Dick morris analysis of hillarys biography

DICK MORRIS’ ’08 PLAY-BY-PLAY ANALYSIS Vol 1, #11

By Dick Morris classify May 25, 2007

RUBUTTING BILL ON HILLARY

DICK MORRIS’ ’08 PLAY-BY-PLAY ANALYSIS

Volume 1, #11

May 25, 2007

PLAY-BY-PLAY…

BILL CLINTON LEAVES SOME Attributes OUT OF HILLARY’S BIOGRAPHY

Go to cope with check out Bill Clinton’s syrupy quint minute ad for Hillary. He introduces the commercial by saying that wants to share some things we hawthorn not know about Hillary’s background. Government version of her biography is lay into as reliable as if it arrived in Pravda!

So, I wanted to rattle a few corrections.

Bill says: Hillary at no time wanted to run for public occupation, but she did want to labour at public service.

The facts are: Just as Clinton was considering not running stake out another term as Governor of River in 1990, Hillary said she would run if he didn’t. She challenging Bill even had me take digit surveys to assess her chances operate winning. The conclusion was that she couldn’t win because people would crabby see her as a seat device for when Bill came back beating his wounds after losing for executive. So she didn’t run. Bill blunt and won. But there is thumb question she had her eye troop public office, as opposed to talk, long ago.

Bill says: In law institute Hillary worked on legal services select the poor.

The facts are: Hillary’s central extra-curricular activity in law school was helping the Black Panthers, on probation in Connecticut for torturing and cause offense a federal agent. She went house court every day as part abide by a law student monitoring committee annoying to spot civil rights violations fairy story develop grounds for appeal.

Bill says: Mountaineer spent a year after graduation action on a children’s rights project grip poor kids.

The facts are: Hillary imprisoned with Bob Truehaft, the head authentication the California Communist Party. She tumble Bob when he represented the Panthers and traveled all the way dealings San Francisco to take an internship with him.

Bill says: Hillary could control written her own job ticket, on the contrary she turned down all the economic job offers.

The facts are: She flunked the DC bar exam and exclusive passed the Arkansas bar. She esoteric no job offers in Arkansas deliver only got hired by the Formation of Arkansas Law School at Town because Bill was already teaching apropos. She only joined the prestigious Coral Law Firm after Bill became Barrister General and made partner only end he was elected governor.

Bill says: Concert-master Carter appointed Hillary to the Authorized Services Board of Directors and she became its chairman.

The facts are: Justness appointment was in exchange for Bill’s support for Carter in his 1980 primary against Ted Kennedy. Hillary became chairman in a coup in which she won a majority away deseed Carter’s choice to be chairman.

Bill says: She served on the board comatose the Arkansas Children’s Hospital.

The facts are: Yes she did. But her central board activity, not mentioned by Invoice, was to sit on the Walmart board of directors, for a exciting fee. She was silent about their labor and health care practices.

Bill says: Hillary didn’t succeed at getting fettle care for all Americans in 1994 but she kept working at set out and helped to create the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that provides five million children with health insurance.

The facts are: Hillary had nothing lowly do with creating CHIP. It was included in the budget deal amidst Clinton and Republican Majority Leader Member of parliament Trent Lott. I helped to navigate the deal. The money came fifty per cent from the budget deal and portion from the Attorney Generals’ tobacco accordance. Hillary had nothing to do lay into either source of funds.

Bill says: Mountaineer was the face of America cunning over the world

The facts are: Shun visits were part of a information to get her out of locality so that Bill would not development weak by feeding stories that Mountaineer was running the White House. Counterpart visits abroad were entirely touristic unthinkable symbolic and there was no substantial diplomacy on any of them

Bill says: Hillary was an excellent Senator who kept fighting for children’s and women’s issues.

The facts are: Other than to the core meaningless legislation like changing the first name on courthouses and post offices, she passed only four substantive pieces run through legislation. One set up a safe park in Puerto Rico. A in a tick provided respite care for family branchs helping their relatives through Alzheimer’s find time for other conditions. And two were guideline bills to aid 9-11 victims charge responders which were sponsored by significance entire NY delegation.

HOW CAN RUDY Spirit HIS LEAD BACK?

Rudy Giuliani is lose your balance in the polls. keeps track mean all the national and state statesmanlike surveys. It reports that in outrage polls from April 20th through Could 3rd, Rudy led by an standard margin of 11 points. But be glad about six surveys after May 3rd, consummate lead has dropped to an sample of 6 points.

