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amborin

(16,631 posts)
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 11:56 AM Feb 2016

Dick Morris: When FBI Report....It Will Create A Firestorm against Her & Wreck Her Oval Office Plans

Dick Morris: FBI Report Will Create Firestorm Against Hillary

Breaking News at Newsmax.com http://www.newsmax.com/Newsmax-Tv/dick-morris-FBI-report-create/2016/02/24/id/715971/#ixzz41ZaMFCiV
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Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton will not be indicted over her use of a private email server, but when the FBI report on the case is issued it will create a "firestorm" against her, wrecking her chances at the Oval Office, political strategist Dick Morris tells Newsmax TV.

With Clinton "increasingly likely to be the Democratic nominee," Attorney General Loretta Lynch will not indict, Morris said Wednesday on "Newsmax Now."

The FBI report, however, will be released to the public, who "will see that she ought to have been indicted," he said. "It's going to create a firestorm akin to the Saturday Night Massacre in Watergate which alluded everybody to the fact that Nixon was not willing to release these tapes, and that led to his ouster from office."



http://www.newsmax.com/Newsmax-Tv/dick-morris-FBI-report-create/2016/02/24/id/715971/



A friend and advisor to Bill Clinton during his time as Governor of Arkansas, Morris became a political adviser to the White House after Clinton was elected president in 1992. Morris encouraged Clinton to pursue third way policies of triangulation that combined traditional Republican and Democratic proposals, rhetoric, and issues so as to achieve maximum political gain and popularity.



