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Lou Dobbs and panelists argue for assault weapons to defend themselves against Syrians

Fox Business host Lou Dobbs and his panelists badgered their way through an argument on Friday that opposed stricter gun safety regulations out of concerns that Americans need assault weapons to defend themselves against attacks from Iran and Syria. “What scares the hell out of me we have a president,…

Eliot Spitzer slaps down Lou Dobbs for ‘right-to-work’ falsehood

Current TV host Eliot Spitzer called out Fox Business host Lou Dobbs on Thursday night for falsely claiming that so-called “right-to-work” laws prevented employees from being forced to join a union. “Despite the president’s misleading suggestions to the contrary, Michigan workers still tonight have the right to form and join…

Lou Dobbs: Christie ‘literally slobbered over’ Obama

Fox Business host Lou Dobbs says Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie knew exactly what he was doing when he “literally slobbered over” President Barack Obama in appreciation for the federal response to Hurricane Sandy. Fox News host Megyn Kelly told Dobbs on Tuesday that Christie had put himself in…

Lou Dobbs on U.S. Olympic headgear: Hugo Chavez wears berets too!

Adolf Hitler never wore a beret so Fox Business host Lou Dobbs is linking the U.S. Olympic team’s headgear to the next best villain he can think of: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Earlier this week, the co-hosts of Fox & Friends echoed conservative outrage over the berets that are being…

Lou Dobbs: Obama slogan tied to ‘Marxists and socialists and communists’

Fox Business host Lou Dobbs on Tuesday issued a breaking “news alert” that President Barack Obama’s latest campaign slogan “has ties to Marxism and socialism.” In a 7-minute video released Monday, the Obama campaign unveiled its new slogan, “Forward,” which has obvious similarities to MSNBC’s slogan, “Lean Forward.” Conservative newspaper…

Lou Dobbs: Dr. Seuss story indoctrinates children against big industry

Fox Business host Lou Dobbs warned Tuesday that a movie adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ children’s book The Lorax was indoctrinating children against big industry. Another movie, the animated Japanese film The Secret World of Arrietty, he derided for allegedly encouraging children to borrow things. He claimed the movies were “demonizing…

Lou Dobbs: ‘Fox is the perfect fit for me’

A year after leaving CNN, Lou Dobbs is announcing the launch of a new cable news show. This time, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation will be his new home. Dobbs is joining Fox Business Channel in 2011. “Fox is the perfect fit for me,” Dobbs told The Daily Beast‘s Howard Kurtz.…

Lou Dobbs departing from CNN — tonight’s the last show

Glory be — this announcement follows meetings between Lou “The Brown Menace Is Upon Us” Dobbs and Faux News Channel’s Roger Ailes. He made his intentions known during his 7PM ET show, talking about his “honest” commentary and how he will “pursue other opportunities.” The bigoted stench has left the…

Lou Dobbs photo/story scrubbed from Obama Waffles site

To bookend Jesse’s post… CNN's Lou Dobbs stopped by the booth and exclaimed, "My wife will love this!" Hmmm…why would the page on the Obama Waffles site linked above suddenly get pulled? After all, Lou Dobbs, a speaker at the Values Voter Summit, stopped by the vendor table to give…