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I Didn’t Say it, Dick Did
I didn’t say it, but I thought I’d pass it along because it about says it all concerning Hillary. This is from Clinton’s political advisor during much of the presidential years, Dick Morris………….. Note Update at bottom of post (follow link)
DICK MORRIS’ ‘08 PLAY-BY-PLAY ANALYSIS!
BILL CLINTON LEAVES TRUTH OUT OF HILLARY’S BIOGRAPHY
(Dick Morris should know what the Clintons did - he worked for them long enough.)
DICK SAYS: Go HERE and check out Bill Clinton’s syrupy five minute ad for Hillary. He introduces the commercial by saying that he wants to share some things we may not know about Hillary’s background. His version of her biography is about as reliable as if it appeared in Pravda! So, I wanted to make a few corrections, AS FOLLOWS:
Bill says: Hillary never wanted to run for public office, but she did want to work at public service.
The facts are: When Clinton was considering not running for another term as Governor of Arkansas in 1990, Hillary said she would run if he didn’t. She and Bill even had me take two surveys to assess her chances of winning. The conclusion was that she couldn’t win because people would just see her as a seat warmer for when Bill came back licking his wounds after losing for president. So she didn’t run. Bill did and won. But there is no question she had her eye on public office, as opposed to service, long ago.
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Bill says: In law school Hillary worked on legal services for the poor.
The facts are: Hillary’s main extra-curricular activity in law school was helping the Black Panthers, on trial in Connecticut for torturing and killing a federal agent. She went to court every day as part of a law student monitoring committee trying to spot civil rights violations and develop grounds for appeal. —————————————-Bill says: Hillary spent a year after graduation working on a children’s rights project for poor kids.
The facts are: Hillary interned with Bob Truehaft, the head of the California Communist Party. She met Bob when he represented the Panthers and traveled all the way to San Francisco to take an internship with him. —————————————-Bill says: Hillary could have written her own job ticket, but she turned down all the lucrative job offers.
The facts are: She flunked the DC bar exam and only passed the Arkansas bar. She had no job offers in Arkansas and only got hired by the University of Arkansas Law School at Fayetteville because Bill was already teaching there. She only joined the prestigious Rose Law Firm after Bill became Attorney General and made partner only after he was elected governor.—————————————-
Bill says: President Carter appointed Hillary to the Legal Services Board of Directors and she became its chairman. The facts are: The appointment was in exchange for Bill’s support for Carter in his 1980 primary against Ted Kennedy. Hillary became chairman in a coup in which she won a majority away from Carter’s choice to be chairman.
—————————————-Bill says: She served on the board of the Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
The facts are: Yes she did. But her main board activity, not mentioned by Bill, was to sit on the Walmart board of directors, for a substantial fee. She was silent about their labor and health care practices.———————————— Bill says: Hillary didn’t succeed at getting health care for all Americans in 1994 but she kept working at it and helped to create the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that provides five million children with health insurance. The facts are: Hillary had nothing to do with creating CHIP. It was included in the budget deal between Clinton and Republican Majority Leader Senator Trent Lott. I helped to negotiate the deal. The money came half from the budget deal and half from the Attorney Generals’ tobacco settlement. Hillary had nothing to do with either source of funds. ———————————-Bill says: Hillary was the face of America all over the world.
The facts are: Her visits were part of a program to get her out of town so that Bill would not appear weak by feeding stories that Hillary was running the White House. Her visits abroad were entirely touristic and symbolic and there was no substantive diplomacy on any of them.
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Bill says: Hillary was an excellent Senator who kept fighting for children’s and women’s issues.
The facts are: Other than totally meaningless legislation like changing the names on courthouses and post offices, she has passed only four substantive pieces of legislation. One set up a national park in Puerto Rico. A second provided respite care for family members helping their relatives through Alzheimer’s or other conditions. And two were routine bills to aid 9-11 victims and responders which were sponsored by the entire NY delegation. Here is what bothers me more than anything else about Hillary Clinton. She has done everything possible to weaken the President and our country when it comes to the war on terror.
1. She wants to close GITMO & move the combatants to the USA where they would have access to our legal system.
2. She wants to eliminate the monitoring of suspected Al Qeada phone calls to/from the USA.
3. She wants to grant constitutional rights to enemy combatants captured on the battlefield.
4. She wants to eliminate the monitoring of money transfers between suspected Al Qeada cells & supporters in the USA.
5. She wants to eliminate the type of interrogation tactics used by the military & CIA where coercion might be used when questioning known terrorists even though such tactics might save American lives.
