Dictionary definition Pot Shot or pot-shot: n. 1) A random or easy shot. 2) A criticism made without careful thought and aimed at a handy target for attack [So called because such a shot is fired by a hunter whose main purpose is to get food for the pot.]
When Lou Dobbs suddenly announced his resignation from CNN yesterday it came as no real surprise. Dobbs had been slowly developing into the other proverbial “loose cannon” on the deck of the oldest cable news organization, and his populist rant was revealing a deep-seeded and incendiary paranoia that has only been matched by Glenn Beck in the past couple of years. Ironically, it was CNN that inadvertently gave them their starts – and it was inevitable that the network would have to part ways with both of them (or vis-a-versa). Advertisers were not going to be penalized by his unpredictable rants which tended to insult vast numbers of minorities that purchase goods and services around this country.
Dobbs can certainly find greener pastures at Faux News Network, where he will continue to blame the woes of this country on illegal aliens and other boogie men. After all, a valid birth certificate released by the State of Hawaii has thus far not dissuaded Dobbs from continuing to insinuate that President Obama, himself, is an illegal alien. This only lends more credence to those critics who lam-bast him for his ”racist conspiracy theories”. After all, if it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck , it must be a duck.
However, the final irony herein is that after years of taking “pot shots” at the Liberal Media, Dobbs is now blaming them in another non sequitur reference regarding the fact that he and his wife were outside their home when a bullet was fired in their direction. Dobbs claimed that it was because of all of the hatred directed toward him by the liberal media, it inflamed someone to shoot at he and his wife because of his stance on illegal immigration.
Lou, double up on that Prozac tomorrow. Officials for the New Jersey State Police played down the whole incident, stating that the likely source of the obviously stray bullet was from a hunters gun, and that the bullet went into the attic of Dobbs’ house. Now if someone really wanted you dead, Lou, you would make a pretty easy target. I am betting you are not real fast on your feet, and you’re carrying enough spare tires around your gut to support a NASCAR team on race weekend. A bullet flying randomly into an attic either came from a long way’s away, or was such a bad shot that it does not merit worrying about. Trust me, Lou. If the shooter can barely hit the broad side of a barn, even a target as big as you is safe standing out in the middle of your front yard.
Either way, I just think it’s funny after all of the nasty pot shots you have taken at people, races and cultures over the years, that you are now complaining about a stray bullet that was not even likely intended for you.
Karma is strange. Isn’t it Lou?