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Beacool

(30,247 posts)
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 04:29 PM Jun 2016

Dick Morris says he's been advising Donald Trump Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/di

By Louis Nelson
06/27/16

Dick Morris is advising Donald Trump, he said in an interview published Monday, revealing to the Daily Caller that he’s been peppering the Manhattan billionaire with advice on a daily basis.

Morris said he sends “several” memos per day to Trump campaign staff members, but is not planning to join the campaign in any official capacity.

“I’m not and I never have been looking for a full-time job, 9-5, advising the campaign,” Morris said. “Yes, I am interested and I do send them a lot of memos and a lot of ideas and in fact wrote a book for them filled with advice as to what they should do.”

That advice, Morris said, is to attack Hillary Clinton and the Democrats on the Affordable Care Act, immigration and terrorism, a strategy the longtime political consultant likens to a “right jab.” That jab must be accompanied though, Morris said, with a “left hook” appealing to disaffected Democrats who supported Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and are unsatisfied with globalism and the Democratic Party establishment.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/dick-morris-advising-trump-224825

Well, that just did it. Democrats have it in the bag, Trump will lose. Morris hasn't been right about anything since he was caught sucking on a hooker's toes.

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Dick Morris says he's been advising Donald Trump Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/di (Original Post) Beacool Jun 2016 OP
If memory serves he joined the campaign about a month ago underpants Jun 2016 #1
Well, he doesn't have much to choose from. Beacool Jun 2016 #7
Oh Gee, that is wonderful.... redstatebluegirl Jun 2016 #2
LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #3
. NCTraveler Jun 2016 #29
kind of equals out Bill Kristol Cosmocat Jun 2016 #4
It's become a running joke that if Rove and Morris claim something, Beacool Jun 2016 #11
Wait a minute PJMcK Jun 2016 #5
Back then he was the campaign manager of Bill Clinton's reelection bid. Beacool Jun 2016 #9
I'm with you, Beacool PJMcK Jun 2016 #16
Yes, he was always a jerk. Beacool Jun 2016 #17
Dick is a favorite go to lawyer for those silly Libertarians. crystal dawn Jun 2016 #6
Who's filling that critical "Chief Political Correspondent" post at the NATIONAL ENQUIRER? brooklynite Jun 2016 #8
Well, a man's got to eat......... Beacool Jun 2016 #10
Another dingleberry for the Anus with the most GOP delegates. IADEMO2004 Jun 2016 #12
Please proceed, Dick Toe-Sucker nt WhiteTara Jun 2016 #13
Funniest part of this ... JoePhilly Jun 2016 #14
He probably sends them unsolicited e-mails that they summarily delete. Beacool Jun 2016 #18
Well don the con probably has a healthy MyNameGoesHere Jun 2016 #15
"I think Don the con has his VP pick" Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #24
Oh this is priceless. KMOD Jun 2016 #19
omg uponit7771 Jun 2016 #20
When you have to call in the Toesucker, you might as well pack it in. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #21
Yep, it has LOSER written all over it. Beacool Jun 2016 #22
Reaching out for relevance. Will work for free. oasis Jun 2016 #23
I wonder... Hav Jun 2016 #25
Trump's knowledge of politics and policy can fit in a thimble. Beacool Jun 2016 #27
Create Rule: If sender is Dick Morris, move the item to folder Junk E-mail. tanyev Jun 2016 #26
It's probably not possible for him to read any less. n/t Orsino Jun 2016 #28
advising him on best DC prostitutes to hire? Morris knows best. nt TeamPooka Jun 2016 #30

Beacool

(30,247 posts)
7. Well, he doesn't have much to choose from.
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 04:51 PM
Jun 2016

The most reputable people don't want to work for his campaign. Trump has been culling the bottom of the barrel. He's been consulting with RW anti-Clinton hacks, they are the source of his most salacious attacks against the Clintons. Some weeks ago he had lunch with Ed Klein. He is the person who in 2005 wrote an anti-Hillary book. In it he wrote that Chelsea was the product of rape. That Bill had forced himself on Hillary. The accusation was so repugnant that even the RW punditry criticized him for making such a sick allegation. No surprise that he would consult with Trump, who now writes for the National Enquirer.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
3. LOL ...
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 04:33 PM
Jun 2016
Morris said he sends “several” memos per day to Trump campaign staff members, but is not planning to join the campaign in any official capacity.


