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You are here: Home / Turn on, tune in, go Galt

Turn on, tune in, go Galt

by DougJ|  November 12, 20092:22 pm| 55 Comments

This post is in: Going Galt, Good News For Conservatives

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I’m struck by how much Lou Dobbs’ quitting to go “beyond my role” sounds like Sarah Palin‘s “choice is to take a stand and effect change” by quitting. And lest we forget, there are many who believe that the best way to fight Obamafascism is to go Galt.

This all makes me miss the days when people quit to spend more time with their families.

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  1. 1.

    Elizabelle

    November 12, 2009 at 2:23 pm

    True.

    Although sometimes pleasure is to be had in the fact that they. just. quit.

  2. 2.

    soonergrunt

    November 12, 2009 at 2:25 pm

    Well, don’t you know that it’s the Obama Administration and the Center for American Progress that forced this to happen!
    Whiny bullshit claim

  3. 3.

    Ian

    November 12, 2009 at 2:25 pm

    He is quitting because his ratings suck. Seems CNN is actually still a business at heart, not just a Republican Pr0n fluffer

  4. 4.

    4tehlulz

    November 12, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    OT, but why should I be the only one to suffer.

    All you needed to know about Orly but were afraid to ask.

  5. 5.

    Comrade Kevin

    November 12, 2009 at 2:35 pm

    @4tehlulz: AAAAHH!!! Hopefully, some day, I will be able to forget that.

  6. 6.

    Wag

    November 12, 2009 at 2:35 pm

    Lou Dobbs 2012!!!!!

  7. 7.

    JK

    November 12, 2009 at 2:36 pm

    Like most bullies, Lou Dobbs is a fucking coward who couldn’t deal with people calling him out on his bullshit. Fox Business Network is probably putting the finishing touches on the set of his new program right now.

  8. 8.

    SpotWeld

    November 12, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    Fact based news covreage was just too limiting.
    And dealing with the well know liberal bias of reality, it just wasn’t acceptable any more.

    I’m sure FOX will give him an outlet that will allow him to move beyond those boundaries.

  9. 9.

    GambitRF

    November 12, 2009 at 2:40 pm

    Does this mean we should expect to see a Lou Dobbs Facebook page with nothing but bizarre screeds that don’t sound as if they were written by him whatsoever?

  10. 10.

    Roger Moore

    November 12, 2009 at 2:40 pm

    @4tehlulz:

    All you needed didn’t want to know about Orly but were afraid to ask will never be able to forget without a big bucket of brain bleach.

    Fixt. That’s just plain disturbing. It also belongs on TMZ, not TPM.

  11. 11.

    AngusTheGodOfMeat

    November 12, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    That does it. I’m quitting, to spend more time with my blogmates.

  12. 12.

    kwAwk

    November 12, 2009 at 2:46 pm

    Now if only we could get Limbaugh, Beck and Hannity to really go Galt.

    Hell, as long as we’re talking about wish lists, perhaps we could throw in Malkin too.

  13. 13.

    FrancoThreatLevel

    November 12, 2009 at 2:46 pm

    Danger!

  14. 14.

    licensed to kill time

    November 12, 2009 at 2:47 pm

    Lou Dobbs is tailor-made for Fox. I think it confused a lot of people about which network they were on so CNN had to let him go so as not to sully their “brand”. People kept calling them and asking where the huge waving flags and “we deceive, you believe” logo went. Now he can sink to his proper level on the Fatuous Opinions & Xenophobes channel.

  15. 15.

    Brick Oven Bill

    November 12, 2009 at 2:47 pm

    I hope Lou replaces Greta. Greta sucks.

    Cancel that. I hope Glenn replaces Greta, and then Lou replaces Glenn.

    Greta is a terrible reporter and has a voice that drives me up the wall.

    Greta should then go back to CNN, where nobody would have to ever hear from her again.

  16. 16.

    Redshirt

    November 12, 2009 at 2:48 pm

    I’ve learned from the wingnuts recently that

    Quiting = success. Yay Sarah!
    Losing = Winning. NY-23 HoRah!

    Now, if they tell me War = Peace, I’m good to go.

  17. 17.

    Elizabelle

    November 12, 2009 at 2:49 pm

    I wish CNN had replaced Dobbs with someone other than John King.

