Posted on 11/11/2009 5:00:03 PM PST by FrontPageMag.com
Now Lou Dobbs really is Mr. Independent.
The last of CNN's original news anchors just announced he is leaving the network he joined in 1980, and this evening's episode of "Lou Dobbs Tonight" will be its final broadcast. Dobbs revealed his motives in a straight-forward statement at the program's opening:
Over the past six months, it's become increasingly clear that strong winds of change have begun buffeting this country and affecting all of us. And some leaders in media, politics and business have been urging me to go beyond the role here at CNN and to engage in constructive problem solving.
He said chief among his concerns would be illegal immigration, America's foreign policy, and defending “our now weakened capitalist economy.” The former host of Moneyline added that he sought contractual release to address these issues "in the most honest and direct language possible," an opaque admission of what everyone already knew: Dobbs's views are increasingly out-of-step with CNN's dominant bias.
Translated into plain English, his statement says:
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Fox should dump Geraldo and take Dobbs.
Fox should dump Whoraldo and pickup Dobbs. I agree.
Let’s go ahead and sh!tcan Shep while we’re about it.
He’s got my vote.
He signed off with... “I’ll see you on the radio”
Lou and Ted Turner were big buddies.
What about dump Shep and put Lou in.............
It’s nice to see him take the high ground and act on his principles. He still has his radio job and we’ll see what else he decides to do.
Yes, he thanked Ted Turner in his sign-off tonight.
But at a minimum FNC should dump Whoraldo.... Just to be safe.
Maybe we can give them Shep too, do a two-fer.
Perhaps Murdoch is putting him on the Wall Street Journal payroll.
Perhaps he is joining a conservative Think Tank to promote some sane economic & fiscal policies for the next POTUS!
Yep! Kick off Shemale Sheppard or Whoraldo and put Dobbs in one of their slots. Dobbs kicked butt tonight! Did anyone see his show?
Actually, the think tank option was the first thing I thought, as well. Or, maybe he’s running for office in New Jersey? It’s not impossible.
I don’t blame him. He and his family being put in danger by thugs is not the best of worlds.
Perhaps he is running for some sort of public office?
Folks always forget that when Turner started CNN he said one of the reasons was to provide a pro-American voice not present on the broadcast news. No one seems to have forgotten this more than Turner himself.
It is CNN’s loss. Whatever network he chooses will be the better for it; of course FOX would be a ‘home’ for him...and DUMP Smith. (imho)
Media is polarizing. Nation is drifting apart.
A house divided shall not stand.
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