Morris "leaving the country" if Clinton-Obama ticket wins
On the December 18 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, guest host Karen Hanretty asked Fox News political analyst Dick Morris if he was "proposing a ticket of [Sen.] Hillary Clinton [D-NY], [Sen.] Barack Obama [D-IL]," for the Democratic presidential nomination, to which Morris replied: "I'm not proposing it. I'm leaving the country if this happens." Morris added, "I do not want Hillary Clinton controlling the FBI and the IRS and the CIA and the DEA." When co-host Alan Colmes later asked Morris if he was "really going to leave" should Clinton win, Morris said, "I hope not to have to make that choice." The weblog News Hounds posted Morris' comments on December 19, and they were later noted by NewsMax.com, Salon.com, and other media outlets.*
From the December 18 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes:
HANRETTY: So what you're proposing is a ticket of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama. And you think that America is ready for not only the first female president of the United States, but for a black man to be president and next in line?
MORRIS: Well, first of all, I'm not proposing it. I'm leaving the country if this happens.
COLMES: Oh, come on. You promise?
HANRETTY: You're going to pull an Alec Baldwin on us, Dick?
COLMES: We've got it on tape now.
MORRIS: You guys can do this from Peru, right? I do not want Hillary Clinton controlling the FBI and the IRS and the CIA and the DEA.
HANRETTY: Do you want Barack Obama as a vice president? Do you even want him as president?
MORRIS: No, I think Obama would be a good vice president. I think it would give him seasoning, and I think he's got a lot of potential. But what's going to happen is Hillary will win the Democratic nomination. That will force the Republicans to run a woman on their ticket. And the best one they have is [Secretary of State] Condi [Rice]. If the Republicans are going to put a black on their ticket for second place, the Democrats can't let the only black be on the Republican line. So they're going to put Obama on.
HANRETTY: You think the Republicans are going to be satisfied putting someone from the Bush administration responsible for the war in Iraq on their ticket?
MORRIS: Well, when they did that likeability index poll, she came in, like, second or third. She's over 60 percent favorable.
COLMES: We've got to run. But, Dick, you're really going to leave the country if Hillary wins? Are you really going to leave?
MORRIS: I hope not to have to make that choice.
COLMES: You know, when liberals said that about Bush, you wanted to hold them to it. Well, thank you very much for being here.
MORRIS: Yeah, but I'm going to be chased out of the country.
COLMES: I doubt it.
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...to be Bill Clinton, thinking: "I had this guy on the payroll."
IF GWB MAKES THE CORRECTION IN HIS IRAQ WAR THAT THE VOTER HAVE CALLED FOR: - - - I will fly out of the country on the first available flight and when I'm done celebrating I'll return home. Just kidding.
But when we vote there should be some touch screen options for us to select that indicate our objective. Bush's take on the elections is that we want him to stay and convert the all the region into new Democracies.
Voter's did not vote on a change in war. There was nothing on any ballot that was before voters to change anything in Iraq, Afghanistan, or the War on Terror. People voted for individual candidates in their home districts whom they thought would represent their interest better. Was Iraq a major election issue, yes. But it was not the only one.
but that didn't stop wingnuts here and all over from proclaiming those results (barely a majority, 51% at most) as a landslide vote in favor of the war, did it?
Voter's did not vote on a change in war. ... Was Iraq a major election issue, yes.
So it was a major issue but had nothing to do with the outcome. Hmmm.
Actually, by the logic presented, only referenda and the like are "about" anything at all and no candidate is ever elected on the strength of any issue, even a "major" one.
Time to rewrite all the civics textbooks, eh?
It wasn't just the Iraq War debacle. While that was a HUGE reason why people reelected every running Democratic incumbant, and voted out a bunch of Republican war mongers, there were other reasons than the war to vote Republicans out:
1) General incompetence. The war, Katrina, social security "reform", etc. 2) Hypocracy. Witness the corruption of a Delay House. Foley. Republicans going to jail. And a policy of talking out of both sides of Republican mouths to Christians. 3) Stubborness. The war and other policies. These guys never observed the first rule of holes. 4) Tax cuts for those who need 'em least.
But I think for the most part, people realized they were tired of hearing about people dying for reasons that made no sense.
The really BIG ONE.
Are you really insane or is that just part of your handle. Just kidding.
All I was saying is there should be options to select when we vote. That way we could indicate our objectives. Such as, what we, the deciders want done about the mess in Iraq.
I have not been addressed as Sir in a long time. Back in my past life in Texas. When I, by force of habit, address people here in CA. as Sir, they are offended that I'm saying they are old. I explain to them that it's just out of respect when I call them Sir. It's a Texas thing.
You SIR may be RIGHT......But I really doubt it. All the indicators and sources of credible info point to the War In Iraq as being the driving force of the November elections.
Fact is, the day after the thumping of your President, he fired his Secretary of War. That was a timely "Change in War"and it WAS due to the voters? Bush admitted he was Thumped by the voters and started to make changes. Today he’s still pondering changes, but he took the thumping and conveniently decided that it says for him to continue forcing Democracy’s on the Region, as he calls it. WRONG!
