OBAMA SUPPORTERS: I think it was a mistake for Barack to do Anderson Cooper

[my3boyz]

Anderson seems to be overly negative towards Obama's situation. If someone said something positive he tried to challenge them on that (to make it seem more negative). All the while showing Wright's picture on the screen. I'm surprised because usually Anderson seems more fair.

[rucky]

1. Maybe Wright's "white privlidge" comments got to Mr. Vanderbilt? n/t

[my3boyz]

2. Oh and he allowed Dee Dee Myers to

say that Obama did not put his hand over his heart during the Pledge. I have read everywhere that it was during the National Anthem.

[Cha]

4. Well, anderson cooper blew it, then.

When Obama is the nominee..how many interviews is anderson cooper gonna get? There're certainly others out there who are better reporters.

[Auntie Bush]

32. Maybe that's why Tweety and KO are so supportive.

Maybe there is a method to their madness.

I just had a thought. Maybe that's why MSNBC had totally gone Obamlistic
about Hillary. They felt blood in the water as soon as Obama started surging...before then they were all positive about Hillary.

Now I believe this to be their thinking. CNN was ostracized by the bush* creeps for saying negative things about Bush . Fox got all the news and interviews from the White House. CNN and MSNBC were shut out and they are now trying to insure they get all the news from the Obama administration.
All the corp MSM know they won't get any favoritism from those ungrateful Clintons so they all make sure to favor Obama. It's not policy or politics folks...it's money and ratings! Even Fox has started saying positive things about Obama. By the way...that's why the CORP Media put Edwards on ignore...and Clark too. They were both anti-Corp.

[anamandujano]

55. You have just admitted that Obama is not anti-Corp. That's some progress.

:thumbsup:

[jasmine621]

3. Me too. I also think Obama did poorly. Possible some more fodder for

the RW. He said that when Rev Wright made those statements about 9/11 he was on the verge of retirement. When were those statements made? If in 2002 or 2003, was Wright on the verge of retirement then and just waited until 2008 to retire?

Also this continual harping about the "founding fathers" is stupid for a black candidate to bring up. The founding fathers never had blacks in mind when they wrote their "noble" standards of democracy for America.

[Pirate Smile]

I believe he was saying that he heard about them at the beginning of the campaign

when Wright was on the verge of retiring. He didn't say he knew of them when they happened back in 2001.

[TeamJordan23]

22. Your OP is wrong. Obama never said he learned about it in 2002 or 2003.

He said he learned about it at the beginning of 2007 when he decided to run for president.

[SunsetDreams]

5. actually I don't think so..,.

He is not running from the swiftboat, he is going straight to it.

I want a President who acknowleges the negative as well as the positive.

I want a President who gives a damn about what the public thinks for once

[Catherine Vincent]

6. Anderson Cooper is gay. Maybe he doesn't forgive Obama for the McClurkin thing. nt

[UALRBSofL]

11. Anderson Cooper is gay

He was on the cover of OUT magazine which I subscribe too. :evilgrin:

[quantass]

60. He's gay? No wonder he looks so well groomed....nt

I've had gay friends in the past (i am straight) and they were all clean, organized people. And oddly enough they tend to be better looking than the avg straight man which always drove the women crazy to find out they were gay.

[Forkboy]

13. You learn something new here everyday.

:)

I never knew that. Of course, I've seen him like twice in my life as I have no cable.... :freak:

[UALRBSofL]

16. You don't have cable? Well, to tell you the truth

Most of the news is depressing anyway so you haven't missed much.

[Forkboy]

29. My buddy and I thought about getting it for hockey and Inside the Actors Studio.

But we couldn't justify it, even for the frozen pond action (which I dearly miss).

I just spent a week visiting my mother and she had it....90 odd channels of pure crap. It was good to see what I'm not missing. :)

[Straight Shooter]

23. That's exactly what I was thinking. n/t

[kwenu]

27. Does he forgive the Clintons for the Defense of Marriage Act thing!!!!!!!!!!

[surfermaw]

7. I thought he was very negative against Edwards also

[my3boyz]

8. Now it seems a little better now that he is showing behind the scenes

again. I did not like the portion he did earlier with the pundits.

