Totally slamming Bush on CNN....

[kerry-is-my-prez]

Cafferty. It's a disgrace! We got 600 lettters and all of them are outraged about the job the government is doing.

[Misunderestimator]

1. And Jack Cafferty of all people!

[LSK]

details for cube rats please

[Pirate Smile]

90. Crooks and Liars has it. Here it is:

Cafferty Goes Off on the Administration

Jack has been a lightning rod of late and he excoriates the federal government for the way they have handled this disaster.

Video-WMP

Cafferty:...I'm 62 and I remember the riots in Watts, I remember the earth Quake in San Francisco, I remember a lot of things. I have never, ever seen anything as badly bungled and poorly handled as this situation in New Orleans. Where the hell is the water for these people. Why can't sandwiches be dropped to those people that are in that Super Dome down there...This is Thursday...This storm happened five days ago. It's a disgrace and don't think the world isn't watching...

Full Transcript by Janet


http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/09/01.html#a4734

[astonamous]

92. Thank you for that link...

Everything I have been hearing today has been second hand from elderly patients of mine.

I hope to get home in a couple of hours and see more of this type of outrage.

[LSK]

96. thanks for the link n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

5. He gave it to Bush really good a couple of days ago too! He is

rightfully pissed!!!

[Rhiannon12866]

61. I heard that! Made me take notice! He said that it was about time that *

ended his vacation! You could tell he was pissed, but he always sounds this way, LOL! But nothing like this! Wow!:wow:

[Jacobin]

8. Mr. RunOverBicyclistAndDriveAway is appalled. just appalled

I tell you!!

:-(

Oh well, I guess its so fricking obvious now that even bushworshippers have to chime in a bit

[G_j]

9. he is PISSED!!

said he has NEVER seen anything so disgraceful

"Where the hell are they?"

[kikiek]

11. Wow! I have respect for him telling it like it is.Going to bring up race

and class of the people too! Some have seen the light!

[Teaser]

67. This is beyond politics.

This is criminal indifference by the Bush administration. And anyone, right or left, should denounce it.

[yardwork]

73. But what''s new? Most of us here have seen it all along

It's sad that it takes a national disaster for people to wake up.

Every day in Iraq looks like New Orleans today. Where have people been?

[vickitulsa]

78. VERY good point!

[faithfulcitizen]

dupe

[faithfulcitizen]

69. 600? only 600? We should all send a few more to CNN!!

[Im with Rosey]

81. Let's get busy!

n/t

[LostinVA]

89. 600 BEFORE the show even aired

He posts the question of the day online about an hour before the show. NOT ONE was pro-Bush. Not one....

I almost passed out when he brought up race.... I mean JACK????

[deutsey]

2. Details, please?

[Rose Siding]

16. Cafferty melt down- "This is a national embarrassment, and don't think

the world's not watching. WHERE's THE WATER???"

[FlaGranny]

17. Also mentioned something about most of

the victims being poor and black.

[halobeam]

25. He said New Hampshire "Union Leader" seriously conserv.

completely called out this admin. and deservedly. He said he received more than 500 letters today before they even got on the air today, and not ONE letter said anything good about how this Federal Govt is handling this administration... he had a fifteen word string of adjectives reiterating the common thread in these letters describing the horrific, inept, etc etc. government approach to this tragedy.

[Rhiannon12866]

44. I read that editorial. Here it is:

Bush and Katrina:
A time for action, not aloofness

AS THE EXTENT of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation became clearer on Tuesday — millions without power, tens of thousands homeless, a death toll unknowable because rescue crews can’t reach some regions — President Bush carried on with his plans to speak in San Diego, as if nothing important had happened the day before.

Katrina already is measured as one of the worst storms in American history. And yet, President Bush decided that his plans to commemorate the 60th anniversary of VJ Day with a speech were more pressing than responding to the carnage.

A better leader would have flown straight to the disaster zone and announced the immediate mobilization of every available resource to rescue the stranded, find and bury the dead, and keep the survivors fed, clothed, sheltered and free of disease.

http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=59785

[Liberal Dose]

52. If Bush has lost the editor of the UL, he has truly lost Red America

:applause:

[MADem]

94. Yep, they are way to the right of Attila the Hun n/t

[Window]

65. Whoa!

He's got that right.

"A better leader would have flown straight to the disaster zone and announced the immediate mobilization of every available resource to rescue the stranded, find and bury the dead, and keep the survivors fed, clothed, sheltered and free of disease."

[Kenroy]

3. Yep

Cafferty is saying "I have never seen anything as badly bungled" as this. "Where the hell is the water?" "It's a disgrace! And the world is watching."

[Why Syzygy]

50. He hasn't seen Ira*q? n/t

[Frances]

93. This is the way I imagined Iraq

but Iraq has been so dangerous, especially for journalists (the U.S. admitted killing a Reuters reporter today and said the killing was appropriate), that people have not had as clear an idea of the incompetence as they are getting on TV.

