Lou Dobbs Crumbles When Pressed On His 'NAFTA Super Highway' Myth

Think Progress:

Last Wednesday, Media Matters Action Network issued a report, which found that cable news commentators Lou Dobbs, Bill O'Reilly, and Glenn Beck regularly "serve up a steady diet of fear, anger, and resentment on the topic of illegal immigration."

Last night on his CNN show, an edgy Lou Dobbs hosted Media Matters fellow Paul Waldman to discuss the report's finding. Waldman asked Dobbs to provide evidence of the "myth" he often promotes -- that there is a "secret plan" to build a "NAFTA Superhighway" from Mexico to Canada. Having trouble providing evidence, an exasperated Dobbs said finally, "You're charging nonsense." "I reject it, I reject you, and I reject your position," he angrily added. From the exchange:

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Comments

[totalliberal]

A little behind the times there Lou. Within a few years trucking will be on the decline and rail will have taken over. Oh and by the way it is far cheaper to ship anything from China by sea than truck something from Mexico.

[Viper]

The NAFTA super Highway is NO MYTH. Land is being bought for a several mile WIDE corridor. It is being protested by many groups including farmers down here in Texas whose farms will be cut in half and they are being forced to sell or have their property condemned. This will also have a rail in its wide corridor.. its not like any interstate plan ever conceived given its width.

It is foolish to question its existance/plan when its in every paper down here in Texas and is being protested with the Governor threatening to proceed inspite of the protest.. Search Wikapedia.

Right now much of the imported goods come from China come into LA Docks. Those DOCKs are under union control/teamsters. Large ports are being built in Mexico in the gulf and pacific side side so that goods can enter there bypassing the Port of LA and the Unions. This also does tie into low wage Mexican truck drivers now being allowed on U.S. highways in spite of Congress voting to stop that and again ignored by the WH.

This is Union busting and another attack on higher American wages. But maybe the Democratic party is now against the Unions also in America.

BY the way he has had proponents of this North American Union on his show who work on its establishment. They only declare thats its no secret.


Obama is going lose the Independent vote over this type of attack.
OBAMA08
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[scottarino]

Shit. Even Ross Perot warned us about NAFTA, he even destroyed Al Gore in a debate on NAFTA on Larry King back in the 90s. Americans are stupid.... no wonder mexicans come over, we're a bunch of chumps ALL workin' for the man.

[gerontion72]

Ever heard of Google? Try it. You might learn the NAFTA superhighway is real.

http://www.naftasuperhighway.info/

[drzoon]

okay... i read your link

it didn't have any proof either.

and... what in the world was that link you had me read? it looks like some fly-by-night operation to float all sorts of weak junk like Lou likes to pump into the airwaves

you know that lying... is evil... right?

[Viper]

I looked at the websites and they dont look anymore fly by night than Huffington Post does or Obama's website which I have regulary made donations to.

In otherwords when the facts are presented.. Then discredit the voice or now what, the colors of a website?

You asked for links/proof and then when given????. Texas Trans Corridor is a state legislative item with hearings.

You should also note that China is plannig to build a Car Plant outside of one of the new mexican ports that unlike LA will not be unionized and ship a line of cheap cars to Chrysler dealers via non unionized cheap mexican workers. The cars will be made in China and just assembled at this plant.

This way China by passes our 2.5% tarriff on them ( China charges us a 22.5% tarriff), sicne we dont charge a tarrif on goods from Mexico. Pls note Mexcio charges us upto at 15% Tarriff , now higher than before NAFTA.

I guess when nothing is being made in the U.S. but hamburgers and there are no high paying jobs left in factories for immigrants to work they way up, you will be happy.

You guys do realize you are on the same side of BUSH on these issues.. the side of cheap illegal slave labor.

Regards.

[BillyCioffi]

Well this proves you're an IDIOT ... a racist IDIOT.
A moron like your buddy LOU Dumb err Dobbs.

[scottarino]

Good comeback, Olaf.

[totalliberal]

Well of course, because everything I Google is true. WHAT ARE YOU A CHILD?

[wolfgangmo]

Wow. You would think for a conspiracy theorist that the existence of the "Superhighway" might matter, but apparently not to you.

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070827/hayes

At least for the 9-11 conspiracy theorists, the towers fell. WTF do you have besides fear?

[oregonrain]

http://www.portstoplains.com/ it is real .

[oregonrain]

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/hipricorridors/hpcfitext.htm

[mcthorogood]

EU, AU, NAU? Do your own research.

[csepwede]

what a jerk

[JiminNC]

Lou, when did you stop beating your wife?