Setting the Record Straight (An open letter to Hillary Clinton)

National Review Online ^ | June 12, 2003 | Dick Morris

[rockinonritalin]

Dear Hillary,

In your new book, Living History, you correctly note that when you asked me to help you and Bill avert defeat in the congressional election of 1994 I was reluctant to do so. But then you assert, incorrectly, that my reluctance stemmed from difficulties in working with your staff. You even misquote me as telling you: "I don't like the way I was treated, Hillary. People were so mean to me."

As you know, I never said anything of the sort. I had, in fact, no experience in dealing with either your staff or the President's at that point, and had not yet met Leon Panetta or George Stephanopoulos. My prior dealing with Harold Ickes had been twenty five years earlier.

The real reason I was reluctant was that Bill Clinton had tried to beat me up in May of 1990 as he, you, Gloria Cabe, and I were together in the Arkansas governor's mansion. At the time, Bill was worried that he was falling behind his democratic primary opponent and verbally assaulted me for not giving his campaign the time he felt it deserved. Offended by his harsh tone, I turned and stalked out of the room.

Bill ran after me, tackled me, threw me to the floor of the kitchen in the mansion and cocked his fist back to punch me. You grabbed his arm and, yelling at him to stop and get control of himself, pulled him off me. Then you walked me around the grounds of the mansion in the minutes after, with your arm around me, saying, "He only does that to people he loves."

I continued to work for Bill since I felt a responsibility to do so until Election Day in 1990. But our relationship was never close and never the same. After the 1990 campaign we parted ways as a direct result of the altercation.

When the story threatened to surface during the 1992 campaign, you told me to "say it never happened."

That, and not the invented conversation in your memoir, was the reason that I was reluctant to work for Bill again.

Yours,
Dick Morris

[firewalk]

bttt

[rockinonritalin]

That, and not the invented conversation in your memoir, was the reason that I was reluctant to work for Bill again.

How does Dick expect the quotes in Hillary's book to be right when Hillary isn't the one writing the book?

[ReaganRevolution]

Both Clintons are total psychopaths.

[VaBthang4]

Hmmm...

Let's see if this gets any traction.

[cars for sale]

how many would love to see Bill with a drawn fist
what an oppurtunity.

[rockinonritalin]

My guess is that this is one of many lies in Hillary's book that Dick will highlight in the coming days/weeks. I think he started with this one because it is personal to him.

[Mr. Bird]

Bill ran after me, tackled me, threw me to the floor of the kitchen in the mansion and cocked his fist back to punch me. You grabbed his arm and, yelling at him to stop and get control of himself, pulled him off me. Then you walked me around the grounds of the mansion in the minutes after, with your arm around me, saying, "He only does that to people he loves."

Has this been printed before? This is absolutely hysterical.

[Phaedrus]

Both Clintons are total psychopaths.

And she is worse than he is.

[doug from upland]

Morris needs to tear apart the book, lie by stinking lie.

[ReaganRevolution]

Right, she is very very scary.

[Conspiracy Guy]

SO! Is anything in the book true? Was anyone expecting truth?

[Lou L]

This is amazing, I'd never heard this story before. And all this time, Dick Morris is always introduced as, "former advisor to President Clinton...," or something like that.

I'll bet they don't exchange Christmas cards, do they?

[Ramtek57]

Dick Morris needs to go on the FoxNews on one of the evening programs and tell this tale.

[samanella]

probably coked up at the time....

[Ghengis]

Has this been printed before? This is absolutely hysterical.

Morris has written on this a time or two before. I have also heard him comment on the episode at least once (maybe on Hannity and Colmes). Nothing in Morris' account should surprise anyone. Nothing shocking here as it is not unusual behavior from a narcissistic sociopath who is assisted by his enabling parental figure.

[rockinonritalin]

I think Dick has already recounted this story, either in his book or in a column or on TV. I have heard it before.

[oldironsides]

I do not feel at all guilty about disliking the Clintons. I knew they were shady and characterless from the start. This is only the tip of the iceberg. I believe you will see more
people stepping up. I just wish thay had not been such cowards. They should have allowed this information to be made public before the first election of Bill Clinton. He is a sick SOB. Many thanks to their enablers.

[sirchtruth]

How does Dick expect the quotes in Hillary's book to be right when Hillary isn't the one writing the book?

But, the other night on H&C some kool aide drinking sychophant (Kiki sombody) said that this book was a chance for Hillary to get "HER" side of the story out!

Yes, eventhough we know that "HER" side is unbelievable because the facts keep coming out!

When Elenor Rodham Cliff (per Dolly Kyle Brown) didn't believe Juanita was raped by BC I could buy that because Elenor where's knee pads, but when Susan Estrich (sp) said that she didn't believe the rape happened either, it clicked that these Clinton lovers have to be a cult and definatley members of a VLWC, because Susan is not that stupid!