For Lou Dobbs, It's Always Groundhog Day

RedState ^ | February 2nd, 2006 | Pat Cleary

[Mase]

Good and honest man

Please. Dobbs doesn't care about the truth and never will. He cares about one thing and that's the ratings of his show. It's not surprising that he his able to attract liberals to his show for the Bush bashing alone. That he is able to attract "conservatives," by playing to their irrational fears, is a sad commentary. Dobbs is for or against anything that will generate more ratings.

Most conservatives see through Dobbs' dishonesty and class warfare rhetoric although some choose to buy into his economic ignorance.

Like most protectionists at FR, Dobbs believes that outsourcing is destroying the middle class. Like the protectionists here, he can never manage to prove it.

Outsourcers are the bigger job creators?

Buckley nails Dobbs in the article linked below:

Roderick Boyd in the New York Sun reports: “One intellectual opponent of Mr. Dobbs’s said he focuses on the costs of America’s free-market policies without even trying to communicate the benefits. ‘His reports are often unbalanced,’ said an economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, Daniel Mitchell. ‘They resolutely do not measure the fact that our job growth is driven by the free movement of capital and workers in America.’” Mr. Mitchell added, “There has never been an example in global history where protectionism worked, period.”

According to Dobbs, “offshoring,” as they’re now calling it, isn’t necessitated by any lack of skilled domestic workers, nor by the unproductivity of the American worker, nor even by any need for American companies to compete in global markets. “The simple reasoning behind this step is cost reduction, or, as Dobbs would put it, corporate greed.”

The proposition hasn’t changed, that the difference between greed and husbandry has to do with the perspective of the critic. When a century ago we were shown the horseless carriage, we didn’t think to focus on the greed of Henry Ford; we chose, rather, to applaud his ingenuity.

President Bush is standing by free trade policies (however imperfectly we abide by them). It requires acts of faith in economic laws to applaud free trade. But Adam Smith was resoundingly correct in laying down the law that both parties benefit, giving us the benefit of exposure to Lou Dobbs, and the freedom to reject his counsel.

NRO: Lou Dobbs and the current protectionist rhetoric

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

To be honest, I think Lou Dobbs has one of the best shows on cable news.

I bet he does. I watched him regularly years ago. He always had a great show then when it was strictly business and the markets. But his interview technique was outstanding. Although I have not watched him in recent years, I would put bet money that you are 100% right. I respect Lou Dobbs.

[Penner]

He illustrates with a trip to the Silicon Valley which has, Lou says, lost 212,000 jobs since 2000. This, of course, is one of the reasons Gov. Gray Davis was thrown out of office,...

Wrong.

... i.e., that California had one of the most hostile business climates in the country. Companies have left in droves because of their onerous tax, environmental and legal climate.

Wrong again.

He veers into the daily cheap shot at China, with backup fellow johnny-one-note and Lou regular Alan Tonelson. Trade is bad, trade agreements are bad.

Trade agreements that ship jobs overseas are bad.

Finally, Lou returns to familiar turf with another grim look at trade and another shot at NAFTA. That's right, there are still people fighting the NAFTA battle, in spite of the fact that we added some 300,000 auto jobs in this country in the years after NAFTA passed.

LMAO.

"I would remind you that the unemployment rate is 4.9%", says Fund. "There's a lot that's right in this economy."

Anyone who believes that the true unemployment rate is 4.9% is delusional.

There is a lot that's right in this economy - for elites only. They are living in an economic paradise.

[Tyche]

Slam Lou all you want. He sounds old school GOP. Here is an old Drudge headline for ya.


XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THU JUNE 06, 2002 18:02:37 ET XXXXX

CNN DOBBS ON HOT SEAT AFTER CALL FOR WAR ON ' ISLAMISTS'

CNN star Lou Dobbs hit maximum controversy after calling for a 'War Against Islamists.'

Dobbs made the comments Wednesday evening during the opening segment of his MONEYLINE program, which airs worldwide on CNN.

Dobbs: "The government and media for the past nine months have called this a war against terror. So have we here. But terror is not the enemy. It is what the enemy wants to achieve. So on this broadcast, we are making a change... in the interests of clarity and honesty. The enemies in this war are radical Islamists who argue all non-believers in their faith must be killed. They are called Islamists. That's why we are abandoning the phrase, "War Against Terror". Let us be clear. This is not a war against Muslims or Islam. It is a war against Islamists and all who support them. If ever there were a time for clarity, it is now. We hope our new policy is a step in that direction."

The comments immediately ignited angry phone calls to CNN, according to insiders.

With stunned viewers from Arab countries registering strong complaints.

The Dobbs comments -- which were not labeled commentary -- remained intact during reruns of MONEYLINE.

CNN News Group Chairman Walter Isaacson and Dobbs on Thursday both agreed that Dobbs should explore the "War Against Islamists" -- but in the commentary portion of his show.

Developing...

[LowCountryJoe]

Are we also delusional for believing that our real GDP figures are growing at over 3 1/2 percent?

Also, could you show me just what a twenty-foot container looks like that transports jobs overseas? See, I thought that capital flows were responsible for business expansion and job creation, yet the ignorant seem to be unhappy when we get the capital to expand and create. You do know that net exports are equal to net capital outflows, didn't you? So, if we have net imports, we have net capital inflows that fuel expansion. Do you really not understand this or do you swallow the junk that Dobbs & Co peddle hook, line, and sinker?

[.cnI redruM]

>>>>He makes a quick point on the need for socialized medicine, quoting noted health care expert, Rep. Dennis Kunicinich.

Hey even Grandfather Twilight endorses the Kucinich Plan. Get on the band wagon, Buddy!!

[Pelham]

What I learned today:

Pat Cleary is in absolutely no danger of missing a paycheck.

[Pelham]

I can't imagine that Lou Dobb's expected John Fund to agree with him. The Wall St Journal editorial page has no evident allegiance to America, or at least to any of its citizens below the boardroom level.

[LowCountryJoe]

Only a stinking commitment to capitalism and free(er) markets...but those aren't important, are they?

[Pelham]

Only a stinking commitment to capitalism and free(er) markets...but those aren't important, are they?

A few years ago an American firm sold China the technology to insure that their missiles will stage without failing. That's definitely "a stinking commitment to capitalism and freer trade." It just happens to be one that ignores America's future military security.

Some years ago we used to have part of the Pentagon that concerned itself with our industrial abilities, and who owned or sought to buy vital industries. I'm curious to know the limits, if any, you place on capitalism and free trade?

[techcor]

It's easy to decide whether to trust Lou Dobbs or not. I saw him ranting against tax cuts for the rich. He is obviously in that bracket that got a large tax cut, he says people in his tax bracket shouldn't get tax cuts, he doesn't give his up. He isn't to be trusted. I just love how B. O'reilly or Hannity offers people like that (Franken, Moore, etc.) the opportunity to give back their tax cuts to the government. All of them act like they were handed a deadly cobra. Never trust someone who says they want to do something so easy and yet actually refuse to do it.

[Enduring Freedom]

4.9% unemployment under Bush, but don't believe it?

Did you believe 5.6% when Clinton ran for re-election?

Communist, or Code Pink?

Who are you?

As transparent as the lies of the Rats.