[mzmolly]

58. This is an example of WHY we need to fund relief "programs" damnit!

Good on Cafferty - sorry I misssed it.

[halobeam]

4. YES!!!!!!!!! Go Cafferty....Holy Moly!!!!

[Kadie]

Wow!

Cafferty is pissed!

Where is the water? Where is the food?

[Oreo]

6. Good to know even brainwashed people have hope

[Not_Giving_Up]

7. Cafferty is going off!

Where the hell is the water for these people? Why can't sandwiches be brought to these people? It's been five days...the world is watching....Race and economic class of the victims....administration fallen flat on it's face.



:woohoo:

[deutsey]

24. Write to CNN praising him

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4a.html?1

[Not_Giving_Up]

Already have

Thanks for putting the link out there!

[autorank]

40. Done! and do it....it feels good and it will help.

[back2basics909]

43. Thanks for the link just sent...

Thank you Jack, many people have been waiting all day for the Media to listen to what people on the ground were pleading for. Thank you for highlighting the plight and the lack of action. This isn’t about politics it’s about those peoples lives.

You are a man of honor indeed. The media needs more people like you, you are a credit to CNN.

To CNN, we need more Mr Cafferty. In a deeply divided country this Conservative gentlemen can cut through the divisions and talk about what he feels strongly about. He is a credit to your organization, and he is exactly what America needs right now.

I have not had many nice things to say about CNN for some time, so I thought I would write with something positive.

The media needs to change and Jack may just be part of the way forward.

[vickitulsa]

76. Very good. I will add my bit.

And I was pissed at Wolf Blitzer when they cut back to him, too. Acted like Jack had just done his usual thing ... nothing worth commenting on ONE WORD.

Cafferty also went off on Congress, which I was happy to see. Told the details about when they returned from holiday during the Terry Schiavo business and didn't seem to have any trouble making it back there in HOURS. This time it's been FIVE DAYS, he shouted, and they MIGHT make it back to vote funding for FEMA to handle Katrina when? This is THURSDAY, right?! Tomorrow, MAYBE??

"Guess it's all about your PRIORITIES," he said, or something much like it.

Jack Cafferty may be an old conservative in most ways, but I've heard him spit out the grumpy truth enough times to give him a fair listen anytime.

THIS time he seems to be the ONLY person in the MSM who is willing to put his career on the line and really blast the administration and the institutional rescue operation going on right now in the WORST disaster -- not ONE of the worst, the WORST disaster ever to hit this country.

I was posting to another thread when he came on ranting, and I mentioned hearing him there, but had to find a thread dedicated to Jack's very welcome rant. :)

I've been in tears and near-tears a LOT the last few days, and I've been so angry it scares me to feel it inside me. This is the FIRST time I have wanted to shout "YES!!!" about what I heard someone say on the TV news. Well, except when Shepard Smith was shouting at the anchor at Fox to tell the authorities to GET SOMEONE OUT TO THAT OVERPASS and gave the name of the freeway and exit so they'd have the exact location. Wonder if anyone went?......

As one very pregnant lady at the SuperDome said on camera, 'It's just not right. It's just not right."

~VV

___________________________________________

[minkyboodle]

46. done

and I got in a jab at Wolf Blitzer as well. Cafferty has annoyed me in the past but he is kicking ass today.

[mzmolly]

59. Will do - thank you.

FAUX is shilling as usual, showing the two emergency vehicles in the area. :eyes:

[Im with Rosey]

86. Done

[sundog]

97. just sent an email

he was great today :)

[autorank]

26. This "is the end of little Rico" -- OMf'ingG--Cafferty, he's a knee-jerk

conservative/Republican. But you know what, that's not the same as a Freeper or a Neocon. He obviously cares and notices a profound injustice. I'd say * and the crew need to start the big sweat right now. If Cafferty is doing this on CNN, that's really bad pub. Since Cafferty thinks this, that's unbelievably bad news for *. We may be talking about an "impeachment bandwagon" before this one is over.

Thanks Cafferty (I always wanted to like the guy but cound not; now he has carte blanche in the future for this one).

[Why Syzygy]

51. Send him to the Dome

Give him a mop. Look in the dictionary for immoral. You'll find his picture.

[rateyes]

60. Most of the victims, if they vote

are Democrats...another reason * really doesn't give too much of a shit.

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. It was sweeeeeeeeeeet!

:bounce:

[justabob]

12. You tell 'em!!! ... great little rant

I find myself cheering....

[cynatnite]

13. 'The world is watching'

'The govt. has fallen on its face'

Go Caff!!!

[joemurphy]

Wow! He just REAMED Bush!

If anyone thinks Bush is going to survive this, they should have just heard Cafferty.

