TW: For shits and grins I get Dick Morris' email screeds. That Morris once worked for Bill Clinton is a huge blemish on Clinton's legacy. That Morris HATES Hillary Clinton speaks well for her. Morris has rooted against Obama with a full throated roar (he is on Fox regularly) since Obama took the Democratic nomination.
His type cheer against America if it would help his now conservative soulmates. He made a couple of predictions about this time last year. I kept them assuming they would not age well. What is most striking is the memes the tea-baggers and much of the Republican leadership have pounded for the past year were not organic based upon evolving events; they were pre-baked, honed and ready to roll even BEFORE Obama actually took the oath.
From Dick Morris from January 9, 2009:
"Now I want to turn the crystal ball to the war on terror and foreign affairs and make my predictions for the new year.
Obama has given power to men and women who really don't believe terrorism is much of a problem. They implicitly share the European view that an attack here or there is not worth turning what they regard as constitutional guarantees on their heads. The result is that we will be vastly more vulnerable and have a good chance of being hit again soon."
"The politics of 2009 will be dominated by a continuation and deepening of the global Depression. Under the guise of stimulating the economy, look for Obama to pursue a radical, socialist agenda that will bring America into conformity with the government domination of health care and the economy that prevails in the European Union. When the dust clears, the economy will still be in the tank. The new president's stimulation packages will do little or nothing to abate the depression, but they will transform American life and politics. For his part, Obama will take advantage of his built-in majorities in Congress to pass his agenda, but will suffer rapidly dropping ratings. By the end of the year, he will be as radioactive as Bush is today."
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