Anderson Cooper is going for the jugular vein!

[William769]

Says this is an outrage & this should not be possible in America. He also says the next hour on his show will shock you on whats not being done.

[LSparkle]

1. He was GREAT last night -- absolutely fuming at the "response"

I was proud of him.

[rodeodance]

2. ok watching.

[rodeodance]

4. i like cafferty today--saying the world is watching.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

11. Cafferty was UNBELIEVABLE! Here is the transcript of his first tirade!

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0509/01/sitroom.01.html

Jack Cafferty, we keep saying it gets worse every single day. And it's clearly worse today than yesterday.

JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: Well, and the thing that's most glaring in all of this is that the conditions continue to deteriorate for the people who are victims in this are and the efforts to do something about it don't seem to be anywhere in sight.

I want to read you something, Wolf. This is a quote from an editorial: "A better leader would have flown straight to the disaster zone and announced the immediate mobilization of every available resource. The cool, confident, intuitive leadership Bush exhibited in his first term, particularly in the months following 9/11, has vanished." Now that's not from some liberal rag. That is an editorial from one of the most conservative newspapers in the country, New Hampshire's "Union Leader."

"The New York Times," not unexpectedly, kind of chimed in. They said the President showed up a day later than he was needed, and they excoriated him for appearing casual to the point of carelessness. Harsh words coming from FEMA's former Disaster Response Chief Eric Tolbert who says the government was not ready and shifted its attention from natural disasters to fighting the war on terror.

The questions that we ask on THE SITUATION ROOM every afternoon, Wolf, are posted on the website two or three hours before we go on the air. And people who read the website often begin to respond before the show actually starts. The questions this hour is how would you rate the response of the federal government to Hurricane Katrina? I got to tell you something. We got 5 or 600 letters, before the show even went on the air. No one, no one says the federal government is doing a good job in handling one of the most atrocious and embarrassing and far reaching and calamitous things that has come along in this country in my lifetime. I'm 62. I don't remember -- I remember the riots in Watts. I remember the earthquake in San Francisco. I remember a lot of things.

I have never ever seen anything as badly bungled and poorly handled as this situation in New Orleans. Where the hell is the water for these people? Why can't sandwiches be dropped to those people that are in that Superdome down there? I mean what is going -- this is Thursday. This is Thursday. This storm happened five days ago. It's a disgrace. And don't think the world isn't watching. This is the government the taxpayers are paying for, and it's fallen right flat on its face, as far as I can see, in the way it's handled this thing.

We're going to talk about something else before the show is over, too, and that's the big elephant in the room. The race and economic class of most of the victims, which the media hasn't discussed much at all, but we will a bit later -- Wolf.

[Cha]

27. Thanks, om!

"It's a disgrace. And don't think the world isn't watching. This is the government the taxpayers are paying for, and it's fallen right flat on its face, as far as I can see, in the way it's handled this thing."

[stevietheman]

31. Does anyone now want to say "We shouldn't politicize this?"

I mean... this is so f**king ripe for politicizing that if Democrats/Progrressives don't run with this, WE'RE CRAZY.

[roguevalley]

121. consider: They consolidated things to make this sort of disaster

BETTER and EASIER to manage. Look what has happened. Its a DISASTER! Someone has to pay for this.

[liveoaktx]

51. Video Clip

Fallen Flat on Its Face

[mzmolly]

107. Thanks.

I hadn't seen this.

[rodeodance]

88. yes, thanx very much.

[craigolemiss]

89. what he said was

one of the most amazing things I have EVER seen on television---the transcript does not fully show the anger and vitriol with which he said it either---Every one of the 3 major newscasts this evening to some extent continued the anger and questions of where is the help ---What is happening ---The complete lack of assistance DAYS later---

[faithnotgreed]

3. thank you mr cooper - we need all humanity on deck

[rodeodance]

5. How do we contact Cooper?

[faithnotgreed]

14. that information has to be around rodeo - sorry i dont have it

justnow
but a great idea to contact him

[rodeodance]

30. suppose will go to cnn site 'contact us'--i think it that on-line thing!

