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Cant trust em Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 05:54 PM
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What do you all think about this Jack Cafferty fellow on CNN?
I think he's pretty hilarious. He seems to talk like more of a real person on air compared to the other stuffed shirt talking heads.
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mother earth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 05:56 PM
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1. I think he's great, he's one of the few from CNN I truly like.
He always tells it like it is, other than him I usually watch MSNBC.
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 05:58 PM
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3. That's it. He tells it like it is...
...so even if I don't like what he says, I can still appreciate his frankness.

NGU.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 05:57 PM
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2. I like him. He used to be on in the mornings but I like him on the situation room.
I wish we'd see more of him.
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 06:24 PM
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15. He is the only reason to watch
the situation room. He definately makes Blitzer uncomfortable.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 06:29 PM
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16. Blitzer is like a friendly, fatherly robot. He grows on ya.
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 06:36 PM
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18. I can't stomach him.
Not after growing up watching Konkrite, Rather, etc.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 06:49 PM
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20. I miss Aaron Brown. He would have made a great anchor for CNN.
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Whisp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 08:06 PM
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23. I don't miss Mr. Brown at all.
on the run up to the Iraq debacle war he was reading some viewer mail and one said that (paraphrasing) some people (meaning the MIC, etc.,) really do like war.

and Aaron, either the total innocent on the way the world works or the biggest jackass got all huffy and stated that no one likes war, and if you think htat you are stupid.

ha!
talk about stupid.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:02 PM
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29. I wasn't watching Aaron Brown in the run up to the invasion of Iraq. I heard he
was like all the other MSM people and beat the drum. I did too. I bought Colin Powell's speech hook line and sinker. I though it would take a few weeks and then Iraqis would be free of Saddam. And I certainly didn't think the White House would make as many serious blunders policywise as it did. Or leave Afghanistan hanging unfinished.
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:14 PM
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30. you can't be serious , Wolf is a whore and i like it when Cafferty
makes him feel less important than he is.
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Kaylee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 05:58 PM
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4. You mean the crusty old CNN coot!
Edited on Mon Jul-21-08 06:15 PM by Kaylee
He's made my day more often than not with his take on the current Administration. However, I wouldn't hold him up as a savior of liberalism in the media....I have a feeling he'll be just as hard on Obama.
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Cant trust em Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 06:01 PM
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6. I don't think he'll be cutting us any breaks. But I do like him personally.
I laughed out loud and clapped at least twice today watching him.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 05:59 PM
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5. I like him! He takes no prisoners. nt
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Blarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 06:03 PM
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7. He is a fucking idiot.
He voted for Bush TWICE ...He talks the talk ...but doesn't walk the walk.

Don't be fooled by that hack.
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Blarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 06:05 PM
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8. Oh ...did I say "fuck him" ?
well, fuck him.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 06:06 PM
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9. Maybe he's sorry he contributed
to the ditch slide of America?
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Blarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 06:08 PM
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10. Then he should appoligize...
and hope he is forgiven.

But to be honest ...some things are unforgivable.
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snowbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 08:05 PM
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22. I don't know who he voted for... but I know that he DESPISES Bush now, and I know that..
..he thinks the world of Barack Obama ..

Also, I know that when Stephanie Miller flirted with him and told him she was putting him on her "shortlist for future husbands", you couldn't wipe the smile off of his face for WEEKS!!!



..

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Inspired Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 06:14 PM
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11. He used to be an anchor at a local TV station in Des Moines.
And he actually was a very handsome guy. I liked him then and go back and forth now.
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NattPang Donating Member (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 06:16 PM
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12. He is the best that CNN has.
Everyone else on that station sucks bigtime!

Don't get me started on that Ricky Sanchez guy. :eyes:
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ErinBerin84 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 06:19 PM
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13. I remember during the height of Wright-gate
Edited on Mon Jul-21-08 06:21 PM by ErinBerin84
CNN was doing its best "20 years in the pews!" outrage, and he said "So, my pastor says crap that I don't agree with all of the time, and I never get up and leave!"
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TankLV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 06:20 PM
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14. It's only a passing fancy - he'll revert to old form when the dems are fully back in power...
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World Citizen Donating Member (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 06:32 PM
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17. the best CNN has to offer
He believes what he says and is not a whore waiting for someone to hand him his talking points. I'm surprised they have kept him as long as they have.
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Awsi Dooger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 06:46 PM
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19. He's the type who condemns whoever is in power, or whoever is seen as screwing up
Just the opposite of a Norah O'Donnell-type, who fawns over the party in charge, the ones she deals with every day.

I like Cafferty for the most part, but with an understanding his style is designed to birth threads like this. He wants to come across as the blunt every-man type. It's basically a no-risk approach.
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Blarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 07:59 PM
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21. LOL.
If "condemns" means VOTES FOR...then I agree.

In his own words ..."I bought the whole song and dance about wmd's"

He was 100% behind Bush till 2005 ..including voting for him twice.
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 08:26 PM
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24. He's the only person worth watching on CNN. nt
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 08:46 PM
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25. I like him
he sure sticks it to chimp every chance he gets. :evilgrin:
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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 08:54 PM
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26. He's grumpy as hell and not a morning person but he cuts no one any slack
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 09:02 PM
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27. I just LOVE his finely tuned sense of disgust at the whole thing.
I wish he was my dad.
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 09:26 PM
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28. I tune in daily at 4:07, 5:07, and 6:07pm EDT. Miss Wolfie; catch Jack.
I return at 4:55, 5:50, and 6:45. The stuff that airs before and after Cafferty isn't worth watching.

So I don't.
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CitizenLeft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:38 PM
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31. he used to be a real shill for Bush, but Katrina changed him.
I couldn't stand him... but he was furious about Katrina and wouldn't shut up. Ever since then, he's completely reversed himself on Bush and I think his 180 is genuine. He does like Obama, but he may do another 180 when he's president. Who knows... but for now, he and Toobin are the only pundits on CNN who push back on the anti-Obama bias. True, they'll take shots at him too here and there, but on the whole, they don't let unabashed bullshit go by unnoticed.
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 12:50 AM
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32. he's not always right, just more right than others at CNN
Edited on Tue Jul-22-08 12:50 AM by TexasObserver
sometimes he hits a homer, and sometimes he whiffs
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