And this is coming from a conservative!

I'm amazed. The media has turned on him.

[Alamom]

He is giving them hell

regarding no help...sounds like Wolfy was a little startled by the anger.

[Beaverhausen]

14. Is Cafferty a reporter/anchor?

If so good for him!!!

[Rhiannon12866]

47. Commentator, maybe? Crusty guy, used to be on "American Morning"

He read the e-mails there, too. He always tells it like he finds it, often slams the e-mailers, but not this time and not on this issue...

[Spazito]

15. He is BEYOND furious, he is literally shaking with anger

He laid it right out, right on the federal governments doorstep. He also said he would be talking about the racial and economic issues around the victims which no one in the media has talked about! GO JACK, GO!

[lse7581011]

18. The Best Media Response

I've heard thus far! BOUT TIME!

[Lindsay]

19. "And don't think the world isn't watching."

A righteous rant.

[Neecy]

20. WOW

And he's FUCKING RIGHT TO BE LIVID.

An 'embarrassment' that 'the world is watching'...'this is the government YOU'RE paying for...bungled' and talking about the 'elephant in the room', race and class among the victims.

AMAZING. He's saying everything we've been saying here for days.

[mshasta]

21. I KNOW i KNOW i KNOW

THEY SAID THEY HAD MORE THAN 300 LETTERS..WHERE IS THE WATER...??????????

[Mr_King]

22. Yeah

I just saw him too, He has wicked pissed!

Wolf looked startled.

[Drewskie]

62. Wolf

Wolf is a pussy.

[bluetuesday]

23. Cafferty

An Honest man.He won't last long!

[QuettaKid]

27. not to sound too naive...who is this Cafferty? nt.

.

[FlaGranny]

33. Old fashioned conservative

has been on the CNN morning show for years.

[G_j]

35. when I lived in NY, he was an anchor

at a local station, a familiar face to NYers. That is about all I know.

[merbex]

36. Welcome to DU all the newbies from posts above

You've done great job transcribing Cafferty's rant

[FlaGranny]

32. I always

used to like Cafferty BEFORE Bush. Even though he was a conservative, he has always been passionate and outspoken about what he believes. Then he really started getting on my nerves with his support of Bush. I guess he has come to his senses and now knows Bush like WE do.

[Don Claybrook]

28. quick, someone give me his email

don't even have cable, but if a bushbot is flipping, I want to send positive reinforcement.

Please provide address.

[deutsey]

37. Here's CNN's feedback page for anchors and reporters

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4a.html?1

[Don Claybrook]

63. thank you..........writing now n/t

[LiberalCompassionate]

72. DONE ! n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

74. Here:

[e-mail]

[klebean]

91. [e-mail]

[kenny blankenship]

29. I couldn't believe my ears (sample quotations)

"I'm 62 and i remember the riots in Watts. I remember the earthquake in San Francisco, and a whole host of other disasters, and I have never NEVER witnessed the Federal Government bungle something ANYTHING this badly before..."
"This is Thursday. The hurricane came through 5 DAYS AGO. There are thousands of people in the Superdome dying of thirst and hunger and this government can't manage to drop in water and sandwiches?"

[G_j]

30. 600 lettters and NOT ONE

thought the gov was doing a responsible job.

[Raiden]

31. Go Jack!!!

Did I just say that?

[halobeam]

34. Yes, and I joined you.... what the hell, Every minute is more

unreal than the next.

On Edit: my email to him:

This afternoon's "Cafferty File" was one of relief beyond belief. In these times, these UNACCEPTABLE times, you must be commended, applauded and thanked for saying the God's honest truth. You see, you believe the American people can handle the truth and so you give it. Thank you for your trust. I wish others in your position would find the courage to speak truth to power. It is truly American. God Bless You, sir.

Karen Wolf

[Not_Giving_Up]

38. I sent him another e-mail....as well as filling out the feedback form

Bye Bye Bush!

[Tactical Progressive]

39. When they say 'the guvermint' that's right-wing message shaping

The goddam guvermint never does anything right with all the tax money they steal from decent Murkins.

You can bet that when personal donations and corporate tax-writeoff largesse come in and, as noble as that is, only covers 1/10th of what it takes a society to overcome a disaster like this, that they will showcase it as the personal, private-enterprise salvation that represents the way it should be in Murka. Again, implicitly instead of the goddam guvermint stealing your tax dollars and then failing.

I want to hear this placed squarely on the Republican ethos that is gutting America.

[intheflow]

79. Yes.

Shaquille O'Neill and Heinz Corporation both donated $500K to relief effort. Now I know Shaq is really, really rich, but surely the Heinz Corporation has more money, or at least money-in-kind (food products), that they could contribute than what one wealthy private citizen contributed.

