Morris Details Clinton Violence

NewsMax.com ^ | 6/13/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

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Former White House aide Dick Morris has come forward with new details of ex-President Bill Clinton's violent side, explaining how, as governor, he once tried to "beat me up."

Morris has told the story before, but never in such vivid detail - and his account undermines claims that Clinton was incapable of inflicting violence on some of his female victims.

Writing in the National Review Online, the renowned political consultant says he was prompted to speak out after New York Sen. Hillary Clinton mischaracterized his reluctance to rejoin the Clinton camp in 1994 in her book "Living History."

In an open letter addressed to the former first lady, Morris says:

"You correctly note that when you asked me to help you and Bill avert defeat in the congressional election of 1994 I was reluctant to do so. But then you assert, incorrectly, that my reluctance stemmed from difficulties in working with your staff. You even misquote me as telling you: 'I don't like the way I was treated, Hillary. People were so mean to me.'"

Instead, says the former White House advisor, his reasons for leaving were far more dramatic.

"The real reason I was reluctant was that Bill Clinton had tried to beat me up in May of 1990 as he, you, Gloria Cabe, and I were together in the Arkansas governor's mansion."

Angry that polls showed his primary opponent was gaining on him Bill Clinton, "verbally assaulted me for not giving his campaign the time he felt it deserved."

Morris says that the verbal attack prompted him to stalk out of the room. That's when the future president became physically violent.

"Bill ran after me, tackled me, threw me to the floor of the kitchen in the mansion and cocked his fist back to punch me."

Morris says that Hillary "grabbed his arm and, yelling at him to stop and get control of himself, pulled him off me."

Addressing Mrs. Clinton, he recalls, "Then you walked me around the grounds of the mansion in the minutes after, with your arm around me, saying, 'He only does that to people he loves.'"

Morris adds that "when the story threatened to surface during the 1992 campaign, you told me to say it never happened.'"

The top consultant concludes, "I continued to work for Bill since I felt a responsibility to do so until Election Day in 1990. But our relationship was never close and never the same. After the 1990 campaign we parted ways as a direct result of the altercation."

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From AIDE: HILLARY 'INVENTED' TALE

Raymond Strothers, the old Clinton political adviser, has a new book, Falling Up: How a Redneck Helped Invent Political Consulting, and was interviewed recently on C-SPAN's Booknotes. His account of this incident is consistent with what Morris is now saying. Here's a link to the transcript.

10 posted on 06/13/2003 7:15 AM EDT by aristeides

[RoughDobermann]

Addressing Mrs. Clinton, he recalls, "Then you walked me around the grounds of the mansion in the minutes after, with your arm around me, saying, 'He only does that to people he loves.'"

Makes me wonder what he's capable of doping to those he hates...

[RoughDobermann]

Er, yeah, make that doing

[dead]

As much as I loath Clinton, I just can't fault a guy for beating the crap out of Dick Morris.

[princess leah]

I wonder if Gloria Cabe is planning to come forward or if she also was a recipient of the Bill Clinton "violent affection" award~

[TomB]

bump

[gov_bean_ counter]

Ok, we have this guy, Morris and the fellow from the Healthcare task force (who said Hillary should never become president). It would appear that it is no longer just the VRWC working against the Clintons.

[kattracks]

A normal reaction, but he does know an awful lot about the clintons and here he's pointing out another lie by hillary!. You gotta' give him some points for that.

[Question_Assumptions]

I wish that someone would dig up a copy of the clip shot during the 1992 campaign when, while sitting in a TV studio in front of a live camera, someone told Bill Clinton that Harkin had thrown his support behind Jackson. The look on his face and the show of temper was certainly not what most people think of when they think of Clinton.

[Sgt_Schultze]

We have recognized clinton for a long time now. He's the loud teenager, screaming obscenities at a transgressing motorists while his larger and stronger friends are present. If they walked away, he would sheepishly withdraw.

Bill's history shows his fury is directed mostly at women. As long as he has bodyguards to protect him, bill will never be seen by the public as the pu$$y he really is.

[Freedom2specul8]

Bumped and Bookmarked.

[Freedom2specul8]

"Makes me wonder what he's capable of doping to those he hates..."

Good question!

[Freedom2specul8]

How many of his friends have died? Hmmm?

[The South Texan]

And he didn't offer ol Dick some ice instead.

[Aquinasfan]

Hilary lied?!!!! Say it ain't so!

[condi2008]

Morris is ALMOST as slimy as XXX42. But I just can't seem to tear my eyes away when someone's exposing the sordid truth about the Clintons' evil...I'll have to request this one from the library.

[condi2008]

"This one" being Morris' book, coming out Thursday, entitled, "Off With Their Heads!"

[unspun]

http://www.alamo-girl.com Details Clinton Violence

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[John123]

After the 1990 campaign we parted ways as a direct result of the altercation.

I am confused. I thought Dick Morris was the guy responsible for getting Clinton re-elected in 1996?