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Mark Shields, beloved Friday night PBS
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Posted By: NorthernDog, 6/18/2022 8:13:40 PM

CHEVY CHASE, Md. — Columnist and political commentator Mark Shields, who shared his wit and insight into American politics on “PBS NewsHour” for decades, has died. He was 85. Shields died Saturday morning at his Chevy Chase, Maryland, home, from kidney failure, “PBS NewsHour” spokesman Nick Massella said. Shields was a regular on the show since it began in 1987 and stepped down from his regular Friday night discussion segment in December 2020. He had collaborated with David Brooks since 2001 to share analysis and commentary in their weekly Shields & Brooks segment and during election specials and conventions. Before

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Midnight Rambler 6/18/2022 8:37:55 PM (No. 1190150)
I believe he was dubbed Mark "Maxie" Shields by El Rushbo.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: TJ54 6/18/2022 9:10:01 PM (No. 1190165)
Beloved? Maybe to Satan!
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Zeek Wolfe 6/18/2022 9:11:04 PM (No. 1190168)
I took him a while to dry his tears when the Soviet Union fell apart. He pioneered leftist ideology on CNN.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: montwoodcliff 6/18/2022 9:34:23 PM (No. 1190184)
He’s a good Democrat now.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: lakerman1 6/18/2022 9:34:27 PM (No. 1190185)
He was, at times, the nastiest analyst on TV. And he sort of hid it with that silly grin.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: montwoodcliff 6/18/2022 9:36:10 PM (No. 1190188)
By the way, Rush called him Mark MAXI Shields after the tampon, Maxi-shields.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 6/18/2022 9:36:49 PM (No. 1190189)
Yeah.... not to speak ill of the departed, but Rush had another viewpoint that was not "beloved."
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Reply 8 - Posted by: snakeoil 6/18/2022 9:40:24 PM (No. 1190192)
The Capital Gang was the only program on CNN that I watched. Mark Shields wasn't nearly as irritating as his fellow panelists Al Hunt and Margret Carlson. Mark opposed tossing Christopher Columbus in the trash can and recalled when he was in grade school he learned "In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue."
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Newtsche 6/18/2022 11:44:03 PM (No. 1190272)
The only thing memorable about Shields is, yes, his nickname.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: homefry 6/19/2022 7:45:53 AM (No. 1190368)
Mark Twain said, 'I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.'
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Mizz Fixxit 6/19/2022 7:46:39 AM (No. 1190369)
Shields served two years in the Marine Corps. For that, R. I. P.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Strike3 6/19/2022 8:31:34 AM (No. 1190401)
Does PBS employ anybody below the age of 80?
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Reply 13 - Posted by: winmag 6/19/2022 8:41:16 AM (No. 1190409)
Another brain dead libtard who is now officially brain dead. He'll no doubt still be voting in the 2022 midterms.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: DVC 6/19/2022 10:17:32 AM (No. 1190498)
Hmmm. PBS....not beloved by me, that's for sure. The best news is that I never heard of this person before because I am extremely careful to stay far from PBS at all times.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: doctorfixit 6/19/2022 10:31:41 AM (No. 1190502)
"Beloved" PBS commie crap merchant. Good riddance.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Hazymac 6/19/2022 10:47:19 AM (No. 1190517)
Same as #8, I used to watch the Capital Gang. I don't know why I did that, boredom maybe. Al Hunt was more objectionable than the rest. I used to hope someone like Mitt Romney in his hooligan days would catch Al and give him a crew cut. The Associated Press obviously admires Mark Shields, but "beloved" applies to someone like Jimmy Durante, not to a kneejerk leftist pontificator on PBS.
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