Anderson Cooper Has Frustrating Exchange With Nazi-Comparing Rep.
- Posted on January 20, 2011 at 8:54am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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CNN’s Anderson Cooper became visibly frustrated last night while interviewing Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) about his comments comparing Republicans to a Nazi propagandist. Flummoxed, confused, and shocked might also sum up Cooper’s reaction.
In short, Cooper tried to explain to Cohen why his comments were unnecessary and over the line, and repeatedly tried to get Cohen to to see the hypocrisy of his words as Republicans are repeatedly ridiculed for theirs. But, alas, Cohen just could not, or would not, understand Cooper’s point. During the interview, you can almost imagine Cooper holding his head in his hands and rolling his eyes off camera.
It’s important to note, as Cooper does, that Cohen recently wrote an op-ed explaining “Reckless and hateful speech often has a terrible human cost.” Yet Cohen defends his comments by saying he was simply speaking “off the cuff.”
Mediate sums it up quite well:
Cohen again tried to make himself look better by saying Politifact (not him) that named the idea of a “government takeover of health care” as the lie of 2010. Cooper continued banging his head against the wall trying to get Cohen to realize what he was doing, but Cohen simply concluded, “I won’t say it again, but I was right.” Video of reason failing to get through to abject cluelessness, via CNN, below.
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Comments (332)
hypnos
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:15amDems do not use propaganda for shoving healthcare down are throats in the first place. HYPOCRITE!!!!!
Report Post »The Libertarian Atheist
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 12:37pmUhh…. Yes they did… they used massive propaganda, ignored the will of the people, froze out the republcians, then rammed the bill down america’s throats… then 1/3 of them lost their jobs… and the next 1/3 comes in 2012… (when the bill will be finally repealed by the way).
Report Post »leo346
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:33pmThe Dem and Rep both use propaganda to to get people to their side . The dem standing with thoes pictures of sick people and putting in peoples minds that the Rep. voting to repeal the Obama care bill would cause them to die or be worse off just because of their vote with no actual evidence is a form of propaganda.
Report Post »WILLIAM E.
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:14amWho voted this hypocrit into office …… Good job Cooper, Finally
Report Post »TRUTHSEEKINGAL
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 7:09pmHow soon so many forget. Anderson Cooper the “queen” of civil discourse, referred to TP patriots as “teabaggers ” frequently and without hesitation or apology, ever.
Report Post »ERADICATEIGNORANCE
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 7:19pmIt’s good to see SOMEONE on CNN standing up to morons like Steve Cohen. To liberals, it’s “my way or the highway”.
Report Post »LYFS_A_TRIP
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:14amWhat a total bafoon. What about how the liberal/progressive/Democrats used Bush as Nazi in their signs and verbage over his tenure. How insane is this guy? Folks in Tennessee need to take a serious look at this guy and get his sorry self out of politics.
Report Post »RIGHTNOTLEFT
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:13amYou should see the map of Tenn after the election. The state is mostly all red except for Nashville and Memphis.
SAD
Report Post »shorthanded12
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:13amCohen seemed to be real educated in Nazi propoganda…hmmm just sayin… Biggest propoganda LIES of 2008…..“HOPE an CHANGE” and “YES WE CAN” need I say more?
Report Post »UrsaMajor
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 5:26pmAnyone notice that Cohen looks a LOT like Toht, the Gestapo interrogator from “Raiders of the Lost Ark?”
Report Post »Alphonso
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:13amWhat a clueless maroon…
Report Post »KbJockey
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:24pmAhh.. I think Maroon is a shade of red.
Report Post »Did you mean moron? Someone deficient in intellect or wisdom?
That would be a fitting description of followers of the progressive mentality.
KbJockey
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:27pmAlphonso,
Report Post »On second thought maroon could apply. Maroon being a deep shade of red could be correctly applied to some one with hardcore communist philosophies.
YITBOSGP
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:11amWow. That was some of the best journalism I’ve seen on CNN. Good Job Anderson Cooper!
