Uh-oh.. Lou Dobbs just ran a poll saying 66% of his viewers say Hillary should run as independent.

[BigBearJohn]

Ouch. Double ouch. If you think it's bad here now for Hillary
supporters... phew... the bloodshed would be unreal.:hide:

[Liberal Veteran]

1. Lou Dobbs has a big old chip on his shoulder over Obama.

[shenmue]

10. Yeah, just because Hillary only has the popular vote, while Obama gets in on delegates...

:eyes:

It couldn't mean anything, could it?

[anonymous171]

12. That is wrong and a lie. Please stop saying that.

[sallyseven]

25. It is bniot a lie. They showed the popular vote and he

didn't get as many. Kiss off.

[muryan]

34. Only if you dont count caucuses

So, uh no

[cbc5g]

47. 1. Obama didn't campaign in Florida 2. He wasn't on the Ballot in Michigan 3. Caucuses count

4. Puerto Rico doesn't vote in the General Election so 150,000 votes gained there doesn't matter in the GE 5. I'm still seeing 0 votes from Harlem. I guess votes must count unless its in a heavy African American district?



Anything else?

[chascarrillo]

48. Who showed it?

[L0oniX]

19. Yea well lets guesstimate how many voted for Obama in the caucus states and add them up too.

Hillary did not get the "real" popular vote. She is a liar.

[AZ Criminal JD]

32. Obama supporters are incapable of telling the truth.

Even after they have won. I guess they feel they have to keep the lie up. Hillary got 18,046,000 votes. Obama got 17,870,000 counting the caucus states. You lost the popular vote. Deal with it.

[msallied]

44. How did you count the caucus states, fool?

Caucus states do not keep running tallies. Jesus.

[L0oniX]

50. Typical Hillary supporter who loves a cheater who counts votes from Michigan.

[merh]

54. You need to know how to read the chart.

Using your hill numbers, obama's numbers puts him ahead in the popular.

Obama 18,107,710 (48.1%) Clinton 18,046,007 (47.9%) == Obama +61,703 +0.2%

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/democratic_vote_count.html

[PretzelWarrior]

30. you'll be BANNED in a week. enjoy it while it lasts.

[Flying Dream Blues]

39. She DID NOT win the popular vote! nt

[msallied]

43. You're a fucking retard. How many times does this have to be explained to you?

Please go back to school and sign up for an American civics class immediately so you can learn how our government works.

[onenote]

51. no, it doesn't mean anything

Sorry. But thanks for playing. The total popular vote in the primary season means even less than it does in the GE. In the GE, what matters is who wins states with the most electoral votes. You could win the national popular vote in a walk and still lose the election by a sizable margin if you pile up big wins in states with relatively few electoral college votes and narrow losses in states with a lot of electoral votes. With specific reference to the claim that HRC's popular vote total is significant, first, it ignores several caucus states and the tainted results in Michigan and Florida which in no sense can be viewed as accurately reflecting the actual level of popular support for Obama in those states. Moreover, a big win in Puerto Rico is nice, but as for it having any signficance insofar as for the GE, well, it doesn't have any. Puerto Rico doesn't participate in the GE.

In other words, its a false metric. If you can relate it to anything meaningful, please do.

[goldcanyonaz]

20. Actually, he just happens to like Hillary a lot

[MrRobotsHolyOrders]

27. Actually, he just happens to hate colored people

[goldcanyonaz]

33. people of color, *colored* is very offensive

thanks

[MrRobotsHolyOrders]

36. FAIL

Are you TIVO-ing Lou tonight? I hear he's got a great segment on '8 Ways to Make Your Home Safe From Mexican Child Snatchers.'

[madame defarge]

2. Of course his supporters want that.

They're mostly republicans in the 27% bush base who see that as the only way for Grampy McNasty to win. IMHO.

[anonymous171]

3. I would expect such sentiment from his viewers.

What kind of people would regularly tune into this fat bigot's show anyways?

[crankychatter]

4. Dobbs viewers and John McCain endorsements... she's on a roll

good grief

[Matariki]

5. She's a Democrat - NOT a Lieberman.

[IsItJustMe]

6. Republicans watch him. Tell you anything. DUH.

[Orangepeel]

7. only 66%?

I would have thought that most of his viewers would be republicans and of course they would want her to run. It's a good thing that'll never happen.

[Radical Activist]

8. Breaking: 65.9% of Lou Dobbs viewers are Republican!

[Geek_Girl]

9. It probably just includes a bunch of Republicans and a few Hillary supporters

nt

[jaksavage]

11. Sucks hair balls?

Lou Dobbs.

[shenmue]

13. Pretty much 2/3 of the board should have been banned by now.

Does anyone even read the TOS anymore, much less enforce them?