[Bumblebee]

19. They just gave Pat Robertson's Operation Blessing as a

place to contribute to. If you are writing to them, please mention it. They are just copying Fema's listings

[nofurylike]

55. could try this addy:

[e-mail]


peace

[rodeodance]

96. ok, i will

[Pallas180]

93. I just did - go to cnn com and they have his site

awesome he is tonite

[RageFist]

6. My mom, a repug, said its an embarassment

for republicans everywhere, since Bush is the prez and the relief/security efforts seem to have been botched. I WILL say, however, that I don't think anyone anticipated people shooting at military helicopters and such... sad time for America.

[jsamuel]

8. all it takes is one guy with a gun

i hate that the MSM keeps using the term "people" are doing blank. When it is really just one incident.

For example "people" are turning over rescue workers' boats. (only one of these incidences has been reported)

Kinda like the "people say" thing that they have been doing for a while.

[rodeodance]

20. seems there were a few--but you are right--they keep repeating it.

[rodeodance]

22. Breax, for Sen. from LA says signs were everywhere!!

[rodeodance]

25. "the perfect storm"-Where everything went wrong"--says one woman.

[roseBudd]

123. People panic, a drowning person will drown the person who swims to their

rescue. It's the first thing you learn in lifesaving. Any victim must be approached with caution, and you must always be able to break free, because they will try to climb on your head. My preference was the hair carry, because they can't reach you.

[rodeodance]

10. good for your mom.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

7. Tweety is worthless..... Just changed the channel.

n/t

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[rodeodance]

13. Charity Hospital still trying to evacuate. Some copters are there finally.

[Spazito]

26. No, thank God the media is FINALLY reporting the truth

Reporting facts instead of cheerleading.

[iconoclastNYC]

57. You're new here, aren't you?

LOL.

[DistressedAmerican]

70. In Your Freaking Dreams Queenie! First Time They Are Actually

Reporting in 4 and a half years. Up to now it has all been cover-up and toadying.

I guess it took this kind of devastation and death for them to stop carrying Bush's water and lies!

Just visiting? Or do you think you plan to stay?

[SammyWinstonJack]

98. We do?

:rofl:

[AllieB]

99. Ted Turner sold CNN many years ago. It is not a liberal network.

It is nice to see them finally growing a spine and telling it like it is.

Welcome to DU!

Allie

[SeveneightyWhoa]

125. "We liberals".

What would you know about "we liberals"?

[AgadorSparticus]

12. yup, couldn't reach for the remote fast enough. tweety made me sick

to my stomach. he is an absolute disgrace.

[rodeodance]

15. Sanvey Gupta from the hospital saying initally some pts went to Tulane

cause ambulences did not show up that were promised.

[rodeodance]

16. Cooper saying tonight and next months will try to figure out how this

happened.

[rodeodance]

18. cerainly implying that FED gov was not prepared--should not the

military been moblized when we heard of the Hurrican and compared to -if we had heard a terrorist attach was coming...

[xchrom]

29. we knew it was going to be bad -- yes they should

have been mobilized.
that was the most obvious and simplest thing they could have done.

but bushco is too stuuuupid to be that on the ball.

[MO_Dem]

21. I couldn't understand a word Dr. Gupta said, but

he sounded frantic.

[William769]

17. I have refused to watch him for several years now.

[Cha]

34. How was tweety fucking up

this time? Regarding Katrina?

[AgadorSparticus]

87. the minute he started his laissez faire attitude about bringing food

into NO, I went reaching for the remote. Anytime the reporters get apologetic for the federal response, I just can't listen to it without vomiting.

the other thing I can't stand is listening to the media spin and push this "lawlessness" like a cowboy on crack.

the REAL issue isn't the "lawlessness" but WHY are there people scaveging for food and water? and that is certainly not lost on the media. once again, they are trying to underspin the situation to cover up for the government's ineptitude and theivery.

[colbushwhacker_2000]

74. I agree

I finally switched to CNN......can't stomach any more of tweety.......he is such a stupid person, so out of touch with reality.

Time to email MSNBC, once again, and complain about this idiot..knowing full well that it will be meaningless, but at least it is a display of showing my frustration with this bu$h ass kisser.

Salute to all members of DU !

