Geraldo Rivera on Thursday lambasted Lou Dobbs for the outspoken CNN host's views concerning illegal immigration.
Speaking at a luncheon sponsored by El Diario La Prensa NY, Rivera disgracefully said, "Lou Dobbs is almost single-handedly responsible for creating, for being the architect of the young-Latino-as-scapegoat for everything that ails this country."
Rivera also told the audience that he had spoken to his boss, and was assured Dobbs was not coming to Fox (video embedded below the fold with partial transcript):
One of the aspects of our reality in the United States now is the defamatory tone of the immigration debate and how that immigration debate has slandered an entire race of people. It has been reckless beyond imagining, it has been reckless in a way that is beyond precedent.
Wait a minute. Beyond precedent? Does Rivera have no recollection of slavery in America or the Holocaust in Germany? But I digress:
Lou Dobbs, a man who was an accomplished journalist, and who left to go and start his own venture in the digital media, having to do with space, I believe, and then came back to CNN, and nobody was watching his program. He discovered that one of the way to get people to watch was to make of the image of a young Latino trying to get into this country a profoundly negative icon. Lou Dobbs is almost single-handedly responsible for creating, for being the architect of the young-Latino-as-scapegoat for everything that ails this country. [...]
It has been one of the most frustrating experiences of my professional life to watch as a good portion of the American people began to listen and believe that immigrants were responsible for crime in this country, responsible for bringing terror to this country, responsible for stealing jobs, responsible for effecting in a very negative way the American way of life. [...]
It is something that we absolutely said, "No mas" during the election of 2008...It's why Obama is elected now. He is the first, I maintain, Latino president. He's the first brown president. Why? He could be, and he looks Puerto Rican. And the, and the, the point is he would not be president but for the Latino vote and the Latino vote was for the first time in my lifetime an expression of a community understanding its responsibilities, getting up, going to the polling place, and saying, "No mas."
Wow! Geraldo thinks Latinos got Obama elected. Unfortunately, the numbers dictate otherwise.
After all, Obama beat McCain by 8.5 million votes, but he "only" got about 4 million more Latino votes. By contrast, Obama got almost 15 million more African-American votes than McCain.
As such, claiming Latinos got Obama elected is absurd. But once again, I digress:
No more of these lies, no more of this slander, no more of this stereotyping. I can tell you proudly, when this man [Dobbs] was widely rumored to be coming to my network, I called my boss couple of weeks ago, and he said it's absolutely untrue. Lou Dobbs is not coming to Fox News. He belongs at CNN if they can justify his presence there that's their problem.Wow!
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Personally
October 24, 2009 - 17:24 ET by justbob223I wish Geraldo would go to CNN and Dobbs would come to Fox.
Ditto
October 24, 2009 - 18:09 ET by nolotrippen“It is almost impossible to distinguish a politician from a gangster.” (Will Durant, 1931)
I repeat
October 24, 2009 - 18:38 ET by tim413Geraldo is Latino first, American second.
Stop federal judges from foisting their notions of "fairness" on the States. Amend the 14th Amendment! - tim413
Geraldo is Latino first, American second.
October 24, 2009 - 21:28 ET by motherbeltGeraldo is Latino first, American second.
Of course he is! Look at the flag he's waving!
X2 Si Vis Pacem,
October 24, 2009 - 23:04 ET by ConservativeRexX2
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
Problem is guys...
October 25, 2009 - 00:48 ET by MightyMouthFox can't shed every liberal. Otherwise they couldn't be 'fair and balanced". It's like some weird catch 22 thing or something...
"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"
Yes, but it would be fun to
October 25, 2009 - 17:33 ET by Tom PaineYes, but it would be fun to watch what he would do if Fox did hire Lou Dobbs. Maybe they could create the "Lou and Geraldo" show
"Rivera also told the
October 24, 2009 - 17:36 ET by Chris Norman"Rivera also told the audience that he had spoken to his boss, and was assured Dobbs was not coming to Fox"
Shoot. I was hoping for a trade...
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Chris... I wouldn't trust
October 24, 2009 - 17:48 ET by bigtimerChris...
I wouldn't trust Geraldo as far as I could throw him...he's been made a fool of more than once or twice.
I've heard Dobbs isn't coming to Fox before I ever heard this from Geraldo...but anything that comes our of his mouth means zilch to me.
