Opinion: Rupert Murdoch gushes about Barack Obama
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The New York Times, in a prescient 2005 piece about the friendly attitude Rupert Murdoch seemed to have adopted toward Hillary Clinton -- an article that appeared before he surprised political observers by hosting a fundraiser for her 2006 Senate re-election campaign -- had this to say about the media mogul:
‘Much has been made of Rupert Murdoch’s willingness to express a deeply conservative agenda through his worldwide newspaper holdings and most prominently Fox News, but his primary ideological allegiance is to winning.’
That characteristic was on display Wednesday night at a gathering in Carlsbad, Calif. There, according to a Hilary Rosen item on The Huffington Post, Murdoch had this to say about Barack Obama (hardly an ideological soulmate): ‘He is a rock star. ... I love what he is saying about education.’
Playing political prognosticator, he also made clear he’s anticipating an Obama administration. ‘I don’t think he will win Florida,’ Murdoch said, ‘but he will win in Ohio and the election.’
And then there was this personal note: ‘I am anxious to meet him. ... ‘I want to see if he will walk the walk.’
We can only assume Sean Hannity has been left speechless.
-- Don Frederick