On Friday's The Situation Room, CNN's Jack Cafferty used his regular "Cafferty File" segment to attack President Bush for not reappointing Joint Chiefs Chairman Peter Pace out of fear of a tough confirmation hearing, tagging it a "gutless" decision. At about 5:08 p.m., as Cafferty set up his regular question of the hour about what it would take to end the war in Iraq, he lashed out at the absence of greater outrage from the American people, and suggested that American troops have "died for nothing" as he seemed to wish for the kind of protests of the Vietnam War era, which included "students tearing up college campuses," to happen again. Cafferty: "When it was going this poorly in Vietnam, Americans were in the streets demanding to be heard. Students were tearing up college campuses in an effort to head off being sent away to die for nothing. But not this time -- 3,503 U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq, and nobody does anything. ... It's no wonder the Bush White House gets away with this stuff." (Transcript follows)
Cafferty began his segment by remarking that in the future, historians would find that, in describing the Bush White House, "the word 'courageous' will be in short supply." As he described Pace as "expendible" to Bush, Cafferty referred to the expendibility of "so many others who have come between President Bush's nightmare and reality." Below is a complete transcript of Cafferty's 5:08 p.m. segment from the Friday June 8 The Situation Room on CNN:
JACK CAFFERTY: When the history of the Bush White House is written, the word "courageous" will be in short supply. Rather than face Senate confirmation hearings over his reappointment as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Bush White House has decided to simply throw General Peter Pace under the bus. You see, they don't want a lot of embarrassing questions asked of General Pace about the war in Iraq. So just sacrifice him and bring in somebody else to take the rap for a while. Absolutely gutless and oh so very typical. If the war in Iraq is such a great idea, and the "Decider" insists that it is, what's the harm in letting the nation's top military men answer questions about it? But instead, they take the easy way out. Never mind the impact on General Pace -- he's expendable just like so many others who have come between President Bush's nightmare and reality. The sad thing is nobody stands up and does anything about any of this. The Democrats caved in before the fight even got going, and they were elected to stop the war. The public seems content to complain, but not much else. When it was going this poorly in Vietnam, Americans were in the streets demanding to be heard. Students were tearing up college campuses in an effort to head off being sent away to die for nothing. But not this time -- 3,503 U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq, and nobody does anything. Everything's off the table. It's no wonder the Bush White House gets away with this stuff. Here's the question: What's it going to take to bring the Iraq war to an end?
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Maybe most of the students ha
June 9, 2007 - 00:51 ET by DyneMaybe most of the students have smartened up since the 60s and realized that the purpose of going to college is to get an education, or as much education as they're getting with all of the indoctrination going on.
"Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." -Matthew 7:20
Cafferty
June 9, 2007 - 01:34 ET by iveseenitallThis shows Cafferty's true colors. What an ass. BTW, just finished David Horowitz's lasted book-- Indoctrination U. It's a good read. It reveals what lefties like Cafferty are up to on our nation's campuses and what can be done about it. Horowitz is a good man. Support him when you can.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
isia...Horowitz is a true fig
June 9, 2007 - 01:54 ET by bigtimerisia...
Horowitz is a true fighter for many lone years...he is one of my favorites...I have nothing but admiration for him....I have a couple of his books I read awhile back now...quite awhile...
When I see or know he is going to be on anywhere....I listen.
The added value of a guy like
June 9, 2007 - 04:18 ET by GalvanicThe added value of a guy like Horowitz stems from the fact that he is what (I believe) was referred to in Vietnam as a chu hoi --- a former enemy who had crossed over to the friendly side. He had liberal creds before seeing the light, and he knows how they think, which is invaluable when attacking their arguments.
Cafferty is obviously frustrated that America isn't taking to the streets in any significant numbers to demonstrate against the war, ala Vietnam. Perhaps he ought to re-examine the popular myths about motivations behind anti-Vietnam War demonstations. What makes this war different?
Could there be two signficant differences?
1. While Vietnam was explained as a function of our containment policy against Communism, people at home didn't feel threatened by the Viet Cong and NVA. With regard to Iraq, 9/11 is a reality and sympathetic terrorists are fighting our troops in Iraq.