    He seems to be a Republican megaphone too (at least in his questions and approach). A la David Gregory, whom I can no longer watch.

    Liked King and Gregory both much more when they were lowly White House correspondents.

    I wish CNN had gone outside its (depleted and boring) ranks and snagged — you know — an actual journalist.

  18. 18.

    dmsilev

    November 12, 2009 at 2:50 pm

    The Onion has an alternate theory of why Dobbs left.

    WANTAGE, NJ—Acting on anonymous tips from within the Hispanic-American community, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials on Wednesday deported Luis Miguel Salvador Aguila Dominguez, who for the last 48 years had been living illegally in the United States under the name Lou Dobbs.

    -dms

  19. 19.

    New Yorker

    November 12, 2009 at 2:51 pm

    Can Real Mur’kans please all go Galt? I’m tired of my tax dollars supporting pork projects in places like Alabama and Wyoming when they should be used for things like improving the NYC subway system or anti-terrorism efforts…..

  20. 20.

    RSA

    November 12, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    And lest we forget, there are many who believe that the best way to fight Obamafascism is to go Galt.

    I haven’t read Atlas Shrugged, but my impression was that there was some mystery in the book about where prominent people were disappearing to and why. Today’s conservatives don’t seem to get it that going Galt actually entails going away. Feel free! We’ll send out a search party as soon as we become desperate.

  21. 21.

    Tsulagi

    November 12, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    Of course, chief ball buyer and gay patch creator RSSF Commander EE sees opportunity…for CNN…

    I think I would be the most awesomeist replacement for Lou Dobbs that CNN could find. I could revitalize their whole network.

    He sees the big picture.

  22. 22.

    Scruffy McSnufflepuss

    November 12, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    And lest we forget, there are many who believe that the best way to fight Obamafascism is to go Galt.

    We have to fight them over… nowhere so we don’t have to fight them here.

  23. 23.

    AngusTheGodOfMeat

    November 12, 2009 at 2:55 pm

    @Elizabelle:

    The nice thing about John King is that nobody pays any attention to him. He gives nondescript a whole new ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz …………..

  24. 24.

    Calouste

    November 12, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    As someone commented on the GOS, Dobbs left to spend more time with his xenophobia. And for his ilk, that is practicaly family.

  25. 25.

    Reason60

    November 12, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    New show ideas for Dobbs:
    On Fox- a show called “El Patron” wherein a dozen illegal immigrants compete to be selected to mow his lawn. His signature line as he dismisses one contestant per night- “You’re deported!”

    On Nickleodeon- a show called “Invasion!” wherein Dobbs uses the Dr. Suess book to explain why the nation of the Star Bellied Sneetches is under assault from a rising tide of treacherous, lazy Plain Bellied Sneetches.

    On Telemundo- a reality show called “Gabacho Gigante”; Dobbs is dropped off at the Honduran/ Mexican border and must walk, hitchhike, and train-hop his way back into the United States.

  26. 26.

    licensed to kill time

    November 12, 2009 at 3:08 pm

    @AngusTheGodOfMeat:

    The nice thing about John King is that nobody pays any attention to him. He gives nondescript a whole new ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz

    He used to crack me up with those “magic maps” though. Dragging and flinging bits of ‘Murka all around while muttering “oops, hmm that didn’t work”. It reminded me of a certain person in my household who gets that way with the remote late at night – “Hunh? Wha? wrong button, shit!”. Unintended comedic effect.

  27. 27.

    Scruffy McSnufflepuss

    November 12, 2009 at 3:09 pm

    Let’s travel back in time and deport Lou Dobbs’ ancestors.

    It’s the only way to be sure.

  28. 28.

    Jim Pharo

    November 12, 2009 at 3:10 pm

    I thought he already left once to go to outer space (Space.com). Maybe that’s where he learned to fear aliens.

    I recall when he left his very heartfelt protestations that he was done with “journalism” (Ha!) for good, and that he knew that space.com was going to be his life’s work.

    Hope he enjoys life in the lunatic fringe. Good to see him relegated to the minor leagues…

  29. 29.

    licensed to kill time

    November 12, 2009 at 3:11 pm

    __

    On Telemundo- a reality show called “Gabacho Gigante”; Dobbs is dropped off at the Honduran/ Mexican border and must walk, hitchhike, and train-hop his way back into the United States.

