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To me, Jim Vanderhei tellin Ailes to fuck himself is the highlight and the valuable lesson. Those of us with functioning filters should leave them at home some days, and just let loose.

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Some amusing exchanges here and the priceless "who are you going to believe" rejoinder. Thanks for that. As you stated in your opening, many would trace the bullying, hate-mongering style that culminated in Trump back to the "evil three." While I am drawn to read accounts of what they did, much as drivers are drawn to look at fatal accidents on the highway, I'm always left wondering "why?" In Roger's case, it would seem that he was genuinely paranoid, but clearly he, Limbaugh and Gingrich were men on a mission. Were they born twisted, or did something make them that way?

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Ailes developed hemophilia as a child, which left him embittered. For more, Gabriel Sherman wrote an excellent biography of him. The key moment in his life was meeting Nixon as a young man in 1968.

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Ailes', Limbaugh's, and Gingrich's stories are what happens to ugly, stupid, degenerate, talentless, sociopathic personalities who have a flair for show biz.

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Now tell me how you really feel, lol

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Jon, thanks for writing this. Ailes was a toxin that will be hard for us to remove, but you’re doing a great job. Onward.

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Thanks, George....

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sounds totally like Roger Ailes, and I appreciate you finally telling the story. I think it's possible to have strong political opinions without being mean and nasty. but Roger took the culture, regrettably, in a whole other direction.

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