2. The Draft. Could it be that the primary motivation for on-campus demonstrations was contempt for the Draft -- which could affect all the males -- , and not the war itself? Today, our armed forces are all volunteers.
And to think years ago I wa
June 9, 2007 - 06:12 ET by BobAnthonyAnd to think years ago I was watching him on Channel 4 (WNBC), later to channel 11 (WPIX). Now he's nothing but a curmudgeon commie like another Jack--Murtha!
I propose the new way to prot
June 9, 2007 - 08:16 ET by Mica the MagnificentI propose the new way to protest is to tear up CNN studios!
"But you must understand, there have been so many of you lately we simply ran out of virgins. However, I can offer you this snowcone." - - - Gatekeeper at Islamofacist heaven disappointing another male suicide bomber.
<idiot>Snowcone? But
June 9, 2007 - 08:22 ET by sarcasmo<idiot>
Snowcone? But I was told there's this hottie awaiting me..."Janet Reno"? </idiot>
JMR
Caffertry is the sad thing po
June 9, 2007 - 13:25 ET by Andrew H.Caffertry is the sad thing polluting the airways with his whine and hate. Screw him. I never watch.
Liberalism is a convenient lie.
If Pace stays, the MSM atta
June 9, 2007 - 02:40 ET by MBConservIf Pace stays, the MSM attacks Bush for keeping the "war mongers" in charge, he let's him go, hence, the present outcome. I went to college for an education, not to worship Che Guevera. It is amazing that the elites do not see the clear and present danger, it is simply and utterly mind-boggling.
No matter how much lipstick Washington tries to slap onto this legislative pig, it’s not going to win any beauty contests." Fred Thompson
Schools should be for learnin
June 9, 2007 - 01:47 ET by rbosqueSchools should be for learning, not indoctrination and protests. You pay good money to go there for a career. Not for the latest socialist cause.
Bush is damned no matter what he does and Cafferty knows it. And of course if the left is really concerned for human life, how 'bout the 48,000 innocent Americans killed by illegals? How 'bout the 47,000,000 + abortions? Those jerk-wads care nothing for our military, they only lift their fingers to help themselves.
The last generation of so-ca
June 9, 2007 - 02:28 ET by jdhawkThe last generation of so-called "journalists" that talked down the Vietnam war are nowhere to be found when it comes to accepting or apologizing for the incarcerated, tortured, and murdered millions at the hands of insane communists after the fall of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Cafferty is doing his part to duplicate that trajedy in Iraq.
Meanwhile, he said this about Secretary Rumsfield, "On November 6, 2006, after reading an editorial from the Military Times calling for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's removal, Cafferty stated "They didn’t even mention that he’s also an obnoxious jerk and a war criminal."
Perhaps, Cafferty should look at the past generation of so-called "journalist" as the real war criminals and gaze into the mirror for a look at another generation in the making.
Good observation, jdhawk. T
June 9, 2007 - 04:33 ET by GalvanicGood observation, jdhawk. There have been many an occasion where I've discussed the US containment policy of the Cold War in explaining the Vietnam War, and the Domino Theory comes up. I get told that the Domino Theory turned out ot be wrong, but when I bring up the fall of Laos and Cambodia after Vietnam, I either get blank stares, or another casual dismissal.
Why dosen't he just go all
June 9, 2007 - 03:23 ET by mlongWhy dosen't he just go all the way and call for the violent protest of the 60's like the Black Panthers and other anti-war groups setting off bombs and murdering people maybe he like to see that too.
Gee, Mr. Cafferty. . .maybe t
June 9, 2007 - 03:32 ET by tracheostomyGee, Mr. Cafferty. . .maybe the protesting was all about avoiding a draft which we no longer have and not about pushing some kind of utopian ideal as you see it.
-PJ
"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07
You raise a very interesting
June 9, 2007 - 05:00 ET by GalvanicYou raise a very interesting point, PJ. Could it be that the romantic image of the angry, loud Baby Boomers bringing US involvement in SE Asia to and end, had less to do with altruistic motivations for world peace, and more to do with selfp-preservation? Were we a spoiled, selfish generation that was willing to consume the benefits of a democratic society but unwilling to sacrifice?
