Lou Dobbs keeps flailing the dead horse of his fake ACORN 'scandal'
Lou Dobbs and Co. (in this case, "reporter" -- and we use the term very loosely indeed -- Drew Griffin) have earned a new title: Masters of the Well-Beaten Mummified Horse Corpse:
In March, a House subcommittee looking into lessons learned from the 2008 election, heard from a Republican lawyer from Pennsylvania, accusing ACORN of a multitude of violations. In response, Democratic Congressman John Conyers, a fierce partisan who defended ACORN during the presidential campaign, surprised fellow members when he called the accusations a pretty serious matter. Conyers asked New York Democrat Jerrold Nadler to conduct a subcommittee hearing on ACORN. Here is what happened next.
REP. JERROLD NADLER (D), NEW YORK: Let me just say that I would certainly consider a hearing on ACORN, if I ever hear any credible allegations.
REP. JOHN CONYERS (D), MICHIGAN: Whoa. Wait a minute. This is a member of the bar here that got a successful partial injunction against ACORN.
NADLER: The chairman makes a good point and we will certainly consider it.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
GRIFFIN: Lou, they didn't apparently consider it very long. Congressman Nadler's office tells us there will be no hearing on ACORN. When we asked why, we were told Congressman Conyers changed his mind. When we looked for a statement there, this is what we got from Congressman Conyers' office.
"Based on my review of the information regarding the complaints against ACORN, I have concluded that a hearing on this matter appears unwarranted at this time." That's just about a month after he called the whole affair "pretty serious." Lou?
DOBBS: Obviously Congressman Conyers is not the only fierce partisan on that committee -- a stunning reversal and no further explanation.
GRIFFIN: Nope, we actually asked for an interview. We asked for an explanation of this very statement which says really nothing at all, what kind of evidence they reviewed that changed his mind. This is all we got in return, Lou.
DOBBS: Drew, thank you very much and ACORN is -- well I think we would have to say an interesting and unique organization that deserves a lot more attention, if not investigation on the part of all of us.
What Dobbs and Griffin seem to have trouble wrapping their little heads around is the reality that there's no there there.
Even in cases like the Nevada prosecution, the problem appear to be an issue regarding individual miscreancy more than organizational corruption. And how serious is the problem, exactly?
Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller emphasized the case involved "registration fraud, not voter fraud," and insisted that no voters in Nevada were paid for votes and no unqualified voters were allowed to cast ballots.
... ACORN has said the bogus cards listing such names as "Mickey Mouse" and "Donald Duck" represented less than 1 percent of the 1.3 million collected nationally and were completed by lazy workers trying to get out of canvassing neighborhoods. The organization has said it notified election officials whenever such bogus registrations were suspected.
ACORN spokesman Scott Levenson denied the Nevada allegations on behalf of ACORN, which works to get low-income people to vote and lists offices in 41 states and the District of Columbia. He blamed former rogue employees for the alleged wrongdoing.
"Our policy all along has been to pay workers at an hourly rate and to not pay employees based on any bonus or incentive program," he said. "When it was discovered that an employee was offering bonuses linked to superior performance, that employee was ordered to stop immediately."
Levenson said the two former ACORN organizers named in Monday's criminal complaint — Christopher Howell Edwards and Amy Adele Busefink — no longer work for ACORN and would not be represented by the organization.
Yeah, as Dobbs has argued, why should Conyers be bothering with those silly torture investigations? Let's go chase Lou Dobbs' favorite wild goose instead!
Rrrrriiiiight. Give it up, Lou.
ACORN alerts you to the fraudulent registrations... and you charge ACORN!?!?!?
Thiss stuff only fuels the Wingnuts and is certain to end in acquittal.
What does Nevada get from it?
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
it was Clark County, read Las Vegas metro.
This place is such a transient locale. One of the last
great places where you can get a good job with little/no education
and some casinos are still hiring. ACORN is a natural fit here, but this sounds like some rogue/lazy-ass workers that wanted to work as little as possible and still collect a paycheck.
any credible allegations that acorn was doing anything wrong. They submitted every questionable registration they came across. This fact seems to escape the likes of Dobbs and other people who dont have a news story.
