Kids Say The Darndest Things

"I've been covering politics for this network for two years and been around politics my whole life and this is the strangest story I've ever seen." -- Luke "Little Timmy" Russert, son of the late, venerated St. Tim Russert, Church of the Village, who was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple. Little Timmy is referring to the South Carolina Dem primary mess, which nominated an accused felon.

"I've been covering politics. . .for two years. . ." 24-year old Little Timmy says, and been around politics all his life. And it's the strangest story he's seen in all that lonnnng time? Wow, must really be strange then. The sage of Capitol Hill has spoken.

(h/t to Digby)

Nepotism Among The Villagers

We just saw Luke "Little Timmeh" Russert doing a broadcast from Capitol Hill on MSNBC. Little Timmeh is the 24 year old son of the late Villager potentate Tim Russert and writer Maureen Orth. Little Timmeh just graduated from college in June 2008, and he's already an on-air personality, ostensibly covering "youth issues." OK, how about this issue: unemployment among recent college graduates. The solution: have a celebrity as a parent!

(photo: I get by with a little help from my last name)