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Anti-immigration CNN warlock Lou Dobbs needs a psychiatrist

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Niall O'Dowd

Published Thursday, November 12, 2009, 8:06 AM
Updated Friday, November 13, 2009, 3:05 PM

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Paranoid delusions: Lou Dobbs suffers from Superior White Man Syndrome
Paranoid delusions: Lou Dobbs suffers from Superior White Man Syndrome

Lou Dobbs doesn't need a new platform. He needs psychiatric help.

Dobbs suffers from Superior White Man Syndrome (SWMS).

He hits all the checkpoints; paranoid, yes; delusional, yes; irrational hatred, yes; unreasonable prejudice, yes; delusions of grandeur, even now that he is departing and hinting at a political career, yes.

Prescription? Lots of rest, Valium and three weeks in Mexico to study history, demography and the real lives of people instead of the manufactured lies he has used for years.

The ranting and raving, the finger-pointing and hate speech, and the complete lack of rational analysis has made it clear for some time that Dobbs is ill, and definitely in need of a good shrink.

Hate-filled speech did not come naturally to Dobbs, who was once a deeply respected economic commentator and a trailblazer on CNN, the network he just quit.

Then came the schizophrenia, the manic Lou Dobbs, the hater of anyone not white and privileged — like himself.

It first manifested itself in hate speech against Latinos, and soon spread to anyone who dared live in America without having been born here.

Dobbs is the kind of guy who would have turned back Sergey Brin, founder of Google, at the border because he was Russian and Jewish.

Dobbs' nightly rants were entertaining to the troglodytes, who like that kind of stuff for a while.

But he's been a one-trick pony — and he just fell off his horse.

His ratings were in a deep slump, and not even Dobbs could not stay angry all the time and have people take him seriously.

Nightly tantrums were fun at first, but soon, the patient needed help.

We've seen it all before, starting with the know-nothings back in the 1840s who hated the Irish; the Ku Klux Klan, which hated blacks and Catholics; and on television with Morton Downey way back when.

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Posted by plasticpaddy on Nov 24, 2009, 06:31 PM EST
Fox dominates the cable Tv news programmes because it is not a news station, it has no regard for any semblence of objectivity, it regularly presents things a s fact and is found to be completely disregarding of the context of a situation. Basically it is the equivalent of the Daily show, without purporting to be a comedy or opinion piece. Fox is a joke that all Americans should be ashamed to call news.
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Posted by kickstar on Nov 23, 2009, 05:37 PM EST
I am getting tired of illiterates who type and post complete comments in upper case, I mean try to get over the novelty of the BIG letters before posting here please
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Posted by JohnFB34 on Nov 22, 2009, 11:29 AM EST
Simple, Lou Dobbs is not a white supremacist,think, why should we give credibility to people who immigrate illegally into this country? It is against the law! I have no problem with anyone wanting to better their life coming here as long as they do it legally. I think O'Dowd should think before he makes off the wall comments and he should be deported for not upholding the laws we have on the books. Companies should be held liable for hiring illegal aliens to work for them. It is to the company's advantage,use them,fire them,do not have to pay unemployment,do not have to pay benefits. Yes,maybe it is the Federal Governments fault for not providing a verifiable way to check if these people are legal or not. If we allow aliens to violate the law,why not drop all the laws here and let people do as they please.
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Posted by Pat Riley on Nov 20, 2009, 10:13 AM EST
O'Dowd's anti-Lou Dobbs column leaves me with the impression that Lou just isn't left wing enough to suit O'Dowd and that O'Dowd is offended by the truth. I'd like to see Lou join FOX. I'd like to see O'Dowd write a column about why FOX dominates the cable TV news programs.
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Posted by jmacroibin on Nov 19, 2009, 01:23 PM EST
I don't understand why we should not have immigration control and the boarders closed and gaurded to help ensure we know who is here. A few points your missing in your rants is that Dobbs is married to a Latino, so I'd venture to say he is not racist. Also, this is an Irish site and I realize there are numerous undocumented Irish here in the U.S. you are fighting for, but I can't go to Ireland to work and live because I'm one generation removed from being able to obtain dual citizenship. So no work permit for me. Why should they be entitled to come here, when they do not offer me the same option?
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Posted by plasticpaddy on Nov 17, 2009, 03:53 PM EST
he personifies the way to break the law. Is that really waht you meant borefield, surely not right?






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