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NY Post Endorses McCain

Praises 'battle-tested courage' over Obama's inexperience

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 8, 2008 8:41 AM CDT

(Newser) – The New York Post “emphatically” endorsed John McCain today, praising the Arizona senator’s “battle-tested courage, unshakeable devotion to principle,” and national security acumen, and dismissing the “tissue-paper-thin resume” of Barack Obama. Despite decades in Washington, McCain “is not of Washington,” the Post argues, something he underscored by picking outsider Sarah Palin as his running mate: “Neither plays well with others.”

The Post praises McCain’s stances on the Iraq war, in which he rightly supported the troop surge, taxes—which he won’t raise—and energy, where he’s become “a strong convert to offshore drilling.” Obama meanwhile would attack Pakistan, raise the capital gains tax, and toe the party line on energy. By defeating Hillary Clinton (whom the Post endorsed) Obama has proven an able politician—but it's not his time. “He should be around for a long time,” the Post writes. “We hope that he is.”

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., addresses supporters at an airport campaign rally Saturday afternoon, Sept. 6, 2008 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., addresses supporters at an airport campaign rally Saturday afternoon, Sept. 6, 2008 in Colorado Springs, Colo.   (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Republican presidential candidate, Sen., John McCain, R-Ariz., addresses supporters during a campaign rally Saturday night, Sept. 6, 2008 in Albuquerque, NM.
Republican presidential candidate, Sen., John McCain, R-Ariz., addresses supporters during a campaign rally Saturday night, Sept. 6, 2008 in Albuquerque, NM.   (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
John McCain, R-Ariz., gestures with his Sharpie while vowing to veto unnecessary spending during an airport campaign rally Saturday afternoon, Sept. 6, 2008 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
John McCain, R-Ariz., gestures with his "Sharpie" while vowing to veto unnecessary spending during an airport campaign rally Saturday afternoon, Sept. 6, 2008 in Colorado Springs, Colo.   (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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McCain has been in Washington for many years now, but he is not of Washington. He knows where the levers of power are located - and how to manipulate them - but he is not controlled by them. - The New York Post

McCain's lifelong record of service to America ... stand[s] in dramatic contrast to the tissue-paper-thin résumé of his Democratic opponent. - The New York Post

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