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By DICK MORRIS

Published on TheHill.com on March 25, 2008.

The USA Today/Gallup survey clearly explains why Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) is losing. Asked whether the candidates were “honest and trustworthy,” Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) won with 67 percent, with Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) right behind him at 63. Hillary scored only 44 percent, the lowest rating for any candidate for any attribute in the poll.

Hillary simply cannot tell the truth. Here’s her scorecard:

Admitted Lies

• Chelsea was jogging around the Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. (She was in bed watching it on TV.)

• Hillary was named after Sir Edmund Hillary. (She admitted she was wrong. He climbed Mt. Everest five years after her birth.)

• She was under sniper fire in Bosnia. (A girl presented her with flowers at the foot of the ramp.)

• She learned in The Wall Street Journal how to make a killing in the futures market. (It didn’t cover the market back then.)

Whoppers She Won’t Confess To

• She didn’t know about the FALN pardons.

• She didn’t know that her brothers were being paid to get pardons that Clinton granted.

• Taking the White House gifts was a clerical error.

• She didn’t know that her staff would fire the travel office staff after she told them to do so.

• She didn’t know that the Peter Paul fundraiser in Hollywood in 2000 cost $700,000 more than she reported it had.

• She opposed NAFTA at the time.

• She was instrumental in the Irish peace process.

• She urged Bill to intervene in Rwanda.

• She played a role in the ’90s economic recovery.

• The billing records showed up on their own.

• She thought Bill was innocent when the Monica scandal broke.

• She was always a Yankees fan.

• She had nothing to do with the New Square Hasidic pardons (after they voted for her 1,400-12 and she attended a meeting at the White House about the pardons).

• She negotiated for the release of refugees in Macedonia (who were released the day before she got there).

With a record like that, is it any wonder that we suspect her of being less than honest and straightforward?

Why has McCain jumped out to a nine-point lead over Obama and a seven-point lead over Hillary in the latest Rasmussen poll? OK, Obama has had the Rev. Wright mess on his hands. And Hillary has come in for her share of negatives, like the Richardson endorsement of Obama and the denouement of her latest lie — that she endured sniper fire d uring a trip to Bosnia. But why has McCain gained so much in so short a period of time? Most polls had the general election tied two weeks ago.

McCain’s virtues require a contrast in order to stand out. His strength, integrity, solidity and dependability all are essentially passive virtues, which shine only by contrast with others. Now that Obama and Hillary are offering images that are much weaker, less honest, and less solid and dependable, good old John McCain looks that much better as he tours Iraq and Israel while the Democrats rip one another apart.

It took Nixon for us to appreciate Jimmy Carter’s simple honesty. It took Clinton and Monica for us to value George W. Bush’s personal character. And it takes the unseemly battle among the Democrats for us to give John McCain his due.

When Obama faces McCain in the general election (not if but when) the legacy of the Wright scandal will not be to question Obama’s patriotism or love of America. It wil l be to ask if he has the right stuff (pardon the pun).

The largest gap between McCain and Obama in the most recent USA Today/Gallup Poll was on the trait of leadership. Asked if each man was a “strong, decisive leader,” 69 percent felt that the description fit McCain while only 56 percent thought it would apply to Obama. (61 percent said it of Hillary.) Obama has looked weak handling the Rev. Wright controversy. His labored explanation of why he attacks the sin but loves the sinner comes across as elegant but, at the same time, feeble. Obama’s reluctance to trade punches with his opponents makes us wonder if he could trade them with bin Laden or Ahmadinejad. We have no doubt that McCain would gladly come to blows and would represent us well, but about Obama we are not so sure.

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By Tommy Jadoo

Some are referencing it as the most critical speech on race since Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have A Dream”.

By Tommy Jadoo

Who is Barack Obama? Like shady strangers and teenage boyfriends, we can judge him from the company he keeps.

“List Barack Obama’s legislative accomplishments now.” boomed Chris Matthews before the Texas and Ohio primaries. After the dancing, after the nervous giggling, after the side sneers, Senator Kirk Watson (D-TX) finally admitted, “I’m not going to be able to do that tonight.”

FOX’s Sean Hannity ran a segment last week in which he hit the streets of Times Square asking passerbys to do the same. The result? A series of silences and confessions. Not convinced that this was a Barack-specific phenomenon, FOX’s Alan Colmes asked an unsuspecting 18 year old to name “one McCain accomplishment”, to which the acne-faced youngster rattled off everything from campaign finance reform to newly devised strategies for the War in Iraq. Without pause. Without hesitation.

Barack Obama may have the ability to inspire, as Senator Watson opined in his feckless attempts at dodging the Matthew’s question, but Obama remains the tall, dark and mysterious stranger he was before Florida and Michigan and perhaps even before this; a classmate of Obama at Occidental college revealed the campus rumor that Obama was a Hawaiian prince.

If the contest with Hillary lasts until the Democratic National Convention, and it most likely will, Obama will have little more than nine weeks until the general election. Nine weeks to show people who he is. With Hillary listing off accomplishments at every opportunity - some, of dubious origin, filed under her term as First Lady - and McCain having one run for the presidency in which he has had plenty of time to do the same, Obama will face much difficulty no matter his openness. Is it any wonder why he hides himself beneath the cloaks of hope and change?

And so, with profound curiosity, we look to a man’s friends to determine the nature of the man himself.

William Ayers - Obama mentor and friend. Political activist and prominent member of the Weather Underground, a violent Leftist group responsible for numerous bombings of federal buildings.

