Posted on 02/27/2006 8:47:18 AM PST by 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."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
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?
What's CNN?
CNN? If he is on CNN he is irrelevant.
IBTZ!
Hello, and goodbye troll!
Ran through 2 sets of lights with the Bike underneath his car and people yelling at him.
CNN's answer to O'Reilly.
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!
Thanks, what a turd and a drunk.
.... 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
Sniff, sniff... IB4TZ.
Thanks, I appreciate a civil response.
No!!! Leave him right where he is so he can continue to hasten CNN's decline.
Somebody said he'd dried out recently. He's still a turd, tho.
"Bald, dumb and irrelevant!"
Bald, dumb and irrelevant is no way to go through life.
(Hat tip - Animal House)
Not only a boozer, but a before lunch boozer!
Do you want to "basically" provide the quote of the A.G.?
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!
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