Geraldo Won\'t Shake

Geraldo Won't Shake "Shameful" "Hate-Monger" Lou Dobbs' Hand

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Geraldo Rivera appeared on "The View" today to promote his new book, His Panic, which prompted a discussion of how Americans fear immigrants. He explained that this fear is "a nativist reaction that started at the grassroots" and that it is "driven by the most savage talk radio campaign in history." When asked to name names, Geraldo targeted Rush Limbaugh and Lou Dobbs (who, incidentally, makes his debut as a talk radio host today).

"Lou Dobbs of CNN has been shameful in his hate-mongering," Geraldo said. "I would not shake his hand because this is a man that's done more damage to the cause of sensibile, comprehensive reform than anyone with a microphone."

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Geraldo appeared on "The View" today to discuss his new book, His Panic, and discussed the savage mentality coming out of talk radio. When asked to name names, Geraldo targeted Lou Dobbs (whose radio show starts today) and Rush Limbaugh. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1438502036http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=1178199204

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Lou Dobbs is a self-promoting airbag. Giving away a copy of his four year old "New" book every day on his program is a tacky bit of marketing that CNN should stop! That said, no immigration policy can work without border control. Geraldo should go back to drawing in the sand in Iraq, but not live! We need to close the border, enforce the law against the profiteers who have caused this mess, and fine them enough to safely repatriate the otherwise law-abiding aliens with our apologies. (The smugglers and gang bangers can be deported as their sentences are finished.)

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:02 PM on 03/03/2008
- Paul I'm a Fan of Paul 32 fans permalink

Geraldo must be having ratings problems again.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:58 PM on 03/03/2008

I am not a big fan of Lou Dobbs anymore ..he and his staff have mixed up a lot of facts.

BUT would you folks labeling him a racist do your home work.

Lou Dobbs is married to a Latina and grew up working along side migrant workers.
I would not be surprised to learn that he has done more stoop labor than many of his critics.

Olbermann has curiously jumped on the rub Lou's nose in it bandwagon, without mentioning Mrs. Dobbs ethnicity. Never thought I would be saying this but "Come on Keith do your home work".

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:51 PM on 03/03/2008
- guajiro I'm a Fan of guajiro 66 fans permalink

Did you know Clarence Thomas is black and is a Neo-Conservative?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:04 PM on 03/03/2008

you presume that Justice Thomas has ideals and beliefs. As far as I know has not uttered a word from the bench in two years so maybe he is a neo-con and maybe he is just a bench warmer (pun intended),

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:30 PM on 03/03/2008
- realpolitic I'm a Fan of realpolitic 150 fans permalink

No.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:25 PM on 03/06/2008
- tecpatl I'm a Fan of tecpatl 2 fans permalink

Marrying a Latina does not prove that he isn't a racist while his daily lies prove that he is. If she cared about her people at all and if she did not hate herself for being Latina, she would divorce him and publicly speak out against him. I suspect that she is an old-school Latina - oops - Hispanic - that revels in the fact that her birth certificate still says Caucasian, the word once used to describe any person that wasn't African-American or Asian.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:05 PM on 03/03/2008
- apikores I'm a Fan of apikores 6 fans permalink

I"m dating a Jew--does that mean I get to run around telling people the Holocaust never happened?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:17 PM on 03/03/2008
- CindyKay I'm a Fan of CindyKay 17 fans permalink
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All Lou Demands is that the American Government Enforce Current Immigration Law & to Secure Our Borders in order to stop a constant flow of illegals. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THAT???

