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Peace-brokering? Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch talked by phone
money.cnn.com ^

Posted on 08/04/2015 12:11:44 PM PDT by RoosterRedux

Two weeks ago Rupert Murdoch said Donald Trump was embarrassing "the whole country." But now the two Republican party power brokers may be brokering peace.

The two men recently spoke for the first time since Trump entered the presidential race back in June, according to people with direct knowledge of the call.

It was just a phone conversation, not an in-person meeting, but it was cordial and forward-looking, the people said. It took place about a week ago.

Why does it matter? Because Trump has become the Republican presidential front-runner and a political force to be reckoned with, despite eye-rolling from establishment figures like Murdoch,

And because Murdoch wields great influence in conservative circles. As the patriarch of the companies that own the Fox News Channel, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post, Murdoch lets his political opinions be known through editorials and tweets.

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; donaldtrump; election2016; fox; foxnews; murdoch; newyork; rupertmurdoch; trump
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1 posted on 08/04/2015 12:11:44 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

AH!........... Fascist chit-chat..


2 posted on 08/04/2015 12:12:39 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: RoosterRedux

Murdoch is seeing writing on the wall.... Wants Ed Henry to get called on at new conferences in 2017 and beyond...


3 posted on 08/04/2015 12:15:26 PM PDT by BigEdLB (They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
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To: hosepipe

no fascists in that phone conversation


4 posted on 08/04/2015 12:19:17 PM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
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To: hosepipe

You obviously don’t realize how a comment like that marginalizes you.

Sadly, it also marginalizes the word which should be reserved to be used appropriately.

When used inappropriately, is ceases to mean anything.

Is Hitler nothing more than a Donald Trump to you?


5 posted on 08/04/2015 12:19:36 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Moving day: June 16th, 2015. LEFT >>>HOPE and CHANGE>>> RIGHT / [DOPE and STRANGE stay home].)
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To: DoughtyOne

Is Hitler nothing more than a Donald Trump to you?


Hitler used ultra businessmen like a trained Donkey...
which was bad... nauseous actually..

BUT.. more disgusting than that was how rich businessmen used HITLER...
Fascism is alive and well in the Military Industrial Complex..

BUT there several more advanced stages of “Business Complex’es”.. these days..
They run.. NO OWN both parties..

It’s Fascism pure and simple.. which is a version of Socialism..
They are the same...

The Bush’s, Clintoon’s, Obama, even Congress is owned by them..
K-Street(lobbyists) is just a “vector”... it goes deeper than that..

Like: China and Russia converted from Socialism(communism) to Fascism.. right before your eyes and you didn’t notice..

America is NOW.. right NOW... converting it’s SOCIALISM to Fascism..
Brilliant really.. Saul Alinsky’s major accomplishment..

Socialism AND fascism are EXACTLY the same “thing”..
Suggest you study more.. it couldn’t hurt..

Did I say “right before your eyes”... Oh! yes sorry..


6 posted on 08/04/2015 12:32:44 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: hosepipe

Doubled down...

All you have done is marginalize yourself more.

I’ve been hearing this from the Left for my entire life.

Welcome to your new home...


7 posted on 08/04/2015 12:37:03 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Moving day: June 16th, 2015. LEFT >>>HOPE and CHANGE>>> RIGHT / [DOPE and STRANGE stay home].)
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To: DoughtyOne

All you have done is marginalize yourself more.


Being a patriot is a marginal pursuit...
I’ve always been on the margins... thank God..

The World is mostly Socialist.. i.e. China, Russia, all of Europe, Canada, South America, US.. and more..

So IF you are not marginal you’re ONE OF THEM..
This country was created in the margins..

IF you leave the margins you’re A SOCIALIST or a Fascist.. by default..
Same thing really..


8 posted on 08/04/2015 12:44:48 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: RoosterRedux

“They’re bad people.....the media.......not all of them.....but most of them.”


9 posted on 08/04/2015 12:46:10 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: hosepipe

Thanks for your additional comments.

My comment about marginalizing the word remains.

I’m not in favor of things that take place in the business community, but to contribute toward the marginalization of an important word, isn’t a Conservative tactic.

If Trump is a fascist, that’s one less word that means anything about Hitler and the worst people in history.

Trump isn’t one of the worst people in history.


10 posted on 08/04/2015 12:59:52 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Moving day: June 16th, 2015. LEFT >>>HOPE and CHANGE>>> RIGHT / [DOPE and STRANGE stay home].)
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To: hosepipe

National Socialist Workers’ Party. Sounds an awful lot like the democrat party today doesn’t it??


