There has long been a right wing promotion of the belief that Barack Obama was not a US citizen and was born in Kenya, despite the documented evidence available in Hawaii, which is found with magnification of the document in nine parts on FactCheck.org.   This has always been seen as the loonies stating such things, but the idea has not died and is spreading among a portion of the American people as another example of a conspiracy.
As outrageous as this is, now Lou Dobbs of CNN has joined the crowd and promoted a similar conspiracy belief on his tv and radio shows. Lou Dobbs once had some credibility, but this has been deteriorating in the past couple of years with his rants and smirks on his CNN show, so much so that I finally had to give up watching his show because it made me sick to the stomach.
Although once regarded as a leading business commentator, Lou Dobbs has lost all sense of respectability and reputation, not only with this ridiculous assertion, but with other over the wall statements in the past two years. While he retains the right of freedom of speech, I wonder if he is happy to be put into the same category as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly, Michael Savage, and other right wing whackos.
I think Lou Dobbs needs to examine the website FactCheck.org, and then issue a profuse apology to President Obama and condemn the continued assault on this President who is doing his very best to address the issues of the nation, and does not need to be confronted with outrageous, looney assertions that have no basis.  Somehow, though, well aware of Lou Dobb’s arrogance and egotistic nature, such an appropriate apology is unlikely to be forthcoming, but it is at the expense of his reputation. He should be totally ashamed!