Diggers Realm (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, ALIPAC, has withdrawn its support of Lou Dobbs after recent statements and clarifications by Dobbs that he would be in favor of a pathway to legalization for illegal aliens in the United States. Image courtesy...
News: Opinion -- KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
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Chasing Evil (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
ALIPAC Dumps Dobbs: " Lou Dobbs and Americans for Legal Immigration – ALIPAC – are divorcing, and the parting isn’t amicable. ALIPAC President William Gheen has notified supporters that his organization has withdrawn its support of Dobbs and suspended two websites promoting the former CNN showman for president.In a lengthy E-mail, the heartsick nativist said...
AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
The Gholston Post (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Lou Dobbs made a dubious name for himself during his late days at CNN for endlessly whining about illegal immigration and for displaying hostility toward Hispanics. After Dobbs and CNN parted company, it was rumored that he was being considered for a job at CNBC. That possibility caused those who have been most negatively impacted [...]
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
This past Wednesday, CNBC dispelled rumors that were circulating throughout the week that former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs would be joining the business network. Meanwhile, Dobbs affirmatively told Fox Business News shock jock Don Imus that he didn’t even talk with CNBC and that he had “no idea where they even got that.” [...]
The Impolitic (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Yes, hard as it may be to believe, among the hard core anti-immigrant base of the new GOP, a PAC that formerly supported Lou Dobbs has dropped their support because he made one slightly moderate comment about undocumented immigrants. The group now fully opposes him. "Americans for Legal Immigration PAC is withdrawing support for Lou Dobbs after years, including the suspension of...
NewsWatch: Immigration (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Remember our post last week about Lou Dobbs' transformation on amnesty? How the former CNN anchor is suddenly much more embracing of legalization for illegal immigrants in the U.S.? In that post we talked about the Americans for Legal Immigration...
Oliver Willis (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Americans for Legal Immigration PAC drops their support for Lou Dobbs for not being nuts enough on immigration to satisfy them. As Greg Sargent says “Xenophobes for a Dobbs Presidency is no more!” NOOOOOOOO!
Mock, Paper, Scissors (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Americans for Legal Immigration PAC has withdrawn its support from Lou Dobbs because he’s not anti-immigration enough for them.
ABC News (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Lou Dobbs loses the political backing of a hard-right anti-illegal immigration group. Lou Dobbs - Illegal immigration - Immigration - United States - Anti-Immigration
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
The Americans for Legal Immigration PAC announced today that it would drop its support for Lou Dobbs, who seems determined to start a political career in 2012 even if its as Bergen County dog catcher. ALIPAC's problem: Dobbs doesn't hate illegal immigration anymore. The main bone of contention seems to be an interview Dobbs recently gave to Telemundo in which he mentioned (twice!)...
George's Bottom Line (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Lou Dobbs has lost the political backing of a hard-right anti-illegal immigration group which had been urging him to run for office for several years.
Salon.com (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Lou Dobbs may hope that he can get Latinos to forget about the past few years of his CNN show, and the myths about Latino immigrants in which he trafficked. (Doing so, after all, would probably be a necessary step if he does want to mount even a semi-serious run for office.) But the people who liked what he was saying back then aren't going to forget -- in fact, they're pretty upset about Dobbs...
Standing FIRM (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Fresh off of his departure from CNN and his announcement that he would consider a Presidential run in 2012, Lou Dobbs took an unexpected turn. During an interview with Telemundo, Lou stated: “We need a rational, effective and humane immigration policy in this country,” he said. Dobbs also said, “We need the ability to legalize illegal immigrants [...]
