Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One Chief, told the Times that Hitler was handy:
“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 went 0-2 (perhaps the whole 4th of July thing threw him) when he weighed in on Democracy:
“it [Democracy] hasn’t done a lot of good for many countries — including this one [Britain]”.
Before finally getting it right - here are his comments on Saddam Hussein:
“Politicians are too worried about elections,” he said. “We did a terrible thing when we supported the idea of getting rid of Saddam Hussein. He was the only one who could control that country. It was the same [with the Taleban]. We move into countries and we have no idea of the culture. The Americans probably thought Bosnia was a town in Miami. There are people starving in Africa and we sit back and do nothing but we get involved in things we should leave alone.”
Last month:
"[Formula One needs] a black, Jewish woman who, if possible, wins some races”.
Don't all sports, really, need an Oprah Goldstine to emerge?
Yes, yes we do.
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