Report Post »Cherbear
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:05amI agree!! This man is shameful.
Report Post »NC1
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:09amNot an Anderson Cooper fan but glad to see him holding a politicians feet to the fire on their hipocracy.
Report Post »Carl1
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:13amI agree. WTG AC
Report Post »larman
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:09amHow pathetic is this congressman, the American People are not stupid. Words and people do not kill people do! The problem is who is telling the truth, who can one believe? Unfortunately, their are very few people in the political spectrum that one can trust.
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jedi.kep
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:09amHeh. Well Anderson did a good job trying to get the point across. The democrat talking double standards is unbelievable.
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:08amGood job Cooper! Excellent
Report Post »chazman
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:08amTotal moron, and no longer worth paying attention to … EVER!!
Report Post »lbsm
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:08amI’m not too familiar with this Cooper fellow, but I would certainly shake his hand…
Report Post »taebaggranny
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:26pm@LBSM Only if you were wearing gloves!!! He was trying to get Cohen to reword his rhetoric in a more acceptable form..
Report Post »Insipid
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:13pmI agree Granny, AC lost all cred with me with his “*********” comment. It was cool to be a dissenter under Bush but now with Barry, its totally unacceptable.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:07amHe is absolutely correct in his comparison. That’s exactly what the Nazis did, and by doing so, convinced ordinary Germans to become killers of innocent Jewish people. Repeat lies long enough and some people will believe the lies.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:14amFor the record, I was referring to the lies told by the Democrats to promote the government take-over of healthcare. I should have been more clear.
Report Post »Alphonso
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:19amI’m from Texas and I wish you would change your name…
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 12:39pmAlphonso, really? Why?
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:16pmTexas is a largely conservative state, and I am a conservative. Now, here’s some common sense for you.
Let’s start with the biggest lie. The Democrats saying it will lower the deficit. Do you really believe adding 30,000,000 more people to the healthcare, and increasing coverage for others, would not increase the deficit? Common Sense says “no”. The number coming out of the CBA saying otherwise are wrong. They can only score what was provided to them by the Democrats; garbage in, garbage out. It was also well documented the doc fix wasn’t included and savings were double counted. Then there are the thousands of new government employees and bureaucracies which will have to be created just to manage everything spelled out in the 2,000+ page bill. All of which will have to be paid for by either tax payer dollars or deficit spending. We recently increased our national debt by $1T in only seven months. That means we either raise taxes further, or increase this deficit spending to an even faster pace. Apparently cutting spending is out of the question or they would have done that in order to have paid for this monstrosity in the first place.
We already have Medicare, all of Medicare’s sub-parts, Medicaid, and CHIPS. How much more government healthcare are we expected to pay for with our taxes? By the way, the costs of the healthcare previously mentioned were greatly underestimated by the CBS. We currently spend more money on Medicare/Medicaid than we do Defense/Wars. $794.4B compared to $693.7B. http://usdebtclock.org/ We don’t need to spend even more.
They told this lie to everyone over and over again until enough people believed it and the representatives voted for it. That alone supports my above statement of the Democrats doing exactly what the Nazis did. Like the comparison or not, it’s true.
There’s also the lie about reducing healthcare costs. Mine, and everyone I know, has only increased and will continue to do so.
Don’t believe the lies; it will not lower the deficit!
Report Post »Carl1
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:07amWe need more people setting him straight on his facebook page. Several already have. He’s a sorry excuse for a state congressman.
Report Post »paulsfam4
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:06amthis guy is a nut case!
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:06amTypical liberal hypocrisy.
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bonesbr549
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:05amJust another clueless mud slinging lib.
Report Post »CanadianMan
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:05amGood for AC to continue to put him up against a wall showing its not acceptable to talk like Steve Cohen does.
Report Post »LAMET
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:05amAnd the LEFT is the side USING FALSE PROPAGANDA tell the same lie over and over again to PROMOTE THEIR PROGRESSIVE AGENDA. but then the left always claims the OTHER side is guilty of what they themselves are doing.