Because of the The Voters Bush is under intense pressure to make changes on his War in Iraq. Bush can see it. I can see it. Why are you in denial?
I know.....Why don't we just agree to disagree. But you seem to be the one that is wrong......Sir, not I.
"But what's going to happen is Hillary will win the Democratic nomination. That will force the Republicans to run a woman on their ticket. And the best one they have is [Secretary of State] Condi [Rice]. If the Republicans are going to put a black on their ticket for second place, the Democrats can't let the only black be on the Republican line. So they're going to put Obama on."
Jeez, how low will Toe-Suck go to push his failed Condie VS Hillary book? It's that kind analysis that makes him perfect for Fox.
I'm glad I'm not the only person stunned by this strained "if, then" logic.
Dick Morris just gave me a reason to vote for Hillary and Obama.
if anything this nut just won a lot of votes for Hillary
I'll even contribute to Dick's airfare.
Hey um...Dick. Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out.
...my thoughts exactly.
Affleck never left? You gotta be kiddin'! That was his pledge and I'm sure a well known personality like Benny would never go back on his word. Morris, now, who would expect him to keep his word? (Answers of zero or less will be accepted.)
Baldwin threatened to leave, not Affleck, to my knowledge. It's actually right there in the post.
mixed up. But there were so many that threatened to go, I'm not 100% sure Affleck wasn't one of them. Thanks for the correction.
i don't think so.
...I didn't know that Alec Baldwin was a "Ben."
"Alec Baldwin insists he never said that he would leave the country if George W. Bush were elected president. The German magazine Focus insists that his wife, Kim Basinger, said in an interview that Baldwin did utter such a promise." --snopes.com
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Because Baldwin argues he never said such a thing, it is misinformation to present hearsay (maybe double hearsay) as a hardened fact.
This appears to be another example of "truthiness" that conservatives have decided is absolutely true, when there is room for doubt in a fair-minded analysis.
Of course, there are other celebrities that snopes cites (same reference above) that have made their views much more plain for what that is worth.
I do not object to Morris's "threat" at all. It appears that if he left the country, it would definitely be mutually beneficial.
The only people who might suffer are the workers and proprieters of toe fetish brothels.
to help you pack.
Do you think would have Morris?
There is only one I can think of:
Argentina.
I mean, isn't that where all the running Nazi's went to?
where they take people who are "always wrong"? He could be the brain-dead president of "Stupidstan".
Hey, I am Argentinian and I resent that comment!! Well maybe we took the nazis, which was shamefull, but there is not way in hell we will take that clown!!! After all we have to have minimum standards, don't we??
God, I hope Hillary wins. Could you take O'Reilly, Hannity, and Limbaugh with you, Dick?
Go Clinton-Obama!
I hereby cast the first vote. But I would prefer Obama-Clinton, because Hillary, bless her heart, is not as likable as Obama. Her biggest strength, I believe, is Bill. Boy, now that would be a Conservatives worst nightmare, Bill and Hillary back in the saddle again. The White House.
When I heard Morris made this statement I rushed to the WebPage to see if he was for real and serious about it. To my chagrin, he was just kidding with a huge smile. Oh well.
Happy Holidays!
is why does the Corporate Media still give airtime to this discredited toe-sucking, whoring gas-bag? What's even more disturbing is that many right leaning newspapers (at least in Indiana and Kentucky) still run his column under the heading "From the Left" and advertise that he was an adviser to President Clinton. I worked for a press-clip agency and have read every paper in both states, so I'm not making this up.
Hi, Guys, I hate to disagree with you but my post about Morris' comments was up many hours before NewsMax's.
[link to www.newshounds.us]
My post was made at 3:58 am ET (You have to look at the front page of the blog to get the time) on 12/19 whereas the NewsMax post is time-stamped 10:37 am
[link to www.newsmax.com]
Oh joy. The corporate media is already pushing it's choice for the Democrat nominees...Hillary "Keep the War Going" Clinton and Barack "Senator Slither" Obama.
Hillary is the darling of the DLC, the right wing of the Democrats, an ardent supporter of US funding of the Israeli crimes against the Palestinians, the most pro-war Democrat in the Senate. A war-monger who supports unprovoked US airstrikes on Iran. Cindy Sheehan refused to endorse Hillary in 2006 (she endorsed the NY Green candidate instead). The Repub PR machine is gonna paint her as the top liberal in the Senate, but a look at her voting record and you'd swear she's a Republican.
Then there's that other pre-packaged plastic politician. Little quote from Mr. Obama regarding his views on the US relationship with the world: "We need to maintain a strategic force posture that allows us to manage threats posed by rogue nations like North Korea and Iran, and to meet the challenges presented by potential rivals like China." Conclusion? Another typical DC warmonger who waves these phony threats at us for his masters in the Military/Industrial Complex and has no intention of living in actual peace with the rest of the world. He also supports bombing Iran without any provocation on their part. Liberal? Hardly. His answer to Iraq? More troops, more money. He distanced himself from Senator Durbin when that man spoke out against the tortures committed at Guantanamo.
