Dick morris stiffs thom hartmann: thom reviews dick stiffing

This got shuffled in all the rada-rada about Sen. Al Franken, but Dick Morris hung up on Thom Hartmann (KPTK m-f, 9a-12p) Tuesday.

(photo: shrimping toad from the '90's)

Scheduled to talk about his new hit book Catastrophe (about the devastation wrought by the 6-month old Obama administration) Morris called the back line of the Hartmann show as directed by his publicist, but when he heard Louise say, "The Thom Hartmann Show," he hung up.

The back story: A couple of years ago, Dick Morris was flogging another book on the show, and he scoffed at something Hartmann said, saying,"How did you find that out, Thom, from Sandy Berger who pulled it out of his socks?"

This wasn't the first time Morris had brought up a personal slur out of nowhere on Hartmann's show (the previous time it had been Hillary Clinton he smeared) so Thom said, "Come on Dick, don't do that, want me to bring up the subject of hookers?" Dick hung up.

(This refers of course to Morris' firing as political aide by Bill Clinton after he was exposed by the tabs as sucking the toes of a whore in a love nest he'd rented in 1996. Being the small-dicked toad he is, and trying to impress, he let the prostitute listen in on a phone call he had with the president. A lesson learned, we hope - one we learned early in life - don't bother impressing a whore, just pay her).

Even when he's not peddling a book (he's another who has profited hugely by conservative book club bulk sales) Dick Morris is ubiquitous on Fox News. Having fair & balanced themselves into a conservative, ideological corner, the network has problems scoring mainstream political guests, (especially Hannity, Beck, and O'Reilly) so Morris, the appears two or three times a week on the network where he opines gaseously.

Why would anyone believe Dick Morris... or give him any moral or factual bonafide or  take anything he says says seriously? His sweaty but fanciful predictions are always to pander to the far-right critters who are the audience of the media he inhabits, and who might buy his books.

He recently predicted: "Socialist" Obama "going to be at 30 percent [approval] in a year." But then again he also predicted that Hillary Clinton would definitely be elected president, and that was just before he prophetically foresaw that the Obama/Clinton ticket which would would go down in flames because white voters would never elect the first black president or the first woman vice president.

Comments

[Excon]

Dick Morris has all the qualifications to be a good Republican. Toe sucking a prostitute, infidelity, back stabbing and a Fixed News analyst. What more can you ask for.

[joanie]

He sure has the "socialist" mantra down. Every other word on Ross' was "socialist." He sure knows his book-buying audience, small as it may be.

[Excon]

Socialist is a popular word for righties whenever evoking fear within their columns. Unfortunately for them it doesn’t have the stigma that it once had. The exception is the few who use it in attempts to hurl insults to those who do not agree or think like them.

Was that “small” in demographics or “small” as in intellect?

[joanie]

I think both. I regard his followers as the same five million watchers of all right-wing extremist media like fixed news.

[jaonie]

Finally, a bullet-proof Congress. Let the fun begin and let's start crushing 'em.

[KS]

To ph(J)oanie - tyranny is fun.
Western State is calling you.

[Coiler]

It's still a bad time to be a republican.

[Drew]

A bad time indeed, especially if you're trying to sell a book.

[hopenchange]

Let's just hope it's not a bad time to be an American. We'll see.

[Drew]

It would've been considered very unpatriotic to talk like that during the bushed years. That's why now IS a great time to be an American.

[Drew]

Joanie, you asked about my opinions on cap and trade, and Hartmann is discussing the problems with it right now with Peter DeFazio of OR.

[EvergreenRailfan]

I heard the Dave Ross Interview with Dick Morris, and it was interesting. Dave did his usual follow up to try to find what Dick Morris was talking about, and could not find it.

[Cbuddy]

DM is a con who's been taking the media for a ride for too long on the auspices that he has inside knowledge. He is nothing more than a con and a media whore who happense to have an affinity for toe jam.

[M.Steele]

"affinity for toe jam"

That is a funny cluster of words.

[Mark C.]

