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Why Did Morris Turn Against The Clintons?

This is a good article but it does not elaborate on why Morris turned against the Clintons. What happened-- what was the reason?

I have persnally speculated but have no idea-- is he really a Republican with a mercenary streak who regrets having served a Democratic president? Or is he a legitimate Centrist and were there other reasons?

One thing is-- as far as Hillary goes-- it seems very personal. Like he has a grudge against her. If so, I don't trust him. Politics should be based on principles and should not be personal.

Plenty of negatives here. Wow could a man be so invloved and sought after and be so bad at his job? Who writes this stuff. And OH my he even has a grudge.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.124.152.10 (talk) 10:29, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sean Hannity seems to have come to dislike Morris. I have seen Hannity get very annoyed with him on FOX. Hannity does not like the Clintons-- but doesn't seem to like Morris anymore either.

If anyone knows why Morris turned on the Clintons-- that should be a key part of this article I would think.

67.42.240.96 19:22, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I see Dick Morris a lot and he seems very focused on Hillary Clinton, not Bill. Just because he worked as an advisor and whatnot to Bill does not mean in any way he would support Hillary. So the idea that he "turned" on the Clintons wouldn't necessarily be accurate. I doubt he has a "mercenary streak," you can work for the president for a few days and return to the private sector with an incredible job and pay... if you wanted to make baseless speculations it could be that he used to support Bill, maybe he wanted to win ("I'm the guy who got Bill to win") maybe he thought of Bill as a friend, and wanted to help someone who he knew would listen to him as an advisor, who knows- doesn't really matter I guess though.

As to Sean Hannity- I see the two together a lot, I don't get that vibe really at all. Maybe a mild annoyance at times, but that might very simply be Morris' love of Alan. Most conservatives pander to Sean, and liberals to Alan- Morris loves Alan because he clearly loves to annoy him and give him a hard time. Other than that Sean has a much more moderate (not politically, but he's not "fantastic," or over the top) approach while Morris has a very intense nature. Just a few moments ago I saw Morris talk about how Michigan is going to be the most crucial state for republicans, if Romney loses it's over for him yadda yadda- Sean tried to interject (interupted by commercial break) that it isn't that simple and clear cut. Again, for wikipedia unimportant, but hopefully this can shed a little more light on the question(s).--67.185.245.221 (talk) 08:58, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My speculation is that the Clintons cut him off completely after the scandal in 1996. They did not want to be associated with him in an election year. Morris probably thought that his access would never be cut off. Hillary Clinton and Dick Morris probably also have some policy disagreements with Dick Morris arguing that Hillary Clinton's policy agenda was politically unviable. Jmegill (talk) 12:52, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I wanted to add to my comments before, I remember Karl Rove in an interview talked about how like he just loved politics, in the beginning it wasn't about an ideology, it was just the republicans (in college maybe) that "took him in." Maybe Dick Morris just likes politics, back then it was about helping Clinton, maybe today he decided he doesn't like Clinton or he sees attacking the Clintons as his ticket to stay in politics. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.29.0.100 (talk) 23:13, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dick Morris likes former President Clinton, but he never liked Hillary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.190.32.185 (talk) 02:39, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please avoid putting personal opinions into articles

Look at this sentence currently in the article "Many[attribution needed] perceived this as a move to the center of the political spectrum, and it disappointed some[attribution needed] who had hoped Clinton would pursue a more liberal policy.[citation needed]"

Note the things wrong with it:

Use of vague actors. Often the "people think" is just a way to get around saying "I think". Change the wording here: I saw this as a move to the center and it dissapointed me because I wanted Clinton to be more liberal." Who wants to lay betting odds that the original author feels this way?

Change in subject: Is the article about Morris or Clinton or what (liberal) people think of Clinton?

Placement of concernt: The author apparently thinks it's noteworthy what liberals think, but not conservatives!

(For last two, given, that the article is about MORRIS, if we have ANY of this tripe, it might be more pertinent to say how disappointed conservatives were that Morris was helping the enemy.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by TCO (talk • contribs) 18:43, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Writing for National Enquirer as of 2016

^[1] ^[2] ^[3] Not sure where to put this item, so leaving it in the talk section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.179.131.166 (talk) 06:22, 22 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

References

[1] ttp://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/06/the-national-enquirer-hires-dick-morris-223872

[2] ttps://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/style/hillary-clinton-dick-morris-national-enquirer-donald-trump.html?_r=0

[3] ttp://money.cnn.com/2016/06/03/media/dick-morris-national-enquirer/

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