Bullet Hits Lou Dobbs' NJ Home With Wife Nearby

[boomerbust]

Source: rr.com

WANTAGE, N.J.— Police in New Jersey are trying to determine who fired a bullet that struck CNN commentator Lou Dobbs' home as his wife stood nearby. State police Sgt. Stephen Jones says Dobbs' wife and driver were outside the home Oct. 5 when they heard the gunshot. Jones says the bullet didn't penetrate the siding and fell to the ground outside.

Dobbs mentioned the bullet earlier this week on CNN and his radio show.

Dobbs says he had been receiving threatening phone calls for weeks. On his radio show, he connected the gunshot to his advocacy for a crackdown on illegal immigration and to his opponents' rhetoric.

The home is on a farm in Wantage, about 50 miles northwest of New York City.

It is small-game hunting season, but no hunters were seen in the area.


Read more: http://www.rr.com/entertainment/topic/article/rr/9006/9353272/Bullet_hits_Lou_Dobbs_NJ_home_with_wife_nearby

[wtbymark]

1. a bullet that couldn't penetrate vinyl siding??!?!??

:wtf:

[lilymidnite]

5. Maybe siding was Hardieplank

which is cement. I have this on my house.

[Kahuna]

12. It just dropped to the ground in mid air..

:wtf:

[DeSwiss]

18. Most BBs can't. n/t

[jasi2006]

44. Wa this a hate crime directed at his Mexican wife? nt

[boomerbust]

2. I can hear it now

It was KO.

[TheEuclideanOne]

3. Hmmm.

What a shame.

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[Algorem]

4. the bullet was wearing a tiny sombrero

[UTUSN]

43. BWAH-ha-HAH!1 n/t

[jimlup]

6. As Wise citizens we STRONGLY condemn this

You know who will be blamed ... which is obviously ridiculous to anyone capable of actually having a thought.

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[Jefferson23]

16. So when the RW says that about Obama, you're ok with that too?

[Rage for Order]

26. Well, no, you see...

That would be different, I'm sure

:eyes:

[totodeinhere]

35. Was Cheney in the neighborhood?? n/t

[Adsos Letter]

9. "It is small-game hunting season, but no hunters were seen in the area."

Just because they didn't see any hunters in the area doesn't mean someone wasn't out somewhere plinking with a rifle. I'm betting it was an unintentional hit from a spent round.

[Tx4obama]

10. It was probably some kid in the neighborhood ...

in his own backyard and the gun went off accidentally and the kid probably doesn't even know who Lou Dobbs is.
Since the bullet didn't penetrate the house then the gun was probably fired off quite a ways away.
Sounds like just a fluke and nothing that was purposefully aimed at Dobbs.

[Tx4obama]

13. Hmmmm....

Dobbs' wife and driver were outside

Wonder if there are some problems in the Dobb's household ;)

Maye the police should check Lou out :)

[booley]

11. How stupid

Dobbs is a racist choad. But even he did not deserve this.

Not only is it wrong but if this was a case of someone shooting at him because they don't' like what he says, they have now hurt their position.

Now Dobbs and the right will claim they are victims and in this case Dobbs is.

[WriteDown]

14. Some of the posts on this thread are hideous. nt

[nolabear]

15. I'm glad everyone's okay; that must be terrifying.

I don't care whether I get riled up over what someone says, I hate the very idea that someone might be harmed over it.

[Grassy Knoll]

17. New Jersey without a shooting is like California without sunshine. n/t

[DeSwiss]

19. Yeah, he's blaming Geraldo for this.....

...because Lou's a hero on the front lines of a war to save the country:

Lou Dobbs said on his radio show that gunshots have been fired at him, his wife, and their home in the past few weeks — and he blames his critics (http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2009/10/29/cnns-lou-dobbs-claims-shots-fired-home-wife">via NewsBusters).

"They've created an atmosphere and they've been unrelenting in their propaganda," Dobbs said on his radio show earlier this week.

"Three weeks ago this morning, a shot was fired at my house where I live," he said. "My wife was standing out and that followed weeks and weeks of threatening phone calls....this shot was fired with my wife not, I don't know, 15 feet away and we had had threatening phone calls that I decided not to report because I get threatening phone calls. I now - it's become part of a way of life - the anger, the hate, the vitriol, but it's taken a different tone where they've threatened my wife. They've now fired a shot at my house while my wife was standing next to the car. It's become something else."

