Rush Limbaugh is reporting today that CNN's Anderson Cooper knew the gay General who turned out to be a Clinton plant at the GOP debate, after all.
You may remember that in the aftermath of the discovery that Mrs. Clinton and several Democratic candidates had actually planted questioners at the Republican debate, Mr. Cooper denied that he or CNN had any prior knowledge that the General worked for Mrs. Clinton.
Yet a caller to the Limbaugh radio program today, a person who was chosen by YouTube to ask a question at the debate, stated that out of the entire group of chosen questioners, Cooper singled out the General immediately in the crowd and stated, 'Nice to see you, General.'
Thus, Anderson Cooper's claim of total ignorance in the entire matter is highly suspect at best and at least a barefaced lie on one point--the reporter knew who the gay General was, despite his denials.
The question is, did Cooper know that the General worked for the Clinton campaign? Many media observers say that it would be nearly impossible for CNN and its anchor NOT to know.
As we expected, the oozing, dripping sleaze from the Clinton Ladies Intervention Team keeps oozing on.
Oh, and add Anderson Cooper to the Clinton Ladies Intervention Team.
For Rush Limbaugh's conversation with the caller concerning this incident, click here:
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_120307/content/01125116.guest.html
Monday, December 03, 2007
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Big surprise he knew the guy was a general and said hi. Of course he knew that guy was the general and recognized him - Cooper was one of the people on the selection committee and the general gave his rank and profession in the video he submitted. An out spoken gay brigadier general is also a pretty memorable thing.
Video makers who were selected for the Democratic debate also posted online after the first youtube debate about being greeted by Anderson and him recognizing them from their videos.
Cooper and debate producers said before the debate that they weren't going to investigate questioners, just eliminate the ones that seemed inappropriate on the face of it. They never claimed in either debate that the youtube videos came from supporters of the party at the debate, just youtube users. A number of the videos from the Dem debate looked like they came from Republicans, like the military man in Iraq who demanded to know how Arab leaders would ever respect Hillary when from his experience he knows Arab guys don't respect women in authority. The Dems got the no-win question from the dangerous looking guy who wanted protection for his huge gun - saying no would turn off the huge pro-gun group but saying yes for protection when the question was from that weirdo made them look unconcerned about public safety. There was also the guy who wanted lower taxes, the angry sounding “what does in God we trust mean to you?” guy, etc.
Personally I don't think the general was acting for Clinton even indirectly, because this would have been the stupidest plan imaginable. How many gay activist brigadier generals can there be? IDing the guy was ridiculously easy, and any politician with any brains would know that would be easy and would tar him/her by association. Pulling something like that would hurt Hillary's public image by making her look more weaselly than she already does, and for no benefit at all. Don't Ask Don't Tell is a Clinton policy that the Dems attack her for being involved in. It's not an issue one of her people would have an incentive to raise if they were thinking about her campaign. I think the gay general raised it because he was thinking about his own personal cause and getting it heard wherever he could. The general has attended and spoke at log cabin Republican events before – he seems more interested in his gay rights agenda than party boundaries.
The difficult gay question wasn't unique to the Repub debate. You may remember that Cooper did the same thing almost to the Dems in their debate. Only that time it was a black Southern priest asking about the difference between the old laws against interracial marriage and the current ones against gay marriage. He talked to the guy in the crowd then too. It was awkward for everyone except Kucinich who is 100% for gay marriage and gay rights. It was really tough for them to try to use the normal religious objection justifications in response to a priest. The only real difference then was the priest wasn't reported to be a Republican later, but I don't know if anyone checked.
There is one big problem, though, with your apologetic. The General had not submitted a previous video.
In addition, the General was THE ONLY one in the large group that was selected that Anderson Cooper called out by name.
One more point. The General had been on CNN before. We are waiting for word on whether or not it was Anderson Cooper's program.
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