Talk:Chuck Morse (journalist)

Morse response to the content of the page
Mr. Morse has contacted the Foundation and wishes to respond to the text of the article as follows:

''Chuck Morse is an American journalist, author and radio talk show host from Boston who writes a regular syndicated column for WorldNetDaily and NewsMax.com. Morse is in the process of running against the incumbent Barney Frank for the 2006 congressional elections but unfortunately did not get enough certified signatures to appear on the ballot.''


 * Morse response: I am running as a write-in for the Republican nomination in the 4th congressional district of Massachusetts. I’ve been in contact with city and town committees and Republican friends and am very encouraged. For more information, please go to the campaign website at www.morseforcongress.com.

His first campaign against Congressman Frank was a dismal failure.


 * Morse response: I would beg to differ. Besides offering the voters in my district a clear conservative alternative to the ultra-liberal incumbent in 2004, I was also responsible for getting Barney Frank dumped from the congressional committee on homeland security. This was as a result of my notifying the media and several Republican congressman and their staffs about the legislation Frank sponsored which made it easier for terrorists to enter this country legally. I've since written a book on the topic, available at www.morseforcongress.com. All proceeds go to the campaign. I would suspect that Frank was quietly dropped from that committee, immediately after the last election, by fellow Democrats who wanted to avoid any potential embarrassment his presence there might cause.

Despite this response by Morse, the fact remains that he was beated 22% to 78%, which was the worst result out of all the Republicans running for The House of Representatives in 2004.

''After gaining access to the ballot by a slim margin Mr. Morse ran an inept campaign. Originally Mr. Morse claimed to be a Republican but eventually the voters learned that he was actually a Democrat that switched to the Republican Party too late to run under the Republican Party.''


 * Morse response: I registered as a Republican when I decided to run for Congress but I discovered that I had missed a deadline to run as a Republican several months later when I applied for nomination papers at the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth. In order to continue with the campaign, I had to register as unenrolled. This was only a technicality. I re-joined the Republican Party a few days after the election.

This deception cut Mr. Morse away from his small base of Republican voters in southeastern Massachusetts making his campaign a failure from the start.


 * Morse response: I received almost five thousand votes in New Bedford and drew respectable margins in the other cities and towns in Southeastern Massachusetts.

He used the Republican label to raise funds from Republican donors, which was, at best, unethical.


 * Morse response: This charge is completely false.

''During the campaign Congressman Frank exposed several controversial things that Chuck Morse had said in his self published books. Although there were several points that Congressman Frank exposed the most egregious seemed to be that Mr. Morse insinuated that there was a federal plot behind the Oklahoma City bombing because of how it was investigated. Mr. Morse later apologized for writing this in a debate against the congressman.''


 * Morse response: The charges by Frank regarding my writing about the Oklahoma City bombing was completely false as I stated during our debate in New Bedford. I wrote that I thought the investigation of the bombing covered up various aspects of the crime and I believe that my contention has been vindicated.  In April of this year, Congressman Dana Rohrbacker called for a re-opening of the case. There is credible information to indicate that there was involvement from a Middle Eastern source. If this proved to be the case, and I’m not claiming to be in a position to know, the follow-up question should be whether or not the terrorist in question was in this country legally thanks to the Frank legislation.

I would encourage all contributors to this page to please pay attention to WP:V and WP:NPOV when replying.--BradPatrick 20:23, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

NOTE: I was advised by a member of the press in Boston that Mr. Morse has issued a press release indicating that I stated to him that I believed the page was written by Barney Frank. That is a completely false statement. What I did say was that I believed that the version of the article as it existed when he called contained WP:POV statements and sounded sympathetic to Frank. I have no personal knowledge of Mr. Morse's election history whatsoever; my comment was based on the non-encyclopedic nature of the statements in that version. I added the template tags for NPOV and Future Election, and posted his response on this page. My thanks to radio station WSAR for bringing this to my attention.--BradPatrick 14:22, 21 June 2006 (UTC)


 * He hasn't posted this to his website, and only refers readers to this talk page. --  Zanimum 19:11, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Unsigned comment
NOTE: This page was written by a Republican. Sorry, Chuck. The fact is, Chuck ran a terrible campaign, and his presence on the ballot not only was futile, but also drew more voters to the Democrats. Statistics show that if Chuck Morse had not run against Barney Frank, then he would not have bothered mobilizing at all. The effect of his mobilization was a greater turnout. This turnout caused Republicans who ran tight elections to fare worse. It is a common feeling in Massachusetts Republican circles that Chuck Morse ran out of narcissism and pride rather than to win or make a statement. Don't get us wrong, we think Barney Frank is a socialist and a disgusting individual, but Chuck is more trouble than he's worth. -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.51.23.198 (talk • contribs)

In the news
Barney Frank challenger mulls suit against Wikipedia over bio. Blank Verse 08:04, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

POV tag
I would like to suggest removal of the pov tag from this article. At bare review all four paragraphs appear to be sourced and the content of the paragraphs present at this time all read as neutral to me. Thane Eichenauer 04:50, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

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