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November 01, 2004

The Voice ofAmerica?

Walter Cronkite was once the most respected voice in America. Now he spouts stuff like this:

CRONKITE: What we just heard. So now the question is basically right now, how will this affect the election? And I have a feeling that it could tilt the election a bit. In fact, I'm a little inclined to think that Karl Rove, the political manager at the White House, who is a very clever man, he probably set up bin Laden to this thing.

Of course, since Bush and Rove have had bin Laden in hidden custody for the past two years, making this tape probably was not too hard to do. No wonder the CIA so quickly verified it as authentic.

Even though I think Cronkite was probably making the comment in tounge-in-cheek fashion, with his well known bias to the Democrats it was irresponsible for him to voice that meme. Many won't "get it," instead embracing it as tacit endorsement of fever-swamp conspiracy theories from a (once) voice of reason.

Posted by bubba138 at November 1, 2004 03:04 PM