Lou Lou, my boy Lou!

[oc2002]

Lou Dobbs does it again, speaking the truth to power, standing on his own and leting the chips fall where they be.

I love it.

"NEW YORK (CNN) -- This Republican-led, do-nothing Congress is on its way home for a five-week vacation. I'm sure while there, they'll be glad to explain to their constituents why they need so much rest in a year in which they will work fewer than 80 days.

The Republicans in Congress have little to brag about when they return home. And the Democrats have a lot of explaining to do, as well. Once the party of the New Deal, Fair Deal and Great Society, the party of working men and women, the Democrats are now buried as deeply in the pockets of their corporate masters as are the Republicans.

The Democratic Party has played a major role in helping to pass legislation that is grossly injurious to middle-class Americans and their families. This Congress, Republican-led with complicit Democrats, has cut $13 billion in college-student aid, passed numerous free-trade agreements that threaten good-paying jobs and approved an unconscionable bankruptcy law written by credit-card companies that is nothing less than a federal government heel in the neck of American families bankrupted by catastrophic illness and crushing medical bills.
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And how about that firebrand advocate for the Democratic Party's traditions and values, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean? Once considered a presidential candidate with a refreshing vision for America, Dean now spends no time pursuing ideas and proposals that would help working men and women. Instead, he's devoting his time and energy begging for money at the same contribution slop trough as his opponents while hurling insults at Republicans and indulging in petty name-calling.
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/01/dobbs.August2/index.html

[eagler]

1. Lou Dobbs for President !

nt

[lies and propaganda]

4. he'll round up all the brown people for us!

it'll be so wonderful! :sarcasm:

[FredScuttle]

2. You're kidding, right?

That's about the laziest slam of Dean I've seen in some time. What a tool.

[thereismore]

3. Lou, it's not that simple.

Dems were a minority. They did not have the votes to stop anything. They should have fought better, but hey - you weren't on top of your game either. They squandered their filibuster power thanks to the likes of Lieberman. That hurts. But, overall, it was the dems that spoke the truth to power.

As far as Dean is concerned, that's his job. He is not running for President and he is not running the country. He is doing a great job as a party chairman. That's his job.

While I like you Lou, I don't quite trust you. Things are not as simple as you make them to be.

[CatWoman]

5. Randi tried to explain the exact same points to him

[stopbush]

8. Bingo! The only time I hear Lou accuse a guest of partisanship

is when that person is a D. He did it the other day in his roundtable.

Dean's job now is to raise money to combat the over-flowing coffers of the RNC. Lou would rather have Howard
fighting 18 different Dems on policy positions - a surefire way to get outspent and to LOSE in November.

Dobbs is a wolf in a blue collar shirt. Beware!

[warrens]

6. Dems are as buried in corporate pockets as Repukes????

GIMME A FUCKING BREAK. Go look at the donations during the 2004 cycle, Lou, then tell me that again. Yeah, a lot of money is switching to the Dems, but it comes with a lot fewer strings attached. They aren't going to get shit like bankruptcy "reform" from the Dems and they know it. They're just trying to soften the blow now that Delay is in disgrace and Dems are about to take over again, whether now or in 08.

I hate that canard. When we find a crook in our party, we just dump him. In the Repuke party, they make him majority leader.

[Dr Fate]

7. So even when Repubs control all 3 branches, he still blames DEMS?

I dont have time for these "it's everyones fault" arguments- Lou is wrong.

The blame goes to the party in power- the party that controls all 3 branches of govt, plus the media.

I appreciate anyone who attempts to light a fire under Democrats so that they speak out more- but he is acting like Democrats have some kind of control over the government & the media.

If Lou wants to hear more DEMS speaking out, perhaps he can let more of them on his show for more interviews. Should I hold my breath?

[NNN0LHI]

10. Come on now man. Who you gonna believe? Lou or your lying eyes?

The people who fall for this guys crap amaze me.

Don

[matcom]

9. Aw THERE it is! *whew*

was :scared: for a minute that he wouldn't include it *whew* (silly me)

And Democrats in the Senate have embraced the wrongheaded policies of the Bush administration on border security and illegal immigration. Thirty-eight Democrats joined with the Senate Republican leadership to crush the Republican majority and pass the illegal-alien amnesty bill.

Forty-two Democrats voted against legislation that would have built a border fence to stop the flow of illegal aliens and drugs across our borders. In fact, it was Democrat Christopher Dodd of Connecticut whose amendment was attached to the legislation that would require the U.S. government to consult with the Mexican government before building a fence along our southern border.

Congressional Democrats are even more dismissive of the need for border security than the Senate Republicans. House Republicans have taken to calling the McCain-Kennedy amnesty bill the "Reid-Kennedy bill" because Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts shaped most of the legislation.

The Democrats incredibly talk about illegal aliens as victims as they press for amnesty, yet not one has raised concerns for the true victims of corporate America's lust for cheap labor: American working men and women, taxpayers all.

It was, after all, Sen. Reid who argued in 1993 that illegal aliens place "tremendous burdens" on this country's justice system, schools and social programs, stretching our federal wallet to the limit as a result of "illegal aliens getting welfare, food stamps, medical care and other benefits."

What could possibly explain Sen. Reid's complete conversion on the issue? He's said it was from talking to his wife and immigrants, but could his state's wholesale importation of illegal aliens and the importance of all that corporate lobbying and campaign contribution money be a factor? Surely not.

:sarcasm: