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Welcome to the Big Leagues, Lou
We hate saying we told you so but... Ex-CNN anchor Lou Dobbs is considering running for president in 2012.
"Well, I’ll tell you this much -- it’s one of the discussions that we’re having," he said. "For the first time, I’m actually listening to some people about politics."
Oh, we believe that, Lou.
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Great, all we need, another "independent" blowhard! He should just join Fox News and blow away!
Leo with all due respect, you are such a dick
The "with all due respect" bit doesn't quite prevent your comment from being pure personal attack. How about you not do that?
I am Joe's complete lack of condemnation.
who is joe?
Read some Palahniuk, especially the one written 96.
why?
fair enough, feel free to delete. I meant to use the term "blowhard" but got carried away.
The key in getting us to ignore our personal attacks admonition is to make it: 1. Funny. 2. At least SOMEWHAT descriptive.
Great, all we need, another "independent" blowhard!
This is an outrage,,a personal attack on Lou Dobbs. We need a free speech cop to ban this kind of talk.. See the kind of responses it's generated? We need independent moderation.
P.S. Good question D.O.D. , Who the hell is Joe?
Marla,
Leo's attack on Lou could be defined as a "purely personal attack" as well. Louie is way less of a corporate tool than BO and (insert Republican puppet...er...Candidate here).
Below...BCHbum, his name is Jack not Joe, but I still enjoyed the comment.
Why does "Leo" deserve your respect?
Why does "Leo" deserve your respect?
We do need a STRONG independent candidate with some ($$$$) backing.
Lou is not the answer
I think he's running for senate, so lighten up.
who did you vote for? how is that working out?
And the irony is right below this comment box is an ad for Sarah Palin.
"Like Palin?" "Vote Here Now!"
Well, for Sarah, if Lou runs, she won't be the dumbest person on the ballot..
"New is history" -Zero TV?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J_xKebCT20
lou sucks. he will be embarrassed.
Well put.
Lou Dobbs and Sarah Palin ... now, there's a ticket.
What's funny is that Palin could see Russia from her backyard but we have a President who was able to see his reflection in Emperor Akihito's shoes.
Best re-election present the beaten and battered Obama would ever get in '12........assuming he's not impeached.
Celebrities are politicians and politicians are celebrities.
Nobody's in charge. Nobody leads.
Mark my words. Lou Dobbs could win the presidency.
I'm not a fan (far from it) but Lou will bring a freshness to the debate that is long overdue.
Right now Americans have to choose between two sides of the same coin - professional politicians.
I'd vote for him just so he's tear a new one to the status quo.
I weep for the future.
"As you wept for your father?"
-Maximus Decimus Meridius
To paraphrase what Beatrice Kiddo told Elle Driver, "Bitch, we don't have a future."
KillBill - before Tarantino went soft
I weep with you, Marla. Apparently, we are so starved for something different, we will simply settle for "something different".
In an ever evolving thirst for like minded candidates, ZH population asks..
Who would you suggest??
New Yorkers are so arrogant. No wonder the U.S. is so f'ed.
God, I hope you're wrong.
think Michael Bloomberg - he's got the coin, the creds and base - if the economy double dips then Barry is toast - but Mike may go mainstream as he is a switch hitter
While I think Bloomy could pull it off as an independent, Dobbs or Palin would not have a prayer - too much baggage - but if either were to run as an independent and have a respectable showing e.g. 20% that would set up 2016 (as long as the economy was in Japanese mode)
that would be nice. i was wearing by bloomberg '08 t-shirt in 2006 but it's not going to happen.
another guy ran in 2008 who had coin and creds--but he had mormon underwear, and that is a problem
I don't think that Bloomberg would have appeal across the nation.
Really, he must have some kind of fund raising machine that he has kept hidden?
Lets see what the "polls" say about his candidacy.
Dobbs/Palin in 2012, that's it I've just crossed the event horizon into a parallel universe. Fuck me.
that would be a perpendicular universe
While we're at it, maybe Ross Perot should make another run of it.
I always liked those flip charts...
Its going to be Palin/Dobbs. Or maybe Dobbs/Chumbawumba.
palin/cheeky bastard
That just gave me a cold chill.
Well this is what it's come to. The Federal government is so messed-up that no sane person would ever want the responsibility of fixing it, so only the haterz, pirates, and egotists seek out the job of POTUS.
Apparently politics isn't polarizing enough already in the "United" States, so we need to dial it up to the point where fear and anger are the only two emotions guiding behavior amongst the tee vee watching masses.
I thought the dial flew by fear and anger in 2000? I must have missed something?
fear and anger? sounds like alexander "bullhorn" jones of austin texas. hey isn't it about time for another 250,000 money bomb? he needs a newer studio i think......
I love you Marla
-LesterB
In 100% of the elections held every year the winners are always the politicians.
You become a politician when you run, so yeah, neat how that works.
If lou gets any support it will guarantee Obama 4 more years and trillions more in debt. Great Job Lou! DUMB ASS
he's a flippin TV anchor! anyone ever watch ANCHORMAN? i guess obama really does make it appear that anyone can do the job.
The shit has to hit the fan first otherwise early runners are toast.
Did I miss something?
"Community Organizer" vs TV Host...which one jumps out at you with the better credentials? The only difference is that the vast majority got suckered into voting for one of them already.
Primarily because she isn't doing anything and he's trying (with little success) to finesse this melt-down/up. Please let there be somebody intelligent to run for the right this time... and I am not on either side here, I just want there to be a real discussion ...once. Trillions gets handed out and the talk will be about empty headed fluff...again.
