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Lou Dobbs to Fox Business? Roger Ailes hopes so

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Fox is hoping to beef up its roster of talent for its up and coming (although currently widely mocked) Fox Business Network.

And who are they hoping to add? None other than CNN's Lou Dobbs. According to The New York Times, citing "two people with direct knowledge of the meeting", Mr. Dobbs met for dinner with Fox News president Roger Ailes.

In a way, Dobbs would be a perfect fit for Fox. A long-respected financial news pundit with a decidedly right-wing bent, Dobbs has taken on an increasingly shrill and conspiratorial tone in recent years. He became the laughingstock of CNN when he absolutely refused to let the Obama birth certificate scandal die, even after any number of third-party fact checkers had dismissed it as bogus. The Southern Poverty Law Center deemed his crusade questioning Obama's birthplace "racist" -- an allegation that seemed to fit well with Dobbs' track record of extreme right-wing sentiment on immigration issues.

Conspiracies, lunatic ranting, and xenophobia. Yep. He'd actually be a great fit on Fox. Perhaps he and Glenn Beck could co-host a show -- "Live From the Kings Park Psychiatric Center" on Long Island.

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