I doubt that this question comes up on college campuses very often.
Gal & trach--that's the e
June 9, 2007 - 06:17 ET by ncstevemGal & trach--that's the exact reason for the Vietnam War protests. The sniveling generation (1960's flower children) didn't want to be drafted. Once the draft ended in 1973, th protests did too.
And it leaks over to today.
June 9, 2007 - 14:26 ET by BDAnd it leaks over to today. THe 60's generation who stormed campuses and held sit ins cannot face the fact that their youth was wasted for an immoral cause such as surrendering the Vietnamese to totalitarian rule.
To keep their supposed sanity they must ignore what happened in 1975 and since.
THey must also insist that their cowardice in the 1960's was virtuous and it must be followed by similar "Virture" today.
Somebody tell that zit you
June 9, 2007 - 03:59 ET by Right2thePointSomebody tell that zit you can't drive your Lexus in the average commune and IPOD's don't have multiple plugins to share your earbuds.
The baby boomers grew up in a competative dog eat dog fight for the top of the heap.
Yuppie aged kids today have less job competition issues due to demographics than the baby boomers did.
The growth rate of companies and jobs offered by them are outstripping the prime age group entery skill rates.
Hey Cafferty, Look at it th
June 9, 2007 - 06:13 ET by Right2thePointHey Cafferty,
Look at it this way.
In the 60's, like most kids tend to do then went counter culture, to revolt and show their stuff, tune in turn on and drop out and all that flower power stuff you so identify with.
Well guess what.
How many hours a WEEK do kids spend with their parents today?
Think about it they are mostly in the arms of all the liberal teachers, baby sittters, college professors and all the liberal mind melders.
So if they are going to go counter culture to express their new selves, where would you expect them to be?
Can you spell OOPS, I know you can.
Once the weather guy, now an
June 9, 2007 - 08:44 ET by FastEdOnce the weather guy, now an agendists - cafferty proves my point that there are NOT any journalists, in any number, within the ranks of the msm (Lsm). All they know how to do is editorilize their left leaning agenda, and don't know how to "report". Their cowardly mission in life is to listen to others who "think(?)" like them, read what is put in front of them, by people who can't come up with an original thought, and continue to make believe they are "reporting".
Their time is numbered, there will be a revolution cafferty, but it is going to happen in the msm (Lsm), and YOUR kind are the ones who will be doing the protesting, singing, "Want my job back, let me try, this time I'll report, and I won't lie."
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
Oh what a loser!
June 9, 2007 - 08:49 ET by c5thenThere is not enough that is actually happening today, McKooky has to lament what is not happening (that he wishes were happening). He isn't even intelligent enough to know and understand the differences between 1967 and 2007.
Is it any wonder that these idiots like McKooky and Oblivi-man are losing viewers and increasingly shifting to the extreme left because that is their remaining audience.
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic
Gee, I didnt know college kid
June 9, 2007 - 08:49 ET by Prester JohnGee, I didnt know college kids were the ones who approve funding for military options.
Wait, you mean they're not?
Hmmm, then I wonder who it could be?
The President? No, he doesn't approve funding.
The Supreme Court? No, it's not that either.
I got it! It's the Democrat controlled Congress that approves the funding for the war!!!
Jackass.
When it was going this poor
June 9, 2007 - 09:38 ET by Tom1969ca"When it was going this poorly..." Okay, Jack, let's look at the numbers (something I doubt he did before opening his pie-hole.) Looking at Vietnam casualties year-by-year, we find that the 3,500th US serviceman to die in Vietnam fell in June 1966. So, if we're using casualties to determine where we are in the war, then at that point in the Vietnam War, Gallup was reporting that 24% of Americans viewed sending troops to Vietnam as a mistake versus 60% who did not.
