Lou Dobbs "Seriously Contemplating" Presidential Bid

[Ganja Ninja]

Wall Street Journal | John Fund | November 15, 2007 03:50 PM

(snip)

Friends of Mr. Dobbs say he is seriously contemplating a race for the first time, although it's still unlikely. They spin a scenario under which the acerbic commentator would parachute into the race if Michael Bloomberg, the New York billionaire and favorite of East Coast elites, enters the field as an independent. With Hillary Clinton continuing to score badly in polls in the categories of honesty and integrity, and with the public's many doubts about Rudy Giuliani and other GOP contenders, Mr. Bloomberg may well see an opportunity to roil the political waters by entering the race late. If so, Mr. Dobbs then sees a niche for a "fourth-party" candidate who could paint the three other contenders as completely out of touch.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/11/15/lou-dobbs-seriously-cont_n_72867.html

[quiet.american]

1. Give us a freaking break already. This country has turned into a bad joke. n/t

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Larry King Can Be His Running Mate

DSB

[asjr]

4. Abbot and Costello?

[BootinUp]

9. LOL.

I gotta stop reading Du for awhile. My face is starting to hurt.

[Whisp]

22. heheh., thanks for the laugh in these sour, dark times. nt

[CTyankee]

3. Fine with me! He can siphon off all the immigrant haters.

Then we can get on with the business of electing a Democratic president in 08.

[RichGirl]

5. Exactly...

Lou Dobbs will help Hillary the way Ross Perot helped Bill!

[Ganja Ninja]

6. Exactly. n/t

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. Lets' Be Careful For What We Wish For

We have some nativists in our own party... But , yeah, I don't see how he hurts us...

[Freddie Stubbs]

18. And people who are opposed to free trade

[JerseygirlCT]

24. Yes, I'm guessing the xenophobic vote is a rather large bloc

in the GOP.

[librechik]

7. huge improvement on the rest of the cons. Still, a raving nutball n/t

[La Lioness Priyanka]

10. xenophobia is a platform now?

[Ganja Ninja]

11. Lou calls it "independent populism". n/t

[La Lioness Priyanka]

12. dont republicans already have a strong grasp on the 'we hate brown people'

issues?

[Ganja Ninja]

14. I guess Lou feels the GOP is disingenuous.

The GOP wants to exploit brown people by keeping them illegal so they'll have to work cheap. Lou wants to shoot them as they come across the border.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

15. thats worthy a duzy!

[mtnsnake]

13. He isn't qualified but I think he has a shot because of his winning personality, charm, & good looks

:evilgrin:

[watercolors]

21. If he runs, he will take a large number of independents vote!

nt

[robcon]

16. Maybe he'll run on the Know-Nothing Party line

anti-immigrants

anti-free trade

His favorite trick: showing a crime by an immigrant, then holding a CNN poll on whether immigrants should be allowed into the U.S.

He's a demagogue, and pond scum.

[TwilightGardener]

17. Why was Colbert's candidacy a joke, but Dobbs' potential candidacy NOT a joke?

How are they any different? Actually, Dobbs IS a joke, but that's beside the point.

[quiet.american]

19. Because Colbert is a professional comedian and is in on the joke. nt

[donsu]

20. lol

nt

[Armstead]

23. Snowball's chance, as I don't see Bloomberg running

Unless he suddenly becomes suicidal (in a political sense) I can't envision Bloomberg throwing his hat into the ring at this point.

He's got a shot at moving up politically, in either party, and I doubt he'd blow that on a purely symbolic run as a third party candidate.