    I would so watch that! Think Michael Douglas in “The Game”…

  30. 30.

    mcc

    November 12, 2009 at 3:13 pm

    Surely, the world that has rejected and exploited the Rational Man will soon find itself reeling and unable to function without the guidance of Lou Dobbs’ television show and Sarah Palin as governor of Alaska

  31. 31.

    Reason60

    November 12, 2009 at 3:13 pm

    I think the only thing funnier than Dobbs is to watch the Bill O’Reillys and Patrick Buchanans of the world talking about how these Irish Mexican immigrants are lazy drunken bastards who live in shantys, have 14 children each, drive down wages, are violent criminals and will never, ever adapt to our civilized ways.

  32. 32.

    gnomedad

    November 12, 2009 at 3:17 pm

    It is entirely possible that she will be adequately prepared for this task.

  33. 33.

    Shawn in ShowMe

    November 12, 2009 at 3:17 pm

    Beck. Hannity. O’Reilly. And batting cleanup, Lou Dobbs. Move over Dallas Cowboys, there’s a new ‘Murica’s team.

    Fox News, for ‘Muricans, by ‘Muricans.

  34. 34.

    J.D. Rhoades

    November 12, 2009 at 3:17 pm

    @4tehlulz: I hate you so much right now.

  35. 35.

    gnomedad

    November 12, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    @gnomedad:
    Dammit, wrong thread.

  36. 36.

    Violet

    November 12, 2009 at 3:31 pm

    Hey, even that idiot Carrie Prejean threatened to go Galt. Video is hilarious – she threatens to walk off Larry King.

    If that’s the best the rightwing can do for a spokesmodel, that’s kind of sad.

  37. 37.

    The Moar You Know

    November 12, 2009 at 3:46 pm

    All you needed to know about Orly but were afraid to ask.

    @4tehlulz: YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE NOW I WANT TO CHAINSAW OUT MY BRAINS

  38. 38.

    Redshirt

    November 12, 2009 at 3:52 pm

    There does seem to be a gathering trend of wingnuts walking off various TV sets. Pray to FSM that it continues.

  39. 39.

    Brent

    November 12, 2009 at 4:22 pm

    Keith and Maddow are the only 2 cable news shows worth watching. That Dobbs left CNN has as much meaning as the Washington Times ownership being passed from Moonie founder to his sons. Nada. Anyone with a brain tuned out CNN during the lead up to the Bush years.

  40. 40.

    tc125231

    November 12, 2009 at 4:22 pm

    @RSA:

    Today’s conservatives don’t seem to get it that going Galt actually entails going away.

    Well, duh. What if they went away and nobody noticed?

  41. 41.

    briber

    November 12, 2009 at 4:32 pm

    This whole Going Galt thing has me thinking of the people on the B Ark in Douglas Adams’ “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”.

    Perhaps Ayn Rand’s fundamental error was in dividing humanity into only two groups.

  42. 42.

    Blurkee

    November 12, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    I think they should all move on to that wonderful town that so many migrate to these days: “Further Endeavors”.

  43. 43.

    brantl

    November 12, 2009 at 5:05 pm

    Ayn Rand’s fundamental error was being Ayn Rand. If you’d ever seen an interview of her, you’d know what I mean. The ugliness of her soul outstripped the ugliness of her face and body, and she was bone-deep ugly that way, too.

  44. 44.

    The Populist

    November 12, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    Ayn Rand’s fundamental error was being Ayn Rand. If you’d ever seen an interview of her, you’d know what I mean. The ugliness of her soul outstripped the ugliness of her face and body, and she was bone-deep ugly that way, too.

    Her greed and selfishness were the biggest turn off when I’d see interviews.

    A foreign born lady who thought that America should be more selfish and greedy than the rest of the world. No rules, no limits, just plain naked greed.

    Sad.

  45. 45.

    soonergrunt

    November 12, 2009 at 5:16 pm

    @Brick Oven Bill:

    Greta is a terrible reporter and has a voice that drives me up the wall.

    That train left the station years ago. Also too, I now hope that Fox increases her screentime.

  46. 46.

    briber

    November 12, 2009 at 5:22 pm

    @brantl (comment 43)
    apologies…
    It seems that I forgot to enclose my last sentence in proper tags.