Dobbs would be an improvement in Sheppard's spot ...and Geraldo's as well.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
bt,Geraldo's
October 24, 2009 - 17:59 ET by Chris Normanbt,
Geraldo's presence has ruined Saturdays and Sundays* on Fox. If I watch at all, I don't turn it on until 10:00 PM - if I see Red Eye is on. Although I don't hold him in contempt like I do Geraldo, I can't really get into Huckabee's show.
* Weekends are the area behind the garage where Fox dumps it's crappy stuff.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Agreed
October 24, 2009 - 18:41 ET by tim413Huckabee seems like a nice man, but.... I also like to watch the Sat. 11:00 PM hour.
Stop federal judges from foisting their notions of "fairness" on the States. Amend the 14th Amendment! - tim413
* Weekends are the area
October 25, 2009 - 14:56 ET by Lord Elicani* Weekends are the area behind the garage where Fox dumps it's crappy stuff.
Priceless, man. Priceless.
"We can go from boom to bust
From dreams to a bowl of dust
We can fall from rockets' red glare
Down to 'Brother, can you spare...'"
- Rush, "Between the Wheels"
Chris... I can't get into
October 25, 2009 - 15:03 ET by bigtimerChris...
I can't get into Huckabee's show either...I've really tried over time, I just don't care for it at all.
Red-Eye I like...they have really improved from when they first started out...it's different...but I like different...plus the humor of course.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
→ me too bt
October 25, 2009 - 15:08 ET by Cool ArrowBut don't you mean "plus the humor of coarse"
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
Lol...Of course I did
October 25, 2009 - 15:16 ET by bigtimerLol...Of course I did RO!
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
Dobbs for Sheppard...
October 24, 2009 - 19:16 ET by JPR1BT that's a great idea. Dropping a weenie like Smith could only boost their cred as a hard news organization. Maybe Sheppie could jump over and pick up for Diane Sawyer; then I'd never have to see him at all.
Jerry should be concentrating on justifying his own sorry behind imo, but I guess carrying the Latino banner keeps him on the payroll. Diversty and all of course.
Boy
October 24, 2009 - 22:34 ET by DEVILDOCMOMdo I agree with you bt...we turn off geraldo when ever he is on Fox. Cannot stand him...I would love to see Lou Dobbs on Fox, and yes, in sheppard smith's spot or Jerry Rivera's. I guess Fox needs him as a token something...
It would be a real coup for Fox to have both Beck and Dobbs from cnn...btw, as you probably know, Lou Dobbs's wife is Hispanic.
DevilDoc... Yeah, I also
October 25, 2009 - 15:06 ET by bigtimerDevilDoc...
Yeah, I also heard Dobbs wife was Hispanic....seems that just seems to go right over the oppositions empty-heads...intentionally.
Agenda is all that matters for the enemy within.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
Rivera shot at
October 25, 2009 - 14:16 ET by Jerry MackHe has also said that he was shot at in Afghanistan and had found Al Capones' safe.
Why trade?
October 29, 2009 - 10:36 ET by Willis_Leon_JohnsonWhy not just hire Mr. Dobbs, and send jerry home without a job?
It wouldn't take long for the dead media to pick him up and give him a job, but it would GIVE US A BREAK from his constant racist whining.
http://gjresult.com
Way To Go Lou!
October 24, 2009 - 17:38 ET by fairtax4everKeep it up Lou!
Dang it illegal is illegal.....quit sucking up our tax dollars!
You notice how Geraldo says
October 24, 2009 - 17:43 ET by bigtimerYou notice how Geraldo says "Immigration Debate" over and over...all the leftists do this when in any debate or just discussing this alone...
It is the 'Illegal Aliens' Rivers...ILLEGAL!
What part of that don't you and your ilk understand...the majority of this country does you simpleton...ignore the polls all you want...it is a fact...people have had it.
Just look at the state of Ca. for one example and all the financial troubles they are having.
While we're at it...Sanctuary Cities shouldn't be given one tax payer dime.
A huge improvement Fox could do it rid itself of good ol' Geraldo...guess they have to remain "Fair and Balanced" ...and he's a token for them.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
It's a tactic they'll use
October 24, 2009 - 17:57 ET by Chris NormanIt's a tactic they'll use until they feel the very last person has figured out what they're doing.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Michelle
October 24, 2009 - 19:22 ET by MaytagEver since he jerry slandered Michelle Malkin and orielly let him slide I have trouble watching him or billy .She is twice the MAN either of them will ever be.