Salute to all of those folks who are trying to surive in NOLA......

and fuck Bu$h and the GOP !

[Corgigal]

116. Chris Matthews

Didn't he intern or something for Robert Kennedy?

He should be so ashamed of himself.

[drfresh]

126. What'd he do this time? -nt

[Pallas180]

23. Hey lets call Senator Breaux about getting food/water to conventin center

HERE'S THE PHONE NUMBERS - CALL-HELO FOOD/WATER

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/tips /

[e-mail]


WHITE HOUSE NUMBER 202 456 1414

Capitol Hill Switchboard: TOLL FREE 1-800-839-5276

CAPITOL HILL SWITCHBOARD - (202) 224 -3121 or [phone]


DEMAND THEY DROP MRE'S & WATER TO THE PEOPLE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER

THEY HAVE STOPPED RESCUE - TOLD TO STAND DOWN -

PEOPLE ARE DYING - ITS GENOCIDE

CONGRESS PHONE #'S - CALL & DEMAND THEY CONTINUE RESCUE- THIS IS GENOCIDE
Edited on Thu Sep-01-05 12:46 PM by Pallas180

http://www.visi.com/juan/congress /

SO THEY SHOOT AT US IN IRAQ AND THEY AINT PULLING OUT FROM THERE.

THIS IS GENOCIDE

DEMAND THAT SENATOR/CONGRESS AT LEAST DEMAND THEY DROP MRE'S AND

WATER FROM THE HELICOPTERS TO THOSE THOUSANDS WHO ARE IN THE WRONG

PLACE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER!!!!!

THIS IS URGENT

THEY'RE DYING ON THE STREETS FROM NO WATER AND FOOD.

THESE COULD BE DROPPED FROM COPTERS EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT PICKING

THEM UP

IMPEACH THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS

NO WATER NO FOOD STOPPING RESCUE IS GENOCIDE

[Jacobin]

60. Senator Breaux has retired

Is he still in some position of authority?

[Pallas180]

97. he has respect and connections, no?

.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

24. CNN has gotten some gumption!!!!

Did Ted Turner take it over again?

[rodeodance]

28. 'i am not sure if even if FEMA had been intact...."--What did he mean by

that comment?

[rodeodance]

35. cooper--Do you get the anger? to Sen Laudriew!! whow.

[elcondor]

32. Holy shit!

Anderson ... I love you right now

[VolcanoJen]

33. Anderson: "It cuts people the wrong way to hear politicians thanking...

... each other. There was a woman's dead body eaten by rats. Do you understand the anger our here?"

Anderson Cooper to Sen. Mary Landrieu, busy back-slapping her fellow politicians.

GO ANDERSON!!!

[rodeodance]

40. go coop go!!!

[rodeodance]

48. Landrieu seems to playing the middle ground!!

[mtnester]

61. Thats is why as a Dem she has always sucked

she should be screaming at the top of her lungs too.

[Be Brave]

36. Go get them, Anderson!

"Politicians thanking each other..." to Sen. Landrieu.

Anderson is livid.

[Renew Deal]

37. He is.

He is going to town. Emotionally.

[Biased Liberal Media]

38. Good, he's telling off some stupid woman

who is sitting here praising the fucking politicians.

It's about damn time SOMEONE took a stand!

[rodeodance]

58. that is Democratic Senator he is yelling at. (which is fine).

[Biased Liberal Media]

71. I really don't care at this point

the fact that she's sitting there thanking the fucking politicians is enough to piss me off.

Time to get to work and save some lives!

[Karmadillo]

39. Jesus Christ! His voice is shaking when talking to Landrieu.

She was rambling on thanking politicians and he interrupted her to say I didn't know Congress was convening because I've been here seeing dead bodies for the past four days. People don't want to hear politicians thanking each other right now. No one is taking responsibility.

[gatorboy]

49. It doesn't help that she sounds like a fucking robot.

"I. am. very. sad. about. what's. happening."

Get'im Cooper!

[Karmadillo]

66. She was stunningly terrible.

nt

[screembloodymurder]

85. She's been on camera at every opportunity.

She's a publicity whore.

