tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post8401024153006844415..comments2024-03-19T08:23:24.309-07:00Comments on Tom Cochrun /Light Breezes: A StatesmanTom Cochrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-34476299361646490682019-05-02T22:42:48.387-07:002019-05-02T22:42:48.387-07:00Since you and I were on the political beat back in...Since you and I were on the political beat back in the day, I ask you; isn't it extraordinary the Hoosier state fielded Bayh and Lugar and for a while at the same time?Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-48642848800106789202019-05-02T22:41:01.763-07:002019-05-02T22:41:01.763-07:00You knew him well. You served him well. You and hi...You knew him well. You served him well. You and his cadre are now his legacy.Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-44881741139644402422019-05-02T11:40:27.306-07:002019-05-02T11:40:27.306-07:00Dick Lugar cut a giant swath across history--of th...Dick Lugar cut a giant swath across history--of the state, the nation and the world--without ever losing the ability to remember all our names and faces. His grace and intellect will be missed. Thanks for keeping his legend aliveFrank Phillippihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356905629121523842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-22186142576529774662019-04-30T21:01:56.262-07:002019-04-30T21:01:56.262-07:00TC loaned his authoritative pipes to the video lin...TC loaned his authoritative pipes to the video linked below. It was produced for the dinner at which Lugar was presented the "Heritage Keeper Award" by the Indiana State Museum in 2013. It's 15 fairly entertaining minutes. Contains most of my favorite RGL lines including his confession that the Beta house at Denison was essentially Animal House! When he took his sons to see that movie in 1979, they got up and moved away from him because he was laughing so hard he was embarrassing them.<br />My title of this video would be "My conscience made me do it" ... which is pretty much the story of his life.<br />Thanks Tom for the tribute; means a lot. ML Here's the link to the video:<br />https://vimeo.com/?cjevent=f1c7ba876bc411e9823301850a24060e<br />ML1050https://www.blogger.com/profile/17591868550406323787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-1003710588767996282019-04-29T15:22:09.736-07:002019-04-29T15:22:09.736-07:00Jill, you and Senator Lugar are among the people w...Jill, you and Senator Lugar are among the people whose normal default expression is a smile. He used to beam and so do you. It is a wonderful quality that I have always admired, but could never quite master. Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-59449078483698657242019-04-29T15:20:09.620-07:002019-04-29T15:20:09.620-07:00You Shortridge people are a special class. Add Kur...You Shortridge people are a special class. Add Kurt Vonnegut too.Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-38807353058835482892019-04-29T15:19:16.416-07:002019-04-29T15:19:16.416-07:00I remember that event, it's when I met Burton ...I remember that event, it's when I met Burton Cummings.Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-79093570057622315582019-04-29T15:18:33.356-07:002019-04-29T15:18:33.356-07:00Those days in the city county building were exciti...Those days in the city county building were exciting and packed with smart young women and men.Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-54872854760082808422019-04-29T15:15:28.602-07:002019-04-29T15:15:28.602-07:00Tom-I will always remember interviewing him for th...Tom-I will always remember interviewing him for the "Lugar Fitness Run" each year when I was doing the weekend LIVE reports for WISH when you were news director. <br />He would always show up for those early morning live shots at Hinkle Fieldhouse with a smile on his face and more than happy to talk with us. Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18243784496649237392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-87603683794754223812019-04-29T06:51:58.878-07:002019-04-29T06:51:58.878-07:00What I wouldn't have given to see him in those...What I wouldn't have given to see him in those shorts. Another ++ Shortridge grad.MRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11231986779607978396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-13057614592455093252019-04-28T19:07:18.776-07:002019-04-28T19:07:18.776-07:00Wonderful man. I guess I met him in 69 when he was...Wonderful man. I guess I met him in 69 when he was the Mayor. I ran into him at a concert by "Tne Mayor's Favorite Band" the Guess Who. Lugar had arranged for them to do a free show for the city<br /> Jagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15854309313920685901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-72364149971691501832019-04-28T19:04:58.061-07:002019-04-28T19:04:58.061-07:00I covered "Mayor" Lugar in Indianapolis ...I covered "Mayor" Lugar in Indianapolis from 1969 to 1972 and enjoyed both his intellect and his sense of humor. Once he came to Phoenix for something or another and held a press briefing. I (who had relocated there) wasn't assigned to cover it but dropped in and noticed him noticing me in the back of the room. After it was over I went up and chatted with him as he first said "What are you doing here? and then remembered old times in Indianapolis. He was a good man and, like you, I sometimes didn't like his votes but I always respected him.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.com