ajc.com Ted Turner talks

Ted Turner was in true Ted Turner form on Friday, playfully musing like a stand-up comic about everything from ex-wife Jane Fonda to Georgia politics.

Turning to the Nov. 5 election, he said he almost "laid down and cried" over the results.

"My governor in Georgia was a great environmentalist but he got beat," he said. "And my poor senator. . .he's a war hero."

He asked the crowd of mostly environmentalists whether anyone favored war with Iraq. When no one raised their hand he said laughingly "why didn't any of you vote?"

Any environmentalist who doesn't vote is not a friend of the earth. Ted Turner -- proving you can be a billionaire and be a liberal.