Ron Burkle, Clinton Supporter, May Face Life As Political Outsider

LA Weekly:

Ron Burkle, the billionaire best friend of Bill Clinton, thinks he's misunderstood. "It pisses me off that people think everything I do is for a return," he complained during a rare, hourlong interview with L.A. Weekly -- several days before Vanity Fair blistered him in its June 4 takedown of the former first president.

But his public image as a backroom tycoon doling out big contributions for political favors, and VF's slams of him for his business dealings with Bill, may be the least of his problems. With Senator Barack Obama winning the Democratic presidential nomination, and with a definite power shift within the party that's moving away from Bill and Hillary Clinton, political observers are already wondering if Burkle -- a top-echelon supporter of the Clintons -- will end up some kind of loser.

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Comments

[LiberTLover]

Well he could pay off Hillary's campaign debt. That would show he isn't expecting anything in return.

[Topfeeder]

This is the one that dates 19 year olds, right? Poor babies.

[BADEN]

These people have WAY too much money and WAY too much time on their hands.

"I decided to go forward and talk to the IRS about Ron Burkle and all the Machiavellian connections and all the monies and cash exchanged between Ron Burkle and his big buddy Bill Clinton," she says.

Burkle, who likes to fly around on private jets and flirt icky-old-man-style with much younger women has been such a headache for Clinton while his wife is trying to run for President that he had to pretend to cut all ties with the man."

http://gawker.com/tag/exclusive/?i=5004771&t=ron-burkle-has-lady-problems

[realityczech4u]

Well, enduring headaches like Ron Burkle is the sort of tribulation one has to endure in order to rake in over $100 million over the span of a few years whilst doing relatively nothing. Oh me, such is the life of the opportunist.

[seatea1967]

It has not been my experience that billionaires end up missing out on their share of the pie regardless of whomever is in office at any given moment.

[rabprevent]

CAN'T THAT IDIOT USE HIS MONEY TO DO SOME GOOD FOR THE FOLKS LOOSING THEIR HOME? WHERE IS HIS SENSE OF CHARITY? INSTEAD OF MINGLY WITH OTHER RICH FOLKS, GIVE BACK TO CHARITY, NOT THAT I KNOW THAT HE DOESN'T!

[econdr]

awww that poooor poooor billionaire....

[Syco]

nice

[barackobama4prez]

Burkle could man up and get involved in Senator Obama's movement.