Murdoch's New York Post Endorses Hillary

Right-Leaning Tabloid Once Said 'Don't Run,' Now Backs Sen. Clinton For Re-Election

(CBS/AP)  The New York Post endorsed Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for re-election on Monday, saying her Republican challenger, John Spencer, "isn't a credible alternative."

The endorsement comes as a surprise given the right-leaning views of the Post, owned by media magnate Rupert Murdoch.

Clinton won her Senate seat in 2000 despite a concerted effort by the Post to attack her candidacy. The Post even ran a pleading headline, "Don't Run!" before Clinton formally joined the race.

During Bill Clinton's last year in the White House, the Post's news pages frequently referred to him as "horndog-in-chief."

"Surprised? Well, so are we — a little," said the editorial in the Post, which has a generally right-leaning editorial page. "But, then, there really isn't much of a choice in this race."

And what about Clinton's reported White House aspirations?

"...We think she's done such a good job these last six years that she'd do well to serve six more. If not 12," said the Post. "Re-elect Hillary. In 2012."

In addition to the Post, News Corp., the global media conglomerate controlled by Murdoch, owns Fox News and other television networks, as well as The Times of London and many other British and Australian newspapers.

Despite the general conservative slant of Murdoch's media, he hosted a fund-raising breakfast for Clinton in July, which was "a shock to both his right-wing allies and his liberal enemies," according to The New Yorker.

The Post seems to have been kinder to Clinton recently.

"Well, New Yorkers simply expect their major officeholders to be presidential aspirants — and the pols always rise to the bait (occasionally delivering ludicrous results; has anyone seen George Pataki in New York lately?)," the Post editorial read.

"So Hillary's caught the bug. So what?"

[bluestardad]

blah blah blah, win this election first then in 08 talk of 08

[Atlantic2752]

hey misvision, see ya later

[rsoxfan1123]

huskerarmy-you hit the nail on the head, as per usual.

[rsoxfan1123]

Hillary Clinton is inteligent, charismatic and capable leader. anyone that has heard her speak conversationally knows she is a quick wit with a reliable moral compass. She couldn't fix the damage done by bush and his cronies overnight, but she could get us moving in the right direction.

[huskerarmy]

"If you liberals need a candidate with promise there is only one person who can help ...Barack Obama. He's your ONLY hope!"

Barack and Hillary agree on many more issues then they disagree on. And of course when Mr. Obama is ready, the righties will swift boat him just the same and misvision will certainly disovow the statement above.

[rsoxfan1123]

mlsvision is probably freudian for misogyny, a common republican trait....

[huskerarmy]

"If that women is elected president I'm moving out of this country."

Is that a promise?

[huskerarmy]

"Chris Wallace, from Fox News, the guy who interviewed Bill Clinton when he popped a gasket was a registered democrat."

Wallace explained his party affiliation... by noting that a large majority of D.C. is Democrat. "If you want a say in who's going to be the next mayor or councilman, you have to vote in the Democratic primary."
He however maintains that he has voted for candidates from both major parties.

Bob Novak once indicated that he too is a Democrat. Bob also lives in DC, where, as a practical matter, only Democrats get to vote, at least if you want it to count for some thing.

The Chris Wallace we've all seen and know is nevertheless extremely conservative.

[oleander8]

There's no doubt that far-right conservatives have a disabling fear of the Clinton's -- I've never understood it.

Kudos to Murdoch for looking at the candidates and judging them at their worth and not their party affiliation. It's what more people should be doing.

[rsoxfan1123]

mlsvision- I think you typing "women" instead of "woman" is a freudian slip. Beter stare at FOX with your shotgun in hand, get all ready for the Second Coming.

[mlsvision]

If that women is elected president I'm moving out of this country. If you think politics are bad now with W. in office it's only going to get worse. This country will accomplish nothing with her in office. If you liberals need a candidate with promise there is only one person who can help ...Barack Obama. He's your ONLY hope!

[mlsvision]

If that women is elected president I'm moving out of this country. If you think politics are bad now with W. in office it's only going to get worse. This country will accomplish nothing with her in office. If you liberals need a candidate with promise there is only one person who can help ...Barack Obama. He's your ONLY hope!

[christiansin]

I must start by acknowledging that my favorite news netowork, CBS, pretty clearly tries to appeal to a liberal audience. They tend to feature most prominently the stories that embarass conservative (how could they avoid doing this lately) and stories that generally appeal to liberals.

It is one thing to run stories that appeal to a conservative or liberal audience. It is another thing all together to create stories that appeal to that particular audience and that is what Fox and the rest of Murdoch's so-called "news" organizations do if you ask me. What the Chris Wallace interview with Bill Clinton was supposed to be is an example of that. Turns out they created some news, but it wasn't the news they intended to make thanks to the piece of Bill's mind that was shared that day.

This New York Post endorsement and Murdoch's fund raiser are just Murdoch trying to look (but not be)less slanted for the sake of avoiding the lose of the their more moderate audience members if you ask me.

[ronniehm]

Win or lose, she'll be spending the next two years campaigning for president. You won't see her doing much of anything for New York.

[cathaleen]

I think Hillary to would make a great president.
Afterall she lived in the White House for eight years and knows how it operates (worked with her husband behind the scenes), is a Senator and
is brilliant. She's got my vote.

[bluestardad]

ANYONE BUT BUSH

[luvny-2009]

Would LOVE to see Hilary in the White house! But I'm afraid there are still too many that just don't want a women as President. They'd rather have a male, that has the iq of a flea, known drunk and drug user that was born with a silver spoon up his butt and has a Daddy and Mother that took care of all his mistakes and covered for him his whole life.

[angryliberal-2009]

Oh, and the %u201CNeo-Con%u201D Chris Wallace, from Fox News, the guy who interviewed Bill Clinton when he popped a gasket was a registered democrat. Yes the host of Fox news Sunday is a registered democrat. Wonder why didn%u2019t get any coverage on CNN, ABC, or CBS?

[angryliberal-2009]

CBS should not even be considered as a reputable news agency. They are a joke; CBS might as well be MoveOn.org. Their agenda is clear, but they deny it. CBS does not give any say to republicans or conservatives on their station. They have no right to say what persuasion other media is until they acknowledge their own%u2026lol. What is this hypocritical liberal kick lately of accusing newspapers and news stations of being conservative slanted when they wont even recognize that all the big media is completely liberal. They call any station or newspaper that does not unabashedly preach liberalism as right wing (i.e. Fox and these other papers). At least Fox always gives a say to liberals on their station. Stations like CNN, ABC, CBS, etc. have been outspokenly liberal for years, but will not admit it. The only reason they are bringing up bias right now is because they have been challenged and they don%u2019t like it because they don%u2019t know how to deal with it. They cant deal with Fox being the number one cable news station in the country with literally double the ratings of CNN so they must attack them. They feel threatened and they are offended that their views have been questioned.

[rsoxfan1123]

Go Hillary. She does have class. She is highly intelligent, blessed with common sense and a good moral compass. I don't understand why she is considered by some to be "extreme". I cannot think of a single idea or thing she said to place herself in this category. It seems to be an unfounded extreme right attack tactic to label her this way.