The Hooker, Line And Sinker
By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 4, 1996; Page B01
Sherry Rowlands, the suddenly famous Virginia call girl, is taking all the credit for the downfall of presidential adviser Dick Morris. She says the Republicans had nothing to do with it.

"The only person in the world I knew politically was Dick Morris," she told the syndicated tabloid show "Hard Copy" in her first television interview. "Who do you call? I mean . . . you don't go in the phone book and look up Bob Dole." The two-part "Hard Copy" interview is scheduled to air on Baltimore's Channel 2 tonight and tomorrow night at 12:05 a.m. .

As for Morris's downfall, Rowlands said: "Someone as intelligent as he is should have kept his lip buttoned when he unzipped his pants. I mean, how can you maneuver worlds, and he can't even control what he's doing in his own room with a paid lady?"

Morris's resignation was announced hours before President Clinton delivered his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention last Thursday night. His departure came after the Star, a supermarket tabloid, published allegations by the $200-an-hour prostitute that she had a long-running relationship with Morris. The Star, which says it paid Rowlands less than $50,000 for the story, made her available to "Hard Copy." A spokesman for the program, which often pays for interviews, declined to say whether Rowlands was paid.

In an interview with Time magazine published yesterday, Morris again declined to address the allegations, "even if this episode destroys me." He said he would not be advising Clinton informally: "I've sent myself out of the game. I'm not going to run the campaign from the locker room."

His wife, attorney Eileen McGann, posed with her husband for a Time photographer. She told Time she was "very upset" about the Star report but that "I thought it would be destructive to ask about the details and try to find out what was true. I'm an adult. I accepted Dick's apology."

Time's piece was its second straight cover story on Morris, the first person to be accorded such prominence since O.J. Simpson. Newsweek also gave cover billing to Morris's downfall.

In the "Hard Copy" interview, taped last weekend with co-anchor Barry Nolan, Rowlands said she went public because "it has to be told, whether I'm a call girl who'll blabber or whatever they want to call it, fine. But wake up, America. I mean, if he told me, who else did he tell?"

Asked about Morris's wife, Rowlands said: "I'm sure this is hurting her, and was not meant to hurt her. He's the one who hurt her, not me. . . . He loves his wife -- that's why he would pay me . . . to come see him. That makes him feel he is not cheating on his wife. This is business as long as he's paying for it."

She quoted Morris as saying: "My wife probably has an idea that I fool around, but she really doesn't have solid evidence. . . . She does tell me if I need to do that, please be discreet."

Rowlands quoted the political consultant as saying of his influence over the president: "They all know who holds the leash . . . that's around Clinton's neck."

Rowlands also recounted an episode in which she said Morris let her listen in on a phone conversation with the president:

"Hillary answered the phone and she said the president was exercising at the moment and she would get him . . . and when [Clinton] came back he sounds really mad . . . and he said, 'Look, Dick, I would prefer you not use this phone anymore. You can understand Hillary is upset, my wife is not well, you know with all this Whitewater trial and everything, she is not well. You know the regular lines, do not call the private residence anymore.' And he was embarrassed and he said, 'I'm sorry, sir' and hung up."

Impeach Sean Hannity!

I don't understand the mentality of not being able to show the video. It's supposed to be a free nation (snark).

Jo @ 4:

Pickles @ 2:

Could there be a more wretched sleazebag than Dick Morris?

Cheney.

And Hanitwit. Wish that, in a Rod Serling-esque, sort of way, all of 'em (Hannitwit, Morris, Cheney, and Falafel O'Reilly just for shiggles) would wake up in Fallujah tomorrow morning, in cammies, with sand blasted rifles, a spotty radio and a non-armored Hummer.

C&L has great posters (not all of whom with which I agree but respect).

But front-page stuff like this sucks, except that it attracts great posters.

Wish there was more substance here on the front page.

Jo @ 4:

Pickles @ 2:

Could there be a more wretched sleazebag than Dick Morris?

Cheney.

dubya

I know violence isn't tolerated on this site, but I would pay good money to see someone punch all of Sean's teeth out.

Janey @ 14:

Since when are Republicans expected to comply with court orders?

Since when do court orders have any teeth or consequences for white collar folks?

I offer $100 for each Dick Morris prediction in the past seven years that's proven to be correct. In return, of course, for $100 for each time any of his predictions has proven wrong.

My favorite: Following Hurricane Katrina, Morris said Bush believes that govenment exisits for two reasons: To fight wars and help recovery in disaters. Now that he's got both on his plate, Morris gushed, his popularity is going to Soar!

One good idea is worth more than the most powerful army.

ugh..what a slimy display.
I feel like hosing my monitor down to rid it of any excess filth left over from viewing this trash.

Tom (Not Tom) @ 20:

Ron @ 8:

Jo @ 4:

Pickles @ 2:

Cheney.

Hannity, Billo, Rush, Drudge, Savage, Coulter, Malkin and I could go on and on but, I don't ahve time and don't want to use up the whole thread.

Don't forget Lieberman.

I thought he was the prostitute.

Turn off your TV.

Turn inward.

Hannitwit!

"Could Hannity have purposefully defied a court order?"

Does it matter? Don't you need a Justice System to hold people accountable? A partisan Justice System means there is no Justice System, only a powerful organ to serve partisan ends. Our RW Justice Dept. is not going to hold a RWer accountable.

I just want to dose my lactose intolerant self with a quart of Moo Juice and then take a runny gassy dump of explosive diarrhea on Hannity's face. MMMM. Now THAT'S good livin'.

