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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Fri Nov 29, 2019, 12:25 PM Nov 2019

Oh WOW! Trump hires Mark Penn. So..fucking...WHAT.

Raw Story has a front page click bait headline on this:

Trump’s ‘divisive’ new hire will ‘inject chaos’ into the impeachment process: ex-White House official

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/11/trumps-divisive-new-hire-will-inject-chaos-into-the-impeachment-process-ex-white-house-official/

Sorry, this is just one more example of sub-Apprentice level stunt casting.

Number of fucks given: 0

Shock value: 0

I cant' believe Mark Penn would sell whatever is left of his soul to Trump level: 0

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Oh WOW! Trump hires Mark Penn. So..fucking...WHAT. (Original Post) Miles Archer Nov 2019 OP
The fact that Penn would agree to work for Trump indicates that he has no soul to sell. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #1
He's a joke. Miles Archer Nov 2019 #5
In America, all you have to do is follow the money at140 Nov 2019 #2
Mark Penn is and always has been a whore. CanonRay Nov 2019 #3
Mr. Penn needs to get his attorney's fees up front. Raster Nov 2019 #4
Connections to Global PR Kid Berwyn Nov 2019 #6
Always double check a rawstory article... Trump didn't hire him OKNancy Nov 2019 #7
Thanks for clarifying NewJeffCT Nov 2019 #8
thank you IcyPeas Nov 2019 #9
I find them way too clickbaity/hyperbolic too. NCLefty Nov 2019 #10
Isn't Mark Penn the toe-sucker? Volaris Nov 2019 #11

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,659 posts)
1. The fact that Penn would agree to work for Trump indicates that he has no soul to sell.
Fri Nov 29, 2019, 12:27 PM
Nov 2019

He doesn't have any talent, either, so his involvement will mean exactly nothing. Raw Story must be desperate for new clickbait.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
5. He's a joke.
Fri Nov 29, 2019, 12:35 PM
Nov 2019

Every once in a while, some cable news show pulls him out of the mothballs and brings him on, and you nailed it...the end result is that he doesn't have any talent.

Let Trump snag someone who matters, and that's a story.

This isn't a story, it's an anecdote about a loser with nothing LEFT to lose.

at140

(6,110 posts)
2. In America, all you have to do is follow the money
Fri Nov 29, 2019, 12:31 PM
Nov 2019

Why should Mark Penn be an exception? Looks like he was offered enough money to buy him off.

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
7. Always double check a rawstory article... Trump didn't hire him
Fri Nov 29, 2019, 12:57 PM
Nov 2019

I refuse to go to any rawstory link, so I can't tell you if the story is accurate or not, but with the part posted above, it makes it appear he was a hire.

I can't stand Penn fwiw, but I also despise clickbait.

To read a reputable site go here: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/26/politics/mark-penn-donald-trump-bill-clinton-impeachment/index.html

Penn told CNN that the meeting did not mean he was working for Trump or advising him going forward.
"I am not in any way working for Donald Trump and not counseling him," Penn said in an email on Tuesday.

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)
10. I find them way too clickbaity/hyperbolic too.
Fri Nov 29, 2019, 11:12 PM
Nov 2019

But then I don't like HuffPo, Slate, TPM, and others for the same reason.

Volaris

(10,269 posts)
11. Isn't Mark Penn the toe-sucker?
Sat Nov 30, 2019, 03:01 AM
Nov 2019

Of so:

BwaHAhahahaha@ trump thinks hes throwing a political monkey wrench into the works..

Omg hes so not.

What an idiot.

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