Of course not. This is DU. If you love Obama, you can get away with anything. Rumors, hate, constant insults-- it doesn't matter.

Biggest hypocrites alive.

[BulletproofLandshark]

24. No one is forcing you to stay if you hate it so much here. n/t

[L0oniX]

14. And if she were to pick Richardson as a running mate ...then what?

[Lucky 13]

15. Yeah and 66% of his viewers we should build a big fortress across the Mexican border...

and deport anyone with brown skin.

That guy is a wank. You shouldn't watch that garbage. It rots the brain.

Obama should do the exact opposite of whatever assholes like Lou Dobbs tell him to.

[billyoc]

16. Lou Dobbs' audience will die of old age before November.

[WilliamPitt]

17. *snerk*

Yeah, his viewship being the 15% of right-wing anti-immigrant blowhards who wouldn't vote for her no matter what party she ran under.

Uh-oh? It'd be uh-oh if she was stupid enough to listen to him...or if anyone who backs her is stupid enough to try and talk her into it.

[DevonRex]

18. You know it's mostly freakish repukes who voted yes. Oh yeah and

Harriet. Can't forget Harriet.

[BrklynLiberal]

21. 66% of what population?

[Auntie Bush]

22. No it wouldn't! No bloodshed.

Hillary supporters wouldn't be allowed on here so there would be no problem Remember Cindy? No Independents allowed on DU.

[DeepBlueC]

29. Oh well, as long as the WEBSITE is okay

Sheesh

[gcomeau]

23. Which is about the same percentage of his viewers...

...who are Republicans I would wager. What a shocking thing that they would want to see an independent run by Hillary.

[Straight Shooter]

26. That's just their way of saying they don't want to vote for Obama.

Big whoop-tee-do. SFW.

[MrRobotsHolyOrders]

28. Lou Dobbs is a Klansmen

At least Anne Coulter has a sense of humor about what a shrill, rascist demagogue she is.

[knixphan]

35. exactly!

[mudesi]

31. Considering he has about 12 viewers...

...I don't think there's need to be worried.

[mythyc]

37. here's the link: go vote no then.....

http://loudobbs.tv.cnn.com/

and yeah, as if what shows up on a lou dobbs website poll even fragmentarily represents real trends out there.

[cottonseed]

38. That poll was spammed by the 2 independent hillary forums.

[polmaven]

40. Give me a break..

A poll of Lou Dobbs listenrs is probably not something you want to be quoting.

Senator Clinton will not run independent. And even if she ever did, the rules at DU would not allow people to support her, so there would be nothing over which to shed blood.

[saltpoint]

41. Lou's a way-too-comfy fat-cat quasi racist chump.

He doesn't strike me as someone who has much respect, if any, for people of color.

He also doesn't strike me as an adult problem-solver.

He's Mr. Unexceptional Journalist cabled into millions of homes and airports.

[dkf]

42. Well of course Republicans think Hillary should run as an independent.

They want McCain, don't they?

[newmajority]

45. Official Lou Dobbs fan club photo

Yeah Lou, we'll keep them damn brown people out of the country for ya! WHITE POWER!!!!1!!!111!!

[cbc5g]

46. Lou Dobbs needs to get fired before I start considering CNN again

He can join the other RW assholes at Fox News.

[McCamy Taylor]

49. Lou Dobbs is one of those journalists who has a hard on for Hillary Clinton.

I can not figure it out any other way. She would let all the immigrants in. More Latinos means more voters for her. Lou Dobbs is obviously thinking with his dick.

[Orsino]

52. 66% of bitter, uninformed viewers agree! n/t

[KoKo]

53. Dobbs viewers? Yeah...right... We can be sure that's an "objective" poll.

Dobbs hates the Democrats...(he thinks they are softer on immigration than even the Repugs) so any poll he puts up scews to ....guess who.

Why do you post this? Can't give it up on Hillary? Obama's the nominee...she supports him. Why push this Limbaugh type Dobbs thing? :shrug:

[hayu_lol]

55. Why are all you guys hitting on the Repugs?

It was crossover Repugs and Indies who won for Obama in Montana. Do you really believe that they will be there for your guy in the GE?

[ogradda]

56. She's never get it as an independent

She'd never run that way.

[JPZenger]

57. Carlos Mencia had great parody of Dobb's World View

Carlos Mencia on Comedy Central had a great parody of Lou Dobb's view of the world. They had an illegal Mexican with ammo belts strung over his shoulders shooting into the air, having the government pay for plastic surgery to turn his family into gringos, and collecting government checks.

Then Mencia mentioned that the illegals he knows actually stay as far away from government buildings as possible.