Morris said that he has reached an agreement with Connecticut is
committed to paying his taxes: "Following a difficult period in my
life, I fell into arrears. But since then, I have paid almost $3
million in state and federal taxes."
On August 29, 1996, Morris resigned from the Clinton campaign after
reports stated that he had been involved with a female prostitute,
Sherry Rowlands, as reported by the Washington Post. It was also
alleged he had an illegitimate child from an affair with a Texas
woman.
On Jan 4, 10:43 am, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The one good thing about Dick Morris, is that whatever he predicts, you
> can usually count on just the opposite happening.
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> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 10:40 AM, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
> > "Strange, because I've known Ron Paul for more than thirty years, and I
> > see him as one of the purist conservatives in Washington -- and certainly
> > the most conservative person in the current field of Republican candidates.
> > I'm talking about *true* conservatism, which Ronald Reagan accurately
> > described when he said, "The very heart and soul of conservatism is
> > libertarianism.""
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> > *Why Dick Morris Fears Ron Paul
> > *by Robert Ringer
>
> > It's been quite humorous watching Dick Morris switch modes -- from
> > dismissing Ron Paul as a nut and a crackpot to hysterically warning people
> > how dangerous he is. In one of his recent lunch videos, Morris ranted
> > nonstop about Paul, going so far as to say, "He is the most radical,
> > liberal candidate running." Then, on *The O'Reilly Factor*, Morris said,
> > "I think that he is absolutely the most liberal, radical, left-wing person
> > to run for president in the United States in the last fifty years."
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> > Strange, because I've known Ron Paul for more than thirty years, and I see
> > him as one of the purist conservatives in Washington -- and certainly the
> > most conservative person in the current field of Republican candidates. I'm
> > talking about *true* conservatism, which Ronald Reagan accurately
> > described when he said, "The very heart and soul of conservatism is
> > libertarianism."
>
> > So what, specifically, does Morris not like about Ron Paul? For starters,
> > he says that Paul "has this crazy idea about returning to the gold
> > standard." Hmm … I never thought of a return to sound money as being a
> > crazy idea. With all due respect, Dick, I think I'll stick with Hayek and
> > Von Mises on that one.
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> > Other Ron Paul sins, according to Morris, include his desire to:
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> > - Get rid of the Fed.
> > - Legalize drugs. (Sorry, pseudo-conservatives, but the unpleasant
> > reality is that the war on drugs has caused even more violence than did the
> > war on alcohol.)
> > - Stay out of other countries' affairs (which would make it possible
> > to slash our military budget without *weakening* our national
> > defense).
> > - Repeal the Patriot Act, which would reduce government's ability to
> > snoop on American citizens.
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> > Morris even claimed that Ron Paul favors abortion on demand, paid for by
> > the government. Now that's one I've never heard before. Paul has always
> > been adamantly pro-life and, further, he believes that the issue of
> > abortion comes under the auspices of the states, not the federal government.
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> > So why is Morris so worried about a guy he has repeatedly referred to as a
> > nutcase, a crackpot, and worse? Because, he says, he is afraid that Paul
> > will run as a third-party candidate and "hand the election to Barack Obama."
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> > First of all, Ron Paul has never been the nutcase his detractors have
> > tried so hard to paint him to be. Second, he is one of the most morally
> > sound individuals I have ever known, and is intellectually sound as well.
>
> > In fact, the "crazy uncle" remarks that the fearful media pundits keep
> > throwing out about Paul couldn't be further from the truth. On the
> > contrary, if Ron Paul has one weakness, it's that he's intellectually above
> > the average voter's head, which sometimes makes it difficult to understand
> > what he's saying.
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> > I admit that a handful of comments purportedly made in Ron Paul's
> > newsletters in the 1980s and 1990s were over the line, but they certainly
> > were not hardcore racist. More important, he unequivocally renounces those
> > statements today. Often, Paul's problem is that he is very uninhibited when
> > it comes to being precise about the law and what he believes to be the
> > truth, and, unfortunately, a majority of the population is more interested
> > in political correctness than the Constitution or the truth.
>
> > I can only speak from my own firsthand experience, and, behind closed
> > doors, I have never heard Ron Paul say anything that even mildly bordered
> > on racism. Nor is he anti-semitic or anti-Israel. As he explained it to me
> > on a couple of different occasions, he just happens to believe that Israel
> > would be better off without having to answer to the U.S. for its actions.
>
> > Putting aside the mudslinging, the bottom line is that, more than any
> > other candidate, Ron Paul stands for freedom. But is such a strong advocate
> > of freedom electable? Dick Morris and other establishment Republicans say
> > absolutely not. And they could be right. But there's a part of me that
> > wonders if they might just be wrong.
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> > If Ron Paul ran as a third-party candidate -- especially if Mitt Romney
> > were to be the Republican nominee -- he would attract not only Tea Party
> > voters, but independents, moderate Democrats, and anti-war people of all
> > stripes. While the contrast between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is, from a
> > long-term point of view, marginal, Ron Paul and Barack Obama are polar
> > opposites.
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> > Mitt Romney is John McCain. Mitt Romney is George W. Bush. Mitt Romney is
> > Bob Dole. Mitt Romney is George Herbert Walker Bush. Mitt Romney is Thomas
> > Dewey. Mitt Romney is Herbert Hoover. Which is why I believe that millions
> > of fed-up Americans, rather than swallowing John McCain Light or accepting
> > four more years of Obama's anti-American policies, might just consider
> > casting their vote for a candidate who stands for pure, unadulterated
> > freedom.
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> > Even if Paul did not win, it would be a presidential race like no other.
> > And if it resulted in Obama's reelection, I'm fine with that if it keeps
> > Mitt Romney from taking the reins of power and feeding us small doses of
> > socialism day in and day out.
>
> > Longtime readers will recall that I took the exact same position in 2008
> > when it was John McCain versus Barack Obama. Early on, I said that I
> > preferred Obama over McCain because his Marxist agenda would finally wake
> > up millions of apathetic Americans. And that's precisely what has happened.
> > In fact, by scaring the hell out of the American electorate, Obama himself
> > brought the Tea Party into existence.
>
> > Unfortunately, the Tea Party has not kept the heat on either Obama or
> > Congress. But if Barack Obama is reelected, maybe Tea Partiers will be
> > jolted into rising up in earnest -- *365 days a year* -- and get really
> > serious about taking back America.
>
> > While Dick Morris says that "Ron Paul is just an absolute nightmare," I
> > say he would be the perfect person to lead the charge against Obama's march
> > toward Marxism.
>
> > Could it be that it's Dick Morris who is the crazy uncle?
>
> > http://robertringer.com/2012/01/why-dick-morris-fears-ron-paul/
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