#During his Cafferty File segment on [[CNN]]'s Jack Cafferty asked viewers: "Should Republicans stop listening to [[Rush Limbaugh]]?" Cafferty referred to the radio host as "that gasbag Limbaugh,<ref>["http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2008/12/15/cafferty-slams-gasbag-limbaugh-reads-e-mail-comparing-rush-hannity-kk]</ref> while referencing comments made by [[Colin Powell]] during an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria.<ref>[http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/11/powell-gop-polarization-backfired-in-election/]</ref> While reading viewer emails after the initial set-up, all of which were anti-Limbaugh, he relayed a very serious charge from "Connie in Chicago." Cafferty read: "Yes! Limbaugh is a far-right agitator of the worst sort with a 1950's mentality of what values 21st century America should reflect. I expect him and other like-minded Sean Hannity's of the world to step out of their closet and display their white sheets and dunce caps. Limbaugh is a bad joke." | #During his Cafferty File segment on [[CNN]]'s Jack Cafferty asked viewers: "Should Republicans stop listening to [[Rush Limbaugh]]?" Cafferty referred to the radio host as "that gasbag Limbaugh,<ref>["http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2008/12/15/cafferty-slams-gasbag-limbaugh-reads-e-mail-comparing-rush-hannity-kk]</ref> while referencing comments made by [[Colin Powell]] during an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria.<ref>[http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/11/powell-gop-polarization-backfired-in-election/]</ref> While reading viewer emails after the initial set-up, all of which were anti-Limbaugh, he relayed a very serious charge from "Connie in Chicago." Cafferty read: "Yes! Limbaugh is a far-right agitator of the worst sort with a 1950's mentality of what values 21st century America should reflect. I expect him and other like-minded Sean Hannity's of the world to step out of their closet and display their white sheets and dunce caps. Limbaugh is a bad joke." |