Dobbs Excoriates Obama for Double Standard: Compares President’s Post-Cambridge to Post-Fort Hood Remarks

Dobbs Excoriates Obama for Double Standard: Compares President’s Post-Cambridge to Post-Fort Hood Remarks

By Jeff Poor (Bio | Archive)
November 11, 2009 - 01:34 ET

Some of the mainstream media intelligentsia following the Fort Hood, Texas massacre have cautioned people to reserve judgment about the suspect Major Nidal Malik Hasan and have bypassed many key details in order to live up to what could be construed as a politically correct standard. CNN's Lou Dobbs isn't one of them.

Dobbs, on his Nov. 10 radio program, didn't reserve judgment and criticized President Barack Obama for telling people to do so in a speech following the tragic event. Dobbs played a clip from the speech Obama gave last week in which he warned, "We don't know all the answers yet and I would caution against jumping to conclusions until we have all the facts."

"Isn't that remarkable, telling the American people not to jump to any conclusions?" Dobbs said. "Not to speculate, not to be curious about what is happening to our men and women, who should be the center of all of our attention and concern and care. Let's compare that statement by our president to what he said at the end of a press conference about health care shortly after the arrest of Professor Henry Louis Gates, his good friend."

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In that press conference, Obama said, "I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that. But I think it's fair to say, No. 1, any of us would be pretty angry; No. 2, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home."

According to Dobbs, it was just a matter of compare and contrast - the treatment Hasan got from the President versus the treatment the arresting officer in the Cambridge Police situation received.

"So, there are the two Presidents Obama," Dobbs said. "You pick which one is most palatable to you and you try to explain to me if you will how the more recent statement squares with the previous statement."

But then Dobbs showed he was clearly aggravated by Obama's double standard, especially after the casualties of the Fort Hood tragedy.

"How dare he stand up there and sanctimoniously tell the American people not to rush to judgment, to jump to conclusions," an impassioned Dobbs said. "My God - there are 13 people dead, 29 of them wounded, 29 of our troops wounded at Fort Hood and so I'm going to jump to some conclusions here because all we have are eyewitnesses and surveillance tape and that's all I've got to go on."

And Dobbs wasn't afraid to call this an act of terrorism, as so many others have shied away from doing. The CNN host said he would indeed be jumping to conclusions and encouraged others to do so as well.

"Let me tell you - this man carried out an act of terrorism against the United States of America," Dobbs declared. "Was he a troubled and dispirited and deeply conflicted person with all sorts of behavioral issues? Yes. And was the United States Army derelict in its responsibility to care for those who they put in the charge of Major Hasan? Absolutely. I'm jumping to those conclusions, Mr. President. I'm curious and I'm going to speculate just like tens of millions of other Americans. It's a healthy thing, not a bad thing. We're not in a court of law here - that will be administered by the United States Army, thank God."

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Doesn't Lou Dobbs have an

November 11, 2009 - 01:51 ET by criticalthinking

Doesn't Lou Dobbs have an immigrant to punch?

Dobb's

November 11, 2009 - 01:55 ET by ACW

continues to play to his base. He knows exactly how to excite his followers to maximum response.

Your profile is a lie!

November 11, 2009 - 02:12 ET by MightyMouth

Anyone with that life experience would be a conservative unless:

1. You were a Hippy and smoked dope as much as you could.

2. You have suckled the government tit all your life.

Which or both?

"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"

Mighty..... That he

November 11, 2009 - 02:40 ET by bigtimer

Mighty.....

That he is.

Exactly why I deleted my post earlier on some thread, somewhere....did a little looking myself.

Early morning...got to close out...have a good one all...and Mighty, I know you'll take care of the small stuff with ease.

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

Deleting your earlier post made good sense

November 11, 2009 - 02:58 ET by ACW

once you finally figured out you'd been played.

Still the damaged gad been done.

Alas, Poor Gad

November 11, 2009 - 09:50 ET by Mike76

"Deleting your earlier post made good sense

November 11, 2009 - 02:58 ET by ACW

once you finally figured out you'd been played.

Still the damaged gad been done."

Poor Ol' Gad, so damaged, and now, tragically, he's been done. It's Bigtimer's fault. Alas, she was played!

