Posted on 04/19/2016 4:49:36 AM PDT by markomalley
Roger Stone loves resilience. It's why the former body builder had Richard Nixon's face tattooed on his broad back.
"It's there to remind me that in life, when things don't go your way, you get back in the game," Stone said in an interview with CNN. "Nixon said, 'A man is not finished when he's defeated, he's only finished when he quits.'"
When it comes to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential bid, things did not initially go Stone's way. He had one vision for the campaign; Trump had another. But after leaving in August, Stone is back, in a manner of speaking. With the Republicans potentially facing a contested convention, his brand of political trench warfare is now in greater demand than ever.
Late last month, Trump appointed veteran GOP strategist and lobbyist Paul Manafort -- Stone's longtime friend and business partner, dating back to the Reagan years -- to lead his fight for delegates. Sources close to all three men say Stone played a role in that appointment, which gave him a new lifeline into Trump's campaign.
Stone also heads "The Committee to Restore America's Greatness," a pro-Trump super PAC that has redirected its mission "to help stop the Republican establishment from stealing the Presidential nomination" from Trump -- which, of course, will be the campaign's chief preoccupation between now and the Republican convention in late July.
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Baloney.
There's more influence for Stone in running a super PAC from outside the campaign than there is inside.
And given Stone's reputation, it wouldn't look good for him to be on the inside.
And what if Trump is elected President?
He’s a lobbyist...so I presume he will lobby.
Every time I listen to Stone he reminds me of G. Gordon Liddy..
A Nixon tattoo on his back? And it’s there to remind him of something? When does he see it? Questions, questions...
“”Nixon said, ‘A man is not finished when he’s defeated, he’s only finished when he quits.’””
President Nixon gave a speech at the high school I attended when he was there to dedicate it in the summer of ‘72 and this was a prominent feature of that speech.
You gotta love a guy who sang the Horst Wessel song in the District of Columbia jail.
Did not Nixon quit?
Ewww. Only one kind of person is going to see that tramp stamp !
Manafort is his ‘long term partner’?
Ewwwww
Yeah, what’s your point? It’s not as “ironic” as some people might think. It wasn’t as though he wasn’t coerced into resigning and as it turned out, he did do the right thing for the country by resigning.
If you won’t even put forth the effort to read the article at least read the posted excerpt. It says BUSINESS partner. You’re disgusting.
Ironic? No, I find it extremely creepy.
So what year does someone get a Nixon face tattooed on their back?
After the first Presidential race - almost certainly.
Probably between the first or second election.
Certainly not after he quit.
This one article certainly is enlightening about both Manafort and Trump.
Partner has many meanings! Again, the gay agenda takes over the language.
I liked his speech to the White House staff upon his resignation. Moving and good advice on not hating my enemies.
HOLY COW!
I hadn’t realized things were looking so good for Trump.
At a glance, Real Clear Politics list ~100 polls over the last 14 days and not a single one includes Cruz leading anywhere in the spread.
How one interprets the word says a lot about a person's state of mind.
Vietnam P.O.W.s?
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