Posted on 08/16/2016 11:12:47 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Former Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes will prepare Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for the presidential debates, according to a Tuesday report in The New York Times.
The Times reported that Ailes had transitioned almost immediately from his role as CEO into a new, informal job advising Trump as he prepares for the first presidential debate on September 26.
The former Fox News chief made a name for himself in politics as a Republican communications adviser who helped prepare past presidential candidates including George H.W. Bush.
Ailes resigned from Fox News amid an ongoing internal investigation into his conduct, prompted by a lawsuit from former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson, who is one of several former Fox News employees who have accused him of sexual harassment.
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Consulted for Bush...
ROTF LOL
Yep, he’s just the ticket then...
NO FREAKIN’ WAY!
Trump doesn’t remember the anti-Trump bias under this nitwit.
Absolutely perfect
As long as it isn’t Rob Portman who did such a great job with Ryan /sar
Ping
Consulting on how to debate and handle the media doesn’t mean he’s taking policy advice.
Now it is clear what the hub bub was about at fox.
Mmmm-K then ...
I thought Fox News/Ailes were evil?
Maybe the problem was Bush, not Ailes?
Or if it was Ailes, then maybe this time it’s different. Fox hates Trump. Fox fired (in essence) Ailes. Ergo, like the movie guy used to say, this time it’s personal. This time Ailes wants Trump to mop the floor with the candidate the Murdochs are backing.
Just some thoughts...
Quote:
“I thought Fox News/Ailes were evil?”
Fox News is. Jury is still out on Ailes.
The campaign said this AM it wasn’t so.
At least there was no official connection to the campaign. It did admit they had been friends for decades.
Which may be even better.
I just hope Megyn is not a moderator. By the way, she’s been gone a lot, lately!
She is now missing for the second straight week.
Ailes is out because Murdoch’s kids are taking over and they hate him. This is inside info from a close relative that works there.
The best way to make sure a job doesn’t get done, is to assign a guy that will never complete the job.
Ailes is not a supporter of Trump. If he was he could have stepped down at Fox.
Lets not kid ourselves.
If Ailes liked Trump he would have stepped down at Fox, now waited to be forced out.
I don’t think we should kid ourselves that Ailes is a diehard Trump supporter.
Look what was going on at FoxNews under his direction.
Trump Campaign Denies NYT Report That Ailes Will Help With Debate Prep - TPM
"He is not advising Mr. Trump or helping with debate prep. They are longtime friends, but he has no formal or informal role in the campaign," campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks told the Hollywood Reporter.Hicks later told the New York Times, "They speak occasionally, which isn't news."
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