It now makes perfect sense. You're quite the mastermind to pull off a plot like that, ACW.

Dobbs---ACW

November 11, 2009 - 02:34 ET by matthewdean

---is the mans' last name.

The only apostrophe to be used would be to show, when necessary, the sense of possession.

The man represents an incredible breath of fresh air on CNN when compared to the normal miasma wafting from the rest of the talking heads.

And, that ain't excitement you are talking about, it is amazement, caused by hearing someone on CNN who does not speak with a slantbiasleftwingtilt.

"There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress."

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

'

November 11, 2009 - 02:37 ET by ACW

What rubbish.

ACW; Nonsense. Please

November 11, 2009 - 08:06 ET by BD

ACW;

Nonsense. Please inform us what is wrong with the logic behind the post you denigrate as Rubbish. Please outline in complete thoughts why you think it is incorrect.

Or just go away.

Its called the truth base pal.

November 11, 2009 - 05:32 ET by Freemarketsaveslives

It seems everytime Obama is called out, Liberal's can't stand it. Lots of tolerance there huh?

That he does.

November 11, 2009 - 10:28 ET by Mike76

That he does. His base is none too keen about the crime, costs, filth, and general mayhem that Mexican criminals bring to the good ol' USA. His base is none too fond of endless Christian bashing and the endless sucking up to Muslims either.

I understand why you love them so, AVW, the Muslim terrorists and the Mexican criminals. The Mexican criminals, the Muslim terrorists, and you are like-minded. "Birds of a feather" and all that.

Mike - or as 'the one' says, 'judge me by who I hang around

November 11, 2009 - 14:06 ET by Cape Conservative

with' - criticalthinking & ACW apparently hang out with some questionable characters. Who knows, they undoubtedly did as 'the one' said in his book, he 'purposely sought out and chose the most radical college students' to pal around with. Birds of a feather indeed! Disgusting!

This comment comes from a proud Tea Party attendee, otherwise designated by Homeland Security as a Domestic Right Wing Terrorist! And now by our president as a 'swiftboater' - both titles I'll wear proudly! It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue ~ Sam Adams

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Hmmm

November 11, 2009 - 02:07 ET by Brad90956

Don't you have a bridge to crawl under?

Dobbs---criticalthinking

November 11, 2009 - 02:36 ET by matthewdean

Dobbs' statements regarding illegal aliens are always above board, and make sense.

You being critical, there, criticalthinking, utilizing the verbiage you did, shows manifestly that you are only interested in being critical.

And, incidentally, that your username, like any other Liberal enterprise or statement, is exactly the opposite of what it pretends to be.

"There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress."

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

The muslim apologist attacks the man.

November 11, 2009 - 03:35 ET by JWF

criticalthinking the muslim apologist issues an ad hominem attack instead of addressing the issues presented.

So criticalthinking admits that yes it was a planned terrorist attack by a muslim extremist and taking any counterpoint is useless.

Got it. Got the message loud and clear.

Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

I guess we could ask the

November 11, 2009 - 06:29 ET by gmaniac1

I guess we could ask the drive by poster don't you have a unborn baby to kill, or American soldier to kill, or white male police officer to kill? How are your Black Panthers, FOI, and muslim extremists working our for yah?

And Dobbs can punch an "illegal" immigrant for all I care.

critical, If only the

November 11, 2009 - 07:09 ET by hydrodynDM

critical,

If only the government made fists illegal, then Dobbs won't have any pugilistic weapons available to him, right?

By the way - with regard to that linked argument - getting into a discussion, realizing that you are losing and running away for a couple days shows exactly what kind of a child you are.

Mexican illegal alien murder and rape

November 11, 2009 - 09:19 ET by Mike76

you have it backwards. The Mexican criminals you love so much, are doing more "punching" than the other way around. But to an anti-white, anti-american hatemonger like you, criticialthinking, evil is good and good is evil.

