My Jimmy Carter story (stories)....

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2. I recall Walter Cronkite saying at the end of each nightly newscast, " It is --- days since the capture

of US citizens by Iranian forces."
Walter Cronkite was the most listened to and respected news broadcaster of the time. His nightly statement seemed to imprint the tragedy on to the national psyche. The tragedy was magnified when the helicopter rescue went bad and did not succeed.
Though I liked and respected Walter Cronkite, I blame that nightly reminder as largely responsible for Jimmy Carter's defeat in 190.