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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Thursday, January 24, 2008

For what it's worth - NYTimes endorses Clinton, McCain

The NYTimes endorses Hillary Clinton on the Dem side. If you believe in newspaper endorsements, it's a pretty good one, citing experience and known competence.

Much more entertaining is the endorsement of John McCain, not for what it says about McCain, but for what it says about Giuliani.
The real Mr. Giuliani, whom many New Yorkers came to know and mistrust, is a narrow, obsessively secretive, vindictive man who saw no need to limit police power. Racial polarization was as much a legacy of his tenure as the rebirth of Times Square.

Mr. Giuliani’s arrogance and bad judgment are breathtaking......

The Rudolph Giuliani of 2008 first shamelessly turned the horror of 9/11 into a lucrative business, with a secret client list, then exploited his city’s and the country’s nightmare to promote his presidential campaign.

Not that Republicans care what the NYTimes has to say, but still...

2 Comments:

  • By and large the establishment papers have been endorsing the establishment candidates.... at least in the northeast. I don't know how it's playing out in Atlanta, Louisiana, Houston, etc.

    By Blogger -epm, at 6:23 AM  

  • Good point.

    (Houston hasn't endorsed because the primary is still over a month away, and frankly, the paper is kind of a joke.)

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 7:17 AM  

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