In one of the most shocking comments uttered by a network anchor in recent history, Anderson Cooper referred to the recent tax protests by conservatives as "tea bagging". In fact, he used the term more than once, and the fact that his guests laughed at the term means that they understood exactly what Anderson Cooper was trying to say.

For those of you who don't know what "tea bagging" is, it involves oral stimulation of the male reproductive organs.

You can't make this stuff up.

The video of the Anderson Cooper tea bagging comment is at the end of this article.

This all happened when Cooper had David Gergen and Ali Velshi on his show to discuss the events of the day. Gergen was responding to a question by Cooper about the Republicans when Cooper blurted out, "Tea-bagging. They’ve got tea-bagging."

Gergen apparently got the joke and then continued by saying this:

Well, they’ve got the tea-bagging. But there was an interesting Politico survey -- it was out today that said that, you know, the president -- the trust level in the president on economic issues is extremely high, and, you know, and everybody else in the administration is well below him. But the Republicans are a little below that. So, Republicans have got a way -- they still haven’t found their voice, Anderson. They’re still -- this happens to a minority party after it’s lost a couple of bad elections, but they’re searching for their voice.

At least Gergen was trying to get the conversation back on track.

But in response to Gergen, Cooper made this offensive remark: "It’s hard to talk when you’re tea-bagging."

Why would it be hard to talk? You see, Cooper knew EXACTLY what the smear meant.

THIS is what we are to expect from our network news anchors now?

The video of this stunning exchange below.....



This is the kind of thing that conservatives can not let go by. The Anderson Cooper tea bagging comment must become a huge issue. Conservatives must demand an apology from Anderson Cooper. If this kind of smear becomes commonplace, then what is next after that?