Clarification/Follow-up by tomder55 on 03/24/04 12:47 pm:
[Medicare is collapsing too]
actually that is what I was referring to when I mentioned his spending on entitlements. Yesterday it was revealed that
the Administration allegedly withheld the true costs of the Drug entitlement.
Clarification/Follow-up by ETWolverine on 03/25/04 8:48 am:
Stevehaddock
>>>Well, the appeal to authority here is improper - the Post is a very right-wing paper that consistently supports Republican ideals.<<<
And that, of course, make it wrong, right?
Get real, Steve.
Here's Dick Morris's Biography from the Barbar & Associates website.
Dick Morris
Probably the most prominent American political consultant, Dick Morris is almost universally credited with piloting Bill Clinton to a stunning comeback re-election victory in 1996 after the president lost Congress to the Republicans two years before. Called "the most influential private citizen in America" by Time Magazine, Morris helped steer Clinton to the center and away from the liberal policies he had pursued in his first two years in office. Morris is also credited with advising Clinton to sign the welfare reform bill of 1996 and getting him to back a balanced budget, both key centrist positions.
Dick Morris began his relationship with Clinton in 1977 when he handled the Arkansas Attorney General's successful campaign to become the youngest Governor in the nation. Morris did not work on Clinton's defeat for re-election in 1980 but did oversee his comeback victory in 1982 as well as his Arkansas re-election victories in 1984, 86, and 1990.
In addition to Clinton, Dick Morris has handled the winning campaigns for more than 30 Senators or Governors including Republican Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and former Governors Bill Weld of Massachusetts and Pete Wilson of California.
In recent years, Dick Morris has turned to foreign campaigns and served as chief strategist for Mexico's reformer Vicente Fox in his upset victory in July 2000 over the PRI after the party had ruled the nation for over 71 years. He also was the chief strategist for the winning campaign of Argentina's new president Fernando de la Rua in November, 1999. He also worked for Jorge Battle in his victory for president of Uruguay that same year.
In the United States, Dick Morris has become a familiar figure as a commentator for the Fox News Channel. He makes over four hundred appearances each year and is well known for hard hitting, nonpartisan, objective commentary about the U.S. political scene. He writes a weekly column for the New York Post and the Hill Magazine in the U.S. and the National Post in Canada.
In November of 1999, Dick Morris founded a web site in the U.S. called Vote.com, where people may log on to vote on the major issues of the day. Their opinions are then e-mailed to their Senator and Congressman and to other significant decision makers. Since the site's inception, it has attracted millions of voters who have registered their e-addresses and zip codes with Vote.com and have cast a total of more than fifteen million votes. Vote.com is now rated, by Media Metrics and PC Data, as one of the most trafficked web sites in the world.
Dick Morris' published books include his 1997 best selling memoir of the Clinton Administration was entitled Behind the Oval Office, Winning the Presidency in the Nineties. In 1999, he wrote a guide to modern politics called The New Prince: Machiavelli Updated for the 21st Century. In 2000, he wrote Vote.com - A Guide to Internet Based for the Future. His first book, Bum Rap on American Cities -The Real Causes of Urban Decay was published in 1977.
Dick Morris lives with his wife Eileen McGann in Connecticut and in New York City.
In other words, Steve, Dick Morris is neither liberal nor conservative. He's a hired gun, with a strong connection to Bill Clinton, and to other politicians as well. That's why I dislike him so much. He never presents his own political views. He only discusses political strategy in a rather cold and calculating manner. But he's one of the two or three best non-partisan hired guns in politics today. And when it comes to analysis of the effects of a political move on an election, he may very well be the best around. Don't discount his opinion because he wrote it in the Post and you don't like the Post. He's got a VERY strong track record at this.
