Lou Dobbs talks about "cotton picking"

[gadslca]

LOU DRUGS!

[Nehribus]

If I was Lou, I would have went ahead and said "cotton Picking" politicians. He wasn't saying it in a racist way such as saying nigger or niggers. It's an expression lots of people use... those damn cotton picking faggots in San Fransico are gonna give all the spics aids. See, it's not racist, it's just a common expression. Freedom of speech Baby, it comes before your feelings. Call me cracker and I won't cry, call me honky and it won't stop me from functioning. Get over you nappy headed ho's!

[cardabanks]

The reality is that America does have a birth defect on the issue of race.

CNN is a racist ass station

Watch MSNBC

FUK CNN & (sly) FOX

[tobiasrobbins72]

You must be kidding. MSNBC makes Fox's absurd claims of being fair and balanced actually seem like they have some merit. Are you only looking for a station than provides a single point of view and villifies all others, because that is surely MSNBC. Not saying the others are balanced either, but MSNBC takes the cake.

[cardabanks]

MSNBC can be 1 sided, but I feel it is an honest side in reflecting the liberal mood of the nation. In comparison to CNN who postulates to be a Liberal station but secretly widening the social divide. Perpetuating the status quo. Bamboozling

Fox news on the other hand is blatant with their sly/dishonest tactics. But I would rather see a fox as a fox versus a fox in sheeps clothing. It does seem as if certain fox shows are becoming a lil bit more bipartisan

I watch MSNBC then FOX then CNN

[tobiasrobbins72]

Liberal mood of the nation? That is nonsense. Every poll indicates that the majority of Americans are conservative to moderate. Liberal is the minority. That statement illustrates my point about the dishonesty of MSNBC.

The current strength of the Democratic party has come as a backlash against the Repiblican party. Those parties are NOT synonymous with "liberal" or "conservative."

Fox is blatanly right wing & gets far higher numbers than MSNBC & CNN combined.

[cardabanks]

Amer are ambiguous we are evolving. TY God

So U are saying the Nation does not have a Liberal mood?

When U say majority of Amer. are conservatives which Amer are you referring to? Because if most of them were we would not have a Dem Admin in office.

I can not speak for all Amer like your self but I can relate to some. A lot of Amer have conservative ideologies but vote to the center left. Which makes them a Liberal Dem by default

I am a fiscally conservative socialist independent voter!

[tobiasrobbins72]

@cardabanks Did you notice what happened in the elections?

[cardabanks]

@tobiasrobbins72 yes i noticed what happened, but give me your take on it.

[tobiasrobbins72]

@cardabanks I had made the statement, way back then, that the country generally does NOT have a "liberal mood" (majority speaking). You said the election of Obama proved we did. I said that simply proved we were sick of the Bush regime, but all polls and stats indicate the majority of the country leans conservative.

This election also is a lot of backlash (vs the dems this time), which always happens. So just because there is a backlash election doesn't mean everyone changes their beliefs.

[tobiasrobbins72]

@cardabanks It just means they were mad at the crooks in office at the time. But it was easy to predict this in the early weeks of the Obama administration.

[RulerRyze]

I feel bad for him - as the speech was excellent - and very true.

Then he nearly throws in 'cotton-picking'! It's just another of those misunderstood phrases that brings America's past to the front of your mind. It's not a racist statement - but it's exactly the issue - America's history reverberates very loudly and clearly in the present day.

Time will heal!

[fordtruxdad]

Okay- let me get in on this. I grew up using the term "cotton picking" as a substitute for cursing. We were forbidden to even use the term "durn", so we all used terms like "cotton picking", "John Browned", and "plague-taken" instead of G--D----ed, F-----g, mother------g, etc. "Cotton picking" has nothing whatsoever to do with actual cotton picking. And for whatever it's worth, I know a lot more white folks who actually picked cotton, myself included, than black. Peace out, folks.

[weedisoxygen]

@fordtruxdad I agree bro cept back in the slavery era, there were a lot moreeee slaves who picked cotton. Lot more. For a while. But I realize now Dobbs wasn't trying to say anything racist, he was just using his own way of saying fucking.

[donmarcus81]

How come he gets away with this non-sense and not Jeremiah wright???!? fuckin CNN man!!

[hurricanesly]

"How come he gets away with this non-sense and not Jeremiah wright???!? fuckin CNN man!!"

Tell me where Rev. Wright has been censored or fired or anything like that for saying anything? I never saw that. Last I knew he was on TV every night for the past week being given the chance ot give his point of view. You must have dreamed up the part where someone tried to stop him from speaking his mind, because it has yet to happen.

[CRAPCANNONS]

You know it's very racist of you to take it for granted that only African-Americans ever picked cotton. What about all the other races and peoples that have done the same back breaking work?

You should learn to be more sensitive to the feelings of races other than your own.

[CRAPCANNONS]

This is typical; in coming to the aid of people who can and should speak for themselves, political correctness police actually end up diminishing the very people they are trying to defend.

Why don't you treat everyone as equal individuals, rather than groups of victims you can be patronizing to?