What about the new drug assasians from mexico the most violent immagrants ever Jerry is an blinded by race as--ole
Lou Dobbs
October 24, 2009 - 17:58 ET by TheAssessorSomehow it's hard to picture Lou Dobbs marching along the border guarding the line. But Geraldo's invitation to a pajama party at Obama's is in the mail.
Geraldo Nonsense
October 24, 2009 - 18:02 ET by slickwillie2001Yeah, like that FDR guy was almost singe-handedly responsible for anti-German Wehrmacht sentiment in 1941 in the US, etc.
"He belongs at CNN if they can justify his presence there that's their problem."
And how about Geraldo?
If there actually is an
October 24, 2009 - 18:11 ET by winston smithIf there actually is an "anti-hispanic sentiment" in this country it has more to do with the increased crime, drugs, poverty and economic burden that accompanies illegal immigration from Mexico and the alliance of Democrats, the NEA-controlled Public school system, leftist, irredentist groups like La Rasa, their Marxist enablers and some corporations that are pushing bi-lingualism in the U.S.
Your average American would tell you that these are the things that gripe them about some Hispanic groups and the grim realities they have to deal with on a day to day basis caused by illegal imigration---- not Lou Dobbs, although Dobbs has been a fearless and articulate spokesman for the cause. I hope he continues to fight the good fight. Geraldo is just looking to create a scapegoat for his irrational tirades.
What grown-up cry baby Geraldo knows quite well but won't admit is that every group that ever immigrated to this country after the American Revolution learned to speak and use the English as their primary language. Why should it be any different for some Hispanics? Asking this question is not "anti-Hispanic"--- it's anti-leftist.
MSNBC - The Place For Lunatics
Geraldo in his own classy words...
October 24, 2009 - 18:11 ET by nolotrippen“It’s good (Michelle Malkin) is in D.C. and I’m in New York. I’d spit on her if I saw her.”
“It is almost impossible to distinguish a politician from a gangster.” (Will Durant, 1931)
It's good that....
October 24, 2009 - 20:54 ET by helyanweIt's good that Geraldo IS in New York and Michelle Malkin IS in DC and I'm in Milwaukee because if I saw Geraldo spit on Michelle Malkin I'd grab his moustache ,tie it
in a tight knot around his b*alls then haul back and kick him in the nose.
jerk.
I agree, except that I'd
October 25, 2009 - 05:52 ET by ampul manI agree, except that I'd tie his moustache around his nose and kick him in the b*alls.
CNN, the Clinton News Network---Bill decides; Hill reports
hahahaha...
October 25, 2009 - 09:58 ET by helyanweThat was sweet...I spewed coffee on that one,hahahaha...
He Is Waaaay Out of Touch
October 24, 2009 - 18:36 ET by JustAlObama is not a young Latino (of course, neither is Gerardo)
It is unfortunate that Geraldo...
October 24, 2009 - 18:48 ET by PrairieSkyhas gotten to the point where he sees every issue, and I mean EVERY issue through his racial-tinted glasses. This hispanic illegal alien issue has just pushed him over the edge. There is no reasoning with him on this subject as O'Reilly found out last year when he and Geraldo had their famous knock-down drag-out throwdown on O'Reilly's show.
Blaming Lou Dobbs (one of the few voices of reason at CNN) for the animus in the country concerning the illegal alien problem is absurd...Geraldo is looking for someone on whom to vent his wrongfully placed (self)righteous indignation. And going to his boss for reasurrance that Dobb's wasn't coming to Fox was reprehensible...What business is that of his? Whether Dobbs was or ever will come to Fox is none of Geraldo's business. If I'd been his boss, that is exactly what I would have told him.
Geraldo needs to climb off this particular soapbox, but I strongly doubt that he will.
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
Geraldo's amazingly bold racism
October 24, 2009 - 18:50 ET by OxyConGeraldo is explicitly stating that given the choice between a white candidate and a candidate of color, Latinos will always chose the brown candidate, and in the words of crazy Janeane Barofalo, "That's racism, straight up!"
