Dick Morris, the man credited with Bill Clinton’s presidential victory and UKIP’s outstanding success in the 2004 Euro Election, is named as a client of a former Washington madam who prosecutors want to gag.
Deborah Palfrey has threatened to go public with details of her 10,000 former clients. She has been indicted on racketeering and money laundering charges stemming from her operation run as the Pamela Martin & Associates escort service which closed last summer after 13 years in business.
She is said to have recruited well educated young college women for $300 assignations with high-flying clients and Palfrey is considering selling her client’s contact details as a way to raise money for her legal defence.
In their motion, government lawyers claim that some documents contain “personal information” about Palfrey’s former clients and prostitutes that is “sensitive.” Palfrey denies the charges and says she ran a legal escort service.
In connection with an asset forfeiture action, Palfrey has sought to depose political consultant Dick Morris, who she has identified as a former escort service client.
I imagine there are lots of very nervous looking men in Washington D. C. right now. Do you think she should be gagged? Surely anyone in power knows they could be blackmailed if they pay for sex. Does it really matter anyway, at the end of the day if Dick Morris, and others, paid for female companionship, of one sort or another?
I should think the same could be said for any number of other men . I am well aware that using prostitutes is becoming more and more common and running in paralell with the growth of lap dancing and other commercial sex.
Why,I wonder , do women seem to be so entirely diffrent to men in this way. Are they saints . With women being economically empowered why are there not male …err ..somethings ?
Oh I do love a sex scandal Ellee and I am hopoing for lots of prurient probes into the sleazy underbelly of the nasty sordid world of SEX ….yummy.
This story is really big in Washington. In this day and age, does a sex scandal really harm a politician? Look at Bill Clinton, he is still smiling broadly and in demand as a speaker, the same cannot be said for the women he had his sexual encounters with.
To be honest, I could care less. She will make a hell of a lot of money when she writes the book! 😉
I can’t see this affecting Dick Morris at least. He’s already been through one prostitute scandal. Unless there are photos, nothing can be proved anyway.
Dick Morris has been here before- in 1996 he had to resign from the Clinton campaign over a sex scandal involving using prostitutes- some of the details are about half way down this article from the Washington Post.
Dick Morris is a bag of hot air for sale to the highest bidder. He deals in defamation and hyperbole. The man is a pig and paying for sex is probably his most assured means of getting laid. Though I suspect he would be more aroused if he paid a woman to listen to his rubbish.
Actually, it just occurred to me that Dick Morris and Ann Coulter could be the power couple of the next elction cycle here.
You know, while it will damage a heap of votes, there are alot of paying customers out there that will not have a problem with it, and who hold a vote.
I think if you play with fire, you’re going to get burnt.
What’s really pathetic is the madam’s assertion that the business was a “high-end fantasy escort service” and she had no idea for 13 years that anyone was doing the dirty deed.
Yeah. We’re buyin that.
Frankly, I could care less about who’s buying and selling sex. Whatevs… What’s pathetic is that she’s a weasel of a human as her current actions prove. Trying to take everyone else down now. At least Sidney & Heidi had a modicum of class and dignity…and just took their lumps when they got caught.