[donmarcus81]

Loo dobbs , you need to be more objective about the immigrant people and more respectfull. We are helping your country economixcly. Just think about the day we took off. Many stores and business closed that day beacause we were not there to make the business work. Can't you retire and leave the place to a young man or woman with objectivity

[hurricanesly]

That is ignorant. if the ILLEGAL immigrants (remmeber the focus - NOT immigrants, but ILLEGAL aliens), weren't there to work, the owners would be forced to hire Americans (whether by birth or naturalization - the LEGAL immigrants) at minimum wage or better.

[Mocni]

Oh lord are people saying that Lou Dobbs is racist because he *almost* said cotton picking, right after making a very good point about just this sort of thing? Yes people are afraid to say anything about race for fear of people using false rage against them for political ends.

[bundyrumbum]

LOL!!

[ih8ronpaulh8ers]

Thank God for Lou Dobbs. he is the only person in the mass media that reports on real and important issues. If he slipped up on a word, so be it. who gives a f*ck. we all do it and doesn't mean that we are actually racist. people need to chill out and stop being so retarded. political issues are way more important than someone saying, or about to possibly say something racist. Dobbs is populist and not a racist.

[urbansoulfire]

this is stupid the fact that the racial debate is such a hot topic proves the intolerance of our society. just because we have diversity dosent mean we have true equality.

[uzenzile]

I wonder how his ethnic wife feels about his comments. She is a Latina. Does he call her a "wet" something once in a while? I would hate to be at the dinner table when Latin issues are discussed.

[hurricanesly]

No, because she isn't a "wet" anything. that term applies to ILLEGAL ALIENS from Mexico. His wife is a US citizen.

And a lot of US citizens who are Latino are against ILLEGAL immigration.

[mowhit1]

Yeah send his ass to fox. He show is terrible. He talks like an asshole. Like everyone is below him. CNN needs a young anchor to take his time slot.

[bigstU25]

John Edwards ended up being on point with that statement.

[officialusa]

Lou Dobbs is is far from a racist. His whole statement was pro-integration. You heard nothing of that and make the title about a unfinished sentence? In which he was pointing towards "politicians"

[blaster21996]

Cotton pick'n, I love Lou...... my nigga!

[flyingshrapnel09]

Cotton what? Get it out boy!!!

[PIFFDVD]

Cotton Picking fck up right there. lol, damn homie.

[jmc1007]

If you watch his show a lot, he has used that term many times to describe our inept politicians.

But just leave it to a P.C. viewer to point this out and make a connection to race...

[jmc1007]

If you watch his show a lot, he has used that term many times to describe our inept politicians.

But just leave it to a P.C. viewer to point this out and make a connection to race...

[jbrock2522]

Who...Dobbs is cool ...but he got it in him to...he also does understand when we say talking about the races... not tolking at the races....See when we are talking about the races we must go full circle like Obama said. What that mean Dobbs is start with a problem then point to your race and said here what I did are here my solution that has work for me.

[johnlepo]

Oh Lou, slipped up there. Not a racist are we? It's always the right wing biggots that complain about society being too PC. When do they ever have guests that say you can't talk about race? It doesn't have to be true when it fits your paradigm I suppose.

[aicheyearaem]

It's clear Dobbs started to say 'cotton-picking' as an off-hand but socially acceptable expletive and mid-sentence cognitively and etymologically crashed into an American predicament he was in the process of over-simplifying and denying. Dobbs is old enough to have read The Kerner Commission report; he should.

[hurricanesly]

"It's clear Dobbs started to say 'cotton-picking' as an off-hand but socially acceptable expletive and mid-sentence cognitively and etymologically crashed into an American predicament he was in the process of over-simplifying and denying."

I agree with you up until the point you say he denied the problem he ran into. No. I think HE IS POINTING THAT PROBLEM OUT. That is exactly what he is saying. That our problem with racial talks comefrom getting criticized everytime you say something.

[ECTriple]

Lou, follow Greta Van Susteren's steps...go to FOX News, you'd find the viewers would probably love you

[hurricanesly]

Yes. then CNN would be complete in its mission to have everyone who works for the station be of the same opinion and political leaning. Great. just what we need in our "News". MORE partisanship. Independant thought is being crushed every day, isn't it?

[pholland]

No, we'd hate him at Fox. I'm a conservative and can't stand more than 5 seconds of watching Lou Dobbs. He is a protectionist xenophobe who hates free markets and makes a living by whining about how "bad" things are when we in fact are living during the most prosperous time in our nation's history.

His main argument is that we need to return to the middle class "golden era" days of the 1950s and 60s. How much did ipods cost back then?

[truthseeker83]

you must be an economist.

[onedarkflame85]

Most prosperous?

Youtube search: Zeitgeist

[pholland]

Yes, most prosperous. The fact that we even have youtube proves this point.

[judokneebar]

Lou Mex- Black Hater Dobbs!

[ECTriple]

he's a bigot, it's obvious, even before this episode. He should just follow Gretta and go to FOX.

[bigstU25]

Dog, no hes not a bigot, im black and i can see what hes saying cause i listen to him on the regular, he call alot of people cotton pick'n whatever, whatever. White, spanish, black, whoever. As a matter of fact Lou is the realest cat on CNN, do ur research.