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Lou Dobbs abruptly quits CNN

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Just caught his fond farwell, and he gave no indication of what he'll do next. My guess is go into politics or join FOX News.

I don't know what the heck I'm going to watch now from 6-7. Dobbs had his quirks and slants, but I enjoyed his commentary and more importantly, the people he had on his show (both rep and dem) were some of my most respected. Not sure why CNN would let him go either. CNN is really falling apart.

Update: Lou Dobbs to Quit CNN - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com

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Bob avatar
SoWal Insider
#2
money
Lynnie avatar
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#3
Threats on his family perhaps?
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beats on hood
#4
Thank goodness! Alll of his fighting for the middle class rhetoric ... kept waiting for the solutions. And his boring voice. When I'm driving at night I like listening to loud music, but when that doesn't work, I turn on CNN to listen to the news so I can think about what they're saying. Except for when Lou Dobbs comes on -- his delivery is so soporific.
Teresa avatar
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#5
I kind of liked ole Lou, but got really tired of his constant whining. He is so OTR all the time.

I wish him well and hope he lands in a happy place.

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Bob avatar
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I kind of liked ole Lou, but got really tired of his constant whining. He is so OTR all the time.

I wish him well and hope he lands in a happy place.
he wants to roll in the heather
Alicia Leonard avatar
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#7
He's going to go in search of Obama's birth certificate, full time. :cool:
AlphaCrab avatar
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#8
Money. Or go in search of Obama's birth certificate. Probably money.
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#9
I kind of thought the innuendo was that CNN was not letting Lou speak what he sees to be the truth. Even though he spoke well of CNN, which may have been sincere, I also think he may have been being 'professional' about it. I wasn't a HUGE fan of Lou, but I thought he did a good job of what he does.

He did push a few points a little too much and when he had staff reporting on certain issues, Lou seemed to pressure them to conform to his line of thinking. But I liked some things about Lou. He was opinionated, but he seemed to apply common sense to matters and had opposing view points on his show.

Anywho, I wonder who will pick him up. He seems to have a following. But after being pretty 'prime time' I only see him taking another big show offer. That's my 1/2 cent.
Alicia Leonard avatar
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#10
The Onion BREAKING: Lou Dobbs Deported From U.S. -- CNN Host Living Illegally In Country Since 1961





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

Source: bit.ly
WANTAGE, NJ—Acting on anonymous tips from within the Hispanic-American community, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials on Wednesday deported Luis Miguel Salvador Aguila Dominguez, who has been living illegally in the United States under the name Lou Dobbs for 48 years.

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scooterbug44 avatar
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Aleo - I got excited about an Onion article and then clicked and got some weird thing about leaving Facebook? :idontno:
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The Onion BREAKING: Lou Dobbs Deported From U.S. -- CNN Host Living Illegally In Country Since 1961




BREAKING: U.S. Deports Lou Dobbs | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Source: bit.ly
WANTAGE, NJ?Acting on anonymous tips from within the Hispanic-American community, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials on Wednesday deported Luis Miguel Salvador Aguila Dominguez, who has been living illegally in the United States under the name Lou Dobbs for 48 years.

:lolabove:
Alicia Leonard avatar
SoWal Insider
#13
Aleo - I got excited about an Onion article and then clicked and got some weird thing about leaving Facebook? :idontno:

It popped up on my fb and I posted the link above from there. Should be on the onion home page:wave:
I replaced it.

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Bob avatar
SoWal Insider
#15
This is welcome news, King's State of the Union is quite good.

John King replacing Dobbs show on CNN - Yahoo! News

Dobbs announced abruptly Wednesday evening that Wednesday would be his last show on CNN. He said he wanted to pursue more advocacy journalism, a route that was no longer available to him on CNN......advocacy journalism? like military intelligence or creation science or jumbo shrimp?
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#16
I like John King, he seems fairly objective, well at least for CNN..
Gidget avatar
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#17
I guess John King will be playing with his maps! He did that so well during the elections and everyone seems to like him. Will be interesting. Don't have tv service so I will rely on what others think/say.

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Blair avatar
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#18
He's going to go in search of Obama's birth certificate, full time. :cool:


That certainly SEEMS to be a full time job......Have you seen it?
Alicia Leonard avatar
SoWal Insider
#19
That certainly SEEMS to be a full time job......Have you seen it?


I'm still looking for mine. You know, the original, not a copy that I was provided for necessary paperwork.
Blair avatar
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#20
I'm still looking for mine. You know, the original, not a copy that I was provided for necessary paperwork.

Oh goodie...another trip down the birth certificate thingie......I dont care where he was born...he still has no clue what to do

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Alicia Leonard avatar
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#21
Oh goodie...another trip down the birth certificate thingie......I dont care where he was born...he still has clue what to do


You led and neither do I.
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#22
Oh goodie...another trip down the birth certificate thingie......I dont care where he was born...he still has no clue what to do


Must have been a graduate of the "W" school of higher learning...:cool:
Blair avatar
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#23
Must have been a graduate of the "W" school of higher learning...:cool:


Prfesident Obama has accomplshed_________________

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#24
Prfesident Obama has accomplshed_________________

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blank = beer summit and an apology tour
AlphaCrab avatar
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#25
blank = beer summit and an apology tour

kkddss..is that you?:idontno:
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