Geraldo owes everyone an apology for his blatant racism.
"It's why Obama is elected now. He is the first, I maintain, Latino president. He's the first brown president. Why? He could be, and he looks Puerto Rican. And the, and the, the point is he would not be president but for the Latino vote..." - Geraldo Rivera displaying "Straight-up racism"
Yeah, let's elect a
October 24, 2009 - 18:57 ET by robert108Yeah, let's elect a President purely on the basis of his racial appearance; that'll work!
Sounds great given that we
October 24, 2009 - 21:52 ET by ACWelected a President purely on the fact that his father had been President.
No, not purely --- that
October 25, 2009 - 06:26 ET by winston smithNo, not purely --- that President was also a successful Texas Governer.
MSNBC - The Place For Lunatics
Or did you mean the other
October 25, 2009 - 15:02 ET by Lord ElicaniOr did you mean the other one, who was a successful Cabinet member and ambassador before his election.
If you don't even know who I'm talking about, go ahead and leave. It's obvious you don't have the brains for a debate, let alone a conversation.
"We can go from boom to bust
From dreams to a bowl of dust
We can fall from rockets' red glare
Down to 'Brother, can you spare...'"
- Rush, "Between the Wheels"
Well
October 29, 2009 - 10:44 ET by Willis_Leon_JohnsonWe did get an ARAB elected based solely on his skin color and not his facial features.
http://gjresult.com
I blame illegals for anti-Hispanic sentiments
October 24, 2009 - 18:52 ET by jefflebowskiAmericans struggling to raise their families, find and keep jobs are tired of doling out illegal aliens. We medicate, educate and incarcerate people who shouldn't be here at the cost of billions of dollars that could go to helping our own!
The American taxpayer is not responsible for bailing out every poor person in the world. Many of us are too poor!
Angry White Dude
www.angrywhitedude.c...
"The American taxpayer is
October 25, 2009 - 05:57 ET by ampul man"The American taxpayer is not responsible for bailing out every poor person in the world. Many of us are too poor!"
Wanna bet?
CNN, the Clinton News Network---Bill decides; Hill reports
Actually, Geraldo belongs on
October 24, 2009 - 18:55 ET by robert108Actually, Geraldo belongs on CNN or MSNBC, and Dobbs belongs on Fox, where he can tell the truth without being harassed.
Dobbs
October 24, 2009 - 21:31 ET by ThatDudeY'know, I have to disagree with such sentiments. Dobbs is, on many fronts, conservative. While he would be an asset to FOX, he would also tip the network further to the right. I'd like to see FOX be fair and balanced with a decent amount of lefties who know how to think as well as the varying shades of conservatives. It's nice to have at least one voice on the other networks who isn't on the left. Tapper does it for ABC and Dobbs does it for CNN. That small bit of balance goes a long way in my opinion. If the execs were smart enough, they'd start balancing out their news rooms to better reflect the ideological POV of their audience and potential audience.
"... with a decent amount
October 25, 2009 - 17:11 ET by MikeB"... with a decent amount of lefties who know how to think..." Dude! Surely you are not numbering Geraldo in that group?
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
There is not an "Anti-Hispanic Sentiment in U.S.
October 24, 2009 - 19:56 ET by Gary HallThere's not an "Anti-Hispanic Sentiment in U.S."
There is an Anti-illegal Immigrant Sentiment in the U.S., just like most of the world has.
And sometimes, Geraldo, that sentiment will extend itself into angst over the cost of entitlements, lost jobs - especially for lower income legal immigrants, lower wages, higher taxes, higher crime rates, overcrowed jails, overcrowded and over-burdened schools, and lost environmental gains because of immigration led population growth (to quote the Father of Earth Day, the late Sen. Gaylor Nelson - " ..a profound failure in our nation's pursuit of environmental quality..)
Geraldo should know that any straight polling of the people in the U.S. will clearly show this to be the case.
Oh, P.S. How many people watch Lou Dobbs? Since polls consistently show that 75% of folks want to end illegal immigration - something is a miss here Geraldo in your thinking.. ya think? Perhaps Dobbs pushed the number from 74 to 75% - got a point there.
(;~/ gary
Illegal Aliens
October 24, 2009 - 20:00 ET by Delaware BobFirst, Geraldo Rivera cares a lot about illegal aliens. He wants amnesty for all of them, if you can believe that. He can't see that the illegal aliens are destroying this Country.
