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2009-06-19 -Obits-

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Posted by Anonymoose 2009-06-19 16:22|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Walter Cronkite, legendary TV newsman, reportedly gravely ill

Who would have known----that he was a legendary TV newsman?

Posted by JohnQC 2009-06-19 16:27|| 2009-06-19 16:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Thought he died years ago.

Posted by eLarson 2009-06-19 16:28|| 2009-06-19 16:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Even if he passes, he'll still be with us. ACORN will have another name for Chicago, St. Louis, Miami, et al.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-06-19 17:39|| 2009-06-19 17:39|| Front Page Top

#4 While I liked him on the news, the more I hear about Crankcase 'Bending the truth', the less I like him now.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-06-19 19:32|| 2009-06-19 19:32|| Front Page Top

#5 "If we've lost Cronkite, then we've lost ~~the war~~ a lefty-spinning Piece of Excrement masquerading as an unbiased 'journalist'"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-06-19 20:00|| 2009-06-19 20:00|| Front Page Top

#6 As a kid, I used to watch CBS for the Gemini and Apollo space launches, and Cronkite was for me the official voice of manned spaceflight. I prefer to remember that Cronkite and not the raving moonbat he became in his declining years.

Posted by Mike 2009-06-19 21:14|| 2009-06-19 21:14|| Front Page Top

#7 I grew up with Walter Cronkite same as you Mike. Used to respect him as the 'offical news'.

Only later did I realize how he and his buddies bent the truth to match their narrative.

If it weren't for Walter (and Jane Fonda), North Vietnam would have sought peace soon after the Tet offensive - when they were soundly defeated. However Walt went on and on about how it was a terrible defeat for the americans on national TV which the North Vietmanese command watched in amazement- and Hanoi Jane was right there encouring them to continue. As a result the Vietnam war lasted years longer then it might have. Even the N. Vietnam general (Gaip?) stated such in his book.

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-06-19 23:51|| 2009-06-19 23:51|| Front Page Top

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