Lou Dobbs for president?

Kizzume · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:46 pm Post subject: Lou Dobbs for president?

There seems to be a group of people dedicated to trying to get Lou Dobbs to sign up to be a presidential candidate as an independent.

I actually like Lou Dobbs a LOT. Some people consider him to be too republican, but he considers himself an independent populist, and so far there is very little that I disagree with him on.

Here is the website dedicated to it.

http://www.loudobbsforpresident.org/

here is a google news search about it, quite a few stories about it:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=us&q=lou+dobbs+president&btnG=Search+News

Do I think he has a chance. No. But it's interesting nevertheless.

Kizzume · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:18 pm Post subject:

I think at this point, anyone new coming into the picture just seems to upset people--and there are several reasons why it might upset people.

The one about "it might take away votes from THIS side" or "THAT side" doesn't hold for me. Unless we're talking someone like Perot if he wouldn't have dropped out and came back in later--then someone like that really would have a chance.

The amount of money it costs now to get any decent amount of coverage is so ridiculous now, unless you happen to be one of media's favorites. Lou Dobbs would certainly get CNN's support, but how about the other networks?

tristanrobin · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 142 Location: New Haven, CT USA

He could never win - he's an entertainer - and people know it.

Kizzume · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject:

But so was Reagan and so was Clinton, to a large degree. Being an entertainer is unfortunately the element that people end up basing who is a "good" president on.

tristanrobin · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 142 Location: New Haven, CT USA

Reagan was - but Clinton wasn't. He was a successful politican. Now whether or not that is the same thing as an entertainer is a matter for a different discussion LOL.

Kizzume · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject:

Clinton hardly kept any of his promises. Reagan kept most of his. Not to prop Reagan up or anything--I thought his policies were horrible.