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ACORN! I LUV IT!
Of course, if Acorn signed-up more "real" Americans to vote, you know, like white Republicans, then Fox News & Dobbs would be out there defending them to the last mile.
And the MSM is right there to make matters worse.
The AP today reported in a story run by Yahoo! News, that Acorn in Nevada was being charged with VOTER FRAUD.
Yup. It is apparently too much work for the press to actually get the story right and to state that Acorn sent in the fraudulant voter registrations from a few overzealous convassers.
Maybe ACORN should go for the institutional corruption next time. Then the repukes would be fine with it.
What we have here, is failur' of criminals to gain an indictment of innocent people.
Rush Limbaugh is what a smart person thinks a stupid bigot sounds like.
This guy is so hungry for attention it makes me almost feel sorry for him but I don't
The last time I watched him he was going on about how he received so many demands that he run for office he was embarrassed . Couldn't watch him again
Politics is ugly
Dobbs isn't equaly concerned about the AIPAC spy scandal case that was just dismissed!!
Whatever happened to that Murphy guys case? The dude who was suppose to tell where all the skeletons were in the Ohio vote shinanigans in 2004, but conviently died in an airplane crash on his way there.
That was after he asked for protection; fearing for his life. If I remember, the Bush family crime syndicates justice department said no.
Some people had already been convicted of voter tampering for the GOP.
Sure would like Dobbs and our MSM to look into that one.
Or what about the madam who said if she was murdered, it would be made to look like a suicide - which is exactly what happened! She had the goods on a whole bunch of repukes like diaper Dave Vitter "the critter!"
Wonder if Lou will look into that "outrage?"
Rush Limbaugh is what a smart person thinks a stupid bigot sounds like.
Dobbs can actually talk on a subject other than immigration. Un fortunately, he's just as crazy as ever.
Every media outlet where I've read this story seems to forget that ACORN was forced by law to turn in those micky mouse and such registration cards.
..the bobbleheads never refer to Republicans as 'fierce partisans?'
"In theory theory and practice are alike. In practice they are very different."
...anybody else bothered by that pink necktie? It doesn't seem to go with the rest of the outfit. I'm no fashion-ista, and I do like pink, but that tie was freaking me out a little.
The party that brought us Bush V Gore and the subsequent wrecking of our country talking about election fraud. Now that's rich!
Multi millionaire Dobbs's taxes are going up while ours are going down and he's pissed.
Thank you David Neiwert! Republicans and even some democrats STILL think ACORN is some evil organization because of how maligned they were during the last couple elections. It's unbelievable to me how badly they screw up the story... such as: ACORN flags and turns in suspicious registrations because state law requires them to, and then they are being burned at the stake by the media for turning in suspicious ballots!!! WAKE UP, they're required to in a lot of states!!
I will admit I'm biased... my brother is an ACORN organizer
Yea, to hear Dpbb's you'd think ACORN lied a nation into war, bankrupted the US treasury and cause the deaths of countless innocent people or something.
How can you be a fierce partisan and change your mind when you are mistaken or your knowledge of the situation improves Lou?
Apparently Lou can blow it out his cake hole and eat it too.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
I quit watching Lou Dobbs about three years ago when it became obvious that he is just another reichwingnut extremist who hates Mexicans. This ACORN charge is nothing compared to the tricks the GOP pulled in FL and OH and other states trying to limit the number of voters at elections and firing the US Attorneys and replacing them with wingnut, barely qualified attorneys trying to fix elections. Most of the bogus charges I have read about were not voter fraud because they caught the bad registrations before they ever went to the poll. Republicans just don't get it, they lost and they do not know how to win without cheating.
Not everyone that thinks the wide open border with Mexico is a problem "hates Mexicans" I think it is a big time problem and I happen to love many Mexicans including half of my family. The Obama camp used Acorn for political gain and that is illegal period. Everyone saw it happen and of course it is going to be spun here. I guess the well respected attorney for the Chrysler bond holders made up the whole thing about being strong armed into going along with the plan or else too? After all he had so much to gain by going against the grain. I will close comment with the following excerpt.
