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Dick Morris: 'Clintons Want Bush Re-elected'
NewsMax.com ^ | 5/30/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

Posted on 05/30/2003 2:38:11 PM PDT by kattracks

The decision by Bill and Hillary Clinton to keep a high profile going into next year's presidential campaign amounts to a "conscious effort" by the former first couple to make sure that no Democrat wins the White House in 2004.

That's the stunning assessment from political strategist Dick Morris, who said Thursday that the Clintons actually want to see Bush re-elected so he can retire just when Mrs. Clinton is ready to run for the White House herself in 2008.

"There is a conscious effort going on by the Clintons to distract attention from the current field of candidates," Morris told nationally syndicated radio host Sean Hannity. "They do not want a Democrat to win in '04."

"They want Bush to be re-elected," the former Clinton adviser explained. "And that way they want Hillary to be able to run for an open seat."

"If Bush lost and a Democrat were elected, then obviously [Hillary] would have to support him in '08," he noted.

"She couldn't run until 2012. She'd be 65 years old and would have been out of office for 12 years. It's kind of hard at that point to keep the bloom on the rose and be able to run."

Morris said that Bill Clinton wants to maintain his role as spokesman for the Democratic Party so he can "trivialize and minimize the Democratic candidates" and thereby keep the Oval Office open for Hillary.

Another indication that the former first couple would like to see their own party defeated in the next presidential election, said Morris, is the fact that "[Clinton's] big fund-raising guns have not signed up with any of these other guys."

Democratic strategist Susan Estrich offered partial support for Morris' theory last week, complaining that the Clintons were actually hurting other Democratic presidential candidates with their high-profile antics.

"The Clintons suck up every bit of the available air," the one-time Dukakis campaign manager observed. "Nothing is left for anyone else. They are big, too big. That's the problem."

"The 2004 candidates need a chance to get some attention," she added. "Could somebody please tell [the Clintons] to shut up?"

Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics:
Bush Administration
Sen. Hillary Clinton



TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; 2008; democrats; dickheaddis; dickmorris; elections; hillary; x42
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To: Stultis
Bump for the post of the day. LOL.
41 posted on 05/30/2003 3:22:17 PM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: kattracks; All
Okay here's the $64K question. Will Hitlery get a divorce before '08 and if so when?
42 posted on 05/30/2003 3:22:18 PM PDT by kellynla ("C" 1/5 1st Mar Div VIet Nam '69 & '70 Semper Fi)
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To: Victoria Delsoul
Sh!tbag Clinton bump.
43 posted on 05/30/2003 3:22:49 PM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: exit82
...And now the Lies begin.

...If HILLARY were waiting for 2008 to run for President...

...then why is TED KENNEDY allowing 40 year old JFK SeXual Secrets to become public just to enhance BILL CLINTON's image...

...with a Presidential Election looming just ahead for HILLARY..?"


.."IS it SAFE?" = HILLARY on Senate Armed Services Committee..

http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=629
44 posted on 05/30/2003 3:25:08 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE (Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 www.LZXRAY.com..)
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To: Alberta's Child
Well it would have been an issue if Bush 1 had actually run a campaign and Matelin was worth a crap. It's a nice juicy lie to drag around to counter his other promises.

Beating her would definitely be the best, but getting her to make a promise we can use against her is a good just in case.
46 posted on 05/30/2003 3:27:26 PM PDT by discostu (If he really thinks we're the devil, then lets send him to hell)
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To: discostu
You have to remember that for all his faults, Clinton was a clever snake-oil salesman who could have convinced 30% of the American public that he was a Hall of Fame baseball player. Nothing ever stuck to him because his campaigns were largely staged events that were 70% bullsh!t and 30% exaggeration.

Hillary, though, is a different story. She is far more ideological than Bill ever was, but also far less charismatic. The only way she will ever win is by either convincing people that they should be moved by dire circumstances to overlook her lack of charisma (highly unlikely), or by getting a legitimate third-party candidate involved in the race (more likely).