Here's some of your beloved Mexican criminals, which you refer to as "immigrants," in action:

Mexican illegal alien kills 4 year old girl, has a drunken driving record:

http://www.omaha.com/article/20090930/NEWS01/709309953

Mexican illegal alien rapes 75 year old woman:

http://www.examiner.com/x-5919-Norfolk-Crime-Examiner~y2009m9d26-VA-judge-sentences-illegal-alien-rapist-to-life-in-prison

Mexican illegal alien rapes 17 year old boy:

http://www.examiner.com/x-5919-Norfolk-Crime-Examiner~y2009m9d7-Illegal-alien-charged-with-raping-17yearold-boy

Mexican illegal alien rapes and kills waitress, abuses corpse:

http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20090508/ARTICLES/905085027/1011/NEWS?Title=Trial-set-in-rape-killing-of-waitress

Mexicans rape and rob other illegal aliens:

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_13184549

You can trust me when I tell you I'm just scratching the surface. I could damn near fill this website with case after case of Mexican illegal aliens commiting murdur, rape, and other horrific crimes.

These are the people you defend.

criticalthinking, you should be glad that you're posting your filth from the safety of your computer.

WOW! What an impressive

November 11, 2009 - 10:52 ET by EllisWyatt

WOW! What an impressive display of critical thinking! You must be a college professor.

If you're not outraged at the media, you haven't been paying attention.

EW - and if so, think of the young people in his classes being

November 11, 2009 - 14:11 ET by Cape Conservative

subjected to this tripe! Regardless of his obvious 'lack' of critical thinking, that seems to be one of the benchmarks for hiring professors, sad to say!

Can we all recall the infamous list of Duke professors who HAVE NEVER apologized for their disgraceful letter condemning innocent students? If I were the students, I'd sue each and every damn one of the signees! But I guess the university made some sort of settlement...and I'm sure the 81 or 91 or whatever the number was are STILL EMPLOYED, pouring their liberal garbage into the minds of their students.

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In defense of Obama

November 11, 2009 - 02:00 ET by Quasi-socialist

it is possible that what Obama said in reaction to Ft. Hood reflects a chastening by ignoring what might have been his first instinct about Cambridge. So we really don't have a clear double-standard, but possibly a case of change of heart.

I go with Taranto on this 1. one should always avoid "jumping to conclusions" anyway, and 2. it's a far different thing to go out of your way to avoid conclusions.

Also, I heard that the military was instructed to watch out for a backlash against the Muslims--what gave them the idea that would happen if it's not already happened? Is it just certain conclusions we're supposed to avoid?

defense of Obama---NOT !!!

November 11, 2009 - 03:07 ET by matthewdean

The posprez would neither recognize nor understand "chastening" if it smacked him between his running lights.

LOTUS/TOTUS is a way, way, lefty left Liberal politico. He has no heart to change.

1. One should ALWAYS avoid saying "one should always avoid "jumping to conclusions" anyway---

Sometimes instinct says "JUMP" and saves your life.

2. Seems to me most politicians avoid anything even resembling a conclusion unless it is foreordained in their favor.

You heard the military was instructed to watch out for a backlash against the Muslims--

Didja happen to hear which Muslims? Where? Maybe what form said backlash was going to appear in?

--what gave them the idea that would happen if it's not already happened?

Ever hear of pre-planning? The military is famous for that. You know, tactics, strategy, preparation in order to accomplish mission goals.

Even the Boy Scouts of America motto may give you a hint.

Is it just "certain" conclusions we're supposed to avoid?

Nah. Just the ones common sense tells you to avoid.

"There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress."

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

I guess you're saying that

November 11, 2009 - 03:56 ET by Franksam

Quasi,

I guess you're saying that the POTUS learned a lot from the Cambridge mis-step. How fortunate for us. In only twenty years or so he might be ready for the job.

The fact that he learned

November 11, 2009 - 13:26 ET by Snappy

The fact that he learned from his Cambridge mistake is one that I agree with. However I think what needs to be taken from this is more. We have a president that from all appearances doesnt really care about this issue, If you look at his intial response (shout out to ...) to his current response, yes he has adopted a proper somber tone, but only after being called on it and still only inferring terrorism from a Muslim radical. Just the fact that there is ANY comparison from Cambridge to Ft Hood is very telling, he is looking at numbers and public opinion instead of going with the proper gut instinct outrage of a terrorist attack at Ft Hood. Why? My take is that there is no instictual gut outrage at the event, which is not to say I think he is not sorry it happened, far from it. I just think he is not outraged by it.

I could not disagree more...he ain' lernt squat!

