Reply #210: He already tried that Carlyle Group thing

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There's a thread from earlier today at http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1938436 with a quote from a current Salon piece.

"This is how the co-founder and managing director of the Carlyle Group remembered his first meeting with the man who would be president . . . 'I said well we're not usually in that business. But okay, let me meet the guy. I met the guy. I said I don't think he adds that much value. We'll put him on the board because -- you know -- we'll do a favor for this guy; he's done a favor for us. We put him on the board and spent three years. Came to all the meetings. Told a lot of jokes. Not that many clean ones. And after a while I kind of said to him, after about three years -- you know, I'm not sure this is really for you. Maybe you should do something else.' "