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:13 AM on 03/04/2008
- tecpatl I'm a Fan of tecpatl 2 fans permalink

The fact that his wife is Latina is irrelevant. It does not stop him from spewing lies, half-truths, and distortions or from using incorrect information offered to him by Nazi umbrella groups.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:48 AM on 03/04/2008

Enough OK,
First of all the key word is illegal and we seem to often forget that...
Secondly if most of the illegals are latino then too bad...one cannot refute data...
Thirdly, I do not believe that an idiot sell out like Geraldo is a good samaritan.­..
He is just doing PR for his book and getting some good points...
Fourth, I remember once Geraldo in the news flaunting taking his son on a cruise
just like the typical hispanic new aristocrats throwing a sweet sixteen for their progeny...
As for Lou Dobbs he is one of the few journalists in the states who are taking the bull by
by the horn...As for shaking Lou's hand that is no relevant..­for I am sure that Geraldo
has shaken or kissed the hands of his masters many times a day...and will eternally
do it...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:42 PM on 03/03/2008
- tecpatl I'm a Fan of tecpatl 2 fans permalink

As always in this country, laws do not apply to Euro-Americans. Doesn't it bother you that even after most of this land was stolen from the Native Americans, that the treaties that were signed were ignored and broken? Of course not. Only brown people should obey laws in your world. And this so-called amnesty (which it isn't)? Didn't Euro-Americans get amnesty for stealing all this land and killing millions of Native Americans? Didn't they receive amnesty for keeping millions of human beings captive and working them to death for profit? Yes, they did. Didn't they receive amnesty for stealing a huge chunk of land from Mexico in order to expand the slave trade into Texas? Yes, they did. Are Euro-Americans honoring the treaties they signed with Native Americans? No way - they don't even want to hear about it. Lou Dobbs is a journalist? That's hilarious. He doesn't check his facts, he uses information from known Nazi umbrella groups, and he uses his position to spread his racist diatribe. How about that leprosy story? Completely false and he never did a follow-up. CNN has become the new Fox with the addition of Glenn Beck and Lou Dobbs. I refuse to watch it. You seem like a real legal eagle, so I you live on land that was once Native American, you should pack your bags and go back to Europe.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:59 PM on 03/03/2008
- KaAp I'm a Fan of KaAp 21 fans permalink

Lou Dobbs is a racist you only have to look at the border in Arizona ... What happens when children on their way home from school get stopped by militia guys demanding to see their papers? What happens when militia guys uniting under Dobb's battle cry trespass on someone's property and ask to see their papers?
What happens when people are afraid to get health care or go to school or when university students on academic scholarships are sent back to a country that they have never been in?
What happens to the Statue of Liberty ... oh yeah forget it ... how many of your ancestors came with documents?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:36 PM on 03/03/2008
- browndog2 I'm a Fan of browndog2 6 fans permalink

What happens when you start using your brain instead of using extreme hypotheticals to bolster an absolutely insane arguement?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:57 PM on 03/03/2008
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None of your hypotheticals would affect people that do not break the law when entering our country. How hard is that to understand?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:40 PM on 03/03/2008

They aren't hypotheticals, they are real. People die rather that chancing a visit to the hospital, By the way, this country has signed the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, and so our nation has a responsibilty to provide rights and protections to anyone here legally or not. No, they don't have the right to work, and they shouldn't be here, but we cannot call ourselvers a just nation if they cannot get some protection from crime, and access to medical services.
Your comment reminds me of those "christians" who blame the poor for being poor. Maybe that attitude is consitant with Randian Objectivism, but certainly not with christianity.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:25 PM on 03/03/2008

I doubt it would make a difference to you, but . . .

When my ancestors came here from Europe, they were forced to comply with health requirements. They were forced to notify the country they were there. Many were forced to demonstrate where they were living or would be working. They learned the English language. They WANTED to learn the language to assimilate as an American citizen. They did not refer to themselves as Dutch-American or German-American. They did not usually ask for or receive welfare services from the government. They had good family values. They worked hard and did not complain about their lot in life. They did not EXPECT to be taken care of or DEMAND anyone else conform to their lifestyle, or language, or cultural differences. They came here through legal channels. Most of all, they held themselves out as AMERICANS.

Try comparing that to most of the illegals today.