I can’t think of a single bill Hillary has introduced or a single comment she has made that would tend to strengthen our country in the War on Terror. But, I can think of a lot of comments she has made that weakens our country & makes it a more dangerous situation for all of us……..She goes hand in hand with the ACLU on far too many issues where common sense is abandoned. She is a disaster for all Americans.UPDATE: 08/10/2007: Although Dick didn’t say this I thought that this from the Washington Post was a timely and relevant update to this discussion concerning the authenticity of HRC.
NEW YORK — Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, who chastised rival Barack Obama for ruling out the use of nuclear weapons in the war on terror, did just that when asked about Iran a year ago.“I would certainly take nuclear weapons off the table,” she said in April 2006.Her views expressed while she was gearing up for a presidential run stand in conflict with her comments this month regarding Obama, who faced heavy criticism from leaders of both parties, including Clinton, after saying it would be “a profound mistake” to deploy nuclear weapons in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Morris is great. I try to read all his columns lately.
John…… Yeah, the Hillary apologists really go wild over him……steve
Question: Does anyone frequenting NSL even come close to maybe possibly if hell freezes over voting for Clinton? Better yet, voting for a democrat?
A lot of holes to shoot in this post… But what would be the point?
M2….well shoot them at Dick not me, but just remember he was there and you wern’t. Also, on your first question, don’t count on me……steve
I believe everything Morris says. Whoremongers, you’ll find, may be odious but they’re truth-tellers.
Jazzbeaux………Not necessarily, Bill Clinton qualifies but he was an adjudicated liar…….steve
all:
this might surprise most here, but i have seriously considered voting for a non-republican. i voted for perot in 92 and heavily considered clinton in 96, but eventually cast a vote for dole out of fear of wasting my vote. perot did not have me at hello, but when he mentioned he had no experience running up a trillion dollar deficit, actually made an effort to recover the hostages during the carter administration crisis and believed that our future was education, he had my vote.
that being said, i do think it is critical that the next president has “a set of brass balls” (pardon the metaphor). that does not mean to be sexist or commenting on the attractiveness of hrc, but just a lack of a better term. i believe that our president needs to not waver on domestic and international threats (both real and perceived) due to the multiple targets on the flag.
the conundrum i paint myself into is that psychologically, i struggle with being a christian and trusting the details and sources of information out of the beltway. does anyone feel that info from our government can appear fabricated for pbulic consumption. granted, some info should not be released if it compromises lives of our people. for example, does anyone fully trust that the cia and fbi really did not communicate about the flight school and drivers liscense info? it hints at coverup due to embarrasment rather than an honest mention that the feds made a huge blunder.
realistically, i hope that fred thompson does run because he will be my choice. this is tempered by the fact that i do think that hrc and “the left” have high concerns and desires to help the least and the lost in our society. where this gets me is as a christian, this is compassion for the less fortunate than you and central to the great commision. i would rest easier at night if “the left’s” gameplan for the help was something other than more government programs and funding without accountability.
just might have opened a can of worms here…
Matt……….no can of worms here. You have grounded reasons for you decisions, many don’t………steve
Thanks, Steve, I hadn’t seen any of this. Oddly, the Houston Chronicle hasn’t caught up to it yet.
Neil……….Yep, don’t hold your breath……..steve
BTW I think you will love my most recent post. Swing by my alternative blog (link is on my main blog). Enjoy.
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John………..I’ll have to get over there and read it. I have had precious little reading time. I am up to my chin in issues surrounding my brther-in-law’s estate and it has become sort of 24/7. If you want to include the link in the comment, have at it. …………….steve
M2 - there are democrats that I might vote for - Scoop Jackson, JFK, Truman, Grover Cleveland. No living democrat comes to mind - but that just underscores the fact that this ain’t your daddy’s democrat party.
Erston…….and maybe Phil Graham. Wait he got fed up with the Democrats too and made the switch, so I suppose on technical grounds he doesn’t qualify even though he forgot more economics than the slate of 8 dwarfs in the Democratic debates have ever known………steve
Erston - You must have huge concerns with where in the heck the republican party went then huh?
Living republicans come to mind? Who Rudy? McCain? Huckabee? I mean seriously…
Would you elect Bush, Bush Jr & Bush Jr again? Nixon? I already know we all love Ronnie… & you’d go for Lincoln because before the parties changed, Lincoln was a republican.
This street runs in both directions people.
I know we’re worried about abortion & taxes & thanks to the neo cons that finally figured out how to wrangle some power, war.
Steves five immediate problems with Hillary above, are all very carefully & irresponsibly written… & they all deal with this God forsaken war we’ve managed to get ourselves into.
