The Lou Dobbs program agenda, applicable nightly since 1/20/2009

[Orrex]

1. Open program
2. Complain that President Obama has no plan to make everything perfect forever, starting within 30 days
3. Blame Obama for failing to be sufficiently bipartisan, i.e., caving in to the will of the Congressional minority
4. Underscore that Lou is an Independent, despite all evidence to the contrary
5. Complain that some small fraction of illegal immigrants might benefit from something in the Obama plan
6. Blame illegal immigrants for everything else that he can't pin on Obama
7. Remind the viewer that Obama just isn't being bipartisan enough
8. Close with righteously indignant rant about Obama's failure to achieve in two weeks everything that his 43 predecessors couldn't


Did I miss anything?


Edited because not everyone likes the number 7 as much as I do.

[Autumn]

1. Rinse and Repeat n/t

[Idealism]

2. Other than stating "7" twice, here is one nugget:

Cite how the Obama administration is more scandal-ridden than all 43 of their predecessors combined

[LakeSamish706]

3. I use to be a faithful watcher of Lou Dobbs, but stopped awhile ago...

Ever since he started to criticize President Obama.. I think he has been off of his meds for some time now.

[Orrex]

I watch occasionally, but I gave up on him as an information source some time in 2005

I noticed that he was filling up every nightly broadcast with tirades against illegal immigrants and the irreparable harm that they were doing to the country.

Bush was shitting all over the country and the Constitution, and Lou was outraged because some guy is willing to pick strawberries for $2.00 per day.


I'm willing to believe that Lou isn't actually racist, but I've never heard one of his anti-immigrant diatribes that couldn't have been credibly voiced verbatim by any of the Rightmost white supremacist.

[Orrex]

5. Whoopsie! Self-delete.

Oops!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

9. It's personal with Lou. Obama called him out publicly for anti-immigrant scaremongering during the

campaign.

Lou has gone after Obama with any rock or stick he can find ever since.

[Orrex]

10. If Lou can't handle being called an anti-immigrant scaremonger...

Then he should lay off the anti-immigrant scaremongering! :evilgrin:


I didn't actually know that--thanks for the info. Still, CNN should do something to rein in this asshole. He's an embarassment to a network that has little left to be proud of.

[spanone]

4. i bet even his nine loyal viewers are tired of his bull

[icnorth]

6. Ah yes Lou Dobbs...

A slimy mass of aggregated amoeboid cells from which the sporophore of a cellular slime mold develops.

[Orrex]

7. Very true, but...

He often has a strange contingent of defenders here on DU. I've seen it a number of times, and it never failst to surprise me.

[icnorth]

11. Same here...

I could handle Rush Limbaugh ahead of this POS. At least Rush doesn't pretend to be anything but what he is. Quoting another DUer... "Dishing out torch songs and sappy chicken soup for the wingnut soul..."

[spanone]

8. i like the cnn promo....'a new administration...and we're keeping them honest'

oh, really...now you demand honesty?

[orleans]

19. lol! yeah, no shit! n/t

[OHdem10]

12. I do not always agree with Lou, but must say he was correct tonight

Sending our stimulus funds overseas is brainless.

We have to borrow money to try to get a stimulus for our economy
and now our President is willing to help other countries.

Heck China, put the word out real early. Their stimulus money
is to help their own country. Other countries., likewise.

What do our leaders insist on???? Selling us out while pretending
to care about the American Worker??-

[OhioChick]

16. Valid points. n/t

[Orrex]

17. I've wondered about that, but...

I'm simply not sufficiently familiar with the myriad trade agreements to make a determination one way or the other. It sure sounds like a shitty deal for US workers, but what exactly constitutes an unacceptable subsidy or protectionism in this context?

I recall the flap when Airbus got the US Airforce contract not long ago; it was reported that the relevant trade agreement forbids the US from holding the foreign business to a different standard than it would hold an American firm.

Does the same apply in this case?


I'm asking because I simply don't know...

[Joe the Liberal]

13. You left out his stupid poll he does everynight...........

You know the incredibly one sided poll which he has his viewers vote on online every night?

But you petty much hit the nail on the head, that's all his show is. He spends half the time trying to discredit Obama and the other half bitching about illegal aliens. Why he hasn't joined Faux "News" yet is pretty surprising, he would fit in so well, I guess Faux just doesn't have enough room for him yet.

And the whole thing about him being a self proclaimed "proud independent" is not true, the guy is a as right wing conservative repuke as it gets. No surprise there either because his show is based off telling complete bullshit on a nightly basis.

[sad sally]

14. My husband has to watch him - every day

me, i just want to slap the shit out of him...his self-righteousness drives me crazy. He used to seem half-way interested in pointing out some inequities, but now he just sez, "Oh, Lou," you're the greatest person that ever lived."

[orleans]

20. what a drag. he might as well tune in fox. n/t

[EFerrari]

31. Tell your husband that Dobbs was publicly busted for getting his guests

content and talking points from a white supremacist hate group.

http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/4/fact_checking_dobbs_cnn_anchor_lou

:hi:

[blogslut]

15. Oh, but there is ONE thing that's different every night

The shade intensity of Lou's hair rinse.

What shade was it tonight?

Dark Blonde?
Strawberry Blonde?
Pale Blonde?
Almost White? (meaning it's time for Lou to visit the salon!)

[democracy1st]

18. K & R Orrex

[orleans]

21. lol! hysterical and yet so disgustingly true breakdown

it's lou in a heartbeat

we watched him too (it's been a long time)and had to tune out ever since he started in about "illegal aliens" and got his teeth replaced or whatever happened to his mouth and the way he speaks.

[Raine]

22. I used to watch him sometimes for a laugh but

lately he isn't even good for that, he's just totally obnoxious. x(

[MajorChode]

23. I have less respect for Dobbs than I do Limbaugh

At least Limbaugh is honest about what he stands for. First Dobbs said he was a "lifelong Republican", and now he says he's a "populist".

The reality is Dobbs is a shameless demagogue and an asshole who peddles xenophobia.

[varkam]

24. Right on!

:fistbump:

[ArbustoBuster]

25. He really is slimy, and he hates immigrants with a horrible passion.

Yesterday he was on his program complaining that the new provision for child health care would allow some children of illegal immigrants to take advantage of the money. I was horrified by him. How can Dobbs, with a straight face, say that he doesn't want children - no matter where the come from - to have health care? Either he's crazy, or he's so cold-hearted that he can't see that he's saying that our country shouldn't protect children.

[Orrex]

28. That's exactly the comment that inspired my OP

Basically he's saying "let the kids suffer and/or die because their parents snuck into the country."

He's a class act, that's for sure.

[CrispyQ]

26. 9.

Remind the viewers, several times throughout the show, that he is one of the lone voices speaking out for the middle class.

[Orrex]

29. That's a good one, and very true

Good thing he's on our side...

[TEXASYANKEE]

27. He is completely unwatchable now.

I used to really enjoy his show. I was a loyal watcher every single night at the gym. But his show changed drastically a little over a year ago, when he suddenly started railing about the Liberal Media. Huh??? Now he's so sanctimonious that he's become unwatchable. I fully expect his head to explode at any moment.

[Orrex]

30. 'I fully expect his head to explode at any moment.'

Okay, I admit that I'd tune in to see that.

[butterfly77]

32. You got No.4 wrong...

he claims he is an Independent/populist..