    Should have read:

    &lt toungeInCheek &gt Perhaps Ayn Rand’s fundamental error was in dividing humanity into only two groups.
    &lt /toungeInCheek &gt

  47. 47.

    licensed to kill time

    November 12, 2009 at 5:25 pm

    @briber:

    apologies…
    It seems that I forgot to enclose my last sentence in proper tags.
    __
    Should have read:
    __
    &lt toungeInCheek &gt Perhaps Ayn Rand’s fundamental error was in dividing humanity into only two groups.
    &lt /toungeInCheek &gt

    That was much more clear ;-)

    I liked reading the HHGTTG excerpt.

  48. 48.

    kormgar

    November 12, 2009 at 5:30 pm

    I really hope that more of these noxious parasites do go Galt. We don’t need em and most of their contributions cause more harm than good.

  49. 49.

    Anne Laurie

    November 12, 2009 at 5:31 pm

    @Elizabelle:

    I wish CNN had replaced Dobbs with someone other than John King.

    I keep thinking King is some kind of twig on the Bush family tree, but his Wikipedia entry says he was born in Dorchester, so it’s not by birth. Anybody know who he’s married to? All it says on the Wik is that he ‘converted to Judaism’, which might mean ‘married a neocon’ but I may just be too tinfoil here.

  50. 50.

    AngusTheGodOfMeat

    November 12, 2009 at 5:38 pm

    @licensed to kill time:

    I know. Half the time he would basically screw up the map-o-rama thing and end up just gesturing all the maplets off the screen while doing some cover talk.

    Hilarious stuff. If he weren’t taking it so seriously.

    He looked like a guy trying to put up wallpaper for the first time and ending up with the glue-soaked sheet wrapped around himself. All he needed was Oliver Hardy to complete the effect.

  51. 51.

    briber

    November 12, 2009 at 5:47 pm

    @46 try again (damn you WordPress!)

    &lt toungeInCheek &gt Perhaps Ayn Rand’s fundamental error was in dividing humanity into only two groups.
    &lt /toungeInCheek &gt
    where’s my edit button…

  52. 52.

    briber

    November 12, 2009 at 5:49 pm

    @46 try again (damn you WordPress!)

    < toungeInCheek> Perhaps Ayn Rand’s fundamental error was in dividing humanity into only two groups.
    </ toungeInCheek>
    where’s my edit button…

  53. 53.

    Brachiator

    November 12, 2009 at 6:32 pm

    @brantl:

    Ayn Rand’s fundamental error was being Ayn Rand. If you’d ever seen an interview of her, you’d know what I mean. The ugliness of her soul outstripped the ugliness of her face and body, and she was bone-deep ugly that way, too.

    A recent edition of the New Yorker features a devastatingly dismissive appraisal of Rand and her little band of acolytes as it deals with two new biographies of the Queen of Objectivism. The author situates the world of the novels as somewhere between Scientology and the Wizard of Oz.

    Both biographers overestimate the literary achievement of their subject, whose intellectual genre fiction puts her in the crackpot pantheon of L. Frank Baum and L. Ron Hubbard.

    I particularly enjoyed the description of Rand bitch slapping Nathan Branden, who had a long affair with Rand, when he fessed up that he was ditching her for a younger woman.

    This morning, I was listening to crazy speculation that Dobbs might run for president as a Dobbs/Palin ticket. Twice the crazy and all the quittin’.

  54. 54.

    rollSound

    November 12, 2009 at 7:21 pm

    @RSA:

    Today’s conservatives don’t seem to get it that going Galt actually entails going away.

    These bozos have going Galt conflated with their equally hilarious misinterpretation of teh Rapture, by which they believe God will magically whisk all the “bad” people to Hell.

  55. 55.

    Trollhattan

    November 12, 2009 at 7:31 pm

    We’d all be far more fortunate if today’s brand of Republican all went Galt (how would we know?) but as I understand it and as first put forth by Herr und Frau Instaputz, “going Galt” basically meant stiffing the Applebee’s waitress–leaving a note “thanking” her for voting for Obama instead of a tip.

    Let’s all sing together: “We’re freeeee to be assholes, for the next…four…yearrrrrs!” Snoopy dance optional.

    Which, of course, requires believing they weren’t assholes the previous eight.

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