November 12, 2009 - 14:46 ET by Army Brat

His telling us not to jump to conclusions was his attempt to defend his favorite religion. After all...the US is not a Christian nation, it can however be considered to be one of the worlds largest muslim nations...right? Christian nation...bad, unacceptable. muslim nation...good and acceptable.

This man is incapable of learning. Give him a couple of months. Some cop will cause a media sensation and Obummah will be right in there actin' stupid and runnin' his mouth long before all the facts are known. Wait and see. I'll bet money on it. It's in his nature.

islam is a lie and Truth is killing it.

Phony backlash

November 11, 2009 - 05:59 ET by DontFeedTheTrolls

. . . watch out for a backlash against the Muslims

Oh, yeah, that "backlash" the kook fringe left is worried and fretting and talking about, been happening for years now. How's that working out for you? Since Sep 1 2001 we have had about 4000 non-Muslim Americans murdered on American soil by fanatical Muslims and since Sep 1 2001 we have had ZERO Muslim-Americans murdered on American soil by non-Muslim Americans. Some backlash.

Write your Congress and Senate and tell them what YOU think!

Keep the ILLEGALS out, join NumbersUSA to send free faxes to your reps.

ZERO attacks on American soil under GWB since 9/11

November 11, 2009 - 14:21 ET by Cape Conservative

and now the MURDER at a recruitment office in Arkansas by an ISLAMIST and now this MURDER of 14 in Texas ON a military base by an ISLAMIST under the 'appeasement' president...and he hasn't been in office a year yet!

This manchild should NOT be in office and the quicker he is brought up on charges of impersonating an American President the better! He should be impeached for his negligence! How many more must be murdered before he acknowledges we have a problem?

And don't worry...I haven't seen any Methodists, Baptists, Catholics, Episcopalians, Mormons...NONE of them are ready to 'get' the muslims who are fortunate enough to be welcomed to our country...REGARDLESS of whether there is ONE who has the guts to speak out against this atrocity!!!!

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Quasi Socialist:The

November 11, 2009 - 08:20 ET by BD

Quasi Socialist:

The military has been nothing but upstanding regarding its behavior towards those of the islamic faith since 9/11. Much the same could be said of the general public.

The notion that it has to be instructed now to avoid a backlash is ludicrous and insulting. It has been further insulted by groundless reports that Hasan and by extension other muslims have been harassed by their fellow soldiers and civilians. Reports that have yet to be confirmed to any degree.

How many lynchings of Muslims have occurred since 9/11? ZERO.

How many Muslims homes have been destroyed? Zero.

How many crosses burned on front lawns? Zero.

How assaults have been linked to anti-muslim bias? One or two. Fewer than assaults by SEIU thugs on conservatives at rallies.

The notion that MY military would act in an unprofessional manner towards a minority group within itself is frighteningly out of touch with reality.

Regarding Obama's reaction to the Cambridge vs Hood situation it is an interesting theoretical argument to ask:

What if most of the soldiers at the Redeployment center shooting were black? Would that have prompted Obama to have a more visceral reaction ala Cambridge?

Just asking.....

Thank YOU Dobbs....

November 11, 2009 - 02:11 ET by bigtimer

I listened to his radio show...I ususally do some/most of the week...his TV show as well.

He was on fire today...he spoke for me...and I more than thank him.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

Hey, bt - we don't get his radio show...but he is tops with his

November 11, 2009 - 14:26 ET by Cape Conservative

tv show! He refuses to go along with the 'obvious as the nose on your face' 'hide your head in the sand' duplicity that emanates from the rest of the formerly known as msm!

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Blood & Tears

November 11, 2009 - 02:54 ET by HostileKnowledge

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Obama is the perfect proof that those of us who care about
freedom have no representation. We can't allow ourselves to labor under some
fantasy that we can save our freedoms at the ballot box. No matter which party
is voted in, they will sell us out.

This nation is completely divided. There will be no “coming
together.” Half of us are addicted to entitlements and the other half of us
sweats to support their addiction. Just how does one expect to conduct a
rational dialogue with an addict?

We could consider some form of secession. But the addicts
will have no part in losing their meal ticket. That leaves only one remaining
option. Think.

Guns & ammo are flying off the shelves in record
numbers. Do you suppose that venison has suddenly experienced a spike in
popularity?

