Is Bill Clinton Still Running Around with Billionaire Playboy Ron Burkle?

[Stephanie]

http://gawker.com/5002487/bill-clinton-and-gina-gershon

Bill Clinton And Gina Gershon

The Wall Street Journal, in the newspaper's excellent investigation into the ties between Bill Clinton and Ron Burkle, explains why the former president is disentangling himself from the supermarket billionaire, as Gawker mentioned last month. Clinton will put some distance between his wife, the leading Democratic candidate in 2008, and politically toxic associates of the Yucaipa owner such as the Sheikh of Dubai and the official Chinese news agency. But is that all?

Ron Burkle, seen in the company of models like Gisele Bundchen since he separated from his wife, is a key member of Clinton's billionaire boy's club. (Former member: teen-massage-loving Jeffrey Epstein.) We don't really believe Hollywood's autumn rumor that the former president, notorious for receiving oral sex in the Oval Office, had entertained an actress on Ron Burkle's plane. (That was probably just an amalgam of Clinton's supposed affair with raunchy actress, Gina Gershon, and earlier pictures of the ex-president with girls on the Burklejet.)

Nobody really cares about Burkle's ties to foreign governments, apart from a few right-wing obsessives. It's Burkle's ties to pretty women that represent the real embarrassment, and threat to Bill Clinton's image as a reformed husband, or at least a more discreet reprobate. With Hillary Clinton in a battle for the Democratic nomination, her husband does not need a billionaire modelizer as a friend.


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http://gawker.com/news/divestments/-333240.php

BREAKING!!!! Bill Clinton has "severed business ties" with his longtime friend, secret Radar owner, supermarket mogul and alleged creep Ron Burkle. Apparently taking money from a dude who has been sued for various shady reasons by his entire family (among others) and who probably spends all his free time flying around on his private jet getting danced-at by models isn't the greatest move if your wife is running for president. This must be hard for Bill, considering the strength of their friendship. By the way, this is all according to "sources who know both men": There are also some denials! But it looks like there'll be an open seat on Air Burkle, hugely influential horndogs of America!

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http://gawker.com/news/ron-burkle/air-burkle-something-special-in-the-air-166540.php

Air Burkle: Something Special in the Air



We've received this picture before and sort of ignored it. But it showed up today, and it has newfound relevancy. If the emailer is to believed -- and frankly, there's no particular reason to believe it, but why not? -- that's Bill Clinton, with his arm around a 19-year-old NYUer named Rachel, photographed on Ron Burkle's private plane. Insert your own lecherous jokes here.

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http://gawker.com/359797/burkle-still-bills-best-bud

Burkle Still Bill's Best Bud

Former president Bill Clinton cut all ties to his ultimate A #1 bro Ron Burkle because of the fear that the "supermarket magnate" would taint his wife's presidential campaign, what with various sleazy allegations about him floating around the internet. Burkle, who secretly owns Radar, likes to fly around with models and other young women on his private jet, a pastime Bill has also enjoyed. He also has ties to the Sheikh of Dubai! But the thing with the girls is obv more damaging. So, understandably, it was reported all over the place that Bill was no longer doing business with Burkle. But, as the New York Sun explains, he actually hasn't stopped a damn thing.

The reported deal was that Clinton would receive $20 million for ending his partnership in Burkle's Yucaipa. But it turns out, according to Bill's spokesman, that he won't actually take this deal unless his wife ends up as the Democratic nominee for President. It's apparently not a scandal until then?

Maybe that idle speculation by some pundits that Bill is—subconsciously or intentionally—sabotaging Hillary's campaign has some merit. Why would he want to quit riding Air Burkle?

[OzarkDem]

1. Did I stumble into Drudge's site by chance?

Lets keep this slime out of DU, unless you want the same stuff thrown back at Obama.

[Stephanie]

2. Ron Burkle is paying Bill Clinton $20 MILLION

Clinton promised to end his relationship with Burkle so it wouldn't tarnish Hillary's campaign. It's relevant, get over it.

[Scurrilous]

3. Kick

:kick:

[Stephanie]

4. The other thread got disappeared but this is a genuine concern.

She's already had to muzzle Bill on the campaign trail. What next?

[Medusa]

5. And this is why we need to see their income taxes

for the past 7 years PRONTO. For starters.

[Stephanie]

6. Then the library donor lists

Which they SOLD, remember.

[Stephanie]

7. Show us your tax returns, BILL