It's hard to believe that illegal aliens are destroying this Country and some are blind to this fact, including Eivera. Just look at all the problems. The census, count, don't count, crime, stolen identities, overcrowded schools, the American taxpayers paying for all the medical care these illegal aliens get for FREE. Should they be include in the healthcare bill, should they not? Why should they? They can get it for FREE! When is this going to STOP!
Illegal aliens have made America the dumping ground for all their illegal alien children, then we have to school them and give them free medical care.
http://www.youtube.c...
http://www.youtube.c...
I for one, am sick and tired of these illegal aliens snubbing their nose at our immigration laws and the many other laws of this Country. If our Federal Government can not ENFORCE our immigration laws, and get these illegal aliens out of this Country, then let the States do it! One way or another, an end has to come to this illegal immigration, and not with AMNESTY! Amnesty will only encourage more illegal aliens to invade our Country and reward those who broke our laws and raped the American taxpayer in many ways...depressing our wages, taking our jobs, overwhelming our schools with their ILLEGAL ALIEN children, driving without a license or car insurance, all the crime from stolen identities to rape, drugs and everything else.
How many Americans are out of work right now? 15 million? How many illegal aliens are in this Country right now? 20 million? Are all 20 million working? How about all the public housing these illegal aliens get at taxpayers expense, like obama's aunt?
http://www.kpho.com/...
I'm from Delaware, and I'm just so proud! We have 65,000 illegal aliens here in our small State and can you believe that the illegal aliens sent so much money out of Delaware that they built up a whole town and then some in Guatemala.
OH, hell, Let's give them all AMNESTY! Then we will no longer have to call them illegal aliens, and they will all work to build up America instead of every other Country. Wouldn't they? This will put and end to any more illegal aliens entering this Country. Or will it? Maybe three years from now we will have another 5 million illegal aliens and it will start all over AGAIN!...and soon our Country will be gone. Americans are having less children, while the illegal aliens are having 300,000 children a year, and the best part about this is, they are all paid for by the American Taxpayer, that's you and me. Are you happy now? Do you feel the pride?
Maybe it's time for ZERO TOLERENCE with these illegal aliens. Maybe it's time for them get out of this Country and back in their own Country where they belong. When we get rid of the illegal aliens, we will get rid of all the problems that go with them. THAT IS A FACT!
Let's keep Lou Dobbs and get rid of Geraldo! He's what you call a real jerk.
Geraldo hahaha, what a joke.
October 24, 2009 - 20:02 ET by smgxGeraldo hahaha, what a joke. I can't take him for more then 39 seconds.
And it's clear he has really gone over the edge, like one other person said, Latino first America second.
We're doomed..... lock n load baby
The only reason I would
October 25, 2009 - 06:03 ET by ampul manThe only reason I would have paused while tuning by, was to gaze at Laurie Dhue.
CNN, the Clinton News Network---Bill decides; Hill reports
Geraldo
October 24, 2009 - 20:23 ET by HoosierEmAl Capone's vault - that's how I think of Geraldo Rivera. He should have just stayed there.
Rivera: pioneer of Showboat Journalism
October 24, 2009 - 20:21 ET by celatorRivera's prime motivations are to be on television, make weird faces, watch himself on the studio monitor and hear himself pontificate on subjects he knows nothing about.
He's the laziest journalist on Fox. A complete disgrace to that network.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
Rivera's Contribution to Fox
October 24, 2009 - 20:38 ET by Big MommaRivera (actual given name Gerald Rivers???) is an embarassment to Fox and seems to contribute nothing but his ethnicity to their desire for diversity among their commentators. Shep Smith is losing ground daily as a responsible, credible journalist.....really tired of the "cute" way he promotes himself....not really a time in the history of our country for "cute and charming" Liberalism. Please dump them both and bring Dobbs to Fox. Those viewers who follow Lou will add to Fox's domination of the market.
Obama Lies...Freedom Dies
Yep. Agree. Politicized
October 24, 2009 - 20:46 ET by celatorYep. Agree. Politicized ethnicity, I might suggest.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
I blame Geraldo for the fact
October 24, 2009 - 20:38 ET by kefkaI blame Geraldo for the fact that Al Capone's vault was empty.