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Dick Morris: When FBI Report....It Will Create A Firestorm against Her & Wreck Her Oval Office Plans (Original Post) amborin Feb 2016 OP
A Newsmax link to Dick Morris? This is what full desperation mode looks like, folks. Cali_Democrat Feb 2016 #1
Yeah Morris isn't the best if you want to make a point NWCorona Feb 2016 #5
Newsmax??? SCantiGOP Feb 2016 #16
Newsmax is a joke I'll give you that. NWCorona Feb 2016 #20
Posting this here had to be intended to simply rile up her supporters. leveymg Feb 2016 #47
I doubt if any supporters are riled up - probably getting quite a chuckle over this DrDan Feb 2016 #110
Agreed, but Newsmax tv is the only station louis-t Feb 2016 #126
In the words of Public Enemy NWCorona Feb 2016 #134
He does have an interesting theory. razorman Feb 2016 #55
I think the point that Morris like Brock NWCorona Feb 2016 #62
And called a landslide for Romney leftynyc Feb 2016 #87
Dick Morris and the Clintons have had a falling out decades ago. They haven't been "friends" for Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #100
This message was self-deleted by its author 99th_Monkey Mar 2016 #143
For Real! Newsmax? Dick Morris? TheBlackAdder Feb 2016 #50
One would think NWCorona Feb 2016 #2
This is what makes some Bernie supporters look like right-wing trolls Onlooker Feb 2016 #3
I know what you mean. I draw the line at David Brock myself. nt Autumn Feb 2016 #26
+1 fleur-de-lisa Feb 2016 #51
ouch! demwing Feb 2016 #56
Agreed! NWCorona Feb 2016 #64
I have a real problem getting past that, and all the crap he pulled on the Big Dog. Autumn Feb 2016 #67
Exactly! He admitted after the deed was done NWCorona Feb 2016 #70
You don't and I don't, but some do senz Feb 2016 #135
Brock redeemed himself, wrote "Blinded by the Right," and started Media Matters. Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #97
I don't care what he wrote. The damage he did remains and he wrote that because Autumn Feb 2016 #98
Actually the work he's doing at Media Matters has redeemed him in my eyes... Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #99
Good for you. I don't read Media Matter and his redemption is irrelevant to me. Autumn Feb 2016 #105
Yeah, Brock is so cool for telling lies about Bernie... senz Feb 2016 #136
Admittedly didn't hear what he said about Sanders. In fairness, can you send a link? Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #137
and that is a good argument against Brock's bullshit, but this OP does nothing to further Bernie's still_one Feb 2016 #107
I don't think it's intended to further Bernie's canadacy. I wouldn't use the site Autumn Feb 2016 #128
I know you wouldn't use that as a source. That is actually an excellent idea regarding still_one Feb 2016 #130
I think that there should be one. As it stands right now it's up to a jury to decide if a site is Autumn Feb 2016 #133
Liberals who don't trust Sanders? pdsimdars Feb 2016 #48
and that is a valid point because it unfairly paints most Sanders supporters as supporting that still_one Feb 2016 #103
Morris and Newsmax are never right about anything. LonePirate Feb 2016 #4
Not even when he and the Clintons were BFF's. nt Snotcicles Feb 2016 #45
So you think she WILL be indicted? thereismore Feb 2016 #127
Whose toes were in his mouth as he WhiteTara Feb 2016 #6
Dick Morris randr Feb 2016 #7
Well, sometimes it's also about his toes nolabels Feb 2016 #122
The Saddest Moment of the Sanders Movement: Citing Dick Morris alcibiades_mystery Feb 2016 #8
And yet Hillary actually hired David Brock.... Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #11
They are in serious grief mode KingFlorez Feb 2016 #14
I wouldn't have posted from Newsmax absent a special reason, but Clinton did hire him as an adviser merrily Feb 2016 #101
I guess there's a first time for everything tularetom Feb 2016 #9
No, it will be a firestorm. jeff47 Feb 2016 #68
Not to worry TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #10
Clinton won't be indicted KingFlorez Feb 2016 #12
I really can't see how you can safely say that she won't be indicted. NWCorona Feb 2016 #21
You're right KingFlorez Feb 2016 #23
I didn't say that NWCorona Feb 2016 #30
It's all they got. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #72
It seems so NWCorona Feb 2016 #73
They are probably very sensitive about disturbing the political process... speaktruthtopower Feb 2016 #90
That's my biggest beef with this. NWCorona Feb 2016 #92
Don't know of examples of that, but not surprised. speaktruthtopower Feb 2016 #120
Most cases don't make it to the news cycle NWCorona Feb 2016 #121
Distinctions.. speaktruthtopower Feb 2016 #125
Not so NWCorona Feb 2016 #131
A Dick Morris prediction. He's the Charley Brown of the oasis Feb 2016 #13
yhe is a loser, But I remember what he was doing in the 90's and for whom Armstead Feb 2016 #43
You do know his history of being a leading Clinton detractor since then? oasis Feb 2016 #65
An advisor scorned Armstead Feb 2016 #69
The Clinton's dropped him and forgot him. oasis Feb 2016 #74
Dropped because he embarrassed them personally Armstead Feb 2016 #84
How do we know that he didn't lie... scscholar Feb 2016 #78
Dick Morris? LexVegas Feb 2016 #15
Yep. DURHAM D Feb 2016 #17
This is very reassuring... Nonhlanhla Feb 2016 #18
How on earth did you end up over on NewsMax? Godhumor Feb 2016 #19
