Dobbs Is An Equal Opportunity Douchebag.

And yeah, probably a racist, too. But not because of the "cotton-picking" comment. That was mere laziness. Exhibit A:

COWAN: ...Our report found three things. First, that middle class anxiety is real and serious and profound, but that the neopopulists -- and we'll come back to that -- but that the neopopulists often mis- diagnose the causes and the cures, but that conservatives, in fact, ignore middle class anxiety and think the market will take care of itself.

Second thing we found was that to do the right policies, to design the right policies for the middle class, you've got to understand the real state of the middle class.

And lastly, as the title of the report indicates, the rules for success in the middle class have changed. And government, who we blame, government has failed to adapt.

DOBBS: Well, we agree on a couple of things. I agree that this government is out of its cotton-picking head. Let's go to the issue, however, of the middle class just as a neopopulist.

B:

DOBBS: HR-98, to be clear, is the legislation sponsored by you and Congressman David Dreier to provide for severe penalties against the employers of illegal aliens up to five years in prison, is that correct, congressman, as I recall?

REYES: That's correct. And a counterfeit Social Security card and as a result of your story that I just listened to I'm going to talk to David about putting an amendment in there that would require the Social Security administration to notify individuals whose number has been compromised.

DOBBS: Good for you, congressman. It's obviously sorely needed. I don't know about you, my reaction when Kitty Pilgrim reported that is that the Social Security Administration has to be out of its cotton-picking mind not to have advanced the interest of Social Security cardholders, which is all of us in this country, and to deal with that.

Believe me, it brings me no joy to sorta defend Lou Dobbs.