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"The current tax code is harder to understand than Bob Dylan reading Finnegan's Wake in a wind tunnel."-- Dennis Miller
Rather than face Senate confi
June 9, 2007 - 10:01 ET by general companyRather than face Senate confirmation hearings over his reappointment as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Bush White House has decided to simply throw General Peter Pace under the bus.
This same fool would be ridiculing Bush had he put Pace up, Pace is in this to win.You see, they don't want a lot of embarrassing questions asked of General Pace about the war in Iraq. So just sacrifice him and bring in somebody else to take the rap for a while.
Oh yea thats it, appearently their havent been enough (embarrassing questions asked of General Pace) already. How many time has he testified on the Hill?
Students were tearing up college campuses in an effort to head off being sent away to die for nothing.Could it be because they are not being drafted? No,, that cant be it?
When liberals spout off, is t
June 9, 2007 - 10:28 ET by mikejWhen liberals spout off, is there some sort of rule that they must have no facts about what they are saying?
Hey Jack? I would say that a reason that colleges aren't overrun with birkenstocks and Ted Kazinscky look a likes protesting the war is because it's no where near as bad. Start comparing casualities between the two and let me know what year the war in Iraq would reach the level of casualities that were reached in Vietnam? Also, there was a draft to contend with as well, so you start putting all those things together and mix em around and you get a stupid ill informed commentary that satisfies noone except the base left wing wacko's.
Thank you Jack for giving morons and idiots everywhere hope that they too can one day have a high paying, toll booth operator like job.
Coward
June 9, 2007 - 14:35 ET by jrandallCourage, courage, courage...as Dan Rather puts it...this is what "journalists" demonstrate when they ask the tough questions, report the tough stories. I guess this is what Mr. Cafferty believes he's demonstrating in his "news" piece...behind his nice little desk, reading his nice little notes, in the nice little climate controlled newsroom, with his nice pressed shirt, and colorful tie-demonstrating "courage". While our troops are out patroling hostile streets, fighting ruthless gutless terrorists, training and serving with strangers in a strange land, going without sleep, hot meals, in unclimate controlled evironments, voluntarily serving this country, away from their familys, and their normal lifesyles, serving their country, and countrymen which includes Mr. Cafferty ...doing their duty, risking and sacrificing all their tomorrows and dreams for tommorrow.
Mr. Cafferty has NOT shown the "courage" to show both sides of the Presidents actions, nor those of our brave troops actions, nor any story he covers, why, that would take the focus off his "courage", and require the "Courage" of those involved in the War on terror be shown, "Courage" is an "action" word...and all he does is talk, and talk, and talk. Mr. Cafferty, and other MSM media "journalists", celebrities, politicians, and activists only talk, this I guess is "courage". I believe Mr. Cafferty is a Coward, not worthy of even having the name of our troops pass through his unpatriotic, cowardly lips. I think Mr. Cafferty deep down knows that he is the one that is short on Courage, Integrity, Gratefullness, and Patriotism (except for patriotism to the enemies of the USA)
Thanks for letting me get this off my chest
JRandall - - Yikes! Well said
June 9, 2007 - 15:41 ET by Mica the MagnificentJRandall - - Yikes! Well said!
The college antiwar protests
June 9, 2007 - 15:35 ET by moonjohnThe college antiwar protests were never about the war.
They were protesting about college students being drafted and sent to Vietnam to fight in the war.
As long as they had their college deferments, college student could have cared less about the war.
They protested the war because they personally didn’t want to die.
I had a friend at that time in college had a deferment that kept him out of the draft.
I asked him, as he was graduating, what was he going to do about being drafted.
He was not worried.
He would simply go to graduate school and get another deferment.
He would continuously seek higher education status until the war was over.
There was no meaningful college protest until the congress took away the college deferment.
College males (not men) protested because they didn’t want to die.
College females protested because they didn’t want their boyfriends to be drafted.
Cafferty is an idiot. Sometim
June 9, 2007 - 17:06 ET by chessplayerCafferty is an idiot. Sometimes I think he`s hitting the bottle again. Remember this oldie but goody?
http://newsbusters.org/node/10784
And on his e-mail segments, he only uses the e-mails that agree with him.