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<DIV>Another of the Old Guard gone:</DIV>
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<DIV>Anyone here remember the Huntley/Brinkley newscasts from the 60s? I always
preferred them to Cronkite. </DIV>
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<DIV>In 1988, SNL did a nice parody of Brinkley, here covering the Bush/Dukakis
debate. Jennings was played by host Tom Hanks, and Brinkley by the great Phil
Hartman:</DIV>
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<DIV>Peter Jennings: Well, this concludes our debate, and with me is my
colleague, David Brinkley, a veteran in many such debates. David what were your
impressions?<BR><BR>David Brinkley: Well, what we saw were two men doing
everything they could to avoid saying what they would do if elected. Because
they know if they did, we wouldn't elect them. But that's nothing new, of
course, Peter. Every president from Washington to Ronald Reagan has been either
a liar or a fool, and usually both!<BR><BR>Peter Jennings: Well, David,
throughout your career, you've been known for your cynicism, but certainly you
haven't lost <I>that</I> much faith in the presidency.<BR><BR>David Brinkley:
Well, Peter, as I get older, I find I've lost faith in a good many things -
country, family, religion, the love of a man for a woman.. I've reached a point
where it's struggle to get up in the morning, to continue to plow to a dreary,
nasty, brutal life.. of terrible desperation.. at the end of which we're all
just food for maggots!<BR><BR>Peter Jennings: Food for maggots, indeed. Well,
thank you, David. </DIV>
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