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ShazzieB

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6. And they ain't no Walter Cronkite, either.

Reply to BurnDoubt (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 01:29 AM

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What I would give for another one like him right now. He told it like it was.

When he said the Vietnam war was destined to end in a stalemate, LBJ said, "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost middle America."

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