Roger Ailes Is Advising Donald Trump Ahead of Presidential Debates
Source: New York Times
Roger Ailes, the former Fox News chairman ousted last month over charges of sexual harassment, is advising Donald J. Trump as he begins to prepare for the all-important presidential debates this fall.
Mr. Ailes is aiding Mr. Trumps team as it turns its attention to the first debate with Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee, on Sept. 26 on Long Island, according to three people briefed on the move, who insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter.
Two of them said that Mr. Ailess role could extend beyond the debates, which Mr. Trumps advisers see as crucial to vaulting him back into strong contention for the presidency after a series of self-inflicted wounds that have eroded his standing in public opinion polls.
It was not clear when Mr. Ailes began helping the campaign. He resigned his post at Fox News on July 21 amid an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment by former female employees that occurred after a lawsuit by the former anchor Gretchen Carlson.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/17/us/politics/donald-trump-roger-ailes.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)such other feminist tips.
George II
(67,782 posts)cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)area with all his former wives and mistresses.
wheniwasincongress
(1,307 posts)wonder if Ailes is okay with that. Surely Ailes knows Hillary would crush Trump?
Jarqui
(10,130 posts)... time of his last tweet.
I'm not sure it can get much worse for Trump - while the poll polls haven't hit bottom yet. Ailes doesn't have a lot to lose. He probably can't save Trump but he might reduce the down ticket damage.
Having said that, I can't stand either of them and wish they'd just crawl back into their holes.
packman
(16,296 posts)JESSUS CHRISTO - This guy just has no idea - How dum must he really be - the shingles are loose and falling off his roof. The guy has gone down the bunny hole and now is totally lost.
Roger Ailes - WHY???? How can he possibly justify him?
SunSeeker
(51,698 posts)Is he working for "free" like Manafort?
turbinetree
(24,720 posts)http://gawker.com/5814150/roger-ailes-secret-nixon-era-blueprint-for-fox-news
for some of us we get to relive the golden years of BS during the Nixon years, and seeing and hearing it today---------------
The new propaganda minister has now arrived in the herr drumpfster house this should be interesting on who's narcissistic values prevail
Kathy M
(1,242 posts)From your second article
" The memocalled, simply enough, "A Plan For Putting the GOP on TV News" is included in a 318-page cache of documents detailing Ailes' work for both the Nixon and George H.W. Bush administrations that we obtained from the Nixon and Bush presidential libraries."
thanks for posting ....
rurallib
(62,448 posts)not a smart move
Why should anyone be surprised?
It's like they are forming some kind of fuck justice league or something.
Maven
(10,533 posts)cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)sofa king
(10,857 posts)I recall that it was in July, 2015, when Trump entered the race.
Kathy M
(1,242 posts)From the New York Times article posted above in Don 's own words
"Asked point-blank by Chuck Todd of NBC News on July 24 if Mr. Ailes was going to advise the campaign, Mr. Trump replied: I dont want to comment. But hes been a friend of mine for a long time. He called Mr. Ailes a very, very good person and said, A lot of people are thinking hes going to run my campaign.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/17/us/politics/donald-trump-roger-ailes.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
Then add in Manafort , Stone , Don all from the Nixon era also and some new players , what a combo . In my opinion there is a lot going on behind the scenes we are not seeing or hearing about while Don has his show in front of the camera , then we end up with 2 to 3 days worth of news on his statements . Don know exactly what he is doing .... a lot of deflecting .
lark
(23,156 posts)Have Trump be wired up and get his answers from people offstage, same way GW did when he was too stupid and uninformed to do the debate on his own.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)Just in case one of them is a moderator?