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WHY HILL WON'T DROP OUT: BOBBY KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED IN JUNE
nypost.com ^ | May 23, 2008

Posted on 05/23/2008 12:30:59 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

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To: Lijahsbubbe

bttt


381 posted on 05/23/2008 3:53:25 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: StarFan; Husker8877
The Clintons will ride back in to the WH—thanks to enablers like Rush, yourself, and far too many FReepers.

Beside Rush, I believe the biggest offender has been Foxnews with Hannity dutifully reporting the dirt spoonfed to him by Sydney Blumenthal.

Oh that's too funny. It completely misses the point that the biggest obstacle we have in 2008 is the GOP leftist candidate. We're the problem folks. If we had a strong conservative who could address the issues we'd be sitting pretty after this Democrat fiasco.

382 posted on 05/23/2008 3:57:11 PM PDT by bcsco (To heck with a third party. We need a second one....)
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To: Bokababe
To turn the remark into the "threat to Obama" that not a few here alluded to, requires more gymnastics than even I can justify -- and that's going some!

I'd like to give her the benefit of the doubt but this ISN'T THE FIRST TIME she made the statement and to say it was because Ted Kennedy was on her mind is another Bosnia lie. Please note she said the following on March 6th, long before Ted Kennedy's diagnosis"

383 posted on 05/23/2008 4:08:33 PM PDT by StarFan
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To: NeoCaveman

LOL


384 posted on 05/23/2008 4:10:39 PM PDT by Continental Soldier
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To: NewJerseyJoe
“If a Republican had said that, he would be front-page news for the next two weeks, and would be hounded mercilessly by the MSM until he resigned from office.”

It is laughable all the Hildybots here on FR that claim the media hates this witch. The press covers for her just like for Obama. This is a great example, the potentially biggest mistake of the campaign, and the media will bury it.

Like you said, if a Republican said this, we'd get no relief from it for weeks. The media would blare it seven times an hour, and the speaker would be banished to political hades. They still love the Clintons. The Clintons are the most wicked and evil pair ever foisted on this country. And they have blood all over their hands.

385 posted on 05/23/2008 4:10:44 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: All

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386 posted on 05/23/2008 4:12:26 PM PDT by cyberella
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To: Free ThinkerNY

""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."

Okay, maybe I'm missing something, but by referring to both Bill and Bobby campaigning into June wasn't she trying to make the point that there is precedence for campaigns going on that long? That it wasn't necessarily unusual? That's how I interpreted it based on her preceding comments about people trying to get her to drop out since Iowa.

387 posted on 05/23/2008 4:17:53 PM PDT by Mila
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To: NewJerseyJoe

Well after all, it’s not like she misspelled “potato” or something.


388 posted on 05/23/2008 4:19:41 PM PDT by Hunton Peck (Just sittin' here ponderin' the zeitgeist.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Oh well.


389 posted on 05/23/2008 4:24:32 PM PDT by processing please hold ( A gov. big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have)
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To: Bokababe
To turn the remark into the "threat to Obama" that not a few here alluded to, requires more gymnastics than even I can justify -- and that's going some!

Oh please, spare me. Hillary knows exactly what she's saying, just as Bill knew what he was saying when he made his Jesse Jackson comment, and what Ed Rendell was saying when he said Pennsyltuckians weren't ready to vote for a black guy.

Hillary could have used other examples to talk about long primary seasons or decisions going all the way to the convention. In fact, she could have still referred to the '68 convention without mentioning RFK's assassination at all (although I think that's a stupid convention to reference given what happened).

No, Hillary was playing upon what a lot of black people fear - that somebody will take Obama out. It catches her some flack now, but it'll die down soon, all the while it'll be in the back of people's minds.

I do think it was political suicide though - had she used it a few weeks ago, the comment would have better served her. This late in the game, it's of no use other than to make her look like some kind of crazy cat lady.
390 posted on 05/23/2008 4:29:22 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: Free ThinkerNY; writer33; Liz

That ‘slow news day’ malarkey goes right out the window.


391 posted on 05/23/2008 4:29:46 PM PDT by Libloather (May is Liberal Awareness Month.)
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To: Mila
To paraphrase what Aunt Hillary just said, “I'm staying in because my opponent might get assassinated.”

