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SunSeeker

(51,378 posts)
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 12:13 PM Aug 2016

Roger Ailes Is Advising Donald Trump Ahead of Presidential Debates

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. Trump’s 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. Ailes’s role could extend beyond the debates, which Mr. Trump’s 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.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/08/17/us/politics/donald-trump-roger-ailes.html?referer=http://m.huffpost.com/us

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I wonder who is paying Ailes...

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C_U_L8R

(44,897 posts)
1. That's a campaign ad all in itself.
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 12:17 PM
Aug 2016

Trump is an idiot for hiring a sexual predator as an advisor.
Then, he's an idiot with most things.

Motley13

(3,867 posts)
4. The maggot is just like him
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 12:26 PM
Aug 2016

maybe worse, there is a charge that the maggot raped a 13 yr old.

2 disgusting lecherous fat old men, gag

yellowcanine

(35,692 posts)
6. "Two of them said that Mr. Ailes’s role could extend beyond the debates"
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 12:57 PM
Aug 2016

I certainly hope this is true. Ailes has not been involved in a modern campaign in years. He is as rusty as Manafort.

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
10. Trump is lazy when it comes to learning things he doesn't know like foreign policy and world events.
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 01:20 PM
Aug 2016

You see how his current manager has to handle him. Ailes will be no more successful than what Trump has now. Trump relies on being able to call candidates and the media stupid and crooked. That won't work in the debates. I don't believe he will put in any effort to learn anything, and it will show during the debate. The only problem that Hillary has is that the bar has been set so low for Trump that if he remembers what state he's in, the media will say it's a draw.

NewJeffCT

(56,827 posts)
11. Trump is getting advice from a serial sexual harrasser
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 01:45 PM
Aug 2016

on how to debate a woman?

wow - that would be a stretch for The Onion.

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