Report Post »Midwestgirl1116
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:04amCan we just leave Nazi examples out of politics? Seriously it was the worst time in history and to use it is just pure hateful rhetoric!!
Report Post »Seasoldier
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 12:00pmWe can leave the Nazi examples out of politics as long as we remember that Nazi’s and Fascists and Communists were the Progressives of their day, that they were all differing shades of Socialists, and that their policies of population control, selective genocide, abortion, state economic control, speech control and thought control are alive and well today in the modern Progressive movement. We can leave out the KKK examples too, as long as we remember that they were a powerful force in the Democrat party, because the Republican party was promoting integration and equality among the races. All of these are points Representative Cohen has clearly decided to forget and Anderson Cooper failed to point out.
Report Post »NUTHRDUMBCONSERVATIVE
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 12:55pm@SEASOLDIER
Report Post »Well stated.
Now lets get to the point of rhetoric: Force the opposition to defend their tactics while tacitly accepting the presumed negetive motivation. You can present all of the defense you want of your tactics but you lose the argument.
An appropriate response to Cohen is: “If you wish to debate intellectually whether our ideas or yours will lead to better health care I am fully prepared for that. Otherwise, you can cede that debate and we can review all of the criticism you levelled at the left for their rhetoric in favor of Obamacare, against the Iraq war, against the welfare reforms of the 90′s etc. Okay, we’re done.”
By the way, kudos to Anderson Cooper. Maybe he has a sliver of character left. If he keeps this up he will be joining the Obama unemployment lines.
timm84
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 3:15pm“Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.” Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand delivered this lecture at the Ford Hall Forum in Boston in 1962
“We ask that the government undertake the obligation above all providing citizens with adequate opportunity for employment and earning a living”
“The activities of the individual must not be allowed to clash with the interests of the community, but must take place within its confines and be for the good of all. Therefore, we demand…an end to the power of the financial interest”
“We demand profit for sharing in big business.”
“We demand a broad extension of care for the aged.”
“We demand…the greatest possible consideration of small business in the purchases of the national, state, and municipal governments.”
“In order to make possible to every capable and industrious [citizen] the attainment of higher education and this the achievement of a post of leadership, the government must provide an all-around enlargement of our entire system of public education…We demand the education at government expense of gifted children of poor parents…”
“[We] combat the…materialistic spirit within and without us, and are convinced that a permanent recovery of our people and can only proceed from within on the foundation of
“The Common Good Before the Individual Good,”
Do you agree with this program and with its over-all intention and spirit? Would you be prepared to say that it is a fine, progressive, liberal program? Observe that all of its proposals are being advocated and most of them have been enacted into law in this country.
Ladies and gentlemen, these proposals are from the program of the National Socialist (Nazi) Party of Germany, adopted in Munich, on February 24, 1920.
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:04amJonathan, you’re right. You just can’t make this stuff up. They could very well be SNL comics doing a skit. Using the Nazi reference is so off target anyway. (sorry…I said target)
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:03amThe preponderance of propaganda, the output of the news media, is that any disagreement with the rush toward tyranny incites violence. This is just another example of the liberal lies. One would expect that having been proven wrong so many times that their credibility would have been destroyed. The results prove Goebel’s instructions on the use of propaganda is correct, repeat a lie often enough the people will believe it. The wannabe tyrants and their cronies are publicizing lies, half-truths and the irrelevant to avoid a discussion of the issues. Pay no attention to the smokescreen.
Report Post »When the premise is false the only arguments that can be used are fear mongering, emotion, sarcasm, ridicule, attacking the messenger and misrepresentation of the facts (lying). Those who expect to reap huge profits from our misery caused by tyranny are experts at these tactics.
The only relevant issue is freedom or tyranny!!!! http://commonsense21c.com/
http://commonsense21c.com/
middleclassprophet
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:34am-tobywil2-
You cannot exclude Faux News when mentioning the “news media”. They contribute as much, if not more propaganda than any other network.
