Dick "toe sucking" Morris: Bob Novak "is never proven wrong. He is always right."

[sabra]

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_071120.htm

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Novak, appearing on Fox News' Special Report, said, "My source is a big Democrat who is neutral right now, but was told by an agent of the Clinton campaign who was involved in the campaign about the alleged scandal." Political analyst Dick Morris, on Fox News' Hannity and Colmes, maintained that Novak is "almost never wrong. ... One of the good things about Novak is that...he breaks stuff that always turns out to be right. He is never proven wrong. He is always right."

:crazy:

[Virginia Dare]

1. That clinches it, it's all bullshit..

of course on the off-off chance that there's some truth to this, I hope whomever that "big Democrat who is neutral right now" is, I hope they get found out and thrown out of the Party on their ear.

[underpants]

6. Of course it's bullshit

Morris is just projecting well reverse projecting -there isn't a single thing that the conservative movement has been right about, not one. Conversely our side is almost never wrong-that is due more to the constant re-evaluation and assessment of what works and what doesn't given the sphere of operations we are talking about. Sure there are some embarassing things that our guys have done but seriously is there anything more embarassing than the Jessice Lynch story...okay there is the Terri Schiavo debacle...okay lets not forget forced abortions in "Made in the USA" sweatshops..oh and of course 9/11

[JHB]

8. It's not about Clinton nor Obama, it's the Republican Dirty Tricks Machine...

...in full gear once again.

Digby (http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/born-yesterday-by-digby-robert-novak.html) reviews the 1968 Nixon-engineered Muskie implosion, via Dave Broder (who saw his mistakes in retrospect, but still acts the same way as he did then). She sums up:

Well, (Broder) can take some comfort that he wasn't alone, but it's not like it was the last time it happened. They may have been slightly chastened for a time, but the modern conservative movement's political arm comes directly out of the Nixon school. Bill Clinton and Al Gore were nearly destroyed by the same tactics, a bit more refined. But by that point the press shamelessly worked hand in glove with Republicans, often in the open, fully aware that they were helping them --- Broder included.

After years of this sort of politics, from Atwater to Rove, from Willie Horton to Swift Boats, it would be nice to think the mainstream media have learned from the past and will ensure that things like this are adequately examined within the context of history and not just the heat of the moment. But that's clearly too much to hope for.

Robert Novak was once a real journalist but after the events of the past few years, it's safe to say that he no longer can be considered anything but a Republican operative, specifically a Rove acolyte who basically works for him. He has more than proven his loyalty. This rumor, especially coming from him, should never have seen the light of day. MSNBC is running with the story like it's 9/11. It remains to be seen if it has any legs among the rest of the mainstream press. But I think it's fair to say that they will, at the very least, "store such incidents in minds and then use them to interpret major incidents when they occur."

We don't know exactly what happened here,of course, but Democratic campaigns should know better that to ever use Robert Novak to try to score points either way. His item, (just like Rove's from earlier in the week) was a twofer, virtually designed to make both candidates look bad --- and, frankly, both of their responses only reaffirmed that impression.
Whole article:
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/born-yesterday-by-digby-robert-novak.html

[rocktivity]

2. Not being PROVEN wrong doesn't mean you're NOT wrong.

And as a so-called professional journalist, you can't BE more wrong than to publish a blind item based on third-hand information.

I wish Morris was a DU-er just so I could put him on ignore.

:headbang:
rocknation

[flakey_foont]

3. Dickhead Morris??

if someone made the accusation that Hillary ate babies and knocked over little old ladies for their welfare checks, Morris would try and use that.........the man has some kind of jones on dissing Hillary

[marmar]

4. Who knew the toe-sucker was a comedian!

He needs to work on his material, though.

[rocktivity]

5. Speaking of comedians

Chris Rock said it all about Morris: "What kind of a guy has a NEED to impress a HOOKER?"

:rofl:
rocknation

[marmar]

7. LOL.....

Chris Rock is the smartest comedian around.

[kenfrequed]

9. Morris yuck

Morris was even too reptilian and souless for the DLC.

[gratuitous]

10. You don't suppose Novak's source is Morris?

Naah, that would be just too . . .

Yeah, it's Morris.

[Virginia Dare]

11. That's right, the media still insists on calling him a "Democrat"...

:think:

[tanyev]

12. Has Dick Morris ever been proven right about anything?