Showing posts with label Walter Cronkite. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Walter Cronkite. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

God, I miss Bill Clinton

Say what you will about the man (actually, please don't), but dang if Bill Clinton doesn't know how to work an audience -- and make you hang on his every word (unless you are a Conservative Republican and/or male).

I happened to catch CNN this morning, just as Fredricka Whitfield cutaway to the former President delivering a tribute to late CBS newsman Walter Cronkite, who died earlier this summer, and I could not change the channel. Bill Clinton's speech was not only poignant and thoughtful, it was funny.

I am a fan of President Obama, and think he is a good orator, but he pales next to the master.

If you missed Bill Clinton's speech and/or care to have a listen, here's the clip: