Ted Turner: Romney Would 'Probably Make a Good President'
CNN founder Ted Turner said something Thursday night guaranteed to raise a couple of eyebrows especially at the White House.
Appearing on Piers Morgan Tonight, without going so far as endorsing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the liberal billionaire said, "I think that he'd probably make a good president" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
PIERS MORGAN, HOST: Let's talk politics briefly, Ted. The election's coming up in November. Mitt Romney is the likely Republican nominee for all intents and purposes. Who's going to win, do you think?
TED TURNER: I don't know. When I started CNN, I made the decision to stay out of endorsing candidates, and let the viewers make up their own minds about politics, that it wasn't going to come from me. The other networks were all telling everybody what to do. But I wanted to be different and let people make up their own minds.
So I didn't -- I would talk about candidates. And I can say about Mitt Romney I think he's a real gentleman. I think he's been very successful. I think he's really smart. I don't agree with everything that he believes, but I agree with a lot of it. And I think that he'd probably make a good president.
MORGAN: Are you more --
TURNER: But I'm not endorsing him.
Imagine that.
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The reeducation camp called,
Submitted by bretzysdude on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 11:10am.
The reeducation camp called, Ted. Your reservations have been confirmed.
No kidding
Submitted by jon_torlin on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 11:26am.
After the worst one ever, who's basically a dictator, anyone would probably make a good president.
Even Carter.
-Jon
Jon~regarding Carter
Submitted by GG_NB on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 12:57pm.
Uh, let's not get carried away. LOL.
Although I do feel strongly that Carter would have handled the China episode much differently -- right away.
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
I lived through the Carter
Submitted by Newsbusterbrown on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 1:12pm.
I lived through the Carter Administration and I have no hesitation saying Jimmy was better than Obama.
“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
So have I
Submitted by jon_torlin on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 1:23pm.
So have I and so do I.
-Jon
Yes...
Submitted by GG_NB on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 1:31pm.
I agree with that -- but just sayin' Carter would still not make a "good" president.
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
I agree with that -- but just
Submitted by Newsbusterbrown on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 1:45pm.
I agree with that -- but just sayin' Carter would still not make a "good" president.
Well, that goes without saying, GG. Carter was easily the second-worst president of my lifetime.
“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
And ol' Jihad Jimmah Cahtah
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 7:29pm.
And ol' Jihad Jimmah Cahtah should be thanking Boy Baraka, or shining his shoes, or bringing him coffee.........or maybe laying down his moooooooslem prayer rug for him to kneel on...................for kicking him out of the cellar!!! But the Peanut Farmer, just like the Community Organizer, is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too self-absorbed to realilze how bad he was - or in Boy Baraka's case, how bad he is - he thinks he's the second coming of Christ...............or was that Muuuuuuuuuhamed????
This should cause a red flag for some.
Submitted by c5then on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 11:32am.
It's too late, so now they are letting their guard down. Romney is just a moderate progressive. He is NOT a conservative ("extremist" if you are a liberal).
The difference between the Democrat progressives (socialist/marxists) and the Republican progressives is not the destination that want to take the country. It is simply the speed at which we arrive at our final destination.
The country doesn't need a President who will simply let up on the accelerator, we need a radical course change of 180 degrees. The liberals/MSM/progressives will argue against Romney because they would rather get to the end faster, but they could live with him.
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
Romney is just a moderate progressive.
Submitted by tcm14 on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 4:44am.
Agree. And it is a testament to how hard left Obama is that I am unenthusiastically rooting for Romney.
Glad I was sitting down!
Submitted by Chandler on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 11:35am.
Glad I was sitting down!
Ted being someone who built
Submitted by inquiringmind on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 11:37am.
Ted being someone who built an empire and understands how things work economically probably respects Romney's bussiness sense. As Ted said, he may not agree with Mitt on a lot of things but when it comes to running a business they have a lot in common.
When it comes to getting a business ( or country) back on its feet, Romney is the only choice in this election.
And I was a Herman Cain guy.
Mittens RINOmney is the darling of the repube RINO establishment
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 11:42am.
So it stands to reason that left-leaners like Ted would respect him.
It's not exactly as though Mitt is conservative or anything.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Dave~
Submitted by GG_NB on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 1:00pm.
But you're still going to vote for Romney, right?
See my plea on "Open Thread: Life of Julia."
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
I may just waste my vote on a
Submitted by GreenTea on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 1:39pm.
I may just waste my vote on a 3rd candidate this time like i did with Ross Perot, but i still let my voice be known..a vote made is not a vote wasted unless lol
GreenTea~
Submitted by GG_NB on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 1:56pm.
I get your feelings on the matter...but I just feel so strongly that we have to get O out...and that now with our only hope of doing so (Romney) left standing, we have to follow through and vote O out...but every citizen has a right to vote their conscience.
That said, please don't go "third party"! :)
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
GreenTea what state are you
Submitted by redfish on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 2:36pm.
GreenTea what state are you in
I don't think we should get
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 12:10pm.
I don't think amyone should get their panties in a knot over this................after all, if he had said that the thought Alfred E. Newman might be a good president, he would be right, as compared to Boy Baraka O'Bama.
But wait - aren't there a lot of similiarities between Alfred E. and Boy Barry...............including appearance???
caaaptaain plaaannettt!
