Predictably they endorsed Evita http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/opinion/25fri1.html

. But check out their kudos to John McCain :

We have strong disagreements with all the Republicans running for president. The leading candidates have no plan for getting American troops out of Iraq. They are too wedded to discredited economic theories and unwilling even now to break with the legacy of President Bush. We disagree with them strongly on what makes a good Supreme Court justice.
Still, there is a choice to be made, and it is an easy one. Senator John McCain of Arizona is the only Republican who promises to end the George Bush style of governing from and on behalf of a small, angry fringe.

Primary Choices: John McCain - New York Times

No word yet on if McCain will demand a retraction .

Their critique of Rudy on the other hand is enough to convince me to give him my support .

speechlesstx

tom, I had just read the McCain endorsement prior to your post and man did they slam Rudy. It does kind of make me like him even more

Here's an interesting take on the McCain endorsement from Hugh Hewitt:

NeedKarma

That man is an idiot.

tomder55

Quote:

We have shuddered at Mr. McCain’s occasional, tactical pander to the right because he has demonstrated that he has the character to stand on principle

Yep ;when he's not pandering he's got that principle thing going for him.

American Spectator's Peter J. Wallison compares him favorably to Reagan.

The American Spectator

So...... he's Reaganesque without having the conservative orthodoxy. I get it.

But what was Reagan without his strong advocacy of conservatism ? As I recall McCain often betrayed conservative principles in the persuit of building the reputation of a maverick. I think there has to be alot of healing in the ranks before he is accepted .

speechlesstx

Do you have anything good to say about a conservative?

NeedKarma

You should no me better than that. Unlike you I take people as individuals not as groups that I like or hate.

As for your "journalist"'s article: how much drama are you trying to create when you label someone as against life, against being original, against growth?

speechlesstx

Michael Reagan seems to think Newt could end up healing the ranks. As it is I'm bracing for the idea of McCain or Romney as the guy. Of course I don't get to vote until March 4th so they may very well be the only two choices left by then...other than Ron Paul

tomder55

Cheney !!!!!!

speechlesstx

Ok, conservative members of the media. You repeatedly slam FNC, you just slammed O'Reilly and now call Hewitt an idiot. Not mention that little "unlike you" dig on me which is totally false - there is an obvious pattern here and I know you can rise above that.

LOL, after all these years of reading the fear mongering, vitriol, intolerance and outright hatred from people like Keith Olbermann, Bill Maher, Janeane Garafalo and Ted Rall, that was pretty tame. My question is, is he wrong about the Times?

speechlesstx

There is still the prospect that Bush will cancel the election and execute a "Bush/Cheney/Rove dictatorial coup."