Ron Fournier
The Diplomat
People, composure and the difficult conversation held well.
Ron Fournier is a seasoned political commentator and author who has spent decades observing and analyzing the political landscape. This interview reveals his ability to navigate complex political narratives while fostering connections and understanding among diverse perspectives.
“It does. And don't tell them you can't do something whether it's changing something in a business or changing politics because it hasn't been done before. Just get the heck out of their way and give them a laptop. And they'll find the other people who have the same passion and they'll bootstrap a solution to it.”
“So, I can understand why she's guard. I can understand why she doesn't trust us in the media. I can understand why she doesn't trust anybody other than her inner circle. But my point from the beginning of the email scandal was you've got to get over it.”
“For a lot of reasons that you might know better, I always thought it was partly because of all the scar tissue built up politically, all the criticism she got, some fairs, some not over the years. Maybe dealing with the personal scandals involving her husband.”
“Exactly. He feels our pain. George Bush isn't as good at that. But I've always thought in a room, Bush is much better in the one-on-one, one-on-four of reading a room and breaking people down psychologically and understanding how to push their buttons.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 41 - Ron Fournier
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