Monday, October 30, 2006

 

Pigs Flying in from the Northeast at 10 to 15 mph

So one of the questions out there is: If the verdict and death sentence come in the Saddam Hussein trial on November 5, as some have predicted, will that be much of a surprise to anyone? Or be a real reason for people who might otherwise stay home to go to the polls two days later? (And how much do you want to bet someone in the West Wing has already polled to see how much it helps the GOP if it happens before the election?)

Cue the apocalypse: the New York Post endorses Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for re-election


Holy frijole. The New York Post today just endorsed Hillary for re-election to the Senate. If you're not familiar with the NY Post, this is like Sean Hannity endorsing Hillary -- which is a pretty close analogy, since both the Post and Fox "News" are part of News Corp, Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

In part of it, they basically admitted that the caricatures they and other right-wing media have been flinging for the past 14 years are woefully out of touch with reality:

As for Mrs. Clinton, well, she's been a pretty good senator -- popular with her colleagues and as productive as a first-term legislator from the minority party probably can be.
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Meanwhile, her positions on numerous issues -- particularly involving national security -- have been much closer to the political center than we would have expected. [Emphasis added.]


Why? Because you had painted her as a humorless, hippy feminazi without actually considering her positions on issues or her actions as either First Lady or on the campaign trail six years ago?

And they even admit that New Yorkers actually could prefer their senators to have national ambitions. Of course, they use that admission to hold their nose about the endorsement -- strongly implying it will only go so far:

...[W]e think she's done such a good job these last six years that she'd do well to serve six more. If not 12.

Re-elect Hillary.

In 2012.


Har har. I'm not saying she's my front-runner for president, but it's nice to see a gun tower of the vast right-wing conspiracy give her her props for once.

Perhaps we should have seen this one coming. Conservative activists at the recent News Corp annual meeting peppered Murdoch with questions about whether or not he was going soft in the war on liberals, and specifically mentioned a recent fundraiser the company had hosted for Sen. Clinton.

According to the Financial Times:

Mr Murdoch called the fundraiser "a courtesy" and praised Ms Clinton as "a very intelligent and smart, charming politician."


Sean Hannity, call your office.
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