[BeTheChange]

92. Dont forget, she lost her home too..

Her family lost their "camps".. she said yesterday..


Boofuckinghoo. Cry me a river. These people have no fucking water while you sit there with your manicured hair and clean skin.

Thank you to the President? You fucking whore.

Your people are dying because of this administration and you thanked them for it?

[kerry-is-my-prez]

41. He Sounds Close to Crying.... He's ripping her a new one.

n/t

[Biased Liberal Media]

45. She is beyond deluded

She doesn't UNDERSTAND SHIT!

[mtnester]

42. I swear he is so angry he is doing that "man crying" thing

lots of swallowing and gulping.

He is PISSED

[burythehatchet]

43. holy shit, his voice is cracking

he;s about to break down. I actually feel sorry for these tools who are wakiong up to the facts that we've lived with for 5 years.

[Pallas180]

44. He just lambasted Mary Landriwux, rightfully!!! told about seeing rats eat

eating a dead woman's body in the streets

told her to stop patting politicians on the back.

Anderson coming out with balls . he rocks

She's a dem, why the hell is she protecting bush? ??????

[Princess Turandot]

46. "Excuse me, Senator..I've been looking at dead bodies for the last 24 hour

and listening to politicians slap each other on their backs abt what a great job they are doing is not something people here want to hear: Cooper to Sen. Landrieu..

[TexasLady]

65. He is expressing all of our anger!!!

dem or not, im SICK TO DEATH of this horror...i cant remember crying so MUCH, not even during 9-11.... what he said..the backslapping...
RIGHT FUCKING ON!

[SammyWinstonJack]

104. How did she react, how did she respond?

:wow: Good for him! :woohoo: I am sick of these freshly showered politicians patting each other on the back as if they really have a fucking clue what's it's like to be in these horrible life threatening conditions. None of us can know what these people are actually going through.

[phish420]

47. He is f-ing awesome!

Givin Mary hell...holy shit...I feel bad for her, cuz I like her, but I love it..."No one is taking responsibilty"...go anderson, go!

[rodeodance]

56. yeah, she looks like she has been up for a few days. and I can see

where she needs to sit on the fence at times. She has to ask for help form Bush, the Senate.

[Im with Rosey]

81. I was thinking that also

She still must deal with the monster. I don't know enough about her to know if she is just a puppet or what.

[Miss Chybil]

50. The cabal has lost the press!

Party is.... O V E R.

The people will speak now.

[rodeodance]

76. now, to get a few more on line!! Cafferty and cooper. who else?

[Eloriel]

52. NOMINATED -- Cooper just slapped down Sen Landrieu and I don't

blame him. Said, "Senator: People are dead in the streets. Can you understand that hearing politicians congratulate and thank one another is rubbing people the wrong way?"

[DainBramaged]

Landrieu kept trying to kiss Bush's ass and Cooper just slapped

her silly. She just was exposed for the jerk off she really is. She is a Dem by name only, and she should be down there handing out food and water instead of fucking politicing. Stupid bitch.

[Usrename]

84. Irony is Sen Landrieu has been arguing for flood avoidance and

evacuation efforts for years! I've seen her and listened and if there is one person "NOT" responsible for this human tragedy it is her. She's done and will continue to do her darndest. Now that being said, let's let Cooper go off on FEMA. Come on, let's see his cojones when the real villians appear. I doubt it.

[Rhiannon12866]

124. Everybody's just pissed that she's not bringing those responsible for this

to task. I have no doubt that she led the efforts to make NO as safe as possible in the event of a bad hurricane, since this wasn't unexpected. But it's the aftermath, flooding and botched rescue plan, that is responsible for the large casualty count, with no end in sight. And it's Bush* who cut funding for levee repairs and environmental protections for NO. She must know and be very angry about this...:-(

As for Cooper, I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't let up. Cafferty, who's a conservative and is safe and dry in NY, went off on the sorry efforts of this administration. Cooper is right in the thick of it, has seen the carnage and misery, first-hand. If Cafferty's pissed, Cooper must be livid...:grr:

[Kurovski]

90. So i guess the "politeness plan" won't be working.

Time for Pols to start actually getting the job done, and stating outright who exactly was responsible for this.

