Lou Dobbs Quits CNN: Leftists Claim Firebrand Anchor Left 'Under Pressure'

I watched Phyllis Chesler's appearance on Lou Dobbs show this morning (the first time I'd watched the CNN broadcast for some, mainly since I've long had the feeling that Dobbs is more the opportunist that a culture warrior). So now, clicking on Memeorandum, it was way surprising to see the top headline there, "Lou Dobbs to Quit CNN":

Lou Dobbs, the longtime CNN anchor whose anti-immigration views have made him a TV lightning rod, said Wednesday that he is leaving the cable news channel effective immediately.

Sitting before an image of an American flag on his television set, he said “some leaders in media, politics and business have been urging me to go beyond the role here at CNN and to engage in constructive problem solving as well as to contribute positively to the great understanding of the issues of our day.”

“I’m considering a number of options and directions,” Mr. Dobbs added. A transcript of his remarks is available here.

There's lots of reaction to the announcement, especially among the lefties. Pam Spaulding's ecstatic, "Glory be ..." Media Matters has this banner headline up right now, "Under Pressure, Dobbs Announces Immediate Departure From CNN," and their YouTube title reads, "Dobbs' History of Hate and Paranoia." Think Progress claims Dobbs had become a "publicity nightmare" for CNN, and gay hate-merchant Joe Sudbay announces, "CNN's On-Air Racist, Lou Dobbs, is Gone After Tonight's Show."

Of course, these are the same folks who fist-bump the degenerate Keith Olbermann, and there was no outcry on the left when the MSNBC host attacked Michelle Malkin on air, for what he said was her "total mindless, morally bankrupt, knee-jerk, fascistic hatred without which Michelle Malkin would just be a big mashed-up bag of meat with lipstick on it."

It's all power no principle with these totalitarians.

See CNN's announcement as well, "Lou Dobbs leaving CNN."