I made the mistake by clicking on a link at raw NWCorona Feb 2016 #22
Need to scrub hard, heh Godhumor Feb 2016 #24
Isn't he the guy with the foot fetish? nt kstewart33 Feb 2016 #25
Toes wasn't it? I seem to remember something about toe sucker. Autumn Feb 2016 #28
So RW newsmax and Dickie Morris are OK on DU now??? riversedge Feb 2016 #27
Dickie was good enough to be rthe Clinton's former campaign guru Armstead Feb 2016 #39
You are living in the past. Hillary is going Forward. riversedge Feb 2016 #76
I hear continual echoes of the 1990's Dick Morris in her campaign Armstead Feb 2016 #80
Yeah, forget the record...what's done is done...it's the "New message" whatever that is, libdem4life Feb 2016 #139
Isn't this the point where Sanders supporters start complaining how brutally unfair life is? randome Feb 2016 #29
Dick in sex scandal in Clinton administration left-of-center2012 Feb 2016 #31
IOW - her Presidential election is guaranteed... brooklynite Feb 2016 #32
News Max and Dick Morris on DU. sufrommich Feb 2016 #33
Hey, Dickie was once Bill Clinton's BFF Armstead Feb 2016 #37
You should probably read up on Morris. sufrommich Feb 2016 #41
I've read up on him in the past when he was relevant Armstead Feb 2016 #46
I know right? Next someone will link to stormfront..... SwampG8r Feb 2016 #142
Dick Morris: Romney Will Win In A "Landslide" Freddie Stubbs Feb 2016 #34
Sorry, but quoting Dick Morris and Newsmax Kelvin Mace Feb 2016 #35
I agree. To the OP - Doctor_J Feb 2016 #114
I would take Dickie's predictions with a large grain of salt -- but was the Clinton's former BFFL Armstead Feb 2016 #36
DICK MORRIS?!?!? MrWendel Feb 2016 #38
Newsmax...Dick Morris.... zappaman Feb 2016 #40
not a fan of Newsmax, but let's not forget where Morris cut his teeth tk2kewl Feb 2016 #49
"Hillary vs Condi". JohnnyRingo Feb 2016 #42
So If You Apply Dick Morris' Track Record SDJay Feb 2016 #44
Newsmax levels awful cookies and spam on your computer that is hard to get rid of. kimbutgar Feb 2016 #52
A brand new low for you guys. Codeine Feb 2016 #53
It's not the first time. OilemFirchen Feb 2016 #113
Aw, come on! Dick Morris? Newsmax? The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #54
I know, right? demmiblue Feb 2016 #66
BOY! Dickie is still forecasting stuff, even after his dismal failure in the napi21 Feb 2016 #57
This Bernie supporter doesn't trust Dick Moreofus Zorra Feb 2016 #58
There seem to be a lot of shooting of the messenger while missing the Message awake Feb 2016 #59
JHC... stop already with the right-wing sources! demmiblue Feb 2016 #60
an ex-Clinton acolyte with an axe to grind and an embarrassment of a political prognosticator Tarc Feb 2016 #61
Look not to Dick Morris for truth. n/t Orsino Feb 2016 #63
not a Hillary supporter BUT G_j Feb 2016 #71
Ummm....... Ummmmm..... NCTraveler Feb 2016 #75
LOL - Bernie fans love those right wing talking points MaggieD Feb 2016 #77
Dick Morris!? You guys will quote anybody as long as its anti-Hillary. book_worm Feb 2016 #79
Sadly, yes ... that's correct. (And it will likely survive an alert too... I don't bother any more.) NurseJackie Feb 2016 #81
Looks like just one guy in this case. n/t PonyUp Feb 2016 #83
Hear, hear!!! Beacool Feb 2016 #117
As a Sanders supporter, I must ask what the hell you're doing posting this garbage. PeteSelman Feb 2016 #82
+1 Though, I never tire of seeing "toe sucking" in a sentence. grossproffit Feb 2016 #129
Newsmax? leftynyc Feb 2016 #85
Better believe it!...nt SidDithers Feb 2016 #86
Ha!! Codeine Feb 2016 #138
Now I know she will win and have a great term. Anything Dick Morris says believe the opposite Pisces Feb 2016 #88
Citing Newsmax on DU Gothmog Feb 2016 #89
I hate that Morris has given toe-sucking a bad name Blue_Adept Feb 2016 #91
LOL. nt Cali_Democrat Feb 2016 #119
Newsmax... Agschmid Feb 2016 #93
I'm no Clinton fan, but I don't give a rat's ass about Dick Morris' opinion n/t arcane1 Feb 2016 #94
Dick Morris stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #95
When Sanders fanatics start relying on Dick "toe sucking" Morris for their news, there's some Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #96
Newsmax, toe sucking dick morris, who has been wrong 99% of the time. Please, more right wing still_one Feb 2016 #102
I'm delighted that Dick morris predicted this bluestateguy Feb 2016 #104
Toe suckers aren't the best source Politicalboi Feb 2016 #106
Toe Sucking Dick Morris....OMG....n/t asuhornets Feb 2016 #108
dick morris . . . . lolololol . . . height of desparation DrDan Feb 2016 #109
Dick Morris: Ted Cruz 'Very Likely to Win This Whole Thing' NCTraveler Feb 2016 #111
Newsmax? Dick Morris? Really? MineralMan Feb 2016 #112
Dick Morris?????? Newsmax???? Beacool Feb 2016 #115
NewsMax? Le Taz Hot Feb 2016 #116
Dick Morris? Really? Newsmax? Really truly? McCamy Taylor Feb 2016 #118
Dick's smelled one too many tootsies. grossproffit Feb 2016 #123
Dick Morris is still around? ugh. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #124
I predicted this weeks ago. grasswire Feb 2016 #132
Old pricks never die they just dangle things HereSince1628 Feb 2016 #140
Meh. Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #141
 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
1. A Newsmax link to Dick Morris? This is what full desperation mode looks like, folks.
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 11:58 AM
Feb 2016