Look, I don't know about whether Hannity violated state or federal laws, but I can assure you he violates & defies the laws of logic & reason every time he speaks.

I wonder if they give the retarded leeway in violating court orders -- not being able to understand them. I guess we'll soon find out.

briguy @ 30:

Rick O. @ 26:

Is the writing on the wall for Dick? If Colmes can stand up to him then he's pretty much through. And if you squint a bit, doesn't the "HC" behind Sean look like a swastika?

It totally does. Why am I not surprised. Spread the news about FOX. When you see it in public, ask for it to be shut off. You'll be surprised how many people will agree with you. Just look at the advertisers - everything the elderly will ever need.

That was the first thing i saw when the clip started, apparently i'm not the only one who saw that. just like the floating cross, that can't be an accident, it takes too much to get the lighting and camera angles just right. someone who cared would have noticed.

Advertising political speech is against the law?

Count me out.

I'm going to enjoy watching Hannity going through his court case.Betcha he makes a plea deal....to stay out of jail.

I have a question for you Nichole.......are you going to have any info on all the Propositions in Calif?just wonderin.........

Tom, (not tom) be serious. In truth this is political speech, no matter who wants to play fast and loose with the language.

"What’s funny now is that even Fox’s designated milquetoast “balance” Alan Colmes can’t take him seriously any more."

Milquetoast he may be on that show, but Colmes' midnight show on Air America is genuinely good listening.

In the last week, I mentioned him to four of my acquaintances, and was surprised to find that three of the four were listening to his show, and loving it. The reason seems to be that he takes a lot of R and rightwing calls, and he spanks those hostile callers with a spiked paddle.

I've listened a few times, and it's a hoot. Those friends are the sort who listen to a lot of rightwing media (radio shows, FOX), so they are perhaps happier to hear the wingers get some of what they've got coming on Colmes' show. But calling him 'milquetoast' is really not a complete picture. On his own show, he laddles on the whupass like a pro.

RedRocker @ 48:

Message for Hannity:

If you ever again set foot in my city of El Paso, I challenge you to a fist fight.

Oh, wait a minute...you're a coward, an idiot, and you're a sissy.

A fist fight???

Have you ever noticed his hands?

He could do a commercial for Dove. Dainty and pretty. Ain't gonna be a fist fight, for sure.

You say: "I really don’t understand why FOXNews likes using Dick Morris as an 'analyst.” The guy comes off as so oily and unctuous that I want to take a whole bottle of hand sanitizer to my computer every time I see him."

Of course! Dickie Pooh is a metaphor for all the phonyness and hypocrisy that is Fox Noise. But you have to remember, their lineup is not limited to the disgraced, it also includes sociopaths like Ollie North. Dickie has some web sites with his wife and if you send them hostile emails they make a point of sicking the Mailer Demon on you so you won't get through to them.

I emailed him to ask if he was still seeing hookers and, if so, was he still suggesting to them that he'd like to try it dressed in drag and in a three-way with a rent boy, too. This goofus is a walking nutcase. He's only anti-Clinton because they had the good sense to show him the door.

GonzoD @ 50:

Sean Hannity & Dick(head) Morris are pondscum!
I challenge both of these pussies to a fight at the same time. Both of you pansies against me! I'll even go to them!

Yes, the gay homophobia covered in aggression is already sufficiently in evidence (Bushco), thanks.

Dick Morris = Danny DeVito's stunt double for Batman 2

Interestingly,, if you look at the graphic on the right, of Hannity holding up the (tape?) of Hillary, I get a very subliminal feel of Nazi symbols surrounding Hannity. Swastikas , formed by the Fox logo on the right and Hannity's log on the left.... ha, I just noticed Rosa saw it too. Now,, I'm not calling them Nazi's, but you can never tell what these "news" people on Fuax News might do. So tell me... did "Hillary's brother get a quarter of a million bucks to pardon a drug dealer" or is this just another example of how Fuax News subliminally plants false ideas into right wing pukes who don't know their asses from their elbows and couldn't think their way out of a paper bad without someone pointing them the way.

My god, how can you even watch this show to even write that exchange? I can barely read it without gagging.

This country is no longer relevant to human beings. We need to split off into different autonomous regions. No more america. We realize that it was all a lie.

Dick Morris on Fox is ALMOST as bad as Bill Bennett on CNN.
Anderson Cooper should know better.
As far as Hannity goes, maybe some Paulites could chase him again, he needs a bit of humility and integrity shoved down his throat. Personally, I think Alan should Taze him on a nightly basis.

Dick Morris? Aptly named. Fixed News should be ashamed of themselves for their relentless pandering to the repugnant party. However, I doubt this will happen anytime soon. Keep up the mediocre reporting Fixed! Maybe you can report on how the rest of us will vote the current Cabal out of office! Cheney, Bush and Rice three morally and ethically bankrupt individuals who have proven it's not what you know but who you can fool. I guess the tricks on us GW!

MORRIS AND HANNITY ARE REALLY GAY

ha ha ha h ahh ah ah

they want to be married this summer

"The Connecticut Department of Revenue Services, the state tax-collection agency, listed Dick Morris as the seventh-largest delinquent taxpayer for 2007. The agency states that Morris owes $280,819 in unpaid taxes and that he has been on the delinquent list for years." - wikipedia

Wow, not only is he a toe-sucker, he's a tax cheat. I'm proud of ya, Dick!