I Agree With Lou Dobbs
Posted by MEC on November 30, 2007
At least, I agree with what he said at an appearance in Dearborn, Michigan, as reported by the event’s sponsor WWJ Newsradio:
Dobbs said current “faith based economic models” have resulted in the loss of millions of manufacturing jobs and 30 years of rising trade deficits. The current economic course is simply unsustainable, he said…. “George W. Bush and his economic policies are absolutely ruinous to this country.”
But then Dobbs added, “to be fair and balanced, (Senate majority leader) Harry Reid and (House Speaker) Nancy Pelosi are equally gifted in public policy.”
Dobbs said it’s time to press back against both parties, which he said were thoroughly controlled by corporate America, which “isn’t working for the working people of America … Corporate America has completely and utterly abdicated its leadership in this country and it can’t be tolerated any longer.”
I appreciated that Dobbs put in a very good word for Michigan’s Gov. Granholm, who’s under constant assault by Republicans for, well, basically, for not being a Republican.
“Against incredible odds, I think this governor is doing a tremendous job… I think your governor is doing everything imaginable.”
And you probably won’t be surprised that I loved this bit:
“David Brooks has decided 31 years of empirical evidence that your policies are wrong are to be ignored. A record low dollar against the yen and the euro is inconsequential. David Brooks sounds like he’s working for George W. Bush in a very small office in the basement of the White House.”
Dobbs predicts that an unnamed independent will announce a presidential run in the next 90 days, and he seems to be hoping that this independent will offer the solutions to our economic woes that the major-party candidates are lacking. He has a lot more faith than I do that an independent candidate will be taken seriously enough by enough people to affect the political process and economic policies.
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Phoenix Woman said
It’s going to be Ron Paul, and he’ll peel off enough of the GOP vote so that the Democrats could win with a Kucinich-Gravel ticket.
Charles said
Ever the optimist, PW. :-)
Charley said
I think it’s going to be Lou himself. He’s got an interesting “populist” message about the economy and a despicable message on immigration that will probably play pretty well once Ron Paul is out of the picture.
He may find that it’s a lot easier to sit in a TV anchor chair and take potshots at other people’s policies than to come up with intelligent ones of his own.
I do hope that someone on the loony right edge decides to run as an independent – someone supported by the “family values” crowd and the young-earthers. Someone so obviously insane that they will only sap the Republicans of the 20-25% of the electorate that is totally batshit insane. However, a Lou Dobbs candidacy won’t do the trick because he will sap votes from the corporatist Democrats who are already talking about “bi-partisanship” (i.e., “I think Adolf is really a nice guy I can work with.”).
As for an independent run on the left, forget it. If we actually had a 4-way race, it would end either in imposition of martial law or with the election in the House where we are sure to get another corporatist.
MEC said
Is Ralph Nader going to run again?
Bob in AZ said
My guess? The “independent” is Dobbs and he’s not interested in winning, just free publicity. Of course, I believed Nader after his loss in 2000 when he said he’d be “out there building an independent grass roots movement every day” until 2004, too.
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