It's actually kinda sad.

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
5. Yeah Morris isn't the best if you want to make a point
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:00 PM
Feb 2016

But there is something to his words but I think that's kinda obvious.

SCantiGOP

(14,720 posts)
16. Newsmax???
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:09 PM
Feb 2016

I have to seriously question the intent of this post. It should be taken down immediately. And I would take the same attitude if it were directed at either candidate.

This is toxic.

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
47. Posting this here had to be intended to simply rile up her supporters.
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:38 PM
Feb 2016

The author and the publication both suck.

DrDan

(20,411 posts)
110. I doubt if any supporters are riled up - probably getting quite a chuckle over this
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:16 PM
Feb 2016

louis-t

(24,618 posts)
126. Agreed, but Newsmax tv is the only station
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 04:46 PM
Feb 2016

for Hitler, Nazi, JFK conspiracy stuff now that History channel no longer deals with history.

razorman

(1,644 posts)
55. He does have an interesting theory.
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:47 PM
Feb 2016

Morris knows (or at least, knew) the Clintons well. But, his record of prognostications is not very good. He is the guy that predicted Hillary would never run for the senate.

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
62. I think the point that Morris like Brock
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:52 PM
Feb 2016

Share a connection to the Clinton's that can't be overlooked.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
87. And called a landslide for Romney
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 01:33 PM
Feb 2016

That he's being posted here is the surest sign of desperation I've ever seen.

 

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)
100. Dick Morris and the Clintons have had a falling out decades ago. They haven't been "friends" for
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:00 PM
Feb 2016

many, many years.

Dick Morris needs to go suck on some more toes.

Response to NWCorona (Reply #5)

 

Onlooker

(5,636 posts)
3. This is what makes some Bernie supporters look like right-wing trolls
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 11:59 AM
Feb 2016

Not only are quoting Newsmax, but you're quoting the highly ridiculous right-wing operative Dick Morris. No wonder there are so many liberals in minority community and elsewhere that don't trust Sanders. Some of his supporters use Republican talking points, right-wing sources, and are apparently completely insensitive.

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
64. Agreed!
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:55 PM
Feb 2016

Brock destroyed Anita Hill to give us Clarence and Hillary welcomed him with open arms.

Autumn

(48,962 posts)
67. I have a real problem getting past that, and all the crap he pulled on the Big Dog.
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 01:01 PM
Feb 2016

What was done to Anita Hill was disgusting. Forgiveness is all well and good but you don't take a fucking low life piece of shit to your nest.

 

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)
97. Brock redeemed himself, wrote "Blinded by the Right," and started Media Matters.
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 01:48 PM
Feb 2016

I trust Media Matters much more than I do Faux News or Newsmax.

Really, all ya'll have is Newsmax?

Autumn

(48,962 posts)
98. I don't care what he wrote. The damage he did remains and he wrote that because
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 01:55 PM
Feb 2016

the things he had done were coming out. I don't have Newsmax, I don't read Newsmax. I didn't read the article I commented on a single post in the thread. That's what people do on a message board, they either comment on an OP or respond to a post in a thread.

 

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)
99. Actually the work he's doing at Media Matters has redeemed him in my eyes...
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 01:58 PM
Feb 2016

And as I said, I trust the work Media Matters is doing, going after right wing nuttery from Dick Morris and the trash on Faux News and even other news outlets.

And I also like the fact that he and his team have been debunking a lot of crap regarding Barack Obama.

I'm sorry if you prefer to champion wingnut causes just because your candidate is not doing so well.

Again, I think it's most sad.

Autumn

(48,962 posts)
105. Good for you. I don't read Media Matter and his redemption is irrelevant to me.
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:09 PM
Feb 2016

I don't care what he does or who he supports. I detest him, and it has not a fucking thing to do with my candidate.

 

still_one

(98,883 posts)
107. and that is a good argument against Brock's bullshit, but this OP does nothing to further Bernie's
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:12 PM
Feb 2016

cause. There are enough legitimate sources where arguments can be made against Hillary. Instead, the OP by choosing to use this right wing rag doesn't seem to realize it is self-defeating.

