CNN's Cafferty: Perry, Bachmann, Palin Supporters Seem 'Allergic to Brains'
By Matt Hadro | August 24, 2011 | 19:28
CNN's Jack Cafferty slammed the "intellectual lightweights" leading the Republican presidential field on Wednesday, wondering why their supporters "seem to be allergic to brains."
The CNN contributor labeled the candidates "Curly, Moe, and Larry" and sarcastically dubbed Palin a "MENSA candidate," a term reserved for smart people. Recently he also bemoaned a possible Palin run and gave credence to the conspiratorial theory that Bachmann and Perry are serious members of a theocratic fringe sect of Christianity.
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However, he reserved Wednesday for attacking the intelligence level of the three, providing no more evidence than some loopy soundbites. He hit Bachmann for promising $2-a-gallon gasoline and Perry for hinting it would be "treasonous" for Fed chairman Ben Bernanke to print more money. He added that "we already watched Sarah Palin ruin whatever chance John McCain had four years ago, and she's – I mean she's just beyond the pale."
He also lumped them into the same ballpark with fringe Democrat Rep. Dennis Kucinich (Ohio). "I think there's a few more whackjobs out there this time," he said of the present field, before adding "Although last time around we had Kucinich, and there – I mean, there's always a few fireflies buzzing around."
And just who are Cafferty's intellectual heavyweights in the GOP? Ron Paul, Jon Huntsman, and Newt Gingrich. "I venture to say none of the three has a prayer against Curly, Moe and Larry," Cafferty quipped, "[a]nd that's a sad commentary on the state of our politics, isn't it?
A transcript of the segment, which aired on August 24 at 5:18 p.m. EDT, is as follows:
JACK CAFFERTY: In an election where the Republican candidate actually stands a chance against a weakened incumbent president, so far it is a couple of intellectual lightweights who are stealing the show.
Since Michele Bachmann won the Iowa straw poll and Rick Perry entered the race, these two have been sucking up most of the media's attention, mostly for saying stupid stuff. Like Bachmann's claim that as president she'll bring gasoline down to $2 a gallon. Or Perry's highly inappropriate shot at Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke saying that his actions could be "treasonous."
Meanwhile, some Republicans, including Karl Rove, are suggesting that the former half-term dropout governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, is going to join the race as well. Swell. Palin's people are pushing back against the speculation, saying that anyone who claims to know about her plans is misleading the American people. But Palin has certainly been acting like a candidate, now hasn't she? Showing up in Iowa during the straw poll voting, and (Unintelligible) Iowa-themed political video released ahead of her Labor Day speech which is also scheduled to take place in Iowa. If Palin runs, we'll have yet another MENSA candidate to join Bachmann and Perry. There is no doubt this three-some would consume the lion's share of the media coverage.
At the other end of the intellectual spectrum, there's Ron Paul, who placed a very close second in the Iowa straw poll. He continues to talk sense – whether or not enough people are listening. There's Newt Gingrich – love him or hate him, he's a very bright man. There's also Jon Huntsman, who says candidates like Bachmann and Perry are too far to the right and have "zero substance." Testimony to his intellect right there.
He may be right, but I venture to say none of the three has a prayer against Curly, Moe and Larry. And that's a sad commentary on the state of our politics, isn't it?
Here’s the question: When it comes to presidential politics, why does America seem to be allergic to brains?
(...)
JOE JOHNS: You've got the whole studio laughing here, Jack. But do you really think the crazy talk is worse this year than previous election years?
CAFFERTY: Uh, yeah. I mean we've already – we already watched Sarah Palin ruin whatever chance John McCain had four years ago, and she's – I mean she's just beyond the pale. Michele Bachmann – I'm going to have $2 gas, this guy Perry saying – you know, I think there's a few more whackjobs out there this time. Although last time around we had Kucinich, and there – I mean, there's always a few fireflies buzzing around. But these guys are getting all the attention. Perry's out in some poll today getting 29 percent of the support in some poll – double-digit lead over Bachmann, he's burying Mitt Romney, and he's way in front. I mean, it's a little scary. It's early, but it's scary.
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Yeah, Jack............like
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 7:33pm.
