Tuesday
Nov172009
Lou Dobbs Makes A Graceful, Conspiratorial Exit (SNL Rip)
Saturday Night Live Video: Loud Dobbs Makes A Graceful, Conspiratorial Exit -- Aired Nov. 14
Lou Dobbs appeared claiming he retired from CNN because he thinks the "C" stands for the Spanish "si." Dobbs (Darrell Hammond) calls his replacement, John King, "Juan" -- a colleague who may have paid for his ascension with drug money. Runs 2 minutes.
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Nov 17, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Reader Comments (13)
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Lou Dobbs opposed the bailouts and gave airtime to Marcy Kaptur and (a congressman whose name I ccan't remember) when they were offering up alternatives to the bailout last September.
James....I love what Lou Dobbs has done for the anti-bailout coalition...he has been a voice of truth and reason among the idiot MSM...
I worked with Lou and Debra Marchini on Moneyline over a decade ago...he had a long run on CNN...and he wasn't controversial really in any way until the past 18 months...i'll bet he wins if he chooses to run for the Senate...
That's awesome. What's he like (or what was he like back then)?
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We're up in Chicago all week...participating and covering this event...David Walker delivers the keynote tomorrow...looking forward to getting him on camera afterwards...
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Hopefully we'll have good things to report...we'll try to get 5 or 6 posts up everyday for the rest of the week on normal things...if we can pull it off...then we'll start posting stuff from the Mobilize.org event when we return home...
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