ACORN calls itself a "nonpartisan" group seeking to register minorities and the poor. But its political arm has endorsed Barack Obama, who both trained the group's staff and sued the state of Illinois on their behalf. And Obama's campaign has given ACORN affiliates $800,000 for a get-out-the-vote drive.
In fact, it's a get-out-the-vote for Obama drive as evidenced by a video recently aired by Fox News that showed just how "nonpartisan" the group is. It was taken at ACORN's national convention where Rep. Maxine Waters spoke to a sea of ACORN organizers wearing their uniform of red baseball caps and shirts.
Waters, to great applause and cheers, said: "This has been the worst presidency that this country has ever known. But that's all right. We're getting rid of his (President Bush's) ass. He's got to go."
The next speaker, an ACORN representative defined who "we" meant. She said: "We're getting Obama for president! Obama needs us, ACORN, but we need Obama. Don't we? Yeah!"
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx...
Robby, sorry buddy, you're wrong.
First of all, being non-partisan means that they will register anybody no matter who they want to vote for (because they don't ask, they just register). It also means they will back any member of any party that fits into what they're trying to do... which is:
"Since 1970, ACORN has been building community organizations that are committed to social and economic justice, and won victories on thousands of issues of concern to our members, through direct action, negotiation, legislative advocacy and voter participation. ACORN helps those who have historically been locked out become powerful players in our democratic system. "
You said the Obama camp used ACORN for political gain... How??? What did the Obama camp do? If they gave money to ACORN for a get out the vote drive, so what?? You think it's a bad thing to have more people vote??
I would just say the one sided endorsement of Obama's campaign by acorn.
"We're getting Obama for president! Obama needs us, ACORN, but we need Obama. Don't we? Yeah!"
along with the allegations of fraudulent registrations and other widely reported inconsistencies on acorn's part paint a pretty vivid picture. Has it been proven? Will it ever be? That does not mean it did not happen after all who in the current administration would lean on the ones that helped them anyway. Still a lot of Americans saw what happend and don't need hard proof to make up thier minds. I also remember when the acorn thing blew up that high up members inside acorn were way less cooperative and transparent than the article above would lead you to believe.
No, you're seeing from the angle the republicans want you to see it.. You're absolutely right that the allegations paint a bad picture - That's what they're trying to do. ACORN registers more minority voters than any other organization in america (that I know of anyway). Since minority voters traditionally have voted democratic, republicans predictably tried to hurt ACORN enough to try and make it not be able to register minority voters in such large numbers.
The fact of the matter is that ACORN checks for bad registrations and flags them for the state to verify. They are paying people low wages to do a pretty boring job, of course some of the employees are going to cheat at it... but at least ACORN looks for that and flags them. Unless they paid the employees 20 dollars an hour, you are probably going to see some people cheating (as in pretty much all registration type canvassing jobs).
Yes ACORN overwhelmingly endorsed Obama and usually endorses democrats. Unfortunately, this has less to do with being partisan (in the sense of loyalty to a party) and more to do with the utter lack of republican effort in helping minorities or low income residents. If republicans had an interest in that, ACORN would be endorsing them left and right.
Let me ask you this: Have you been able to find even 1 case where one of those bad ACORN registrations actually ended up in someone voting with it?
And finally, you admitted it right there at the end... you don't need hard proof to be turned against something or someone... you just need for someone to throw the accusations out there. They did and you bit.
"Have you been able to find even 1 case where one of those bad ACORN registrations actually ended up in someone voting with it"
No but I am not heading up an investigation and as I had said before if there was wrong doing I am pretty sure the current administration would not be helpful in uncovering it. Even if there was not one trying to would be a misappropriation. With all due respect I did not bite. I made up my mind based on the information given. Lastly I do not have to see a rat to know that one is in the house.
You already admitted you bit. You said you didn't need hard evidence, only bloviating heads...