How convenient…
War on terror war on terror safety safety fear fear fear dems can’t do it they’re weak they hate America war on terror war on terror. It’s an insult to whatever intelligence I might have.
& with his - “She wants to eliminate the type of interrogation tactics used by the military & CIA where coercion might be used when questioning known terrorists even though such tactics might save American lives.” - It’s called she’s AGAINST TORTURE but I love how you put it… Crafty..
Let me know if I need to break down the lexical semantics of your other four problems?
That’s cool though, you all run out & vote for Rudy or Fred because you think they’re gonna “keep us safe”…
Meanwhile America is being marganalized in every other area. Love how strong our dollar is & our interest rates.. our predatory mortgages… also loving our trade practices, our nearly extinct but ever important middle class, our amazing energy independence, our affordable health care (especially what we do for our vets), our corporate welfare system, how affordable college has become, our secure borders & amazing implementaion of legal imigration, let alone the currently great incentives to enter illegally, etc etc etc… I could go on & on & on as that’s probably touching on ten percent of our problems… But by all means, terror terror terror. & of course the dems aren’t qualified in that area. Of course they’re not. Look at the job we’ve been doing. We haven’t had any attacks on our soil have we? NO WE HAVEN’T… So lets put Rudy in office. He’s “Americas mayor”, he walked around with a bullhorn on 9/11. He’ll keep Dubya & the gangs current foreign policies & future plans in motion. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah… He couldn’t grab that New York senate seat from Hillary but he’ll get that presidency.
Oh wait, we want Thompson…
Matt - Thompson? Really? Help me understand…
& while you’re at it, help me understand what he’s ever really done (speaking of Hillarys record). After 9/11 he dipped out to Hollywoood, now he’s back doing his best “Bartles & James” aw shucks two step & everybody is on board? It’s like the dems & their waiting for Gore… It’s all very funny how the dems have Gore on high & somehow the reps have Thompson there as well.
Okay… rant over.
M2………….Now slow down and breath in a bag a moment. The five points are part of Morris’ article,not my commentary. The Teal color wouldn’t carry down to that paragraph. Don’t know why, this wordpress template has a few squirrly executions, you’ll also notice the not so neat wrap of the paragraph sections and run ons that just couldn’t be repaired. But as I said in the title, “I didn’t say it, Dick did.” Don’t take me wrong, I’m not trying to distance myself from this view of Hillary or I wouldn’t have posted, but cummon and tell me you take her for face value. As I said before Dick was there and we wern’t………….steve P.S. I just got the Teal fixed, but the wrap still sucks.
Dick Morris sees things as they are and doesn’t seem to be afraid to say them. I should read him regulary instead of waiting to see him on Fox. Very good and thanks for bringing this and his writings to my attention!
Barb…………thanks for coming by and glad to put this out there. The left is so read to believe the insiders defectors from the Bush administration, but give little credit to the most prominent insider to kiss and tell, maybe ever…….steve
I had dinner with Dick Morris last week and listened to panel discussions on various conservative issues while we sailed around Alaska with National Review. A very interesting trip, but depressing about the real possibility of HRC becoming President. In addition to being a great host, I found Dick to be upfront, direct and honest. He has spent a great deal of time with the Clintons and knows his stuff.
Brent………thanks for the insight. Interesting story………steve
Wow - hope you didn’t pull a muscle typing all that. My positions on many social issues are libertarian - they get me in trouble with my conservative friends all the times. Not real thrilled with any candidate right now - if the dems show me someone who hates bin laden more than Bush, is more concerned by radical Islam then Fox news and Rush Limbaugh,and understands that the Muslim powers see this as the Final Crusade - I’ll listen. The dems haven’t nominated a real DEMOCRAT since HHH in 1968. The nominating process since then have produced a mostly embarrassing collection of nonentities. The social/domestic issues you list are very real - but they don’t matter at all if you are dead. More than willing to show the enemy the same level of care and concern that they show for their own people. As the man said, “the Constitution isn’t a suicide pact.”
Erston……………good point, I could live with a responsible Democrat under most circumstances myself (though I probably wouldn’t vote for one given other choices)…………steve
M2………..Waterboarding and Pyramid Building (naked or otherwise) is not Torture no matter what you want my readers to believe. To suggest that we are torturing prisioners is what is irresponsible. It does however save American and innocent Iraqi lives and is very effective in stopping terrorism, but that doesn’t fit well with Democratic talking points on this war. They must have talked to you too……. steve
Just for the record… I’m FOR torture (If you’re gonna fight in a war, you should be able to use torture).
Although I’m pretty sure they’re not talking about WB & PB… & Hillary isn’t for it.
Democratic talking points?
