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    Teddy Turner talks about his Congressional run as an Republican in South Carolina

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Purchase -- segment tonight amazing situation we all know Ted Turner founded CNN.

Very liberal man force behind the global warming movement.

-- the -- has a son 49 year old Teddy turner who's running for congress in South Carolina.

The -- of the -- husband and father of three.

Today Turner's and economics teacher in Charleston the turn we'll find more freedom and less government.

So our families -- -- -- -- tomorrow.

Conservatives Teddy your work cut.

Conservative Teddy turner he joins us now from Charles and are you kidding me how did you get the big conservative -- such a liberal fought.

Well -- -- ask me that all the time bell and that -- for years -- military college in the senate on.

Tears in the Soviet Union at that and make your conservative -- well and of course watch a little that a fox than our -- okay now.

-- -- -- -- Your father Ted Turner he was -- as liberal as he is now I understand correct.

Now -- that was but I was pretty tough he did eight years of military school he was in the Coast Guard we had.

There was no sleep and then on the weekends we get white glove inspections.

Dad was tough he made -- work hard down.

Learn the value of the dollar all the things that our dad should be doing today.

Did he discuss politics with you when you were growing up.

Well absolutely our dinner conversations were pretty incredible on -- and he was involved with all kinds of things and he never you know -- get much into the baseball or.

Little League and that kind of stuff we're always talking about pretty heady issues was he then.

Liberal man was he -- you know did he support the liberal side when you were kids.

No he didn't him and then he met my mother of the young Republicans convention so.

He was very.

He was a small business guy and before it became a big -- this guy.

But he was very conservative this change in life has been later on.

Mainly started within environmentalists.

Okay now.

You talk to him I would assume.

You're running for congress would he vote for you.

If he had if you -- vineyards -- -- -- or would he vote for you know because you are billing yourself as a conservative small government guy.

Would he vote for you.

Well not -- myself was conservative I'm extremely conservative but I think you what I spent a lot of time well within the last couple weeks.

And talking about issues and and everything we we discussed he agree with me.

So we are not that four.

And -- won because he was a grim because -- -- -- it's -- -- -- because it's common sense.

And he is liberal and certain issues that really wants a better world like most of us but we don't agree a lot of politics all right.

And so you guys are.

When you talk man to man you don't have the big -- but I'm sure he voted for Barack Obama here in -- -- for Barack Obama.

So there is -- -- now the global warming is his big deal.

The environmental stuff.

Do you believe in global warming do you think that it's being caused by -- -- and where the responsibility.

For this.

Well when he drives a Prius to the challenger you know you -- -- sell a little bit but.

He you know I what I believe in -- is is clean air and clean water and have and no future for our kids.

I don't believe that my Ford FT fifty is causing global warming.

Might get a lot of flak for that but you know we can't tax ourselves by going in with things like the Kyoto Protocol that kind of stuff so.

Now I'm not I'm not a believer but I want to make sure that we're still doing the right thing go on forward I just don't like.

Scaring kids in town that we're cooking -- surprise -- you want clean water and clean air which are not buying into the fact that the human population.

Has depleted the ozone and that's why it's getting warmer if you sits on the very Anderson there.

-- you said your father drives a Prius to the challenger which is a private jet.

You wanna ride around on it.

Well you know his take his heels a lot of trees so his carbon footprint is pretty minimal but I think -- nationalization.

-- me.

-- well it may be that it's like Catholic indulgences are well -- mitigation.

I think we can say a lot of things but when it comes right down to that we we need to have clear and air clean air and clean water but we can't restrict our business because that's the only way.

We're gonna get out of this deficit mess all right you father helping you finance your campaign.

Well he's written me that's -- 500 dollar check like a lot of other people out and I think that's probably on gonna get -- I.

Well mr.

turner we wish you good luck very interest in human.

-- your story and we appreciate you coming up.

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