Follow this link to view Jon Stewart’s extended interview with Lou Dobbs.

Although the discussion was intellectual and did not resort to shouting, it still left me with the feeling that there was an opportunity lost.

I think I finally figured out what was bothering me about this interview.

Jon never got to the point of asking Lou Dobbs whether what Lou did on his own show could have possibly helped bring governance to the center of political beliefs in this country as Lou claimed was his desire?

They then could have had a discussion of whether or not exacerbating the inherent xenophobia in people was helpful in any way? I feel that Lou Dobbs spent an inordinate amount of his time on CNN being a dishonest rabble rouser and not trying to be helpful at all.