[easy_b94]

9. I think this is good...let people see the other side of BO

[oviedodem]

10. It sounds like the ONLY thing RIGHT for Obama to do is sit down, shut-up, and go away.

Good gosh the fear of the man is appalling.

[rucky]

14. He needs to learn his place.

So I hope he takes a tour of the White House soon.

[AGirl]

62. AC came out of a surgery.. maybe he was just not feeling good.

[anamandujano]

15. The only fearful I see are Obama and his supporters.

[Connie_Corleone]

18. Well, Cooper just said that they've asked to do a similar interview with Hillary.

The response back to him was crickets chirping. Who's the fearful one now?

[anamandujano]

25. She turned down a Cooper interview, or a Cooper interview about Wright and

Obama's big problem?

[Connie_Corleone]

36. Just a regular interview with Cooper. Not about Wright.

Cooper was getting whining emails from Hillary supporters asking him why he didn't have Hillary on for an interview. He told them why.

[anamandujano]

52. Since Cooper wants her at this time, it's an easy guess he didn't say

anything about the interview leaving out the pink elephant in the room.

I'm sure she'd jump at the chance if she didn't suspect she'd get dragged into Obama's nightmare. Anything she says will get spinned against her. Remember, "I take him at his word?"

If Cooper offered an honest interview, then he wouldn't mind if she took him up on the offer after this mess has been cleaned up (if that's possible).

Free publicity!

[oviedodem]

26. Surely you jest, except your candidate is so in bed with McCain that they will soon have a baby

[PerfectSage]

44. Warning: Your post contains sexist humour which may be offensive to people who are afraid to think

for themselves. Good one! :toast: :rofl:

Gobama!
Go Dean's 50 State Strategy!
Go Grassroots!

[anamandujano]

53. You are too easily entertained.

You really need to change your name to PerfectStooge.

[PerfectSage]

61. Thank You for your sense of humour.

That's an admirable character trait. Unfortunately Hillary doesn't have any of those. Ambition can only carry her so far. After that the lack of character and integrity will come back to bite her in the "Hillary high negatives" ass.

Gobama!
Go Dean's 50 State Strategy!
Go Grassroots!

[kerry-is-my-prez]

64. And would you think it was so funny if your title had the word "racist" substituted for "sexist"?

Love how there's such a double-standard around here.

[Cant trust em]

12. I probably won't get to watch it, but I'm disappointed

This could have been a big win for Obama. Maybe the rest of John Q. Public will think differently than your OP.

[my3boyz]

17. Now that he is solely talking to Barack and showing behind the scenes

it is better now. The part with the pundits was not so good. David Gergen (sp?) said a couple of positive things but the rest was not so good to me. The show is getting better now. Hopefully, people tuned in a bit late. LOL

[Cant trust em]

20. It's not even over yet?

I'm jumping the gun by not even seeing it (I don't have cable). And you're jumping the gun reporting something that hasn't even finished yet.

LOL.

[my3boyz]

21. Sorry. I was freaking out at the very beginning and I was

trying to get people that were watching to comment on it. It just looked bad in the beginning. Barack is on for the entire show but it is not a straight interview. He started out with a few clips. Then he went to the panel (the part I did not like). Then he had a bit with Candy Crowley talking about the camps. Next he has some snippets from Iraq and he is supposed to talk to Barack about that. He also had a snippet of Hillary saying that you could not trust Barack to get the troops out. Anyway, sorry if I made it seem like it was over.

[Cant trust em]

31. It's cool. I'm sure that I'll get to watch it online somewhere some time.

Thanks.

[Cant trust em]

40. So jefferson_dem just posted a bit about his stance on the Iraq war.

Senator Obama sounded great on that bit to me. The "My opposition to the war dates back to 2002. Clinton's opposition dates back to when she decided to run for President." line was perfect.

