Politico reports: ‘Mr. Independent’ mulls White House bid — Former CNN host Lou Dobbs fueled already rampant speculation about his political future Monday, sending the clearest signals yet that he’s mulling a bid for president–and leaving third-party political operatives salivating over the possibility of a celebrity recruit for the 2012 campaign.

Less than two weeks after announcing his departure from the cable network–and following a series of interviews in which Dobbs encouraged speculation about his political plans–the anchorman known to fans as “Mr. Independent” finally made his presidential ambitions explicit on former Sen. Fred Thompson’s radio show Monday.

Asked if he might make a run at the White House in 2012, Dobbs answered flatly: “Yes is the answer.”

“I’m going to be talking some more with some folks who want me to listen in the next few weeks,” Dobbs told Thompson. “Right now I’m fortunate to have a number of wonderful options.” [ READ MORE ]

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Dobb’s Road To Dismissal

Update: HuffingtonPost — In a recent interview with Spanish-language network Telemundo, Dobbs softened his anti-immigrant/anti-Latino message, as he attempted to position himself “as a champion of that fast-growing ethnic bloc.” “Whatever you have thought of me in the past, I can tell you right now that I am one of your greatest friends and I mean for us to work together,” he said in a live interview with Telemundo’s Maria Celeste. “I hope that will begin with Maria and me and Telemundo and other media organizations and others in this national debate that we should turn into a solution rather than a continuing debate and factional contest,” said Dobbs. [ READ MORE ]

Talk of a HYENA in a hen-house! You have gotta be kiddin’, Señor Dobbs!

Here is Dobbs in his TRUE Colors — A History of HATE and BIGOTRY

Notes: | President Dobbs: The First Tell-All Memoir | CNN’s Lou Dobbs – The Minister of ‘Propaganda and Enlightenment’ – An Anti-Immigrant Bigot. A Racist, Xenophobic Extortionist

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A tale of two networks: CNN’s movement on Dobbs was long overdue, but they eventually decided that their credibility as a news network outweighed Dobbs’ (rapidly dwindling) ratings. Fox News, on the other hand, shows no such concern with Beck, maybe because they didn’t have a whole lot of credibility to sacrifice in the first place. [ READ MORE ] [ Justicia Poetica: Dobbs Rises and Then Falls Thanks to Immigrants ]

FLASHBACK — Dobbs: “It’s just killing the left wing in this country that they can’t force CNN to fire me”

Colbert: “long-time anchor and award-winning xenophobe Lou Dobbs” resigned to “spend more time misinforming his family“

Stewart “actually agree[s]” with Dobbs that his audience will better understand the issues now that Dobbs has resigned

Levin attacks “Trotsky-like” CNN over Dobbs’ departure

Beck responds to his former CNN colleague Dobbs’ departure: “I’m surprised he lasted that long at CNN“

Epilogue:

Who will mainstream right-wing attacks with Beck’s lieutenant gone from CNN? — With Lou Dobbs’ departure from CNN, Glenn Beck and the right-wing media have lost one of their lieutenants in their campaign to mainstream conservative misinformation. On both his TV and radio show, Dobbs has ceaselessly attacked President Obama, members of his administration, and other progressives, and repeatedly adopted the falsehoods and smears that have emerged from right-wing sources. [ READ MORE ]

Bonus NUT-Bag Video:

One-legged Savage calls Hannity and Limbaugh “chickenhawks”

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MediaMatters: For years, Lou Dobbs has been one of the most dangerous hosts on cable news. He benefits enormously from the legitimacy of the CNN brand, which provides him with an unparalleled platform from which to mainstream the hate speech and racially charged conspiracy theories normally relegated to Fox News and other conservative news outlets. Dobbs calls himself an “advocacy journalist,” but he doesn’t even live up to that ambiguous standard. Good journalism enhances the discussion of serious topics, but Dobbs helps to undermine and debase that discussion, routinely infusing it with misinformation and fear. And when it comes to issues like immigration, he has more in common with birther Orly Taitz than with Anderson Cooper. [ READ MORE ]

Meanwhile (POLITICO) Reports:

Hispanic group to CNN: Rein in Dobbs: One of the country’s leading Hispanic organizations is launching a campaign designed to pressure CNN to rein in host Lou Dobbs.

