Anderson Cooper is one of the journalists moderating the presidential candidate Town Hall on Sunday. In anticipation of yet another cruddy performance by Donald Trump (he’s making a mockery of debate prep again), his supporters have decided to go after Cooper with a combination of gay-baiting and loony conspiracy theories.
Of course, Prince Tiny Hands himself started the attacks. Last month, Trump complained that Cooper would be “very, very biased,” adding “I don’t think he can be fair.”
The crazies that swirl around Trump like moths to a flame (or flies to a dung heap) obviously took this as a green light to pre-emptively criticize Cooper’s performance. Bill O’Reilly and Rush Limbaugh have already proclaimed that debate is rigged because Cooper and fellow moderator Martha Raddatz are in the tank for Hillary.
Needless to say, the gay-baiting thing had to be part of the attack. Right-wing sites grouse that Cooper supports same-sex marriage, which is against the Republican platform. They fume that Cooper’s partner, Ben Maisani, contributed to Hillary Clinton‘s campaign, although no one has suggested that Rudy Giuliani is a Hillary mole because his daughter says she will vote for Clinton.
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What particularly rankles is Cooper raking Florida Attorney General Pam Biondi (a grateful recipient of Trump Foundation largesse) over the coals for being a complete hypocrite about the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. In normal circles, what Cooper did is called solid journalism, but Trump supporters don’t travel in those circles.
Of course, no attack would be complete without someone deciding that veiled hints aren’t enough. Radio host Alex Jones, who has reserved a place for himself in the highest reaches of Nutburger Heaven, not only goes after Cooper with undisguised homophobia but throws in a conspiracy theory for good measure.
“So what happens this Sunday?” Jones asked on his radio show. “What happens with this big royal rumble with the known CIA operative Anderson twinkle-toes, bite your pillow hosting it?”
Jones is best known for insisting that Barack Obama is gay, that the government is putting chemicals in potato chip bags that are making people and frogs gay, and that Marco Rubio (also gay) is obsessed with Trump’s “package.”
Clearly Jones barely has a nodding acquaintance with reality.
As for the CIA agent bit: there is a grain of truth in it. Cooper did intern for two summers at the CIA twenty years ago. He says that the experience was “pretty bureaucratic and mundane, at least the little bit that I saw of it.”
Of course, you know he’ll really be employing all those secret interrogation techniques that the CIA trained him in against Trump come Sunday night.
Scribe38
Remember ask the gays? LMAO
Reporter Groups not allowed to ask Trump questions due to being biased:
1. Mexicans
2. Arabs
3. Disabled
4. Blacks
5. Women any race; remember they bleed from their whatever; or he might have grabbed their pus*y
6. College educated
7. Non-nazis
8. Queers, f*gs, ladyboys, trans, gays or whatever he calls us when no one is looking
Mo Bro
Anyone who denies liberal bias in the media only does so because that bias matches their own.
broadshoulder
America reaches rock bottom….
leobaga
In the first debate, the moderator never asked Hillary about her deleted emails even when he promised Trump that he would in the beginning of the debate when the subject was brought up. But in the end, the moderator only attacked Trump on birthism and sexism. That shows obvious biased to me.
leobaga
Biased Queerty, why are you not reporting Clinton’s rape accuser’s recent interview? http://youtu.be/zHh73fkDUIs
joeyty
I agree with basically banning those topics in questions. For Hillary, too, re. her husband, etc.. Those questions are designed to distract. Let’s move on to who’s actually going to run the country better. But hold the candidates to specific answers about specific actual plans.
joeyty
BTW : Why won’t John Gallagher show his face here and agree to an interview about what it feels like to be a self-hating gay “mick” ? Especially on a site that stated Northern Ireland was Catholic ?
Juanjo
I see the trumpanzee forces are out in full force.
joeyty
@Juanjo: And the Billaries.
Sukhrajah
For the Trump supporters;
What is it, exactly that Donald Trump has done, does now, or will do in future – do you support? To be more cynical – what has he, does he now, or will he do in future – to support you?