DaytonConserve
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:48pmCohen was confused and meant to compare all of the Democrat propaganda about Obamacare to his dear National Socialists who of course learned from, can we all say it together, Woodrow Wilson and crew.
Report Post »IntheKnowOG
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 5:36pm@middleclassprophet
Moral equivalency arguments are fallacious and illogical. You should know that.
Report Post »Puddle Duck
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:00pmHis only possible plausible defense is to repeat a lie often enough that it might gain some legitimatcy…but at this point in time that tactic has been throughly exposed, debunked and discredited….when you have no factual basisi behind your arguements the only option left (pun intended) is to smear, obfuscate, deflect and project. The vast majority of progressives are anything but stupid regardless of how silly their arguments have become (in the face of the actual facts/truth). In their world image trumps truth, control the image (mesage) and you control the mob (or so the theroy goes). What they have not learned however is that you can only operate in this fashion for so long before the house of cards begins to collapse under the weight of it’s own false foundation.
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:03amWhy do they continue to ignore the will of the people???
Report Post »JCoolman
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:16amRemember, we are just Homer Simpsons.
Report Post »stifroc
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:00amIt’s almost insulting how they really think we are stupid. I mean they think the American public are nothing more than brain dead zombies. They honestly believe with all their heart that the American public will swallow their lies and not see their hypocrisy. When we DON’T swallow the lies, and when we DO see the blatant hypocrisy they are absolutely flummoxed and indignant as if WE were the ones with the problem.
They better pray to their higher power that I never assume my rightful place as America’s first King.
Report Post »Insipid
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:10pm@JCoolman DOH ! Why you little @&@#$!
Report Post »One1
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 2:32amOnly un-informed people will believe a lie that is told repeatedly. They are fearful of this because they truly believe and treat their constituents like they are stupid.
Report Post »DVT
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:00amPretended journalistics ethics are just that ..PRETENDED! this will allblow over soon enough and it will be back to the verbal bs cnn talking heads always spew!
Report Post »RIGHTNOTLEFT
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:10amGood gosh and to think he is one of my states congressmen.
Report Post »ruffnex
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:15amOOPS… Imisspelled Cohen…I DID NOT mean the Cohan who wrote “It’s a Grand Old Flag” etc.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:00amThey can always justify why it is okay for them to do the things they criticize the Republicans for doing. I hope this is a wake up call for some hosts that they aren’t playing on a level playing field – there are two standards and if they want to be in the game, they better play on the side of the bully.
Report Post »fishlore
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:04amLike that Fuller nut who brazenly threatened someone with whom he disagrees with death right to their face. The media’s response…. “he was just stressed.” Do you think that excuse would fly if it were a Republican. LOL, I couldn’t even type that without laughing. The media sure buried that quick, yet they still are harping on Palin. A long time ago I thought they were just stupid hypocrites. Now I realize it’s all part of their plan.
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:05amThis Cohen guy is a great representative of the liberal mindset. He says if you repeat a lie long enough, eventually people will believe it. This is of course exactly what he is doing himself. The fact that he doesn’t even see the hypocrisy in this just blows me away. I know it’s nothing new for liberals, but it still amazes me every time. I have to give kudos to Anderson Cooper for understanding it too. That did surprise me.
http://www.donsmithshow.com – Check out the civility lesson video with Ed Schultz
Report Post »CanadianMan
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:11amThe vid is actually worth watching twice… AC i think drove it home and it was nice to see someone called out for this type of politi-talk which was unnecessary.
Report Post »AmeriWoman
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:17amLast year this goober attacked Charlotte Bergman as being Tea Party KKK racists. Here’s his youtube interview calling down hostile rhetoric, and saying they provoked hate. http://tinyurl.com/2baomdf
( In case you didn’t know, Ms Bergman is black, 100% better & smarter than Cohen and should’ve WON.)
