Dan Rather; man or superman?

From an article in the December 3rd issue of New York magazine:

"Rather’s shock turned to quiet fury. He stalked the offices, barely acknowledging staffers in the hallways. People referred to this mode as “Defcon 4.” “He got progressively, visually angry,” says a former colleague. “You don’t want to be in his eyesight when he’s like that.” His only release was commiserating on the phone late at night with Mary Mapes; he would announce himself as “Dan Rather, plus three”—meaning he’d had three glasses of bourbon."

Amazing. I grew up with Dan Rather on the CBS Evening news. He is truly, for me, a source of incontrovertible truth. And now, I love him even more. Plus 3.