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Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 9:16 am
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Alex Burns does the work of talking to third party organizers to see if any would get behind a presidential candidacy from former CNN host Lou Dobbs, who floated the idea yesterday on former Sen. Fred Thompson’s (R-Tenn.) radio show. Bay Buchanan says yes; no surprise there. Dean Barkley, a shallow independent candidate from Minnesota, also says yes, which is something more of a surprise, as Minnesota’s Independence Party runs on basically no issues at all while Dobbs threatens to run on a platform of know-nothingism.
What reason is there to believe that Dobbs, a bottom-feeding broadcaster who struggled to draw 800,000 nightly viewers, has a ready pool of voters waiting for him? All I see is a 2006 Rasmussen Reports poll suggesting that a third-party candidate who talked about ending immigration, as Dobbs does, would score 30 percent of the vote. A Dobbs boomlet makes more sense that the truly foolish “Unity 08″ boomlet of 2007, when some retired campaign consultants suggested that some combination of independent-minded politicians should run for office, just because.
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Pingback posted November 24, 2009 @ 12:07 pm
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Comment posted November 24, 2009 @ 1:59 pm
I discuss Dave Weigel lying about Lou Dobbs at the link. If you trust with Weigel tells you, see the link.
Comment posted November 24, 2009 @ 3:47 pm
I'll tell you what I don't trust, incessant blogwhoring without even the slightest attempt to put a fact or coherent argument in one's comment.
Comment posted November 24, 2009 @ 4:54 pm
We're not visiting your crazy ass site, 24Braincells. Stupid link whore.
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Comment posted November 24, 2009 @ 10:48 pm
Whebsite?
Whee don't need no stinking whebsite!!
I prefer to think of him as a pimp for his crackwhore of a website.
Comment posted November 28, 2009 @ 10:28 pm
Lou Dobbs might be better off testing a seat in the US Senate, rather than trying to leap into POTUS. He might make it into a presidential race, only to face a diluted voting pool. Maybe a town mayor or state governor job to gain executive experience. But, he is in his 60s, while Obama is in the 40s, so Dobbs not only has considerable knowledge and experience, but he has paid his dues, and deserves a shot at being POTUS, rather than a government critic.
And don't misjudge Dobbs' support by his viewer count, since he has a huge following via radio and YouTube.
Comment posted November 29, 2009 @ 3:28 am
Lou Dobbs might be better off testing a seat in the US Senate, rather than trying to leap into POTUS. He might make it into a presidential race, only to face a diluted voting pool. Maybe a town mayor or state governor job to gain executive experience. But, he is in his 60s, while Obama is in the 40s, so Dobbs not only has considerable knowledge and experience, but he has paid his dues, and deserves a shot at being POTUS, rather than a government critic.
And don't misjudge Dobbs' support by his viewer count, since he has a huge following via radio and YouTube.
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