> WASHINGTON - You wanna talk pathetic? How about a hotshot cable news
> yacker mocking a New York congressman for being excited about his
> President?

> That's the response of veteran Bronx Rep. Eliot Engel, who was
> ridiculed by CNN host Anderson Cooper on Tuesday night for staking out
> a choice aisle seat 12-1/2 hours in advance for President Obama's
> address to Congress.

> "It's like waiting for, like, Madonna tickets or something. It was
> ... kind of pathetic," Cooper snarked as legislators swarmed Obama
> after the speech for handshakes and autographs.

> Engel, a perennial early arrival for presidential speeches to
> Congress, lashed back.

> "What's really pathetic is that Anderson Cooper apparently doesn't
> share my enthusiasm for participating in such a historic and wonderful
> celebration of American democracy," the 10-term congressman told the
> Daily News. "I am sorry he is so jaded."

> Cooper could not be immediately reached for comment.

> >http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/02/25/2009-02-25
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> > p_eliot_engel_calls_anderson_coo.html

> > WASHINGTON - You wanna talk pathetic? How about a hotshot cable news
> > yacker mocking a New York congressman for being excited about his
> > President?

> > That's the response of veteran Bronx Rep. Eliot Engel, who was
> > ridiculed by CNN host Anderson Cooper on Tuesday night for staking out
> > a choice aisle seat 12-1/2 hours in advance for President Obama's
> > address to Congress.

> > "It's like waiting for, like, Madonna tickets or something. It was
> > ... kind of pathetic," Cooper snarked as legislators swarmed Obama
> > after the speech for handshakes and autographs.

> > Engel, a perennial early arrival for presidential speeches to
> > Congress, lashed back.

> > "What's really pathetic is that Anderson Cooper apparently doesn't
> > share my enthusiasm for participating in such a historic and wonderful
> > celebration of American democracy," the 10-term congressman told the
> > Daily News. "I am sorry he is so jaded."

> > Cooper could not be immediately reached for comment.

> Newsman haven't been objective for decades, if not longer.

>> >http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/02/25/2009-02-25
>> _bronx_re
>> > p_eliot_engel_calls_anderson_coo.html

>> > WASHINGTON - You wanna talk pathetic? How about a hotshot cable
>> > news yacker mocking a New York congressman for being excited about
>> > his President?

>> > That's the response of veteran Bronx Rep. Eliot Engel, who was
>> > ridiculed by CNN host Anderson Cooper on Tuesday night for staking
>> > out a choice aisle seat 12-1/2 hours in advance for President
>> > Obama's address to Congress.

>> > "It's like waiting for, like, Madonna tickets or something. It was
>> > ... kind of pathetic," Cooper snarked as legislators swarmed Obama
>> > after the speech for handshakes and autographs.

>> > Engel, a perennial early arrival for presidential speeches to
>> > Congress, lashed back.

>> > "What's really pathetic is that Anderson Cooper apparently doesn't
>> > share my enthusiasm for participating in such a historic and
>> > wonderful celebration of American democracy," the 10-term
>> > congressman told the Daily News. "I am sorry he is so jaded."

>> > Cooper could not be immediately reached for comment.

>> Newsman haven't been objective for decades, if not longer.

> Cooper spent the entire election season weak at the knees and kissing
> Obama's ass. Not to mention his odd worshipful features on and with
> Michael Phelps. He was not much more than a glorified fan boy.