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Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone
In an interview with London's The Times newspaper, Ecclestone expressed a preference for "strong leaders," citing former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Max Mosley, outgoing head of Formula One's governing body, as examples.
He was quoted as saying that democracy "hasn't done a lot of good for many countries — including this one."
"In a lot of ways, terrible to say this I suppose, but apart from the fact that Hitler got taken away and persuaded to do things that I have no idea whether he wanted to do or not, he was in the way that he could command a lot of people, able to get things done," Ecclestone was quoted as saying.
Ecclestone also said the West had been wrong to depose Iraq's Sadam Hussein, saying: "Politicians are too worried about elections. We did a terrible thing when we supported the idea of getting rid of Saddam Hussein, he was the only one who could control the country. It was the same (with the Taliban.)," added Ecclestone.
The Board of Deputies of British Jews told The Times that Ecclestone's views were "quite bizarre," and Jewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard said he was "either an idiot or morally repulsive." Labour Party lawmaker Denis MacShane told the newspaper that the remarks revealed ignorance of history and "a complete lack of judgment."
Ecclestone, who owns F1's commercial rights, is no stranger to controversial remarks. He once said women should dress in white "like all other domestic appliances."
In The Times interview, Ecclestone said that had been a joke, adding "I would love to have a good lady race driver and preferably black and Jewish too, but they might take maternity leave."
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Jul 04, 2009 at 09:59 PM Anonymous Says:
Put him in an institutuin.
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Jul 04, 2009 at 09:59 PM Anonymous Says:
Put him in an institutuin.
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Jul 04, 2009 at 10:28 PM The name says it all Says:
Bernie!!!! Bern baby bern
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Jul 04, 2009 at 10:39 PM he needs to b ignored Says:
F1 is a redneck sport , and his audiance r a bunch of drunk racists like he is , we shuld not pay him any att. he shall knock himself out . we r above that we need not allways use d antisemith card
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Jul 04, 2009 at 11:10 PM Anonymous Says:
It's always the same: Iraq war bad, israel bad, muslims good, hitler good.
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Jul 05, 2009 at 05:40 AM long live F1 Says:
“ F1 is a redneck sport , and his audiance r a bunch of drunk racists like he is , we shuld not pay him any att. he shall knock himself out . we r above that we need not allways use d antisemith card ”
Your ignorance is palpable. DO the research. F1 racing is in no way a red neck sport and has been a prestigious racing event since the 1950's. your are confuseing this event with NASCAR racing. Mainly rich Europeans watch F1 along with some others around the world. Most of the significant advances in road car technology comes through the development of the F1 cars. Bernie Eccelstone might have been wrong in his use of these analogy's , but remember that he's a British guy with a weird sense of humor more than anything. I'm sure no harm was meant by it.
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Jul 05, 2009 at 12:26 AM Anonymous Says:
he looks weird
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Jul 05, 2009 at 12:14 AM Anonymous Says:
Let's all boycut the F1 with all the $ coming in to them he will feel it big time
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Jul 05, 2009 at 01:54 PM Anonymous Says:
“ It's always the same: Iraq war bad, israel bad, muslims good, hitler good. ”
Are you for real, or are you a rightwing nut, again you just try to change what this guy said and make him sound as he is a lefty, this guy is a far rightwing nut who supports iron leadership, like Margaret Thatcher, Hitler, and is against democracy, woman except in the kitchen, get for real, clean your spectacles. It is about time that your get your fact right.