And now the rest of the story ...
By Dick Morris
former political adviser to President Bill Clinton.If you happen to see the Bill Clinton 5-minute TV ad for Hillary in which he introduces the commercial by saying
he wants to share some things we may not know about Hillary's background, beware. As I was there for most
of their presidency and know them better than just
about anyone, I offer a few corrections.Bill says: "In law school, Hillary worked on legal
services for the poor."
The facts are: Hillary's main extra-curricular activity
in law school was helping the Black Panthers, on
trial in Connecticut for torturing and killing a federal
agent. She went to court every day as part of a law student monitoring committee trying to spot civil
rights violations and develop grounds for appeal.Bill says: "Hillary spent a year after graduation
working on a children's rights project for poor kids."
The facts are: Hillary interned with Bob Truehaft,
the head of the California Communist Party. She
met Bob when he represented the Panthers and
traveled all the way to San Francisco to take an
internship with him.Bill says: "Hillary could have written her own job
ticket, but she turned down all the lucrative job
offers."
The facts are: She flunked the DC bar exam; yes,
flunked. It is a matter of record, and only passed the Arkansas bar. She had no job offers in Arkansas -
none - and only got hired by the University of
Arkansas Law School at Fayetteville because Bill
was already teaching there. She did not join the
prestigious Rose Law Firm until Bill became
Arkansas Attorney General and was made a partner
only after he was elected Arkansas Governor.Bill says: "President Carter appointed Hillary to
the Legal Services Board of Directors and she
became its chairman."
The facts are: The appointment was in exchange
for Bill's support for Carter in his 1980 primary
against Ted Kennedy. Hillary then became chairman
in a coup in which she won a majority away from
Carter's choice to be chairman.Bill says: "She served on the board of the Arkansas Children's Hospital."
The facts are: Yes, she did. But her main board
activity, not mentioned by Bill, was to sit on the
Walmart board of directors for a substantial fee.
She was silent about their labor and health care
practices.Bill says: "Hillary didn't succeed at getting health
care for all Americans in 1994, but she kept working
at it and helped to create the Children's Health
Insurance Program (CHIP) that provides five million children with health insurance."
The facts are: Hillary had nothing to do with
creating CHIP. It was included in the budget deal
between Clinton and Republican Majority Leader
Senator Trent Lott. I know; I helped negotiate the
deal. The money came half from the budget deal
and half from the Attorney Generals' tobacco
settlement. Hillary had nothing to do with either
source of funds.Bill says: "Hillary was the face of America all
over the world."
The facts are: Her visits were part of a program
to get her out of town so that Bill would not appear
weak by feeding stories that Hillary was running the
White House. Her visits abroad were entirely touristic
and symbolic and there was no substantive diplomacy
on any of them.Bill says: "Hillary was an excellent Senator who kept fighting for children's and women's issues."
The facts are: Other than totally meaningless l
egislation like changing the names on courthouses
and post offices, she has passed only four substantive pieces of legislation. One set up a national park in
Puerto Rico . A second provided respite care for
family members helping their relatives through
Alzheimer's or other conditions. And two were routine
bills to aid 911 victims and responders which were sponsored by the entire NY delegation. Presently
she is trying to have the US memorialize the
Woodstock fiasco of 40 years ago.Here is what bothers me more than anything
else about Hillary Clinton: She has done everything possible to weaken the President and our country
(that's you and me!) when it comes to the war
on terror.1. She wants to close GITMO and move the
combatants to the USA where they would have
access to our legal system.2. She wants to eliminate the monitoring of
suspected Al Qaeda phone calls to/from the USA .3. She wants to grant constitutional rights to
enemy combatants captured on the battlefield.4. She wants to eliminate the monitoring of money transfers between suspected Al Qaeda cells and supporters in the USA .5. She wants to eliminate the type of interrogation
tactics used by the military & CIA where coercion
might be used when questioning known terrorists
even though such tactics might save American lives.One cannot think of a single bill Hillary has introduced
or a single comment she has made that would tend to strengthen our country in the War on Terror. But, one
can think of a lot of comments she has made that
weaken our country and make it a more dangerous situation for all of us. Bottom line: She goes hand in
hand with the ACLU on far too many issues where
common sense is abandoned.Share this with every democrat you know. Ask them
to prove Dick Morris wrong. Think about it --- Dick
Morris has said all of this openly, thus if he were not truthful he'd be liable for defamation of character!
And you better believe Hillary would sue him.Is America ready for a woman president?Perhaps we are, but definitely NOT THIS one.