Atoin “Tony” Rezko - Obama real estate partner. Restaurateur and real estate developer currently facing charges of money laundering, extortion, and fraud.

Louis Farrakhan - Obama supporter. Racist and anti-Semetic head of the Nation of Islam who has referred to Jews, Palestinians, Koreans, and Vietnamese as “bloodsuckers“. When asked to reject Farrakhan’s endorsement at the Texas-Ohio debates, Obama responded, “I can’t say to somebody that he can’t say that he thinks I’m a good guy.”

Jeremiah Wright - Obama pastor. Noted for his beliefs that American’s were responsible for the attacks of 9-11 and repeatedly shouting “God damn America!” several times during a 2003 sermon. Wright has been Obama’s pastor for nearly 20 years and married Barack and Michelle Obama in 1992.

So what does this say about Barack Obama? Well, at least he’s got Oprah.

By Tommy Jadoo

Will Barack Obama’s pastor, Jeremiah Wright, face the wrath of the IRS?

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By Tommy Jadoo

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer announces resignation.

By Tommy Jadoo

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is involved with prostitutes. With corruption on the Democratic side, what will this mean for the presidential hopefuls?

Her name was “Kristen” and he was surreptitiously referred to as Client 9, a prestigious member of The Emperor’s Club. It’s a mid February night and the two agree to meet at the Mayflower Hotel, room 871, across state lines and under the lights of the nation’s capitol. Passions flare through the evening before the two lovers slip away under cover of darkness, perhaps to never see each other again.

It could be a scene lifted from a Jennifer Blake romance novel until you realize two things. First, “Kristen” is a hired prostitute (part of a prostitution ring known as “The Emperor’s Club”) and second, Client 9 is New York’s Governor Eliot Spitzer (married).

“I have acted in a way that violates my obligation to my family and violates my or any sense of right or wrong,” Spitzer confessed in a Manhattan news conference today. The New York Times first reported the story early this afternoon and MSNBC has been leading with the story for much of the day, in reports that are suspiciously lacking in mention of Spitzer’s political affiliation.

When conservative-leaning pundits get a hold of this, and they most certainly will, it is likely that Spitzer’s political party will be the center of focus. It is too golden an opportunity for anti-Democratic factions to pass up, especially considering Spitzer’s recent endorsement of the Clinton campaign for

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By Tommy Jadoo

In case there was any doubt about the President’s eagerness to return home, the Houston Chronicle reports today:

Singing Bush Ends Media Dinner on High Note

By Tommy Jadoo

McCain’s response to New York Times reporter.

By Tommy Jadoo

Presidential Candidate Ron Paul’s biggest obstacle to the White House may be his own supporters.

More than 50 foot soldiers of the Ron Paul Revolution gathered in a Huntington Beach, California Denny’s late last night to listen to Ted Gunderson, a retired FBI agent who claims personal endorsements from former presidents Ronald Reagan and Gerald R. Ford. Ron Paul-ers offered hosannas of praise and credibility as Gunderson crafted endless stories ranging from satanic-cult infiltration of high-level government agencies (many individuals whose names “you would recognize if you heard”) to a group known as “The Finders” - a government agency which kidnaps children for the purposes of pornography, prostitution, high tech weaponry experimental abuse, mind control abuse, child slave labor for underground alien-controlled facilities, white sex slavery, and private auctions to foreign nationals seeking “baby parts.”

“I believe it!” yelled out a middle-aged woman from the back of the room. Others nodded as if Gunderson had revealed what they knew all along.

Much of Washington, the former FBI agent claimed, is composed of politicians who routinely engage in organized pedophilia taking place in covert locations protected by a massive government cover-up. Individuals who have uncovered the cover-up have been killed. All except for Gunderson. And Ron Paul.

Is it any wonder the Texan congressman hinted at quitting his campaign for presidency today?

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By Tommy Jadoo

President Bush’s candid endorsement of John McCain revealed a president that has come to terms with his term.

President Bush endorsed John McCain today on the steps of the North Portico entrance of the White House. “John showed incredible courage, strength of character, and perseverance in order to get to this moment.” McCain had been steadily hoping to shake off Mike Huckabee (R-AR), who finally bowed out last night when certain that McCain would reach the 1,191 delegates needed to secure the Republican nomination.

Bush, seeming to reflect upon his own presidency, suggested that Americans need somebody who “can handle the tough decisions” and who “will not flinch in the face of danger.”

Today we saw a Bush that was charismatic and confident - a man that seemed to have come to peace with himself, his successes, and his failings, including approval ratings dipping below 40% in recent Gallup polls. When asked about his intentions to campaign for McCain, Bush said, “If by showing up and endorsing him helps him or, if I’m against him and that helps him, either way I want him to win.” This was a Bush that was a far cry from the scripts and spins of public addresses and state of the unions given months ago. This was a Bush that was all-too-ready to pass the torch to the nominee-in-waiting.

In an interview with FOX reporter Brett Baier back in January, when Democratic and Republican parties were still willowing down their hopefuls, Bush said, “Whoever the candidates are, they better be ready for pressure.” Today, after some playful banter with lawn reporters, the president remarked, “I’ve had my time in the oval office,” insisting that “It’s not about me. I’ve done my bit.”

If McCain does take the presidency, he may have to look South for advice from the past president. “I’m gonna be in Crawford with my feet up. He’s gonna be sittin’ in there behind that desk, ” Bush said, gesturing toward the Oval Office, “making decisions on war and peace.”

With little more than 300 days left in office, the Texas Statesman will be free to be his old self - the “self” Americans elected back in 2000.