One of the most amusing incidents involving Walter Cronkite took place during the 1994 elections. Ann Richards was the incumbent Texas governor. She was the darling of the Democrats having given the “silver spoon in his mouth” slur against Bush senior in the 1992 Democrat convention, but she was widely hated in Texas for her anti-property-owner pandering to environmentalists and for her pandering to minorities and NOW. Cronkite was providing commentary for CBS as election returns were coming in across the country. Each time he had returns on the Texas gubernatorial race he would nearly have an orgasm as he intoned the words, “Ann Richards, the most popular governor in Texas history.” The Democrats were taking a shellacking in Congress and George W Bush quickly took a strong lead on wrinkly Ann. Cronkite was incredulous that this was happening, saying that he knew that late returns were in the offing that would push Ann to victory. It was wonderful seeing the dismay on Cronkites partisan face when W beat Ann Richards 54% to 45%!
The “Silver foot in his mouth” speech was at the 1988 convention, not 1992.