NEW YORK TIMES FINALLY GIVES UP ON THE DEMENTED CHRIS SHAYS-- ENDORSES DIANE FARRELL

The New York Times always endorses Chris Shays. They fall for that fake moderate bullcrap. Today they stopped falling for it and endorsed Diane Farrell to represent CT-04 in the next Congress. The Times editorial wisely begins with an indictment of the GOP in general-- a perscription to vote out every single one of them, from Lieberman on down:

The most fundamental rule of democracy is that when elected officials fail repeatedly, voters throw them out of office. If the polls are anywhere near accurate, most Americans have concluded that the Republican Party-- particularly the Republican majority in the House of Representatives-- has failed egregiously. On Iraq. On ethics. On oversight of a reckless White House. But that conviction sometimes comes into conflict with the feeling that a good representative should be rewarded with re-election, without regard to party.

And the editors go beyond just the-only-good-Republican-is-a-defeated-Republican meme. "...as his party has moved to the right, Mr. Shays has taken more and more stands with which we have profound disagreement. His position on immigration reform is far closer to the crabbed, xenophobic stance of the House Republicans than the fairer, bipartisan approach of the Senate. During the campaign, his remarks about the treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison-- which he minimized as 'something less than torture'-- were disturbing."

In 2004 The Times endorsed Shays over Farrell. They've finally come to their senses. Since Shays had his public nervous breakdown a couple weeks ago and started flip floppin' all over the place and then said there was no torture in Abu Gharaib, the polls have turned against him. And when the Green Party candidate withdrew in favor of Farrell that may have clinched the deal.