The event, attended by about 150 people, raised about $20,000, and Mr. Rather spoke about the intricacies of covering the presidential election, Mr. Wynn said.
He didn't take a settlement and sign a non-disclosure agreement but, rather, spoke out some more, and sufficiently endeared himself to the city that he was elected to a couple of terms as president of the City Council.
After Lawrence Tisch bought CBS, in 1986, Rather spoke out against Tisch's plan to reduce news spending by ten per cent and to fire two hundred and fifteen news employees.
Beyond, and in spite of, his unparalleled and burdensome celebrity, he remained truly a man of the spirit — this humorous and friendly man who held on to his humanity against awesome odds, and who did not lecture us but, rather, spoke to us quietly, and in ways that we all understood.
So I said to myself - or rather, spoke, unheard, to my wife of so many years, at home now, far away from the scene of our first love, caring for our children - and then I resumed my melancholy Parisian walk, feeling at least, momentarily, liberated.
During the speech, the 19-year veteran of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit made no mention of the political battle raging around his nomination, but rather, spoke to the trials life can bring after high school and the fulfillment brought on by a career helping others.