All your posts have been: "I think ACORN is bad, not because I've seen any real evidence, but doesn't it just seem like they are?"
I mean if you really think that's going to fly your insane. You can give all the due respect you want, but it won't take away from you being a wonderful person for the base of some political party... so ready to believe anything said.
You couldn't even give one case where someone voted illegally because of ACORN, yet you're worked up over how bad they are... really? Not one person!!?? And your mad at what exactly?? I don't care if you aren't the one heading up an investigation (really?), but you would think if it had such a negative impact on the election you would be able to find at least one time where it actually had a negative impact on the election!!!
No chaking I did not even give one case of someone voting illegally in fact in I don't think I ever even said that. I said acorn was used for political gain however I never said how effective it was. Whether or not we agree that it happened in this case. Do you think it is ok to use taxpayer funds to bolster the campaign of one party or the other. I am sure that programs like Get Out the Vote were funded only to encourage more voting not to give one party or the other a leg up. I think this has happened. Do you think that a group that was so obviously for one side would encourage neutrality in their strategies? To me what acorn did make sense after all they knew who was paying their way. But taxpayers want to know that the funds are being used in an impartial way. You try to discredit me by repeating how I have “bitten” as if I was some kind of mindless fool being hauled in by the right like so much catfish but that is just not true. I made up my own mind. That’s what opinions are my friend. Tell me the part again where I said, and I have proof.
What are you talking about? Are you alleging that ACORN told people how to vote? That is a serious charge, but it is also the most ridiculous.
I worked for ACORN years ago and can tell you that the voting registration effort is not the only thing they do. They help communities organize themselves, how to deal with landlords and work to better their own neighborhoods, demand better city services, monitor city zoning & planning meetings, etc.
That being said, you're just dead wrong. You know nothing, you just WANT to believe that a group of poor working class, mostly non-white, mostly women, must be corrupt.
Obama didn't sue for ACORN of his own volition as a private attorney, he sued on behalf of the government; he worked for the government. That's too much for you to process, I'm sure. Furthermore, his presidential campaign did not pay ACORN.
What you believe are distorted allegations and outright lies because you WANT to believe them, not because they haven't been debunked before.
The blowhards and mean-spirited people who perpetuate them have a malevolent agenda that you may or may not agree with (the jury is out on that one) but they're not clever about it and neither are you.
Yes sir that is exactly what I am alleging you would have to be pretty naive to think it's is ridiculous. Espeicaly after viewing the video of the ONE SIDED acorn pep rally led by the ACORN representative with her battle cry
"We're getting Obama for president! Obama needs us, ACORN, but we need Obama. Don't we? Yeah!"
They were all looking pretty social in thier matching red caps and shirts don't you think comrade? I guess the hammer and sickle silk screens were on order. I am well aware of acorn's function my aunt was a member of acorn but it has been quite some ago before the intended purpose fell along the wayside along with the unions. Go ahead and drink the fool aid bro. You know Jim Jones was a community organizer too. Also how would you have any idea what I know? That is a pretty presumptious statment on your part and the refrence to the poor working class,non-white and women seems like an frail attempt to paint me a bigot.
LAS VEGAS -- Nevada authorities are accusing the political advocacy group ACORN and two former employees of illegally paying canvassers to sign up new voters last year.
Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto filed charges Monday alleging the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now had a handbook and policies requiring employees in Las Vegas to sign up 20 new voters per day or be fired.
Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller and Masto say that's voter registration fraud, and it violates state law banning quotas for registering new voters.
A criminal complaint filed in Las Vegas Justice Court accuses ACORN and two former employees of 39 low-level felonies.
also after a little research you have In Missouri Eight workers pleaded guilty for false registrations, Washington State seven indicted three pleaded guilty, Colorado two convicted of perjury and for false registration forms, Wisconsin Workers charged with election fraud for filling out false forms to meet daily quotas, New Mexico nine acorn employee for filling out false registration forms.
Now that is a lot of felony charges and the wonderful irony of it is that when convicted of felony charges they will lose their VOTING RIGHTS. Rightfully so.
