Will Lou Dobbs be the next governor of New Jersey?
By on Jun 12th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Will Lou Dobbs be the next governor of New Jersey?
The Newark Star-Ledger reports today that “several well-connected Republicans” in New Jersey have heard buzz that “CNN’s Lou Dobbs is thinking of running for governor of New Jersey.” Dobbs, who has reportedly “inquired about the steps necessary to start a campaign,” refused to deny that he is considering a run, only saying, “I’m just not going to comment.” A gubernatorial run by Dobbs would likely not be without controversy. The non-profit Hispanic Institute recently announced “a Latino boycott of CNN” largely because of Dobbs’s coverage of immigration issues.
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Anything to get his bigoted ass off TV would be a FSMsend.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:03 pmOh, Jebus – I hope not. He can be governor of the Lunatic Fringe – wherever that is.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:04 pmI know that New Jersey, like anyother state, has within its borders many people who are somewhat mentally unstable and capable of doing anything at any given moment, I refuse to believe that there are so many of them that would actually consider electing the likes of Dobbs to any office including dogcatcher.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:05 pmI thought he was currently governor of the State of Denial.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:05 pmPLC, isn’t he Dictator for Life of the BigotedOldFatGuy Nation?
June 12th, 2008 at 1:07 pmOh goody, another Repukian Bigot running for office, who’d of thought.
Vote Stupid, Vote Dobbs
June 12th, 2008 at 1:07 pmWouldn’t it be nice if we could get to the point that ‘fame’ was not seen as one of the chief qualifications for high office.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:09 pmI wonder if he’ll build a wall between New Jersey and Riker’s Island?
June 12th, 2008 at 1:09 pmRUCerious,
I stand corrected. It’s hard to remember these clones and their positions.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:13 pmhold on a minute. not just his coverage on immigration issues, As a Hispanic, I’d like it mentioned that is was more like this:
from The Hispanic Institute and Rafael Vela:
“We’re taking this step after years of CNN management’s failure to rein in Mr. Dobbs’ irresponsible assertions about immigrants and their impact on our country and its institutions,” Gus West, THI board chair, said in making the announcement. He added that THI will work with other national Hispanic organizations to broaden support for the proposed boycott.
distortion of facts surrounding U.S. immigration issues, especially in commentaries and reports on “Lou Dobbs Tonight.”
West noted that THI called for censure of Dobbs two years ago, following three years of inflammatory on-air rhetoric about undocumented immigrants. “The lack of any meaningful response from CNN’s management, or any abatement of Mr. Dobbs’ offensive tirades, makes it clear to us that the company supports his misleading and often inaccurate positions,” he said.
“We will mobilize this important market segment to make our strong convictions heard,” West said, adding that THI is not alone in its criticism of Dobbs. In “Fear & Loathing in Prime Time: Immigration Myths and Cable News,” an extensive new study published May 21, the Washington-based Media Matters Action Network reported that cable news program hosts Dobbs, Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck of CNN Headline News “serve up a steady diet of fear, anger and resentment on the topic of illegal immigration.”
However, Dobbs was singled out by the Media Matters study as “one of the most obsessed with the topic.” The study added that the “Lou Dobbs Tonight” program “might be more properly called ‘Lou Dobbs Crusades Against Illegal Immigration Tonight.’”
June 12th, 2008 at 1:17 pmPeter C Says:
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could get to the point that ‘fame’ was not seen as one of the chief qualifications for high office.
Yep…Here in California we have Ahnold, Minnesota had Jesse Ventura, etc…What is it that makes normal citizens think an actor has any ability to govern a state? I boggles the mind.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:17 pmdon’t forget Ronald Regan and Sonny Bono
June 12th, 2008 at 1:20 pmwhats lou dobbs been saying about Obama and McCain’s FIRST DEBATE?
June 12th, 2008 at 1:20 pm#11 let us not forget ronny ray gun….Ugh….Blessings
June 12th, 2008 at 1:21 pmGood luck with that, Dobbs, you ssquare-headed knob-end!
June 12th, 2008 at 1:28 pmHe’d better not hope to get any of the Scary Brown People vote.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:31 pmDobbs is the finest example of a one-trick pony that ever wasted good air.