Anytime he is brought into debate he accuses and insults. In this video he attacks John McCains wife and Sarah Palin even. He’s a total loser, he should’ve got voted out, he’s another politician who shames Tennessee and America. All we can do is hope his district wisens up and shuts him up, IMO.
Sad, but the truth is you get what you vote for….. that rips when their like this guy.
AW
Report Post »jgeezy
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:22amYep, same rules don’t apply to them. They can throw around all the words they want, but heaven for bid if we do it.
http://practicalpolitician.wordpress.com/
Report Post »FormerLib
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:30amLiberals always get away with tis because they judge themselves (and each other ) by their intent, which to them is above reproach, while they judge conservatives by their actions, assuming the intent is always bad. So, if a lib says something stupid, the assumption is always “well, we all know what he meant, so we’ll give him a pass”. If a conservative says anything at all, the assumption is always “we know what he really meant by that”, reading in a negative and hateful message that doesn’t exist simply because that is the template through which conservatives are viewed. The real frustration of Cooper seems to be that he was trying to help this guy right his ship and coax him into the ‘we know you meant well’ camp and the guy was too stupid to take the help.
Report Post »Highland
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:32amBut Andy has no problem calling conservatives “tea baggers.”
Report Post »jmparrish
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:32amI have to hand it to Anderson Cooper I did not know he had it in him to stand up for what is right. . .
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:42amLet’s not forget that the usefullness of this story does not lie in showing the hypocrisy of Cohen, but in the fact that heated rhetoric is normal and cannot, and should not, be avoided.
I completely support Cohen’s right to say whatever he wants, including mistakently comparing the Right to Nazis.
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:45amAh yes, the Socialist elite, everyone is stupid and just doesn’t get it but them.
Report Post »Maybe Ricky Jervais should have interviewed him.
grandmaof5
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:49amThere may be hope to get rid of Cohen in 2012. I looked up his name on http://www.gradegov.com and one of the things on there is “would you re-elect in 2012″ – 100% said NO. We can only hope.
Report Post »IntheKnowOG
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:59amPolitifact, owned by the St. Pete Times is nothing more than a leftist propoganda machine. They claim to be neutral but always end up calling conservatives liars. A local radio show calls them out on it everytime one of Poleftifacts “journolists” goes on their show. SPT=Pravda (pre 1991) West.
Report Post »Jsh1284
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:08amI wonder why you never see the left wing loonies posting in stories like this!? When they do, they always try to be witty instead of being hateful, narcissistic hypocrites?
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:22amINTHENOWOG, quit buying the SPTs the last Bush election when they only gave the dems the time of day. I call it the “communist” newspaper, which raises a few eyebrows but who cares. They do, however, cover the Gators better than the TT.
Report Post »Hoosier Daddy
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:27amCooper hates conservatives as much as Cohen does. He just wants Cohen to word it better.
Report Post »Ken
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:35am@Grandmaof5: You mean play on the side of the bully…like Sgt Schultz does?
Report Post »myfamily04
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:46amI can not believe that this man was actually elected by his people…I’m sure that they do not support him any longer
Report Post »Bearded_One
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:05amWhat a maroon!
Report Post »HappyStretchedThin
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:06amCohen is right about one thing and one thing only: finding a concise resounding lie and repeating it until it’s believed is the tactic Goebbels is famous for. I find NOTHING WRONG in using the most famous example you can think of for anything. And ESPECIALLY the Nazi examples. Those are the ones we should be the MOST familiar with so that we don’t REPEAT their genocidal errors in our society.
Report Post »The problem isn’t that he misunderstands the tactic of Goebbels. The problem is that he’s wrong about the CONTENT of the “lie” he’s calling out. Republicans have told the TRUTH about Obamacare–the truth the Dems have been using Goebbels’ tactics to hide.
