Alex Bennett on sirius left mentioned that Anderson Cooper was a log cabin republican.

[ej510]

During the primary at times I thought he was a repuke. I should've trusted my first instinct.

[Teaser]

1. What evidence did he offer of this?

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[sui generis]

2. well that's a pretty libelous accusation

wonder what he expected as an outcome?

I think AC is cute, but he is a bit full of himself these days, which reduces his credibility.

Being accused of being "cute" should be worse than of being an LCR suckup, but alas it is not.

LCR "our savior is behind the comet" morons are pretty damn deluded and deserving of no professional respect whatsoever.

AC please say it isn't so.

[gauguin57]

3. I can't imagine he's officially a member of Log Cabin Republicans.

He'd be an idiot even to be registered to vote as anything but an independent. I hear more and more journalists are registering this way; some don't even vote, so they can show some sense of objectivity (having no horse in the race).

I've heard references to the "log cabin" part for a long time. But that's his own personal business.

I can imagine him leaning Repug, since he comes from such a wealthy family. But I can also imagine him leaning Dem.

[ej510]

4. He received the information from one his assistants.

[ClarkUSA]

5. It was clear from his election year talking points that he is a Republican and of course, he's gay.

John King is also a Republican but he's not gay (engaged to Dana Bash).

[goclark]

11. I saw them sitting to gether at a Sports event

on television.

My my ~ they all weave together.

Mika and Joe and now this duo.

[sampsonblk]

18. Dana BASH???

She looks scary. And he is stupid.

Oh, wait. That all makes sense now.

[ellacott]

19. They got married

He converted to Judaism for her.

[Occam Bandage]

6. Did he have any evidence for his claim, or is he just saying,

"hurr hurr he's gay and he's not as liberal as I would like hurr hurr."

[ej510]

8. I cannot find any concrete evidence, but if you google it you will find rumblings of it.

I think it's true.

[Occam Bandage]

14. I think it's just people attacking him for being both gay and an occasionally lazy journalist

happy to read pre-printed talking points instead of actually digging into important stories.

[ensho]

7. I've tried watching his news hr. but can't watch for long

can't say exactly why, he just aggravates me.

CNN's 6 a.m. news is good. and Rick Sanchez in the afternoon.

also will watch Don Lemon when he is on.

Cooper, Wolf and the no bull woman I can't watch.

[Arugula Latte]

9. OMG, Alex Bennett is still around?!

Wow ... I used to listen to him in San Francisco in the 80s and I hadn't heard anything about him in years and years.

[ej510]

10. Bennett was inducted into the broadcasters hall of fame in San Francisco last month.

[Arugula Latte]

13. So he got his due, huh?

I recall he was always very bitter and resentful about Howard Stern and frequently claimed that Stern stole his act from him.

[ej510]

15. He says Stern stole his bit once a week.

[GentryDixon]

12. Dupe

[Are_grits_groceries]

16. Here's a link:

http://out.com/detail.asp?id=22394

I didn't know the gay part was a surprise. The Rethug part surprised me. I heard Kathy Griffin say one time that AC wouldn't come out because he travels to countries where that lifestyle evokes a violent reaction. That could be a copout.

[ej510]

17. Everyone knew he was gay, but we weren't sure if he were a repuke.

[Occam Bandage]

20. That doesn't refer to him being a Log Cabin Republican, but is just saying that he's gay.

Which we all knew already.