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Now, I resign so I will not become the issue\".\u003cbr/\u003eHe described the media reports as \"the sadistic vitriol of yellow journalism\".\u003cbr/\u003eThe resignation couldn't have come at a worse time for Clinton - just as he was\u003cbr/\u003epreparing the speech of his political career - his address to accept the Democratic nomination at his party's convention in Chicago.\u003cbr/\u003eBut senior administration officials were quick to mount a damage limitation exercise, stressing the scandal wouldn't hurt the president.\u003cbr/\u003eQ: What do you think of this Dick Morris story, is it true?\u003cbr/\u003eA: I don't know, I'm not aware of it other than what I saw on TV. So I do not know anything about it.\u003cbr/\u003eQ: If it proves to be true what do you think it's going to do?\u003cbr/\u003eA: I think the Clinton presidency is strong because we've done a great job for American workers for American families in the last three and a half years and I think the Clinton presidency will be strong in the next four years as well.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION:  Dan Glickman, U-S Secretary of Agriculture\u003cbr/\u003eIt's a shame in a personal and public way if any of this true. But I would say that it doesn't detract from the president's message, it doesn't detract from the presidency in any way. Presidents have many people around them and some one consultant or member of his team might engage in an activity which is inappropriate doesn't in itself hurt the president.\u003cbr/\u003eQ: But surely it's going to detract from his speech tonight.\u003cbr/\u003eA: I don't think so. they may be reporting but they're also going to have to report on the substance of the president's speech which is about policy, it's about the future and knowing Bill Clinton he will not be dissuaded from the message he wants to bring to the American people.\u003cbr/\u003eQ: If he's pushing family values one of his closest advisers obviously doesn't have many?\u003cbr/\u003eA: Well, so what? The president's pushing family values for the country an individual, a consultant has some difficulty, I don't know  how one can attribute that to the president in any way  whatsoever. It's a connection that can't be made.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Henry Cisneros, US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development\u003cbr/\u003eIt's going to have two very substantial effects. The first obviously is that it's bad news for the president on his biggest day here, coming just two days after they were talking about family values, it's obviously an embarrassment to the president and the party. The bigger issue, the bigger damage is going to be to the president's campaign. Mr Morris whatever his personal foibles may be, was pre-eminently the most brilliant strategist that Clinton and the Democrats have. he's maneuvered Clinton back from great unpopularity back to a lead in the polls. Now they're losing him just as the campaign is beginning.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Tony Blankley, Republican spokesman for Newt Gingrich\u003cbr/\u003eDoubly surprising because Dick Morris is the architect of President Clinton's family friendly values laden messages, he's the guy who figured out how to pull those family values things away from the Republicans and make them work for a Democratic president. So that means protecting your kids, cherishing your family. The fact that the speech the First Lady delivered addressing those themes was shared with Mr Morris' lady friend in his suite in Washington. I can only imagine what the president's reaction to this was. Dick Morris has a lot of enemies in American politics, but here he's done himself in.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Eric Pooley, Author of Time Magazine profile on Morris]\u003cbr/\u003ePresident Clinton hasn't commented - he remained at his quarters inside Chicago's Sheraton Hotel.\u003cbr/\u003eBut party sources say strategy meetings originally planned to fine-tune his acceptance speech have been dominated by the Morris affair.\u003cbr/\u003eMorris himself left Chicago for his home in Connecticut.\u003cbr/\u003eFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton gave no hint of the allegations when she carried out her list of public appearances as scheduled on Thursday morning.\u003cbr/\u003eShe met delegates from various youth and other caucus groups.\u003cbr/\u003eBut others in the Clinton camp were running for cover.\u003cbr/\u003eThe news of Morris' demise has swept through the White House staff and has been met with some relief. \u003cbr/\u003eHe had many enemies in Clinton's inner circle - his unparalleled access to the president and perceived arrogance rankled White House aides from the start.\u003cbr/\u003eBut even they may not have wanted Morris to leave in such a way - and at such an important time for the president.\u003cbr/\u003eWashington DC/Chicago, 29 August 1996\u003cbr/\u003e1. New York Post headlines\u003cbr/\u003e2. Morris\u003cbr/\u003e3. Stills of Morris with prostitute Sherry Rowlands \u003cbr/\u003e4. Exterior Jefferson hotel, zoom into window of room where they met.\u003cbr/\u003e5. Time Magazine profile of Morris\u003cbr/\u003e6. Front cover Time Magazine showing pictures of Clinton with Morris\u003cbr/\u003e7. Flag on White House, pull out.\u003cbr/\u003eChicago\u003cbr/\u003e8. Various convention centre\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE Glickman\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE Cisneros\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE Blankley\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE Pooley\u003cbr/\u003e13. Sheraton Hotel where Clinton is staying\u003cbr/\u003e14. Various Hillary attending caucus events\u003cbr/\u003e15. 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