I love that Dick Morris belongs to the righties, and they don't have the sense or the turpitude to disown him. It is so hypocritical of them considering what a blatant liar and moral midget he is. Why do they only judge their own by whether their own says what they want to hear? It's a flawed criteria for these Manichean sticklers.

[Sandor]

I wish Dave Ross had pushed him a little more. that's some of the reason I forget Ross is still on the radio.

[joanie]

Ross isn't brave. He had another fellow on today who was anti-cap and trade. At least I think so. He was pretty sharp in his rhetoric against it all.

I don't know. It seems like we can't really trust anyone. In a way, that's why I do trust Gore. He may not always be right in every detail, but he's not depending on the issue to feed his family.

Of course, some of you will say he's made a business of it. Every coin has two sides even if it's a forged coin... He started all this because he is smart and cares about the planet. That's all I need to know.

He has integrity.

And for you righties, integrity doesn't mean he's perfect.

So, did anyone hear Ross this morning with the guy from a consumer coalition? The EPA did suppress a report on climate change written by one of it's people: an economist and physicist (I think) who was supposed to study the issue and report back. It was interesting but I'm more confused than ever.

As long as big business runs this country, we can't believe anything. Even following the money doesn't work anymore.

[Kings Hunter]

I know, it's tough isn't it joanie. Too bad John Edwards isn't around to tell you the truth. lmao

[joanie]

John Edwards? Is that the best you can do, Mr. Hunter?

BTW, why is it that conservative men seem to cry a lot?

[Kings Hunter]

You need to ask him. Is THAT the best HE can do? hahaha
Have you found out yet if he fathered that child of hers; you know the one he was shown holding in the hotel that he sneaked into to see her and ?. Wow, it's hard for the So Carolina Gov to even top that.

[Drew]

Joanie- having heard that girls like guys who are in touch with their emotions (i.e., not afraid to cry), they figure it's a great way to pick up chicks.

[Drew]

Mark Hatfield
Ted Haggard.
Larry Craig.
Mark Foley.
Glenn Murphy, Jr.
Mark Allen
Tom Delay.
Jack Abramoff.
Duke Cunnignham.
Ann Coulter (ok, we've never seen her cry, but we're pretty sure she's a dude. And the knowledge of that makes many of her past dates cry. A lot.)

[M.Steele]

He had dates? ewwww...

[buzzard barf]

Kings Hunter, Hood says to quit trying to impress joanie and just pay the woman.
That is by far the most agreeable thing I have read here.

[Kings Hunter]

Thanks for the heads up buzz-barf, your posts always have such deep subtle meaning. Genuine works of art.

[KDS]

pus dripper is a bit too graphic and over the top though, even for the caliber of posters on this blog. :)

[joanie]

Have you found out yet if he fathered...

You're assuming again. Seems to me you're more interested in Edwards than I am. You tell me.

On second thought: don't. I don't care.

As for Sanford topping Edwards? Every time he opens his mouth - on facebook, twitter, next he'll do Oprah - he tops Edwards. Jenny is going to have to divorce just to save face. How many ways can I say I don't love you anymore.

As Rhodes say, he's writing his steamy sex novel a page a day. I'm having fun!

The D a defense against your label, klueless? Sorry. You're still Klueless even with a D. I love being graphic. You might try it. Maybe we'd understand your posts a bit better. Try drawing pictures.

And who asked the vomit man anything anyway.

[buzzard barf]

See, even the pus dripper likes it graphic. Just pay the woman.

[thothman]

Let's thank Dick's parents for choosing his name carefully so as to have truth in advertising. When my mother married my father she told all their friends "you can call my husband Richard, Rich, or Ricky, but you CANNOT call him Dick!" What self respecting person would go by that awful moniker? Also Dick has no neck and he makes it look even worse by wearing full Windsor collars and neckties. I heard Thom ask him the question that little Dick ran away from like the chickenshit that he is. Typical conservative bombthrower, can dish it out but can't take it.

[M.Steele]

"sucking the toes of a whore"

Cons are very, strange.

[Drew]

This is what you get from the party of family values. I'm glad Thom put him in his place.