Opinions On Lou Dobbs

[Robson]

Opinions appreciated...pro/con. IMO CNNs Lou Dobbs consisently believes in populism, supports the middle class, supports America at large, opposes elitist trade idiots such as Bush and the US Chamber of Commerce, and offers pure common sense to many issues. I'd vote for him for President.

Am I the only one on DU to support either his beliefs or a candidate with similar beliefs and believe that such a populist candidate would grab votes from 75% of the USA populace regardless of party?

[FrenchieCat]

1. Dobbs is a mixed bag....

but pompous as hell, and I don't appreciate that.

Sometimes he makes good points, sometimes he just seems like a flaring racist.

All in all, I would never vote for him for President. He supported the Iraq war strongly!

[Robson]

10. Supported Iraq War

I have no idea if he supported the Iraq War. I've never heard him in say he did. I have heard Dobbs say over the years he is opposed to it and most of Bush's policies.

I do know that several Democratic candidates did support the vote. Does that mean that support of the Iraq War is a fatal flaw and you wouldn't support their candidacy?

I'm proud to be a blue dog Democrat who strongly favors policies that allow the little guy in America to be given the opportunity to make a decent living, without having to compete with cheap illegal in country labor, and cheap overseas labor, and am strongly opposed to corporate capitalists that are working overtime to make sure that their tiny elite entity becomes wealthy beyond imagination.

[Honeycombe8]

13. Like him.

Don't agree with everything he says. But I like him, generally.

But I'm an Independent, so....

[stray cat]

2. I'm really thankful for Lou Dobbs

I may not always agree with him but he is one of the few who gives a damn about middle and lower class Americans.

[illinoisprogressive]

3. I think his fighting for the middle class is excellent. one of the first.

[checks-n-balances]

4. He's not afraid to express his opinion and I usually agree with him lately

Like a lot of Republicans lately, he seems to have had a real change of heart after he realized that the current GOP has no interest in supporting those not in the "ruling class".

He hammers away on the "War on the Middle Class" theme every day. At least someone is doing it.

[snowbear]

5. I didn't like the way he talked about the Scooter Libby trial yesterday..

He seemed to agree with the ReTHUG (Mosbacher) and not so much with the Democrat (Zimmerman) on the importance of the trial..

I agree with the others, he changes day to day..

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DOBBS: Let's talk about the Libby trial for a while, formally known as the CIA-White House leak trial. I thought former Senator Fred Thompson, former Watergate prosecutor, former prosecutor, federal prosecutor himself -- Patrick Fitzgerald, carrying on this case...

MOSBACHER: It's outrageous.

DOBBS: But that doesn't seem to be the reaction of anyone...

MOSBACHER: Well, because I don't think the American people understand how much of their tax dollars are spent on this ridiculous trial, tens of millions.

DOBBS: How about you, Robert?

ZIMMERMAN: Well, you're dealing with exposure of a CIA operative. And when you -- when Patrick Fitzgerald is exposing the internal machinations of this White House to create a political hatchet job because the truth is told, I think it's an important trial regardless of the result.

DOBBS: Regardless of the result?

ZIMMERMAN: Yes, I do.

DOBBS: Now, would you be saying the same thing if this were circa 1995?

ZIMMERMAN: Why wouldn't i?

DOBBS: Because there would be a Democrat in the White House.

ZIMMERMAN: Let me tell you something. I was not hesitant to hold the Clinton administration accountable. I thought they were wrong as well on certain policy issues. This is really -- when you are talking about exposing CIA operative...

DOBBS: ... Richard Armitage is the known leaker in this case. Help me with this, he's the known leaker.

ZIMMERMAN: Exactly.

DOBBS: ... nobody's prosecuting him.

ZIMMERMAN: ... because the issue was whether Scooter Libby lied or not in terms of making a cover-up.

MOSBACHER: No, that wasn't the issue.

DOBBS: Covering up what? That's what I don't understand.

ROLLINS: The issue was, originally -- and the problem with special prosecutors is they get to run amok. And they have for years, whether it's Democrats or Republicans. In fairness to Fred, Fred was on Nixon's side, he was on the defense side during the Watergate days. He was not a prosecutor.

DOBBS: I'm sorry, I misspoke.

ROLLINS: He was the minority council. He's a prosecutor now on "Law & Order", and a very good one, making more money than any of us. I love him to death. He was a great senator, too.

The bottom line is you had to prove that they deliberately knew she was a special agent and they went out -- Armitage, all of them did not know that. So he basically went out and got what he could get and I think...

DOBBS: We'll find the best in the nutshell encapsulation, but it still took so much time that we're...

ZIMMERMAN: I've got great faith in our system of justice. And whether it's Democrat or Republican...

[bambo53]

6. Pelosi airplane bs

I believe he ran a 6 day rant about the Pelosi airplane nonsense. Lots of people were pissed that he obviously didn't fact check his story. I'm pretty sure it was him...

[Mend]

7. I didn't listen to 6 days (I can't take that much of him), but I heard him twice rant about her...

and never give her side of the issue. I think he is a pig.

[anitar1]

14. Yes, it was him. I was appalled at how he seemed to

relish his demonizing of Pelosi. I rarely watch him as I have heard him make too many snide remarks in the past. He is very clever but hia pompousness seems to appeal to many. He comes across as an authority, has a good voice and delivery , but the pomposity trips him up.I think he is Libertarian.I have lost respect for him.

[nevergiveup]

8. Sometimes I agree with him

but in general I find him too arrogant and on immigration issues he flirts with being a racist.

[alcuno]

9. Lou's great.

I may not agree with him on every subject, but he consistently supports the middle class and working families. That's not a popular view among the financial newspeople out there.

[Bullet1987]

11. Lou is the Republican version of Olbermann

I wouldn't go so far as to call him racist, but he's definently very outspoken. He covers a lot of stories that no one else does and that's why I like him so much. There is a war being waged on the American middle class, but most other news media don't see that as being more important than the recent Anna Nicole obssession.

[snowbear]

12. He mentioned on one of his shows this week that he's actually never been a Republican..

He said he's an Independent both in political affiliation and personal mindset. He mentioned that he probably shouldn't share info like that, but it sounded like he was sick of people assuming he's on one side or the other.

Well Lou.. .. you sure could've fooled me.. at least "most of the time"..

[martymar64]

15. He's a racist

He obviously hates Latinos.

[ima_sinnic]

16. reactionary xenophobe, obsessed with "Mexicans"--I don't like him

[OhioChick]

17. I generally agree

with him. He seems to be the only person speaking up for the middle class these days.

[sendero]

18. Like most people..

... Dobbs is neither all bad or all good. I appreciate his stance and words on some issues, but other times I can't agree.

I suppose that's better than MOST TV pundits, whom I don't agree with ever.

[BoneDaddy]

19. I like some dont like others

to echo others, he is a mixed bag. But I am grateful for his criticism on the war and the middle class issues.

[Eurobabe]

20. I agree with him on many things, and then get mad at him

for other things. But you have to give him credit, for the past almost 2 years he has been HAMMERING this adminsitration on the decimation of the middle class, job outsourcing, etc. Yeah I know it's not a popular belief on here either, bit I agree with his stance on immigration. For very personal reasons, laws are laws. I do not agree with the Democratic platform for amnesty. There I said it, again.

[Dracos]

21. Lou Dobbs

is a unifying force in this country people I know Dem or conservative don't like him.