The Political A Team Falters (Dick Morris on the Clintons)

VOTE.COM ^ | March 22, 2007 | DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN

[2ndDivisionVet]

They were supposed to be the A Team in American politics. The Clinton Machine that inspired fear and admiration throughout the political world.

They had guided Hillary through two successful Senate races in a state where she had never lived and helped her recover from scandals that nearly crippled her -- the pardons, the White House gifts, the Peter Paul fundraiser.

They seemed invincible.

But ever since the presidential campaign started, the Clinton operation has looked amateurish, flat-footed, defensive, and tactically clumsy.

They don't seem to be at all ready for the big time.

Obama has repeatedly outmaneuvered Hillary's campaign, and he's gaining on her every minute. This week's Rasmussen Poll has narrowed the race between them to a five-point lead by Hillary. It's obvious that Obama is getting under the Clintons' skin, and they're responding in the only way they know: attack!

But, it's not working.

This week they blundered once more when campaign strategist Mark Penn criticized Obama on the Iraq war issue at a Harvard seminar. In a transparently choreographed tirade, Penn echoed the same false charges about Obama that Bill Clinton had dropped at a private fundraiser days earlier. Taking a partial quote, Penn -- and Bill Clinton -- claimed that Obama had said that he was "unsure" of how he would have voted on the Iraq War Authorization Bill, if he had been in the Senate in 2002.

Penn and Clinton were wrong -- and, of course, they knew that they were wrong, but they wanted to get some doubt about Obama out there to deflect criticism against Hillary. But mischaracterizing Obama's positions was a dumb move.

Obama has been consistently against the war and there is a record to prove it.

[skinkinthegrass]

Clintons have a strong political operation but they are running a very weak candidate. The best organization will have trouble with a bad candidate.

TRUE....just wait, Shrillary shows up on this week's, SOUTH PARK
SP Staff better, head for the tall grass.

[doug from upland]

As early as the end of June, the California Appellate Court could hear arguments on bringing Hillary back in as a defendant. In any case, the witch will under oath in depositions this year along with Bill, Chelsea, Rendell, McAuliffe, Rosen, Levin, producer Gary Smith, Larry King, Streisand, and many of the other Hollywood elite.

Our editor tells us that this week he will have done a roughcut 1/2 hour version of HILLARY CLINTON: The Fraudulent Senator. The narration was done a few weeks ago. It will be for cable TV and DVD sales. We hope that first version can raise the money to do a longer version. Unfortunately, we don't have Hollywood support like Michael Moore got.

[Jack Black]

Great news. I'm still predicting that the Hillary deposition will not happen. Some pretext will be arrived at. Or even an Arkancide. Or a judge will somehow intervene at the last minute.

But I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'm just way WRONG about this.

[Jack Black]

Beats Terry Heinz, Hillary, and Tipper in my book.

[doug from upland]

I was in the courtroom when Judge Aurelio Munoz told David Kendall that he would not entertain any motion that would keep Hillary from testifying. "Did you understand that, Mr. Kendall?" Yes, Hillary is going to be under oath.

How the Clintons collapsed Stan Lee Media -- http://youtube.com/watch?v=LUWlxc7h5AI

[tiger640]

Doug,

Have you seen this yet?

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200703/POL20070327b.html

Senator Clinton's Lawyers Seek to Halt Fraud Suit
By Fred Lucas
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
March 27, 2007

(CNSNews.com) - Attorneys for Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) are trying to keep her out of a lawsuit that may ultimately force her to testify under oath about an alleged violation of campaign finance laws.

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I found it today on Cyber News Service. Thought you might like to check it out.

[doug from upland]

Thanks for the heads up. I read Kendall's brief a few days ago. He is trying to keep her removed as a defendant. She will, however, be testifying. Kendall is trying to put a limit to her testimony.

Bill and others still remain as defendants.

Here is what is going to be revealed in court --- http://youtube.com/watch?v=LUWlxc7h5AI

[hometoroost]

She is fairly attractive but saying she is better looking than Teresa, Hillary, or Tipper isn't much more praise than saying she looks better than Janet Reno

[Beckwith]

Beats Terry Heinz, Hillary, and Tipper in my book

Gotta agree with that statement.

[seanmerc]

Or Helen Thomas...

[Kenny Bunk]

The role of the anti-Hero advocate is an old trick that ancient philosophers frequently used to keep their cause-celebre foremost as a controversial subject. These creeps are that clueless. Morris speaks: ignore.

Thank you. Now let's 'splain that to the : "creep" Republican politicians who retain this guy's firm.

[CBart95]

My my! Politics makes for strange bedfellows.

Look up the charming term: "agent provocateur".

[Kenny Bunk]

Look up the charming term: "agent provocateur".

Thanks again. Now instead of thinking of Dick Morris as a toe-sucking Clinton procurer, I can catalogue him in my mind with a marvelous French term, rife with intrigue. Sort of elevates the whole process!