The Decline of Lou Dobbs and Cable News

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Lou Dobbs is the only News Anchor that tells the truth on CNN and the only one I listen to!
Of couse he tells the truth on President Obama,as this is probably the most criminal and treasonous president the United States has had! Really, how does a fascist Marxist President like Obama ever going to be respected, he is a craftsman at lying, has committed several Treasons on the Constitution of the USA, arrogant, an all around tyranist who has proven he is capable of oppressing the people!
The biggest tell tale action of all is a president that tries to create Bills that forbid the First Ammendment, "Freedom of Speech", - that as far as I am concerned is the corner stone to telling the world that he believes in dictator style govenment! That is the first freedom of any free nation that has ever existed in the world and he wants to pass legislation to stop it! This man is an Elitist sympathizing puppet who believes in and conducts Marxism style Government against the Constitution of "The United States of America", in the land of the Liberty Bell! I have no respect for any dictator in the world and I count Obama amonst them as like Idi Amin, Fiedel Castro, Chavez, Stalin, Khruschev, Adolph Hitler, Barack Obama all the same creed! Ihave no respect but utter contempt for them - the world's biggest losers and lowest form of humanity to be classed as human! This to me is the legacy of leaders whom oppress citizens of any country or territory!
I can hardly wait to help vote this tyrant and his minnions out come 2012!
Lou Dobbs? I wouldn't say he is a republican, I think he's just telling the truth! The 42% of Obama supporters according to Rasmussen Polls don't want to hear the truth! Well it sure is better than political correctness!

Paul of TX 11:03PM September 01, 2009

I watch Lou daily and I respect and trust him.He speaks up for the middle class. He is concerned about the job losses,overspending,free speech.I have lost hope for the Democrats,they will put our country into bankruptcy .How can President Obama run the country,when he rushed into the cash for clunkers and car dealers are not getting paid. Not a very thought out plan. The Democrats insist on ramming through important matters.

Joan Gourley of AZ 6:27PM August 20, 2009

Lou went from being a white male moderate to white male conservative. A white guy just cant do that without being subjected to distain and hatre. Its the American way.

Marty Ce of CA 8:43PM August 15, 2009

Lou is the best at what he does,period!! Making America aware of the nutjobs that are in office & their stupid ideas is what news is all about!! You asked for a crazy, radical left-wing group that is set out to destroy the most resourceful country in the world, you got it!! Pelosi,Reid,Conyers, & Obama are making history all right!! Just as 9/11 & Pearl Harbour were history!!

rk of IN 9:43AM August 12, 2009

Just look at him!

August Moreno of CA 4:24PM August 11, 2009

Lou grew up in Rupert, Idaho...What else would you expect from a "White Bread" neighborhood such as this! Southeastern Idaho is 99% white except when the latinoes come for the harvest. White and mostly Mormon, who we all know are total racists, because "The Church" says Blacks are sons of Cain! I too, grew up in this area, so he's being what he is,a child of this culture!

silvercity of SC 8:08PM August 10, 2009

Adam of XX
Your statement is clearly wrong that "The problem is Hawai'i's idiosynchratic law, allowing Certificates Of Live Birth (the document Obama did release and FactCheck 'verified') to be issued to children born OUTSIDE of that state. For this reason, this document is not considered acceptable for the Hawai'ian Homestead Program, which requires the Long Form certificate as definative proof of HI birth."
Following is an excerpt from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands website which relates to the primary documents required by an applicant to this program (at http://hawaii.gov/dhhl/applicants/appforms/applyhhl):
"Birth certificates (Certificates of Live Birth and Certifications of Live Birth) and Certificates of Hawaiian Birth are the primary documents used to determine native Hawaiian qualification.
The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands accepts both Certificates of Live Birth (original birth certificate) and Certifications of Live Birth because they are official government records documenting an individual’s birth. The Certificate of Live Birth generally has more information which is useful for genealogical purposes as compared to the Certification of Live Birth which is a computer-generated printout that provides specific details of a person’s birth. Although original birth certificates (Certificates of Live Birth) are preferred for their greater detail, the State Department of Health (DOH) no longer issues Certificates of Live Birth. When a request is made for a copy of a birth certificate, the DOH issues a Certification of Live Birth."
Clearly you are wrong about your facts on this, since a Certification of Live Birth is fully acceptable for this program. In addition, it is quite possible that a Certificate of Live Birth for Obama does not even exist.
By the way, this "Certification of Live Birth" is also the only birth certificate I have with respect to my birth in Honolulu in the 1950's. If I were to try to get other documents related to my birth I don't even know if they would even be available (in my case over 50 years ago). I'm not sure that hospitals and other such sources keep such records that long (about 48 years in Obama's case).
Finally, I would guess that no other prior President has had to provide more than a legal birth certificate from one of the States to prove they were born in that State. I believe it would be potentially racist to request further documentation in Obama's case.

Mark of CA 5:35PM August 10, 2009

The Republican Hate and Misinformation Mongerers like Lou Dobbs, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly and their ilk are destroying America and the American Familiy, but first they are destroying the Republican Party. Fewer and fewer Americans are willing to vote for the lunatic fringe. And how sad that the Republican Party has ZERO leadership and is letting it happen. The Lunatics are definitely running the GOP Asylum. I hope that what ever Party forms in the wake of the Republicans is Fiscally Responsible, Foreign Policy Responsible and Socially Progressive. Just like the GOP once was.

Bob Green of IN 5:18PM August 10, 2009

I always watched Peter Jennings. A Canadian doing a great job of presenting American news. After his passing I happened to watch and looked forward to Lou Dobbs when he came across neutral. The primary network news (ABC, CBS, NBC) were trying to reinvent themselves. The change with Lou showed up in the immigration issue and has kept sliding since then.I have returned to network news. NBC Brian Williams and am quite satisfied with being presented the news. The internet lets me explore so much more about any news article that intrigues me. When I want opinions of which I agree or not, I have a slpendid time reading the likes of Robert Schlesinger and others at my leisure.

rd1160 of GA 5:06PM August 10, 2009

Lou Dobbs was once supposed to be a business cable commentator, but the success of CNBC made mockery that Lou had any credibility covering business issues, especially as Lou was such a champion of Bush's squandering of America. All the while the lure of conservative talk radio gave Lou opportunity to talk hate to the geriatric audiences and whitewing of the far right. A sorry career move for a once some what respectable talking head.
Lou's pitiful decline can hardly resemble the dynamic growth of the rest of cable news/political programming, even if Lou's bogus style gives rise to the success of cable comedy. If anything Lou is a foreshadow of the decline of the hate radio and malicious conservative psuedo news gangs that have ruled cable. The flight of advertising is hitting home to the neo-racsist crowd that thinks that their code talk is obvious and disgusting. Subsidized dishonest hate babble will not survive in the free marketplace of ideas, if it continues to just preaches anarchy and do-nothing foolishness.

Pablo of TN 4:29PM August 10, 2009