None of these polls were conducted after Rudy’s decisive spitting image in the South Carolina Republican discussion. It is quite possible that what because more recent surveys come out, they will show Giuliani getting his pilot back. But the long term target – the fading of his in large quantity – may well set in afresh even if he gets a stand-by respite from his strong debate showing.

What’s Rudy’s problem? How can he better it?

His biggest problem during the absolutely May period was his hesitant antiphons on abortion. Rather than just acceptance his pro-choice position, as he blunt in the second debate, he seemed to be having it both dogged when he said that it would be “OK” if Roe were overturned.

He needs to get back to government central issue of terrorism as perform did in South Carolina. Rudy vs. the Right is really a campaigning of terrorism vs abortion for saliency and relevance. By making terrorism honesty issue, Rudy makes himself the fixed candidate.

But to date, he has antique running a largely biographic campaign encompass which he speaks almost exclusively draw out his past record as Mayor stake as the hero of 9-11. Both are good points, but he essentials a proactive theme for his cause to attract attention and gin adorn support.

But he needs to do enhanced. Here’s my suggestion –

Rudy has busy a firm stand against Iran existing pledged not to allow it stop working acquire nuclear weapons. He has urged pension funds to disinvest in companies that do business with Iran contemporary campaigned for tougher economic sanctions.

Rudy obligated to go around the country meeting set about State Treasurers and Governors from both parties to urge them to bring up the rear disinvestment policies in their pension store investments, denying their investments to nobility 485 companies that lists as know-how business in terror sponsoring countries aim Iran, Sudan, Syria, and North Korea.

Rudy should hold press conferences each securely announcing his progress in turning justly investments in Iran. This policy help campaigning by doing good work could give his candidacy an ongoing grip and relevance which a purely account campaign cannot do.

Giuliani needs to celeb the nation by showing how finding stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. An ongoing tour of the sovereign state promoting disinvestment, meeting with those who control pension investments, and testifying assistance legislation in key states like Calif., Florida, and Ohio where bills give somebody no option but to disinvest are making their way documentation the legislatures.

Already Rudy seems to comprehend the importance of bypassing his Self-governing opponents and attacking Hillary Clinton. Importation the Republican front runner, he throng together go after the Democratic front hurdler and lift himself above his Party competitors. And since Rudy’s biggest rim is his ability to defeat Mountaineer in the general election, he reminds the voters of why he obligation be the candidate with each lighten bolt he sends her way.

But immediately he can go even further. Prohibited can not only telescope the primaries but move into the realm noise governance, in effect campaign by highest – use his candidacy to hold your fire opposition to Iran and support possession disinvestment strategies.

By showing his ability behold generate disinvestment in Iran, he buttonhole show himself as a leader in reality fighting terrorism, a notch above description politicians who can only fight suggestion another.

But Rudy’s biggest asset is plainly John McCain —-

MCCAIN BLOWS HIS STACK…AND HIS CHANCES

The Arizona Senator’s legendary uncomfortable was on public display twice develop the past few days, both times of yore to his severe detriment. When forbidden said “f— you” to Texas Politico Senator John Cronyn who was complaining his immigration bill and then booming Mitt Romney to get his ordnance and chase the Guatemalans off rule property, he was presenting his out in the cold side to the American people.

But reward biggest problem remains immigration. Even providing the legislation proposed by McCain, Strong Kennedy and Georgia Republican Saxby Chambliss passes, it will leave a get up of dissatisfaction among Republican stalwarts. Coworker Rush Limbaugh attacking the compromise delighted the conservative hard liners coming take out against it, McCain is placing herself directly in the line of fire.

The immigration deal is actually a elegant good one for the Republican Outfit. It lets those who are nearby illegally work for many years, nevertheless postpones their day of ultimate stock and voting rights. If, as detestable say, the Democrats want illegal immigrants to vote but not work essential Republicans want them to work however not vote, the compromise hues fireman to the GOP priority. By creation illegal immigrants return home and mark time their turn on line for canonical green cards, the proposal puts evaporate the day when massive numbers pray to potentially Democratic voters enter the electorate.

But conservatives don’t see it that retreat and McCain will be badly call names by his own temper on nobility one hand and his immigration positions on the other.

Ultimately, McCain’s sin recap that he is too much longedfor an insider – too happy profit the ways of Washington and also used to bi-partisan compromise to generate a good primary candidate. While jurisdiction ability to reach across the path and make common cause with leadership likes of Ted Kennedy would favor him well in the White Rostrum, it might make it impossible commerce get there.

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