(I'm a backbencher - sitting against the back wall as Sean Hannity talks to his boss)
Sean Hannity
"I don't know if I can do this. Trump is not a Conservative. He's not a Republican. He's #17 of the 17 candidates. Seriously, I would have taken any of the others. And there were such good candidates, Ted Cruz. Marco Rubio, Carly. Hell, I would have supported Ben. But not Trump."
Roger Ailes
"Sean, let me make a suggestion. Will you listen to my suggestion?"
Sean Hannity
"Sure Roger, tell me how you're going to get a Conservative to head the ticket."
Roger Ailes
"First of all, I don't want to fight with you. I'm 76 years old. I have x number of fights left in me and I'll need most of them for O'Reilly."
(Both laugh)
"Second. We lost. We did everything possible and we lost. Elections like this come along once every one-hundred years."
"Third. You and I will disagree but I think that Donald can win and that things will turn out just fine. I say that because Donald will hate the day to day work. If he takes Rubio as his VP, and that's my guess today, I could change it tomorrow, then Rubio handles the day to day work. Rubio is the acting president. Hell, Trump won't move to DC. And he will absolutely not get involved in the details.
Sean Hannity
"OK, what do we do."
Roger Ailes
"I'm not asking you to support Trump. I'm asking you to take all the time to show America why Clinton is the wrong choice. And if pressed, tell the truth; Trump was not my first choice however he was elected by the people and he is a far better choice than Clinton."
"Don't get into Trump's policies, mistakes, shortcomings. He's all we got. And I've known him for 30 years and I can work with him. OK?"
Sean Hannity
"Yeah. That's about as far as I can go."
Roger Ailes
"OK. Get to work on Bill's old flames, his screwup's in office, his near impeachment. And you've got Bengazi, email and a complete lack of any achievement as a senator or as Madam Secretary. There's plenty there for you. Thanks Sean"
Sean Hannity
"I don't know if I can do this. Trump is not a Conservative. He's not a Republican. He's #17 of the 17 candidates. Seriously, I would have taken any of the others. And there were such good candidates, Ted Cruz. Marco Rubio, Carly. Hell, I would have supported Ben. But not Trump."
Roger Ailes
"Sean, let me make a suggestion. Will you listen to my suggestion?"
Sean Hannity
"Sure Roger, tell me how you're going to get a Conservative to head the ticket."
Roger Ailes
"First of all, I don't want to fight with you. I'm 76 years old. I have x number of fights left in me and I'll need most of them for O'Reilly."
(Both laugh)
"Second. We lost. We did everything possible and we lost. Elections like this come along once every one-hundred years."
"Third. You and I will disagree but I think that Donald can win and that things will turn out just fine. I say that because Donald will hate the day to day work. If he takes Rubio as his VP, and that's my guess today, I could change it tomorrow, then Rubio handles the day to day work. Rubio is the acting president. Hell, Trump won't move to DC. And he will absolutely not get involved in the details.
Sean Hannity
"OK, what do we do."
Roger Ailes
"I'm not asking you to support Trump. I'm asking you to take all the time to show America why Clinton is the wrong choice. And if pressed, tell the truth; Trump was not my first choice however he was elected by the people and he is a far better choice than Clinton."
"Don't get into Trump's policies, mistakes, shortcomings. He's all we got. And I've known him for 30 years and I can work with him. OK?"
Sean Hannity
"Yeah. That's about as far as I can go."
Roger Ailes
"OK. Get to work on Bill's old flames, his screwup's in office, his near impeachment. And you've got Bengazi, email and a complete lack of any achievement as a senator or as Madam Secretary. There's plenty there for you. Thanks Sean"