Dick Morris Accuses George Stephanopoulos of Being a 'Paid Democratic Hitman'
Former Clinton adviser Dick Morris on Monday accused ABC’s George Stephanopoulos of being a “paid Democratic hitman.”
Appearing on Fox News’s Hannity, Morris also said Stephanopoulos was “under orders” to ask Mitt Romney all those contraception questions during ABC’s January 7 Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire (video follows with transcript and commentary):
DICK MORRIS: Obama did not make a mistake in this mandate. It’s a deliberately calculated move on his part. The Democrats realize that abortion is no longer a winner for them. It used to be ten points more pro-choice than pro-Life, now it’s ten points more pro-Life than pro-choice possibly because of the publicity of the anti-abortion people, possibly because of the aging of the population. But the point is that it’s a loser issue. So what they’re trying to do now is replace it with contraception.
So the first piece of evidence was after Santorum won Iowa, the first controversy was, “Do you think states should have the right to ban contraception?” Where did that come from? Then you remember that ABC debate with that paid Democratic hitman George Stephanopoulos went after Romney trying to…
SEAN HANNITY, HOST: Friend of yours, Dick.
MORRIS: …trying to pin him down on, on contraception? And Romney kept saying, “George, nobody wants to make contraception.” “No, but do they have the theoretical power to do it?” Remember, it was five minutes, people were laughing at him, booing him. Well that…
HANNITY: You think he was doing this under direct orders?
MORRIS: Under orders. And I think, and now he comes out with this thing on contraception. They want to create the idea, and it’s no coincidence, that he came out with it after Minnesota and Colorado which was Santorum’s victories. They want to create the impression that the Republicans will ban contraception, which is totally insane, but they’re floating it out and they’re bringing it out there. And this move on Obama’s part was part of injecting that issue.
For those that have forgotten, here’s the relevant section from that January 7 debate:
Think this is just a coincidence or given all the heated rhetoric about contraception in the past couple of weeks does Morris have a point?
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I think most of us here at
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 11:53pm.
I think most of us here at NewsBusters knew for a long time that Stephy is still a Democratic operative. How many times have we asked you to label him that and to put the word "journalist" in quotes when describing his current job?
Was that a rhetorical
Submitted by Noel Sheppard on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 11:58pm.
Was that a rhetorical question? ns
Of course it is. :-) Now I
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 9:32am.
Of course it is. :-)
Now I would LOVE to see more Republicans/Conservatives appearing on Stephy's program to point out that Stephy is acting more an operative than a journalist. It would make for great entertainment to see him defend himself.
Not just for Steffie.
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 12:04am.
I always use quotation marks now around "journalist."
I agree with Morris. Not
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 12:00am.
I agree with Morris. Not only is abortion a loser for the Democrats; they have exhausted their ammunition on it. They have no new arguments.
So now it's time for the change-up, and Obama comes up with free birth control and sterilization just in time for his campaign...er, scratch that....doing his job.
And any Republican who doesn't think it should be free will be labeled as against "women's health."
Dick Morris Accuses George
Submitted by ThePickle on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 12:00am.
Dick Morris Accuses George Stephanopoulos of Being a 'Paid Democratic Hitman'
And in other News from the file marked "DUH!"...this just in.....
"Water is Wet!!" ..film at eleven.
What a Revelation
Submitted by sergeant stogie on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 12:03am.
Wow Dick, you really went out on a limb with that one. No one would have ever guessed it.
Morris spilling the "beans" ?
Submitted by AGreer on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 12:03am.
Must be a liberal who's gotten mugged lately !
Well no sh*t, Dick
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 12:21am.
LOL - Next he will be telling us rain is wet, wind blows, snow is cold, and Martin Bashir has camel fleas.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
He's straight, Dave!
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 12:29am.
Oh, I get it. Your heading was just an expression.
Cool,
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 12:41am.
LOL.
Yep, I'm pretty sure he is, but I'm not all that convinced about this guy.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
⇒ And Doodie Howser, too
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 12:48am.
Should've known.
It would be more shocking if
Submitted by Schofield Kid on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 8:39pm.
It would be more shocking if he wasn't a raging flamer, cause he sure acts, speaks and dresses the part.......Funny how grown up former child actors go out of their way to be controversial and opposite of everything they portrayed as a child. Dude, we get it you're not really Harry Potter and to Miley, no one above age 7 thinks you're really Hannah Montana, so stop with the bad girl act!
