Only in California, LA Times Endorses Republican

On Thursday the L.A. Times endorsed Paul McCloskey for Congress. Here are a couple of sniplets from the article.

“The best thing that could happen for the district, the state, the nation and possibly the Republican Party."

"He's the kind of Republican who in other states might be called a Democrat."

The article did a good job of explaining that he was a veteren opposed to Vietnam, supported John Kerry, "And as for environmentalism — well, it has been a long time since Teddy Roosevelt was in the White House."

If this guy is so aligned with what they call the great Democrat causes, then why isn't he running as a Democrat?

But I'm not done on this guy yet. Little Green Footballs pointed out that the Times failed to mention McCloskey's ties to the Institute for Historical Review. WHo are they? IHR is the leading Holocaust denial organization in the U.S.

Had the TImes given a fair assessment of McCloskey they should have provided that information.

Also keep in mind that this is the state that elected the intellecual Schwarzneggar. So its quite possible that this could be a case where a liberal newspaper endorses a Republican, and it doesn't automatically kill his chances at winning.