Autumn

(48,962 posts)
128. I don't think it's intended to further Bernie's canadacy. I wouldn't use the site
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 04:50 PM
Feb 2016

myself and toe sucker can eat shit as far as I'm concerned and the same goes for Brock but I'm adult enough to not bother clicking and reading the article past his name even if there were truth in the article. IMO the admins should make up a list of unacceptable sites but in the absence of that I'm just not into griping about sites.

 

still_one

(98,883 posts)
130. I know you wouldn't use that as a source. That is actually an excellent idea regarding
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 04:54 PM
Feb 2016

unacceptable sites, though I could see some concerns by some, at the very least they could exclude the obvious right wing links

Autumn

(48,962 posts)
133. I think that there should be one. As it stands right now it's up to a jury to decide if a site is
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 05:00 PM
Feb 2016

acceptable or not. Most people will leave them because Democrats just aren't into censorship but an unacceptable list would sure cut down the hostility about some sites.

 

pdsimdars

(6,007 posts)
48. Liberals who don't trust Sanders?
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:39 PM
Feb 2016

Now THAT'S some right wing jujitsu. They always seem to flip thing on their head.
LOOK AT THE POLLS. . . Sanders is the MOST TRUSTED CANDIDATE in the 2016 race and Hillary is among the LEAST. Go do your homework.
 

still_one

(98,883 posts)
103. and that is a valid point because it unfairly paints most Sanders supporters as supporting that
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:06 PM
Feb 2016

garbage which isn't true.

LonePirate

(14,367 posts)
4. Morris and Newsmax are never right about anything.
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:00 PM
Feb 2016

Speaking of which, why are we linking to that RW trash site Newsmax?

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
8. The Saddest Moment of the Sanders Movement: Citing Dick Morris
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:02 PM
Feb 2016

From Newsmax.

A new low.



Losing is hard, but, dang.

So sad.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
11. And yet Hillary actually hired David Brock....
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:06 PM
Feb 2016

Brock and Morris are both persons I would not trust to water my plants while I went on vacation. Morris does not work for Sanders, he got his position from working with the Clintons.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
101. I wouldn't have posted from Newsmax absent a special reason, but Clinton did hire him as an adviser
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:03 PM
Feb 2016

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
9. I guess there's a first time for everything
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:03 PM
Feb 2016

Dick Morris may actually be right about something.

There will be an FBI report and Lynch will not indict.

Whether it creates a firestorm or not is a bit more iffy. The media will do everything possible to keep a lid on the whole story and there are none more blind than those who will not see.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
68. No, it will be a firestorm.
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 01:01 PM
Feb 2016

First, the FBI report will come out. At the latest, it will be leaked in September. And that leak will say it recommends an indictment...whether or not the official report does.

The media will leap all over this. They love scandals and "scandals". It wasn't Republicans alone that kept Benghazi alive.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,270 posts)
10. Not to worry
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:06 PM
Feb 2016

she'll be able to defend herself against any accusations or indictments if they are forthcoming.

Plus she has plenty of support here on DU.

KingFlorez

(12,689 posts)
12. Clinton won't be indicted
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:08 PM
Feb 2016

If the man who predicted that Romney would get over 300 electoral votes predicts an indictment, there won't be one.

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
21. I really can't see how you can safely say that she won't be indicted.
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:17 PM
Feb 2016

I have been following this closely and I can't even say that with certainty.

KingFlorez

(12,689 posts)
23. You're right
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:19 PM
Feb 2016

Clinton will be indicted and Bernie will automatically get the nomination, then go on to win all 50 states.

speaktruthtopower

(800 posts)
90. They are probably very sensitive about disturbing the political process...
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 01:39 PM
Feb 2016

so I doubt it will happen unless there is new information or a public outcry.

Hayden was on CNN this weekend saying he wouldn't respect a foreign intelligence agency if they weren't leafing through those e-mails.
To insiders who live in fear of slipping up every day, who have seen careers destroyed for less, this must be powerful stuff, and there is probably deep resentment to the political class being held to a different standard.

If Putin went on TV and started reading the juicy ones, he could probably influence the election. But then he would get a right wing President.

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
121. Most cases don't make it to the news cycle
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 04:35 PM
Feb 2016

But it happens frequently. Even if you look at General Petraeus. If you really look at the case Hillary situation is much worse. Even though others think differently.

speaktruthtopower

(800 posts)
125. Distinctions..
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 04:43 PM
Feb 2016

Petraeus actually gave it to someone.. and yes he got a slap on the wrist.