The Republicans intend to stay in the white house in 09 strickly on this BS war & it’s politics… THEY HAVE NOTHING ELSE!
(Been a while since I’ve gone CAP crazy here
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If I’m drinking the same kool aid that 75% of America & 90% of the world is drinking, you’re swimming in a pool of your fearless leader & his neo con machines flavor.
You’re practically Straussian… Irving Krystol would be so proud.
M2…….You didn’t say it, but obviously your hackles are linked to Morris’ expose on Hillary (that’s the topic here). Maybe you think there are more important fish to fry than to criticize Hillary Rodham, but that was Morris’ charge that you are jerking knees over (in all caps
). I’ll just remind you that she was as much Bush as Bush on the question of going to war and then later staying and not setting dates. She claimed just before the war in her famous Code Pink speech HERE that her support was not based on Bush’s intelligence reports (even though he lied…….my add not HRC) but instead it was 9 years of her own investigation.
I know she is now saying that Bush misled the Congress, but that didn’t occur until after she came out (much after the “Bush lied” charge spawned when Joe Wilson lied about the yellowcake incident which the left still propagates as truth) against date setting for withdrawal and Move On put the touch on her. She was rapidly seeing her candidacy sink, especially in the wake of Barack Obama, but you know this so why pretend that this stuff about HRC isn’t true. I know that you see this as a politically opportunistic flip-flop.
Maybe you think it is noble to contemplate issues of war based on personal political opportunity such as HRC, but you can’t charge that against Bush. Now she could be made a monkey again if the surge continues to have good results.
………and I am pretty sure the torture charges ARE about the Water Boarding and Nude Pyramid Building. You nor they have ever shown any other evidence. It is just a stretching of the truth about what is going on to compromise support for the war on terrorism and war in Iraq. If you think it is a legitimate way to fight a war, especially when the enemy is not subject to the Geneva Accords based on their own actions, why do you bring it up if not to pile on the debate?
………and “they have nothing else” Well that is a joke. The main stream media doesn’t really want you to grasp this and apparently it is working, but the economy is in pretty good condition, the stock market, interest rates, retirement accounts (outside of Social Security) and employment. I know you are going to point sub-prime loans and maybe even bottled water to dispel belief that the economy has been just as good or better than Clinton’s. Don’t mask that with inappropriate allusions to the dollar/Euro markets which are not a counter argument to this economy, unless you plan to retire in Europe on a fixed income. You understand this and I understand this but don’t confuse the readers.
I have been increasingly coming to the viewpoint that the Democrats will not have such a walk over in 2008 as everybody would like the electorate to believe. And remember, …… Dick said it I didn’t. (and he was there
…………………..steve
m2 and others…
i agree that thompson does not have the track record. i consider that on one side to be a plus. that thinking will also apply to obama (yes, for the positive). career politicians do put some fear into me that is admittidly illogical. i am somewhat twisted on my feelings regarding who will be best for the country. by no means am i settled on a candidate. when i speak to people regarding politics, i feel like i have only two brain cells and they have decided to get into a fight. it does not make any sense to anyone including me.
any joking aside, what i find most frustrating is that i know i am torn in both undecided directions. if i were not a christian, i would vote exclusively on who would put the most money back in my pocket. however, being a christian, i want to do more than just “pray about it”. this probably made little if any sense, so if this thread continues, i will be reading and writing…
i think that any christian will obviously pray about who God would want them to cast a vote for, but i do think it is critical for us to evaluate candidates and make a decision and be held accountable for the consequences.
that being said, i do feel responsible for voting in a president who did cut taxes, and then spend. regardless of bush 43’s motives, there have been consequences to this and future generations becuase of his unrestrained behavior.
so, in that light, the comments originally posted by “Dick said” will have consequences if true. what future concerns will come if hrc is elected has to be weighed on a priority scale. some will insist that the military, war on terror and securing our borders are of higher priority than say… potential universal health care and the building of american infrastructure with social programs…
myself, i want the next president to show fiscal restrain, hold lawmakers accountable for spending, effeciently approach securing the safety of citizens, and be strong on international diplomacy before using our military. realistically, nobody meets that criteria, but those are some of my main priorities…
matt
Few things:
A don’t pay the MSM (of which Dick is obviously now a member) any mind at all… At all. Spare sheer entertainment that is.
The economy is not in good condition… Not in the real world.
The “war on terror” is all the republicans want to talk about because it is all they have.
They can’t put enough distance between themselves & the current administration (because things are so good right?).
