Commentary: St. Paul, Minnesota -- the land of make believe (Cafferty Blasts GOP)

CNN ^ | Tue September 2, 2008 | Jack Cafferty

[nickcarraway]

This week the Republicans gather for their convention. For four days, they will labor under the illusion their party is still relevant. It's not.

It is entirely fitting that the headliner for this masquerade is a feeble looking 72-year-old white guy who doesn't know how many homes he owns.

It's more than symbolic that when a million Americans are losing their homes to foreclosure, the Republican candidate for president has lost track of his holdings.

McCain surrounds himself with people like former Republican Sen. Phil Gramm who called America a "nation of whiners" and said we are only suffering a "mental recession."

That's the same problem the Republican Party has. It has lost track of what it used to stand for: small government, a disciplined fiscal policy, integrity.

In a way, the perfect storm of a rapidly changing population -- old white people aren't going to be in the majority very much longer (and isn't that who most of the Republicans are?) -- has combined with the total abdication of principles, Republican or otherwise, of arguably the worst president in the nation's history to mark the beginning of the end of the Republican Party as we know it.

Republican Congressman Tom Davis of Virginia said it best: "The Republican brand is in the trash can. If we were dog food, they would take us off the shelf."

It is so bad that more than 10 percent of the Republican members of the United States Senate aren't even bothering to attend their own party's convention. They recognize dog food when they see it.

And it almost doesn't matter who the next president is. We are witnessing the beginnings of a sea change in this country.

A wakeup call has sounded for young people who are suddenly interested enough in politics to

[nickcarraway]

Have at it.

Cafferty was a News Anchor in the 80s in new York. Does anybody remember which channel and who his co-anchor was?

[Laserman]

Where is the BARF Alert?

[gunnedah]

Everytime I look at Cafferty’s face he reminds me of a man that is constipated. He seems to be so uncomfortable all the time.

[GoCards]

Are you freakin kidding me. I am hoppin mad!!!!! And I guess sent it back to Wolfie, Wolfie said. “Well Said Jack” Just Damn!

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

Cafferty is who he is. but you know. I respect him because of that. I disagree with him. but I like his style.

[Rutles4Ever]

It is entirely fitting that the headliner for this masquerade is a feeble looking 72-year-old white guy

It sounds like Cafferty's plagiarizing his own autobiography.

[Lion Den Dan]

If Cafferty has “sea change” as he sees it, he will have a sea of blood. We, as a country, would discover the truth of Mr. Jefferson’s words regarding blood letting.

[Corporate Law]

Those homes are owned by his wife's trusts, kept away from by their prenup. Furthermore, they were apparently all bought without any favors, as opposed to as certain person's mansion. Jack, if you put down the bottle for five minutes and did some actual research, you might understand this.

[mimaw]

It's fitting that Jack Cafferty is a commentator on CNN. He is a lying drunken looking hit and run driver who fits in very well with the rest of the scum at CNN.

[unixfox]

They recognize dog food when they see it.

Yep Jack, and we also recognize dog sh!t when we see it too. Plus it smells bad.

[K-oneTexas]

Land of Make Believe, huh. What was Denver and the Greek Temple? The Land of The Schlameel or some other equally relevant altered dimension?

[Sir Clancelot]

WNBC in New York. I think he worked with Chuck Scarborough for awhile.

[AngryJawa]

This douchenozzle is considered fair and balanced at CNN.

[Fresh Wind]

Hey Jack! Run over any bicycle riders in your Cadillac lately?

[MNlurker]

I’m at a breaking point where I can see every profanity laced sentence I have running through my head being typed onto this thread...things that I’d do to a POS like Cafferty and others like him.

I’m going to stop typing now before I really step in it.

I’m disgusted and I hope that we are ready for a war...not the one of just ideas but a knock down drag out fight that this trash on the left has deserved for a long time. I will no longer bite my tongue when people extoll the virtues of O and his followers...I will tell them what I really think...hopefully in a respectful way...I tell you its really hard to do at this point.

[massgopguy]

An elderly aunt also lives in one of those house for free. Who lives in the five Kerry mansions. Oh, I’m sorry. Those are “his family’s” houses. Like the SUV’s.

[roses of sharon]

Why post liberal trash?

[Canedawg]

NBC, Sue simmons?

[mewzilla]

Speaking of homes, don't suppose CNN's reported on this...

TRICKY CHARLIE'S CARIB 'HIDEAWAY'(SHADY FILINGS ON BEACH-VILLA RENTAL INCOME; Charlie Rangel, D-NY)

Or Charlie's four rent controlled apartments...

Or Robert Wexler's carpetbagger status...

[Berlin_Freeper]

Cafferty pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and misdemeanor charges of reckless driving, assault and harassment after striking a cyclist and knocking him off his bike on May 14, 2003. The bicyclist was slightly injured. A traffic officer and several pedestrians ran after Cafferty's car, but he ran at least two red lights without stopping, according to a police complaint. Cafferty was sentenced to a $250 fine and 70 hours of community service.