Fellow conservatives, please don’t fall into the PC trap of: 1. Trying to claim any and all Nazi references should be banned; 2. Trying to claim that any reference to any Nazi anywhere automatically burdens the specific charge of the reference with the full and entire weight of evil associated with the Nazis.
ruffnex
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:09amI think it was Cohan, on Greta last night that complained that the GOP was wasting time repealing the Health Law…they should have been working on JOBS!!!!!! Where the He!! have the Dems been for the last two years? Sure not talking JOBS.
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:18amCohen will get away with talking about Nazis all he wants – he is Jewish. He can also compare people to the KKK, since he represents a predominantly black district in TN. Two free passes for hateful rhetoric.
He’s got to be careful about callng people racists however – unfortunately, he was born white.
Report Post »billydee
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:20amHow do clowns like this get elected?
Report Post »donh2
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:32amThe Nazi tactic of the BIG LIE is how Obamacare got passed. BIG LIES repeated over and over and over and over like ” If you like your insurance plan, … you can keep it.” Lies about the cost, Lies about the abortions, Lies about the death panels, and so many more Lies. Plus the thuggish intimidation and bribery for votes. The blood libels against honest opposition. Creeps like Cohen who have such detailed knowledge of fascist history and propeganda prove the creepy things like signing this Bill into law on the same day as the German Enabling Act are not accidental coincidence.
Report Post »religion-gunclinger
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:57amRep. Cohen you say, “when its appropriate,” its ok to compare to nazis. Between liberals and conservatives, which ideology more closely resembles national socialism ?
Report Post »Quad-rip-legic
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:58amI wish those at CNN could use the word “crosshairs” because he could have used the comparison to what deranged Democrats and media minions have been doing to Sarah. It would be nice if we could do more about waking up the constituents/sheepeople in these deranged Democrats districts.
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:06pmI sure hope they didn’t use words like “crossh*irs or b@llets! I would want them to ramp up the rhetoric!!!
Report Post »Clive
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:12pmanderson cooper is alright.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:22pmThe Patriot Act violates the Constitution by allowing unreasonable searches and seizures, violating separation of powers, and denying free speech, a federal judge ruled today in striking down parts of the revised legislation. Judge Victor Marrero said investigators must obtain court approval before ordering ISPs and phone companies to turn over confidential information without notifying customers, the AP reports.
Marrero said the Patriot Act still “offends fundamental constitutional principles,” even though Congress revised it in 2005 to allay concerns that it granted the FBI sweeping powers without a judge’s approval. The ACLU challenged the law and Marrero agreed, writing that it “reflects an attempt by Congress and the executive to infringe upon the judiciary’s designated role under the Constitution.”
Report Post »http://www.newser.com/story/7071/judge-parts-of-patriot-act-unconstitutional.html
Bullcop34
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:35pmSad Sad little man. Too bad he is too stupid to figure out that the Democrats supported the KKK and the late senator Byrd was one of them and never denounced his involvement. What a tool. Read “The South Under Seige” It is an eye opener as to what the left has done to this country.
Report Post »obgone
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:11pmdo the research, read the history of the KKK, and you will find the KKK was basically the terrorist arm of the Democratic Party. The restoraton of the South to include the treatment of the blacks was hindered by the democrats of the south who fought the Republican controled seats of the state governments. And Andrew Johnson didnt do much, if anything, to prevent it.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:12pm@HappyStretchedThin,
“Fellow conservatives, please don’t fall into the PC trap of: 1. Trying to claim any and all Nazi references should be banned; 2. Trying to claim that any reference to any Nazi anywhere automatically burdens the specific charge of the reference with the full and entire weight of evil associated with the Nazis.”
Well said!
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:15pmWow, Go CNN!! Hope this starts a trend…
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:21pm@tower7femacamp,
“The Patriot Act violates the Constitution by allowing unreasonable searches and seizures, violating separation of powers, and denying free speech …”
I agree with this.
I used to favor the Patriot Act, but now I see what can be done with these kinds of powers by the Progressives, and I oppose it now.
Report Post »WTH
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 3:20pmHYPOCRALYPTIC should be the word to describe the wave of Lefties that preach to others about how they should change their actions and never change their own. Even when the demlibersocialcommies are caught in a lie with video and audio evidence they can still defend their actions. The DEUCHEPOCALYPSE is here and thriving!!!!
