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By Hillary has mudflaps

November 2, 2007 10:23 AM | Link to this

I like Lou but i hate you. Dirty friggin left wing columnist. Thats why ciculation is down you idiot.

By NICK

November 2, 2007 10:57 AM | Link to this

The ONLY thing good ‘ol Lou is right on, is defending Don Imus.

Imus said nothing that any other black man wouldn’t say about black women.

The only reason it made headlines is that everyone’s favorite “race hustlers”, Sharpton and Jackson, had not been on television for a while and needed their “fix”.

Good job Imus, for telling it like it is brother!

By Kenneth Cobb

November 2, 2007 11:01 AM | Link to this

Lou is the ONLY journalist on the tube that reports it like it is. I am a Lou Dobbs voter. If only he would run for president. Up with Lou Dobbs, down with Phil Kloer.

By Michael H. Smith

November 2, 2007 11:39 AM | Link to this

You got to love Lou Dobbs. I do not always agree with everything Lou has to say or some of the positions he takes, though, undeniably he is Pro-American till it hurts; and on that, I absolutely agree with Lou.

I’ve have two of his books, looks like soon there will be a third to along side the other two that I have read.

Keep up the good work Phil Kloer, between you and Cynthia Tucker the Lou Dobbs following is sure to grow immensely.

By Susan

November 2, 2007 12:22 PM | Link to this

Dobbs is right on the money about Bush. He has ignored the oath he took and should be charged with any number of crimes or at least impeached. Maybe people will start waking up to the truth of what the US has become since Bush was inaugurated.

By Cory

November 2, 2007 12:28 PM | Link to this

Nick, how many black men you personally know? Your image of blacks in general is colored by media accounts. You’re so lazy.

By Brock

November 2, 2007 12:32 PM | Link to this

Pompous pretty much sums up Mr Dobbs. He is going the way of Bill O’Reilly, talking over his guests, who are merely trying to answer the question he just posed. Very rude, and more importantly, it’s hard to listen to either person when both are simultaneously talking. I used to enjoy Mr Dobbs when he was a business reporter, before he became consumed with the immigration issue. Dobbs should be toast if CNN had any guts(or at least air him in the overnight hours, rather than early evening).

By Go_Lou

November 2, 2007 12:54 PM | Link to this

Dobbs is a TRUE Independent that takes to task BOTH the “right” and the “left”. He chides congress as much as Bush.

He is dead on with his assesments of Border security, weak knee spend-a-holics in congress and the white house and outsourcing our future overseas. Too many Americans see only cheap products as the bottom line, not thinking those “off shore” manufacturing facilities will cost us dearly when (if) our “friend” communist China pulls a Russia on us.

By Go_Lou

November 2, 2007 1:12 PM | Link to this

Don’t you think we need journalist’s who are watching out for US, the people? When we spend billions a week on a hopeless war, but can’t fund children’s healthcare, when the President of Mexico shapes our border policy, when everyone bbds over backwards to grant more rights to illegal aliens than many citizens get, then we NEED a Lou Dobbs!

Give ‘em hell, Lou!

By Mike Barrett

November 2, 2007 1:19 PM | Link to this

Thank you for your witless, verbose comments on Lou Dobbs. I suppose the truth offends many people.

By TR

November 2, 2007 1:24 PM | Link to this

I respect Lou Dobbs as a journalist. That is saying a lot because I have lost almost all respect for mainstream media. I do not agree with everything Dobbs says, but he is usually on point.

The problem is Americans want to be lied. We do not want people to inform us. Informing us may include offending and angering us if it is truthful. Instead we want people to simply confirm our own often narrow minded and ignorant opinions (see Nick above).

My great grandmother always told us if our leaders confirm everything we already believe and agree with then we are being lied to and pimped. Reality often falls outside of our narrow minded ideologies.

I respect Lou’s straight shooting approach. And I love the fact that he attacks both sides of the political spectrum. God knows I am equally tired of the Left wing nuts and the Right wing nuts!

By margaret

November 2, 2007 6:06 PM | Link to this

I don’t care for any of the cable news shows… Scarborough, Dobbs, O’Reilly… they’re all hysterical, strident and it’s-all-about-me.

I want news, not a personality, not fake outrage and method actor scorn for whatever the issue of the day is.

By Mary MacElveen

November 4, 2007 12:04 AM | Link to this

The inefficacy of government and why I am a Lou Dobbs voter

By Mary MacElveen

November 3, 2007

It was reported this past week that thousands of employees lost their jobs at Chrysler. This is just one more example of this government’s ineffectiveness at handling the economy.

Now we have the town of Orme, Tennessee going without water. At night you have the town mayor, Tony Reames opening up a valve so that the folks of this town can have three hours of water. It is their time to do the laundry, the dishes and hopefully squeeze in a shower before he is forced to turn it off.

According to the AP, “The mighty waterfall that fed the mountain hamlet has been reduced to a trickle, and now the creek running through the center of town is dry.” Yet one does not sense any urgency coming from congress to deal with the drought situation gripping the South East. Droughts like hurricanes and fires have a devastating affect as well. They affect the lives of human beings. Those living in this area of the country seized by this drought are forced to live with these restrictions. It also affects the commerce of this area as planted fields dry up yielding little. One can only pray for those farmers seeing their crops destroyed.

While Americans are facing foreclosures which some estimate to be over 2 million, again, where is the sense of urgency coming from congress and let us not leave out the Bush administration to deal with this emergency?

At the closing bell on Friday and as reported by Bloomberg News, the price of oil per barrel closed at $95.93. It is reaching that magic number of $100 per barrel and yet where is this government to handle this? With winter upon us many middle class Americans will feel this bite into their budgets as they try and heat their homes. My suggestion: Instead of buying children tainted toys made in China, buy them sweaters, socks and slippers made in the United States for Christmas.