Again robby, you're ignorant... From your last post you point out that a lot of canvassers hired by acorn committed fraud. That's not ACORN doing it, as I bet most of those cases were actually discovered by ACORN themselves!!! They flag the ones that are suspicious and fire the employees who turn them in... get it right Robby... you've been had
Again Robby... show me one instance where someone actually voted based on those bad forms... Why are you so upset about ACORN?
Here's a case where republicans were engaging in voter registration fraud on purpose and with the intent actually change something:
http://www.calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=...
Here's more republican voter registration fraud... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/19/gop-...
Here's more republican voter fraud, this time from Las Vegas:
http://www.lasvegasmercury.com/2004/MERC-Oct-...
Have fun with that... ACORN gets screwed because some kids fill out cards with fake names like Mickey Mouse... and that pisses you off to no end. Meanwhile, republicans are actually trying to sway the make up of districts and nary a word from you... moron
If you beleve that what's is going on with acorn is just the result of chicanery at the hands of kids you are more simple than your comments suggest and this stament
"They will vote for/endorse the candidates that fit into their philosophy" they are not allowed to endorse one party or the other while getting taxpayer funds.That's the problem.
furthermore I fully realize that the red caps and shirts however fitting are more uniform than socialist attire. It was just pointing out an irony.
You're ridiculous robby... that's the color they chose... Do you think all of the Cincinnati Red's fans are commies too... moron
How many times does this have to be explained to you??? They will vote for/endorse the candidates that fit into their philosophy. If Republicans fit into their philosophy they would be voting for/endorsing them...
What about that don't you understand??
"Also how would you have any idea what I know?" -- Um, from what you say... You're ignorant beyond belief.
It doesn't depend on your party affiliation, they turn them all in. Unlike some Republican outfits. Keep buying the stupid Faux crap, and the next thing you know they'll have you believing the world is flat.
Hogwash,
Lou Dobbs like every other American doesn't "hate" Mexicans or any particular race, creed, or nationality. Lou Dobbs is like 86% of ALL Americans. We want to see illegal immigrants removed from the United States no matter where they come from. Illegal immigrants ARE criminals. They have broken the laws of the United States by entering our country without due process. But so have illegal immigrants from other countries. If the majority of illegal immigrants came from England I am sure Lou Dobbs would be focusing on English illegal immigrants rather than Mexican illegal immigrants. Same Same in all regards.
I feel fairly good about our president (I had to vote for change) this last time around. BUT...I do believe that Immigration reform will hurt our democratic congress if they try to pass another amnesty bill. I believe this will swing voters back to the GOP if the democrats try to pass another amnesty bill especially after the failed amnesty bill. The majority of Americans are against any form of amnesty. Speakng for myself I am not a Democrat nor a Republican and quite frankly I'm tired of a do nothing demopublican congress who cannot enforce our current laws.
Did you also know that Lou Dobbs is married to a "MEXICAN AMERICAN" which is different than an illegal immigrant meaning his wife is a American citizen. As such how can you say Lou Dobbs hates Mexicans? Obviously he loves his family and children who are "Mexican Americans". Perhaps Lou Dobbs just doesn't like people who break the laws of the United States...Wow what a concept... Perhaps its time law enforcement should do their job and enforce he laws on the boos at present..... Of course theres a oxymoron for you "law enforcement" as pertained to illegal immigration from any country.
I have to wonder why we call it illegal immigration when perhaps we should drop the term illegal immigrant and simply call anyone who enters our country illegally by the right term....criminals.
I also agree that the GOP is not a party of angels by any means as they have more than their fair share of corruption and scandals.
But as for Lou Dobbs I believe he is one of the best unbiased jounalists in the country akin to Ted Koppel. Lou Dobbs presents the facts and views from all sides of an issue.
As for Acorn do your research. It is obvious to me that ACORN committed fraud and embezzlement as well as other crimes as quoted in the New York Post see link below. IF they tried to register Mickey Mouse as a voter (which they did) obviously as a organization they DID commit fraud or at a minimum their organization is/was led by incompetant people.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07132008/postopin...