Because I can guarantee, the blame will start flying fast and furious very soon and I want to hear the truth, not spin.

Dems better jump on it before the RightWingers bury us.

[Just Me]

53. AARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!!!

I am sick to death of the detached, completely detached reactions from those who are SUPPOSE to be representing our voice!!!

shit

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[0007]

59. Mary Landrieu is just another game playing politician

[sundog]

78. ding

they all look the same in my eyes right now

[rodeodance]

62. Kick for the break, he will be back.

[rodeodance]

67. cooper broadcasting from Miss. wish he was NO

[NNN0LHI]

63. Notice how Landrieu would not sway from the party line an inch?

"...and thank you president Bush for all your help blah, blah, blah..." We are not living in a democracy anymore. And we thought we were free.

Don

[Karmadillo]

72. Her Stepford act was genuinely frightening.

nt

[Lars39]

73. she's a New Democrat.

:puke:

[Greybnk48]

64. Cooper is representing us against them

Anderson Cooper is talking like a human being and a citizen, trying deperately to break through the wall of lies coming from the politicians. Sen. Landrieu (sp?) talked like a political robot. He tried valiantly to get her to act human, but failed. I now adore this guy.

[Greybnk48]

77. How refreshing to listen to a human.

[Connie_Corleone]

82. The way she was responding made me sick!

When are these Democratic senators going to grow backbones and quit playing political games? They're so afraid of Limbaugh and Hannity saying they're politicizing the disaster instead of calling out the administration for it's incompetence.

[mtnester]

68. He is CRYING OUTLOUD

apologizing...he is CRYING

On camera

[Kenroy]

75. How can he not?

I can't stop crying and I'm thousands of miles away. He's been living it for the past 5 days.

[mtnester]

79. I am with you, and now so is he

Finally, someone in MSM GETS it

[Cooley Hurd]

80. So am I...

Jesus... I've been hard on Coop since his cheerleading the Iraq mess (during the blue-finger-faux-elections).

I take every single word back.

:cry:

[rodeodance]

86. seems like he has met 'reality"!!

[Be Brave]

69. Anderson is breaking down right now.

Unable to control his emotions. Showing his humanity and his disgust.

[rodeodance]

83. they are talking about family who found their baby after 4 days. whow.

[ronnykmarshall]

95. I wish I could see this.

[Pallas180]

91. Just e mailed Anderson at cnn com - awesome job on

Landrieux, we can't understand why she is lauding Bush either unless she knows how vindictie he can be against New Orleans if she doesn't say nice things.

[rodeodance]

101. gawd, it is scary to have the wrath of the bushco hit you.

[Catfight]

94. It is a disgrace...we're just watching people die. While little w strums

his fake guitar.

[Usrename]

100. Bunch of Fucking DU Ditto Heads

read post #84

if he has a fucking backbone I'll apologize. but I think he's scum

[rodeodance]

103. who is 'he'--Anderson?

[Usrename]

109. She KNOWS the TRUTH she is Bush's biggest NIGHTMARE

yes anderson. Why go after her? is he looking for real answers? if so, very commendable. but I don't trust him. If he doesn't know that Sen Landrieu's major issue in DC has been hurricane preparedness. She subborns her love for the kids (she is a title 1 advocate) to this purpose. She's a damned prophet.

Now, all I'm wondering is if we just witnessed another Karl Rove moment. What is motivating Cooper is all. May be he has heart. If so then like I said, I'm wrong and I'm sorry.

The TRUTH should be his objective, not another Karl Rove soundbite. Who arranged the interview? Would he talk the same talk to the President? I don't trust him because he hasn't spoken much truth for the first four years of this administration.

To make it perfectly clear, what would you think if he tried to take the same tack with Hillary Clinton. She's also a senator and is equal to Sen Landrieu in her responsibility for the carnage. May be more to Blame.

sorry for the time lag - server overload

[niallmac]

102. I not waiting for the historians: This is genocide by neglect.

[rodeodance]

105. a massive recovery effort should have gone into effect--but it did not

happen!!!!

