Caustic Commentator ("Jack Cafferty, CNN's resident curmudgeon, is drawing some flak..."

Wash Post ^ | 2/26/06 | Howard Kurtz

[Cableguy]

Jack Cafferty, CNN's resident curmudgeon, is drawing some flak for his rhetorical bombshells.

In a typical rant, Cafferty, a New York local anchor for two decades who now delivers his short bursts on "The Situation Room," said of the Bush administration: "Who cares if the Patriot Act gets renewed? Want to abuse our civil liberties -- just do it! Who cares about the Geneva conventions? Want to torture prisoners -- just do it! Who cares about rules concerning the identity of CIA agents? Want to reveal the name of a covert operative -- just do it!"

Before any legal charges were brought against Tom DeLay, Cafferty said of the Texas congressman: "Has he been indicted yet?" He told Wolf Blitzer that if presidential adviser Karl Rove is indicted, "he might want to get measured for one of those extra large orange jumpsuits, Wolf, 'cause looking at old Karl, I'm not sure that they'd be able to zip him into the regular size one."

And when Dick Cheney, after his hunting accident, granted an interview to Fox's Brit Hume, Cafferty said it "didn't exactly represent a profile in courage for the vice president to wander over there to the F-word network." ("Get your mind out of the gutter," he says now. "The F-word is Fox.")

Responds Fox spokeswoman Irena Briganti: "Jack is about as unstable as CNN's programming lineup -- nobody pays much attention to his incoherent ramblings."

[Cableguy]

[Rummyfan]

Who cares about Jack Cafferty's rantings? Just dump him from CNN!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Cafferty is a stumbling drunk who exhibits serious brain damage.

[jigsaw]

Like a small child, Cafferty just wants attention and he's not intelligent enough to get it via rational dialog.

[johnny7]

Jack is emulating Stewart of the Daily Show... or at least he thinks he is. Everything out of his mouth is a flat, smarmy quip... it's snide commentary... NOT news.

[ncountylee]

Other than his behavior, is there evidence that Jack Cafferty is a boozer?

[Patriot from Philly]

Isn't he the crazy uncle in CNN's attic. The one they let out when they want a real nasty anti-Bush rant, but want to distance their more respectable anchors for the real nonsense.

[Bommer]

And when Dick Cheney, after his hunting accident, granted an interview to Fox's Brit Hume, Cafferty said it "didn't exactly represent a profile in courage for the vice president to wander over there to the F-word network."

Bald, dumb and irrelevant! Nobody but trapped airport passengers watch CNN!

[headstamp]

"Responds Fox spokeswoman Irena Briganti: "Jack is about as unstable as CNN's programming lineup -- nobody pays much attention to his incoherent ramblings."

Oh, that'll leave a mark.

Cafferty is yet another Dumb Dildock in a long line of Dumb Dildocks from the whiney MSM. Another incoherent liberal moonbat.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Hit and Run Cafferty couldn't find his a$$ with both hands if you spotted him nine fingers.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

He was fired for drunkenness at previous broadcast jobs. He was arrested for running over someone on a bicycle and driving several miles with the bike stuck under his car.

[headstamp]

I think he is trying to be a real life "Howard Beale".

[mewzilla]

CNN Anchor Admits Leaving Scene Of Accident (Oops!); Jack Cafferty Pleads Guilty

[The Electrician]

"It doesn't matter what you say," he insists, "you're going to [tick] someone off."

Only if you're a loud-mouthed jerk who is prone to spouting nonsense, Jack...

[Mike Darancette]

CNN's drive by lefty.

[KC_Conspirator]

Cafferty is a hate America, I hate Republicans democrat. I actually did not think he started out in CNN this way, but he has been increasingly worse.

[babaloo]

Evey quote I have read by Irena Briganti is a classic. She takes no prisoners.

[My Favorite Headache]

Total tool. He has bashed this Administration on every level possible (even making some crap up as well as he goes along), he always chooses the viewer mail that rips apart the GOP or President in general. He is a shill for MoveOn.org,and people wonder what the situation is at the situation room? He is certainly a big part of it. Wolf gives him a total of 15 mins a day to spew his b.s. and venom at the world via a camera and microphone.

Both need to be taken from him and put him at the Former Broadcasters Rest Home.

[Salvey]

I find those baggy pouches under his eyes especially attractive.

[ER Doc]

"Who cares if the Patriot Act gets renewed? Want to abuse our civil liberties -- just do it! Who cares about the Geneva conventions? Want to torture prisoners -- just do it!

Actually, he's probably got a point here. This is basically what Attorney General Gonzales argued, both before and during the Judiciary Committee hearings on the NSA. He interprets the Constitution to say that, in time of war, the role of Commander-in-Chief gives the President the power to do whatever is necessary to combat our enemies, including ignoring, when necessary, laws passed by Congress, and international laws and treaties. Or did I misunderstand what the Attorney General said?