She apparently didn't give it to anyone but there was so much of it that was negligently left exposed.

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
131. Not so
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 04:56 PM
Feb 2016

"Petraeus actually gave it to someone.. and yes he got a slap on the wrist. "

Actually it was never proven (in court) that he gave his journal to his girlfriend. She had top secret clearance BTW but that would still be bad. He was convicted of mishandling classified information.

Now as to Hillary, it's much worse. Hillary had a server that was wide open with zero encryption for the first 3 months. She also gave/contracted with a server farm to host her server. That company has zero security clearances and aren't authorized to build or maintain DoD approved network devices. Hillary then gave her lawyer the flash drive containing the server data and he wasn't approved for the files and the FBI quickly confiscated that thumb drive.

Again this is much worse than Petraeus's case.

oasis

(53,695 posts)
65. You do know his history of being a leading Clinton detractor since then?
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:57 PM
Feb 2016

If so, then what's your point?

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
69. An advisor scorned
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 01:02 PM
Feb 2016

You've been personally conciliatory, which I appreciate.

However, I gotta be honest.

Morris was a GOP before during and after his time with the Clintons. The fact that Bill Clinton used Morris and his advice to drain the Liberal Blood out of the Democratic Party when he was governor and as President perfectly sums up the core problem I have with the Clintons, and the movement they represent.

I remember the churning feelings listening to the message Clinton and Morris crafted in the election against Dole.

Sorry I can't forget that, and I honestly feel like his spirit still lives inside the heart of the Clintons, despite the token trappings.

oasis

(53,695 posts)
74. The Clinton's dropped him and forgot him.
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 01:10 PM
Feb 2016

Hill and Bill have always been surrounded by some of the best minds in American politics. You give Morris too much credit.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
84. Dropped because he embarrassed them personally
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 01:30 PM
Feb 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Morris

"A friend and advisor to Bill Clinton during his time as Governor of Arkansas, Morris became a political adviser to the White House after Clinton was elected president in 1992. Morris encouraged Clinton to pursue third way policies of triangulation that combined traditional Republican and Democratic proposals, rhetoric, and issues so as to achieve maximum political gain and popularity. He worked as a Republican strategist before joining the Clinton administration, where he helped Clinton recover from the 1994 midterm elections by advising the President to adopt more moderate policies. The president consulted Morris in secret beginning in 1994. Clinton's communications director George Stephanopoulos has said, "Over the course of the first nine months of 1995, no single person had more power over the president." Morris went on to become campaign manager of Bill Clinton's successful 1996 bid for re-election to the office of President. His tenure on that campaign was cut short two months before the election, when it was revealed that he had allowed a prostitute to listen in on conversations with the President."

Godhumor

(6,437 posts)
19. How on earth did you end up over on NewsMax?
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:14 PM
Feb 2016

I thought everyone knew to avoid that site.

Godhumor

(6,437 posts)
24. Need to scrub hard, heh
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:20 PM
Feb 2016

It is, and I don't their this kind of hyperbole around that much, one of the deepest possible pits of political discussion.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
80. I hear continual echoes of the 1990's Dick Morris in her campaign
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 01:23 PM
Feb 2016

She's made a few marketing readjustments to the packaging to co-opt and beat back the widespread movement that is driving Bernie, and acknowledge the realities of post-Crash America.

But her overall message is the same as the Clinton's message in the 1990's "Liberalism is a false hope, Democrats cant do much. Don''t try to change anything. Leave the Power Structure alone. We adults know what's best for you."

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
139. Yeah, forget the record...what's done is done...it's the "New message" whatever that is,
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 05:39 PM
Feb 2016

as of 20 minutes ago.

#whichhillary to be sure.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
29. Isn't this the point where Sanders supporters start complaining how brutally unfair life is?
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:23 PM
Feb 2016

I mean, really, they post this kind of bullshit all the time and then whine that they're not being 'courted' properly by the Clinton Camp.


[hr][font color="blue"][center]All things in moderation, including moderation.[/center][/font][hr]

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
31. Dick in sex scandal in Clinton administration
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:24 PM
Feb 2016

Dick Morris, that is:
Involved with a hooker,
and had an 'out-of-wedlock-child' with someone else.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Morris#Prostitute_scandal

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
37. Hey, Dickie was once Bill Clinton's BFF
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:28 PM
Feb 2016

If he's good enough for the Clintons he should be good enough for DU

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
41. You should probably read up on Morris.
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:30 PM
Feb 2016

I wish I could say I'm surprised where desperation has led some of DUs Sanders supporters,but I'm not.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
46. I've read up on him in the past when he was relevant
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:35 PM
Feb 2016

He and the Clintons had a key role in draining Democratic politics of substance.