Yeah, Jack............like we've seen all of the 'intellectual heavyweights' coming out of the lib/Dem party, as well as the lib/Dem MSM!!! And Boy Barry??? Yeah, he's a real 'intellectual heavyweight' too!!! Of course, he's incapable of putting a coherent paragraph, much less sentence, together without being prompted.
Oh, I forgot...........it's because his brain is SO FAR ahead of his mouth!!!
Oh, one more thing,
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 9:00pm.
Oh, one more thing, Jack-ass...............the McCain Mutiny would have REALLY been creamed if NOT for Palin, you moron!!! A lot of us 'held our noses and voted for John' (to quote HIS OWN mother!!!) BECAUSE of Sarah Palin...............but, hey, just keep kidding yourself.
I'd start making a list of 'intellectual lightweights' on the lib/Dem./MSM side of things..........but I don't think this thread is long enough.
Yeah... This thread is NOT long enough...
Submitted by The_Barrel_Guy on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 11:15pm.
The problem that we will have next year is that there are nearly thirty potential GOP candidates for President who are hands down more qualified than obummer... For openers try this list of governors:
***************** SITTING GOVERNORS ***************
***************** FORMER GOVERNORS ***************
You may agree with their views on all issues or not, but EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM is more qualified than anyone the dems and liberal media have available... If the idiot media truly believed that their child was qualified to be president, we would hear and read that... They know he is not qualified so we will hear why ours are "not appropriate to the office."
That list was just governors and former governors... While I do prefer governors because of their executive experience, any of the following legislators would leave the bamster in the dust if the election depended on qualifications:
Our job is to sort out our candidate from a huge selection of extremely qualified people without chewing each other up in the process...
The upcoming elections are such an opportunity... Let's resolve to not blow it...
Is the Answer
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 11:52pm.
Scott Walker?
So whad I win?
Huh?
Submitted by The_Barrel_Guy on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 12:03am.
Don't understand your comment... Please help me... Please explain...
Sorry,
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 12:12am.
Apparently a very bad joke on my part. If I offend you again, please contact my Attorney at 1800-eat-chiz.
I do beg your pardon "Mr The Barrel Guy", did I do that right? Wasn't sure if I should had neglected the, "The". Either way, see-ya
Just kidding ,, really : ]
That reminds me of some
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 12:23am.
That reminds me of some bumper stickers that we have around here in Hawaii. They will say 'Hows my driving?? Call 1-800-ainokea'...............which is pidgen English for 'I don't care'.........pronounce aye-no-keah!!! It's a local thang...........with the Hawaiian style spelling.
Scott Walker??? Of the
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 3:17am.
Scott Walker??? Of the semi-famous Walker Brothers recording act of the 60's??? American guys recording and being produced in England??? He's a politician now????
Yeah... This thread is NOT long enough...
Submitted by The_Barrel_Guy on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 11:58pm.
The problem that we will have next year is that there are nearly thirty potential GOP candidates for President who are hands down more qualified than obummer... For openers try this list of governors:
***************** SITTING GOVERNORS ***************
***************** FORMER GOVERNORS ***************
You may agree with their views on all issues or not, but EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM is more qualified than anyone the dems and liberal media have available... If the idiot media truly believed that their child was qualified to be president, we would hear and read that... They know he is not qualified so we will hear why ours are "not appropriate to the office."
That list was just governors and former governors... While I do prefer governors because of their executive experience, any of the following legislators would leave the bamster in the dust if the election depended on qualifications:
Our job is to sort out our candidate from a huge selection of extremely qualified people without chewing each other up in the process...
The upcoming elections are such an opportunity... Let's resolve to not blow it...
Great stuff, Cooper
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 12:21am.
Thanks,
Those That Are Term Limited Out Should Get Network News Slots
Submitted by Avitar on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 1:09am.
Are there any of these who could not run a news division better than the people who have the jobs now? Rather than wait for the glacial process of news divisions going bankrupt why can't somebody clean house and set a fire to the dead wood on one of these liberal network compost heaps?
On McCain
Submitted by BMorgan53 on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 5:12am.
The addition of Gov Palin was the only reason, I held my nose and laid my ears back, and voted for McCain.
Jacks brain has been pickled
Submitted by frank14 on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 10:00am.
