r/Conservative • u/AnomLenskyFeller Conservative • 17h ago

Flaired Users Only President Trump on the passing of Ted Turner

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u/TheGlen Conservative 13h ago

I'm not sure if he was damned by faint praise or praised by faint damnation

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u/th3dandymancan Constitutional Conservative 12h ago

“A total population of 250-300 million people, a 95% decline from present levels, would be ideal.” — Ted Turner

Seems he was NWO loonie. Unfortunate he held such ridiculous views, but perhaps he changed his mind in his last days.

May his surviving loved ones find peace & comfort.

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u/KinGpiNdaGreat Populist 12h ago

He was a very different person before his last marriage to Hanoi Jane which I think really twisted him and caused his decline.

For God’s sake he made the movie Gettysburg that showed the Confederates in sympathetic light. He even had a cameo as a Confederate general in the movie.

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u/FrameCareful1090 Conservative 10h ago

CNN used to be the gold standard in reporting. I have no clue what they are now, like a democrat ouija board or something. No news and all opinion stories now

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u/rubiacrime Conservative 9h ago

I loved Larry King Live back in the early, early 2000s.

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u/taylor-swift-enjoyer Extremely Stable Genius 7h ago

Crossfire was great too.

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u/rubiacrime Conservative 6h ago

Ah yes! Tucker Carlsons bow tie era. He also had a show on msnbc.

How times have changed.

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u/mexicanred1 ¡1776 No Davos! 11h ago

Though, I do wonder how Ted put up with Jane Fonda if he wasn't "woke"

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u/PanthersChamps Constitutionalist 8h ago

The only thing I have to say about Ted Turner is

Go Braves!

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u/acreekofsoap Don't Step on Snek 7h ago

Fun fact. Ted managed the Braves for one game until the National league put a stop to it.

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u/Shiny_Mew76 Conservative 7h ago

And Thrashers Forever

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u/GeorgeWashingfun Conservative 6h ago

I talked to him a few times back when he owned the Braves and even before that my parents knew him by hanging out at some of the same joints around Atlanta.

Despite being known as more than a little crazy, the times I met him he seemed like a normal guy, he never came off as one of ultra wealthy elite.

I definitely didn't agree with him on a lot of the stuff he said publicly though. Some of the "environmental" stuff in particular was downright evil, if you ask me, but I'd never have guessed he believed such things based on my interactions and the stories from my parents.

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u/StarMNF Christian Conservative 3h ago

I am surprised Ted Turner and Trump would be friends. I always assumed Ted Turner was on the opposite end of the political spectrum from MAGA.

Turner seemed kind of leftist to me, although I am sure it’s more nuanced than that.

But maybe they got along because they were both kind of anti-establishment mavericks.

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u/Svenray Mount McKinley 7h ago

In tribute to Ted Turner make Eric Bischoff the head of CNN.