And if you still want to believe otherwise, give me your name and email and I will be glad to have you stay with me and you can come with me to pretty much any city south of the 8 freeway in San Diego, down to the border and see what all of those "hardworking" illegals are like.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:14 PM on 03/03/2008
- cheesewiz I'm a Fan of cheesewiz 4 fans permalink

Newsflash, this is 2008.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:06 PM on 03/03/2008
- browndog2 I'm a Fan of browndog2 6 fans permalink

Would Geraldo be singing the same tune if they were shipping thousands of people over here in empty oil tankers from the streets of Rhyad,Karachi, or Gaza. Where's their right to work and have a better life?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:35 PM on 03/03/2008
- bayviking I'm a Fan of bayviking 32 fans permalink

Dobb's one wife is Mexican. Rivera is a greedy publicity hound who spouts nonsense all day long. He fell hook line and sinker for BushCo 9-11 propaganda, quit his job and moved to Fox Fake News, requesting an assignment in Afghanistan. In a depraved act of self promotion Geraldo then staged a fake attack on himself and was recalled, to "clear up the matter", which was soon forgotten by Fox and the general public.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:34 PM on 03/03/2008

I thought Geraldo was living in Al Capone's vault.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:31 PM on 03/03/2008
- alvdh1 I'm a Fan of alvdh1 24 fans permalink

Geraldo was married to Kurt Vonneget's daughter. Kurt would not have much to do with him either, but he is a league ahead of the fear mongering, racist Dobbs. There has to be some middle ground on this issue which doesn't predispose the debate to hatred. We are a nation of imigrants whether we like it or not. Most of the hate and vitriol comes from the right because they have turned into a wedge issue to distract us from more important issues, like the conflict between Bush's supposed Christianity and killing innocent children and women in Iraq while demanding an end to abortion. The media is a co-conspirator.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:29 PM on 03/03/2008

I am a far left, people-loving person who believes that Lou Dobbs is 100% correct and that Geraldo is more or less a tribalist trying to battle the truth about the bankrupting of our country were we to try and integrate 30 million poor, uneducated, non-English speaking people into our country while we already have trillion dollar deficits, and the worst health care system in the world.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:27 PM on 03/03/2008
- guajiro I'm a Fan of guajiro 66 fans permalink

Getting some facts correct might clear your head up a little. First, the illegals are here already, so the idea that our health care system and/or deficit is going to get worse makes no sense; THEY'RE HERE ALREADY. If your argument is that illegals are bankrupting our country because they don't PARTICIPATE in their share of taxes, then how is "integrating" them so that they do pay their fair share of taxes, not going to work? You're tripping over yourself.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:52 PM on 03/03/2008
- atlantajoe I'm a Fan of atlantajoe 8 fans permalink

Most work for cash now and would pay some tax if paid legally.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:14 PM on 03/03/2008

Try going to Children's Hospital, San Diego any evening, and then tell me they are not a drain on the system.

And then go to the Home Depot near Qualcomm stadium and ask the "day laborers" that stand out in front how much in taxes they pay. Then ask them how many of their kids get free healthcare and education.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:18 PM on 03/03/2008
- zigzag1 I'm a Fan of zigzag1 6 fans permalink

The bankrupting of this country is the result of monkey boy spending trillions of dollars on a stupid war and charging it all on that big Chinese credit card. The Republican church of tax cuts and insane defense industry spending is like the ocean compared to a drop of water spent on a huge amount of hard labor by Mexicans.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:34 PM on 03/03/2008
- tgood I'm a Fan of tgood 8 fans permalink

Anybody that disagrees with LaRaza and all the open border advocates get labeled a racist and bigot. Boring and trite rhetoric that has run its course. The politically correct attempt to shut down the discussion of how this country is being invaded is over the top insanity. Instead of bashing Lou Dobbs, you should go after Geraldo who smirks and says " open borders all the way". Why not bash those who are helping bring about the loss of the sovereignty of this country through a misguided belief all the world's poor can bring their uneducated and poor population in without destroying the social and economic structure ?

I wouldn't shake Geraldo's hand if I wore rubber gloves. With his reputation, you never know where his has been.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:24 PM on 03/03/2008

Correct, and anyone who supports compulsory flag waving, the politics of exclusion, hard core nationalism, christian hegemony, rampant militarization, torture and illegal spying, special renditon,
Gitmo, and Halliburton gets labelled a FACIST. Could be wrong, but I think it fits. You see, what we worry about is Fascism, "carrying a cross wrapped in a flag". My great fear is that we won't know it has taken over until it is too late. Happily, the 2006 election wa a repudiation of the Bush administration, but we aren't out of the woods yet..