Back to the topic at hand;
Can anyone hold up better (less biased, more credible, and one that will appeal to a greater percentage of the population than Anderson will – completely devoid of the fact that we are there, not to see Anderson, but rather to see how the candidates debate each other, and react to the questions asked)?
Side question; how can anyone be smart enough to come out, and be doubly idiotic enough to support a platform that openly demonizes and destroys their rights is shocking. God Bless Mother America – such a Great Nation that She can support all of us; even when so many, are so wrong.
joeyty
@Sukhrajah: He WILL enforce the Ideology test to protect us from homophobic immigrants. What is so wrong with asking new immigrants how they feel about everything that goes against their religion and accepting that they’re now in a secular country ? And the secular BETTER come first now ? (If they disagree, they don’t get in). Do you want millions more immigrants who will follow this guy ? http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/10/07/hate-preacher-who-called-for-gay-men-to-be-killed-teaching-in-the-uk/
joeyty
@Sukhrajah: And what did Hillary say when presented with this guy: “We’re ALL in this together!” with her arms up in the air. Showing that her only support comes from shallow thinkers who won’t look past the cliche-ridden surface she throws out. No, Hillary, we’re not ALL in this together. YOU won’t get your head cut off by this guy’s followers. You won’t get gunned down in a nightclub. (The only considerable argument put out by Hillary-supporters is the worry about Trump’s choice for V.P., which is fair).
Ukin Blome
Hey Trump supporters, where are you getting your drugs from? Even Timothy Leary didn’t have acid that strong! Don’t worry about the election, the spaceship from the planet bigdump will be coming by soon to take you all away. Your heaven awaits you. bye bye.
Mack
@leobaga: Evidently they’re not relevant since it happened 20 years ago versus Donald mouth was 10 years ago. By the way just in case you don’t know-Bill isn’t running for President-HILLARY IS!
Mack
@Juanjo: I call them Trump Turds and yes they’re out in force. They’re irrelevant to the Republican Party since most Republicans won’t have anything to do with them. In most meetings they have they’re banned so I guess they have to use their mouths elsewhere.
gaym50ish
Trump supporters can accuse Anderson Cooper of being biased if they wish, but it really doesn’t matter if he is or not. The townhall format of the debate means that questions will be coming from the audience, and the audience members will be sure to ask the tough questions if Cooper does not.
Kangol
@leobaga: Probably the same reason they aren’t reporting the rape accusationS against Trump. Including Trump’s alleged RAPE OF A 13-YEAR OLD GIRL, who’s suing him right now, saying that it occurred in conjunction with the convicted billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Can’t wriggle out of that one, Drumpf!
Working the ref is so predictable, but he’s damaged goods. Anderson Cooper crumpled like an overcooked soufflé the last time he interviewed Trump, so I don’t expect much. Trump will burn himself tonight. Even better is there are more tapes with even more explosive material on the way. He’s toast. Bye-bye hateful, r@cist, misogynistic pathological lying business fraud Scumbag! It all couldn’t have happened to a worse person or party!
MikeE
@joeyty: “He WILL enforce the Ideology test to protect us from homophobic immigrants.”
yes, but will he do anything to protect us from the homophobic “christian” American citizens that can’t be deported?
and the homophobic dude teaching in England? yeah, he was born in the US. So even if the strictest immigration tests were in place, it still wouldn’t affect him.
