Thread: Rupert Murdoch predicts landslide for Democrats

News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday predicted a Democratic landslide in the U.S. presidential election against a gloomy economic backdrop over the next 18 months.

He likes Obama.

Murdoch said Obama and John McCain, the expected nominee of the Republican Party, both have a lot of problems, but McCain will be hurt by his party and his close ties to Washington. Race will be an issue for Obama, who would be the first black U.S. president, but "it looks like he overcomes that, overcomes that totally."

Murdoch is associated with conservative political views but has a reputation for a pragmatic streak in major national races where he has shown a willingness to switch sides when he detects major political changes afoot.
"I think it (a recession) is one we will be coming out of for quite some time," Murdoch said. "In the next 18 months, this country is going to be in for a very hard time."

In the 2008 U.S. Presidential race, Murdoch said he is not yet backing anyone, but then quickly added: "I want to meet Obama. I want to know if he going to walk the walk."

Murdoch said he had played a role in the endorsement by the New York Post, one of his global stable of papers, in endorsing Obama during the Democratic primary with Hillary Clinton in New York.

Rupert Murdoch predicts landslide for Democrats | Politics | Reuters

Of course it's going to be a democratic landslide, the guys obviously not stupid. We have had a repuplican fuck up everything he touches for 8 years what the hell do you think is going to happen. I have no idea but when was the last time a president served 8years and left with an approval rating around 25% had his party re-elected?

Originally Posted by Pragmatist

Of course it's going to be a democratic landslide, the guys obviously not stupid. We have had a repuplican fuck up everything he touches for 8 years what the hell do you think is going to happen. I have no idea but when was the last time a president served 8years and left with an approval rating around 25% had his party re-elected?

Your right. Kind of a no-brainer. :dunno:

Originally Posted by Blueneck

He likes Obama.



Rupert Murdoch predicts landslide for Democrats | Politics | Reuters

Welp, that settles that.:cryandrun:

Maybe Uncle Ted Nugent runs in 2012, bringing balance to the force....er, uh, I mean kicks some Liberal Ass!

Wait....I thought Murdoch was in the tank for republicans? He likes Obama?
Whichever of the three candidates "win", America will have a "mudslide" for the next 4 years.

Originally Posted by Migi e!

Wait....I thought Murdoch was in the tank for republicans? He likes Obama?
Whichever of the three candidates "win", America will have a "mudslide" for the next 4 years.

Better than the neck deep shitslide that's taken over the country in the last 8 years.
Your righty rhetoric is dead deary.

Originally Posted by Inkslinger

Better than the neck deep shitslide that's taken over the country in the last 8 years.
Your righty rhetoric is dead deary.

Ah, so the "shitslid" will be replaced with a mudslide & that's ok with you? Well, to each his own.

Originally Posted by Migi e!

Ah, so the "shitslid" will be replaced with a mudslide & that's ok with you? Well, to each his own.

It stinks less.
Face it, ya can't do much more damage to the country than GWB has.
Anyone new will be a refreshing change.... except McSame.
Nothing new there.

Originally Posted by Migi e!

Ah, so the "shitslid" will be replaced with a mudslide & that's ok with you? Well, to each his own.

Yeah, if those are the only two choices most with any common sense would choose the mud rather than the shit. Some might be stupid enough to say I don't care which, but not many.