[rodeodance]

106. the swift water recovery is on hold cause Fema wants security for them.

all day they sat there doing nothing-cause why?
cause FEMA could not provide security!! tomorrow is too late for many. they will find bodies not live people.

[qanda]

108. Hopefully someone got this on video

I cannot wait to see it. Please be sure to write CNN and tell them when they do a decent job of reporting.

[Usrename]

110. Ahh so sweet - to MIKE BROWN piece of shit

[Usrename]

111. ahh so sweet to MIKE BROWN

[Usrename]

113. Maserful work with the gas prices/body count question

Go KARL go .....yay!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lyonn]

112. Will Anderson keep his job after this?

He didn't ask her if she had smelled the smell as he has. Lou Dobbs has been missing a lot lately, hummm?

[Jose Diablo]

114. I think Cooper should get an Oscar for that performance

Look, Cooper was one of the biggest boosters Bu$h had in the lead-up to the war in Iraq. At least an Emmy Award. He should have been an actor.

And now we see him blasting someone that KNOWS how big Bu$h fucked-up with taking money from the Army Engineers that should have paid for improvements in the levees around New Orleans.

I am not swayed by Coopers tears. Screw him and get Landrieu to start proceedings against this criminal outfit called the Bu$h administration.

I don't know why Landrieu didn't use this opportunity to burn Bu$h a new one. I would have, but I am not a politician. I would suggest sending Landrieu some e-mails pointing-out Bu$h's criminal negligence, which is rapidly becoming widespread knowledge and encouraging Congressional/Senatorial action to get to the bottom of Bu$h's theft of the money that should have gone to the levee maintenance. And to top all of this, Fats was in New Orleans, I hope he is OK.

This diversion of money has killed thousands.

Edit: Spell checker doesn't correct context problems. BTW, anybody else remember FEMA's first statement about how economically this hurricane's impact would be minimal. Well, if NO remains underwater for 3-6 months, probably every residence will have to bulldozed under. As for the port itself, how can cargo transfer from ocean to river be done without workers. Any rough guesses on the economic impact on the total loss of all residences plus the disrupting to shipping, to say nothing about the loss of refining capabilities and impact of higher fuel costs to all of us?

They really screwed the pooch on this one and I doubt even KKKarl can smooth talk his way out of this.

[Usrename]

118. Wow, welcome back to the real world - thank you - thought so too.

Facinating to watch Karl .. true genius .. did you get the part about gas prices/body count? How do they do that without a conspiracy? It's sort of eerily beautiful..if you know what I mean ... I mean, at least now we know what they've been up to while Bush was eating cake.

When he called her out, I wonder if he had a script? What if she bit? Wonder what that would have looked like. He was probably armed with some little factoid to nuke her with. Best to keep her powder dry. may be , dunno

She'd be a better President than Hillary I think. Not knocking Hillary, not at all. Just that Mary grew up with these red state assholes and can get along with them better.

[geckosfeet]

119. She played Cooper well. Got him to say what she was probably

thinking.

Much better for people to hear it from him.

Either way it had to be said.

If I had to guess, I would say that this is going to get worse before it gets better.

[Teaser]

120. You know nothing.

Absolutely nothing. Why waste the electrons with that post?

[Jose Diablo]

122. I don't see how the trons you used added much

besides, why put quotes around "You know nothing"? Are you quoting someone, or maybe using the quotes for emphases?

Anyway, thanks for caring.

Edit: Hmmm, The planet out of Dallas, Tx. Interesting.

[Chovexani]

115. Anderson Cooper is my gay boyfriend

I love him! I will write a note thanking him for his powerful reporting.

[NoBushSpokenHere]

117. Is Anderson still on tv? Will tune in if he is. n/t

[Wizard777]

127. A priveledged rich boy gets real. He's a good kid.

His Momma and Poppa should be very proud of him. They have done a fine job of raising him properly. I know I'm proud to be his fellow countryman. He's fighting for what America used to be in his own way. That real and earthy America.

[JackDragna]

128. It is shocking beyond belief.

I have worked as a volunteer here and met people out of New Orleans who still know people in the city. Suffice to say if people knew even a tenth of the damage inaction was causing there, there would be riots. I do not exaggerate.