Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-07-17 05:17:50 +0000
I had a brief discussion about Mr. Rogers with pchippy a few weeks back, about how we had both heard that Fred Rogers was the real deal, and in fact very similar to the man on the PBS show. This again shows that; there wasn't a fascade with Fred.
I do not think less of Nixon for trying to cut the Public Broadcasting budget in half (ah, remember when Republican's were fiscally conservative?) in 1969, but the video clip shows just how powerful Fred was, talking to a senior Senator just as he did to a 4 year old. And Mr. Rogers got his 20 mil.
Excellent post.