You ROCK, Anderson Cooper!

[LSparkle]

He's giving it to Mary Landrieu about thanking IdiotSon and company for all of their "help"! GOOD FOR HIM! He's trying to express some of the outrage that's out there, instead of just "going along".

[ronnykmarshall]

1. Details por favor?

[calico1]

11. She is being very PC.

Refuses to blame Bush. In fact just now she thanked Bush for his concern.

[sundog]

she said she is thankful to the president & fema

and he said he doesn't want to hear politicians patting each other on the back... there's a body in the street getting eaten by a rat

he was so good...

[charlie]

17. He's pretty upset

and impatient with Landrieu's boilerplate platitudes. He's doing everything he can to get her to drop her political "face" and blame someone (namely Bush) for this clusterfuck.

[Stephanie]

21. she began the obligatory thanks to Bush, thanks to FEMA

and he said you know a lot of people don't want to listen to politicians thanking each other right now - they want to know where the help is - there was a dead woman on the streets here for 48 hours and rats were eating her, that's how bad it is - where is the help?

[VolcanoJen]

28. Here's the way it played out...

Sen. Mary Landrieu being interviewed by Anderson Cooper. His first question was, "Should the federal government bear the blame of what's going wrong here?

Landrieu: Anderson, there will be time for blaming and analyzing later, but right now I just want to thank former presidents Bush and Clinton for their strong words of support. I also want to thank Senators Frist and Reid, who have organized an historic session of congress tonight to approve an aid package. Have you heard about that, Anderson? It's not been getting reported.

Cooper: Uhh, no, Senator, I haven't heard about it, because honestly, I'm down here looking at dead bodies, I've been looking at dead bodies for over 24 hours, and dealing with stench and desperation, and honestly, it cuts people the wrong way to hear politicians thanking each other instead of coming down here and doing something. There was a woman's dead body eaten by rats. Do you understand the anger out here?"

His voice was shaking, he was almost in tears. Incredibly angry.

[wtmusic]

60. How did Mary respond to that? nt

[calico1]

2. He is giving her a lot of opportunites and she

is not taking them.

[Duer 157099]

3. Yeah, WOW!

My ears nearly fell off!!! Is this really CNN??

What happened to CNN??????? WOW

[Maven]

59. Yeah, between him and Paula Zahn

they're really sticking it to people today. I had to check what channel I was on.

[ClusterFreak]

4. This Rocks!!!!!!

[Stand and Fight]

5. Gotta love him right now!

He's telling it like it is...

"People don't want to hear politicians thanking each other when there are dead bodies in the streets... No one seems to be taking responsibility. No one is admitting that more could have been done... The people want answers."

Mary is a fucking idiot. "I want to thank the president. He will be here tomorrow, I think... It is not just New Orleans... Nobody's perfect Anderson." What a bitch.

Anderson rocks. Period.

[AgadorSparticus]

43. He definitely put her in her place and rightfully so.

I found her remarks unbelievably patronizing and offensive. Good for Anderson.

[RadiDem]

6. He's becoming my new hero for speaking out

Good on him.

[riverwalker]

7. '"no one is taking responsibility"

"no one is admitting more could have been done" (Cooper)

[Qibing Zero]

24. See the look on his face?

That's the look you have on your face when your boss is bullshitting you and no matter what you say he sticks to his guns. It sucks when you're just not in a position to really call someone out.

[Extend a Hand]

8. here, here!!!

Anderson "People don't want to hear politicians thanking in each other when there are dead bodies in the street!!!!"

Tell them Anderson!!!!

[shaniqua6392]

9. I am watching

He seems to be turning into a real reporter. Impressive.

[BlueJac]

10. Kick ass Anderson

He is leveling Mary Landrieu, she is gutlesss to talk about the truth. You go Anderson you rock, and have the right to be pissed.

[Duer 157099]

12. Such Bush ass-kissing continues!

How stupid and blind does one have to be????

Cooper is nailing her

No, lady, we DON'T UNDERSTAND

[halobeam]

13. and she can only thank the lord for the president.....

please lady, go home at this point, no thanks for your apologies for the WH

[achtung_circus]

14. Contrary to many here I've always liked Anderson Cooper. nt

[ClusterFreak]

15. If she says she wants to thank the president one more time....

I'm going to punch the t.v. screen!!!

[Princess Turandot]

63. I think if he wasn't talking to her by satellite...

he might just have punched her himself. Since the first interview I've heard from her, I wanted to vomit.

Curiously, when speaking to Paula Zahn 30 minutes later, after the obligatory ass-sucking, she added that they had definite needs for faster responses in certain areas.

[bluetuesday]

16. wow

Anderson is ripped!

[ronnykmarshall]

Really?

He took off his shirt?

FUCK! I need to get home and see THIS!