Me too! lol On the other
October 25, 2009 - 00:46 ET by AlanaMe too! lol On the other hand, he did provide that wonderful moment when someone smashed him in the nose with a folding chair.
When California goes belly-up and is fire-sold to Mexico...
October 24, 2009 - 20:52 ET by R D Helm...for next to nothing, I think Geraldo should be forced to move there, given his unwavering support for illegal immigration, which is a huge reason that unfortunate state is in the sorry financial shape in now finds itself in.
-Dave
Our elected representatives have failed us.
storm chaser
October 24, 2009 - 21:11 ET by jon_torlinYou think FNC is sending him to Hurricane/Tropical Storm hotspots, they might be hoping he might get wiped out somehow? He got knocked off his feet once, just saying......
-Jon
Another useful idiot, but
October 24, 2009 - 21:31 ET by George S PattonAnother useful idiot, but I do balme him for the spread of gonorrhea.
I can't imagine ...
October 24, 2009 - 21:40 ET by ACWI can't imagine being interested in what either has to say.
C'mon guys...
October 24, 2009 - 22:25 ET by Paul Gthis is why MSNBC errrrrr msnbc.....has Joe S. on; he's the most (in his own mind) conservative out there.....lmfao.
cnn has Dobbs.....msnbc has Joe....Fox.ummmmmmm sry. fox has (B)eck and Hannity....um? I meant hannity..........
Wish I could say 1!!!! or a half of a % point person from NBC......but I can't............BUT go TAPPER!!!!
Dobbs for Rivera/Smith
October 24, 2009 - 22:27 ET by Jake6When I first heard the rumor about Dobbs coming to FOX I thought swapping him for Smith would be a good idea (I wouldn't have to switch channels at 1900). With Rivera spewing his normal garbage, it occurs to me that making this a twofer would be a bonus.
I don't recall Dobbs maligning those who come to this country legally. He has expressed little sympathy for those who come in illegally. Evidently, Rivera missed class when the definition of "illegal" was covered in law school.
To blame Dobbs for Anti-Hispanic sentiment in the U.S. seems just a tad over the top but then this is Rivera. Oh well.
What's going on? A three-way food fight?
October 24, 2009 - 22:30 ET by CO2MakerGeraldo dumps all over Lou Dobbs, and now Dobbs is pouring scorn on John Stossel--calling him a "self-important ass." Qu'est-ce que c'est is this?
Breitbart.tv » Dobbs Slams Stossell: ‘What a Self-Important Ass’
Indeed CO2
October 24, 2009 - 22:40 ET by cajun2Have noticed that this fighting has been going on for awhile, not just at FOX pundits. Now, this incivility is spreading to all areas of media personnel. This is not journalism. It is spoiled, self absorbed narcisistic brats with a microphone who have forgotten good manners.
Geraldo
October 24, 2009 - 23:06 ET by FC DOBBSI always think of Rivera as the Spanish Fly. He
taunts you, teases you , buzzes your ears and when
you try to swat him away he's after
someone else. I've never avoided anyone
on fox news channel as often as Jerry Rivers.He
is the oiliest sob on tv. When O'Reilly has
,him on the Factor I grab the remote,
switch channels and curse the
th e rude Egotistical leprechaun till
his ears must burn.
NOBODY PUTS ONE OVER ON FRED C DOBBS
B TRAVEN
( OR LOU EITHER)
The real Spanish Fly
October 25, 2009 - 08:32 ET by BlondeCaptain Jose Wejebe, out of Key West.
I hope he fails, too.
I keep wondering why FOX
October 24, 2009 - 23:11 ET by Cthulhu2012I keep wondering why FOX doesn't just get rid of Geraldo, and then the answer dawned on me.
FOX keeps Geraldo around for the valuable service he provides for them. He's not a journalist, or a pundit, or anything like that, he's just a harmless lunatic they keep around to remind them all of the precious gift of sanity.
Why choose the lesser of two evils?
Geraldo began or had a
October 24, 2009 - 23:28 ET by jkwtradingGeraldo began or had a career in Chicago. In the early 80's or late 70's Geraldo did a special of finding lost gold or a hideout of Al Capones.
He was on tv multiple days pushing this story...THEN they got into the safe where all the goodies were..NUTHIN a big bust.
