CNN's Jack Cafferty Bashes Limbaugh's Audience as 'Right-Wing Nuts'

NewsBusters.org ^ | 3/10/2009 | Matthew Balan

[Pyro7480]

CNN commentator Jack Cafferty returned to his routine of bashing conservatives and Republicans in a column published on CNN.com on Tuesday titled “GOP becoming a cartoon.” He accused the Republican Party of “pandering to the right wing nuts that comprise Rush Limbaugh’s radio audience,” and listed this as the primary reason that the GOP lost the 2008 presidential election. Cafferty also bashed Republicans for being too busy “obstructing Obama's programs and criticizing the Democrats’ spending plans that are aimed at trying to bring the country out of a horrible recession.”

The commentator began by criticizing three notable Republicans -- Bobby Jindal, Sarah Palin, and Michael Steele. He labeled the Louisiana governor “embarrassing” for a small grammatical error. Cafferty denounced Palin (a regular target of his ire during the presidential campaign), accusing her of performing a “tawdry grab at a few dollars that didn’t belong to her,” after the Alaska governor decided to reimburse the taxpayer dollars she used to pay for the travel expenses of her children. But he saved the most stinging language for the Republican Party chairman, simultaneously jabbing Limbaugh in the process: “Michael Steele, the newly elected chairman of the Republican National Committee, down on his knees apologizing to the helium-filled poster boy of the conservative right? Pathetic.”

[Vision Thing]

LOL! I’m snacking on sunflower seeds as I read this.

You are what you eat!

[Armedanddangerous]

wasnt cafferty the guy who ran over a bicyclist in NYC once and drove on?

[Armedanddangerous]

Sort of a reverse Mandingo thing there..eh Jack?

[Christian4Bush]

I think he’s the guy that got drunk and ran over somebody on a bike in NYC, then took off.

In that case, Jack Cafferty really is "DriveBy Media"...or hit and run media...

[zerosix]

Yes and quipped, "He shouldn't have been in the way!"

What a guy. With compassion like that, he makes Mother Teresa seem callous.

[AmericanVictory]

CNN has become a cartoon while Fox cable outrates it and PSMNC put together.

[Beaten Valve]

Jack Cafferty couldn’t carry Rush Limbaugh’s jock strap...

[timestax]

And CNN people had better pay their Taxes too! ! $$$ $$$ $$$$ $$$ $$$

[Secret Agent Man]

Who?

[timestax]

[Dr. Scarpetta]

“Michael Steele, the newly elected chairman of the Republican National Committee, down on his knees apologizing to the helium-filled poster boy of the conservative right? Pathetic.”

Unbelievable comment...