Amid the paroxysms of reminiscence about Walter Cronkite, one must reflect on his role as a skilled news reader. As such, he was an elocutionary paragon, less actor than salesman.
Where is there a salesman who would not have done anything for his on-air sincerity and avuncular integrity? He was Uncle Walter, in the right place at right time to become one of our many icons, a sort of household god such as the old Romans kept on their mantle, someone to turn to at dinnertime five days a week to find out how things were.
Yay Walter, he’s our man; if he can’t convince us what to think, nobody can! was our shout-out, lo these many years ago.
Blithe Spirit 
Hey, Jim, we’ve finally found a public figure we can both agree on….! This makes me enormously happy, inasmuch as I was wondering how two guys from the same town & school could see their world so differently. On the other hand, spending all one’s time with those who always agree with you is infinitely more boring….
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