Too bad he isn't allegric to vodka!
that's it.. we're all
Submitted by ex buff e-dub on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 7:34pm.
that's it.. we're all stupid...
and racist
and haters
what am i missing? I'm sure there's more...
We've watched Obama and his Washington menagerie
Submitted by TheHistorian on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 7:37pm.
We've watched Obama and his Washington menagerie screw up the economy, foreign affairs, healthcare, and immigration. To quote Roemer, we are "f****ed". Everything that his "laser-like" focus has gone to has turned to manure. And you tell US that those of us that follow Bachmann and Palin that WE are "allergic to brains". Jack, if you had a brain cell, it would die of loneliness.
Dennis Prager
Thanks
Submitted by soartheeagle on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 8:03am.
(Jack, if you had a brain cell, it would die of loneliness.)
That made me chuckle out loud, which is really nice while reading the morning news.
I also ONLY voted for McCain because of Sarah, still not sure why she inspires such hatred. I know some (usually) very nice women who absolutely despise her, when I ask why, they have no cogent answer.
Next Jackie-poo will
Submitted by Slyrr on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 7:41pm.
Next Jackie-poo will demonstrate his continued superior maturity and wit, and start saying that conservatives and tea party members are all 'fatty-fat-fat-fats' while making mule ears at the camera and sticking out his tongue.
Go play in the sandbox with the other toddlers and pre-schoolers, Jackie-boy. You sound about as intelligent and mature as they do.
The only 'intellectual lightweight' in this picture is Cafferty
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 7:44pm.
We could easily return to $2/gal gas. In fact, we could knock it back to $1.25/gal if we really, REALLY wanted to.
As for Bernanke, he is currently devaluing our currency by printing more of it out the wazoo.
That could easily destabilize the economy (it probably already is), and that puts this nation in danger of ultimate collapse.
I don't know what this jackass jerk Cafferty thinks treason actually is, but destroying a nation from within pretty much fills the bill for me.
-Dave
Typical Cafferty snark.
Submitted by KyWriter on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 8:01pm.
He's just mad at the world because his looks are gone and he can't attract little boys anymore.
Cafferty: Snarky, Condescending NY Snob
Submitted by djwolf12 on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 8:04pm.
Why do these libs on TV sound like they do? Aren't these the same idiots that demanded civility in diologue?
Hey Jack, before you talk about people being allergic to brains, always remember that YOU failed to stop at a traffic accident and fled the scene.
And you preach to us?????? Who made you pope of this dump (CNN)?
Failed to stop alright!
Submitted by BBallleaper on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 10:33pm.
He was a hit-run driver that ran over a bicyclist. Drunk and hiding. A leftist moron.
You have to take into account....
Submitted by Kuso Jiji on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 8:13pm.
his audience is even stupider for sitting around watching him blab on about whatever nonsense he is talking about on any given day.
What did he say? I was falling asleep
Submitted by lesterwink23 on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 8:14pm.
Jack Cafferty has about about as much charisma as a bag of doorknobs. He's just jealous because all of the people who support these candidates have too much sense to watch his daily snooze-fest
Afraid
Submitted by Curly on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 8:15pm.
These folks are showing real fear of Moe, Larry and Curly. Any of these three are better than all the BHO administration combined!
Obama or America, we cannot have both - agreed!
Who Talks like that?
Submitted by Indie Dude on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 8:20pm.
What are you Jack, 8 years old?
"allergic to brains"
Submitted by Cactus Kurt on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 9:35am.
That's the best you could come up with, Jack? Sophomoric at best. How much is CNN paying you for these literary gems?
"allergic to brains"
Submitted by Cactus Kurt on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 9:38am.
double post
What's the matter Jack? The
Submitted by rbosque on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 9:10pm.
What's the matter Jack? The "annointed one" NOT working out?
Wow! What a shock! But we've been warning people about Obama since BEFORE he was elected and you blindly shoved your head up his ass and ignored his incompetence, and now our economy is in the gutter and according to Barry, there's nothing extraordinary about the U.S.
Who's brain-averse here Jack?
Who were the stupid morons who voted for this plague?
Jacque
Submitted by rickbren on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 9:01pm.
would know alot about being allergic to brains. He would never make a good zombie. ..
???
Submitted by MidAmerica on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 9:03pm.
