Posted by
Ryan Hawkins on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 3:41:35 PM
On December 16, 2007 the McCain campaign thought they had crippled the Romney campaign when
McCain won the endorsement of the Boston Globe. (After all, this was right from Romney's back yard - if Romney was such a good governor, why wouldn't a prominent Massachusetts Newspaper endorse Mitt?)
Unfortunately, the Boston Globe is a liberal newspaper with a liberal agenda. As Mitt was arguably the most conservative candidate in the race, it was obvious he wouldn't be winning any endorsements from a liberal paper like the Globe.
That begs the question: Why endorse McCain?
Answer: To put myself in their shoes - if I really want Hillary or Barack to win the whitehouse, then why not use my influence to help the GOP nominate a weaker candidate? That being my strategy, I can then start up the attacks on how much of a weakling McCain really is once he has the GOP nomination wrapped up...maybe even sooner. Sounds ridiculous to accuse the Boston Globe of such deceitful, manipulative behavior - right? Wrong!
Now that McCain is the clear front runner and likely nominee, the Globe has flip-flopped, and
is now in "Attack McCain" mode. It has barely been two months since that very paper endorsed McCain, now they are unloading on him. Unbelievable!! When the Boston Globe endorsed John McCain, this should have been a red flag to republicans. The GOP has been duped into nominating McCain. I hate to say the GOP has lost this election, but we all know McCain doesn't have a chance in November...especially against the young, charismatic, energetic, enthusiastic, well-funded Obama. Don't get me wrong - McCain still has my vote, but McCain's odds of winning in November are about the same as Ron Paul's odds of winning the GOP nomination (in my humble opinion.)