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TIL on Walter Cronkite's Final Presidential Election Broadcast...
Posted on 7/3/20 at 11:50 am
Posted on 7/3/20 at 11:50 am
it was the Great State of Louisiana that proved the decisive result to push CBS's electoral tally over the magic number of 270 and officially call a President-Elect
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1980, the night Ronald Reagan absolutely massacred incumbent President Jimmy Carter in the election
By the time CBS actually called Louisiana (and thus the election)... both Carter & Mondale had already given their separate concession speeches as the result was already beyond doubt but CBS wouldn't pull the trigger on a call until the magic number was hit.
and would you believe it... just 3 days before... the FINAL CBS/NYT pre-election polls showed a dead heat
oh... and near the start of this video... Cronkite throws over to another guy who was asked what a Reagan Administration would look like... and part of the following diatribe was "In comes the 10 Commandments, out goes the Bill of Rights"
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It was Louisiana, according to our CBS News count of the states that put him over the top. Louisiana's electoral votes, ten electoral votes, added to the 265 he had before. That's a total of some 26 states he has now won, 27 with Louisiana now, and 275 electoral votes to merely 35 electoral votes for Jimmy Carter.
1980, the night Ronald Reagan absolutely massacred incumbent President Jimmy Carter in the election
By the time CBS actually called Louisiana (and thus the election)... both Carter & Mondale had already given their separate concession speeches as the result was already beyond doubt but CBS wouldn't pull the trigger on a call until the magic number was hit.
and would you believe it... just 3 days before... the FINAL CBS/NYT pre-election polls showed a dead heat
oh... and near the start of this video... Cronkite throws over to another guy who was asked what a Reagan Administration would look like... and part of the following diatribe was "In comes the 10 Commandments, out goes the Bill of Rights"
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Posted on 7/3/20 at 12:02 pm to rt3
Pinkie Cronkite and Rather were so bummed out about Reagan. They contained it better than the rabble did in 2016, though.
Way better.
Way better.
Posted on 7/3/20 at 12:18 pm to rt3
Notice how the republicans were identified as blue until the 92 election.
Posted on 7/3/20 at 12:23 pm to rt3
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In comes the 10 Commandments, out goes the Bill of Rights
That's an odd statement comparing Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan. If anything, you'd think it would be the other way around.
Posted on 7/3/20 at 12:24 pm to rt3
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Walter Cronkite
Operation Mockingbird
Posted on 7/3/20 at 12:51 pm to rt3
quote:he didn't do 1980?
Walter Cronkite's Final Presidential Election Broadcast
Posted on 7/3/20 at 12:56 pm to rt3
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.. and near the start of this video... Cronkite throws over to another guy who was asked what a Reagan Administration would look like... and part of the following diatribe was "In comes the 10 Commandments, out goes the Bill of Rights"
Today's left considers that a good thing.
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