I had heard in the past that Lou Dobbs was a Republican. Is that true, because if so he sure has done a complete turn-around since his return to CNN!!
I hear same thing Bonnie I am not sure maybe some Freeper could tell you LOL!!!
Dobbs: Radical groups taking control of immigrant movement
Originally a classically conservative economist, Dobbs' views have evolved over time, and he is now a strongly populist critic of the "excesses of capitalism," which he identifies as globalization, offshore outsourcing, illegal immigration, free trade deals, corporate/big business influence in government and the Bush administration's tax cuts. He advocates fair trade, warning that the U.S. trade and budget deficits threaten the American middle class.
Dobbs joined CNN when it launched in 1980, serving as its chief economics correspondent and as host of the business news program CBS News Sunday Morning on CBS. Dobbs also served as a corporate executive for CNN, as its executive vice president and as a member of CNN News Chief Iran Correspondent’s executive committee. He also founded CNNfn (CNN financial news), serving as its president and anchoring the program, Business Unusual, which examined business creativity and leadership. In 1999, Dobbs started Space.com, a Web-based multimedia company dedicated to space education and entertainment.
Dobbs left CNN in 2000, reportedly due to heated clashes with its president, Rick Kaplan, one of which actually occurred on-air when Kaplan suggested cutting from CNN News to the live address by President Bill Clinton at Columbine, which Dobbs believed was a staged event and not newsworthy. [4] Kaplan left CNN in August 2000 and Dobbs returned the following year at the behest of his friend and CNN founder Ted Turner, becoming host and managing editor of the new and initially more general news program Lou Dobbs Reporting, which later became CNN News Sunday Morning. Dobbs also hosts a nationally syndicated radio show, The Lou Dobbs Financial Report, and he is a regular columnist in Money magazine, U.S. News & World Report and the New York Daily News.
Dobbs has described himself as a "lifelong Republican" [11], but has stated that he has switched to being an unaffiliated Independent as he no longer openly supports the Republican party[12]. Lou often describes the administration of George W. Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress as "disgraceful." At the same time he has argued voters have very little choice under the US two party system as both parties are controlled by big business and corporate interests making them almost one and the same and thus do not offer real debate or policy alternatives to ordinary Americans.
Dobbs' stance on trade has earned plaudits from some trade union activists [citation needed], on the traditional political left, while his stance on immigration tends to appeal to the right. In an interview with Larry King, Dobbs revealed that he is now "an unaffiliated Independent" due to dissatisfaction with both the Republican and Democratic parties. Dobbs was a strong supporter of John Kerry during the 2004 presidential election[citation needed], though his support was based on a dislike for the Bush administration than support for Kerry's platform, which he described as largely "more of the same."
In June 2006, as the U.S. Senate debated the Federal Marriage Amendment, Dobbs was highly critical of the action. He asserted that traditional marriage was threatened more by financial crises perpetuated by Bush administration economic policy than by gay marriage. [13]
In July 2006, Dobbs criticized U.S. foreign policy as being disproportionately supportive of Israel, pointing out the U.S.'s rapid recognition of Israel in 1948, foreign aid to Israel, and other policy choices in the past and present. [14] He likewise opposed the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.
Lou Dobbs holds strong views against what he calls the North American Union [3]. He also advocates new investigations into the governments response to the September 11, 2001 attacks, speculating that it would discover "perhaps, deception" on the part of the U.S. Government [4].
Lou Dobbs is the author of War on the Middle Class, which describes what he sees as failure of the two party system, and claims that both sides are harming the Middle Class. In it, he comes out strongly against the Bush tax cuts, which he argues favor the wealthy, and argues for raising the U.S. minimum wage from $5.15 an hour.
(Arkansas minimum wage is $6.25 an hour already!)