That is a terrible thing to do, to speak so lightly of such a tragedy. For her information, the Dems drafted Hubert Humphrey to run in 1968. They didn't turn to Eugene McCarthy, who was in second place behind Kennedy at the time of his death.

I was five miles from where RFK was killed on June 6th, 1968. We didn't tell my mother at first, because we thought she would miscarry my brother.

This is one of the most vile political statements I've ever heard, and I'm old enough to have heard a lot of them. This is a huge mistake on the part of this wicked woman, and she can't blame old Bill for this one.

392 posted on 05/23/2008 4:38:35 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: MCH

Obama better watch out! Code pink is gonna get him;-)


393 posted on 05/23/2008 4:39:39 PM PDT by Always Independent
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To: Husker8877
There will be no one more happy about it if I am proved completely wrong and Rush’s strategy is the catalyst to destroy the Clinton’s evil political lives once and for all.

"Operation Chaos" has already worked spectacularly well. A lot of people simply don't get it -- it's not to favor Hillary in the race, it's to keep the race going.

A few months ago, Hillary looked about ready to give up, and if she'd done that, the MSM would have had Obama halfway to sainthood by now, the Democrat Party would have had plenty of time to coalesce around its candidate, and all would be sweetness and light.

It was only by keeping the race going via the Hillary wins that we have had all the controversies, gaffes, misstatements and, of course, pure entertainment we've been afforded the past few months. Without it there might have been no Rev. Wright, no "57 states," no flag lapel pin, etc. The media would have painted Obama with such a gleaming gold that no imperfections would be visible.

The other aim was to have Hillary wound Obama a bit. If she wasn't around to do it, who was going to? Certainly not McCain, who will likely be branded by the press as "racist" any time he criticizes Obama.

Rush knew what he was doing when he launched this operation.

394 posted on 05/23/2008 4:43:54 PM PDT by JennysCool (They all say they want change, but theyÂ’re really after folding money.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY; All

Frankly, there’s just no way around the stark mathematics of the situation: Inconvenience(Me) = 1.0 * Accident(You).

395 posted on 05/23/2008 4:45:04 PM PDT by dighton
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To: Choose Ye This Day
The cretins at Democrap Underground are going absolutely bat-guano crazy over this right now. It is mayhem over there.

Best of show: "Nice campaign you have here, boy, 'd be a shame if anything happened to it."

396 posted on 05/23/2008 4:45:07 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast ( Uh...fight SCD. Schwa Collapse Disorder is spreading. Save the a word. Just say uh.)
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick

Perfectly understandable comment. What she was thinking was: “Hey it could happen to anybody.”


397 posted on 05/23/2008 4:47:22 PM PDT by Enterprise ((Those who "betray us" also "Betray U.S." They're called DEMOCRATS!))
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To: megatherium
A Lib assassin would have to be very unhinged, since it’s the lib end of the democratic party that wants Obama and hates the Clintons. Perhaps she’s hoping for an old-fashioned racist. Or Sirhan Sirhan Sirhan.

Sirhan Sirhan was a middle eastern type and member of that religion of Peace crowd, That certainly won't happen under any circumstances with Sir Hussein Obama

398 posted on 05/23/2008 4:57:33 PM PDT by FDNYRHEROES (Always bring a liberal to a gunfight)
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To: BlueStateBlues
OK, fine, I’ve put myself up for ridicule. Crying over a thread. Just reporting on my reaction to the stupidest thing a candidate has said in my lifetime.

FWIW, I didn't think what you said was worthy of ridicule or criticism. These are disturbing times we are living in.

399 posted on 05/23/2008 5:03:45 PM PDT by COBOL2Java ("We are slayed. The party is dead--dead--dead!" - Whig Rep. Lewis Campbell (and so will go the GOP))
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To: Mila
Okay, maybe I'm missing something, but by referring to both Bill and Bobby campaigning into June wasn't she trying to make the point that there is precedence for campaigns going on that long?

Except she was wrong in Bill's case as his primary race was effectively over in MARCH when Tsongas abandon his campaign. There were other references she could have made but having made the same statement back in March (when Ted Kennedy was not on her mind) makes one pause.

400 posted on 05/23/2008 5:04:03 PM PDT by StarFan
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