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OBAMA’S ENERGIES
TED TURNER REGRETS ANTI-CHRISTIAN TIRADE
As president, Barack Obama
will sign “virtually any pro-
nuclear legislation” Congress
“MOUTH OF THE SOUTH” BILLION- Call Me Ted, and he dished
sends his way, while pretending
aire Ted Turner now regrets that himself an impressive help-
to be reluctant, predicts former
he didn’t bite his tongue more ing of humble pie. GOP presidential candidate
often — particularly regarding “I apologized for a lot
Steve Forbes. Writing in the
Christianity. of things that I’ve said,”
Nov. 24 edition of Forbes
magazine, he said Obama won’t
In 1990, Turner infamous- he confessed. “But I don’t
advocate nuclear power openly
ly told the American Humanist apologize nearly as much
but will move aggressively to
Society: “Christianity is a religion these days because I don’t reduce America’s reliance on
for losers.” The CNN founder now say as much, and I’m more
foreign oil. Forbes predicted
regrets having said that. careful about what I say.
this will include new nuclear
power plants and “the removal
“That was probably my most
TURNER The “mouth of the
“I didn’t mean to hurt
of more and more barriers to
unfortunate comment,” Turner South” is mostly closed now. anybody’s feelings with
offshore drilling.”
recently told Time magazine. He’s that, but it did hurt peo-
been busy of late hyping his new best-seller, ple’s feelings and I’m sorry,” Turner added.
REVIVING RON PAUL
When libertarian-leaning
Republican Rep. Ron Paul
POLITICAL PROGNOSTICATIONS
bowed out of the GOP
COULD SARAH PALIN BECOME TV’S ‘WHITE OPRAH’?
nomination
battle, he
COMMENTATOR COKIE ROBERTS’ REMARK tary, but some media observers cried foul.
created the
that Sarah Palin could follow in Oprah “The comparison to Oprah Winfrey is
Campaign
for Liberty,
Winfrey’s footsteps and host a talk show misguided,” Depauw University professor
which among
is demeaning and refl ects poor judgment, Jeffrey McCall tells Newsmax. “I think the
other things
an author and expert on mass communi- suggestion that Palin’s future is as a gab- opposes
cations tells Newsmax. fest TV hostess is an attempt to diminish
the Federal
Palin as a serious political fi gure.”
Reserve
banking
McCall, author of Viewer Discretion
ON LIBERTY
system now
Advised: Taking Control of Mass Media
Paul takes
synonymous
on the Fed.
Infl uences, adds, “I can’t imagine Roberts with the bailout
suggesting that Hillary Clinton or Dianne
of Wall Street.
Feinstein could become talk-show hosts.”
CampaignforLiberty.com, which
now has over 115,000 members,
McCall says Roberts’ racial reference
is recruiting precinct leaders
refl ected “poor judgment,” especially
to help replace incumbent
given the fact that much of Winfrey’s politicians with “informed
success has been attributed to her appeal
people who cherish Liberty.”
across demographic lines.
WHAT CRISIS?
OM
That Palin’s celebrity status is taken
Kiplinger.com has identifi ed
quite seriously in the entertainment world
six U.S. cities where home TH/NEWSC
is beyond question, however. Top talent prices defy the downturn by
MISUNDERESTIMATED Did commentator agencies including William Morris, CAA,
continuing to rise. “These cities’
Cokie Roberts demean Sarah Palin?
and ICC are reportedly seeking to rep-
local economies have kept ALIN/BILL RO
unemployment and foreclosure
resent her. And talk host Maury Povich,
rates below average,” the Web
Palin could become “the white Oprah,” writing in the New York Post, agreed that
site reports. The lucky six:
AP IMAGES / P
Roberts told a group of Boston business Palin would be a natural. Clarksville, Tenn.; Johnson City, UL/
A
leaders in November. “If anyone can relate to the burning
Tenn.; Albuquerque, N.M.;
“There’s more of Sarah Palin in our social issues in our country — those top-
Burlington, Vt.; Lancaster, Pa.; OM / P
and the largest city on the list,
future,” said Roberts, a political commen- ics that touch the hearts of all Americans
Pittsburgh, Pa.
tator for ABC News and a senior analyst — it’s Sarah Palin,” Povich wrote, adding,
for NPR News. “The studio doesn’t have to allot a dime
“The camera loves her,” Roberts added, to her wardrobe. She’s already the best-
according to The Boston Globe. dressed host this side of Oprah Winfrey.
Roberts’ remarks appeared complimen- Sign her up!”
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