March 4, 2009
Media
Obama Backlash
“Make you wonder about the very same liberal media organizations and what they might have said had President Bush said precisely the same thing doesn't it?”
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#45 Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs Tonight
Lou Dobbs has spent most of the past three decades as an anchor for CNN.
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A longtime leader of the conservative-populist movement, Dobbs positions himself as a tireless guardian of the middle class. His trademark is his opposition to illegal immigration, a position that unites his fans and draws accusations of xenophobia from his foes. He is wary of Wall Street, mistrustful of the federal government, and against the expansion of free trade. Dobbs delivers his program’s original, if agenda-based, reporting with folksy speech and urgent titles like "Exporting America” and "War on the Middle Class."
Dobbs briefly left CNN from 1999 to 2001 to found Space.com, an astronomy-news site that was a casualty of the dot-com bubble’s bursting. This year, Dobbs provoked controversy and feuded with CNN leadership over his attention to "birther" conspiracy theories, which speculate that Barack Obama is not an American citizen.
A longtime leader of the conservative-populist movement, Dobbs positions himself as a tireless guardian of the middle class. His trademark is his opposition to illegal immigration, a position that unites his fans and draws accusations of xenophobia from his foes. He is wary of Wall Street, mistrustful of the federal government, and against the expansion of free trade. Dobbs delivers his program’s original, if agenda-based, reporting with folksy speech and urgent titles like "Exporting America” and "War on the Middle Class."
Dobbs briefly left CNN from 1999 to 2001 to found Space.com, an astronomy-news site that was a casualty of the dot-com bubble’s bursting. This year, Dobbs provoked controversy and feuded with CNN leadership over his attention to "birther" conspiracy theories, which speculate that Barack Obama is not an American citizen.
Lou Dobbs on All Topics
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March 3, 2009
Fiscal Policy
Geithner Grilled
“The president of the United States, who is pretty much demonstrating he doesn't know much about economics, suggesting people go out and buy stocks.”
March 2, 2009
Fiscal Policy
Big Government
“There's no one in this administration or the previous that has a clue as to what is going to work in regenerating some energy in this economy.”
February 26, 2009
Drug War in Mexico
Freedom Under Assault
“The attorney general ... seems to believe that we're also a nation of cowards and fools when it comes to our constitutional rights.”
February 25, 2009
Budget Fight 2010
Spending Binge
“I'm trying to figure out how Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are so much tougher than Joe Biden and Barack Obama.”
February 23, 2009
Economic Policy
Hard Choices
“Any sense of irony there, that President Obama is holding this summit on fiscal responsibility.”
February 18, 2009
Race
Nation of Cowards
“I'm a guy who's real tired of people in this country, whatever their ideological or partisan position or their agenda.”
February 17, 2009
Big Business
GM, Chrysler Need More Money
“I'm one of those fools who believes that the world's richest consumer economy probably should be able to support its own automobile industry. That's just a wild thought.”
February 11, 2009
The President
CEOs Under Fire
“[Obama] is so engaged in such lofty, noble enterprises, that he doesn't have time for responsibility in legislating against pork, to make certain there is no waste in government?”
February 4, 2009
Stimulus Package
Stimulus Showdown
“The game is being played frankly in a very shallow way in Washington, D.C. at a time when we need deep thinking and profound results.”
January 14, 2009
Geithner's Leadership
Tim Geithner's Tax Controversy
“[Obama] puts his -- sort of slaps his nominee on the back and says -- washes away four years of failure to pay taxes...”
January 12, 2009
Media
Shift of Power
“The New York Times has as an editorial policy a pro-illegal immigrant position ... It's a disgrace, because they are better than this.”
January 9, 2009
Bank Bailouts
Ponzi Schemes
“There is absolutely no accountability in any part of this bailout or the efforts of the Federal Reserve.”
January 9, 2009
Labor
Jobless in America
“[Obama] said he's abandoning free market principles to save the free market system.”
January 8, 2009
Big Business
President-Elect Obama's Hard Sell
“I am pro-business, but I am also anti-Chamber of Commerce because of their irresponsible public policy positions taken on [E-Verify] and on H-1B visas.”