- I’m sure in another year we can expect the usual pre-election MSM deluge of gay couples getting married & abortion clinic picket lines because who wants to talk about things like fiscal responsibility, affordable healthcare & trade policy? I’m sorry, what republican wants to talk about those & so many more issues. Oh wait, immigration… The MSM will also “waterboard” us with a gizillion tales of illegal immigration. Show hundreds of thousands of hispanics running the streets not speaking our national language & waving Mexican flags. -
Meet America where they’re at right Steve?
Leave the heavy thinking & lifting to DC.
Also:
The surge is not working (talk about paying attention the the MSM).
If we do keep spending & surging & dying, it will one day figure out a way to be successful, sure. Why wouldn’t it? So lets…
But I’ll leave this “war on terror” alone for now because you wanna talk about kool-aid.
& yeah, Dick said it… But you posted it. I actually believe HC (She dropped the R in another strategic move), like every other politician, has fudged here & there & is a bit of a tool. I was just trying to bring some levity to the post & put a few things in perspective.
In retrospect, I probably should have left well enough alone (my initial instincts as you might have been able to tell from my 1st reply) but I was troubled by the posts tone & the fact that most Reps feel these things about all Dems. Thus, take the head off the snake (HC) being the approach so to speak…
I definitely think that there are so many other fish to fry but with that said, how about a similar expose on Rudy? …
That way we can decide which of these party leaders BS to get behind. Wait, we attack the left here, my bad.
&:
I know everyone is threatened by HC but I’m not so sure she’s electable?
I think she’s great MSM fodder for now & will get squashed later.
I think the Dems would be foolish to enable her to get the parties nomination… Then again, foolish has been their middle name for some time now.
If I were a card carrying Rep, I’d hold my breath & pray that she’s the chosen one. I certainly wouldn’t be going after her yet.
Still haven’t pulled a muscle Erston.. I’m fortunatley able to type as fast as I think. (although probably a bad thing)…
M2……….Morris is in the MSM, Ha. Don’t thinks so, nor Drudge, nor Free Republic, nor Coulter, and even Fox mostly. Your idea of MSM must be if they are on TV. It was ok I suppose when the Democrats controlled all the media. That is why we need the “Fairness Doctrine” after all it is the people that we expose here that you defend here that are the ones for Fairness, not us conservatives.
The economy is not in good condition in the real world, really. What is your definition of the real world? You can say anything if you want to back it with your own political slant. Just put Clintons real world into that same filter. If the economy is so bad maybe you should tell it to Bernake. I’d like to see him loosen up right now.
So you are against reporting the poor condition of our border control without scoffing. So this is good policy, just let them come in and sign up for benefits so you can call there underclass citizenship the “real world.” I see…………
And it is the Republicans that have an unfair view of the Democrats. Such unilateral smear tactics they must employ (who’s independent?).
We need to get you on one of those Point/Counterpoint shows chopping down those Neocons and Republicans when they point out the truth about the duplicity of the candidates on the left. You say HRC is unelectable. Nice way to handle your distancing yourself from her lies and spins that essentially reach criminal proportions. How about taking a stand against her instead, then maybe I’ll do more research on Rudy if he looks for real.
And speaking of HR, Yeah I hope she is the nominee. Can’t wait……….steve
You think I care about distancing myself from HC?
You think I care about the fairness doctrine?
& she’s reached criminal proportions but our current admin hasn’t?
C’mon Steve…
My idea of MSM is definitely different than yours (imagine that?)…
& seriously with the economy?
I’m on the front end of what’s going to be a crazy couple of weeks but I’ll track you down.
M2……“criminal proportions but our current admin hasn’t?” Would this be a reference to lying about Yellow Cake, Waterboarding, or not providing public defenders on the battle field?
I have been in deep water with work myself and spend much less time blogging and expect to be in the same situation during the near future as well due to handling Gayle’s estate. It is a triple ton of work (24/7)………steve
I’m still dealing with my Mothers (a year & a half later)… Probably only two thirds of the way through it.
God Bless you!
M2…….thanks, as it turns out Gayle and I were the only officers of his legal firm, the difference is he knew it and I didn’t. I am suddenly in the middle of negotiating the transition of the law firm with the other lawyers because in Ohio you must be a lawyer to own a law firm. I jokingly told my sister that alternatively she could go to law school….
……….steve
College credit card? Don’t do it, kids, you’ll be sorry. If you take out student loans, wont you have enough debt going already (and at least it’s legit)? Why saddle yourself with credit card debt right out of the chute? Ask yourself why these lines of credit are so eagerly offered to young people who don’t yet have the means to pay them of. They want a piece of you as you (they hope) get started makin the bucks. Don’t take the shiny trinket bait.
Plodon……..you are exactly correct here. This is a subtle form spam, that slipped through the filter and I am going to delete it……………..steve