He wants to bring up 'goofy' comments by politicians and he doesn't mention Biden?
brilliant marketing
Submitted by MidAmerica on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 9:10pm.
CNN is sinking in the ratings and they put on a guy who insults almost half of the potential viewing audience. He's not just insulting the candidates. He's saying the candidates supporters are stupid also.
Gee, Mr. Wizard
Submitted by IrateNate on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 9:14pm.
Please help me with my crossword clue, Jack.
I need an 8 letter word for "arrogant jerkoff".
Oh, thanks! "cafferty" fits perfectly.
You sure are one smart feller...
Cafferty and his brother
Submitted by MidAmerica on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 9:16pm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14njUwJUg1I
How strange, I thought
Submitted by buddyc on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 9:31pm.
How strange, I thought Flounder would like people with no brains. They make up 90% of of the 500 people who watch his "program".
Have not heard from Jack in a while
Submitted by woburn828 on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 9:35pm.
Don't watch much CNN. Better for my mental health. Wow about 15 or so comments and not one about Jack being a boozehound. Good job Newbusters crowd. Let me break the silence. Why oh why does anyone care what this schmuck think. Boozehound of the highest order. Crepy to boot.
Keep up the good work Jack, and keep the bottle in the desk drawer.
Good ol Jack
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 9:56pm.
Please do not be too hard on Jack. He is a hat wearing solar powered single brain cell person.
Repetition and mimicry are not signs of intelligence, Jack.
Submitted by drsamherman on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 9:58pm.
Every Democrat politician is reading from the same script with the same verbiage and they are towing the same political line with little or no variation. How much intelligence does it take to read lines from a spin memo from Jay Carney's office or a teleprompter? Not much - only the ability to read quickly and regurgitate on command like a demented honeybee in the hive. Lots of buzz, lots of verbal regurgitation and groupthink attack. At least honeybees produce something of great value, where Democrats are not producing anything but hot air and stale rhetoric.
yeah but...
Submitted by michiganruth on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 10:15pm.
no, we're not all morons, but I have to say, it would be easier for people to believe that if you didn't write things like "...MENSA, a term reserved for smart people."
"mensa/o" is slang for "foolish" or "stupid" in Spanish....
Submitted by drsamherman on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 10:21pm.
...in some Latin American countries, namely Mexico. So if Jack(ass) Cafferty wants to tell us that Democrats are all mensos (stupid, foolish men) or mensas (stupid, foolish women), as a conservative hispanic American, I would have to agree on that point.
About that:
Submitted by voodoodoughnut on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 12:37am.
Are there any MENSA members in our government?
Arnt zombies attracted to
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 10:23pm.
Arnt zombies attracted to brains? So Cafferty is telling us we are not zombies?
Dan The Man 2
Submitted by hydrodynDM on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 10:34pm.
Speaking of zombies... (link)
(sorry, I'm an attention whore)
Jack is absolutely right
Submitted by Hermano on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 10:25pm.
Jack is absolutely right. After all, we elected Obama in 2008. That required a severe lack of brain usage.
Hermano is Saving the Environment - One Ribeye at a Time! h/t Dr_Liberty
Wo wo wo wo,
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 11:56pm.
Wo wo wo wo, Hermano...........watch the 'we' crap, OK??? I sure as hell didn't (s)elect Barama, and neither did almost half of the other voters...............it was the idiots, morons, brainwashed, loonie lefties, socialists, communists, ant-Americans, foreigners, felons, dead people, caroon characters, and MSM believing dopes who put this turtle up on the fencepost.
huuh
Submitted by no you cant on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 10:43pm.
this guy has been taking fart hits from obamas butt, notice he is not saying how great a potus obama is. the left wing media is completely white house directed propaganda. they all say the same thing in concert. all of them are a joke.
"smart" = Liberal
Submitted by needle on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 10:49pm.
For many years now the Liberals have use "smart" as a code word to identify other Liberals, as in "Barnie Frank is very smart" meaning Barnie Frank is very liberal; and "Barack Obama is incredibly smart" meaning Obama is an extreme liberal -- Lord knows he is NOT incredibly smart in the conventional sense of the word.
By continuing to indulge themselves in this silly deceit of equating being liberal with being smart and vice versa, Liberals have become too "Smart" by half, and now are actually fooling themselves into believing and accepting sheer nonsense.
