Comedy Central hosts bid adieu to ‘award-winning xenophobe’ Dobbs

By David Edwards
Friday, November 13th, 2009 -- 11:16 am
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Lou DobbsThe comedians at Comedy Central found unique ways to say goodbye to CNN's Lou Dobbs Thursday. The opinionated CNN anchor was released from his contract after the network had been besieged by critics for months for his anti-immigration advocacy.

"That's why it pains me that I'm being replaced -- by a Mexican robot," joked Jon Stewart.

While Stephen Colbert called Dobbs a "long time anchor and award-winning xenophobe."

Dobbs contract was set to expire in 2011 but quit early causing Stewart to compare him to the former Alaskan Governor who also left her job abruptly. "Oh, no. Lou Dobbs is going Palin. He's going rogue," observed Stewart. "We've got another rogue. That's two rogues."

In his final broadcast, Dobbs explained why he was leaving the network. "Leaders in media, politics and business have been urging me to go beyond the role here at CNN and to engage in constructive problem solving as well as to contribute positively to a better understanding of the great issues of our day," said Dobbs.

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But this explanation didn't make sense to the Comedy Central comic. "So in order to contribute positively to a better understanding of the issues of our day, you must leave your nightly television show devoted to understanding the issues of our day," said a puzzled Stewart.

"I actually agree with you on that one," Stewart concluded.

Comedy Central's other headliner took a more lighthearted approach to Dobbs' departure. Playing off of the movie "Highlander," Stephen Colbert claimed Dobbs' audience for his own saying, "In punditry, like in the Highlander, there can be only one. Lou Dobbs, I claim your audience and your opinions!"

This video is from Comedy Central's The Daily Show, broadcast Nov. 12, 2009.

Colbert says 'adios' to Lou Dobbs

This video is from Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, broadcast Nov. 12, 2009.

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  • theguru
    It's a trend that is becoming quite clear. Dobbs will retire to his home, take a well earned vacation, collect some severance pay from CNN, and wait until his contract expires. Once he is through with that, he will sign a fat contract with Fox News, a place where his sanity will never be questioned (the Glenn Beck model of success).

    I guess that Fox realized that its playacting, ex-news professionals like Shepard Smith and Britt Hume are just not exciting enough to get ratings from the Palin Right. Roger Ailes has discovered that his core audience wants to hear from the real life Howard Beals of the world. Well, at least Lou Dobbs looks a little like Peter Finch.

    I have only two regrets for seeing Dobbs go:

    1) Some of his comments did have a ring of credibility.

    NAFTA was a terrible deal for the U.S., and it resulted in the loss of jobs overseas.

    Dobbs placed the root cause of the "housing bubble" where it belonged, the GW Bush administration.

    2) I will miss his interplay with Wolfe Blitzer at the end of "The Situation Room". It seemed that Blitzer believed that Dobbs was a few bricks shy of a full load, but loved baiting him into one of his famous but pointless rants.

    Perhaps in his temporary retirement Dobbs will realize that a people in the public eye should think before they say something; like that is ever going to happen.
  • illegal immigration will end when ceos get arrested and fined for hiring them either directly or indirectly.
  • davidrvelasquez
    LOL@ Colbert! ....there can only be one far right douchebag!

    Now he must take Limbaugh, Coulter and Hannity's heads.
  • Bradwhg
    Yeah anyone who doesn't support open borders, wants immigration laws enforced is a xenophobe. You don't have to agree with the man, but the label is just wrong.
  • Mooftown
    What colbert did on that episode is REALLY funny!!!!
  • proudliberal1947
    So the Hate Monger is gone, three cheers for real FREEDOM.

    What Nazi Racist Fascist Social Hate Mongering Christian think tank is he going to join.
  • matticusfinch
    Lou dobbs was right on in what he said. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS WRONG.

    LEGAL immigration is the way to do it. My Grandparents had to learn english and come through the legal channels to become citizens, that should apply to everyone. Learn english, this is America. nothing wrong with repping your home country but dont leave your country then try to be all nationalist to your own country when your here.
  • grandpatimbo
    Hope he goes to Faux - he will fit right in with that group of xenophobic, lying assholes!
  • jimbo701
    Hey Lou, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. Good riddance.
  • OldAtlantic
    Lou Dobbs Independent for Senate in New York in 2010. Dobbs against the Schumer Gillibrand machine ticket of big immigration during a jobs depression with 8600 homeless vets in New York state. Hawaii has to furlough teachers because 3rd world immigration is bankupting it. California is using smoke and mirrors. States will have to default on pensions because of legal 3rd world immigration. New York state employees are going to face that like California from continued Schumer Gillibrand legal 3rd world immigration.

    The teacher furloughs mean fewer school days. That hits Hispanic and black kids the most because they don't have substitute teachers at home.
  • Elim
    I could go for any Independent that went against one of those traitorous Israel Firster assholes. But I would never vote for a Republican challenger to replace one.

    Immigration is a real sore point with me, and that's about the only thing I agreed with Dobbs on. He should have stayed at CNN and kept hammering away at that.
  • OldAtlantic
    Israel firsters are almost uniformly open borders here. He will be missed at CNN. They put a lot of pressure on him.
  • mrneutron
    We should use the same border techniques that Mexico does on its southern border: if you catch someone sneaking in, beat the crap out of them and dump them back on their side of the border.

    But if low paid, black market wage slaves are so important to American CEO's, let's get more "worker programs" for mainland China, I like their women more than the Mexican women. Well, the cute ones.
  • moonbeams62
    I agree that Lou Dobbs will run for office. But not for the Senate. I predict he'll run for President. The reason I believe it will be President is because like Jesse Jackson, the Presidency is the only office he can afford to run for and lose. If he runs for the Senate from NY, and he loses, he will devalue himself. He'll be "over." If he runs for the senate and wins, he'll have a real job and have to do serious work. He'll be a freshman. He will be one of 100. His ego is too big to put up with being one of 100 people, and as a freshman he won't be free to do what he wants. Right now, he will hit the speakers' circuit and try to make some money and generate some publicity. See what kind of response he gets. Dobbs sees himself as a national figure, not a New Yorker. He certainly doesn't want to look like an Al Franken.
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