never happen... Amerikans are so vane his looks will kill him.
Posted on 10/23/2009 9:42:07 AM PDT by Alter Kaker
Friends and associates are encouraging Fox News chief Roger Ailes to jump into the political arena for real by running for president in 2012, top sources tell POLITICO.
"Ailes knows how to frame an issue better than anybody, and that's what we need now," says one Ailes friend who is encouraging the Fox founder, chairman and CEO to seek the Republican nomination to run against President Barack Obama.
Ailes, 69, has an aggessive, winning personality that made Fox News a huge success — and a huge target for liberal critics.
Frank Luntz, the well-known Republican pollster, said Ailes could be a force if he makes the run.
"I have known Roger Ailes for 29 years," says Luntz. “No one knows how to win better than Roger."
Talk of an Ailes run, which informed sources said is based on more than mere speculation, could escalate the White House war with Fox war in wildly unpredictable – and fun – ways.
It was Ailes who recently held a private meeting with top White House adviser David Axelrod to ease tensions. The meeting was not a success.
Shortly after, the White House stepped up its attack on Fox – and Fox has proudly fired back.
Fox executives are relishing the public spat – so much so that virtually every on-air personality talks about it, and Sean Hannity has made it a central part of his show’s promo.
The biggest reason: ratings at Fox are through the roof.
From his official bio: “Roger Ailes has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FOX News Channel since 1996, Chairman of Fox Television Stations and Twentieth Television since 2005 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FOX Business Network since 2007. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Ailes was President of CNBC from 1993 to 1996 and served as President of America’s Talking, an information talk channel that later became MSNBC.”
As a legendary Republican political consultant in an earlier career, Ailes helped engineer victories for Ronald Reagan in 1984 and George H.W. Bush in 1988.
Hmmm... How about Professor Walter Williams for President?
I take that back the view counter got fixed or something
It was 355 for 24 hours straight.
It is now
21,562 views
aha....very interesting. thank you for that.
fightthesmearsincommunism and e-mail it to everyone you know with half a brain.
How about
This lady 2012?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha_Blackburn
Nail. Head. Bang.
No! I will not vote for her if I am wearing socks...I will not vote for her sitting in a box....I will not vote for her eating lox......I will not vote for her dancing with a fox....I will not vote for here or there....I will not vote for her anywhere!!!!
Actually, I like her...I just wanted to do the dr seuss thingie....
Roger Ailes? Yes! He’s a stalwart Patriot and doesn’t want to be President.
Too old and the calls for *conflict of interest* would be maddening.
Push the left out of MEDIAS and UNIVERSITIES and SCHOOLS
“In other words, the Republicans need a stealth candidate with deep conservative roots, no track record, and an ability to convince the nanny staters that he’s on their side when he really isn’t.”
Really hard to get that though.
Reagan was considered hard-core, so much so that they had to put an ultra-sop as his veep. It didn’t matter because he reached over the media’s head to tell people he was about issues, about doing the right thing, & the people totally connected with that. I’ve nothing against an obvious strong conservative, but the “Fox News” meme is too strong. You have to avoid that kind of intrinsic polarization.
We need RUSH to run, that would scare them to death, especially after he announces that Sheriff Joe will be head of Homeland Security.
never happen... Amerikans are so vane his looks will kill him.
Anybody in the entire thread ever stop to wonder why someone would pick alter as a screen name?
I could possibly live with Ailes, but the American people couldn’t!
Blacks would absolutely never support Walter Williams. They would dismiss him as another “Uncle Tom”, if that term is still used.
....and MILLIONS of checks remain unsigned. (?)
Did you all forget the 2010 election? Why does everyone concentrate on the 2012 presidential election?
Good group....
may Ailes and King Rupert live forever and keep doing what they do..
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