Actually, a great many jidahists in the US are American-born. So not much that vetting immigrants can do for them either.
how about doing something about all those christian homophobes who keep calling for death penalties for gays, or internment, or prison terms?
how about all those science-denying christains who breed like rabbits and home-skool their litters with bible-bs?
joeyty
@MikeE: <ike E. : Where did I say American Muslims were any better with homophobia than foreign-born ones ? And who cares about Christians calling for this or for that ? Let's talk about REAL murder, and who is killing gays for real. Orlando. Seattle. NYC. Wake up or die, gay boy.
joeyty
@MikeE: So….with American Muslims being just as dangerous, do you STILL think it’s a good idea to add more Muslims from overseas ? Do you see what’s happened in Paris ? Mumbai, London, Brussels, San Bernardino, Boston…???? And look how Hillary Clinton STILL will NOT even say the words “radical Islam.” Gay-friendly? I don’t think so.
joeyty
@MikeE: But if you still want to pretend Christians raising kids with Buy-bulls is as dangerous to gays as Muslim countries where it’s officially capital punishment for homosexuality……have a field day. Some of us aren’t so self-hating as to go along with you on that one.
joeyty
@MikeE: Again, just answer this one question, Mike E. : WHO has attempted mass murder on U.S. gays three times (only the last time- Orlando- worked) in the last few years? Christians (who make up a huge part of the population) or Muslims (who make up a miniscule part of the population)? Seriously…answer that.
joeyty
And they WERE right to be suspicious of that closet gay Anderson Vanderbilt. He’s been a snot all night.
cutterq
I’m watching being a liar and bully in the debate. He say the country is all fuck up and he will save us from ourselves. Since he doesn’t want anybody admitted to the US, this will affect gays seeking political asylum. The comments on this website are very similar to those on Politico, Huff Post. PJ media, etc that are thrown up by a app.. I thought this website was to discuss issues facing the community and to be positive about it.
joeyty
@cutterq: Hillary wants to allow homophobic Muslims who WILL kill gays (like they’re doing in Europe) into the U.S. She’s a homophobe.
joeyty
Hillary’s best lie tonight : The story about the letter from the mother where the adopted kid watching television saw Trump and said, “Mommy, will he send me back to Ethiopia if he gets elected ?” LOLOLOLLL yeah, right
Bernice Jenkins
@joeyty:
He is also a human trafficker
Bernice Jenkins
@joeyty:
Here is a list of all the christians that have killed LGBT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_violence_against_LGBT_people_in_the_United_States#2010.E2.80.93present
Bernice Jenkins
@Bernice Jenkins:
http://bit.ly/2cIFqUU
Bernice Jenkins
@Bernice Jenkins: He traffics humans in his modeling agency
http://bit.ly/2cIFqUU
ErikO
Anderson Cooper is a brainwashed Hilbot and spews her lies so yes he is biased. This is why I’m voting for Jill Stein.
joeyty
@Bernice Jenkins: Because those murderers are all African-American you’re assuming they’re all Christians ???
o.codone
I’m thrilled to vote for a pro-gay candidate like Trump. That’s how the majority of gays out there feel, and rightfully so. Trump was NEVER called a homophobe until this election when the name calling dems, particularly the twunt Hillary dragged-out all their vicious bullsh*it and childish tactics. Suddenly, Trump is a homo hater. Not true. The media is a bunch of trolls. Anyway. Many gays are voting for Trump even if they don’t talk about it (for fear of attack). No muslims at Pride. That’s a time for celebration, booze, boys and fun. I really don’t want to see these regressive religious fanatics at Pride. Hillary will bring this third world sewage here by the planeful. Donald will keep them where they are. Simple as that. Make America Great Again. Keep America safe for our tribe. Fuck Hillary.
No
@MikeE: Exactly. Mike Pence is more dangerous to this country and civil rights than Trump could ever dream to be.
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ErikO
@No: Don’t kid yourself, both Obama and Hilary also dangerous to civil rights as well. Vote Jill Stein 2016.
DCguy
Hey Log Cabin Trolls.
If you are going to switch between your screename, try not to make it so obvious and all one after the other desperately trying to deflect from the topic.
The topic is, Trump fans are bigots attacking a moderator for being gay.
And please notice how rabidly the Log Cabin Republican screename are trying to defend anti-lgbt bigots.
Charlie in Charge
I always forget that the Log Cabin Republican crazies are a thing… and then I read the Queerty comments on any political topic.