Submitted by redfish on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 12:28pm.
caaaptaain plaaannettt!
How times have changed...
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 12:31pm.
I don't know. When I started CNN, I made the decision to stay out of endorsing candidates, and let the viewers make up their own minds about politics, that it wasn't going to come from me. The other networks were all telling everybody what to do. But I wanted to be different and let people make up their own minds.
This is explains why CNN was once a success, and is now a massive failure.
Mitt? Not thrilled, but ABO. We need to change Congress. Again.
"I don't know. When I started
Submitted by tcm14 on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 4:47am.
"I don't know. When I started CNN, I made the decision to stay out of endorsing candidates, and let the viewers make up their own minds about politics, that it wasn't going to come from me. The other networks were all telling everybody what to do. But I wanted to be different and let people make up their own minds."
Yeah keep telling yourself that your network is not biased Ted, just keep repeating that.
Well...
Submitted by GG_NB on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 1:05pm.
There are a few ways to look at this. 1) That a tacit endorsement by Turner can't be good for Romney OR 2) that even as "off" as Turner can be, even he gets that O should not continue on in office!
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
I don't think this would
Submitted by GreenTea on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 1:33pm.
I don't think this would raise eyebrows to anyone in the White House and on the left..I think we on the right should worry about the man whom the brainless people chose to be the Republican Presidential nominee..
EXACTLY!
Submitted by stage9 on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 2:50pm.
....let's see, thanks to the idiots running the GOP, I get to choose between a New England liberal or a radical marxist....
And then, as if that's not enough, we want to let everything ride...the entire future of our Republic...on this one November election...WITH A LIBERAL NOMINEE! (Oh, I'm sorry, Obamney's a Republican so that makes him a "moderate" not a liberal)
I think I've died and gone to hell.
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"If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner." — Malcolm Muggeridge
"Brainless?"
Submitted by CobraMan on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 11:12am.
So, just because they don't support the candidate you support, that makes them brainless?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Romney Would 'Probably Make a Good President'
Submitted by stage9 on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 2:43pm.
Of course he would, Ted, he's a liberal like you!
Now if the GOP nominee were a true Conservative, do you really believe he'd receive that kind of compliment?
"If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner." — Malcolm Muggeridge
Romney may not be who you would have selected, but he is our
Submitted by Rush Fan on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 3:57pm.
candidate running against incompetent Socialist Obama. Enough said.
Misguided voters who don't like Romney and will stay home, or those who say, like GreenTea, that "I may just waste my vote on a 3rd candidate" are definitely and unquestionably foolish (or if I may use a pejorative: STUPID).
Rush
Submitted by tcm14 on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 4:51am.
I'm going to vote for Romney, but I am going to bitch about it every step of the way. Same thing if he is elected (unless he goes against all probability and governs as a conservative)..
Rush~
Submitted by GG_NB on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 4:10pm.
I'm seriously worried about this.
I get it. Romney is not the ideal of conservatism for many. But please, PLEASE -- people -- don't let your stand be that to spite that you didn't get your guy or gal who was more conservative on certain issues that you actually play a part in us keeping O, the most radical, dangerous president ever, IMO.
How much worse could it be if we keep O in? Do you really want to see?
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
Romney will make a good President.
Submitted by CobraMan on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 11:36am.
Romney will make a good President, simply because he is moderate. America doesn't need any radicals in office right now, not after having one in for the last three years. We need moderation, both in politics and in rhetoric. We need someone who is best able to reunite both sides of the political continental divide. So far, the best man for that job is Romney. I'm tire of this faux wall of separation between the two major political parties. And, as the polls suggest, so is most of America.
Romney is the next best thing the Re[publicans can offer up as the "new" Reagan, a Republican Governor from a liberal state. That worked beautifully the last time we did it, so who's to say it wont work again? I remember how so many Republicans also described Reagan as a "moderate progressive," one who would be a Bad President because he's not a True Conservative, and how, decades later, they now hold him up as the Consummate Conservative, the perfect example of a Great Republican. So, Romney and Reagan share similar backgrounds,share similar political ideals, and, now, share the consternation of the suppose "conservatives' in the Republican party. I wonder, will he also share many of the accolades those conservatives now award to Reagan a few decades from now, if Romney is elected as President?
I'm voting for Romney, and I am doing so simply because he's the best choice available to actually lead America into the next Reagan Era type of resurgence, both economically and globally. Like it or not, we NEED Romney in office. We need him to return balance to this country. A balance that has been lost over the last 10 years.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
The goodies ~
Submitted by GG_NB on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 9:19pm.
Here's the deal. What could get Obama re-elected? If people look only at their individual situation and think of themselves and what he will get or give them personally -- and not the overall situation of what is really good and right for our country -- solid, good principles for generations to come.
In other words, I'm worried about people being selfish, instead of doing the right thing. And those "goodies"? Don't count on them because America will likely become Greece.
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
As we near this critical election, it is important to remember
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 9:03pm.
the type of "informed, educated citizens" who vote for Obama and Democrats. For those who haven't seen it, or need reminding, here is a VIDEO of John Ziegler interviewing twelve Obama voters on Election day.
It's difficult to fathom that the result of the forthcoming election may be in their hands. Frightening, isn't it?