CNN’s Cooper Regrets Teeing Up Cain to Blast OWS: ‘I Didn’t Really Mean To’
Catching up with an admission from just after Tuesday’s Republican presidential candidate debate in Las Vegas, CNN’s Anderson Cooper lightheartedly conceded that when he confronted Herman Cain with his earlier criticism of the Occupy Wall Street protests, a criticism Cain reaffirmed to rousing audience applause, Cooper hadn’t intended it as a softball but as an embarrassing mis-cue from which he expected Cain to backtrack.
“Sort of teed it up for him there,” Cooper fretted in his post-debate hour after re-playing his exchange with Cain, “I didn’t really mean to. But he clearly just knocked that one out of the park. I mean, and it was obviously -- at least for this audience in this hall, that played very well.” (video below)
From the panel during the 7 PM PDT/10 PM EDT post-debate Anderson Cooper 360 hour on CNN on Tuesday night, October 18:
ANDERSON COOPER: I want to just show a little bit about what some of the candidates had to say about the Occupy Wall Street movement. Let's watch.
DEBATE EXCERPT:COOPER: Herman Cain, I’ve got to ask you. You said, quote, “Don't blame” -- two weeks ago, you said, “Don’t blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks. If you don't have a job and you’re not rich, blame yourself.” That was two weeks ago. The movement has grown. Do you still say that?
HERMAN CAIN: Yes, I do still say that. And here’s why. [audience applause] I still stand by my statement. And here’s why. They might be frustrated with Wall Street and the bankers, but they're directing their anger at the wrong place. Wall Street didn’t put in failed economic policies. Wall Street didn’t spend a trillion dollars that didn't do any good. Wall Street isn't going around the country trying to sell another $450 billion. They ought to be over in front of the White House taking out their frustration.
END DEBATE EXCERPT
COOPER: Sort of teed it up for him there. I didn't really mean to. But he clearly just knocked that one out of the park. I mean, and it was obviously -- at least for this audience in this hall, that played very well.
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Regrets.....he should have a few...........
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sat, 10/22/2011 - 3:07pm.
starting with the whole "It's hard to talk when you're Tea Bagging" snarky comment. It is one thing to disagree with dissent against the party in power (Remember, Sadist Hillary Clinton said it is NOT unpatriotic to debate and disagree with ANY administration) but to resort to David Shuster levels and be rewarded to medaite a Tea Party Debate is downright dasterdly.
Has he any shame....?
Submitted by NeoKong on Sat, 10/22/2011 - 3:18pm.
He is openly confessing that he didn't mean to give Herman Cain an opportunity for a good sound bite.
He regrets doing it because he was trying to embarrass him.
Yes softball questions at
Submitted by eaglewingz08 on Sat, 10/22/2011 - 3:22pm.
Yes softball questions at debates for a candidate to hit out of the park are solely reserved mostly for liberal democrats, but overall for any other democrat running against those evil rethuglicans. Thus Obama is asked his favorite color or how he has suffered for having to deal with those evil rethuglicans.
*Snort* SHOCKING VIDEO: MSM MEETS A MAN OF PRINCIPLE!
Submitted by Annie Ashe Fields on Sat, 10/22/2011 - 3:54pm.
If this weren't so sad, it would be FUNNY. These guys just don't know WHAT to do with Herman! Aside from all the other bullsh*t propaganda it busts, he's A MAN OF PRINCIPLE. He MEANS what he says and SAYS what he means and DANG! That just flummoxed our fair-haired AC, didn't it?
Hey! Anderson: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Get ready for the NEW world - the TEA PARTY world - WHERE PRINCIPLES MATTER.
these
Submitted by grammajane on Sat, 10/22/2011 - 7:05pm.
Libs can't stand the truth. Cain said exactly the truth and little cooper was, as, usual, lost when someone dare say anything negative toward barry. Mr. Cain ---------you rock!!!!
If Cain steps up his game
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Sat, 10/22/2011 - 11:21pm.
If Cain steps up his game just a bit more then I think he can pull it off. The big problem I saw with the last debate is the fighting between Perry and Romney. That really turned me off of both of them.