Is Lou Dobbs a racist?

[keep_it_real]

He is really coming across as a racist hiding behind not being a racist to me.

[noamnety]

1. Is the sky blue?

If it's not blue where you are, you can contact Lou Dobbs for an explanation of how illegal immigrants are somehow responsible for ruining the color of America's skies.

[ryanmuegge]

2. A lot of people don't like him, but I think he's courageous.

I'd like to think he isn't a racist.

[againes654]

6. Do you have a border fence around your house?

Hell yes he is racist. Courageous....how exactly????

[TwilightGardener]

10. The same way Rush Limpballs is "courageous"--plays to fear and suspicion

and has to trump up an us-vs-them sentiment for ratings.

[ryanmuegge]

29. Fear and suspicion of globalization is warranted.

He's courageous because of the way he covers economic issues, which is radically different from anybody else I can think of in the mainstream media.

Focusing on issues of race and gender is so 1990s. There are bigger problems now. Much bigger problems. While I can't peek inside the guy's mind to tell whether he really is a racist against illegal Hispanic immigrants, I respect him a lot for the way he covers economic issues.

[Skittles]

3. he does have legitimate concerns about illegal immigration

however, I feel that too often he fails to distinguish between people as illegal aliens and HUMAN BEINGS

[leftofcool]

7. Exactly

[saltpoint]

4. If I wanted someone in charge of improving race relations in my country,

Lou Dobbs' phone would not ring.

[rzemanfl]

5. Does a bear....? Is the Pope....? n/t

[TwilightGardener]

8. He is. Everyone will point to his Mexican wife, but he's got a real problem.

[keep_it_real]

16. In spit of his Spanish speaking wife, I think he does also.

[MadBadger]

9. Does Bill O'Reilly like Falafels?

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. Nah he's an idiot

[skooooo]

12. He's so shrill about immigration, I have to think so, yes.

[barbtries]

13. beware anyone

who claims they aren't racist. that's the most insidious kind of racist.

[Ian David]

14. Does an ursine mammal defecate in a verdant environment? n/t

[Nitrogenica]

15. Before Olbermann, he was one of the few people on Cable news who

would call out and criticize Bush.

Still I agree he seems a bit racist.

I think he should focus more on the reasons why so many immigrants came here.

Minnesota companies advertised for labor in Mexican newspapers, for example, 4 years ago, it was in the news here.

We can't ignore businesses who take advantage of people for cheap labor.

[BlooInBloo]

17. Um, he's never hidden it.

[keep_it_real]

18. Thank you all.

Glad to know it's just not me who has this perception.

[Stinky The Clown]

19. To call someone racist when they aren't is to lessen the impact of the word

Dobbs is likely not a racist. I think his views on immigration are awful, deplorable, xenophobic, despicable ...... but not racist.

[Better Believe It]

20. He Is Worse And More Dangerous Than A Simple Racist

Enough said.

[asdjrocky]

21. Yes.

[Quantess]

22. I have mixed feelings about Lou Dobbs.

He is obsessed with illegal immigration, which gets tiresome. I don't think most Americans are as disproportionately upset about illegal immigration as Dobbs is. But sometimes he has good points on other issues.

But the last time I saw him, he was complaining about Obama and his pastor, sounding just like everyone on FAUX.

[hifalutin]

23. He does insist

he's not against immigration, just illegal immigration.

Only the Shadow knows.........

[Cerridwen]

24. Yes. n/t

[SoCalDem]

25. Does China have chunky air & poison toys? n/t

[Ichingcarpenter]

26. He's an unabashed Bigot

but I don't know about Racist, although he does
display those tendencies. I heard he is married to a hispanic.

[UTUSN]

27. Are "racist" and "asshole" co-equal? He's married to a Mexican-American

[TML]

28. Yes

He and reporter Casey Wian had the audacity to report on Reconquista a few years ago, including a map on how us Latinos were going to retake the Southwest United States from Mexico.

Fuck Lou Dobbs.

[dkofos]

30. no