I like Caddell. Don't always agree with him, but he seems like the rare honest and discerning democrat. Am I wrong? What do the Freepers know?
I agree with you... I've been a Caddell fan since Election 2000, especially during the recount.
It would be good to have more democrats of his persuasion. There needs to be honest discourse in this country, not the juvenile stuff the current crop of democrats spout.
"I'm a liberal Democrat. I started in Florida politics. I worked for George McGovern. I worked for Jimmy Carter. I've worked for Ted Kennedy, Mario Cuomo. Nobody can question, I think, my credentials and my convictions. But I have to tell you, at this point it's hard to believe, but my party, the party that [my family has] belonged to since my great-great-grandfather, ... has become no longer a party of principles, but has been hijacked by a confederacy of gangsters who need to take power by whatever means and whatever canards they can."
Pat Caddell on Chris Matthews' "Hardball" -- Nov. 27, 2000.
Pat Caddell is one of the very few intellectually honest Dims. I like him too.
I enjoy watching him and have for years. The problem is watching him. He should do more radio.
I hate to burst some bubbles here, but one of the most outrageous things I ever saw on TV was what Pat Cadell did on the eve of the Iraq war (literally a day or 2 before the start). Pat was on Hardball with Chrissy and foaming at the mouth (literally) screaming that the war was a "tissue of lies" by the Bush administration and the government had been hijacked by the "Jacobins" Really outrageous stuff. He was supposed to be on talking about polls with Lutz but Chrissy let him run on totally unchallenged. Lutz finally had to step in an say something. Like "calm down Pat. We are here to talk about the polls"
Pat was then on Hardball again shortly after the war started playing military expert criticizing tactics and troop levels. He started on the "coup" and "Jacobins" stuff again and finally Chrissy had to cut him off. After those episodes he disappeared for a while (months and months) and the new Pat Cadell (a very different man with a different demeanor) showed up on FOX.
Pat has always been an honest critic for the most part, especially about his own party and even more so now. I think he went temporarily crazy around the start of war... One thing's for sure, he's a changed man.
No, you are correct about Caddell and tons of Republicans agree with you. He is so wrong about tons of issues, however, Caddell tells it like it is and is honest.