Roger Ailes Quotes
I like Marco Rubio. But I don't know about as a vice-presidential candidate. He's a nice guy, and that role requires kicking the crap out of your opponents.
Chafets, Zev. Roger Ailes: Off Camera. Sentinel, 2013.
For the first time a woman was running for the presidency and she had a large following. However, there were still many who saw women as too emotional to be in leadership positions. Sarkozy did not want to anger many egalitarian French voters by appearing to be a sexist and attack a woman’s generic ability to lead. However, he cleverly waited for a moment in the debate where his opponent was particularly passionate about something. He gently chided her about it and she took the bait and very passionately and excitedly said that she had a right and obligation to be passionate about issues that affected millions of French lives. But as she did so she grew ever more passionate and forceful. Then Sarkozy struck with this quotation. The impression that the audience was left with is that Royal was a good woman who was properly concerned with issues but was just not ready for such a high position and did not quite have the demeanor that was needed for the Presidency. Sorkozy won the election the following week.
Carlyle was of the opinion that legislators do not make good executives, managers, or leaders. Many in modern America agree.
Reagan, Ford, Bush, Clinton
The candidates had remarkably little experience in foreign affairs with the exception of Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich who in the extreme right wing ideology driving the Republican primary voters at the time had little chance of winning as they were too far to the left for the Republicans of the time.
At that time, the right wing of the Republican party was so anti-Federal Government, that they would de facto veto any Washington Politician who tried to get the Presidential nomination.
Clinton’s only political experience prior to his run for the Presidency was as a very successful Governor of Arkansas. Foreign policy was his weak suit.
Welsh met with the President on several occasions at the White House since he served on one of the major Presidential Advisory Committees.
Roger Eugene Ailes was an American television executive and media consultant. He was the chairman and CEO of Fox News, Fox Television Stations and 20th Television, from which he resigned in July 2016 after allegations of sexual harassment were made by 23 women. Ailes was a media consultant for Republican presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush, and for Rudy Giuliani's first mayoral campaign. In 2016, he was resigned from Fox News after being accused of sexual harassment by several female Fox employees, including on-air personalities Gretchen Carlson and Megyn Kelly. Shortly afterward, he became an adviser to the Donald Trump campaign, where he assisted with debate preparation.
