Anderson Cooper calls out Tea Partier, anti-gay loony in hilarious new interviews
By Brian FairbanksOctober 1st, 2010, 9:35 amComments (12)
Apparently, we're still discussing this "Ground Zero mosque" thing -- at least according to political candidates trying to make a name for themselves. Anderson Cooper had one of these nutjobs on his show the other night: a North Carolina Congressional candidate named Renee Ellmers. Cooper starts by playing her incendiary campaign ad, which should give you the general idea of what we're dealing with.
The clip is over nine minutes long, but every second of it is worth watching:
When you're done with that, if you're still enjoying yourself, check out his next interview, with Andrew Shirvell. Salon describes Shirvell as "an assistant attorney general in Michigan [with an] obsessive campaign against University of Michigan student assembly president Chris Armstrong, who is openly gay (or, as Shirvell puts it, "gay")."
This one's eleven minutes long, but if you're blowing off this workday, we recommend you watch all of it. You'll see why Cooper may leave CNN and start a daytime talk show -- he's mad as hell and can't take it anymore.
Commentarium (12 Comments)
Shirvell is obviously a self-denying homosexual himself who is in deep denial and subconsciously conflicted by his sexual attraction to Armstrong. At some level, he thinks that if he can destroy Armstrong, he can destroy the homosexual impulses he's feeling. (He's wrong, of course.)
While Ellmers seems like a simple demagogue, Shirvelle (OMFG) - to borrow from Robin Williams - "I've never seen a white man more in need of a blow job".
Who exactly is blowing who and what is real iffy.
Crazy wingnuts are fun to watch, aren't they?
Ask Rachel Miner and Mila Kunis about self-denying homosexuals.
OMG - People!! Listen to Andrew Shirvelle. He's gay!! He is gayer than a 3 dollar bill. He just hasn't come out yet with his radical agenda.
Crazy wingnuts may be fun to watch. But it won't be fun at all when they're in power, taking away your freedom. Throw the tea bags into the harbour before it's too late!
How about covering the embarrassment called Alan Grayson, and his award winning campaign ad?
"gayer than a three dollar bill"? Pardon me? Queerer maybe? or gayer than a balloon? or gayer than laughter? If you are going to speak in puns at least try to have them make sense.
Typical Tea Bagger. "I don't know if he is a terrorist. Nobody knows if he is a terrorist." Actually we do know. He is not a terrorist. It is easier to NOT do research and just stereotype people. All Muslims are terrorists, all Mexicans are illegals, all blacks eat watermelon, and all Jews are cheap.
Oh my god, this fucking Nazi got elected.
Alright alighrt alright that's exactly what I needed!
I'm not easily ipmersesd. . . but that's impressing me! :)
Now you say something