I agree with pretty much all of that. As for the last part of your post. Where is the outcry for oversight even if this is just a case of incompetence. If this went the other way this blogg would be full of comments demanding that heads roll.
17 hours ago and managing to post a link to the NY Post about ACORN being the victim of embezzlement (but implying that they committed a crime) and giving a BS post about immigration.
You registered just in time so that you & Robby can act as an amen corner for each other.
SMH ... you people are so transparent. Do you get paid to troll?
"Outrage Over Acorn"
That's the out of touch GOP for ya. The previous Republican president left us with a deep recession, 2 failed wars, falling home values, Americans out of work and they're still "outraged over Acorn".
It's amazing the comments posted on this story. Maybe everyone should find out what party the attorney general of nevada is from. Gosh, you'd find it to be Democrat! Yes, not Republican, but DEMOCRAT. They called out ACORN for fraud, breaking election laws, which is a felony, and yet all of the posts here SUPPORT the corruption. Maybe, just maybe, all the posters are members of ACORN. YA THINK?????
This is about Lou Dobbs not Acorn. Lou Dobbs is looking out for lou dobbs. He needs new producers, that do their research before they paint themselves into another corner. Remember the Lou Dobbs Leprosy scare?
They called out ACORN for fraud, breaking election laws
nice rumor - references please!
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
truth4real - Is that really how you come up with your answers? non sequitur arguments? If said attorney general is a democrat, then that MUST mean that ACORN is guilty as charged!
First of all, do you even know what the alleged "corruption" was?
Second of all, do you ever wonder why ACORN never has been convicted even though they've had the spotlight shone on them the last 2-3 elections?
Lastly, have you read the case?? The charges against ACORN in nevada are that they would only keep people onboard if they could register 15-20 people a day. If they didn't then they would fire them (that seems to be Nevada specific, as ACORN offices around the country are pretty separate entities and most didn't work that way). So the Attorney General is saying that the way it was setup encouraged or directly caused the canvassers to lie. Well that's not true, but if you want to use that logic, then police departments with quotas should also be tried because it would, in her theory, force the officer to "lie" or "cheat"... We might agree with that, but it's definitely not what everyone is so worked up over. People think ACORN somehow committed massive voter fraud, when in actuality only the Nevada branch behaved like most local police departments... AHHH... THE HORROR!!!
The biggest problem with all of these allegations are that ACORN is being victimized twice. Once by the people who filled out the bad forms, and then again by the media and now attorney general of Nevada. ACORN hates bad registration forms and the people who fill them out because this stuff happens... believe me, they don't need a few extra registrations out of the millions they get anyway... it's just bad business.
The wingnuts have a real ACORN fixation. They are so desperate for an enemy to hate that they've seized on a group of housing activists. Crazy, man!
He gets into these snits wherein you expect him to bluster "My god, someone defecated on my mother's pizza!" His lead for every show should be "But...but THIS is an outrage!"
Lou's head looks like an 80 year old dick that has been jerked off too much.
In Australia , voting is a responsibility, not a privilige. Elections are run by the Australian Electoral Comission , they handle the assembly of candidates, printing the voting forms (ON PAPER), getting rooms available to make your vote in (usually schools, churches, etc) and counting of the votes once voting is done for the day.
Once you turn 18, you enrol to vote. If you move suburbs or states , you let the AEC know where you are (suburb, postcode), so the list of eligible voters in the country is kept current. This list is sent to every polling booth in the country.
When you turn up to vote , which is almost always on a Saturday, you need photo id (drivers licence covers it, or any utility bill with your name on it will do too). You declare that you haven't voted anywhere else that day. Your name and suburb is checked against the list mentioned before, you're given your forms , you fill them out with a pencil or pen, put them in the boxes provided, then leave. If you can't read simple english and don't fill out the voting forms right , too bad , your vote is invalid.
You even get fined if you don't vote :) I, er, missed a council election once , cost me $50 , oops..