This is what the corporate media and the Repubs are gonna sell you as the "horrible Democrat ultra-liberals the Republicans must hate"...they're both as conservative as Republicans but to admit that would have the Democrat voters out looking for REAL liberals and not the chosen of the corporate War Party.
It's all a con job. They're feeding those same two flavors of Kool-Aid to the masses again.
you refer are readers of that sage pundit, Uncle Remus (Joel Chandler Harris, 1881)? "Oh, please, Br'er fox...you can skin me, snatch out my eyeballs, tear out my ears by the roots, and cut off my legs, but pleeeeze don't throw me in that briar patch!"
Too bad Feingold doesn't seem to have the popularity necessary for reaching the highest office...or Dennis Kucinich.
Notice how Feingold or Kucinich never get mentioned by the righties on TV, only the DLC crew are ever talked about and always called "liberals". The real liberal Democrats are completely ignored.
money to help buy this idiot's plane ticket out of here!
I can't think of a better reason to vote for a Clinton/Obama ticket than to make this sleaze merchant leave the country .
Can we say paranoid?
Here's a guy that was once considered a BRILLIANT political operative when he was working for Bill & Hill. SOME gave him a great deal of credit for Bill's success.
Then they dumped him...
And like a jilted lover he grew a chip on his shoulder SO huge it probably needs to be surgically removed.
Who in their right mind would ever purchase a book about Hill vs Condi? Did he actually sell ANY copies?
I suppose we all have said at one time or the another that if such & such happens I'm out of here.
I said that just 2-3 weeks ago, though for the life of me I can't remember what I was complaining about...
IF I ever leave I'm heading to Nova Scotia. Awesome place. In fact I may relocate there eventually even if I'm not pissed off at something stupid the US government has done.
Barbara Streisand making the same threat if Bush was elected and then failing to follow through. Yet there never was a question of her integrity and honesty.
or you're dishonest and have no integrity.
That was in 1992 -- the year Bush lost.
[link to archive.salon.com]
many of us threatened to move to Canada if Bush won in '04, but we're still here... but let's make this one a reality - who wants to take up a collection to move Morris out of here in '08?
You mean if Obama is elected president, we also get the added bonus of having Dick Morris leave the U.S.?!?
Wow. Now I am DEFINITELY supporting Obama.
If Dickie Boy leaves don't we have to find a hooker that will alow him to suck on her toes?? And isn't that why he was fired by Clinton?? Funny that fact is never mentioned on FNC. What a gasbag!!!
Hillary/Obama that I've heard so far.
Bye Dick! Don't come back!
but you fail to read your script..all Liberals are liars. But these wonderful Christain Republicans should keep there word because they are honest, trustworthy and truthful. Isn't that in your "Let's Hate Liberals Handbook" or didn't Rush or Hannity mention that today??
P.S. Did Hannity get a sex-change and name change???
I would welcome the day the extreme elements of each political party leave this country. They do nothing but divide this nation and degrade the debate from important topics to personal attacks and pointless debates about topics that cannot help or further this nation’s goals.
fascist state somewhere and everyone could be happy.
...Dick Morris is saying he'll leave if Hillary Clinton is president, regardless of the VP.
Because Morris originally says he'd leave when asked about Clinton-Obama, but proceeds to say that he doesn't want Hillary Clinton to be in charge of the FBI, but that Barack Obama would be a good VP.
He'll never leave. Where else in the world could he find a job spouting off the wall, misguided, and mostly wrong politicicsms? He might have to get a real job.
I favor a Gore - Obama ticket, but American without Dick Morris is already a better place. now if only Rush, Sean, Coulter, Malkin,Savage, and Crowley would leave too.
Dick in this country will make it a better place. Dick Santorum is gone and I feel better already. Now if this Dick leaves will anyone really notice that he is gone??
Here's-your-hat-what's-your-hurry?
I had no interest in a Clinton/Obama ticket.
Now Morris has forced me to change my opinions on that. He really IS good at shaping public opinion.
Bye.
Good. Although I'm sure you're lying about that too.
So, where's the downside?
Is there any purpose at all in being exposed to Mr Morris' comments?
He has shown himself to be rather gross while close to power and more so since he has to earn a living. He has had his 15" and there are far more interesting people whom you might offer your network.
"Disgruntled." Has the word no longer any meaning? Surely decency has disappeared. Where are you Joe Welch now that we so need you?
Irwin Moss, LA
So if we vote for Clinton/Obama and elect them President/ Vice President, Morris will leave the country. Finally! He should move to a country where they have legalized prostitution. I wasn't going to vote for Clinton but now sign me up.
If only it would be thruth!! The anoying little throll can go away for good ant try his theatrics someplace else. Unforunatelly I don't see many takers for an over rated, whiny, failure of a pundit, that clearly jumped the shark long ago and has very little of consecuense to say. Only FOX and folks like Hannity or O'Railey pay any attention tho this little man. Who knows, with any luck he move to the new improved democratic Iraq and become a pundit there. We can only hope.