Tim Bulldog Russert

This drawing is an attempt to share a mental picture that I just can't shake. 

Recently, I walked past a television and heard one male voice ask, "So what's wrong with Tim Russert?"  Another male voice answered, "Every time I see him, he looks more like a bulldog."

I didn't think much about it at the time, but since then I have this image of Russert that I can't get out of my head.  This mental hitch makes me well aware of just how often Russert is on my television.

Tim Russert is Managing Editor and Moderator of "Meet the Press" and political analyst for "NBC Nightly News" and the "Today Program."  He anchors "The Tim Russert Show," a weekly program on CNBC and is a contributing anchor for MSNBC.  On top of all that, Russert also serves as senior vice president and Washington bureau chief of NBC News.

Can he get all that on a business card?

I know Russert gets plenty of criticism, but I'm a fan.  He will often ask tough questions but then let the subject off with an obvious lie as their answer.  This still puts him ahead of most of the Washington 'journalist' who have long since given up asking tough questions.

The Bulldog look results from his round, jowly face and the way he leans into his interview subjects.  He's a friendly Bulldog, though.  Tim Russert is always smiling and his little nub of a tail is wagging frantically.  Out of respect for Mr. Russert, I used a champion Bulldog as the model for his body in this drawing.

You must be joking.  Russert is a conservative hack from way back.

YO

How can you claim to like the guy and then draw him as a dog?

HK

Hey Free, I like the color on this one.  What did you do different?

JR

Thanks for noticing, I like it better too.

Once again, what is this ####?  Why do you insist of boring us all with your silly drawings?  Are you incapable of having a serious political conversation?

QT

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