I went to go see Lou Dobbs speak at UC San Diego last night. He was there to promote his new book, "Independents Day".

Here's a recap of my evening, and what I learned:

I arrived and right outside the venue, there was a huge protest going on, lots of signs that said "Lou Dobbs is a Racist!" and other accusations along those lines.

I entered the building and the woman taking my ticket noticed my Ron Paul 2008 button. She smiled and I asked her if she liked Ron Paul. She said "yes he will take lots of votes away from the republicans and democrats." I told her not only that but he has a good chance to WIN the GOP. She gave me a funny look and I told her he raised $4.3 million in one day last week. She was very surprised to hear this!

The Dobbs talk was not too far from what he says on air. His main platform is that the republicans and democrats are two wings of the same bird, that they're both bought and paid for by corporations. He believes we all need to register as independents and find a candidate for 08 that is not running for either major party.

He went on to talk about how the illegal immigration issue is NOT racial, and is instead political. He mentioned the North America Union but clearly stayed away from the topic as a reason for all the illegal immigration. He mentioned Ron Paul briefly and said how while the $4.2 million day was impressive, if we had an independent candidate, that could be a daily event.

The Q&A session was interesting. We wrote down questions and Lou read them and answered. Mine was "How would a Ron Paul presidency help the American people?" And "Can you tell us more about the North American Union?"

He skipped my NAU question but did answer about RP. He said that he is not a supporter of Ron Paul. He does think that Paul and John Edwards are the two closest candidates to his views, but he does not think they will do enough about our borders and ports, or our education.

Someone asked about Bloomberg and he's not at all excited about him.

Another question was about the CFR and he just said it is an elite organization that does not have the American people in it's best interest.

He was asked about Kucinich's bill to impeach Cheney, and he said while Kucinich has a lot of good ideas, impeachment would be a waste of time- if we impeach Cheney, we should impeach a lot of others in the administration. Instead, Dobbs said, we should vote all these corporate politicians out and vote in independents.

Enrique (the guy that hangs out at the border and argues with the minutemen ) was there and accused Dobbs of being a racist. Dobbs brought him up near the stage and asked him a couple of questions. Enrique is full of confidence but appears to have many facts wrong, and he could not back up his accusations with any examples. It started to get a little rowdy as people were yelling at Enrique, but it quickly calmed down and everyone was civil.

Overall I feel that Lou Dobbs is truly independent and is not beholden to a political party or candidate. However, he is also a statist who believes in government solutions to most problems. He pushes the envelope more than most reporters on TV, however, he skirts along the edge of complex topics like the CFR and NAU (to keep his job in my opinion), and does not delve very deep into them.

He could do more, but he clearly does not want to upset his bosses enough to take him off the air.

Great writeup. Thanks for the info.

AWESOME!!! Thank you for going there and representing Ron Paul.
Enrique Morones is the racist and you hit the nail on the head when you said he throws all the figures around but never has anything to back them up with.
That's just what he does.
He represents brown pride, but only one shade of brown, and advocates the demise of our nation.
He regularly promotes hate and lawlessness while pledging allegiance to Mexico in our country! He also has some superior hold of our San Diego Police Department. Don't believe me, watch with your own eyes and talk to some of his ex supporters...
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Here are a couple videos of him...

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Thank you again for showing up! :-)

Well I don't agree with the minuteman or Enrique on immigration. I think both groups are nuts.

That's why this revolution is so amazing. We are all different. We all believe different things, but we all love Ron Paul.

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Thanks for the great report!

I've been following Lou Dobbs NAU coverage and its a shame he wasn't able to promote understanding of that issue during his talk. It is extremely hypocritical for groups who promote "La Raza" to accuse others of racism. Mexico also hasn't been very accommodating to Americans seeking employment, social services, land ownership, residency, or citizenship.

"..He went on to talk about how the illegal immigration issue is NOT racial, and is instead political. He mentioned the North America Union but clearly stayed away from the topic as a reason for all the illegal immigration. He mentioned Ron Paul briefly and said how while the $4.2 million day was impressive, if we had an independent candidate, that could be a daily event."


Kevin: Thank you for attending, great job representing us.

I'm not surprised that there were protesters. There are several LA talk radio stations, KFI in particular, that do a good job of highlighting illegal immigration problems but then blame all of these problems on the illegals themselves and not on their employers who break the law with impunity. This does distort the problem and incite racist reactions.

One of the things that I like about our San Diego group is that most of us seem to be focused on educating the electorate regarding our corrupt big spending congressmen and congresswomen which are truly the source of the problem. Maybe Lou Dobbs has a point, it seems that both major parties encourage bribery, pork, and corruption. We need a whole party full of Dr. Nos.

Nice work Kevin, you confirmed some of my opinions on Lou.

Ha two wings of the same bird...

Good write up, I like the part about the lady talking to you about your RonPaul button.

Totally do not agree that Ron Paul wouldn't do enough about immigration, and that John Edwards is RP's clone.

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PETER
LPer since May 1999