NOT very smart!
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
A moron babbling to fellow
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 11:36pm.
A moron babbling to fellow idiots waiting forthe short bus.
Allergic to Brains
Submitted by philkerner on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 12:15am.
I too suffer from an allergy to brains - that's why I don't watch this hack. Who is he, and why does his opinion even matter?
I was looking back fondly on better days!
Submitted by gailannr on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 12:31am.
Those days were the past few months when Newsbusters didn't post anything this "Useful Idiot" had to say. It was wonderful! I read the headline tonight and just went ahead and scrolled down to the comment section! And here I am!!!!
Hmmm.
Submitted by voodoodoughnut on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 12:29am.
Two words for Jack: Joe. Biden.
Actually, four: Joe. Biden. Hank. Johnson.
Ok, seven: Joe. Biden. Hank. Johnson. Sheila. Jackson. Lee.
I could do this all day.
Political Support From Smart People
Submitted by Avitar on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 1:01am.
"MENSA, a term reserved for smart people" is dead wrong. MENSA is a social organization of people in the highest two percent by IQ score of the population. There is exclusive membership but it is not a term and IQ scores is just an indicator.
One thing that might make Jack Cafferty very unhappy would be to find out how very few intelligent people support Barry Obama or him. Part of the opposition comes from the intelligent knowing how to do things. There are intelligent person who go into academia and never learn to do anything useful in their lives but that is the concentrations at the Universities not the rule.
The intelligent can solve problems from school reform to economics and energy production. When Obama gave his first speech before a joint session of congress he gaffed by saying "the country that invented the Automobile will never abandon the automobile." That speech was reviewed by every top aid Obama has and nobody realized that Herr Benz invented the automobile in Germany! That caps the intelligence of the top Whitehouse aid as being of very ordinary intelligence.
An example MENSA moment
Submitted by ThisnThat on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 6:48am.
There are twelve bags, each bag containing a random number of gold coins. Eleven bags contain genuine gold coins, each genuine coin weighing one-ounce apiece. One bag contains counterfeit coins, each counterfeit coin weighing 11/10-ounces apiece. Using a scale to make only one measurement, how can you determine which bag is counterfeit?
This was the coin riddle Columbo solved in the episode in which the murder occurred in a MENSA club. Can anyone solve the riddle without looking up the answer?
And BTW, Cafferty acts just like all liberals -- they think of themselves as soooooo smart, and just love to put everyone else down. Someone needs to tell Cafferty the story of the Emperor with no clothes.
__________
“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
That's easy
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 11:07am.
That's an easy question to answer: Which coin weighs more that the others, and I didn't have to look it up.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
jack the a__
Submitted by D'saredumbpeople on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 7:42am.
Jack.....even mika makes you look smart........and that's not easy....I bet if you take off your droppy face mask, we'll see Mika hiding there......Yo Jack does anybody really care what you think...CNN keeps you around as the token old white boy.
'allergic to brains'
Submitted by tominhouston on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 7:57am.
@ Mr. Cafferty,
Then who do you suggest we vote for . . . You?!
Jack I've got an idea since the left is so brilliant.
Submitted by billyjack on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 9:37am.
I'll agree to forgo voter picture ID if you will agree to require that before voting everyone must solve an 8th grade Algebra problem. If you truly believe in the ignorance of conservatives and the brilliance of socialists this shouldn't be a problem.
that remark
Submitted by spepper on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 12:25pm.
That remark by Cafferty must be the result of his "allergy"-- to ASPHALT
Obama seems to be allergic to jobs.
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 5:04pm.
See how easy that was? You seem allergic to attractive facial features. You're mom seems allergic to sexual restraint. CNN seems allergic to ratings. Journolista's are allergic to the truth. Your kids are allergic to soap and water....
It's getting boring now. Schoolyard taunts are no substitute for commentary, Jack.
Carrerty is as close to being
Submitted by Barack Must Go on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 5:24pm.
Cafferty is as close to being an actual piece of crap a human can get.
That flabby foreskin thing he's got going on under his eyes drives all the liberal ladies wild too, or so I've heard.
"Allergic to brains".....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Fri, 08/26/2011 - 11:30am.
proves they ain't zombies, like you, Cafferty.