11 posted on 08/04/2015 1:09:55 PM PDT by BobinIL
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To: DoughtyOne

Trump isn’t one of the worst people in history.


UNLESS he is a Fascist.. he might not be... but I doubt that...

Many billionaires are “serving” Obama... i.e. Clinton, Bush..

He may be unique.. but I doubt that too..
AT Least he is “suspect”...

Over the last 100 years many people became ultra wealthy because of givernment.. i.e. fed, state and local..
Example. Howard Hughes.. even Bill Gates.. to some extent..

Fascism when business becomes willing participants with givernment.. i.e. China..

The illusion that business and givernment are opponents is persistent.. but wrong..
Business is people, givernment is people.. religion is people..
People like to control things.. like sheep..

Fascism and Socialism are two sides of the same coin..
When they switch hats.. only the naive are fooled..
Like: Little Red Riding hood.. wolf, gramma..

Wolf, wolf.... Who’s the Alpha Wolf?.. or.. WOLVES.....
Dinner is being served.... or Morlocks if you prefer..


12 posted on 08/04/2015 1:41:49 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: hosepipe

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fascism?s=t


13 posted on 08/04/2015 1:50:08 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Moving day: June 16th, 2015. LEFT >>>HOPE and CHANGE>>> RIGHT / [DOPE and STRANGE stay home].)
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To: hosepipe

Murdoch understands the majority of Fox News fans are also Trump supports.

Murdoch does not want to lose his base.


14 posted on 08/04/2015 2:43:08 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: DoughtyOne

Duh.. The very word means a bundle or “corporation”..

Leftists (basically academics) have been changing words for a hundred years..
example.. “progressive” for the most regressive system known to man..

Better than knowing what leftists say things are.. is knowing what things actually are..

Fascism is a Corporation of Corporations..
I’m surprised you have no idea of what Fascism actually “IS’..
maybe don’t want to know either.. OK by me..

Communism is a commune of corporations.. same thing really..

The American Republic is totally different than that..
Not in Europe or Canada though.. they are a Commune of Corporations.. -OR- a Corporation of Corporations..

At least America was not designed to be one.. as it has become one..

America is not becoming Fascist it’s been fascist for a long time.. but is slowly going thru the allusion of socialism to fascism.. to bring the RUBES up to date..

America “IS” Fascist NOW.. the States are mere provinces like Canada..
No rights merely privileges granted by givernment, like Canada..
OR taken away as the central givernment sees fit to do..

Obama (and minions) know that.. and think you(and I) are merely primates to be trained.. THEY KNOW.. what “IS” is..
OH!.. and a whole host of republicans by the way...

Look around you may see it’s the truth.. Yeah!.. Fascism..
Socialism was an illusion.. we are fascist..
Trump is indeed Fascist..


15 posted on 08/04/2015 2:48:20 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: hosepipe

Is Trump a dictator? Is he a member of the government that controls all major businesses in the U.S.?

Hosepipe, pull it together.

He is not a fascist.


16 posted on 08/04/2015 3:04:03 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Moving day: June 16th, 2015. LEFT >>>HOPE and CHANGE>>> RIGHT / [DOPE and STRANGE stay home].)
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To: hosepipe
Do you consider all these people Fascists also?

I would not throw around terms like Fascist, Racist, Nazi, etc like confetti.


17 posted on 08/04/2015 3:10:22 PM PDT by entropy12 (We need a president who says "you are fired", not the professional politician puppets of rich donors)
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To: DoughtyOne

He is not a republican.. What is he?..
What he says he is.... must be proven.. i.e. occams razor...

He has proven he was a democrat in good standing with many democrat “friends”..
Still to this day... He does not think ALL democrats are Traitors..
They are.. they have proven it over many decades.. He does not think so..
Therefore.. he is either STUPID -or- one of them.. MASKED..

Does a man change completely over night.. not likely..
The least Trump is.. is a RINO... but I think he’s worse..
Much worse..

You do know.... ALL democrats are Fascists don’t you?..
And becoming very obvious many many republicans are too..
But they “think” their Fascism is really Socialism.. when it is not..


18 posted on 08/04/2015 3:15:10 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: BobinIL

NS *is* an awful lot like the democrat party. A lefty is a lefty is a lefty, no matter what they call themselves.


19 posted on 08/04/2015 3:16:00 PM PDT by KGeorge (Hell no. We ain't forgettin'.)
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To: entropy12

I doubt Cruz is.. but I could be wrong..


20 posted on 08/04/2015 3:16:30 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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