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Lou Dobbs Quits CNN

Posted on: November 12, 2009 9:37 AM, by Ed Brayton

And there's just one obvious thing to say:

He's ready for his closeup, Mr. Murdoch.

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Eeeeeyeww, who would want to get close to loud obbs? Yuck.

Posted by: Skepticat | November 12, 2009 10:03 AM

The networks are purifying themselves.

Posted by: pksp | November 12, 2009 10:11 AM

Poor guy. He must be exhausted and just needs to take some time off.

People don't appreciate how much work goes into hating minorities. Come on...do you realize how many non-white people there are in the world!

In fact, there's a whole 'nother continent just filled with Mexicans. They even have the audacity to call it SOUTH America. Well old Lou knows there's just one America..our America.

At least now he'll be able to spend more quality time with his prejudices.

Posted by: ThriceGreatMe | November 12, 2009 10:25 AM

His immigrating (haw!) to Faux News is the obvious assumption, but that's no fun. I'm still holding out for Representative Dobbs.

Posted by: schism | November 12, 2009 10:34 AM

lou dobbs lost a lot of credibility as a reporter/reader of the news/opinion giver when he called President Bush "a moron" on his show some months ago. i was not surprised that CNN did not issue a statement after his labeling of the sitting President at the time, but stopped watching his show after that statement. FOX got a new viewer immediately after that. harry - winter haven ,fl

Posted by: harry d | November 12, 2009 10:34 AM

harry d - how should a news analyst describe President Bush's critical thinking skills?

In addition, why would you transfer your news channel viewing habits from one flawed analyst, which Mr. Dobbs certainly is, to a channel which serves primarily as a propaganda site? It seems to me you wisely threw out a rotten apple but then decided based on that act to dive nose first into the carcass into a rotting corpse.

Posted by: Michael Heath | November 12, 2009 11:03 AM

Ok so calling the sitting president a moron is bad, and causes you to switch networks.

But calling the sitting president a time traveling socialist nazi fascist communist who wants to brain wash kids, murder old people and enslave white people does not engender the same response?

yeah that makes perfect sense to me.

Posted by: JohnV | November 12, 2009 11:03 AM

That reminds me, anyone catch South Park’s excellent skewering Glenn Beck last night? They nailed it perfectly. I’m still laughing.

Posted by: Abby Normal | November 12, 2009 11:21 AM

I'm wondering *why* Lou Dobbs called Bush a moron. (I missed it! Whaaa!) Was it because his immigration policies were wrong, or was it because all of his policies were wrong?

Posted by: Roadtripper | November 12, 2009 11:25 AM

Good fucking riddance.

lou dobbs lost a lot of credibility as a reporter/reader of the news/opinion giver when he called President Bush "a moron" on his show some months ago. i was not surprised that CNN did not issue a statement after his labeling of the sitting President at the time, but stopped watching his show after that statement. FOX got a new viewer immediately after that. harry - winter haven ,fl

And that goes double for you.

Posted by: Azkyroth | November 12, 2009 11:39 AM

Speaking of CNN, did you see Carrie Prejean give the liberal media its come-uppance by sticking it to Larry King, that dastardly demon of Gotcha Media?

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/11/11/lkl.prejean.upset.cnn

You show 'em, Carrie!

Posted by: Wes | November 12, 2009 11:52 AM

Overheard on Twitter: "Lou Dobbs is expected to announce that he wants to spend more time with his xenophobia."

Posted by: Iason Ouabache | November 12, 2009 11:56 AM

Here's more of Prejean's ignorant whining:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MtQztbdPu8

My favorite part is when she complains that her right to free speech is being violated, and then questions why the media should be allowed to say bad things about her.

Posted by: Wes | November 12, 2009 12:26 PM

Thanks for the tapes on Carrie Prejean. I remain disappointed that the media allows people like Ms. Prejean to blatantly lie and misrepresent American ideals and not be immediately corrected for such rhetoric.

While this forum can discern how Ms. Prejean's assertions are self-contradicting, e.g., "I'm being censored [not]. The media should not be allowed to criticize me or conservative women.", I doubt most passive listeners to those shows are able to recognize nearly everything she said was not true, except that her ideas are under attack, which they obviously are.

Posted by: Michael Heath | November 12, 2009 1:50 PM

The Onion has the reason:

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/u_s_deports_lou_dobbs

Posted by: Ted H. | November 12, 2009 2:19 PM

Re Lou Dobbs

Did he quit or was he pushed?

Posted by: SLC | November 12, 2009 4:22 PM

You preening fools, so proud to strut in front of Narcissus' mirror and admire how good! and clean! and smart! you look compared to that repulsive strawman you stood up next to your glowing drug-induced plastic selves that snap to attention in erect salute of the momentary morality that some gated-community hermetesque capitilized ones happen to be paying the media to promote at the moment.

You have nothing but your laughably see-through sense of superiority that's based on nothing more than how quickly you're able to adapt to whatever newfangled morality the beautiful people happen to decide should be in fashion at the moment.

I love many things about you people but your knee-jerk servility is visceraly disgusting.

mnuez

tapped on a phone

Posted by: mnuez | November 12, 2009 5:19 PM

Shhh, you're blowing it.

Posted by: The Beautiful People | November 12, 2009 5:30 PM

Re mnuez

Mr. mnuez is even more moronic then Mr. Pat.

Posted by: SLC | November 12, 2009 6:14 PM

Looks like mnuez posted something generated in a random word generator.

Posted by: dogmeatib | November 12, 2009 6:38 PM

Ted @ 15:

I knew it!

Posted by: CHV | November 12, 2009 6:51 PM

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

-"mnuez"

Reality got the house and kids, I take it?

Posted by: Azkyroth | November 12, 2009 11:42 PM

mnuez - you're definitely the front-runner in the "Look Ma, I'm Posting While Off My Psych Meds" category (so far).

Tapped on the shoulder
DJ

Posted by: DingoJack | November 13, 2009 12:08 AM

You preening fools, so proud to strut in front of Narcissus' mirror and admire how good! and clean! and smart! you look compared to that repulsive strawman

Projection.

Posted by: pough | November 13, 2009 10:00 AM

Oh look; he found a vocab book!

Here's a question; have you ever actually thought about what you think?

Posted by: Julian | November 13, 2009 12:56 PM

Patsy:

"You preening fools, so proud to strut in front of Narcissus' mirror and admire how good! and clean! and smart! you look compared to that repulsive strawman"

Narcissus didn't actually have a mirror, dud, he looked into a still pool and fell in love with himself just like you're doing (I don't think they called it "jerking off" in ancient Greece.

Posted by: democommie | November 13, 2009 12:57 PM