Jack Cafferty: Proof Positive That A Village is Missing Its Idiot
Jack Cafferty is to Journalism what the Gong Show was to entertainment: a total joke. Anyone that thinks that Jack Cafferty is a journalist has set the bar awfullly low. Which leads me to Mr. Cafferty’s latest rant column. Check this rant out:
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.
I can’t wait for election night when the returns start rolling in. I really can’t. Despite the best efforts of the Agenda Media, America is falling in love with Sarah Palin. In case the Agenda Media didn’t notice, she’s smart and confident. Her answers are straight to the point, not vague or evasive. She has a story that’s the ultimate in Americana. (How many women can relate to Gov. Palin’s life as a hockeymom, balancing career and family, raising children in addition to being involved in the PTA?)
It’s also laughable to hear Cafferty say that the GOP is mostly old white people. He obviously hasn’t paid attention to the fact that the House Oil Rebellion is appealing to suburban voters, farmers and truckers. When it comes to high gas prices, everyone’s agreeing with the GOP.
It’s all the more laughable because I’ve seen the next generation of conservative leaders jump into action this summer. I’ve watched Mike Pence, Jeb Hensarling, Tom Price and other Young Turks grill Nancy Pelosi’s Democrats for ignoring the gas crisis. I’ve watched Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney and Charlie Crist get involved in the McCain campaign. I’ve watched Tom Coburn, Norm Coleman and John Thune make their mark in the Senate, though Coleman and Thune should’ve stayed away from the Gang of 16.
That Cafferty didn’t notice this i largely due either to his partisan blinders or to his willingness to ignore verifiable facts to make his storyline fit together.
Rush said today that Democrats, like Mr. Cafferty, haven’t figured out that Gov. Palin is expanding the base of the GOP. (For that matter, neither has a certain liberal blogger here in St. Cloud but that’s another matter.) Everyone keeps talking about the goal of picking Gov. Palin was to pick of disenchanted Hillary voters. I’m guilty of thinking that myself. I still think that alot of women that supported Hillary will vote for McCain but that’s only part of Gov. Palin’s appeal.
She’ll appeal to working mothers from Maine to Massachusetts to Michigan to Minnesota to Missouri. She’ll especially appeal to suburban voters. She’ll also appeal to the pro-life Catholic and evangelical Christian base of the GOP. Sarah Palin guarantees an energized Christian base this fall. Don’t think that that doesn’t matter, either.
In 2004, evangelical Christians made up the majority of the doorknocking, litdropping and phonebanking volunteer army that President Bush rode to victory. Let’s remember that President Bush lost the popular vote in 2000. After looking at the data, the Architect determined that approximately 4 million Christians stayed home. That’s why he devised his plan to speak to the Christians’ priorities throughout President Bush’s first term. He wanted to guarantee their active participation.
Sen. McCain doesn’t need a plan to energize Christians. He accomplished that by picking Gov. Palin.
Check out this blast of bovine excrement from Cafferty:
Watch for the signs this November. Republicans stand to be turned out of office at every level, from the U.S. Congress to governors’ mansions and state legislatures. Republicans who remain in office will be rendered impotent by their shrinking numbers.
Mr. Cafferty is to political strategery what Saddam Hussein was to military planning: They talk smart but they don’t have a clue. Here’s what Gen. Schwarzkopf said about Saddam in his final press conference before signing the ceasefire with Iraq:
“As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational art, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that he’s a great military man-I want you to know that.”
In other words, Saddam was a loud-mouthed blowhard. There aren’t any differences between Saddam’s skills as a military strategist and Jack Cafferty’s skills as a political analyst.
Here in Minnesota, we didn’t ball up in a fetal position following the midterm disaster. Instead a group of blogger/activists thought out a roadmap that put us on the road to relevance. This November, that blueprint will help us regain a number of seats in the state legislature.
What Mr. Cafferty hasn’t noticed is that the Democratic Congress isn’t particularly well-loved or respected. They’re seen as on the wrong side of the energy issue. While Nancy Pelosi digs in her heels on drilling, people are understanding that Republicans are the party with solutions. If Mr. Cafferty thinks that people won’t notice the difference, then his observation skills are as limited as his intellect.
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:43 am
Yea! they resolve to strip every single dollar they can get out of us! Then control us like all the rest! I believe that Mr Cafferty has awakened! It is seldom that you find such honesty coming from a Corporate Elitist like Cafferty. He has been waking up over the last year or so.
I seldom watch TV but do follow politics very closely on the Internet. I find that the only way to get the truth is to see it or hear it with your own two eyes and ears.
C-Span allows this, more should take advantage of it! The Internet is the greatest tool for following politics that has ever been invented.
Today the Corporate National Media have been purchased and WE buy our coverage of News from them. This makes it legal for a National Cable Company to feed you anything they want, lies or disinformation. We now live in a misinformation world. Cafferty, though I don’t like the company he keeps, is a voice out in the field calling to us to join him.
We on the other hand, know very little of the behind the scenes happenings. The truth we receive, is bought and paid for, with little to no regulation, corporate all the way! But we consumers can and must speak our minds. The Elitists don’t care, as long as we keep buying their feeds. If every American canceled their cable hookup, the power elite would go under! Just an opinion here,
from a Liberal with a capitol L.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:14 pm
I would like to see your comments about John McCain’s gambling addiction and how you reconcile that with your self-professed conservative beliefs and those of the so-called “religious fundamentalists”. You seem to be very knowledgable and not afraid to do some research. Thanks.
September 4th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Have any of you heard of Hale DeMar?
He had shot an intruder and was prosecuted for violating a local handgun ban.
The state passed a law to protect people like him, who used handguns to deter or defend against intruders, to assert self-defense as a legal defense for violating local handgun bans.
Guess who voted against this law?
October 7th, 2008 at 8:57 am
Yes, give guns to Republican voters, then we won’t have to worry about Obama on election day, because one of them will “Kill Him” before then.