Isn't that like me sitting in my living room yelling for the base-runner to slide?

Cosmocat

(14,559 posts)
4. kind of equals out Bill Kristol
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 04:35 PM
Jun 2016

being against him, relative to the jackasses who are wrong about everything vote.

Beacool

(30,247 posts)
11. It's become a running joke that if Rove and Morris claim something,
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 05:12 PM
Jun 2016

the complete opposite will come to bear.

PJMcK

(21,998 posts)
5. Wait a minute
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 04:40 PM
Jun 2016

You wrote, "Morris hasn't been right about anything since he was caught sucking on a hooker's toes."

Are you suggesting that Dick Morris was right to be "caught sucking on a hooker's toes?"

(2 winks, if you know what I mean!)

Beacool

(30,247 posts)
9. Back then he was the campaign manager of Bill Clinton's reelection bid.
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 05:07 PM
Jun 2016

He had a legitimate career and people took him seriously. He lost his job and his reputation when the Globe published the article about his dalliances with hookers.

Since then he's had many incarnations, but the one steady thing has been his anti-Clinton sentiment.

PJMcK

(21,998 posts)
16. I'm with you, Beacool
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 08:13 PM
Jun 2016

However, even when he worked for former President Clinton, Dick Morris was, well, a dick. He tended to be a publicity hound blowhard who constantly made over-the-top statements. It's actually one of the reasons, I think, that President Clinton liked him; he was a foil. Of course, now he's a Fox News robot and a general jerk.

My repost to you was just a slightly sarcastic comment for which I hope you'll forgive me. When you said that he hadn't done anything right since he was sucking the hooker's toes, I was snidely hinting that you implied that Mr. Morris' last acceptable act was sucking the hooker's toes. Ergo, since then, everything he did was wrong.

PS - I knew what you meant and I'm proud to stand with you as a member of DU.

PPS - Dick Morris is a dick.

Enjoy your evening!

Beacool

(30,247 posts)
17. Yes, he was always a jerk.
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 10:12 PM
Jun 2016

He was a mercenary that worked with politicians of both parties, but for a while he was good at his job.

Oh, I understood the meaning of your previous post.

crystal dawn

(85 posts)
6. Dick is a favorite go to lawyer for those silly Libertarians.
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 04:43 PM
Jun 2016

Now he's obviously showing himself to be just another Republican like all of them are. Libertarians like to flaunt this guy's "legal knowledge" all the time. And they seem to not be into Trump all that much, instead going for loser Gary Johnson. I so want to throw this story in the face of my loud libertarian facebook friends, but I won't.

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
14. Funniest part of this ...
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 05:34 PM
Jun 2016

... is this sentence ...

Morris said he sends “several” memos per day to Trump campaign staff members, but is not planning to join the campaign in any official capacity.


How exactly does Dick Morris send "memos" to Trump staff?

What person, in this century, sends "memos" to anyone.

Email, texts, tweets ... but "memos"??

 

MyNameGoesHere

(7,638 posts)
15. Well don the con probably has a healthy
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 06:31 PM
Jun 2016

supply of prostitutes for Morris. And it seems neither one pays taxes. I think Don the con has his VP pick

Hav

(5,969 posts)
25. I wonder...
Tue Jun 28, 2016, 07:00 AM
Jun 2016

So is he the reason why Trump is claiming that the polls showing him down much have too many Democrats (you couldn't make this up)? We all remember his great comedy routine of "analysing" polls and predicting a huge Romney landslide. Him and the unskewed polls guy offered great entertainment.

Beacool

(30,247 posts)
27. Trump's knowledge of politics and policy can fit in a thimble.
Tue Jun 28, 2016, 02:45 PM
Jun 2016

He's a case book narcissist. He's running for office because he thinks that no one can do a better job than him, despite having zero political experience. I think that he loves the idea of being president, more than the actual work that the job entails.

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