I recall the buzz here when Jack Cafferty first went to CNN

[Stinky The Clown]

I don't know if it was the majority view, but I recall pretty clearly a number of people expressing disappointment in him. I recall him being viewed as some right wing mouthpiece.

[d_b]

1. He needs his own show

Man tells it like it is. If that means he has to burn a few Dems along the way...so be it.

[shadowknows69]

2. I wasn't always sure of his politics. He seemed to lean right

But he's still speaks truth to power.

[Lex]

3. He's evolved. A lot.

nt

[navarth]

4. perhaps of interest

http://www.givecaffertyashow.com/

[gravity]

5. He has integrity

Although you might not always agree with his politics, this guy doesn't stand for bullshit. I respect that.

I really don't mind people who lean right as long as they are true to their beliefs. What I can't stand is people who compromise their beliefs to support the politics of the moment, like so many conservatives.

[stillcool]

6. wasn't he a regular news guy in New York

before CNN?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

7. Yup, for years.

And he played it right down the middle back then and was pretty funny as well.

[stillcool]

8. He is still such a New Yawker!

didn't he have a regular female side-kick?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

10. Yup.

Sue Simmons.

[stillcool]

12. That's her...I really liked her...

is she still on the air?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

15. I seem to remember...

That she may have passed on.

[Stinky The Clown]

11. Yeah, he goes way back in New York

I'm not familiar with his last 10 or 15 years or so, but he was on WNBC as anchor and also as cohost of some sort of talk show with a guy named Scarborough .... Mike Scarborough?

Pretty much a boring straight shooter back then.

edit: :snap: **Chuck** Scarborough! Who is still and WNBC.

[stillcool]

13. Chuck...was married to Ann Uzielli Ford..

[spanone]

9. he's been my favorite teevee cynic

[ProgressiveFool]

14. I don't think it's easy to tell which way he believes

In fact, I think he was a conservative, but has been disgusted with Republicans for quite a while, at least since the Iraq war. The period you're referring to was probably shortly after 9/11, when I think for a brief while Cafferty was swept up in the pro-war hysteria.