The fact the Clintons even allowed him in the door says a lot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Morris

"A friend and advisor to Bill Clinton during his time as Governor of Arkansas, Morris became a political adviser to the White House after Clinton was elected president in 1992. Morris encouraged Clinton to pursue third way policies of triangulation that combined traditional Republican and Democratic proposals, rhetoric, and issues so as to achieve maximum political gain and popularity. He worked as a Republican strategist before joining the Clinton administration, where he helped Clinton recover from the 1994 midterm elections by advising the President to adopt more moderate policies.[7] The president consulted Morris in secret beginning in 1994.[8] Clinton's communications director George Stephanopoulos has said, "Over the course of the first nine months of 1995, no single person had more power over the president."[9] Morris went on to become campaign manager of Bill Clinton's successful 1996 bid for re-election to the office of President. His tenure on that campaign was cut short two months before the election, when it was revealed that he had allowed a prostitute to listen in on conversations with the President."

SwampG8r

(10,287 posts)
142. I know right? Next someone will link to stormfront.....
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 06:33 PM
Feb 2016

Oh wait....an hrc supporter.did that already.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
36. I would take Dickie's predictions with a large grain of salt -- but was the Clinton's former BFFL
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:27 PM
Feb 2016
 

tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)
49. not a fan of Newsmax, but let's not forget where Morris cut his teeth
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:40 PM
Feb 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Morris

A friend and advisor to Bill Clinton during his time as Governor of Arkansas, Morris became a political adviser to the White House after Clinton was elected president in 1992. Morris encouraged Clinton to pursue third way policies of triangulation that combined traditional Republican and Democratic proposals, rhetoric, and issues so as to achieve maximum political gain and popularity. He worked as a Republican strategist before joining the Clinton administration, where he helped Clinton recover from the 1994 midterm elections by advising the President to adopt more moderate policies.[7] The president consulted Morris in secret beginning in 1994.[8] Clinton's communications director George Stephanopoulos has said, "Over the course of the first nine months of 1995, no single person had more power over the president."[9] Morris went on to become campaign manager of Bill Clinton's successful 1996 bid for re-election to the office of President. His tenure on that campaign was cut short two months before the election, when it was revealed that he had allowed a prostitute to listen in on conversations with the President.

JohnnyRingo

(20,872 posts)
42. "Hillary vs Condi".
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:31 PM
Feb 2016

That 2008 book By Dick Morris is proof that he has his finger squarely on the pulse of American politics. He's a real political prophet.

SDJay

(1,089 posts)
44. So If You Apply Dick Morris' Track Record
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:31 PM
Feb 2016

to this situation, that means that (a) Hillary will be indicted and (b) it'll have no effect on her campaign in any way whatsoever.

I'm trying to decide who has more of a consistent history of being absolutely wrong about anything he ever said, ever - this clown or Bill Kristol.

OilemFirchen

(7,288 posts)
113. It's not the first time.
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:29 PM
Feb 2016

It's not even the second.

And that's within the past few months.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(130,538 posts)
54. Aw, come on! Dick Morris? Newsmax?
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:46 PM
Feb 2016

I'm a Bernie supporter but I'm not going to take anything Dick Morris says seriously. He's disgusting.

demmiblue

(39,720 posts)
66. I know, right?
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:58 PM
Feb 2016

One side is citing Stormfront-esque sites/weasel boy & his friends at Project Veritas... the other side, NewsMax/The Daily Caller... both sides citing everything between the two.

It is not about shooting the messenger, it is about posting links to reliable, non right-wing sources.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
57. BOY! Dickie is still forecasting stuff, even after his dismal failure in the
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:47 PM
Feb 2016

Mittens campaign. Hell, after Dickie, Carl, and the rest of the nuts failed so miserably during that campaign I figured NOBODY would pay any attention to any of them.

