Rupert Murdoch Endorsing… Barack Obama?

What the hell?

Rupert Murdoch — the Australian bazillionaire uber-conservative and Chairman of News Corp, which owns Fox News — almost sounded like he was endorsing Barack Obama for president while he was speaking at a conference last night…

"He is a rock star. It's fantastic." "I love what he is saying about education." "I don't think he will win Florida…..but he will win in Ohio and the election." "I am anxious to meet him." "I want to see if he will walk the walk."

I keep reading the words over and over again, but it never makes any more sense.

Well, maybe he's just saying nice things about all the candidates. Just in case…

"McCain is a friend of mine. He's a patriot. But he's unpredicatble. Doesn't seem to know much about the economy. He has been in Congress a long time, and you have to make a lot of compromises. So what's he really stand for?… I think he has a lot of problems."

I'm getting scared now.

Oh, wait a minute! I know what happened. The liberal bloggers must have gotten to him.