"To say that we are mired in stalemate seems the only realistic, yet unsatisfactory, conclusion… It is increasingly clear to this reporter that the only rational way out then will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy, and did the best they could." — Walter Cronkite, CBS Evening News, February 27, 1968
Within five weeks of Cronkite's broadcast, President Johnson:
- A
Vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1968
- B
Resigned from office
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Announced he would not seek re-election in 1968
- D
Ordered the bombing of Hanoi to be intensified
Explanation
On March 31, 1968, LBJ announced a partial bombing halt and that he would not seek a second term, decisions linked to plummeting public support after Tet and the Cronkite editorial.