Hillary Hater Makes Robo Calls in South Carolina

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We’ve gotten reports from two TPM readers in South Carolina that they received a negative robo call this morning about Hillary Clinton. Here’s TPM reader RB‘s description:

I am listening to a robocall smear against Hillary Clinton repeating all kinds of rumors from the Bill Clinton years, like an FBI agent said on inauguration day that Hillary Clinton was in a fury–screaming and ranting because she couldn’t have Al Gore’s office, “when Bill dropped his pants” with Monica Lewisky and his “harem in the White House,” she had “affairs with Vince Foster,” etc. The call repeats “Can you trust her?” over and over. Says things like Hillary treats women like they are “invisible.”

Caller ID said the number was “unavailable,” but at the end of the call, the voice says, “Robert Morrow on behalf of everybody who has been violated by Hillary and Bill…Hillary sure says a lot of things, but can you trust her…”

TPM Reader SB also got a call from a Robert Morrow this morning, which he described this way: “This morning we got a robocall — recorded message — about Hillary Clinton. It talked about Vincent Foster and about cats.” The caller ID said “out of area,” he says.

So who is Robert Morrow? And how many calls should South Carolinians expect from him?

Well, he seems to be a kind of amateur smear artist, a self-employed securities trader who works from home in Austin, Texas, and who “describes himself as one of the nation’s premier experts on Hillary and Bill Clinton,” according to a Chicago Tribune piece on “Hillary haters” this summer. He’s somewhat infamous in journalistic circles for his frequent emails. Luckily enough, TPM is on his mailing list, so we got his latest, which had the subject line, “Hillary was screwing BOTH of her law partners Vince Foster and Webb Hubbell (Chelsea) & Hillary is a lesbian (bisexual, really).” From the Tribune:

“You’ve got to believe there’s going to be a thousand people like me in the general election exposing the Clintons’ track record of violating people and criminality,” said Morrow, who calls the former First Couple “sociopaths and thugs.”

I gave Mr. Morrow, who’s contribued $1,000 to Ron Paul’s campaign, a ring this morning to ask about the calls, but he wasn’t in. We’ll let you know if he gets back to us.

Morrow doesn’t seem to be affiliated with any particular groups, which raises the question of whether this onslaught was self-financed and whether he jumped through the appropriate legal hoops.

And if any more readers have gotten a similar call, please let us know at tips(at)tpmmuckraker.com.

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