The exploding head of Lou Dobbs

A few months ago I turned on the TV to find Lou Dobbs expressing his now familiar outrage at something having to do with Mexican Immigrants. He was asked (I'm paraphrasing) by one of the guests he was hoping to skewer, if his problem was with illegal Mexican immigrants or Mexican immigrants in general. Well, of course he chose the former. Since then I have tuned in a few times and seen him again "outraged" by his perceived damages caused by the existence of Mexicans who blatantly try to feed and clothe their families while working to ensure that their children's lives are filled with the opportunity that fate (and Lou) conspire to deny them.

Well, one of the arguments they made about the enormous threat of Mexicans to the US was the shocking statement that the percentage of voters who were illegal aliens was in many cases more than the margin of victory in some electoral races!!! I must admit, I was shocked too. Until they explained the math that helped them come to this conclusion was based on jury duty excuses of people drawn from the voter registration lists. Hmmmm. I have a built in excuse for jury duty, El Greengo is "out of town". A lot.

When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty.
—Norm Crosby

There argument was based on people responding to a jury summons with the excuse of "I am not a US citizen, and therefore am ineligible." The argument was based on a correlation between voter registration and jury duty lists. I know this guy is blinded by his ambition. Fueled by the ire of the bigots and racists who make up the core of his viewership, he has created a niche hate and fear machine that is making him millions and millions of dollars. I don't think he believes almost anything he himself says, but to base his argument on jury duty excuses is just too much. He may as well say that there is an out of control rabid dog problem in the country based on the overwhelming accounts of children’s book reports being eaten by dogs.

The Daily show clip below ends with Lou Dobbs opinions of the two presidential candidates immigration policies. Check it out.