As you will see, I hyperlinked some web sites that are selling American made products and by the way, those socks are crazy and wild. The kids will love them. Also those sweaters are handmade and one has got to love the cute toddlers they chose to model them. It may bring back Christmas to what it was supposed to be. Before our addiction to gadgets we exchanged simpler gifts. Besides in choosing American made products we are helping our fellow citizens.

With China showing little regard for the safety of our fellow citizens, let us reciprocate in kind.

You may be asking why I am bringing these hardships up. Well I do receive the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) email alerts and now I know what our congress has been working on. Nope, it is not cutting off the funds to this blasted war. I wish it was though.

According to the CBO report you will be shocked to read at how your congress has been working so hard for you the American tax payer.

“H.R. 3712, a bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 1716 Spielbusch Avenue in Toledo, Ohio, as the “James M. Ashley and Thomas W.L. Ashley United States Courthouse”; and H.R. 3315, a bill to provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as “Emancipation Hall.” Gee, and we pay these congress members why?

While the CBO reports, “these bills would have no significant impact on the federal budget and would not affect direct spending or revenues.” You would think they would be working on something far more important. It would be a sight to see in which a farmer whose crops have dried up confronting one of these congress members responsible for these bills. I think I would pay to see that one.

Then we have the Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007 also known as H.R. 900 which according to the CBO, “H.R. 900 would require Puerto Rico to conduct a plebiscite (a direct vote where an electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal) by the end of 2009 on whether the island should retain its current relationship with the United States or pursue a permanent non-territorial status.” It may be important to the island of Puerto Rico, but seriously how important is it to the continental United States when Americans are finding it harder and harder to make ends meet?

Last night a wonderful exchange took place on Lou Dobbs Tonight and it sung to the heart of what has been going on within our government and politics specifically as you will read below.

DOBBS: You know, you mentioned the third rail here, Hank. This — you know, my God, if the issues that are most affecting the American people’s lives are third rails and candidates of both parties haven’t got the courage, the capacity to deal with those issues, we’re in a hell of a mess in this country.

SHEINKOPF: What we have is government by poll and campaign by poll — good news and bad news…

DOBBS: We should run every one of those chicken lily livered candidates off every stage, whether Democrat, Republican, whatever stripe. I mean the idea that these parties can continue to triangulate, serve their corporate masters, serve socio-economic and socio-ethnic centric interests without regard for the welfare of American working people — our middle class — I mean it’s — 2008, I’m praying, is the year it begins to change.

Note to Lou Dobbs: I do believe that many others are praying the same way.

By the way, the third rail he was speaking of was illegal immigration. There are many times in which Americans are doing a far better job at discussing what is seriously going wrong in this country and one can see their letters sent into Lou Dobbs and CNN’s “Situation Room” via the “Cafferty Files”. As Americans are pounding their keys trying to get these politicians to listen through the media, it is almost as if they are literally pounding with the biggest club they have.

What I have often read through these viewer emails are messages without the triangulation, listening to the polls and not pandering to any special interest group or corporate masters. By the way it is easier to understand what our fellow Americans are saying through these emails instead of politico double-speak.

In the past when I used to campaign for various candidates no matter what party, I used to tell them to take their tax bills, utility bills and increased mortgage payments into the voting booths and vote accordingly. It only serves as a reminder to them as they vote for their respective candidates.

On an ending note, I want to say, bravo to the United States Senate for once again giving into Bush as the confirmation of Judge Michael Mukasey as our AG drew closer. One of those senators is Senator Chuck Schumer yet another politician I wished I had never voted for. But, Schumer added as he caved was that Mukasey was not his “ideal choice.” Psst, Senator Schumer; then why did you vote for him?

I have to agree with Lou Dobbs when he says that Americans are getting a “belly full” meaning they are fed up. By the way on last night’s show he (Dobb’s) stated that an increasing amount of presidential candidates are paying attention to what they term Lou Dobbs voters and count me in as one of them. I for one have had my belly full of these politicians.

Author’s email address is, xmjmac@optonline.net

http://www.marymacelveen.com/blog/_archives/2007/11/3/3330745.html

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By Jenny

November 8, 2007 1:11 AM | Link to this

I love Lou Dobbs’ program on CNN, and I am a liberal democrat, the kind that is not afraid to stand up and call out liars who pretend that his open borders rationale is about affording poor people a better life. Lou is the only member of the media who speaks truth to power. Perhaps you’d find Doctor Martin Luther King as inconvenient? He is the one who spoke out against communism and socialism as evils that are no different than slavery, because without the right to self determination, you are not free. What you advocate is the eradication of that right to self determination.. and are no different than George W. Bush or any other despot.

Anyone who pays attention to what has been brought about by unfettered free trade, open borders, outsourcing and a never ending stream of visas, knows that it is only in aid of making the wealthiest richer, and creating a large, poverty stricken majority, who are required to bear the burden of the cost of a slave economy, while the profits are privatized.

It doesn’t achieve an end to poverty anywhere in the world, it consolidates powers in the hands of the corporations.. it is fascism. It is no secret as to why the far left is as enraptured over it as the far right. Fascism was birthed from Marxism. The far left are no different from the far right.. the outcomes of both insane extremes are exactly the same.

So spare us your sanctimonious rants, no one is deceived.

By jeane Butler

November 10, 2007 10:31 AM | Link to this

Lou Dobbs is for for the Middle Class. I think he speaks from his heart. At least he is not in DENIAL like all the other anchors.GO LOU!!!!