If he gets elected, look out for candidates like the rusher, billo, Nazis beck and savage weiner, and maybe even coultergeist, running for “pubic” office.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:34 pmWitch1 Says:
#11 let us not forget ronny ray gun….Ugh….
Actually, Witch1 – I’d much prefer to fergit that assclown.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:36 pmDobb’s is such a phoney–he was on Wall Street for years and made a huge pile of money for himself, divorced his first wife, married a hispanic woman and started another family. He lives on a gentleman’s farm and his kid’s are champion equestrians–for him to say “he’s for the people and the america first crowd” he sure as hell had no problem in driving the economic agenda that got us into the mess we are in today.
He makes my skin crawl–I used to watch him but he has become insufferable and painful to watch. I’ve often wondered how many illegals he employees to run his stables and his farm.
CNN should dump him–he had a face lift in January or February and had his teeth redone and it still doesn’t help him–all the while telling viewer’s that he had his tonsils out.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:39 pmWill Lou Dobbs be the next governor of New Jersey?
Nope. Dobbs will bolt as soon as he discovers that the governor gig pays less than what he makes at CNN.
Less money plus having to keep all those bigoted comments to himself will prove to be a deal killer.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:40 pmSpeaking as a proud New Yorker I say let him at it. For all I care he can build a huge fence around New Jersey and seal it off from the rest of the country. As long as he promises to quit his day job.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:42 pmI think it’s safe to say that Bush is the Bushy ray gun being that a real ray gun has been created, although not in use for Iraq. It supposedly is can be used for crowd control. the moment the blast of electromagnetic energy hits you, it causes you to stop what you’re doing and want to run away. (I kid you not, about this.) they wanted to send it to Iraq because you supposedly don’t die from it. how ever, when they demonstrated it, the people posed as anti-war protesters. funny, eh? quite odd, isn’t it. And could you believe it? they rather keep it here. I wonder why…
June 12th, 2008 at 1:46 pmthe people even held up peace signs. for some straaaange reason, it was not authorized to be used in Iraq, even though it doesn’t kill.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:48 pmI don’t remember the name of it but someone here sent out the utube. so there you have it. Bushy ray gun!
June 12th, 2008 at 1:50 pmI’m also tired of the children of famous politicians who seem to have instant ‘electibility’. Tom Kean Jr. and Georgie-boy himself are pitiful examples of that.
We need to reinforce the concept that voting is a civic RESPONSIBILITY which brings with it a duty to be well-informed. Instead, the media is working overtime to reinforce the idea that elections should chiefly concern the ‘popularity’ of the candidates instead of their qualifications or position on vital issues.
June 12th, 2008 at 2:07 pmGo Dobbs! Would everyone like him more if he was complaining about poor WHITE people invading us from Canada? If the Mexicans would get off their collective butts and fix their own country (revolution)they would be better off. Instead they have sat by and let drug lords and corrupt govt. officials take everything from them. What will Canada say if our country gets so fu(ked up that Americans start fleeing to their country? They’ll be calling us illegal immigrants and want us out.
June 12th, 2008 at 2:27 pmGood lord! As a resident of the Garden State, I really hope this isn’t true!
June 12th, 2008 at 2:32 pmDobbs is considering this?
BBBWWAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
June 12th, 2008 at 2:59 pmHope NJ voters have the good sense to realize that Dobbs is not a man of the
June 12th, 2008 at 3:27 pmfuture. He will bring more problems to a state that already has too many.
ANd besides, NJ needs someone with brains and there he is clearly lacking.
Whose interests does Dobbs-bashing serve? No, really: list some of those who’d profit if he went off the air.
June 12th, 2008 at 5:15 pm30) We have the influx of illegal aliens in this country because of the large corporations who value profit over employees. The US Chamber of Commerce is one of the biggest beneficiaries of having illegals–because they can get rid of american workers cheap labor.
Why don’t you think before you pose such nonsense?
June 12th, 2008 at 6:25 pmshould read “because they get rid of american workers for cheap labor.” Sorry.
June 12th, 2008 at 6:26 pmHey I found this site:
http://www.dobbsforgovernor.com/
June 13th, 2008 at 4:04 pm