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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLou Dobbs: 'many' illegal immigrants voted in midterms and had 'immense impact
Since the midterm elections, no evidence has emerged suggesting results were tainted by illegal votes, from illegal immigrants or anyone else.You know, the Fox Business Network host said on his show Thursday, millions of illegal immigrants cross our borders, and many of them [were] voting in the past election thats what, just a couple weeks ago, and having an immense impact.
Dobbs later asked, Are we just sitting here, helpless against anyone who wants to cross that border, and to have their way with the American way?
Dobbs didnt even pretend to have evidence of the illegal voting Thursday night. He just said it, apropos of nothing, during his show, Lou Dobbs Tonight.
The statement was par for the course for Dobbs, who was bashing immigrants before it was fashionable, citing misleading evidence or none at all. Last month, he invoked the word invasion dozens of times on his program when talking about the migrant caravan, according to NPR, parroting the same language used by President Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/16/lou-dobbs-casually-makes-up-story-that-many-illegal-immigrants-voted-midterms-had-immense-impact/?utm_term=.5bfb3722cb0f
dalton99a
(81,673 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Facts? Evidence? Proof? Documentation? WTF are those?
DBoon
(22,414 posts)The word bellyfeel refers to a blind, enthusiastic acceptance of an idea.
"Consider, for example, such a typical sentence from a Times leading article as Oldthinkers unbellyfeel Ingsoc. The shortest rendering one could make of this in Oldspeak would be: 'Those whose ideas were formed before the Revolution cannot have a full emotional understanding of the principles of English Socialism.' But this is not an adequate translation. [...] [O]nly a person thoroughly grounded in Ingsoc could appreciate the full force of the word bellyfeel, which implied a blind, enthusiastic and casual acceptance difficult to imagine today." Orwell's 1984 appendix[12]
- Wikipedia
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)truthiness
noun
informal
The quality of seeming or being felt to be true, even if not necessarily true.
Origin
Early 19th century (in the sense truthfulness): coined in the modern sense by the US humorist Stephen Colbert.
bluestarone
(17,101 posts)IT WOULD BE THIS ASSHOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,926 posts)Even though you generally don't have to show ID (and shouldn't, in my opinion), they do need to check you off against who you say you are on the voters rolls. And, please correct me if I'm wrong, if you show up to vote without already having been registered in any one of the 17 states that have same day registration, I suspect you definitely must show some proof of where you live.
The nonsense that illegal immigrants simply show up and vote, or that people vote over and over again is firmly rooted in a complete lack of understanding of how the system actually works.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Hillary R Clinton would be our current president.
Stinky The Clown
(67,838 posts)Yes. First amendment.
Yes. There need to be standards imposed by the conduits of such shit.
Yes. Pushback of serious weight needs to be applied.
RainCaster
(10,942 posts)When you make it a practice to pull "facts" out of your backside like DFT does, you deserve to have your show boycotted. Let the sponsors know.
C_U_L8R
(45,031 posts)You are a liar, Lou Dobbs. And a bad one.
davekriss
(4,636 posts)DBoon
(22,414 posts)statements made without reference to facts would be sanction-able if uttered during the course of a news program
TwistOneUp
(1,020 posts)struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)Joseph Goebbels, who has long served as mentor to Lou Dobbs at Fox, today offered high praise for his student
"I've always encouraged people to tell big brazen damnable lies instead of little harmless ones," said Mr Goebbels, "and Lou does that!"
nmgaucho
(527 posts)Buckeyeblue
(5,505 posts)Where is your proof, Lou?
Hugin
(33,222 posts)"American way" is up there with MAGA and America First.
onenote
(42,821 posts)where he can be asked to provide evidence supporting his allegations of widespread criminal activity.