[my3boyz]

41. Yeah, that was good! lol

[mythyc]

65. ditto - nt

[FrenchieCat]

28. Anderson is simply being a jerk....

like he always is. Ms. Katrina is a phony, and it shows.

[keep_it_real]

19. AC did a small stit with the CIA so I am not suprised.

[Patsy Stone]

24. Nope

It's quite alright.

[Tribetime]

30. David Gergen says turned a negative into a positive

from his lips to God's ears, this is what I've been thinking, it's gonna backire.

[my3boyz]

34. Yeah, that is one of the positive things he said.

[kwenu]

33. Did someone hit Anderson Cooper in the eye?

He looks like he may have a black eye or something.

[my3boyz]

35. There is a scar on his face because he had surgery to remove cancer. He said it is okay.nt

[Connie_Corleone]

38. I still think he got in a fight with Charlie Rose. LOL

[Cali_Democrat]

37. He had skin cancer removed from his face. nt

[QC]

39. It's always a mistake to do Anderson Cooper.

At least that's what all the boys downtown say!

[zulchzulu]

42. I thought Barack did fine on the show...considering...

Cooper asked him some tough questions and he answered them well.

I thought it was funny that people in the Hillary camp wanted her on the show and he's offered several times to have her on. She's probably now trying to cover up the various new crop of unfortunate stories about to explode on her release of her First Lady records.

[slinkerwink]

43. I'm surprised she doesn't want to be on the show

[Frank Booth]

45. Why was Cooper scowling at smirking at him the entire interview?

It's like he doubted every word that came out of Obama's mouth. Then, they'd cut off the interview and Cooper would editorialize about what Obama "really" meant.

I guess this is how pampered, legacy kids act when they try to conduct an interview.

Seriously, would Cooper act like such an ass if he were interviewing McCain or Hillary? I don't think so.

[Cha]

54. Yeah, that's probably why My Three Boyz

thought it wasn't fair.

I heard Jack Cafferty was calling hilary on her shite today and 3 panel members agreed with him.

[LTR]

46. Obama tends to do his best when going into hostile situations

He shines in interviews where the host dumps on him. And that says a lot.

To stick with friendly interviewers is a sign of weakness. After all, how many interviews do you see Bush/Cheney do besides Faux Noise?

[RamboLiberal]

47. I love the part where Obama is filling out the NCAA Bracket Pool

and not a speech! Wonder who all is in the pool. Wonder how well he picked.

Kind like a lot of us this week!

[angie_love]

48. thats just AC being tough, I will expect him to be tough with all pres candidates.

[casus belli]

49. I disagree

Avoiding controversy and only taking the lighter hitting shows could be spun very negatively. I think he has shown great strength and determination in not only addressing these issues head on, but by confronting his accusers face to face.

[theredpen]

50. I've only seen the clips of Obama's answers

And I thought he did well. I guess with AC framing the answers he looks worse?

[Bonobo]

51. Sorry, the candidate that ducks shit is the other one, not ours.

[anamandujano]

56. The big story of the week is Obama's shit. Why should Hillary allow

herself to be dragged into it?

Obama and Hillary most likely had a packed schedule for the week. Obama has been canceling events left and right to make room for his damage control interviews. Up until now, he has always opted for strutting around onstage at a large stadium.

Things have changed.

[Bonobo]

59. Hillary's boat has sailed into the sunset.

I am sorry if you really were attached to it, but it's finished.

[anamandujano]

66. You haven't heard the earth is round? Her boat is on the horizon again as we speak.

[wisteria]

57. CNN is the "Clinton News Network."

They went after Senator Kerry when they thought he might be running agaisnt Clinton too. Senator Obama is a major challenger and this is a story that might possibly help Clinton, so CNN will do what it can to give her a helping hand.

[pauldg0]

58. Absolutely correct!!

..more exposure and possibly more chance of another slip!!

[AGirl]

63. AC came out of a surgery.. maybe he was just not feeling good.

[Hoof Hearted]

67. The NERVE OF HIM not to kiss "THE ONE's" ass.

shocking. I know you Obinfants are not accustomed to a lack of adoration. Grow up.