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Ron Burkle raised $10 million for the Clintons. Now, he has almost nothing to do with them.
Los Angeles Times ^ | January 7, 2016 | Evan Halper

Posted on 01/07/2016 5:51:30 AM PST by Kaslin

As Hillary Clinton and her surrogates scour the country for mega-donors, the one left-leaning billionaire they are not approaching is the one who knows the first couple more intimately than any of the others.

Ron Burkle figures that over the years, he's raised about $10 million for the Clintons at his sprawling Beverly Hills estate. After Bill Clinton left the White House, he and Burkle jetted around the world in an unconventional partnership that netted the former president about $15 million and Burkle entree into the palaces and offices of world dignitaries. For years, when Clinton dropped into Los Angeles, he would only stay at "Ronnie's" place, Greenacres, once owned by silent film star Harold Lloyd. Clinton was fond of the home and its history.

So what's Burkle done for the Clintons lately? Nothing.

"They never asked me for a penny," he said of Hillary Clinton's campaign during a rare interview in his West Hollywood office that touched on his dim outlook toward Hillary as a candidate, Bill's post-presidential role with Burkle's investment firm and what, exactly, happened on those plane rides.

The festering weirdness between the California billionaire and the Clintons might have drifted out of sight but for Burkle's decision to start raising campaign funds for a candidate other than Hillary Clinton. He's co-hosting a fundraiser this month for Republican John Kasich at Soho House in West Hollywood.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: Iowa; US: New York; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: burkle; calpers; johnkasich; kasich; ronburkle

1 posted on 01/07/2016 5:51:30 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Amazing how so many who get involved with the Clintons end up as jilted lovers . . .


2 posted on 01/07/2016 5:55:59 AM PST by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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To: LRoggy

‘We’ve already agreed you’re a prostitute. Now we’re just negotiating price....’


3 posted on 01/07/2016 5:58:38 AM PST by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
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To: Kaslin

He’s trying to sell his hockey team, which is having a rotten season. He’s going to keep his head down till that deal gets done.


4 posted on 01/07/2016 6:01:19 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Kaslin

He should be hounded just like the Koch brothers.

Maybe even identified as an accessory after the fact re intimidation of BJ’s victims.


5 posted on 01/07/2016 6:05:25 AM PST by Arm_Bears (I'll have what the gentleman on the floor is drinking.)
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To: Kaslin
"The festering weirdness between the California billionaire and the Clintons might have drifted out of sight but for Burkle's decision to start raising campaign funds for a candidate other than Hillary Clinton. He's co-hosting a fundraiser this month for Republican John Kasich at Soho House in West Hollywood."

See ? He's fundraising for Kay Sick. It's not like he abandoned the left.

6 posted on 01/07/2016 6:05:46 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Kaslin

But ..........the Clinton’s GOT their $10,000,000!!


7 posted on 01/07/2016 6:05:56 AM PST by SMARTY ("What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self. "M. Stirner)
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To: Kaslin
Here is proof positive how the uni-party is controlled by the donor class. This Hollywood billionaire financier switches from Clinton to Kasich.

One has to ask, what do Kasich and Clinton have in common, that would make them equally worthy and eligible for the millions Mr Fat Cat raises for them?

The answer, Both Clintons and Kasich have made it clear that given the money, they will perform in a way consistent with the donors wishes.

This provides the single most powerful lesson for we, “the little people” from this election cycle. The donor class are the puppet masters, the candidates are their marionettes, we are the dupes.

Donald Trump speaks and acts the way he does, because he is not being manipulated by a donor class. He has thrown back the curtain on the entire staged production and naturally all of those who have rehearsed so long, and invested so much, are mortified at the prospect of their theatrics being revealed.

8 posted on 01/07/2016 6:13:12 AM PST by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: LRoggy
Perhaps Burkle has enough sense to stay away from, convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein's friends.

Washington Examiner:

According to the flight logbook obtained and first reported by Gawker.com, Clinton took more than a dozen trips aboard the private jet of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and was at least on one occasion accompanied by "4 secret service." The logbooks also show Clinton flew alongside a woman who prosecutors believe procured underage girls to service Epstein and others.

9 posted on 01/07/2016 6:16:40 AM PST by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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10 posted on 01/07/2016 6:19:52 AM PST by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: LRoggy

“Amazing how so many who get involved with the Clintons end up as jilted lovers .. .”

Or wind up dead.


11 posted on 01/07/2016 6:43:59 AM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: TexasCajun


"Jeb" Kasich - for when you really, really want a RINO but just can't take anther Bush.
12 posted on 01/07/2016 6:52:57 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: LRoggy
Not amazing at all. The Clintons have no friends at all. They only have people they use to one degree or another. When their usefulness to them is over, they are discarded. usually permanently, a/l/a, Ambassador Stevens. This man is very fortunate that he is still breathing on his own.
13 posted on 01/07/2016 7:00:04 AM PST by sport
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To: Awgie
Donald Trump speaks and acts the way he does, because he is not being manipulated by a donor class. He has thrown back the curtain on the entire staged production and naturally all of those who have rehearsed so long, and invested so much, are mortified at the prospect of their theatrics being revealed.

N-i-c-e deconstruction.

14 posted on 01/07/2016 7:13:09 AM PST by Liz (SAFE PLACE? A liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing can penetrate it.)
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To: Kaslin
Are Ron Burkle and other Hollywood liberal elites funneling money to John Kasich so he'll rough up Donald Trump.

I'm sure Ron Burkle KNOWS Kasich can't win... so Burkle’s BIG gift to Hillary is to pay a Republican to damage the front runner and the choice of the people - Donald Trump.

John Kasich might be the jerk of the century..

A pox on John Kasich... if this is what's happening he needs to be driven OUT of the party.

15 posted on 01/07/2016 8:03:44 AM PST by GOPJ (Are Hollywood liberal elties like Ron Burkle paying John Kasich to 'rough up' Donald Trump?)
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To: LRoggy

Or dead.


16 posted on 01/07/2016 10:54:32 AM PST by Joe Boucher (Rubio is a liar, Jeb is worthless, Go Cruz ,Keep stirring the pot Donald.)
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To: Kaslin
Update...

REVEALED: Virginia's Democratic Governor candidate Terry McAuliffe received $200,000 in donations from private equity billionaire Ron Burkle - who owns a plane known as the 'f*** jet'

17 posted on 10/19/2021 12:37:35 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Kaslin
Update from last month on Ron Burkle, with a tie-in to Meghan Markle and the House of Windsor...

Billionaire Soho House owner plots to take company private Private members club hit with short seller attack earlier this week

18 posted on 03/30/2024 7:05:20 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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Blast from the past bump and update from April of this year...

Secrets of Diddy’s billionaire boys club: Rapper wooed Wall Street elite — who praised him as ‘genius’ before sex-trafficking probe

19 posted on 09/22/2024 3:59:39 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Kaslin

Probably each considers the other as toxic to them.


20 posted on 09/22/2024 4:00:57 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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