New York Post gives early nod to McCain

Why is it okay for a newspaper to endorse any candidate?

I agree on one part. "Neither plays well with others". Since when was this a good quality?

Agreed. Whatever happened to a press that at least tried to report objectively? What's the point of having an editorial section if the whole newspaper is one big editorial disguised as news?

What a surprise! I liken it to Fox New endorsing McCain. The McCain/Palin slogan should be:"Welcome back to the Dark Ages!" mjm

What a surpise - almost as surprising as Fox News endorsing McCain.

The McCain/Palin slogan should be "Welcome back to the Dark Ages!"

I second that. But it's not as if it wasn't obvious anyway. Fox news might as well come out and endorse him too. Then NBC and ABC can come out and endorse Obama. The bias is all so obvious.

But that's what freedom is all about.

If anything, polls should definitely be illegal, because they jeopardize our freedom. Many people vote based on polls. News media gives coverage based on polls. Polls also reflect news media coverage, so that's kind of a vicious cycle. People should vote based on the issues.

Good question. Ask the Globe; all they do is continually endorse left-wing democrat candidates.

Your question makes the major assumption that the NY Post can even be considered a newspaper... Might as well have gotten an endorsement from the National Enquirer....

Because they can along with Unions. Remember it is America you Liberal, I don't trust Obama, he is a self filled prophesy not in touch with todays dangerous world

Once upon a time, newspapers would attempt to distill political happenings into truth, and report on that. If one candidate were better than the other, the newspaper would say so, explain why, and ultimately publish support for a candidate.

Nowadays, "truth" has given way to "fairness", which itself has come to mean "tell both sides of any story, no matter how valueless the arguments, without comment". Today's media shirks their responsibility to get the facts straight, so the job then falls to the average citizen.

The average citizen is not an investigative reporter. The results are apparent.

Why is it okay for Oprah to interview Obamessiah twice while not willing to interview Palin even once?

Since when is it bad for the people who research and write about a topic to actually draw conclusions from that research and experience?
NY Post is not a publicly supported medium like network airtime. They own (or pay for) gathering, editing, printing, and distributing and so can say what they want short of libel.

Will the Globe's endorsement of Barack Obama be described as the liberal-leaning?

Just wondering

New York Post = Boston Herald

Both are conservative rags that aren't worth the paper they're printed on. About as unbiased as Rush Limbaugh

@sjr

Stooge... Weve been doing this for ages. Have you not been reading the papers over the last election cycles? You must be a European

Great, but when any - any - newspaper endorses Barack Obama it will be accused of liberal bias

'not playing well with others' has been the primary cause for the America's decline in global position this past decade. A smart recipe for repair doesn't seem to include a confirmed sabre-rattler and a running mate who "doesn't know what a VP does" and who counts being located a few thousand miles from the least populous part of Russia as "international experience".

But then again, it is the NY Post...

Well, that cinches it for me. Any new word on Paris Hilton's alien baby?

The New York Post enthusiastically endorses McCain.......and no one is surprised at all.

Excellent choice, Sarah will be a huge plus in getting out the conservative vote for McCain. Not only is Obama finally being vetted even though the mainstream media has given him a pass. In addition his poor choice of Joe Biden, a lifelong beltway insider proves Obama is the wrong guy

I agree that Newspapers should not be endorsing anyone. It seems contrary to their purpose of supplying unbiased information.
However, since Liberal Rags like this one endorse Obama so badly through smear campaigns and false reporting, I am glad that at least one paper has come out and supported the only viable candidate for President.
Obama is a travesty.

McCain/Palin 2008

Even though I support McCain, I've always questioned why newpapers and magazines got in the business of supporting a candidate. Once their support is declared how can their reporting be considered anything but biased?

Great Job Post, come on Globe, be unpredictable, endorse the best ticket for this country - McCain/Palin. The Post is dead-on correct in its assessment.

Why is it okay for a newspaper to endorse any candidate???

Because it's guaranteed in the United States Constitution. The Post is a for-profit business and risks alienating customers just like any other business or celebrity when they endorse a specific candidate. And when you are right, you are right. Obama is the least qualified person out of the four involved in this race. It's irresponsible to hire Obama for the biggest, most complex most serious Executive job in the world with ZERO experience as a decision maker, or leader of as much as a Dairy Queen. A Senator votes along with 99 others on each decision. An executive makes decisions with no shared responsibility. There's an enormous difference. The only way Dems could have lost this election was put up the worst possible candidate...AND THEY DID!!!! Mind boggling.

My guess is that there is a hint of sarcasam in the air....

"Why is it okay for Oprah to interview Obamessiah twice while not willing to interview Palin even once?"

Probably because it's her show.

If people choose the next President because a newspaper tells them to, we're in for real trouble. It's your responsibility to research each candidate, not the media.

