By Jeff Poor
Business & Media Institute
6/20/2008 12:47:50 PM
CNN’s Lou Dobbs has been on a tear about the recent tainted-tomato salmonella outbreak, but this time he’s taken it a step further and is calling for the ultimate political punishment.
The “Lou Dobbs Tonight” host placed the blame for the recent salmonella outbreak squarely on President George W. Bush, calling for his impeachment on the June 19 broadcast. Contaminated tomatoes from an unknown source or sources have sickened 383 people since April, according to the Associated Press.
“You know, I have heard a lot of reasons over the years as to why George W. Bush should be impeached,” Dobbs said. “For them to leave the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in this state, its leadership in this sorry condition and to have no capacity apparently or will to protect the American consumer – that is alone to me sufficient reason to impeach a president who has made this agency possible and has ripped its guts out in its ability to protect the American consumer.”
“It’s insane what’s going on here,” said a visibly angry Dobbs. “Is there any sense of embarrassment on the part of the leadership of that agency?”
On June 18, Dobbs called the FDA “excessively intellectually challenged.” The night before he called the FDA “moronic.”
“The FDA, led by complete moronic, unengaged incompetents,” Dobbs said on his June 17 broadcast. “The idea that they would sit there and say that they’re not going to reveal where a cluster of this outbreak occurred, this is arrogant beyond belief. Who in the world do these idiots think they are? Who do they think they’re working for?”
He also implicated Bush in that tirade: “As for this administration, were a responsible president at the helm of this country, I would wonder why he is not taking action, but then again, this is of course his FDA and his legacy.”

Lou Dobbs: Bush Should Be Impeached for Salmonella Outbreak
CNN host says leadership in 'sorry condition' and inability to 'protect the American consumer' is 'sufficient reason to impeach a president.'

Lying the country into war, illegal wiretaps, politically motivated justice dept, torture, these are serious issues,
but bad tomaters, somebody get a rope?

True enough, Sky. But it's illustrative of the larger issue of this administration's contempt for every agency and program intended to protect Americans. From the FDA to FEMA, the EPA, the FTC, especially the Bureau of Consumer Protection, to those who are tasked with regulating manipulation of futures markets, to the Federal Communications Commission, to the Bureau of Mine Safety and any other regulatory agency you can think of ; politicized and rendered impotent, headed by incompetent cronies who are often opposed to the very agencies handed over to them. Kinda relates to your post yesterday about feeling something in the air in that I think people are beginning to put it all together. The disaster of salmonella tainted tomatos is just one more piece of this pattern of disdain and contempt for the health, safety, and well-being of the American public. Not long ago, even mentioning impeachment in any context would've been considered an unpatriotic sacrilege. If it took tainted tomatos to put one of 'em over the edge, terrific. The "I" word's no longer taboo.

And after the Bush Error ends, will any of that cabal be brought to justice? Will Bush and or Cheney ever have to face up to any consequences?

Nope. Like most filthy rich people they will get away with everything. Amazing isn't it?