# I Pit "Mr. Independent" Lou Dobbs **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 13, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-mr-independent-lou-dobbs/463461 "2008-09-13T17:26:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-mr-independent-lou-dobbs/463461/21 "2008-09-14T20:41:23Z")
> [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](#): > > T’was a joke. > > Nothing against people who have struggled with Alcohol, as I have too at some point. > > I meant to say that it seems that he’s drinking on show because of all the crap he says. Ah, I see. Sorry about my leap… 🙂 But please- the rest of us respectable drunk fuck ups hate it when you normal people lump some of these assholes in with us! Like when Mel Gibson decided his racism was the result of an alcohol problem- “No, NO! He’s not with us! He’s just an asshole!” 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-mr-independent-lou-dobbs/463461/22 "2008-09-15T21:27:39Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I thought this was going to be about the Obama Waffles. In case anyone’s not familiar it’s the subject of the Values thread and can be read here at [Lou Dobbs photo/story scrubbed from Obama Waffles site](http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6994) complete with the picture of his stupid face holding the racist cartoon product. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-mr-independent-lou-dobbs/463461/23 "2008-09-15T22:55:54Z")
Geez, wasn’t he the guy who used to do the financial reporting for CNN? He seemed OK back then. What the heck happened to him? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-mr-independent-lou-dobbs/463461/24 "2008-09-15T23:07:32Z")
Gotta love his polls: Congress should do more to stop illegal immigrants from raping our women and kicking our dogs? Agree 98% Disgaree 2% ---
**Author:** ![Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a4c791/32.png) [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frustrated_Wonderer)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-mr-independent-lou-dobbs/463461/25 "2008-09-15T23:47:19Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Gotta love his polls: > > Congress should do more to stop illegal immigrants from raping our women and kicking our dogs? > > Agree 98% > Disgaree 2% That poll :rolleyes: Man do I hate that guy. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-mr-independent-lou-dobbs/463461/26 "2008-09-16T00:16:37Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Congress should do more to stop illegal immigrants from raping our women and kicking our dogs? > > Agree 98% > Disgaree 2% Criminals nationwide are up in arms over the Bush Administration’s refusal to mandate reductions in the amount of rape and puppy-kicking work being outsourced. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-mr-independent-lou-dobbs/463461.md?page=1)