Walter Cronkite on Larry King; talking

[babylonsister]

about how messed up Iraq is and how we should get out NOW!

[AspenRose]

1. "And THAT's the way it is...."

Thanks Walter!

[Botany]

2. Listen to the timber in the voice ...

Now is a chance to get out of Iraq now.

bless you Papa News.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

3. I miss Walter so much.

He's the last of the true journalists. There's absolutely nobody out there that comes close.

[femrap]

23. I love Walter...

he is part of an Inter-faith organization that really kicks those hypocritical religious righties in the butts.

Maybe this new movie, 'Good Night and Good Luck' will awaken the Press and get them to take their responsibilities seriously again.

[dflprincess]

4. Will Bush have the sense to realize what LBJ did?

"If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost the country."

[Tatiana]

5. Walter Cronkite: "We are an ignorant nation at this time." n/t

[highplainsdem]

6. "We're an ignorant nation now."

True -- the electorate is undereducated and uninformed, and we ARE in danger of losing our democracy.

[Spazito]

7. Thanks for the reminder!

I am watching now, he is so extraordinary, so fascinating and his credibility is beyond question.

[jarnocan]

8. great

http://www.thepeacealliance.org/events/conf/cronkite_tr... here is a link about him from the Peace alliance/ Dept of Peace people http://jarnocan.blogspot.com there are toll free numbers you can call BTW to ask for an Exit Plan. http://www.millionphonemarch.com/

[YvonneCa]

9. Thank you, Sir!

Walter Cronkite will be heard by the public and listened to by others in the media. I have been waiting for him to speak out about the state of our country. He is a very knowledgeable man about our country, its history, and foreign policy. I was afraid we might lose him before he decided to speak up.

[Sydnie]

10. It was magical!

I was transported back to a time when the news was the news and not an extension of Access Hollywood.

How I miss his voice!

He's absolutely correct, we are so dumbed down that most should not be allowed to vote for anyone running for any office.

How I wish he would do a documentary about this war and show these "youngins" how a real news man does it.

[Botany]

11. Papa News Rules

He saw it all in WW II and then worked w/ the best and saw it
as a calling to report the facts to the best of his ability
unlike soooooo many now.

BTW i think Walter would like to sit on the porch of the Summer
House @ Gull Bay.

[Sydnie]

12. I believe he would too as long as

there was a sailboat involved.

[Bozita]

18. Walter's definitely a guy I'd like to have a beer with

A living American treasure.

[stickdog]

30. I used to have a friend who drank Carling's Black Label beer

in cans.

I was over at his house one day with another friend who started giving him shit about always drinking such a "no class beer." So the next time we came by, he had printed out a bunch of photo of Walter Conkrite and wrapped one around each can of Black Label and taped it in place. Then he said, "OK, from now on we're drinking Cronkites, and you can't name me one beer in the world with more class than that."

[Nothing Without Hope]

29. He would surely never lack for an adoring audience there.

Can you imagine listening to his stories and insights? This generation has no idea what it was to have a familiar news figure you felt you could trust to tell you what was really happening. His integrity was and is unquestioned.

Yes, he'd be a major hit at Gull Bay. Even stranded Norweigian skiiers could not begin to compere with that gentleman.

[tabasco]

13. Thank you Mr. Cronkite !!

Why don't men like Walter Cronkite become President??

[dretceterini]

21. Why don't people like Cronkite become president?

because they are honest and can't be corrupted??

[davikim]

14. Listenning to Walter tonite

I got homesick for America.

[tnlefty]

16. Welcome to DU, davikim.

[davikim]

19. thanks

I'm from a rigid RW area and needed someone to talk intelligently with....this is a great place

[Turn CO Blue]

20. Welcome to DU!

obligatory waving smiley:

[MidnightWind]

15. Replay tonight at Midnight Eastern on CNN

Watch it people-it's a great interview.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. When Cronkite turned against Vietnam War, was beginning of the end.

[FreedomAngel82]

27. Yes

I saw him on the PBS sixties special and he was truly the best from everything I've read on him and all he's done. I wish we could have another Cronkite. I think Jennings could've been the next. God rest his soul.

[young_at_heart]

22. Walter Cronkite is missed......a LOT!

Who did we watch when Kennedy was killed? Who did we watch when man first went into space and when man first walked on the moon? Who did we know we could trust to be honest and reliable? Walter Cronkite.

[roguevalley]

24. I remember him and Eric Sevareid and Edward R Murrow and all of them. I

was watching when Kennedy died and Uncle Walter, which is what we always called him, cried. I thought the world was going to be over when he did that. He is a treasure.

[medeak]

25. yep...will never forget

came home at lunch at 4th grade and heard uncle Walt break the news...

all alone but he was my family at the time.. he's a member of my family and always will be.

[Bozita]

26. Severeid: No society is more than seven meals away from chaos

Words to that effect.

Saw it on one of the newschannels in the last few weeks.

Discussion was obviously about NOLA. Quote was shown on screen with appropriate attributes to Eric Severeid.

Anybody familiar with the direct quote?

[FreedomAngel82]

28. Mike Malloy just mentioned this

About Kennedy and the moon.