I have not heard a word Geraldo has said since...lol...
Isn't it strange.....
October 24, 2009 - 23:34 ET by richard...how much Jerry and Barry are alike? Barry is half white and half black, but all he ever does is celebrate his "blackassness", and deride white folks. Jerry is half latino and half jew, and all he ever does is push for latino positions and immigration, legal or not. Never does he speak up for Israel, in fact I've heard him put some of the blame for mideastern tensions on the jews.
I agree with most on this issue, kiss this pompous little Jerry Colonna look-a-like goodbye and take the Sheephearder along with him, and bring Lou over to bright side. Fox needs Rivers like a dose of the clap.
Riddle me this Batman?
October 24, 2009 - 23:56 ET by racer148How can Lou Dobbs almost" single handedly have the Mexicans be the scapegoats for everything that ails this country? Nobody but liberals watch CNN and they want illegals to have all the rights we have.
They want to give them homes, cars, free health, free college. Like Seinfeld in first class. Free everything. Rivera belongs on BSNBC with his lefty friends.
Damn,
October 25, 2009 - 00:13 ET by RESTLESS 1Rush is making young blacks the reason for everything that ails this country, Dobbs is making young hispanics the reason for everything that ails this country...blah, blah, blah.
Make up your mind lefties. Whos fault is it? Because it couldn't possibly be the fault of those that come here illeagally, or who abort half of their children, now could it?
Blame whitey is getting soooo old.
"If the man, with the power, can't keep it under control...some heads are gonna roll." -Judas Priest
I turn off Fox when he is
October 25, 2009 - 00:37 ET by AlanaI turn off Fox when he is on.
I'm sick of people trying to act like illegal immigrants are the same as legal immigrants, and anyone who doesn't want to be overrun by illegals is "racist."
If that were true, we would be "racist" against legal immigrants, would we not? Yet we are a wonderful melting pot, and I'm tired of this slander.
Geraldo is a dolt. I feel sorry for his various wives.
Double jeopardy
October 25, 2009 - 00:48 ET by LindamaeShouldn't Rivera also take up the banner to cry out against the anti-semetic & anti-Israel comments being bandied about? Actually, he can speak out against both problems. Where are the anti-Hispanic comments? Does he mean coverage of crimes in which the criminal happens to be Hispanic? If so, then it is not anti-Hispanic but just reporting. Or crimes in which the criminal is illegally in the US? Or crimes in which the criminal happens to be Moslem? Roman Catholic? Jewish? Methodist? Blue eyed? Blond? Some facts of a story are important and some are not.
My grandparents came to America following the rules. I now teach a Citizenship class made up of immigrants who followed the rules to come here. They do not think illegals who come here should be given amnesty - rules are rules. They also have pointed it out that it is very difficult to become a naturalized citizen in many of their countries. The US is a rare country which has a pathway to become a citizen. There is pride in them that they have elected to take the path to become citizens and anger that others are not and yet may be able to get for free what they have had to work for.
If Dobbs has pointed out the dangers brought to the US by those who have broken rules to get here and continue to break rules while here, then he is reporting - and that is his job.
We have been asked to become so politically correct that we must put on blinders so we not see what is happening. That is foolish and dangerous. We are in a mess and I don't think grandstanding will solve the problem. Well, ratings are ratings. What more can I say?
Hysterical!
October 25, 2009 - 02:36 ET by PJManHysterical is a word to describe geraldo's lunacy, he slams Michele, and she wants a full apology from the factor and get's none, no longer on bill's show by her own accord, right on, and I had to stop watching in support of her for a few weeks, but when the blatant racest geraldo is on it's time to switch channels, as for Lou, lets see, married a Mexican gal, invited her parents to live with them legally, all for legal immigration, a patriot in every sense of the word, "must be a right wing Notzie", but it does trouble me IF, he did say that about John Stossel, geraldo on the other hand, a self important character in his own mind, has to interject himself with his own and others stories, registurd republican, why? maybe to vote for the worst candidate in the primaries? why else? At least Lamont Hill was what he was, and really didn't try to hide it, Come over to the light Lou, and with hope and prayers, geraldo will fade away! Amen.
"most frustrating experience of my professional life"
October 25, 2009 - 05:50 ET by jdlybrandActually Gerry; that would have to be the one hour 'Al Capone's Vault' special you did years ago when you kept finding walls behind walls. Or the time the guy broke your nose with a chair.
