June 14, 2008
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Lou Dobbs goes to hell to meet his maker
Unfortunately, it was Tim Russert who died
i powered up the computer last night to play Text Twist after a
hard day’s work in Reaganized New Yawk, and caught sight of
the news on my Microsoft-free Yahoo! homepage and somehow
got it in my head that Lou Dobbs died of the heart
attack
The thought of any of the limbaughnistas dying of a heart attack
is hilarious to me—i can picture NAMBLA Bill O’Reilly
doing a Fred Sanford mid-tirade…you wouldn’t see Limbaugh
doing it since he’s Oxycontoning somethang—and heart
attack is an oxymoron to that crowd since none of them
have anything resembling a heart
So Tim Russert was a journalist…not from the
so-called opinion journalism school…and
although he wasn’t in Edward Murrow’s league, he’ll probably
go down with the immortals—
Comments (8)
RYC: Funny how things work out. I haven’t read ‘Bleak House’ but I read something about Jarndyce v Jarndyce in Archer’s new book just after I read your comment.
I heard that they’re grooming…damn, I can’t remember her name…for an O’Reilly-like show. I liked Russert – I wonder what they’ll do with ‘Meet the Press.’
laura ingram?
I saw the title of this and hoped Lou Dobbs had died too. I was disappointed.
yeah, he was one of the only talking heads that didnt make my colon clench.
the news world is a less honest world today.
I don’t go to concerts. With all the money I’ve lost in the market I’m lucky to be able to hang out at the blues bar twice a week when they have a jam that’s free.
Love the cartoon. Reminds me of Tom Tomorrow, probably my favorite political cartoonist. And I hated Reagan – identified him as one of the Twin Spawns of Satan long before anyone else saw past the Bedtime for Bonzo shit-eating grin.
Tim Russert never impressed me all that much. Certainly no Edward R. Murrow. Russert was one week younger than me. Jay Leno is one day older than me. I’ll probably wonder till the day I die why those fuckers were so successful, while I’ve languished in obscurity my entire life.
What’s Text Twist? Are you referring to Word Twist on Facebook? If so, you should become my Facebook Friend and give me a run for my money on Word Twist and Scrabulous.
You’d never believe that a “nominal republican” would a) discount Reagan’s legacy; b) have no interest at all in Limbaugh, or O’Reilly, or c) be ambivalent about Dobbs. But that’s the case w/ me, and more than a few others. Of course, I’m sure that I’d score about a 10/100 on your index of correct political leanings, but we’re not all clones. I really liked Russert – of the major media interviewers, he was as objective as they come. He knew how to pursue difficult topics without going on a witch hunt or taking cheap shots. I’ll miss him. As far as Dobbs goes…. well, even though there’s still a bit more manufacturing than most of us might expect in NJ, Queens, and even in the tiny nooks of Manhattan (hey, most brokers work hard manufacturing the truth and the finanacial projections of the stocks they’re hustling), you’ll have a hard time convincing me that you have a balanced perspective on the degree to which the global economy has gutted the Midwest. Dobbs speaks to this frustration and hence, his appeal. Years ago, I considered him a guy who wasn’t going to let the media forget the interests of “working America”, at a time when no one would admit to any downside from globalism and outsourcing. In recent years, he’s grown alot more shrill. HOWEVER, the bigger problem is, that NO ONE IS REALLY GRAPPLING WITH THE DE-INDUSTRIALIZATION OF THE US AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. People are either profiting from it (and thus endorse it), or they’ve become so disheartened they’ve given up talking about it. The bill has already come due in some industries ( I buy steel; international producers are manipulating the price far worse than for oil). “Tax the rich” to the tune of 80%, and you still won’t be able to subsidize a middle class lifestyle for the rest of us, if the best jobs we can get are retail and fast food.
I LOVED TED BAXTER!!