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milestogo

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9. In a way its like the decline of the serious news anchor.

Reply to smirkymonkey (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 28, 2016, 09:32 PM

Dec 2016

There will never be another Walter Cronkite.

The day 9/11 happened I went home and watched Peter Jennings. Not perfect but a man with enough gravitas to handle the subject for hours of unscripted television. I was glad he was there that day.

If something similar happened now there is no news channel or newsperson I would want to hear.

And if something like 9/11 happened under Trump I couldn't stand to look at him or listen to him.

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It will be a long time until there is another SoS like John Kerry [View all] milestogo Dec 2016 OP

Sigh. LisaM Dec 2016 #1

+1,000,000 Auggie Dec 2016 #2

Yes, indeed!! Kerry truly is one of a kind. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #3

Yes, he will be missed. CentralMass Dec 2016 #4

I think we have seen the end of the statesman. smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #5

In a way its like the decline of the serious news anchor. milestogo Dec 2016 #9

How low we have sunk. smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #10

This is what I think, too. -nt CrispyQ Dec 2016 #20

He would have done a commendable job as President... ailsagirl Dec 2016 #6

Gore, Kerry, Clinton - milestogo Dec 2016 #7

Honestly, I was hopeful it would never again happen ailsagirl Dec 2016 #8

that was a killer NewJeffCT Dec 2016 #13

Agreed he is all class and many of the other senators and congressman including republicans know lancelyons Dec 2016 #11

The incoming administration bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #12

I think he was the best statesman that the war baby/baby boom generation produced karynnj Dec 2016 #14

Well said. milestogo Dec 2016 #15

Yes mcar Dec 2016 #16

very impressive mehrrh Dec 2016 #17

And one doesn't acquire all that knowledge without caring deeply about it. milestogo Dec 2016 #18

yes indeed. n/t MBS Dec 2016 #21

John Kerry bdamomma Dec 2016 #19

The Real Thing, for sure. MBS Dec 2016 #22

He has been an outstanding SoS MBS Dec 2016 #23

I hope so. milestogo Dec 2016 #24