When the Globe endorses Obama, will the paper describe itself as "liberal-leaning?"

First of all, Oprah decided BEFORE the campaigns started last year that she wouldn't put ANY of the candidates on her show to use as a platform, and she's stuck to that pledge. Obama has not appeared on Oprah since he began his campaign and neither has anyone else. Did you hear the GOP screaming when Hillary didn't get an invite to Oprah? Get a grip, America.

I can't believe half our country wants another 4-8 years of Bushonomics. McCain has had 25+ years to prove he's an agent of change. Hasn't happened yet. Won't happen in the future. He's playing poker, "bluffing" the American people by saying whatever we want to hear and adopting pretty much every one of his opponent's popular talking points. Now the GOP has put an "angry right" evangelical in the backup spot for a guy who's a 4x cancer survivor who would be 73-77 years old in his first term. Odds are GREAT that she would become president. And what do we really know about her, other than the important facts that she can give a good speech and field dress a moose? I'm not going to vote for a mystery woman whose dirty laundry makes her look like just one more greedy, far right, 'do as I say and not as I do' politician.

Bush told whopping lies to get elected. Fool us once, shame on you. Fool us twice, and we are screwed.

AHAHAHA you libs have many more newspapers who have been banging the drum for Obambi every since he came out. Quit yer b!tching!

"I can't believe half our country wants another 4-8 years of Bushonomics"

I can, because it's not about the ecomomy, stupid, it's about abortion and god. This country can fall into the deepest recession, even depression, but as long as the pro-lifers get their way, and they have their "rapture," nothing else matters.

Boston Globe = Communist Manifesto

I wonder which candidate the Boston Globe will endorse????

Boston Globe = Communist Manifesto

PUMA

When the New York Times, Boston Globe, and Los Angeles Times endorses Obama (not if, but when), let's see if you write "the liberal-leaning New York Times, the liberal-leaning Boston Globe, and the liberal-leaning Los Angeles Times endorses the person they've given great press to the past two years......"

I doubt it.

I am a New Yorker, and the New York Post is hardly a newspaper. Its another billboard for Rupert Murdoch propaganda for the Republicans.

The Post, Fox news the WSJ and numerous other papers owned by Rupert has brought us George Bush for 2 terms. I don't think being objective is in their vocabulary.

Funny how the left-wingers are up in arms about this.

They don't seem to be saying anything about the Media's love affair with Obama. You're blind if you don't see it. It got so bad they had to demote Olbermann and Matthews on MSNBC.

And how unbelievable unfair they've been to Sarah Palin attacking her family and her ability to lead because she has children. Hey some of JFK's children were born during his term as President. Should he have resigned so he could be a good father?

Hey Trainwreck -- was that Oprah so teary-eyed after Obama's speech she couldn't speak? She's a Obama-maniac! Totally in the tank for him.

Obama has less experience than Sarah Palin and he's running for President! Oh I forgot, he's got executive experience running his campaign for President for two out of the less than 4 years he's been in office. My bad...

Washington needs someone who can shake up corruption like Sarah Palin. Remember she went after fellow Republicans and sold the prior Governor's private jet.

What we don't need is an inexperienced product of the corrupt Chicago political machine as our President. Please, NObama.

I can't believe that Michelle Obama actually thinks that "status quo joe" biden is smart! He has reputation for being on the failing side of foreign policy issues and has proven himself to be wrong on many. The "surge" being one of them.

Since he's had two aneurisms already, I guess that makes him a heartbeat away from predicting the future of Obama, he would be unfit for the presidency because its not a position for on the job training. Imagaine Obama and Pelosi in charge.
We can inflate our tires and wait for the sun and wind to come to save us!

It won't be long before MSLSD, I mean MSNBC, endorses Obama. Then again, if you've ever heard their left-wing nutjobs like Matthews and Obermann, then you know they've already done so with their "objective" journalism.

Great job NY Post!!!!

The end times are very real, and a tangible concern for Christians today. Sarah Palin in particular has an important role in God's plan. We are all instruments of God -- McCain may or may not win the Presidency, but he has fulfilled his God-given purpose: to bring Sarah to the attention of the world.

The King James Bible, and our American Constitution are the only recent true revelations of the word of God, and their communication to us is evidence of what is approaching. Christians now need to look to Sarah as a mother and a leader, and ask: are we ready?

Well, I live in New York and I see everyday how the NY Post tries to lift McCain's image to its readers.
Now, they have to confront the crude reality on their own eyes, Obama is the clear favorite five days before election day.
Rupert Murdock is to blame for this error and will pay a price for it along with all his decadent organization, the anglo-conservadorism. Now they are going to be afflicted and will become more in touch with new reality.
They will evolve and grasp a bit of modern capitalism. Thanks to Obama's intellect!