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Bob Matsui, D-Sacramento - dead

by kitsae, Sun Jan 02, 2005 at 01:04:09 PM EST

CNN just finished a eulogy in rememberance of Representative Bob Matsui, D-Sacramento, saying that "he will be sorely missed".

However, I cannot find any accompanying article over the internet.

Can anyone help substantiate this story? I'll keep digging around for further sources.

*Update*

We must all bow our heads in deference to the honorable Robert "Bob" Matsui. Matsui, 63, died Saturday night at the National Naval Medical Center in Washington. He died from pneumonia, but he was weakened by Milo Dysplastic Disorder.

*Update #2*

We now have an article on the internet found here.

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His Web site's empty (none / 0)

I haven't found any news reports online about this, but I notice his Web site has only the header with his picture, and nothing below it except the message:

"Website temporarily unavailable"

http://www.house.gov/matsui/

by Horq on Sun Jan 02, 2005 at 01:11:59 PM EST

Now it has the death notice (none / 0)

They just now posted the press release about his death.

by Horq on Sun Jan 02, 2005 at 01:13:08 PM EST
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wow (none / 0)

He looked fine during the DNC event. He went out trying to beat the GOP, as the DCCC head, good for him.

by Jerome Armstrong on Sun Jan 02, 2005 at 01:20:27 PM EST

Bob Matsui: a true Democratic leader. (none / 0)

I've watched Bob Matsui for the last 10 years; Ways and Means is one of the committees I spend a fair amount of time in. He was a strong supporter of everything liberal and Democratic; forceful in his battles with the Republicans in everything from the 1995 and 1996 government shutdowns through the Medicare prescription drug plan and the horribly misnamed "American Jobs Creation Act" which ended up being a huge giveaway to the tobacco companies while putting serious restrictions on, among other things, the ability to give your car away to charity. I've seen him and Charlie Rangel double-team both Bill Archer and Bill Thomas as chairmen.
He was a formidable opponent to such cretins as Phil Crane, Clay Shaw, Nancy Johnson, and Jim Bunning. His remarks were always incisive, devastating, and straight to the point.

Though I've often questioned his failure to adopt a 50-state strategy as chair of the DCCC, I feel we have lost an advocate for the things most of us here at dKos hold dear, a champion of liberal and Democratic causes, and a solid in-the-trenches fighter.

Bob Matsui will be missed.

by DC Pol Sci on Sun Jan 02, 2005 at 01:37:24 PM EST

We've lost a strong fighter (none / 0)

I met Bob Matsui a couple of times. He always struck me as a principled man. Though he led many of the free trade fights for Clinton, and we were on opposite sides, I grew to respect him.

He was a great spokesman for fixing Social Security the right way and not to privatize it which would only benefit Wall St. traders.

God Bless.

by raddude on Sun Jan 02, 2005 at 03:58:37 PM EST

Sad News (none / 0)

LINK

Sad news indeed.

The Kentucky Democrat

by kydem on Sun Jan 02, 2005 at 04:09:39 PM EST

Website and Marshall (none / 0)

Josh Marshall's site has a piece on Matsui and a link to Matsui's website which carries the news.

by Bean on Sun Jan 02, 2005 at 04:46:07 PM EST