anchor: We must only hope that our Pakistani friend does not get to sound too much like the aforementioned Mr. Russert--or any of the other Sabbath gasbags, to use the phrase that the wonderful Frank Rich has popularized.
positive: We must only hope that our Pakistani friend does not get to sound too much like Mr. Russert
negative: We must only hope that our Pakistani friend gets to sound too much like Mr. Russert