Dobbs places these shots in the larger context of a culture war that's being played out across the nation. "And if anybody thinks that we're not engaged in a battle for the soul of this country right now, you're sorely mistaken," he said. "My wife has now been, and I have been, shot at, our driver, my house has been shot and hit. An investigation continues. I've had bodyguards now and you know what, I'm not in the mood to put up with little fools like Geraldo Rivera," Dobbs said.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/29/lou-dobbs-gunshots-fired_n_338606.html

I'm sorry that it's come to this, if in fact it has. I'm not yet convinced that anything has actually happened. If someone did shoot at you, I hope they catch them. And yet I also realize that you've made a great living pumping up the hate-o-meter, especially for Hispanics. It's made you millions in cash. So whatever the case, it was you who made this bed of nails Lou. You with your race-baiting hate. And so now you must lie in it.

- This is what one gets, when one lives by their fears.....

[parasearchers]

22. If at first you dont succeed...

[edwardian]

42. ...try, try AGAIN!

war for the soul of the nation...blah-blah-dobbs...what a scum bucket. Geraldo? Why not just blame the entire Hispanic population of the US? Keep practicing, I say. Or as my aunt used to say, "Good riddance to bad rubbish".

[Jefferson23]

29. Lou Dobbs decided not to report gun shots?? What a fucking jerk

if that is true! And WOW about what he said referencing Geraldo Rivera, just WOW.

[AspenRose]

37. Geraldo Rivera? What's he got to do with this?

Is he just throwing out a hispanic-sounding name of a famous media person to get a reaction or something? I don't get that at all. :shrug:

[DeSwiss]

38. This could have a little something to do with it.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZNQ6bTEOwY&feature=player_embedded">Geraldo Rivera Slams Lou Dobbs

http://www.alternet.org/rss/the_wire_provided_by_huffington_post/96296/_geraldo_rivera_slams_lou_dobbs_in_speech,_says_dobbs_won%27t_be_coming_to_fox/">Geraldo Rivera Slams Lou Dobbs In Speech, Says Dobbs Won't Be Coming To Fox

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/26/lou-dobbs-geraldo-rivera/">Lou Dobbs Slams ‘Vile Stupidity And Ignorance’ Of ‘Annoying’ Geraldo Rivera

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicanisima/2009/10/geraldo-rivera-bashes-lou-dobbs.html">Geraldo Rivera bashes Lou Dobbs

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/geraldo-vs-stossels-ultimate-mustache-battle/">Geraldo vs. Stossel’s “Ultimate Mustache” Battle


- The way I see it, it's all fratricide. RightWing moronic fratricide. So it's all good.....

[AspenRose]

45. ROFL

War of the 'Staches, oh no :rofl:

I'm not a big fan of his, but Geraldo is 1) Puerto Rican last I checked, and 2) A US citizen. So Dobbs needs to take his race-bating ass and STFU.

I hate these right wingers throwing out Latin names as though everyone with Hispanic ancestry is Mexican (and therefore illegal or illegitimate). As if Hispanics are all alike. Remember Sotomayor and that stupid "Ricky Ricardo" (He was Cuban, dumbasses!) comment during her confirmation hearings? It works a lot like a dog whistle. Like Pavlov's dogs, their dumb minions hear anything Spanish-sounding and freak out.

[BluDemocratGirl]

40. What? What Geraldo has done to Dobbs?

He (Geraldo) had nothing to do with Lou getting shot at his home!

[Stevenmarc]

20. "No hunters were seen in the area" however a Mariachi Band could be heard in the distance

[DeSwiss]

24. Yuck, yuck, yuck......

I wasn't us Lou!!!!!!

[old mark]

21. I have little doubt it was a .22 from some small game hunter, whether

seen in the area or not. At their extreme range, they will bounce off things like siding. Probably would not even have penetrated Lou.
Probably a squirrel hunter, not the Mexican Avenger.



mark

[DRoseDARs]

30. The local police agree with you; they say they see this type of unfortunate thing all the time.

Unfortunately, that will be lost in the more interesting story of ZOMFG SOMEONE TRIED TO KILLZ LOU BOBBZ!!! NUKE MEXICO!!1

[badgervan]

33. Exactly....

.... anyone who has ever hunted, especially these days with mansions being built in prime hunting areas, has had close calls with spent BB's and .22 shells from squirrel hunters; happens many times daily in every state with fall hunting seasons. Dobbs probably knows this, but now that he's in the soup so badly, he uses this October 5th incident to deflect blame and try and create sympathy. If he had been truly concerned, he would have called the cops immediately after this happened on October 5. It is now October 29... says a lot, right?