Zorra

(27,670 posts)
58. This Bernie supporter doesn't trust Dick Moreofus
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:49 PM
Feb 2016

farther than she can spit with a bad case of cotton mouth.

awake

(3,226 posts)
59. There seem to be a lot of shooting of the messenger while missing the Message
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:50 PM
Feb 2016

Hillary has a big problem that could come back and bit her hard.

Tarc

(10,601 posts)
61. an ex-Clinton acolyte with an axe to grind and an embarrassment of a political prognosticator
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 12:51 PM
Feb 2016
Clinton is especially vulnerable to Pirro because Hillary can’t pledge to serve out her term if she is reelected. Polls show that her refusal to do so strikes New Yorkers very badly. Having extended the welcome mat to this carpetbagger and taken her at her word that she wanted to be part of the Big Apple, they feel they are being treated like doormats in reelecting someone who will obviously begin to miss votes and focus all her energy on running for president as soon as she is reelected.

- http://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/dick-morris/4714-helping-hillary-now-will-hurt-the-republicans-later


Pirro's campaign flopped after 2 months.

In 2004, he said Howard Dean would defeat John Kerry for the Democratic presidential nomination.

-http://www.rrstar.com/article/20150113/blogs/301139980


No explanation necessary.

Dick Morris appeared on a special Sunday broadcast of FOX News' "On the Record" with host Greta van Susteren to reaffirm his prediction that Mitt Romney will win Tuesday's presidential election in a landslide. Morris discussed the states he believes Romney will win and the number of electoral votes he predicts the Republican candidate will end up with.

Morris says Romney will capture 325 electoral votes while Obama will get 213, a significant difference.

- http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/11/05/dick_morris_stands_by_prediction_romney_will_win_325_electoral_votes.html


Obama beat Romney 332-206.


All in all, a Dick Morris endorsement is a political death warrant.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
81. Sadly, yes ... that's correct. (And it will likely survive an alert too... I don't bother any more.)
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 01:27 PM
Feb 2016

Beacool

(30,518 posts)
117. Hear, hear!!!
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 03:06 PM
Feb 2016

Some here got no shame.



On the other hand, everything that Dick Morris says happens in reverse.

PeteSelman

(1,508 posts)
82. As a Sanders supporter, I must ask what the hell you're doing posting this garbage.
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 01:28 PM
Feb 2016

Dick Morris? Really? The toe sucking poll adjuster?

Aren't we better than this?

Seriously. It's disgraceful to be posting this crap.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
85. Newsmax?
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 01:32 PM
Feb 2016

The smell of desperation of the Bernie supporters is coming right through the screen.

Pisces

(6,236 posts)
88. Now I know she will win and have a great term. Anything Dick Morris says believe the opposite
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 01:34 PM
Feb 2016

He is wrong about everything. The people posting here lately are so bold they don't even bother to hide that they
are Republican trolls.

Blue_Adept

(6,499 posts)
91. I hate that Morris has given toe-sucking a bad name
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 01:40 PM
Feb 2016

I mean, seriously, it's such a minor fetish overall, but people just loooove to pile on about it because of him.

 

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)
96. When Sanders fanatics start relying on Dick "toe sucking" Morris for their news, there's some
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 01:45 PM
Feb 2016

desperation going on....

It's sad.

 

still_one

(98,883 posts)
102. Newsmax, toe sucking dick morris, who has been wrong 99% of the time. Please, more right wing
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:04 PM
Feb 2016

sources so there is no ambiguity where you are coming from

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)
104. I'm delighted that Dick morris predicted this
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:08 PM
Feb 2016

because he has a track record of making wrong predictions 99% of the time.

And why you approvingly posted a link from Newsmax is beyond me.

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
106. Toe suckers aren't the best source
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:10 PM
Feb 2016

I think she will get indicted over her e-mail server.

MineralMan

(151,269 posts)
112. Newsmax? Dick Morris? Really?
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:20 PM
Feb 2016

Why post anything from such a right-wing source? Newsmax is among the most unreliable source of information you can find anywhere on the Internet. I'd be embarrassed to use it as a link in any post.

Beacool

(30,518 posts)
115. Dick Morris?????? Newsmax????
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:56 PM
Feb 2016

Is nothing too low on this site to be used against Hillary?

Where the hell am I, on Free Republic????

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
132. I predicted this weeks ago.
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 04:59 PM
Feb 2016

If Lynch refuses to indict, then Comey will have to resign. It's going to be incendiary.

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