Life is not always easy and sometimes the only solutions to
problems are not palatable.

If our freedoms are going to be saved, the road ahead is
going to be filled with blood and tears.

Yikes !

November 11, 2009 - 03:02 ET by ACW

This sounds like job for Mighty Mouth (Mouse)

Blood & Tears---

November 11, 2009 - 03:43 ET by matthewdean

HK:

Six paragraphs of truth.

Chilling, but true.

Also sad, when you consider the greatness that has sloughed off Americas' mantle as a direct result of piss-ant politicians and their shenanigans.

No society, past, present, or future; had, has, or will have, the ability to survive these nasty, selfish, small minded politicos who strive mightily to convince the best of us that they only have our interests at heart.

Some of us may be lucky enough, through preparation, to be still standing when all is said and done.

Appears to me you have a solid chance to be one of those.

Good luck.

"There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress."

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Way to go, Lou! Nothing

November 11, 2009 - 02:56 ET by metaphorsbwithu

Way to go, Lou! Nothing confounds the left more than a clear thought eloquently expressed.

Unfortunately, so many of them are too dense to be embarrassed when they've been exposed, therefore it's mostly wasted on them.

You can always tell when you've hit the mark though because they mostly change the subject and/or resort to name-calling.

metaphorsbwithu

You guys sure are polite

November 11, 2009 - 04:24 ET by MadRat

You guys sure are polite to call it "double standard" instead of "hypocrisy".

Obummah will pass through Alaska...

November 11, 2009 - 04:48 ET by Army Brat

refueling at Elmendorf AFB.

The local lefty TV station, (called Americans for Handgun Safety, "a group that supports gun owners rights") did an online poll...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- In a poll conducted by Channel 2 News,
respondents were asked if they would try to attend President Obama’s
visit to Elmendorf Air Force Base if it were open to the public..

Here is the official question and results of the 445 people who voted.

If President Obama's visit to Elmendorf Air Force Base on Thursday was open to the public, would you try to attend?

Yes
35 %

65 %

islam is a lie and Truth is killing it.

Obama is very school marmish

November 11, 2009 - 06:03 ET by ekslib

He can't go through a day without telling us what to think and how to behave.

He's got his "pets"

He loves to rap his charges' knuckles with a pointer, for unclear reasons.

He uses ridicule to control students who might wander from the gloriously shining path he wants them to follow.

He makes faces to express his disappointment in Americans who don't think "correctly."

I wish he would wear a prairie dress and a wig with a bun, so people would know whom they are dealing with.

Prairie dress and wig w/bun...LOL!!! What an image! With his

November 11, 2009 - 14:29 ET by Cape Conservative

nose straight up in the air, of course! Though he might trip on the hem of his dress ;-) Thanks for putting a smile on my day!

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Obama just can't connect

November 11, 2009 - 07:56 ET by holeinthehull

Holeinthehull

The American people can't connect with Obama. He has no life experiences that any American with half a brain can relate to.

Obama will never be respected by way over half the country and we will continue to chip away at what remains.

Error: Connection Failed

November 11, 2009 - 08:05 ET by Sergeant ROCK

No kidding. oBama is just another liberal elitest re-packaged using the latest techniques available.

"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason

Dobbs is going to replace

November 11, 2009 - 09:09 ET by Radical1979

Dobbs is going to replace BOR. He's not afraid of taking a position, namely, the truth.

Obama the Muslim Marxist

November 11, 2009 - 10:17 ET by John Galt1776

Not once since Obama has sat in the Oval Office has he criticized Muslims for anything. He won't send more troops to Afghanistan to fight against "his brothers and sisters"

In fact all he has done is praise Islam and be neutral on terrorist attracks like Fort Hood, Riverdale etc.

Anti Israel and pro Palestinian which means pro Hamas.

As Obama referred to Jakarta Indonesia "My old home town".

I say that American's need to rise up at the voting polls and boot this guy out in 2012. Send him back home to where he belongs, Jakarta.

Where's the birth certificate and where are Obama's citizenship papers? Almost $2 million spent to date in eligibility lawsuits to prevent the plaintiffs from even being allowed to gather evidence. Evidence of his birth and his true citizenship.

Boot this Muslim Marxist out in 2012.