Dobbs: A Prejudiced Populist
Posted November 19th, 2007by Martin Espada
The title of this discussion, “Lou Dobbs: Populist or Prejudiced,” presupposes that these are mutually exclusive terms. In fact, this country has a long history of prejudiced populism, from Theodore Roosevelt to George Wallace and beyond. Lou Dobbs is a prejudiced populist. His reaction to immigration is so obsessive, so overwrought, so irrational that it can [...]