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:36 PM on 03/03/2008

Unfortunately for Geraldo, the majority of American citizens are on Lou Dobbs side.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:18 PM on 03/03/2008
- Ping I'm a Fan of Ping 63 fans permalink

Lou Dobbs is a racist and a hypocrite.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:04 PM on 03/03/2008
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I guess that would explain his Latino wife and half-Latino children. And the fact that he sticks up for the poorest Americans (many of whom are black and Latino), whose wages are artificially depressed by illegal immigration.

I always wondered what kind of person supports people who have no respect for the law, and no regard for anybody except themselves and their immediate family. I guess I'm finding out.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:33 PM on 03/03/2008
- Cherubim I'm a Fan of Cherubim 27 fans permalink

In Mexico there is a very rich ruling class of elites. Mexican citizens should stop marching in the streets of the U.S., and go to their own government and demand the officials in their government stop being corrupt and stop taking money from the drug cartels. I fear that the ruling elites on both sides of the border are in a plot together:
The ruling plutocracy on the Mexican side want to
dump their poor into the U.S. so the U.S. Middle Class tax payers will take care of their education and health needs, while the ruling plutocracy on the U.S. side want to get slave labor and cheap ocean front property.
By the way here is the forbes.com list of Mexican billionaires. Why won't the Mexican citizens in the U.S go home and march in front of their streets:
Mexican billionaires:
Names Personal worth in billions
Carlos Slim Helu Mexico 49 U.S.billio­n dollars
(Carlos Helu has now surpassed Bill Gates, and is now offically the richest man in the world)
Alberto Bailleres Mexico, 5.0 billion dollars
Ricardo Salinas Pliego, 4.6 billion dollars
Jeronimo Arango, 4.3 billion dollars
Emilio Azcarraga Jean, 2.1 billion dollars
Roberto Hernandez Ramirez 2.0 billion dollars
Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala family, 2.0 billion
Isaac Saba Raffoul & family, 1.8 billion dollars
Lorenzo Zambrano & family, 1.7 billion dollars
Alfredo Harp Helu, 1.6 billion dollars

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:01 PM on 03/03/2008
- guajiro I'm a Fan of guajiro 66 fans permalink

Because the number of citizens who are completely illiterate and ignorant number in the millions upon millions. Imagine roughly 40% of all people around you being ignorant and uneducated. From the chef to the waiter to the bus driver to the field hand to street vendors to the construction crews to the street workers, etc. These peoples move to the border areas looking for work and as a result live in crowded conditions, several families per shack, working whatever jobs they can find, including working as mules for drug lords. Those who stay on their lands back home work for subsistance only, there is no capital. When these people do demonstrate, they get killed; witness the atrocities committed on the Chiapas Indians just a few years ago. Witness the death squads that assassinated the FARQ movements speaker in Ecuador over the weekend. These killings are sponsored and supported by the U.S. through several ways, one of them being the training of the assassins at the School of the Americas in Benning Georgia.
http://www.soaw.org/
http://www.soaw.org/article.php?id=238

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:39 PM on 03/03/2008

I went to Mexico a few times on Spring break ages ago. I twice had to pay off federales just to remove my car from a sand parking lot (at $40 USD a pop no less. They appeared out of nowhere and threw a rope up around the lot, hosing everybody. And I'm Spanish! Didn't matter.) and the ones on the beaches walking about with their rifles??! Sheesh.

Completely different in Cabo San Lucas though. Didn't see the same. I don't think the average American is aware of the gross inequality and corruption permeating Mexico. Shame, because it's a beautiful country, nice people. They deserve better than what's happening to them. It all starts with corrupt government and trickles down.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:01 PM on 03/03/2008
- amanda85 I'm a Fan of amanda85 108 fans permalink

Geraldo has good points. Too bad he's a hypocrite working for the big brother network... Now that's a bunch of immigrant-hating racists...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:59 PM on 03/03/2008
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