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."
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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.
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?
How's that for a laugh.
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
>>>Isn't he the crazy uncle in CNN's attic.
No, they put him on camera.
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.
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