[Magdalen] positive spin

[James Handsfield]

The deciding factor came when Walter Cronkite figuratively stepped out from behind the anchor desk to state an opinion (the one and only time he did this) to criticize the Vietnam War on location in Vietnam.  Johnson said to an aide “If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost the nation,”

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Education is its own reward, both for the individual and for society.

Jim Handsfield
jhandsfield at att.net

> On Apr 12, 2018, at 9:21 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
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> LBJ was intimidated by the New Hampshire  Primary when Gene McCarthy showed such strength, and then Bobby Kennedy declared his candidacy, that  he announced he would not seek re-election.