Posted on 07/17/2015 8:26:53 AM PDT by jimbo123
Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush will head on a Hamptons fund-raising trip that will be a three-meal, one-day affair with a stop at money man Ken Lipper’s East Hampton mansion, Confidenti@l has exclusively learned.
Lipper, who last year gathered more than 500 signatures backing restrictions at East Hampton Airport to reduce aircraft noise, will host Bush at an intimate brunch after the former Florida governor flies in just for the day on July 25.
Lipper once served as deputy mayor under Mayor Ed Koch. He is chairman of Lipper & Co., an investment bank based in Manhattan, and was appointed to the board of commissioners of the Port Authority by Gov. Cuomo.
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According to our insider, the Bush campaign team believes it’s a foregone conclusion they will face Clinton in the election.
“Everyone ... expects Hillary to be the competition,” the source said.
Our source also insists that Team Bush isn’t worried about Donald Trump getting the Republican nomination or running as an independent.
“Publicly, they’re saying that he doesn’t speak for all Republicans,” we’re told. “But privately, they’re calling him crazy.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
First San Francisco now the Hamptons?
When does Jeb announce he is VP under Hillary?
Woody Johnson - pseudonym for Bill Clinton?
Raising money from a Hamptons Democrat who worked for Koch and Cuomo.
The optics of this are horrible. It reeks of GOP establishment RINOCITY.
RINOCITY... I just coined that word.
The RINOCITY is strong with Yeb Booooosh.
Now excuse me while I vomit...
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