Famed Democrat strategist Pat Caddell is one of
the most unvarnished, independent critics of Washington elites. Living
in Charleston, S.C., he commutes to New York for his Fox News show, “
Political Insiders,” following successful careers in Washington and Hollywood.
This surprising, far-ranging video interview details his personal
path defending ordinary citizens, while sounding more pro-American than
most in his political party. Entertaining and riveting, Caddell is an
equal opportunity critic of both parties. He explains the evolution of
the Democratic Party, his growing fear of President Obama’s governance
and the corruption of the media.
Importantly, last December he issued a stunning three-part poll of Republican voters found
here,
here and
here.
It revealed what he calls a “large Grand Canyon chasm” between
Republican voters and their leaders in Congress. Stunningly, “60% wanted
someone new to lead them.”
Amnesty and repeal of Obamacare were pivotal issues for these voters,
as well as their hostility to the budget negotiations on the CRomnibus
following a wave election for Republicans. Undoubtedly, most Democrats
relish the disunity and mistakes being made by Republican leaders who
seem to cater more to the left-wing media elite than their own base.
Rank and file members of Congress find their constituents and
supporters back home growing anxious and frustrated, while Republican
leaders
dismiss
these citizens as mindless “groups trying to raise money off of
Boehner” and McConnell. Caddell’s poll demonstrates that citizens want a
more effective opposition to Obama’s policies.
One of the two Republican leaders confidently told a dinner companion
last year that he can ignore the tea party agenda, as it is “only 8% of
his base.” Caddell has news for the mistaken leader and others showing
ignorance of those who put them in office. Caddell confirms, “It ain’t
8%. It’s about 40% of his voters.” He is stunned at the disconnect that
seems to be growing in the Republican Party. He even relayed a warning
that “1/4 to 1/3 of Republicans appear ready to bolt their party.”
Caddell discusses a “donor, lobbyist, establishment class” of
Republicans who “have lost election after election” while lining their
own pockets, abusing donors and destroying candidates. “They have no
message,” he declares. “The problem with Republicans is that as long as
they can keep their hands on their goodies in this town, a lot of these
lawyers, lobbyists and others, they don’t care whether the Republican
Party wins or what happens to the country.”
He says Republicans hire consultants who “have the morality of
storm-troopers” to suppress the grassroots and intimidate anyone who
dissents from strategies designed by leadership.
As for his assessment of Republicans stopping Obama’s transformation
of the country, Caddell says unequivocally, “Basically, Republicans are
wusses,” and describes opportunities to leverage “the power of the
purse” provided by the Constitution to the legislative branch.
Clearly, Caddell thinks more effective oversight should be a staple
of Republican tactics. The failure of the Republicans to go after the
IRS with full-throated intensity for targeting Obama’s political
opponents is especially galling to this man, who still bristles at being
the youngest person on President Nixon’s enemies list. He even
chastises Hillary Clinton, who previously worked to bring Nixon down for
such abuse of power, while seemingly supporting such things now.
Caddell surveys the political landscape and says Washington “reminds
him of Vienna in 1914 on the cusp of World War I,” where inside the
perimeter all seemed well, while war was about to break out only a few
miles away.
He says the country is at a tipping point, “a pre-revolutionary
moment,” where citizen power is eroding while Washington is absorbed
with keeping its own power. To him, the country is in decline,
politicians are self-absorbed and President Obama is in a dangerous
“twilight zone” without media scrutiny.
The Benghazi deaths that revealed Obama’s failed foreign policy still
make his blood boil. He wonders if the famed investigative journalist
Bob Woodward is really a “clone from the Invasion of the Body
Snatchers,” since he shows no interest in uncovering the greatest
cover-up in American history. Mitt Romney is also a target of Caddell’s
wrath for deserting his country in the third presidential debate when he
failed to pursue the Benghazi matter simply because he thought he was
going to win.
The strategist recalls “when the Democrat Party was the voice of the
common man, not the dictator to the common man.” Today, Democrats “have
become a tool totally controlled by special interests. The left doesn’t
care about ordinary people.” He says big environmental funders like “Tom
Steyer basically control the White House and other people.” He detests
hypocrites who “fly around in private planes but think the rest of us
have to have bicycles.”
President Obama’s State of the Union address was “terrifying” to
Caddell, as he saw a president who looked like he “lives in his own
bubble in a universe far, far from where we live” with “a team of
sycophants.” He continued, “We can survive bad domestic policy. With
foreign policy, he can threaten security and destroy the world.” Caddell
mentions how this “ship of fools” running foreign policy shockingly
promoted the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. They can’t even call the
Islamic State “Islamic terrorism.”
He thinks America is at a “tipping point” and puts the blame mostly
on Democrats, harkening back to how it was Republicans who finally
clamored for Nixon to resign. Cadell asks, “Who will go tell this
president what time of day it is,” breaking through the bubble he’s
living in?
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