Comments on: Anderson Cooper: Hey, sorry for that “teabagging” joke but you kind of asked for it

By: Media Still Hates Tea Parties « AJ Federation

Media Still Hates Tea Parties « AJ Federation — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:41:27 +0000

[...] The CNN anchors who reported along with Susan Roesgen called Tea Party members “teabaggers.” It was a constant joke by Anderson Cooper who didn’t take the Tax Day Tea Party protests seriously. He mocked them, deliberately, as that’s all that “teabagger” really stands for. His apology was just as serious as his teabagger comments. [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Coulter’s stand-up routine at CPAC

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:54:38 +0000

[...] A few hits and a few misses from a relatively restrained seven minutes, with my favorite line inexplicably omitted from the clip: “I’m thinking of writing a book on national health care. It will be 2,000 pages, and you’ll have two hours to read it.” There’s bound to be some outrageous outrage over her shot at Anderson Cooper although (a) it’s nothing you wouldn’t hear at, say, Gawker, and (b) it’s framed as payback for his infamous “teabagging” goof on tea partiers on CNN (for which he later kinda sorta apologized). [...]

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Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:26:03 +0000

[...] trashing tea party protesters as “tea-baggers” and excusing themselves by absurdly claiming that THEY chose the derogatory term for themselves?) Let’s not even begin to discuss movies and [...]

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By: DSchoen

DSchoen — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:58:25 +0000

“Am I misremembering or is Cooper simply inventing facts to defect blame?”

Simple enough, just have AC present the evidence that

“phrase was, after all, “used and adopted” by tea partiers”

They must have the tape somewhere, after all were talking about CNN (they should know what they broadcasted)

Mediamaters they record every second of “news” broadcasting.

Same foe MSNBC.

If they can’t?

$500K fine for EACH and EVERY time that term was used to mock legal legitimate protest.

(preferable paid by the so called “talent” AC, Olbermann, Maddow)

By: Kevin M

Kevin M — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:56:05 +0000

“The only thing I can contribute to this potty humor is that I did know a Ben Dover once, but not in a biblical sense.”

Haha, here’s more potty humor. There is an engineer consultant in Houston by the name of Michael Hunt. He worked with us for three weeks before I called him ‘Mike’… and suddenly realized his name was quite funny :). Poor guy.

By: The Greenroom » Forum Archive » Anderson Cooper’s ‘Teabagging’ Dodge

Wed, 20 May 2009 18:44:15 +0000

[...] to Allahpundit for exposing the “teabagging” dodge of CNN’s Anderson Cooper. He’s absolutely right to note that the term originated with [...]

By: capejasmine

capejasmine — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:46:36 +0000

2 words for you, Cooper….

BITE ME!!!

By: byteshredder

byteshredder — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:33:12 +0000

Yeah AC, I’m sure your “Tea bagger” comment left a bad taste in your mouth. /Sarcasm

By: Dr Evil

Dr Evil — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:52:07 +0000

In fairness to Anderson Cooper when teabags were mentioned, he was probably casting about for his own personal reference:) No we know Anderson Cooper isn’t a tea drinker otherwise he might have some other frame of reference. They all copied Jon Stewart I’m guessing you know the fake news anchor :) So CNN wants to compete with the fake news…I hear ya CNN it would be so much easier if you didn’t have to pretend you make up the news LOL!

By: VibrioCocci

VibrioCocci — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:32:12 +0000

Holy crap!

I’m amazed that there are mature comments posted on YouTube about this video.

By: blish

blish — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:20:44 +0000

I would be upset if i thought Cooper was a serious journalist. What? He is? Well, then, color me upset that a capital-J journalist feels that making a joke in a newscast is appropriate – no matter what his personal feelings.

By: peacenprosperity

peacenprosperity — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:22:42 +0000

Am I misremembering or is Cooper simply

a dumb as a stump, self annointed elitist, bull fruit.

I’d have added leftist but the majority of these people are so stupid there is no depth to their ideology.

By: petunia

petunia — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:55:45 +0000

Okay well he may think it no big deal but I will never respect him again or trust any story he covers. Too much bias, for too long.

By: AnninCA

AnninCA — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:15:01 +0000

But……botox Nancy stories aren’t any better.

Same schtick.

And that’s Rush.

By: AnninCA

AnninCA — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:52:34 +0000

The teabag jokes simply let viewers know that they are turning into bad taste.

Nothing more.

By: Merovign

Merovign — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:25:47 +0000

Cooper’s a liar and a scumbag.

I’d post what my REAL response was, but it would never get past moderation.

Come back out on the Fourth of July, Mr. Cooper, I double-dog dare you.

By: Dee2008

Dee2008 — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:40:18 +0000

It was Rick Santelli on CNBC who first spoke of ‘tea parties’ as current day protests over government spending. Had he given a thought to the MSNBC loons and how they might report on his ‘tea party’ idea, perhaps he’d have chosen a different term.

As for Anderson Cooper, et al, they have as much journalistic integrity as a gang of prepubescent kids giggling over sick locker room jokes.

By: BHO Jonestown

BHO Jonestown — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:29:02 +0000

Cooper owes his success to his mom & her connections. He denies it & lives in denial.

By: calbear

calbear — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:13:58 +0000

I admit to not having paid laserlike attention to how the parties were promoted but I don’t recall many protesters referring to themselves as “teabaggers” or their activities as “teabagging.”

One guy on Fox News and some wise-asses on the ground:

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/11/video-msnbc-devotes-13-minutes-to-teabagging-puns/

Aside from that, it was the left interested in teabagging.

By: Stickeehands

Stickeehands — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:11:53 +0000

I’ll repeat what I sent to Cooper on Twitter:

Don’t sweat the teabagging @andersoncooper I’m sure you make “colored” jokes when talking about the NAACP

By: Marcus

Marcus — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:10:37 +0000

Addendum: the story that Drudge linked to regarding the miserable demise of Anderson Cooper’s ratings and probable death notice in the future came from The Los Angeles Times.

By: hillbillyjim

hillbillyjim — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:06:46 +0000

It just proves you have lost the youth demographic.
A tribe without reps cannot survive.

strangelet on May 19, 2009 at 8:59 PM

You are a strange little strangelet, strangelet. Why do you treat yourself so poorly?

You have shown some intelligence; why do you repress it?

By: Marcus

Marcus — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:05:14 +0000

Drudge linked recently that Anderson Cooper’s ratings have plummeted and he is on the verge of being cancelled. The novelty of being closeted and Gloria Vanderbilt’s kid has worn off.