# Anderson Cooper Defends Tea Party against NAACP Report of TP Bigotry, Slams Head of NAACP **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 21, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anderson-cooper-defends-tea-party-against-naacp-report-of-tp-bigotry-slams-head-of-naacp/557855 "2010-10-21T02:34:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anderson-cooper-defends-tea-party-against-naacp-report-of-tp-bigotry-slams-head-of-naacp/557855/1 "2010-10-21T02:34:02Z")
I just saw this on 360. Mountain time. Maybe someone can post the transcript. Strange days indeed. Yes, it needs to be in the Pit. BTW, this was Cooper interviewiing head dude of NAACP ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anderson-cooper-defends-tea-party-against-naacp-report-of-tp-bigotry-slams-head-of-naacp/557855/2 "2010-10-21T04:41:14Z")
So who’s being pitted here? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anderson-cooper-defends-tea-party-against-naacp-report-of-tp-bigotry-slams-head-of-naacp/557855/3 "2010-10-21T15:18:08Z")
I expected to see some head-slamming. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anderson-cooper-defends-tea-party-against-naacp-report-of-tp-bigotry-slams-head-of-naacp/557855/4 "2010-10-21T16:51:30Z")
This thread has a big ol’ \*\*\*Sarah Palin \*\*\*ad right in the middle of it! ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anderson-cooper-defends-tea-party-against-naacp-report-of-tp-bigotry-slams-head-of-naacp/557855/5 "2010-10-21T16:56:41Z")
Head dudes shouldn’t be surprised when they get their heads slammed. Me? I’m a breast man. ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anderson-cooper-defends-tea-party-against-naacp-report-of-tp-bigotry-slams-head-of-naacp/557855/6 "2010-10-21T17:00:06Z")
> [@Klaatu](#): > > I just saw this on 360. Mountain time. Maybe someone can post the transcript. > > Strange days indeed. > > Yes, it needs to be in the Pit. > > BTW, this was Cooper interviewiing head dude of NAACP How about a link or an explanation of what the hell you are talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anderson-cooper-defends-tea-party-against-naacp-report-of-tp-bigotry-slams-head-of-naacp/557855/7 "2010-10-21T17:44:59Z")
Fucking Mountain time. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anderson-cooper-defends-tea-party-against-naacp-report-of-tp-bigotry-slams-head-of-naacp/557855/8 "2010-10-21T17:59:37Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Fucking Mountain time. Perhaps you’d like to start a separate thread about your sexual fetishes? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anderson-cooper-defends-tea-party-against-naacp-report-of-tp-bigotry-slams-head-of-naacp/557855/9 "2010-10-21T21:13:56Z")
Here’s [video](http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2010/10/21/anderson-cooper-grills-ben-jealous-on-naacp-report/) of the interview. It’s on a Breitbart site, so if you venture down the page and into the Comments section, be prepared for large doses of dribbling idiocy. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anderson-cooper-defends-tea-party-against-naacp-report-of-tp-bigotry-slams-head-of-naacp/557855/10 "2010-10-21T21:40:13Z")
Those were fair questions, by and large.