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
Chester Riley
With a chair?
October 25, 2009 - 08:49 ET by CO2MakerWas he on Jerry Springer?
he had his own show
October 25, 2009 - 09:28 ET by jon_torlinHe did an episode, touted as a special and it was about, funnily enough, racism, and it had the token skinheads and token blacks and at one point, it got out of control, fights broke out, Geraldo got smacked on the nose with a chair and broke it(something like that could have killed him, sending bone fragments to his head).
Kinda his claim to fame these days.
-Jon
Toothless
October 25, 2009 - 07:51 ET by CrashGerald Rivers is a joke amongst latinos.
Shame on Gerald for trying to make villains out of citizens and public servants who protect and honor the laws of this constitutional republic.
It's bad enough that the current administration is dragging us into a third world cesspool. When the DHS secretary issues an order to toss a monkey wrench into the teeth of law enforcement, facilitating the ability to break our laws. Why not an out & out tax revolt too? It too is a "law" made by congress. Why should anybody take it seriously? Either enforce our current immigration laws, or change them.
Rivera 0n Race
October 25, 2009 - 10:46 ET by iveseenitallRivera = Race/ Race = Rivera. He's blinded by his race--which makes him a poor "jounalist". He really should go to Univision--or maybe he should retire altogether and become a community organizer.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Geraldo: The fox so cunning and free! Whore-O!
October 25, 2009 - 11:18 ET by StewartIIIChickaBOOMer -- Geraldo: The fox so cunning and free! Whore-O! http://chickaboomer....
not criminals?
October 25, 2009 - 11:28 ET by bknownstI will give Geraldo a million dollars for every single "undocumented alien" he can name, that has not commited a crime.
You need to modify your
October 25, 2009 - 17:28 ET by MikeBYou need to modify your proposal to: "I will give Geraldo a million dollars for every single 'undocumented alien' he can name that has not committed a crime, if he will give me one dollar for every 'undocumented alien' I can name that has committed a crime."
He would owe you and estimated 8 to 12 million dollars. ;-)
edit: If he goes for this, would you share with me? I can use the $.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
jaywalking is not a felony...
October 25, 2009 - 22:00 ET by konoAnd being in the U.S. without proper authority (or documents to show it) is not a crime.
I'm not defending it, by any means. But it's technically a violation of a civil statute, not a criminal statute. So the legal severity of that transgression is similar to that of a speeding ticket.
I still want illegal entry (as well as over-staying one's temporary visa) to be stopped, and the quotas of legal immigrants to be reduced to pre-1993 levels. And I want the gubm'nt to use physical fences and walls, if necessary, to enforce the border. (As opposed to that hokey 'virtual border'...) But I've stopped referring to illegal aliens as 'criminals', because although many of them commit crimes while they're here, the simple fact that they're here isn't itself a criminal violation.
Geraldo is the biggest sanctimonious tool on TV
October 25, 2009 - 11:32 ET by Jack BauerI happened to turn on the TV yesterday just as the excerable Geraldo was launching into a despicable rant about the parents of a seven year old girl who had been hideously murdered on her way home from school.
Apparently it was their fault this poor girl was murdered because they had allowed their daughter to walk home from school.
Her wrecked little body isn't even buried yet -- an agonizing torment her parents are going to have to face. And they may hear about this being said about them.
I know it's wasted sentiment but I think I despise that tool Geraldo with a passion.
dangerously foolish
October 25, 2009 - 21:48 ET by konoAfter Geraldo stupidly scratched troop-location diagrams in the dirt in front of the live TV camera during the invasion of Iraq (when he was embedded with an attack unit), I swore that IF the troops let him live, he'd never have me as a viewer.
G.R. is a showman (and not a great one, at that). I can't fathom why networks want to treat him as if he were a newsman. It's like treating a chihuahua as if it were a clydesdale horse.
Oh now jerry rivers is just
October 29, 2009 - 10:31 ET by Willis_Leon_JohnsonThe hispanic version of jesse jacksssuuuunnnn.
Both are race whores and will do or say anything for publicity that they use to line their pockets.
Their only 'loyalty' lie in the size of their bank accounts and the fear they generate in businesses when they attack in hopes of being bought off.
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