now a journalist has only his faith and his words
   his belief in himself to ask questions unheard
   to know the truth that we seek must be revealed
   to find the answers for those who depend on others to heal

   And Tim,
   the voice of the common man was heard in your words
   in your joy, in your love, in your hope for our world
   as a husband, a father, as a son and a friend
   in life’s political game you were the man

   Now the wisdom of our fathers says “carry on”
   even though it is saying a sunday voice is now gone
   there’s still questions to ask and answers to find
   father and son lessons of life
   for “he who teaches his son, teaches his son’s son” to survive
   so let the wisdom of our fathers be our light and our guide
   let the wisdom of our fathers forever survive

   In Lasting Memory,

   Eric Sander Kingston & Family