[earth mom]

41. Send LOTS & LOTS & LOTS of emails to the link upthread!!! nt

[mattomjoe]

45. Just sent my positive feedback!

[buzzard]

83. Also remind them other countries want to help but have not been

invited to by that a*hole in the Whitehouse. I was just listening to a radio show here in Toronto and people are furious that he won't take our help. It wouldn't have taken much effort to drop in pallets of clean water and food without even using the airports. I am sick of hearing help is coming it should have been done yesterday at the lateset.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

42. wtf! Where did they find that guy who's complimenting Bush?

They must have found the only person in all of New Orleans who had something positive to say. "I got a warm shower, bla-bla-blah. Bless George Bush and the mayor." He's in clean clothes, etc.

How much you want to bet this guy is a "ringer" - dug up by Rove.

[never give n]

49. I saw that too.

Said he was heading to SC. Complained about people behavior as they pass them on the bus. Complained that they had not gone through the proper procedures.??? Don't know what the proper procedures were for begging to be helped. :shrug:

[Marymarg]

48. Just contacted CNN

Thanked Jack Cafferty for reporting the truth!!

[stop the bleeding]

53. He's back on!

[Not_Giving_Up]

55. I love it!

Out of all of the e-mails, only one said the * was doing a good job, and that the media was being too negative.

[TheUnspeakable]

54. We're officially in the Twilight Zone-we're praising Cafferty !

I just emailed him and thanked him for his honesty-I said if there's any hope of saving this battered, mangled, country it will begin with people like him in the media.

[LisaM]

56. I did too

and I apprised him of Condi's antics in NYC.

[Why Syzygy]

57. Thanks for the info . I don't watch t.v.

Read about your comments regarding the disgraceful conduct of the so called 'government' (of by and for my shiny) response to the TRAGIC situation in NOLA. Thumbs up. Stop the madness and Bring them home.

~ dang should have said NON-response. I'm new at this.

[Rhiannon12866]

64. Check for footage of this on the news shows tonight

Especially Keith Olbermann, 8pm, MSNBC. And I wouldn't be surprised if someone didn't post the clip on DU.:-)

If you want to edit what you've written in your post, during the first 30 minutes, click on "edit" and you can fix it... Then just "update message." (like I just did, LOL!):hi:

[dogday]

66. Nomin #5

See, people can see what is going on. I am glad to hear this. This is going to be the death of this administration....

[stop the bleeding]

68. Blitzer is ripping them right now!

[Stand and Fight]

70. Wolf got balls?

Amazing. Do tell. Feed the cube rats.

[hvn_nbr_2]

82. Only another cube rat's speculation...

but I'd guess he read the responses Cafferty is getting. Or maybe "management" (as Autorank refers to them) has decided it's time for a change.

[Cleita]

71. The good news is that if the media turns on Bush, he really

is toast.

[LiberalCompassionate]

75. Let's hope and pray

that the media realizes they will get way more viewers/readers, hence profit, if they attack Blivet now. :evilgrin:

[AX10]

77. Good for them! Bush should have taken the lead last weekend...

before the storm. Now's he's acting reactivly and horribly.

[Pacifist Patriot]

80. I am stunned. Shocked. And gladdened.

Finally he is talking about some issues that need to be discussed. Kudos to him for bringing up the "elephant in the room" of racism and classism.

[Gregorian]

84. AWOL AGAIN!

[MellowOne]

85. Emailed CNN!!! n/t

[Orion The Hunter]

87. Here is the link to the video clip of Cafferty

http://movies.crooksandliars.com/The-Situation-Room-Cafferty-on%20Katrina.wmv

He really gives the Federal government both barrels!

[BikeWriter]

98. Great stuff!

[Tactical Progressive]

88. My note to CNN feedback

It's not the goddam 'guvermint' that is failing. It is Republicanism controlling this government that neglected this threat as surely as they ignored the reams of terrorism warnings coming in from everywhere prior to 9/11.

When is CNN and the rest of America's ideologically insulated journalistic caste going to evolve to understand that America is more than simply a framework for the exercise of greed?

You've not only failed to grow beyond the journalistic integrity of 40 years ago, but you've actually regressed, now ignoring stolen elections, supporting failed trickle-down theft from the middle class and poor, turned terrorism negligence into American heroism, supported stunningly dishonest wars, and now you call the government failed? No, that would be the kind of people that you've strenuously helped position to run this government.

Jack Cafferty and the rest of CNN did more to ensure that New Orleans happened than most anybody else you can point a finger at. Put a mirror on top of your broadcast image so that you can quickly switch between the results and the cause of what America is becoming under what has become of your banal excuse for a profession.

[DeepModem Mom]

95. Cafferty came from local NYC news -- New Yorkers don't put up with shite.

That city has to work, and work right, or everybody is effed. Nothing is working right for these poor people in NO; everything has broken down, and Bush is not moving! Cafferty's mad as hell.