May 23 2008
Clinton staying in the race in case of…assassination!
Not kidding, Hillary brought it up today. I may be willing to give her the benefit of the doubt on this one, but what a stupid thing to say.
Hillary Clinton today brought up the assassination of Sen. Robert Kennedy while defending her decision to stay in the race against Barack Obama. ‘My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don’t understand it,’ she said, dismissing calls to drop out.”
Clinton made her comments at a meeting with the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader’s editorial board while campaigning in South Dakota, where she complained that, ‘People have been trying to push me out of this ever since Iowa.’”
Yes, let’s infer that Obama might be assassinated, that’s sure to convince the Superdelegates to support you instead. She says she was only referring to the fact that past primaries did not end until June and she had been thinking about the Kennedys lately. Maybe so, who knows. I don’t think she would purposely make a comparison between Obama’s nomination and an assassination. Or would she? Honestly, any neutral observer has to look at the statements coming out of her mouth and her campaign the last couple weeks and almost feel sorry for her. You have to wonder what fantasy land she is living in right now. Silly arguments about “winning” the popular vote, Soviet-style. Ludicrous claims comparing MI/FL to Zimbabwe and the civil rights movement. Apparently trying (or Bill trying) to force her way onto the ticket as VP. Who really wants this circus and irrationality around for another 4-8 years? Not me. Cue the curtain please. WHERE ARE THOSE SUPERDELEGATES!?!?! DECLARE! DECLARE!
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Okay…I am trying to be fair here…I do NOT think she WANTS something bad to happen. But it certainly raises the specter of something very scary to a lot of people (so much so that blacks initially were afraid to back Obama b/c of it). So either it was (1) unintentionally extremely stupid or (2) intentionally extremely stupid and evil. Even if it’s #1, goodbye VP possibilities (thank goodness) b/c how can you have her a heartbeat from the presidency? Anything ever happened and the conspiracy theories would NEVER stop.
My first reaction was WTF?! because it seemed dropped in there out of nowhere (like “Jesse Jackson won in 1988, not that anyone asked”). And she could have used other examples–like hello, just say TED Kennedy if you are thinking about him–and she has brought this up before, and also more vaguely “if something happened” kind of thing. When you make an argument more than once, it’s not a mistake, it’s a talking point.
And it doesn’t help for her to not address the implications people are discussing; if that’s not what you meant, apologize to the man’s wife that his kids might hear “Obama” and “assassination” on the news in the same sentence, and tell the world you find the thought reprehensible.
I guess I think she did it half-intentionally, if that makes any sense: she didn’t mean to say that, exactly, but it’s basically what’s left of her argument anyway. But it doesn’t really matter because any way you look at it, it was DISQUALIFYINGLY STUPID.
Forget cue the curtain—where’s the big ol’ HOOK?
Okay, I’m feeling more charitable now—I don’t think she meant to bring up assassination, I think she just meant June. I almost felt sorry for her for a second reading this:
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/on-the-road-clintons-very-bad-day/
I did say almost. It was still really stupid. And it’s still really stupid/rude to apologize to Kennedys and not Obamas. But he is taking the high road as usual, so…let’s move on. To the next stupid tone-deaf self-serving consequences-be-damned thing she says.
I don’t care if she meant it the way that some people interpreted it. She has me thoroughly convinced she’s just starving for power.
Go away, Billary.