Anderson Cooper Gets Sassy

America's favorite gay BFF, Anderson Cooper, politely schooled Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) Monday night when the congressman tried to insinuate that Cooper was favoring Democrats over Republicans. Throughout the interview, Cooper becomes more and more visibly miffed by Labrador's repeated attacks on the media and its apparent favoritism towards the left. Because the Conservatives have no one to back them up in the media world!

And speaking of everyone's favorite news outlet, after a barrage of word vomit from Rep. Labrador, the latent sass of Anderson Cooper came out in full force with a choice string of words that would have made Walter Cronkite shed a tear of joy:

This is the way it works in journalism. When you're not on Fox News, you get contentious interviews. When you're not on MSNBC and a liberal, you get contentious interviews. My job is to ask you questions that are different than you think.

While Cooper's network, CNN, isn't exactly the bastion of good journalism, his reputation is fairly good and he has proven himself to be a journalist worthy of respect.

Not to mention, every middle-aged woman's wet dream.

So what, exactly, was Rep. Golden Retriever trying to articulate before he went on his anti-media rant? Evidently, that the passing of the Healthcare Bill was duplicitous in nature and that it's necessary to push back now because no one tried hard enough in the past. Cooper informed the congressman that Mitt Romney ran on the promise that he would repeal Obamacare and was not elected by the American people. That's sort of a telling sign concerning where the people stand on the issue. Labrador shot back that Romney didn't spend much time on the issue. That is a blatant lie.

There are several other fun little fallacies to be found littered throughout the interview but I'll let you watch for yourself.

Look, whether or not the Affordable Care Act is quality legislation is a moot point by now. It was passed by congress and upheld by the Supreme Court. At this point, Republicans are the clear assholes with an inability to uncross their arms and deal with the unfortunate reality that they lost. I'll buy that President Obama could be a little more diplomatic concerning relations with Speaker Boehner, but that he needs to negotiate the funding of a passed bill in the first place is ridiculous. I digress. 

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