Media Matters has a peice about the "wolfman" shitty dem pundit I was

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talking about. He's like the ugliest guy you've ever seen, and he bashes dems everytime he's on cable, meaning, he's the perfect democratic "counterbalance" for the corporate thugs who run cable. I brought him up a week or so ago here and people didn't know who I was talking about. Here's MMFA's item on him.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200409160005

Who is Pat Caddell?

Pat Caddell, a FOX News Channel contributor and onetime pollster for former President Jimmy Carter, has made the rounds on cable television this campaign season, apparently being booked as a counterbalance to Republican pundits. But on almost every occasion, Caddell has attacked the Kerry-Edwards '04 campaign and the Democratic Party, reinforcing Republican pundits' attacks rather than refuting them.

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In eight separate appearances on the FOX News Channel in 2004, Caddell -- identified as a "FOX News contributor," "Democratic strategist," "Democratic pollster," or "former Democratic strategist" -- appeared opposite Republican pundits. But on almost every occasion, he issued harsh attacks on Senator John Kerry and other Democrats:

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Caddell's harsh criticism of Democrats and questionable allegiance to the Democratic Party have been evident for more than a decade. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times on April 5, 1992, which Representative David Dreier (R-CA) relayed on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on April 7, 1992, Caddell claimed: "Democratic corruption is much worse than the Republican corruption," and that "n 1976, the party was still a good party. It had not become what it is today. ... My party is standing at the verge of following the Whigs into history, of disappearing overnight if they keep this up." As Salon.com opinion columnist Michelle Goldberg noted on November 18, 2003, Caddell "loathed" former President Bill Clinton "as intensely as Christopher Hitchens did."

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1. Pat Caddell doesn't just consort with the enemy, he IS the enemy.

Frickin' turncoat, he is. With friends like him, we don't need the bushies. FEH on him. Fitting karma that he has to walk around for life, looking like he drooled chicken gravy down his chin.

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2. I actually saw him on the Sept. 15 H&C show...

I came to DU to see if anyone else had posted something about it and saw nothing. I just happened to be turning channels when I saw "Democratic Strategist" beneath his name.

When he first started talking I thought he was talking about the Republicans-- it was so angry and hateful. When I realized he was talking about the Democrats, I couldn't believe what I was hearing. This man was on FOX News talking about how our Democracy was at stake because of the media-- the LIBERAL media. Can anybody spell irony.

[Julien Sorel]

3. The DNC needs to manage this guy.

They need to contact journalists who quote him as a "Democratic" voice, and inform them, on no uncertain terms, that Caddell doesn't represent Democratic thinking or the Democratic Party, perhaps giving a list of Caddel's comments as evidence. They have got to start aggressively going after the media and making damn sure that our side is represented. TV is where it all begins.

[SoCalDem]

4. "formerdemocraticpollsterpatcaddell"..They never breathe

between the words.. It's just a cagey way for the repubes to claim "bipartisanship".. Might as well invite "DEMOCRATICsenatorZellMiller" as a commentator..

Just like having a birthday party for your kid, and then only inviting his enemies..:eyes:

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5. Joe Conasan just mentioned him with contempt on the Al Franken show

[LiberalFighter]

6. Pat Caddell split from Democratic consulting firm Caddell, Doak & Shrum

From Media Matter for America

Pat Caddell split from Democratic consulting firm Caddell, Doak & Shrum in December 1985, six months after its creation , with what The Washington Post described as an "acrimonious lawsuit." Robert M. Shrum is one of Senator John Kerry's closest political advisers, and Doak is a prominent media consultant with Democratic advertising firm Doak, Carrier, O'Donnell & Associates.

Caddell's harsh criticism of Democrats and questionable allegiance to the Democratic Party have been evident for more than a decade. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times on April 5, 1992, which Representative David Dreier (R-CA) relayed on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on April 7, 1992, Caddell claimed: "Democratic corruption is much worse than the Republican corruption," and that "n 1976, the party was still a good party. It had not become what it is today. ... My party is standing at the verge of following the Whigs into history, of disappearing overnight if they keep this up." As Salon.com opinion columnist Michelle Goldberg noted on November 18, 2003, Caddell "loathed" former President Bill Clinton "as intensely as Christopher Hitchens did."

During the 2000 presidential election, Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund noted that Caddell supported Green Party candidate Ralph Nader, not former Vice President Al Gore. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Caddell contributed $1,000 to the Nader-LaDuke 2000 campaign. In 2001, Caddell was hired -- along with Susan Estrich, another FOX News political analyst and putative Democrat who routinely sides with conservatives -- to work on the 2002 California gubernatorial campaign of former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan, a Republican opposing Governor Gray Davis (D-CA) .