Our only chance is that more voters aren't getting even stupider over the next 3 years......a long shot. However there is hope. Poverty awakens one's senses.
You guys still believe in voting?!?! HAHAHAHA ever heard of diebold?!?
"The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing people he doesn't exist."
C'mon guys seriously?!? The whole thing is a scam to make you feel like you've done your civic duty, then you can go home and *accept* the fact that the world is falling apart, but it's not your fault.
Voting is about as useful as staging a single person protest in front of your television.
Maybe in an extremely close contest a la Bush v. Gore. But otherwise, puh-lease.
Vote??? I got your voting right here..
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2448214999158971350&q=princeton+...
You are a complete and utter fool if you think they [ruling elite] are not capable of stealing any and all elections... get your head out of your pooper and do some research...
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/
there she is going around selling a book she didn't even write and the silly amerikan morons are buying them like hotcakes....does this provide a picture of what this country is all about at this time? it is a total embarrassment to watch, and if the founding fathers could see this, they might think that all of the things that they accomplished were for naught. no one outside of alaska perhaps, had even heard of this woman a few years ago. but suddenly she is brought up on the scene. sound familiar? the same thing happened with obama. no one outside of chicago had even heard of this man, before he ran for president. where do these people come from? i leave that for you to ponder.
storks?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X475UWulBNA
"U.S. Deports Lou Dobbs" -- The Onion:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/u_s_deports_lou_dobbs
Perot was mostly right, but the sucking sound ended up in China.
Funniest thing I have heard all month.
He makes Icarus look like a fireman.
Yonger version of McCain? He's no Colbert.
Its nice to dream but we are way beyond "Independent Candidate Saves the Day" point.
The next 12 months should be interesting if being outraged 24/7 works for you.
LOL!!!!!!!!!
Dobbs is a one trick pony.
No credibility when you have a single platform issue.
Agreed. Especially if it's the wrong issue.
Good. The more Ross Perots/Ron Pauls/Sarah Palins/Lou Dobbs that run, the fewer votes for GOP party candidates.
Super. Siphon of 5-15% then hope and change continues to roll. Or perhaps we'll get round 2 of the black church burn-down crisis. Or maybe even another well-timed financial collapse? Wonder what was Lou's price?
No room for hate.
great! just what we need. another door keeper presidential candidate.
Lou was outraged with the trade deficit with Canada- pretty ignorant since the single largest element of that trade deficit is imported energy (oil, natural gas and electricity) that the U.S. cannot do without.
Someone should have told Dubya that Canada is the largest foreign supplier of oil to the U.S. so he could have held hands with the Canadian Prime Minister instead of the Saudi financiers of terrorism.
Lou ought to study up on the trade deficit with China. China's currency manipulation (sorry Timmy- I do not have to suck up to the Commies) is robbing American Jobs.
Just a simple question: Can anyone tell me what long-lived Assets we have gotten from China for all the long term debt ?
Can anyone tell me what long-lived Assets we have gotten from China for all the long term debt ?
I got this excellent set of Chimpokemon action figures.
How about 50 million homes with granite counter tops.... Boats, Flat Panel screens.................................................................
Think of anything..you got it, China
Remember how well Fred Thompson's campaign did. Lou should stick to racist diatribes against leprosy-spreading brown people.
Lou and Sarah, we are lost......
dupped, no idea why...
Another Harvard grad to tell us peasants what to do. I think we have seen this movie.
I vote for the dog as president from the cult classic - "A Boy and his Dog".
By Abby Normal
Lou Dobbs - wow.
He's RIGHT on immigration and economic nationalism - think of him as a latter-day Patrick Buchanan.
But- a Palin/Dobbs ticket would be weak on governance experience.
So - how about an all-media ticket?
Bloomberg/Dobbs 2012
Bloomberg has the $$$$ and the cred to govern the US. Dobbs is the ideologist -throws the red meat to the crowd.
I could also see Palin in that administration, as say HHS Secretary.
Or better yet - the ZeroHedge ticket!
Cheeky Bastard/Chumbawamba 2012
KptLt. laughing swordfish
9er Unterseeboote Flotille
Can't go with Palin, it would kill his indie cred.
Personally, I think at the very least he'll bring something other than pol-speak to the debates.
I want someone that will shake things up. Someone weird. Like a superfreak.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75qXUfp4wtw
A Dobbs/Sharpton ticket would do the trick.
Dobbs? This is is for you. Get a life...
Is he related to Fred C Dobbs, who caught that gold virus?
The movie "Idiocracy" is starting to sound like an actual possibility.
Lou Dobbs.....less qualified than Sarah Palin to be president. Barack Obama......more qualified than Lou Dobbs to speak from a telemprompter. Sarah Palin....less qualified than Lou Dobbs to speak from a teleprompter.
So for those scoring at home.
Speaking from a teleprompter:
B>L>S
Actually governing:
S>L>B
All the early runners will fall by the wayside after the crash. A piss and vinegar avenging angel will rise from the ruins of your once great country. Shysters beware.
Regards.
I'm no Palin fan but the conservatives best bet IMO is a Palin/Paul ticket.
Think of the diversity that would attract.... like almost 100% of the caucasian vote.
If only there would come a candidate without a squeeky voice that would be able to tell exactly the problems and the response necessary to just stop the show and pick through the rubble. Some way of getting 1/2 hour to hour infomercials on each of the 20 major problems facing the country without sound bites or distracting bs. All the unemployed insomniacs watching concise reasons for thier demise late at nite just may just give someone an edge. I just hope it would be a non politician.