The organization behind the campaign, Democracia Ahora, is kicking off the effort Friday with the release of a report based on interviews with 100 Hispanic leaders about the impact of Dobbs’ evening show.

The results of the report are not surprising – 90 percent of the interviewees believe Dobbs is helping create a negative image of Hispanics, with his frequent criticisms of illegal immigration.

But Democracia Ahora is hoping the report inspires a grassroots movement aimed at executives at CNN’s parent company, Time Warner, to draw attention to what the group calls “frequent negative portrayals of Hispanics on the Lou Dobbs show.” It is using its release to start a national campaign, “Enough is Enough!” that will be carried out through a Web site, www.TellCNNEnoughisEnough.com, that goes live Friday. [ READ MORE ] [ You may also take action at: DropDobbs.com ]

Dobbs thanks FAIR (a hate-group) for hosting “great town hall event” on “amnesty”

MediaMatters REPORT: CNN’s Lou Dobbs problem and the immigration debate — In light of Lou Dobbs’ reported plans to help lead the upcoming lobbying campaign of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) — an organization designated a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center — Media Matters for America reviews some of the most egregious conspiracy theories, hate speech, and undisclosed conflicts of interest in Dobbs’ immigration reporting. [ READ MORE ]

Dobbs suggests Media Matters is “hate group” for calling attention to his FAIR ties

Also, the Southern Poverty Law Center has joined the campaign calling on Dobbs’ Advertisers to Dump Him. The avuncular CNN host has a long history of stirring up hate against Latino immigrants by reporting wildly inaccurate information and sneeringly focusing on the immigration issue day after day on CNN. Click here for details

References:

1. CNN’s Lou Dobbs – The Minister of ‘Propaganda and Enlightenment’ – An Anti-Immigrant Bigot. A Racist, Xenophobic Extortionist.
2. The Teflon Nativists: FAIR Marked by Ties to White Supremacy
3. FAIR: Nation’s Most Prominent Anti-Immigration Group has History of Hate, Extremism
4. The FAIR Website — Packed With Racist Lies and Innuendo
5. Dobbs Provides A Platform For Racists

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[ Reference: Right-Wingers Are Stirring Up Xenophobia to Swiftboat Health Reform ]

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Faced with criticism from both the left and right, Lou Dobbs the KING OF ANTI-IMMIGRANT XENOPHOBIA is biting back like a “RABID HYENA” cornered with no escape. His ratings are dipping and his fellow CNN anchors are up his arse like a colonoscopy scope.

“Between the reaction from other media figures and the crashing of Dobbs’ ratings, CNN is making a mockery of its claim to being ‘the most trusted name in news,‘ ” said Eric Burns, president of Media Matters. “CNN can’t continue to condone Dobbs’ birther coverage and expect to be taken seriously. Jon Klein (President of CNN) owes viewers — and his network — more.” [ READ MORE ]

According to Media Matters, the Birther Movement is “a proxy for racism“, and Politico reports that a whopping 58 percent of Republicans either think Barack Obama wasn’t born in the US (28 percent) or aren’t sure (30 percent). A mere 42 percent think he was. That means a majority of Republicans polled either don’t know about — or don’t believe the seemingly incontrovertible evidence Obama’s camp has presented over and over and over that he was born in Hawaii in ‘61. It also explains why Republicans, including Roy Blunt, are playing footsie with the Birther fringe. [ READ MORE ]

Take action against this imbecile — Tell CNN to fire Lou Dobbs!

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Reference: CNN’s Lou Dobbs – The Minister of ‘Propaganda and Enlightenment‘ – An Anti-Immigrant Bigot. A Racist, Xenophobic Extortionist.
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Dobbs attacks SPLC critics as “the lie center,” “a racketeering enterprise“

Dobbs criticizes Maher’s “Stop the Birthers” op-ed for trying to “stop the freedom of expression“

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On Countdown, Moulitsas says Dobbs has made birth certificate his “personal crusade“

On The Ed Show, Moulitsas says there is “no information, no documentation, no evidence that will ever assuage” the birthers

G.O.P Now A Regional Party

Deutsch on why so many Republicans doubt Obama’s citizenship: “Maybe because they’re morons.“

Grand Kenyan: Bill Maher Takes on The “Birther Movement“

Birthers, A Miscarriage Of Truth

Obama vs. The ‘Deathers’

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