He's straight
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 8:43pm.
but he wants to be gay. Can this world get any more f@#ed up?
Morris should know.
Submitted by HelloDare on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 12:23am.
Morris should know.
Excellent point. Me thinks
Submitted by MightyMouth on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 1:20am.
Excellent point. Me thinks Dick is playin' the field. He is either a stone cold traitor or a convert. One things for sure, I have never seen him NOT mention dickmorris.com on the air. Dick is for Dick there is no question about that!
C'mon guys.
Submitted by almostacowboy on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 12:37am.
Give Morris credit for saying it out loud and on TV.
⇒ I like Morris
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 12:38am.
He seems to be real good at strategerie.
...
Submitted by rockyracoon on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 4:50am.
And predictions as well.
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
Why Bother Talking To Obama's Leftwing Propaganda Machine?
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 12:47pm.
I'm with Newt on one thing, and Sarah for sure. Don't even talk to the Journalistas. You're stupid for even thinking you can reach anyone on their side. You're just playing into their plan.
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read “Leftism As Psychopathy” by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
http://jonjayray.tripod.com/psycho.html
⇒ Morris connected the dots
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 1:35am.
He's right. A couple of weeks ago we were scratching our heads about Stephanie's left-field question about the right of government to outlaw contraception. We were further perplexed at the amount of time spent arguing the question.
Fast forward to last week and it's clear Stephanie was ordered to plant those seeds.
Stephanie wants that Dan Rather award badly.
Morris is a dubious
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 2:21am.
Morris is a dubious character............but he WAS there, right?? And he probably knows a lot about Stephie-Poo, so there might be some credence to his statement.
Hell, I WASN'T there, and I KNOW what a political hack Georgy-Porgy is..............
I wouldn't trust Morris any farther than I could throw both him
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 2:38am.
and the prostitute attached to his mouth via her toes.
Jer
That's how I feel about ol' Slick Willie & ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 5:02am.
Monica; the gal attached to Willie's libido via the stars in her eyes.
MD
Because once you're a lib, you can't begin thinking?
Submitted by UpNorth on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 12:13pm.
Come on, Jer, you're just upset that ole Morris turned on the Party of Clinton.
Steph's liberalism is blatant!
Submitted by Arlen Cooper on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 7:11am.
I think any cognitive observer that can stomach Steph'oulos' "Disney soapbox" venue, would see that the "little fella" gets his marching orders for the sole purpose of propagating Disney's liberal causes; not that the "weasel" needs any incentive from the "home office." It seems he was bred & breeds for the liberal cause. A journalist he is NOT! A "propagandist" is apropo.
Steph's liberalism is blatant!
Submitted by Arlen Cooper on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 7:10am.
I think any cognitive observer that can stomach Steph'oulos' "Disney soapbox" venue, would see that the "little fella" gets his marching orders for the sole purpose of propagating Disney's liberal causes; not that the "weasel" needs any incentive from the "home office." It seems he was bred & breeds for the liberal cause. A journalist he is NOT! A "propagandist" is apropo.
Stephy Can't Stand Morris
Submitted by Mr. Mike on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 8:56am.
I read in one of the Clinton books that George and Dick hated each other's guts from day one because Morris called out Stephy in front of Der Slickmeister and chastized him for bringing a piss poor plan to the table. Front that point on Slick listened to Morris and got re-elected.
George has and is a Liberal POS-
Submitted by JIMMY1660 on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 12:25pm.
The guy has no talent-not able to think on his feet-speak without a prompter-just like Ba-ma.
He is s shill-once the Nov election is over-he can crawl back into his hole.
Isn't Morris...
Submitted by Dave the mailman on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 1:15pm.
Isn't he the Clinton advisor who pulled Bill more toward the center? I could have swore I've heard him (on O'reilly ) say that he is a former liberal and has become a convert.
Even if he isn't, I will give him credit in that he makes a lot of rational points and predictions, and seemed to have been blessed with a lot more common sense than most liberals...
I can see this happening.
Submitted by okie-pastor on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 2:17pm.
I can see this happening. Out of nowhere George asks republicans about contraception. It makes since that the white house tried to get a sound bite from republicans through Stephenopolus to browbeat them with during election time.
To portray them as being against womens rights. It shows they aren't as clever as they think they are. And actually backfired because the president is the one forcing contraception on those employers who don't want to provide it. So if anyone looks heavy-handed it's Obama not republicans.