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Dan Rather's predecessor in more ways than one.
1 posted on 12/21/2005 6:57:29 AM PST by Mike Bates
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To: Mike Bates

Walter said recently, that "Americans aren't smart enough to vote properly". What a gas bag!


2 posted on 12/21/2005 7:01:00 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Mike Bates

3 posted on 12/21/2005 7:01:48 AM PST by Fenris6 (3 Purple Hearts in 4 months w/o missing a day of work? He's either John Rambo or a Fraud)
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To: Mike Bates

He's a senile old coot. Nobody cares what he thinks any more; he just hasn't gotten the memo.


4 posted on 12/21/2005 7:03:27 AM PST by RightOnline
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To: Mike Bates
"Cronkite" WHO? oh mr 'Stuck on Stupid' who along with heniz kerry caused the USA to cut & run from Vietman....

Stop using up oxygen you old fool........
5 posted on 12/21/2005 7:10:06 AM PST by geo40xyz
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To: Mike Bates

He'll be dead soon. These rambling statements are just his death rattle.


6 posted on 12/21/2005 7:11:08 AM PST by atomicpossum (Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
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To: Mike Bates

Archie Bunker had him pegged 30 years ago. Meanwhile, Meathead hasn't learned a thing.


10 posted on 12/21/2005 7:30:38 AM PST by WorkingClassFilth (The problem with being a 'big tent' Party is that the clowns are seated with the paying customers.)
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To: Mike Bates

I was in my teens and early twenties in the sixties. Politically naive, of course. But even then I could see that the media was not reporting the news honestly and fairly. That motives were ascribed to opponents of their preferred policies that just weren't so.

I'm fairly intelligent, but Einstein doesn't have to worry. There's lots of lots smarter people out there than me. If I could see the truth so clearly, why couldn't they?

It is, though, very nice to know that you were right all along. Vindication. Much better than revenge.


11 posted on 12/21/2005 7:40:53 AM PST by chesley (Liberals...what's not to loathe?)
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To: Mike Bates
The "Mainstream Newsmedia" ignored the historic Iraqi election of 2005 and covered it up with hype (and tripe) about the homosexual cowboy movie.

There was a time when the American people had little access to information other than propaganda, cover-ups, censorship, and news blackouts such as that, and they were dangerously misled.

Today, the American people have unprecedented access to truth. All across America, people hear the broadcasts of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, Neil Boorts, et al., and the internet brings uncensored, chaotic information--in the kind of diversity that the Left talks about but abhors--to everybody.

The Left hates uncensored information. The reason why is obvious.

12 posted on 12/21/2005 7:43:42 AM PST by Savage Beast (9/11 was never repeated--thanks to President George W. Bush.)
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To: Mike Bates

Crinkite has leap off the deep end with both feet. He's a Left Wing agitator who unfortunately has lost his mine and I can't answer which happened first.


13 posted on 12/21/2005 7:45:33 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Mike Bates

In my younger days (1974)I went to see him speak at the LBJ library in Austin...luckily he was "streaked" right in the middle of his speech. It was hilarious.


14 posted on 12/21/2005 7:47:26 AM PST by Liberty Valance ("Can't hide Freedom's song." ~ Starwise)
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Let's all pray that that wind farm that Cronkite so vehemently opposes is placed right smack dab on his Martha's Vineyard,Massachusetts property.

For those not familiar with the Gay State,Martha's Vineyard has become *the* summer playground for the world's rich and elite and,as a result,real estate there is among the most expensive you'll find anywhere in the world. And a check of the state property records shows that he and his wife own at least one parcel there.

16 posted on 12/21/2005 8:00:25 AM PST by Gay State Conservative
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To: Mike Bates

He was a moron in 73 and he just keeps getting dumber. Network news is as irrelevant as the talking heads who anchor it.


17 posted on 12/21/2005 8:02:28 AM PST by Casloy
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To: Mike Bates
I was only a kid when Cronkite took over from Douglass Edwards.

Even at that age, it was clear to me that he was a liberal propagandist. I distinctly recall wondering why they replaced Edwards who did seem to be neutral as well as a good newscaster.

Now that I think about it, the fact that Cronkite was a leftist was probably why they did replace Edwards with him.

18 posted on 12/21/2005 8:04:31 AM PST by yarddog
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To: Mike Bates
Uncle Walter's only notable contribution to society these days is the drool running down the front of his shirt and the stench from his Depends.

He is not a credible figure in any way, shape or form, and he embarrasses himself everytime he opens his mouth to speak.

Shut up, Walter, and stop deluding yourself.
22 posted on 12/21/2005 8:21:51 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Darwinism is a belief in the meaninglessness of existence - R. Kirk)
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To: Mike Bates
Cronkite stated, pretty much categorically, right after his retirement that he was a socialist...
He didn't beat around the bush or try to justify it, he said so, loud and clear..
He's a socialist..

He was quite good at reading cue cards and later, teleprompters, and delivered the news ( as the networks saw it ) with a certain eloquence..
He very rarely voiced a personal opinion.. ( except near the end of vietnam, I seem to recall his voicing his opposition to our presence there and his opinion we should get out.. )

At any rate, I never listened to anything he said after I found out he was a socialist, and could care less what his opinion on anything is today..

23 posted on 12/21/2005 8:37:04 AM PST by Drammach (Freedom; not just a job, it's an adventure..)
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To: Mike Bates
In retirement, he has come out of the liberal closet

When was he ever in the liberal closet?

30 posted on 01/15/2006 7:20:30 PM PST by stevem
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