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Pro-immigration group America's Voice calls on Lou Dobbs to run for president

Advocates say they hope Dobbs meets the same fate as Tancredo in 2008

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KELLY FINCHAM
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Irish Central.com Editor
Published Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 4:58 PM
Updated Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 5:15 PM
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America's Voice has urged Lou Dobbs to run for President.

That's right! America's Voice, the immigration advocacy group is backing Dobbs "the immigration propagandist" for President.

Frank Sharry, executive director, says Dobbs should meet a fitting fate.

“I so hope that Lou Dobbs runs for President. Because if he does, he will undoubtedly follow in the footsteps of other nativist candidates who ran for President," said Sharry.

"First, there was Pat Buchanan, who won less than 1 percent of the popular vote in 2000. Then there was Tom Tancredo, who was trounced in the Republican primaries in 2008. My guess is that Dobbs will do slightly worse than his two trailblazing buddies.”

Sharry was speaking after reports surfaced that former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs was planning a run for president?

Yes, apparently Dobbs is "reaching out" to Latino groups to try and get their support for a possible 2012 presidential run.

As you can imagine, the idea is meeting with well, howls of laughter.

"I'm reaching out to Latino groups...all the people whom I have been in an ongoing debate, to try to...find solutions," Dobbs told WTOP radio in Washington.

But Dobbs' views on immigration have so alienated us immigrants that he's going to find it a very tough sell.

Lisa Navarrette, vice president of La Raza, a consistent target of Dobbs' attacks laughed off the idea of Dobbs for President.

"All we can say is “Buena suerte with that, Lou',” she said.

And speaking of Lou Dobbs, America's Voice has also released a special Thanksgiving e-card celebrating the fact that his resignation means there's "one less turkey on the airwaves."

Click here to send your own Dobbs Turkey e-card.

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Posted by U2rocks on Nov 25, 2009, 10:58 PM EST
I support immigration reform, and this time it will pass. The small loud minority who shot it down last time will be the losers this time around.
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Posted by U2rocks on Nov 25, 2009, 10:57 PM EST
I think he should show his birth certificate before he's allowed to run LOL. Douchbag!@!@
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Posted by Wandagb on Nov 25, 2009, 08:51 PM EST
Dobbs has sold out before filing papers for running for anything. He now supports "legalization"! "Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." - Adam Smith, economist and ethicist Everything you need to know about immigration and what to do about it humorously told. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBw1nUlf38I (Roy Beck and NumbersUSA are the "gumball" heroes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7WJeqxuOfQ ----------------
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Posted by joelwisch on Nov 25, 2009, 05:15 PM EST
I think he should run for the Presidency. While almost all the canidates that have run in the past were tied to the policies of the party they came out of, Lou Dobbs is tied to the good of the people of the United States. And we know a good deal about him.. what his views are.. and he engenders a great deal of trust. Nativist President? Holy Cow.. you upped his rating by a very significant amount. Thank you.
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Posted by CrazyEyesKillah on Nov 25, 2009, 04:54 PM EST
There ain’t gonna be another (eight) stinking amnesty. Not now, not ever again. That’s because there are now way too many just like me who will use ANY MEANS NECESSARY to stop It—ANY MEANS NECESSARY. That goes especially for the arrogant, pushy Irish illegal aliens. If Dobbs supports that agenda, then I'll vote for him. Anything that punk Frank Sherry supports is inherently evil. Lock and load! Michael Joseph McGarry Aspen, CO
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Posted by BajaRat on Nov 25, 2009, 03:21 PM EST
I wonder what that America-hating liar and God-awful scumbag Sharry would do if Dobbs was actually elected president? LOL!! It would be bad days ahead for him and his vile buddies at the Tan Klan, the SPLC, ADL, LULAC, MALDEF, Casa de Maryland and their loathsome ilk in spades :-)


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