47 posted on 05/30/2003 3:32:42 PM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Alberta's Child
Yeah Clinton was great, but it's not like snakehead's wife actually put up a fight in 92 or 96. Worst campaign manager ever. Had she ever actually thrown anything it might have stuck.

Hillary is actually a true believer, that's a bad trait in politics no matter what you believe.
49 posted on 05/30/2003 3:38:24 PM PDT by discostu (If he really thinks we're the devil, then lets send him to hell)
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To: kellynla
Okay here's the $64K question. Will Hitlery get a divorce before '08 and if so when?

It ain't $64K, honey.

50 posted on 05/30/2003 3:43:10 PM PDT by Slyfox
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To: kellynla
I've been thinking that if Chillary just files for a "legal separation", she damn near becomes THE person to beat.
51 posted on 05/30/2003 3:46:48 PM PDT by stylin19a (2 wrongs don't make a right.....but 3 rights make a left)
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To: kattracks
"She couldn't run until 2012. She'd be 65 years old and would have been out of office for 12 years. It's kind of hard at that point to keep the bloom on the rose and be able to run."

Rather than "keep the bloom on the rose", a better description would have been "keep the lipstick on that pig".

(apologies, or thanks, to Charles Schwab)

52 posted on 05/30/2003 3:48:30 PM PDT by Zeppo
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To: Delta 21
Solution: BUSH and CONDOLEEZA RICE in 2004, then GOP should run CONDOLEEZA RICE FOR PRESIDENT in 2008. Would siphon off at least a few women voters from Hilla the Hun and trump the race card that the Democrooks are always playing.
53 posted on 05/30/2003 3:54:12 PM PDT by AC86UT89
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To: kattracks; Joy Angela; conservogirl; Freedom'sWorthIt; flamefront; Alamo-Girl; VOA; Fred Mertz; ...
...I'd call this a CLINTON Faint Election Tactic.

...With Terrorism Expert MONSOOR IJAZ now fearing that OSAMA bin LADEN is "Toying" with North Korea to gain their NUKE Devices to use against US and...

...with the CLINTONS' Link to the World's Terrorists becoming more apparent...

Buckle Up and STAY TUNED.




..'The McLAUGHLIN Group' Panelist/Columnist LAWRENCE O'DONNELL stated last night on MSNBC's 'HARDBALL with Chris Matthews' that the only way BILL CLINTON's Kill the 22nd Amemdment/3rd Term Ban Movement would succeed...

...would be if something really BIG were to happen to turn everything upside down out there in our Country.

Buckle Up and STAY TUNED
54 posted on 05/30/2003 3:56:50 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE (Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 www.LZXRAY.com..)
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To: Delta 21
Rice & Giuliani

I don't think the country will allow another Bush to be Prez. It's that aristocracy thing.
55 posted on 05/30/2003 3:57:35 PM PDT by Weimdog
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To: Slyfox
Honey? I only let my girlfriend call me honey! LOL
56 posted on 05/30/2003 3:59:05 PM PDT by kellynla ("C" 1/5 1st Mar Div VIet Nam '69 & '70 Semper Fi)
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To: stylin19a
She's aging very badly. That's what bottled up evil, rage, hatred, bitterness, envy will do to you.
57 posted on 05/30/2003 4:00:03 PM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: stylin19a
Well I just think it brings an interesting twist to the candidacy. Is it be better to divorce or not to divorce? That is the question. Catch 22...
58 posted on 05/30/2003 4:01:38 PM PDT by kellynla ("C" 1/5 1st Mar Div VIet Nam '69 & '70 Semper Fi)
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To: kattracks
Dick Morris: 'Clintons Want Bush Re-elected'

Dick Morris get the Golden "DUH" Award.

59 posted on 05/30/2003 4:05:39 PM PDT by TomB
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To: kattracks
...a "conscious effort" by the former first couple to make sure that no Democrat wins the White House in 2004.

SO TRUE!

I said exactly the same thing here in March ...(post 28)

It looks like Morris is again reading our posts here at F.R. for ideas!!!
60 posted on 05/30/2003 4:09:05 PM PDT by Future Useless Eater (Freedom_Loving_Engineer)
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