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 3:24pmwhat I want to know is…since anderson has seen a little of the light…does that mean he’s moving to Fox…
Report Post »zeiss
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 4:02pmI am proud to say that Cohen is not my representative though I live in Tennesse. But talk about the pot calling the kettle black!! Surprised to hear myself say this, but good job Anderson Cooper!
Report Post »Doctor of Truth
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 6:56pmListening to this guy makes me want to gas people and incinerate them, by the tens of thousands. Strangely, I feel helpless to supress these feelings, primarily toward registered Democrats in Tennessee. I have never had these feelings before listening to this man. This is the only political speaker I have paid any attention to.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:47pmYes, Ma’am.
And in the words of Tonto, “Man speaks with forked tongue.”
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:20pmAnderson Cooper just won my respect. Excellent job, sir!
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:29pmI just heard the whole interview, and Cooper is one smart, learned guy. I always thought CNN was ALMOST a respedctable, “we report, you decide” kind of news organization, but always leaned left, unlike MSDNC who are a straight up, propagandist machine. The fact that Ted Turner started this network always made me say “ahah”, but now, it seems their “talking heads” have gotten the memo to be fair and balanced.
Report Post »Good for them if this continues. We need more networks who are actually “jounalistically inclined”, and not just the big three ( sorry, CBS and ABC, you both are just epic fails) trying to push an agenda. But….i really don’t see fox “news” as politically charged when they report, but the do hire more right-thinking “pundit” types….that I agree with.
paperpushermj
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 12:57amCohen danced around the questions so much he should be on Dancing With The Stars.
Report Post »101
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 1:37am.
Report Post »A loser “Cooper” interviewing a loser “Cohen” what a concept…something I could have gone the rest of my life not watching…thanks Blaze for wasting my time!
One1
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:31amThis is great. I am sooooo happy the progressive initiated this hate speech war. They are the ones who are guilty of it. They always have been. Now in an attempt to score political points and to shut down conservative talk, they will be destroyed by friendly fire.
Report Post »Way to shoot yourselves in the foot libs.
One1
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:40amI know we recently gave CNN grief for the “cross hair” apology. But CNN may very well become our ally in exposing Libs hypocracy.
Report Post »Because libs will continue to screw this up. It’s their M.O.
notreally
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:42amLiberalism is a religion. One cannot reason with religious zealots. We, the people, are slowly learning that truth.
-6/15/10: Rasmussen poll on who the media supported in ’08 election: 51% said Obama; 7% said McCain.
Report Post »-1/10 Public Policy Poll, a Democratic leaning pollster, found that Fox News was trusted by more people than ABC News, CBS News, CNN, and NBC news.
-1/27/10 Guardian: Nielson poll: “Fox most trusted news channel in U. S.”: Fox News 49%, CNN 39%, ABC 31%, CBS 32%, NBC 35%.
-9/09 Pew poll, 1985 to 2009, on how public perceives media bias: 60 percent say the press is politically biased; 50 percent say it’s liberal; 22 percent say it’s conservative; 27 percent gave no answer.
-11/4/10 Washington Post: “Fox News Channel towered over its cable news rivals on election night, attracting more viewers than CNN and MSNBC combined.”
-12/08 Zogby poll on which is the most trusted news source: FoxNews 39%, CNN 16%, MSNBC 15%. The most trusted news personalities: Rush Limbaugh 13%; Bill O’Reilly 10%; Chris Mathews 2%. Web news is the most trusted, more than TV and print news combined.
jakartaman
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 5:43pmOne of the things that has put a smile on my face is that I really did not think we had as many smart patriotic American. Thanks gang for all you are doing to keep this country the land of the home of the Free and Brave.
We are not done yet! vote 2012
Report Post »BoiseBaked
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:24pmWow! Was that boring and meaningless… Now I need a stiff drink.
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