GRIFFIN: I just -- I like to say President Huckabee.
COOPER: He'll be the Secretary of Defense someday, you know.
GRIFFIN: Wouldn't that be the greatest contender ever, that nutbag Huckabee, right?
COOPER: I don't know what you're ...
GRIFFIN: Now, of the current administration, I know you have to be impartial.
COOPER: Right.
GRIFFIN: Of the current administration, who would you most like to waterboard?
COOPER: Oh, that's not even funny. That's not, that crosses the line, Kathy Griffin.
GRIFFIN: It's not even -- that's what I'm here to do. I'm here to move it, and then cross it. Have I got you fired yet?
COOPER: Not yet, no.
GRIFFIN: How much time do I have?
COOPER: Well, not much more -- about 15 more minutes.
Earlier in the transcript comes CNN’s apparently traditional following of Key West’s annual descending red stilletto with a drag queen named "Sushi" inside. After CNN’s John Zarrella reported this event, Griffin was thrilled:
GRIFFIN: Is there anything sweeter than a happy drag queen?
COOPER: What?
GRIFFIN: Is there anything God's green earth sweeter than a happy drag queen?
COOPER: You're getting a little teary eyed.
GRIFFIN: I am. I'm emotional.
COOPER: John [Zarrella] -- well he's gone, but I'm sure they'll appreciate the fact that you were getting a little (INAUDIBLE).
GRIFFIN: Yes, it's wonderful down there how the drag queens put up with the humidity is beyond me. I respect them.
COOPER: A lot of drag queens are big fans of yours.
GRIFFIN: This year on My Life on the D-List we're actually taking a drag queen flight from San Francisco to Sydney, and I'm performing on the plane.
COOPER: Are you serious, really?
GRIFFIN: Yes, I'm performing on the plane.
COOPER: An entire plane, wow.
