If you have seen Jack Cafferty on CNN's "The Situation Room," then you have a pretty good idea of what he is like. A lot of this book draws on segments and e-mails from his viewers to that program. However, in between the chapters dealing with current events, there are autobiographical chapters where Jack talks about his early days as a journalist, his family, and his struggle to overcome alcoholism. I think those chapters are interesting, and they can be moving at times. Jack Cafferty is a common sense man, pure and simple. He will rail on either political party and their foibles without any compassion. The only reason I did not give this book more than three stars is that the material he draws from his work at CNN, for me at least, is stuff I have seen. I actually recall a few of the segments he refers to. Also, if you are fairly well informed, then he is not revealing anything new. However, the book is worth reading to get a sense of what a lot of Americans with common sense are thinking about the incompetence of the government. Sometimes, I think he does not go far enough. Worth reading, but you might want to just skip and choose the parts you read. I borrowed it via Interlibrary Loan. I don't recall for sure how I heard of it. It may have been promoted on CNN, and I got curious.
