To be honest, I think Lou Dobbs has one of the best shows on cable news.
If I worked at CNN, I'd be depressed too.
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"Blue Lou" - I think that was the name of the sax player in the Blues Brothers Band. But that one was entertaining. Lou Dobbs is dull, drab and a whiner. To hear Lou tell it, the US is about to blow up because of what the Bush Administration is doing - or isn't doing. Yup, we're all doomed. Don't believe me? Ask Lou. Oh woe is us. It's all over but the screaming. We are doomed, doomed, doomed, and there's not a damned thing we can do about it.
Lou, you lucky son-of-a-gun. You really do produce the same show everyday - and get paid a king's ransom for it.
I am very, very jealous. My clients, by contrast, actually expect to think. Oy! Where did I go wrong?
Lou is like Wolfman Blitzer, a derailment in the making. Both of these pompous asses don't realize how foolish they look while they preen and prance about on the Titanic of television - CNN.
His Broken Borders and Communist China's Red Star Rising reports are eye openers. He's a great American who loves this country. God Bless Lou.
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"..in spite of the fact that we added some 300,000 auto jobs in this country in the years after NAFTA passed."
If this in in fact true, I suspect its the result of foreign manufacturers (e.g. German and Japanese) opening factories here.
The astute geographer will note that neither of those 2 countries are in North America, and were therefore unaffected by NAFTA.
Dobbs does make Cavuto look terrific simply by contrast. Watching Bogart as "Dobbsie" in a recent rerun of the "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" made me wonder if finding negatives in great economic news isn't a Dobbs family trait?
Good and honest man.
Will you please also watch Pat Buchanan and listen to Howard Stern. Thanks.
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.
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.
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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.