[qanda]

37. Don't do that

I have to clean my keyboard now!

[Old and In the Way]

18. He's giving her every opportunity to trash Bush.

But she's not going there. Democrats, as usual, play the nice card. She's even thanking the pResident.....teriffic, can I have another?
This Party is doomed.

[gatorboy]

19. Yeah, she sounded reallll sorry

Typical political robot :eyes:

[Field Of Dreams]

20. Anderson is pissed!

He said that's all well and good politiciancs patting each other on the back for legislation but I saw a dead woman being eaten by rats yesterday :cry:

[eleny]

22. She needs to get off the thorazine

And show some passion. I realize she's a person with a very calm demeanor. But he's seen a body being eaten by rats.

She sure got off there fast.

[Stand and Fight]

27. Because they see the media is waking up...

Enough. Fucking enough already. Dead bodies in the streets being eaten by rats? Jesus Christ! That hasn't happened since Yellow Fever struck New Orleans in the 1800's...

[Greylyn58]

23. Go Anderson Go

Mary Landrieu should just go ahead and switch parties cause she isn't a Democrat. She's kissing Bush's ass so loudly it's disgusting.

This is the 3rd time I've seen her on TV in the last 2 days and every time she goes into this thank the Prez mode for all his help, etc.

:puke:

[halobeam]

29. Agreed.... she's one to be tossed out of politics on her ass.

What a loser....

[stepnw1f]

31. Is Mary DLC? (nt)

[Rainscents]

45. Yes, she is!

[AnnInLa]

25. nominated...I love Mary Landrieu and understand why she is "stroking'

and she has led the fight for coastal restoration and for the fed not to cut our funds for levee building, etc etc

BUT, he expressed what the country is feeling (except for the freepers, apparently.) His outrage is so pure. I will never diss him again.

[TornadoTN]

55. Landrieu is turning into a spineless shell

Glad to hear her backing down from a leadership position for the people of New Orleans.

You know what, I don't have to hear her same a damn thing, because she is just the same as the damn neocon corporate elitists. What I put my faith in is the words coming from the ground. Anderson Cooper is telling it like it is, and its a damn horror. Heads need to roll on this.

The people on the street that are still alive know what the reality is.

[kliljedahl]

26. Saw another post about this

Is the Corporate News Networkkk finally showing some cajones?

[autorank]

30. Rock on Anderson! You know, it's partially her fault...

She can't afford to attack *. She sat there without manning the battle stations and organizing an outrage over the neglect of NOLA over the past three years. She should have been doing back flips. And she had a week prior to the hit to make sure things were in place; and she's had a five days after the hit to make sure things were being done.

She was and is a lousy Senator and she just can't afford to go after Bush because then she looks bad.

I have to say that both Landrieu and Gov. Blanco both betrayed a deep racism in reacting to the looting. Landrieu blustered about it and, get this, Blanco called off rescue operations personnel to stop the looting. I think she'd due some time in jail for that

[Stand and Fight]

32. You guys see that? He has a heart?

He was crying... The bastard president has to suppress a smirk, and that fucking DINO, Landrieu, actually had a smile on her face at the beginning of the interview -- till Anderson laid into her ass!

Wow! Listen to his voice quiver. God dammit -- the man has a heart when talking about this lost baby that has been found. Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

[Fleshdancer]

33. what did he just see that made him break down?

Anderson is visibly upset.

[Just Me]

35. He choked up there,....when I saw that, I knew he knew, and now,...

,...my cheeks are hot with tears.

Thank God, SOMEONE can express SOME compassion.

I am sick of the complete absence of feeling about these things. That's not normal!!!

[Stand and Fight]

41. You're right...

It's as if the nation has been overtaken by sociopaths. Anderson was beautiful in his show of humanity.

[Rainscents]

44. I saw that too... I really thought he was going to break down!

I truly believe, he has seen so much by now, he is in the compassion mode. My heart even go out to Cooper, can you believe this?

[Califooyah Operative]

34. i just saw it, he's got his heart in this too,

he made me proud, this situations is so fucking horrible.

[elcondor]

36. I've managed to keep from crying until now

I've been outraged, shocked, saddened ... the floodgates just opened for me ...

[Maiden England]

46. Me too, that was the final straw....(nt)

[Rainscents]

38. I was listening to it also... I am very angry with Mary Landrieu.

I can't believe she is praising BUSH and putting him on the paddle stool. Man, I wanted to puke!:argh:

BTW; She is going to get voted out on next election if she keep this shit up!

[TornadoTN]

56. Let her praise him

Tell her to get her pampered ass down to where Anderson Cooper is, maybe then this sell-out will stop praising the Emperor and put the perspective where it belongs.

