Dick Morris

Dick Morris, now a Republican, was political consultant for 20 years to Democratic President Bill Clinton. Morris, who resigned his position in 1996 due to allegations that he had engaged the services of a prostitute, was again the subject of similar circumstances in April 2007.

On August 29, 1996, Morris announced his resignation "hours before President Clinton delivered his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention after The New York Post and the Star[1], "a supermarket tabloid, published allegations" by "suddenly famous Virginia call girl" Sherry Rowland, a $200-an-hour prostitute, who said "that she had a long-running relationship with Morris." Rowland said that "Republicans had nothing to do with it."

"As for Morris's downfall, Rowlands said: 'Someone as intelligent as he is should have kept his lip buttoned when he unzipped his pants. I mean, how can you maneuver worlds, and he can't even control what he's doing in his own room with a paid lady?'" At the time, Morris "declined to address the allegations". [2]

In April 2007, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, known as the D.C. Madam, named Randall L. Tobias, "the top foreign aid adviser in the State Department", who "became the most prominent person on the list to be publicly identified when he resigned after acknowledging to ABC News that he was among Ms. Palfrey’s clients," Eric Lipton reported April 27, 2007, in the New York Times.

Palfrey "included in a court filing and posted on her Web site the man's photo and tax records. Dick Morris, the television commentator and former adviser to President Bill Clinton, who resigned in 1996 after reports that he was seeing a prostitute, was also a customer, Ms. Palfrey’s lawyer has said in court. Mr. Morris has denied the accusation," Lipton wrote.

Morris on Hillary Clinton

Morris has "spent much of the past decade writing and speaking out against" Democratic 2008 presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.). [3]

According to Morris, "'Hillary will be the next president, and she’ll be the worst president we’ve ever seen.' No matter what happens, the situation in Iraq will 'assure that the GOP gets massacred in 2008 congressional elections.' In 2010, the Republicans will take back the Congress — 'Hillary will give Republicans the same gift she gave them in 1994' — and they’ll win the presidency in 2012, but thanks to demographic shifts favoring Democrats (namely the rising Hispanic and African-American populations), 'that will be the last Republican president we'll ever see.'" [4]

Articles by Dick Morris

Morris's articles are published online on his websites DickMorris.com and VOTE.com, as well as by Fox News (link); NewsMax (link); RealClearPolitics.com; and The Hill News.com.

Additionally, Morris's articles can be found at:

• "Hillary’s Fable. The lie she’s sticking with," National Review Online, June 5, 2003.
• Archived articles posted by Townhall.com.
• "The Real Clinton Emerges," The Hill, April 26, 2006.
• "Hillary's Marriage Fib," New York Post, October 30, 2006.
• "Republicans Pay for Arrogance," New York Post, November 8, 2006.
• "It's Now a Rudy Romp," New York Post, February 5, 2007.
• "Hillary’s experience is at surviving," The Hill, April 27, 2007.

Published Works

• Behind the Oval Office: Getting Reelected Against All Odds, Renaissance Books; 2nd edition, November 16, 1998, ISBN-10: 1580630537 / ISBN-13: 978-1580630535.
• The New Prince: Machiavelli Updated for the Twenty-First Century, Renaissance Books, June 17, 2000, ISBN-10: 1580631479 / ISBN-13: 978-1580631471.
• Power Plays: Win or Lose--How History's Great Political Leaders Play the Game, Regan Books, June 17, 2003, ISBN-10: 0060004444 / ISBN-13: 978-0060004446.
• Rewriting History, Regan Books, May 4, 2004, ISBN-10: 0060736682 / ISBN-13: 978-0060736682.
  • Analysis by Media Matters for America.
• With Eileen McGann, Condi vs. Hillary: The Next Great Presidential Race, Regan Books, October 11, 2005, ISBN-10: 0060839139 / ISBN-13: 978-0060839130.
• With Eileen McGann, Because He Could, Regan Books, Reprint edition, October 18, 2005, ISBN-10: 0060792132 / ISBN-13: 978-0060792138.

Contact Information

Website: http://www.dickmorris.com/
Website: http://www.vote.com/ (since 1999)

External Links

Profiles

• Dick Morris in the Wikipedia.

About Dick Morris

General

• Archived articles on Dick Morris, Media Matters for America.

1996

• "Clinton Strategist Resigns," CNN, August 29, 1996. See Morris's resignation.
• Howard Kurtz, "The Hooker, Line And Sinker," Washington Post, September 4, 1996.

2007

• "Dick Morris reportedly planning to 'Swift Boat' Sen. Clinton," Media Matters for America, January 21, 2007.
• "Olbermann gave Morris 'Worst Person' 'bronze' for still pushing Obama-Clinton smear," Media Matters for America, January 31, 2007.
• Jeff Dufour and Patrick Gavin, "Yeas and Nays: Morris: Hillary will be 'worst president we've ever seen'," Examiner.com, February 1, 2007.
• "Dick Morris: If not for Sen. Clinton, Americans would be afraid of 'the first black man ... running for president'," Media Matters for America, April 10, 2007.
• Eric Lipton, "Woman in Escort Case Plans to Name Names in Defense," New York Times, April 28, 2007.