Laugh at NewsMax

Former senior Clinton advisor Dick Morris has already proven that he’s not credible with facts, but he’s not finished yet.

According to America’s News page, NewsMax:
Morris: Times Promised To Go Into the Tank for Clinton

Read all about it:

The New York Times wanted to see former President Clinton reelected so badly that in 1996 it allegedly promised to go into the tank on its scandal coverage - and even gave the president an advanced list of questions for an upcoming interview.
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“I wondered if I heard right. Did the top editor of The New York Times just imply that they’d pull their punches over Whitewater, Paula Jones, the Rose Law Firm, Hillary’s billing records, the Web Hubbell hush money and the rest of the scandals that had emerged from Clinton’s Arkansas Pandora’s Box - all in return for an interview?”
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Clinton was also undoubtedly happy with the Times’ observation that he “exudes physical attraction.”

I have several reactions to this.

- First, I call horseshit on the whole thing. The Times, in fact, never went into the “tank” on the witch-hunt that investigated both Clintons and a Gore for more than eight years.

- The “scandals” that Dick lists above were all investigated fully by the appropriate parties, and no wrongdoing was ever found with the Clintons. Isn’t this the bottom line? Is the fact that the Times supposedly agreed to stop reporting on fake scandals (fueled only by lies and political pressure from the Right) supposed to be some kind of vindication for Republicans and Cinton-haters? Yes, kids, this seems to be the best they can come up with to cover their asses in light of all the recent coverage that explains the “right-wing conspiracy” during the Clinton Wars.

- What’s with all the political tell-all books coming out now? This story is from Dick’s upcoming book Off with Their Heads: Traitors, Crooks and Obstructionists in American Politics, Media and Business (Alternate title: How to get caught with a prostitute and still get taken seriously in Middle-America by the Christian Right)

- Everybody loves bashing the New York Times. If you think it’s really such a commie-rag that all liberals adore, then why do we bash it just as much (and how could they have started the whole Whitewater non-episode with their own reporting)?

- I love the part they made sure to include about Clinton’s “physical attraction.” All I can think about is Chris Matthews and G. Gordon Liddy sharing a circlejerk on Hardball over how great Bush looked in that flight suit.

Posted by toe at June 17, 2003 02:28 PM | TrackBack