As it stands, we have noone other than the Mayor of New Orleans putting the reality out there. Thats a damn shame, no other major politician is putting the truth out there!!!!

[milkyway]

39. Anderson Cooper's outrage was the only thing holding back his tears.

For once, some of the media is speaking from the heart as human beings. Anderson Cooper and others--Brian Williams and Martin Savidge among them--have been damn near heroic. They have taken the fence pole out of their ass that a member of the so-called "objective" corporate media is supposed to permanently sit on. They have ventured way off the corporate script to go after the bush admin on this (and not the "looters").

Start packing the bags, bush. You're fucking finished.

[Left Is Write]

58. Brian Williams and NBC really surprised me.

In a good way.

[Wheezy]

40. Anderson is crying

and so am I.

I don't even like the guy much, but hell. Finally somebody's asking the hard questions, and being real. His grief seems very real.

[William769]

42. I have a new respect for Anderson Cooper.

[mzmolly]

47. He was great.

"Human" of all things.

[nomatrix]

48. Here's the best reporting yet!

Mary L-blah, blah, perhaps you haven't heard congress 10 billion supplemental

Anderson-excuse me senator, I haven't heard because for the last 4 days I have been seeing dead bodies in the streets in MS and to hear politicians thanking each other and complimenting each other, I gotta tell you there are a lot of people very upset, very angry and frustrated and it cuts the wrong way. Literally there has been a dead body laying in the street being eaten by rats... because this woman has been laying it the streets for 48 hrs and there are not enough facilities to take her up to. You get the anger that's out here?! Well who are you angry at?

Mary-I holding my anger inside.... (ass kissing B.S. to get help) blah blah

Anderson-There are a lot of people here who are kinda ashamed of what is happening in this country right now, ashamed of what is happening in you state certainly & this is not to blame the people who are there it's a desperate situation.

No One seems to be taking responsibility. You say there's a time & place for kinda looking back but this seems to be the time & place. There are people who want answers and there are people who want someone to stand up and say
"You know what? We should have done more."
Are all the assets brought to bear?

Mary-Andersons......

Anderson-for the 1st time I'm seeing National Guards Troups.....

[nomatrix]

50. She knows they will cut her funding if she says anything

but START DOING YOUR JOB AND REPRESENT YOUR PEOPLE MARY!

Anderson was great! I TIVO'd to be sure I got his full transcript, because he heard what the people were saying to him for 4 days. His heart was in every word.

Thank you for representing the people who are victims of this storm. We are proud to call you an American.

[TornadoTN]

57. At this point, the funding is secondary

Tell her to start worrying about the people down there instead of thanking Bush and FEMA for a job they havent even started to do!

[milkyway]

49. Here's the link to contact CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form1.html?35

Let them know you loved what you saw, and you want more of it. Here's my e-mail I just sent:

Thank you, Anderson Cooper!

I'm a progressive who stopped watching the news channels last summer. I found them all to be empty of content and purpose, having abandoned the traditional role of government watchdog. Instead of speaking truth to power, the media has become apologists for power.

I turned the television back on when I realized on Sunday the impending disaster in New Orleans. Your coverage has been excellent throughout. And imagine my surprise at hearing Anderson Cooper tonight speaking on behalf of the people in such desperate need, and speaking not in coporate newsspeak but in plainspoken outrage at the federal government.

I hope this is not an aberration, but a foreshadowing of the kind of journalism we can expect from now on. CNN can be a great force for good in America, but only if they have the nerve to ask the question why, and have the nerve to get the answer.

Thank you.

[distantearlywarning]

54. I just sent them a nice email. n/t

[Maven]

61. Done n/t

[peacebuzzard]

65. thanks for the link

sent email

[Gelliebeans]

51. I just sent this link to CNN

and told them that Anderson is doing he job and the public are responding.
If you feel like dropping a line

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?10

let em hear ya from ya DUer's :thumbsup:

[bluestateguy]

52. Crooks and Liars will have the video up shortly

www.crooksandliars.com

[mzmolly]

62. Thanks, start a thread when they do.

:hi:

[loro mi dicevano]

53. I've always liked Anderson. He doesn't just sit in his anchor chair like

too many anchors do right now (like Paula Zahn, who's on . He's a reporter, he goes out in the field and he sees the pain and suffering these people go through. We absolutely need more of that.

Unfortunately, I've gotten some flak for liking him before from other DUers.

[Arkansas Democrat]

67. Saw the show and LOVED it

when Anderson let Mary have it with both barrels!! It's getting harder and harder to watch tne news lately!!

[Bluebear]

64. Landrieu a few hours ago: "The Superdome is safe & secure"

Liar.

[DeepModem Mom]

66. The guy is a Vanderbilt; some of the rich are taught compassion...

and responsibility to others. Others, as we know well (the Bush-Walkers) are not.