“Please hit the phones”: Fox pays Dick Morris to promote earmark ban

Now that the elections are over, Dick Morris is going to have to find something else to do with his Fox News appearances other than openly fundraising for Republican candidates. If this morning is any indication, he is going to seamlessly transition to advocating for GOP proposals.

Morris appeared on Fox & Friends to discuss the earmark ban being discussed by the Senate Republican Caucus. The segment essentially consisted of Morris repeatedly imploring Fox viewers to “go to dickmorris.com right now, in the morning” to “hit the phones” and pressure the Republican Caucus to support the ban. This was important, Morris explained, because “it's really important that we pass this” but “we don't have enough votes yet.”

If you go to Morris' website -- after passing through the page asking for your email address so he can beg you for money twice an hour during election season - he has a list of twenty Republican Senators and Senators-elect, along with their phone numbers, that “we have to work on.”

Brian Kilmeade told Morris that “between your website” and the pressure from Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the ban has a good chance to pass.

This is far from the first time Morris has used his Fox platform to encourage their viewers to contact Congress for the Republican purposes. Earlier this year, Morris appeared on Fox repeatedly to urge viewers to “go to dickmorris.com" to find a list of congressman to pressure about the health care reform bill.

Fox essentially pays Morris to openly fundraise and advocate for the GOP on their network -- though I guess you could say that about most of their employees.