Lou Dobbs: Lobbying against America

[LiberalArkie]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/11/lobby.america/index.html

(CNN) -- There's no denying both political parties in Congress are now owned lock, stock and barrel by corporate interests. Our nation's elected officials in Washington have formed a partnership with the corporate supremacists and special interest groups in an effort to drive profits to the bottom line of U.S. multinationals at the expense of hard-working Americans.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

1. Great article, thanks for posting.

I wish all Republicans were more like Lou Dobbs.

[Orrex]

2. Lou's not bad, but

I wish that every program didn't begin and end with a screed against those pesky encroaching Mexicans. Lou's got a lot to contribute, especially as he's become more vocally opposed to Dubya's disastrous policies, but I had to stop watching because of the endless editorializing about immigration.

Illegal immigrants may pose a problem, but I can't believe that they're the only (or most significant) problem. I can't believe that Lou thinks that, either.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

3. Yeah, I agree

I do think he goes after the undocumented workers too much. He should focus the bulk of his immigration sections on the corporations that exploit them and enslave them.

[acmejack]

5. Amen!

How many years will it take? We are sold out so completely, our standard of living is tumbling so precipitously, I expect the middle class will not recover in my lifetime.

May I be proved wrong!

[wuushew]

7. Personal maids and construction workers

are not solely employed by large corporations, in fact their contribution to employment of undocumented workers may be a relatively small percentage barring evidence to the contrary.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

8. Very true.

As long as they're paid fairly, I have no problem with it at all.

[RethugAssKicker]

4. Illegal immigrants are the next boogeyman

to be used in the '06 election.

[tk2kewl]

6. Let's be clear about this...

Let's be clear about this: Calling these greedy people "lobbyists" simply because they convene in the hallowed lobbies of Washington is akin to calling parasites "bodyists" or viruses "blood-streamers." What they're really doing is selling out American workers and hastening the decline in our nation's standard of living and quality of life.

[skids]

9. Auction house...

"When the Speaker's gavel comes down, it's intended to open the People's House, and lately it's looking like the Auction House,"

...what a stunningly vivid image. Makes me want to have some "fun with realaudio(tm)" and dub auctioneer rap over a video of the energy bill vote.

[Al-CIAda]

10. Fuck the DLC! nt

[wli]

11. and the rest of the Republicans, too!

After all, we all know the DLC are merely Republican moles in the Democratic party.