The Arkanssouri Blog.: CNN's Situation Room is a joke.

Friday, August 12, 2005

CNN's Situation Room is a joke.

Must Wolf Blitzer remind us every twelve seconds that we are in the Situation Room? And isn't it he who is in the Situation Room, not us? I've got a feeling that I'm about to have three hours of free time in the afternoons. Even the show's Inside The Blogs segments, because you never know when they'll be aired, aren't enough to hold my attention past today.

But once in awhile, I may drop back in to gawk at the spectacle briefly. As I would any other train wreck.

Here is further evidence why I've renamed Blitzer He-Who-Asks-Stupid Questions:

JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: Good afternoon, Wolf. The former president, I was watching that interview, former President Clinton, he hasn't lost his fastball. He's still pretty smooth. I got to thinking though what it might be like to have a Clinton back in the White House. We all remember the relatively peaceful pre-9/11 days when President Clinton was in office. There was no war on terror; no U.S. troops getting killed in Iraq; budget surpluses; a booming economy; impeachment. His last year in office, oil cost about $30 a barrel. Gasoline was a buck and a half a gallon. Sex scandals. Whitewater. If Hillary is ever elected, Mr. Clinton would become the first first husband in our nation's history. Consider those possibilities. All that time and no responsibility for running the country.

Here's the question: Would you like to see President Bill Clinton back in the White House? You can e-mail us at caffertyfile -- which is one word -- @CNN.com. We'll read some of the responses a little later in the program.

BLITZER: All right, Jack. Caffertyfile@CNN.com. But that has a double meaning. Would you like to see President Clinton back in the White House as first spouse or as president?

CAFFERTY: Well, yeah, I mean -- no, well, he can't be president. That's -- you know, it's constitutionally prohibited. No, the only way he'd be back in the White House is presumably that he remains married to Hillary and Hillary becomes the nation's president.

BLITZER: So what you're saying is -- in effect, you're saying, would you like to see Hillary be the president of the United States? Is that the question?

CAFFERTY: No, that's not the question. Where is it. Wait a minute. Let me read the question. Would you like to see President Bill Clinton back in the White House? Maybe it's a little misleading. In the capacity of first husband.

BLITZER: I get it now. Okay, I get it. As opposed to hypothetically if they changed the Constitution, and he could be president. He's only what, 59 years old.


And another instance:

JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: You know, NBC's got that Martha Stewart "Apprentice" show coming up in the fall along with -- and they got these awful promos they're running, with Donald Trump and Martha Stewart where she straightens his tie. I mean, it's just icky. Just following up on the Martha Stewart thing.

BLITZER: Does she do anything with his hairdo?


In the same segment, a viewer calls out Blitzer on the inanity of the show:

[Cafferty:] And finally, Steve in Ft. Worth, Texas writes to say: "Jack, tell your buddy Wolf Blitzer I'm not in THE SITUATION ROOM. In fact, I'm in my living room on my sofa." Geez.


Glad to see I'm not the only one aghast at the sheer idiocy of the show. Steve from Fort Worth, God Bless You.

10 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Watching the devistation today from Katrina and knowing some day we in California will be dealing with the same kind of devistation from earthquakes, Cafferty came on Wolf's show and said, "Where is the President?" "Shouldn't he be involved?" Blitz said, "He's cutting his vacation in Texas short by 2 days and returning to Washington." Cafferty said, "Well isn't that nice that he is going to cut his vacation short and deal with the crisis going on." This was all said, tongue-in-cheek. I have just become a Republican. I can not stand CNN liberalism anymore. The stupidity and hate has turned me against the Democrats. YOU NEED TO STOP THE BUSH HATE, YOU ARE TURNING VOTERS AGAINST YOU. Good luck and God bless to the people in Katrina.

5:10 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bush is an idiot, he drags America down in an expensive war that is currently losing and doing little else than breed terrorists, curtesy of tax payer dollars, and now he expects middle America to pick up the tab for Katrina too. Wealthy people like Bush, and the senate in general are probably sitting back having a cup of wine laughing at how stupid the proletariat have become with the cutback funding of education. There will come a time when the rich of America get to rich...

2:15 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I really think President Bush is doing a VERY VERY poor job getting help into Louisiana. Go figure, Bush needs to get his head out of his _ _ _ and get on the ball. Too many people will die because of the lack of attention our government is not giving. I can't wait till Bush is no longer in charge of our country. Good luck to all, to get away safely

2:47 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have not watched cnn much but the little I see all you are doing is bush bashing. Why dont you try to stop your bush and America bashing and try to do something construtive ,like turn off your station and put a bullet into each others heads. I have never seen such political hatetred in a time of need as this,you should all be ashamed.

3:10 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's good to know that someone has the balls to talk about the race issue. It's really sad that all that Bush could do was fly in an airplane. What's the matter, did he think some of the black and poor would get on him. The black people, the blacks that has joined this party should be a shamed. I believe if this was in white america, help would have been on standby even before Katrina came.

3:46 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What would have been the response if Beverly Hills had a trsgedy as this? you are right on. Wht don't we open the military bases to be closed as shelters for the people of New Oreleans? Where is are vice president? Shooting ducks in Wyomiing as he was during 911?
Viewers can't stand the truth. Thank you.
Maurice Rotheiser

3:52 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

CNN IS DOING ANOTHER GREAT JOB OF MUCK RAKING AND FEEDING THE FLAMES OF DIVISION AND MISTRUST. CAFFERTY HAS LOST ANY RESPECT I HAD IN HIM. HOW SLANTED CAN ONE PERSON BE. HE MUST NAIL HIS SHOES TO THE EARTH TO KEEP FROM SLIDING OFF. NOT ONLY WOULD HE YELL FIRE IN A THEATER, HE WOULD WANT CENTER STAGE AND A SPOTLIGHT. HOW SAD ...

4:46 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I will still send my donation to help HUMAN BEINGS that are affected by the hurricane anyway .. some of the negative remarks about help ,efforts ,long hours by rescue workers are NOT necessary . perhaps these people should be out there helping!!! now is the time to HELP . then if it makes you feel better about yourself ,,you have my permission to point fingers .. oh !!! a thought !!! why not work TOGETHER !!!

10:02 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I would just like to say, "YOU GO JACK', it really is time the country knows the truth about this pathetic administration..I can remember when Cheney told America that if you vote for the wrong man, our country would be bound to be attacked by terrorist. I wounder how the idiot feels now , that they (bush's administration) can't even keep New Orleans safe. It is overdue to get this idiot president IMPEACHED.

2:46 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have just discovered Jack Cafferty and wish I had done so much sooner.
It is really great to see someone in the news media with the balls to speak the truth about this horrible administration:Bush, Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld, Rice ALL should be imprisoned for treason.

3:29 PM  

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