2.04.2008



DOBBS BEING DESTROYED: I'm not sure why exactly, but I've thought Lou Dobbs was a gasbag for quite a while now. I find him more arrogant and annoying even than O'Reilly. Anyway, I just landed in L.A., and I was channel-surfing and happened across a heated debate between Dobbs and one Janet Murguia. Basically, Murguia was arguing that Dobbs has slandered illegal immigrants and has been irresponsible in the way he's characterized them on his program. I have no idea if the charge is true or not, but what I witnessed was Dobbs being eviscerated by this Murguia. He was absolutely incapable of keeping up with her intellectually or rhetorically. She's one of the most effective "live TV" debaters I've ever seen. Dobbs almost had a grabber on the air, he was so overwhelmed.

They've finally finished their argument, and now Dobbs is back from commercial and still flushed and seemingly winded. It was very, very compelling television, even without knowing what the hell they were on about. Watch out for this Janet Murguia.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Scott, we might not agree on much, but are of like mind re: Dobbs. Here he is as the foil for the best work Stephen Colbert has done, amazingly, without writers:

http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/index.jhtml?ml_video=147922