It will take more then a year for him to reach the unpopularity of Bush. Dick Morris is a good campaign advisor, I don't put a lot of faith in his opinion on economics.
Speaking of campaign advisors let me submit this, it is dated but still enlightening I think:
As an ordinary American, I sincerely question whether Barack Obama has the judgment to be president. His lack of judgment in choosing Eric Holder as a top adviser on his campaign -- the man partly responsible for pardoning terrorists who proudly claimed responsibility for my fathers murder -- serves as primary evidence supporting that judgment.
Holder now leads Obamas team selecting his running mate for vice president, perhaps Obamas most important decision during the campaign. Mr. Holder, formerly the No. 2 official in former President Bill Clintons Justice Department, often is mentioned as a potential attorney general in an Obama administration. This is the same man who was a driving force behind President Clintons pardons of members of the notorious Puerto Rican terrorist group, the Armed Forces for National Liberation (FALN).
The FALN was one of the most prolific terrorist organizations ever to wage war against the American people. They proudly claimed responsibility for over 130 bombings and incendiary attacks in the U.S. and Puerto Rico between 1974 and 1983, killing six and wounding scores.
Among these vicious, cold-blooded attacks was the Jan. 24, 1975, lunchtime bombing at New York Citys historic Fraunces Tavern. Four innocent men were murdered that day, and one of them was my 33-year-old father, Frank Connor. My father had been very excited to get home from work that night to celebrate my brothers and my recent 11th and 9th birthdays with his young family. Instead, after my fathers funeral, mourners shared a dinner in our home that was meant for our birthday celebration.
Eight of these FALN terrorists later would receive pardons from President Clinton, even though they remained unrepentant. Indeed, after 18 years in prison, Ricardo Jimenez explained to Tim Russert on Meet the Press, just days after his release, that people died at Fraunces Tavern because measures were not taken that were necessary by the people who owned those establishments. As I watched this surreal interview I thought, My father was eating lunch in a crowded restaurant in New York City. What precautions should the owners have taken?
How does this outrageous and tragic story reflect on Barack Obamas judgment?
Holder played a central role in freeing these terrorists. As the deputy attorney general, he was responsible for signing off on all clemency matters forwarded to the President, and in this case he recommended that clemency be granted -- despite vehement opposition from the FBI, the Bureau of Prisons, and his own Justice Department.
Was Holder the obedient DAG providing the Clintons with justification for politically craven pardons? Or did Holder actually believe in unleashing unrepentant,
communist terrorists on the public?
Either way, should this man influence a potential VP selection or one day be the nations top law enforcement officer? Absolutely not.
As Obama declares America needs his presidency because ordinary Americans are hurting, I recall the pain that one of his top advisers and a potential attorney general was an accomplice to inflicting on at least one ordinary American family. And then I am reminded how Holders actions also helped place America in harms way.
When he elevated Holder to such a senior campaign position, did Obama reflect the kind of judgment we need in a president? Absolutely not.
It's interesting to me that Dick Morris was part of the Clinton White House. So he is not exactly biased againt Obama. He probably really believes this, or at the very least, is doing the foxnews bidding to pick up a paycheck. The way he blasted Hillary in the primaries and then became her friend when Obama secured the nomination tells me it is probably more of the latter.
Obama is not even president yet and the fear mongering has started. I wouldn't dismiss this, but I wouldn't exactly call it prophecy either.
You know what, you don't know dick from dinola.
Thankfully, there is no history or record of Republicans stuffing ballot boxes, or engaging in manipulation of vote totals, or using questionable or even illegal tactics for voter suppression.
Thankfully.
As you may have heard, each of us
will be getting a tax rebate check
to stimulate the economy.
If we spend that money at Wal-Mart,
all the money will go to China . If
we spend it on gasoline it will go
to the Arabs. If we purchase a computer
it will go to India . If we purchase
fruits and vegetables it will go to
Honduras and Guatemala . If we purchase
a good car it will go to Japan . If
we purchase useless stuff it will go
to Taiwan and none of it will help
the American economy.
The only way to keep that money here
at home is to spend it at yard sales,
since those are the only businesses
left owned by Americans!!!