[printhead]

What's CNN?

[longtermmemmory]

CNN? If he is on CNN he is irrelevant.

[EricT.]

ER Doc
Since Jan 28, 2006

IBTZ!

Hello, and goodbye troll!

[april15Bendovr]

Ran through 2 sets of lights with the Bike underneath his car and people yelling at him.

[KenmcG414]

CNN's answer to O'Reilly.

[Galveston Grl]

It is not nice to make fun of the mentaly ill. I hope CNN keeps him because he gets his ideas from the lunatic rants he hears behind the scenes at CNN/DU.

I love seeing Blitzer sit with a straight news face as this nut rants on his show. It is like pantsing Blitzer while he is putting on an air of professional unbiased news presentation. Keep it up, CNN!

[ncountylee]

Thanks, what a turd and a drunk.

[Little John]

.... Actually, he's probably got a point here. This is basically what Attorney General Gonzales argued, both before and during the Judiciary Committee hearings on the NSA. He interprets the Constitution to say that, in time of war, the role of Commander-in-Chief gives the President the power to do whatever is necessary to combat our enemies, including ignoring, when necessary, laws passed by Congress, and international laws and treaties. Or did I misunderstand what the Attorney General said?....

Imo, you understand the AG correctly ..... and the AG correctly understands the President's powers when the country is at war.

Regards
Little John

[butternut_squash_bisque]

Sniff, sniff... IB4TZ.

[ER Doc]

Thanks, I appreciate a civil response.

[LIConFem]

No!!! Leave him right where he is so he can continue to hasten CNN's decline.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Somebody said he'd dried out recently. He's still a turd, tho.

[JayNorth]

About five people tried to stop Cafferty by running after the car, according to the complaint, but the newsman continued through at least two red lights, while dragging the bicycle underneath the vehicle.

It's the arrogance of these folks. In their "minds" they are above all the little people. A number of high profile democrats socialists (George Stephanopoulos comes to mind) have done the exact same thing.

[JayNorth]

Nobody but trapped airport passengers watch CNN!

On a flight through the midwest recently I was pleasantly surprised to see the Fox News Channel in the terminal instead of The Indoctrination Channel.

[torchthemummy]

"Bald, dumb and irrelevant!"

Bald, dumb and irrelevant is no way to go through life.

(Hat tip - Animal House)

[operation clinton cleanup]

Cafferty later told police that he had seen a man on a bike who may have been a messenger weaving in and out of traffic as Cafferty drove south along Ninth Avenue around 10:25 a.m. When Cafferty looked in his mirror, he saw the man getting up off the ground but was unaware he had hit the bicyclist, the anchor told police.

Not only a boozer, but a before lunch boozer!

[operation clinton cleanup]

This is basically what Attorney General Gonzales argued, both before and during the Judiciary Committee hearings on the NSA.

Do you want to "basically" provide the quote of the A.G.?

[nopardons]

He hit someone on a bike and didn't realize it?

ON NINTH AVENUE?

For those who don't know that area of Manhattan, is is usually traffic clogged and if you hit something, YOU KNOW IT!

[ncountylee]

Not only a boozer, but a before lunch boozer!

Cafferty's old boss, Ted Turner, was also a very heavy boozer. Years ago after winning The America's Cup, he fell out of his chair at the award ceremony held at the NY Yatch Club. He was also too drunk to even talk and it only about noon.

[operation clinton cleanup]

Years ago after winning The America's Cup, he fell out of his chair at the award ceremony held at the NY Yatch Club.

Haha! How soon after the race was that? Guess that show how important his role as "Captain" was... or did he get that gig by paying for the boat?

[ncountylee]

The ceremony was a few days after the race series. Ted actually was one of the best sailors in the world and earned his spot as skipper. No one even suspected that he was a screaming liberal back then.

How's that for a laugh.

[Octar]

This jerkwad drunk is not smart enough to be a curmudgeon. They are usually capable of wry humour. This ignorant clown does not understand much of anything. Have a few more drinks before work tomorrow, bracing, don'cha know.
Bum

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>Isn't he the crazy uncle in CNN's attic.

No, they put him on camera.

[Captainpaintball]

So... you look up the sign up dates and threaten their status in this web community because you disagree with them? BTW, who are you to do this?

Aactually, if you even read what ER Doc wrote, you would probably agree with him. He is not agreeing with Cafferty that "abuses" are taking place, IMO, He is agreeing with Cafferty that Bush has the power to "just do it."

Read, think, then type. I jumped the gun a few days ago, and it can be an embarrassing experience. I am only trying to help.