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Lou Dobbs - War on the Middle Class : Liveblogging

October 18th, 2006

Tonight on CNN Lou Dobbs holds a special segment titled “War on the Middle Class”

There is no better example of Brown Sludge than the type of corporatism that Lou Dobbs fights against every night from his bully pulpit on CNN.

I’m a huge fan as you might guess.

Lou is a true lightening rod. A Harvard educated Economist, and a truly respected giant in Financial circles - he draws big plasma fireballs from tin-foil hat libertarians and Gordon Gekko Republican’s for being against the off-shoring of American Jobs, and for railing against illegal immigration and for the poor behavior of Big Business - and he draws equally big fireballs from the left as well - for basically the same thing.

He is an unapologetic real-deal grass roots conservative who hasn’t forgotten what that word really means.

His special tonight is sure to draw howls from elephants and donkeys alike.

I’ve decided to live-blog the highlights - I hope EVERYONE gets a chance to watch this incredible special report.

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Right out of the chute - Democratic strategist Arnold Zimmerman lays it down when he says that the Republican’s are going to lose this fall because they have abandoned the middle class. I’ve been beating this horse on this blog weeks. Sad that a Democrat gets it and Ed Rollins the Republican strategist sitting beside him just… doesn’t

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Bang! What a great statistic! The Dem strategist points out that he doesn’t understand why Republicans have such a hard-on for Big Business from the standpoint of a voter base. He claims that BIG business is only responsible for about 20% of all jobs, but SMALL INDEPENDENT businesses are responsible for about 80%. Man. More on this later.

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Lou makes a pitch for state funded college tuitions. I’m not sure how I feel about it. On the surface having state help to pay for my kids colleges sounds mighty appealing. On the other hand - I have a hard time believing they won’t tax my ass into the next GALAXY for the privilege.

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Lou trots out the victims of Ford’s incessant drive to send the job of every hard working American they possibly can to the slums of East Beijing. I love it. It always does my heart good to see Lou at his best - and he’s at his best when he’s throwing Big Business the whooping it so richly deserves on this issue.

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Lou never misses a chance to beat the “Trade Deficit” drum. The genius’s at NAM have apoplectic FITS every time he does. Nothing makes me happier than watching those NAM guys lie on the floor and writhe like slugs every time Lou pours salt on them. ROTFL.

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Lately Lou has began to get around to the issue of medical security for people. I’m glad. Republican’s are so out of touch on this issue - it does my heart good to see Lou shaming his fellow conservatives on this issue.

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Broken borders. I knew Lou would eventually get to to it. Thankfully the Republican is only one on the program admitting that something has to be done. I see by the commercials that Lou is doing another big special NEXT week on “Broken Borders”. Looks like something not to be missed. I’ll be liveblogging THAT as well. Count on it.

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The “how can the middle class fight back” segment is incredible. Lou reminds us to that voters are absolutely in control.
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What an incredible special. It’s a must see.

I’ll watch for a link that will let you watch on CNN if it comes up. So far none yet.

I will NOT miss next weeks “Broken Borders” special. No way.

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