The notion that a political party could invalidate my right to vote because of something like having your house foreclosed , is grossly mean-spirited , I don't know why you guys tolerate it.
Voting ignorantly is maybe worse than not voting at all. I wouldn't want my country to impose fines on people for not voting... If that happened, the person with the most famous name would almost always win, I would think..
we can send Lou Dobbs down to CNN Texas after the succession?
I think you mean secession.
Us Texans would be proud to have Lou Dobbs as a resident.
Check it out:
In Texas we don't pay state income tax..Do you?
In Texas our state isn't in debt. Is yours?
In Texas we have the right to defend ourselves...Do you?
In Texas we punish criminals.....Do you?
Texas is a pretty good place to live unless you are a criminal.
While I love the United States and do not want to succede from the union (as is the right of Texas). The one benefit I see is no more income tax.... Hmmm maybe that isn't a bad idea after all. hahahahaha
I second that. I think Dobbs is pretty fair about his reporting and gets labeled a racist unfairly way too often. Put your race cards on the bottom of the deck for a while people. Overplaying them will yield the same results as crying wolf.
Do you know how much money Texas asks for from the Feds?
Who's going to pay for your border patrol after you secede?
No federal money for your roads and schools anymore...
If Texas seceded you would be forced to have an income tax because you wouldn't be getting money from the feds.
-In Washington we don't pay income tax either... wow...
-Everyone has the right to defend themselves... you've probably heard bad information.
-I couldn't find numbers for this year, but in 2006 Texas was actually in debt.
-Texas punishes criminals? Everyone does... Maybe you mean texas has one of the worst records for getting capital punishment right - passing up appeals for people who seem assuredly innocent just because it would be inconvenient. So yes, Texas kills more people than any other state... great... sure makes me want to move there
jeez, your arrogance in texas in nauseating.
Even with all that, stats say and have for quite some time people from all over just can't wait to come to Texas although you would not know it by reading the comments in here. Apparently, even the most vicious Texas haters in here are really a minority compared to the exodus of Americans entering the state annually. In fact Dallas/Fort Worth tops the list with 162,250 in added population as of March 27, 2008. With four major Texas cities out of the top ten in the U.S. You guys rail on our governor and tell me how much Texas sucks then why do all of these fine Americans want to come here so bad? BTW how much money does Texas get from the fed per capita and how does that compare to other states?
Everybody is moving South... Texas has a lot of cities so therefore they will probably grow with the exodus from the North... just like California, Arizona, Florida etc...
Did Lou Dobbs ever do a story on Diebold, Elections Systems and Software (ES&S), and Sequoia Voting Systems? I would be willing to bet he never did!
a slacker that is on a salary with incentives, that is sitting on his ass, forging a report.
Maybe Dobbs should be fired and CNN be investigated for corruption.
Try finding an anti-"DemonRAT" thread on Free Republic that doesn't mention Soros and ACORN in every other post. They act as if our minds are being controlled by these folks like theirs are by Limbaugh. Trouble is, we don't work that way. We have minds of our own!
The Soros mind control technique consists of well reasoned arguments backed by evidence and presented in a civil manner. Clearly the antithesis of Lou Dobbs, and the freepers, with their focus on innuendo, rumor, deceit, fearmongering, hate, anger, and stupidity - hence, the animosity.
a pink tie?
Apparently in Dobbs world only Dems are partisan. And not only partisan but "Fierce[ly] Partisan." Conyers saw the evidence and Dobbs and his toady didn't so it's outrageous to accuse him of dismissing it due to partisanship.
I simply can't take this pudgy prick. Just another example of half truths and hype over nada.
He needs to retire and take up learning Spanish in a neighborhood social center for bigots and red necks. Put this f*cktard out to pasture. Maybe he can go down and guard the border??
Dobb's is just a old washed up, irrelevant Reslug Asshole
After further consideration I think it a huge irony the title of this blogg. Given the fact that it comes from the masters of the dead horse beatings.
Well, well, well, so much for defending ACORN. The President seems to have picked the wrong friends again.
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