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Dick Morris falsely claimed Obama was "general counsel" for ACORN

Summary: On Hannity & Colmes, Dick Morris falsely claimed that Sen. Barack Obama served as "general counsel" to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). In fact, while Obama was part of a team of attorneys that represented ACORN in a lawsuit against the State of Illinois, Obama was never "general counsel" to ACORN.
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Posted by pete592

The right-wing professional liars see this election slipping away, so they're stocking up on talking points to delegitimize Obama's presidency while he's in office.

Posted by nerzog in reply to pete592

I would bet that they've already got the impeachment papers drawn up.

Posted by MissDee in reply to pete592

The left wing crybaby sycohphants are already doing a pretty good job of delegitimizing Obama before he's in office.

Posted by BillJ-MN in reply to MissDee

Another hit-and-run comment completely devoid of content?

missdee at her finest.

Posted by magnolialover in reply to MissDee

Crybaby? Maybe you should look at McCain's campaign. Need I remind you about all of the crying and whining about "lipstick on a pig" and how long we had to hear about that? How about McCain whining and crying everytime someone says something bad about him? How dare they? He was a POW after all.

You're pretty pathetic in your hit and run postings with no factual basis about, well, anything. You do repeat the right wing narrative pretty well, and I'm sure you'd be one of the people standing at a McCain-Palin rally screaming "TRAITOR!" about Obama, along with "OFF WITH HIS HEAD! TERRORIST!" and other niceities that are being lobbed out at campaign events for the republican nominee for President.

You're a class act MissDee, and repeat Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage, et all quite nicely. They've got you snowed in.

Posted by shaggles

Dick Morris is one of the most blatant liars the right has. He barely even tries to sound legitimate. He knows all he has to do is put something out there to create doubt in peoples minds.

Posted by DorisRussell

I watched this last night , I shook my head in disbelief that this piece of garbage (Morris) has a pulpit to spew lies.

Posted by snoopy

Dick Morris also falsely claimed Ayers is a member of Obama's election staff. I'm surprised though that he didn't work in a Clinton jab while he was at it.

Posted by IRONY 101 in reply to snoopy

Snoop, I don't know if you've ever noticed that the first letter of Ayers and ACORN are the same. And did you know that Obama's mother was white...and that Bill Ayers is also white?  Just sayin'...  ;>)

Posted by snoopy in reply to IRONY 101

My god, I never knew! Republicans are ordained to be in charge...

Posted by MissDee in reply to snoopy

Let me guess.. in your "truth" this was said right after Obama taught Jesus to walk on water??

Posted by snoopy in reply to MissDee

No, let me guess - you're about to see a landslide victory and all you can do is whine about how unfair your "chosen" one is being treated. Just because y'all finally found a beauty queen who doesn't want world peace...

Posted by deeznuts

Lying about Obama is a bit of a new tack for Morris.

Doesn't he usually spend his time lying about the Clintons?

Posted by JLyons in reply to deeznuts

Usually, but since Obama is 3 weeks from being elected, he realized he needs to smear Obama more than usual.

Posted by historygeek001 in reply to deeznuts

Maybe he's trying to diversify so he will still be picked up by Fox "News" for comments.

Posted by ajzito

Colmes is absolutely right - this is registration fraud, undertaken by individuals looking to make a few extra bucks, not a few extra votes. A guy with a bad haircut and worn out shoes sits down and fills out a couple hundred fake registrations and turns them in for a few bucks. Now all he has to do is hire a small army of people to risk committing a crime, and voila, there you would have voter fraud. Happens everyday, not. Likewise in the reported 'scandal' the registered housecat, if the beast shows up at the polls I'm guessing it will be turned away before it can pull the lever. Evidence of actual fraudulent voting is hard to come by, because as far as investigators have been able to determine, there isn't much going on. Nine US attorneys were dumped by the Bush administration in part for pointing this out. The Dick Morrises of the right need this bull^%&t issue to distract the media from the real threat, which has always been Republican officials engaging in wholesale, unregulated purges of the voting roles.

Posted by Col. Harlan Sanders in reply to ajzito

AJ, I just went to lunch and did a little scan of the am radio wingnut shows. This is being marketed to the zombies as "voter fraud" (a phrase I heard several times in a half hour or so).They're working hard to get out the imbecile vote. I also listened to about 5 minutes of Rush L.,and I heard the words "Marxist" and "Socialist" probably 10-20 times in that 5 minutes. They're outta bullets, and regressing back to the 1950s.

Posted by DAWUSS in reply to Col. Harlan Sanders

Marxist, Socialist, Communist, Manchurian Candidate...

Posted by OnceYouGoBarack in reply to DAWUSS

It's a shame that when they level such accusations, they most likely have know idea how to define the inflammatory terms they are throwing around.

Posted by mary59 in reply to Col. Harlan Sanders

Harlan (may I call you by your first name, Col?) you have the strongest stomach imaginable to be able to eat lunch and listen to wingnut shows at the same time.  Although it helps to have a great sense of humor. 

Regarding the article, looks like it was teensie little colmes who turned out for the interview with dick morris.  Just a mild challenge from Colmes, who never finished a sentence and decided that was just fine.  I'd love to see Hillary Clinton interview Dickie.  She'd put him in his place right quick. 

Posted by Col. Harlan Sanders in reply to mary59

Not only do I stomach some wingnut radio at lunch, I turned on H&C last night at dinnertime to see Colmes vs. Nugent. It's hilarious to watch the spineless Colmes sit there muttering and reading off his index cards while Gonzo Ted rattled on about "Real Americans" and asked  if he was speaking slowly enough for Colmes to understand.

And I'm a non-professional sitting on me couch, saying, "Hey Tough-Guy Ted,why don't you tell us your draft-dodging story again?"

Posted by wzwriter

And Dick Morris is the spokesman for Toe Suckers International....

Posted by leftinmississippi

But, wait, this is not Clinton's fault? Morris is slipping.

Posted by TadekKorn

"DICK" Morris. Appropriately named. Every time he opens his mouth he proves his parents were prescient!