Comments on: Dobbs Courts Latino Support, Angers Nativists

By: john

john — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:50:47 +0000

Don’t new legal immigrants to the US need some type of health exam or documentation?

I can not imagine that out of the tens of thousands of illegal aliens that there aren’t some communicable diseases.

They should, I would imagine, at least get a tb test.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:16:58 +0000

how was dobbs caught lying? if anything, this interview proved how uninformed this anchor really was with regard to Lou and his show. i disagreed with Lou’s timing with regarrd to being open to amnesty, but i don’t think he’s off base with the majority of voters, which would be open to the discussion of amnesty AFTER there was real border security, enforcement, and reform.

By: Ron James

Ron James — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:11:48 +0000

Dobb’s has my vote!

By: Penfan

Penfan — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:57:20 +0000

This is a nice interview by Maria Celeste; she held him to his former words and quite clearly read him the riot act. Dobbs just got caught lying and trying to policially legitimize his aforementioned words.

By: beholder

beholder — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:06:12 +0000

Mark my words he will go on air in a powder blue tie and stand by his constituency.

By: beholder

beholder — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:05:19 +0000

Lou is now is a kinder, gentler nativist.

By: Carter

Carter — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:53:24 +0000

The Latino community as is diverse as any other.
In Florida there are a great many Latinos who happen to be Conservative, in other areas have many Latinos happen to be Progressive. Often enough many Latinos leave politics alone. The reason is that those who have had experience with politics have learned the hard way that the GOAL is to get elected and to maintain office!

Some Anglos do not realize that there are a greater majority of Latinos who entered this country legally: love & treasure this country & the MAJORITY of individuals who won citations of Honor in the Military are Latino (It’s true, check Citations of Merit, Military.com).
Generally however the Latino community is aware that there exists Anglos who are bigots & look at individuals with Hispanic last names as all the same. This is far from the truth as many people should realize. There are Latinos who have strong feelings about those who enter this country illegally – especially when one’s ancestors obeyed the law & worked very hard to contribute to the overall growth of this nation.

Is Dobbs a bigot? Only his conscience really knows. I get the feeling that he “protests to much” (The hallmark of most….).
However my point is that this whole issue of Illegal entrance to this country, whether it is from people of Anglo, Asian, or Latino decent can easily become fused with bigotry.
It’s not too common to hear about those terrible Ukrainians or Russians who sneak in and exploit the system…. yet there are plenty of Whites who do so.
The discussion somehow has morphed into a discussion of bigotry & not one of legality. Bigots have “Piggy-backed” on the free ride of objection to breaking the law .
This is not unique as bigotry obviously exists to such an extent that those with such an agenda get a lot of mileage from painting the discussion of the Illegal Alien as one of Mexican orientation.
Back in the 1970’s there was a lot of talk about “Area 51″ & “Visitors for other planets”. – Would those little green men be called “Illegal Aliens”?
What if they didn’t do the legal paperwork and just milled around on corners looking for work? Dobbs would have his work cut out for him then!

By: stella

stella — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:38:38 +0000

When will the wingnuts realize that all the media wingnuts are just grifters and in it for the money. And Lou Dobbs must really hate Hispanics if he thinks that they are stupid enough to fall for this line he fed Telemundo. Dobbs should know that the only hispanic that will get on board with him will be doing so for political gain or money or both.