Those of you who’ve known me for a while can probably remember when my big newsman crush was Lou Dobbs (circa 2004-2006). I didn’t always agree with Lou, but his positions were generally well-reasoned and factually supported. In 2007, Lou started to slide off the rails. Although he was fond of boasting that he was an Independent, Lou sounded more and more like a conservative who just didn’t want to be known as a Republican during George W. Bush’s administration. Throughout 2008, Lou’s rants against illegal immigrants and candidate Obama became ever more extreme, and he finally left CNN under circumstances that suggested that the network was not exactly sorry to see him go.
This week, Fox News announced that Lou will be joining its lineup during the first quarter of 2011. Oh Lou, say it ain’t so! Huckabee, O’Reilly, Hannity, Rove, Palin, Beck . . . and DOBBS? I haven’t been this disappointed in anyone since 2002, when I got together with an old friend from high school – the guy who introduced me to the Stones, the Doors, and the Chambers Brothers – and learned that he had become a Frank Sinatra fan. It’s almost enough to make a woman swear forswear newsman crushes. On the other hand, Jon Stewart is pretty hard to resist.
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