[old mark]

41. I could believe he did it himself just for the publicity. nt

[RamboLiberal]

47. Yep - sounds to me like a stray bullet from a hunter

Happens to lots of people less famous than Dobbs in hunting season who live in rural areas.

[truthisfreedom]

23. I'm sure Dobbs will make as much as he can from this, but I'm going to guess that

the majority of the people who hear about it are going to assume it was from a hunter, a stray bullet that had traveled very very far.

[Irreverend IX]

25. A rifle bullet fired into the air can travel for miles...

And in doing so, lose momentum until it will just bounce off the side of a house. It was probably an errant shot from a hunter very far away.

[onehandle]

27. Guns are swell. nt

[Skip Intro]

28. Something smells. Got the same feeling from the balloon boy thing at the start.

Dobbs has enemies that want him silenced. His wife was put in danger. Dobbs has already divined the motivation.

Can't put my finger on it yet, couldn't with balloon boy either, but something smells here.

[troubledamerican]

31. I smell the same thing.

I just don't buy it. Lou Dobbs ain't that red-hot or controversial.

If a would-be "liberal assassin" was going to look for targets on the right, Lou Dobbs' name doesn't pop up that high on the list. I would imagine there would be much, much more despised targets.

[Alcibiades]

32. Dobbs, of course, is aganst any and all gun control

Maybe now at least he'll advocate mandatory gun safety courses, but I doubt it. Much easier to be paranoid.

[PSPS]

34. "Dobbs' wife and driver"

State police Sgt. Stephen Jones says Dobbs' wife and driver were outside the home Oct. 5 when they heard the gunshot. Jones says the bullet didn't penetrate the siding and fell to the ground outside.

First, this was obviously either a random or a staged incident. An errant .22 round from someone's back yard a half mile away could "fall to the ground" without penetrating anything.

Second, I care little for anyone who's lifestyle requires the inclusion of a "driver."

[Jim Sagle]

36. Terror attack or Reichstag simulation? Just asking.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

52. That liberal activist in Denver did it. It seems possible.

[No Elephants]

39. Not buying it. I think Dobbs saw Godfather II one too many times.

"IN MY HOME! IN MY BEDROOM! Where my wife sleeps... and my children play with their toys!"




I also think he wants to co-opt similar claims coming from the left--that RW rhetoric has been leading to violent acts.



If, however, I am wrong and anything intentional did happen, of course it's wrong. Duh.

[samsingh]

46. probably from a hunter

[chrisa]

57. Most likely.

Or some dummy firing .22 rounds off into the air.

[Hansel]

48. Ever think Dobbs that they were shooting at your

"illegal immigrant" looking wife? This guy is such a dumb ass. Does he really think that when he gins up the unbalanced racists and xenophobes enough to attack that they will check to see if the brown person is an American citizen? He has put his whole family in jeopardy with his hate. It was probably one of his viewers not knowing that it was his home.
:sarcasm:

That aside, Dobbs is a profound exaggerator and liar. I'm siding with the police account on this one.

[Tx4obama]

49. Law Enforcement Appear To Contradict Dobbs' Version Of Gunfire Incident

New Jersey state police seem to be contradicting CNN Host Lou Dobbs' account of a gunfire incident near his Sussex County, New Jersey, house.
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/isabel-macdonald/nj-law-enforcement-appear_b_339696.html

[MinM]

56. Questions Surrounding Dobbs' Gunfire Incident Cast Doubt on CNN's Credibility

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roberto-lovato/questions-surrounding-dob_b_340134.html

[alp227]

50. it may be an inevitable consequence of his lunacy, but it ain't right

hopefully whoever shot at his house is held accountable. It'd be scary if it was really because of Dobbs's opinions.

[defendandprotect]

51. Trust this is not some reverse sting by GOP . . . but threats are worth listening to ...

not only when a few right-wingers start receiving them ...

but when the Democratic leadership - Daschle -- is being demonized!!!

[Cha]

53. I'd need proof that

dobbs didn't do it.

[libodem]

54. Michael Wiener Savage drive by

Ah, shit, Lou was probably drunk and brandishing during a rant, when he squeezed one off....Mexicans.

[appleannie1]

55. If that bullet had 'fallen to the ground" it was fired miles away. Things like that are common

during hunting season in rural communities. Much ado about nothing.