Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., walks to her vehicle accompanied by her secret service detail upon arrival at the airport in Sioux Falls, S.D., Friday, May 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Posted on 05/23/2008 2:12:06 PM PDT by kingattax
BRANDON, South Dakota (CNN) – Hillary Clinton said Friday she regretted comments that evoked the June 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy as part of her explanation for why she was staying in the presidential race late into the primary season.
"Earlier today, I was discussing the Democratic primary history and in the course of that discussion mentioned the campaigns that both my husband and Senator Kennedy waged in California in June in 1992 and 1968, and I was referencing those to make the point that we have had nominating primary contests that go into June. That's an historic fact,” she told reporters.
“The Kennedys have been much on my mind in the last days because of Senator [Ted] Kennedy, and I regret that if my referencing that moment of trauma for our entire nation and particularly for the Kennedy family was in any way offensive. I certainly had no intention of that whatsoever,” she added.
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Hey, whatever it takes to get your name in the news, especially with a long holiday week-end coming on..
Interesting, what she chose to focus on was insulting Teddy versus the implied threat against Obama.
Perhaps the Hillary was sending out a not too subtle hint to Obama regarding his fate should he dare rob the Hillary of its rightful place in the White House.
This seems to be the Year of the Apology.
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., walks to her vehicle accompanied by her secret service detail upon arrival at the airport in Sioux Falls, S.D., Friday, May 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
She’s made her point, she can afford to back off a little.
looks like the obama/clinton ticket is toast
I’d bet that Bill clinton never steps inside Harlin again. He’d better find another office that he never used anyway.
That's the good news to take from this.
There may be one good thing about the media fawning over Obama, if they run with this, a comment like this could end any chance of Hilldog ever winning public office again.
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks at a campaign event at Sunshine Foods in Brandon, S.D., Friday, May 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Sheesh, what a comment, besides appearing as a losely veiled threat, if any one even sneezes in Obamas direction the conspiracy theorist will go nuts.
Only when it's a PC liberal like Hillary, does the press fail to point out the evil SUV; here it's a generic "vehicle".
Sorry Hillary
Only when she reminds us that John Kennedy was assassinated in November.
here’s a scary thought. there are idiots in america that think this dangerous hag is THE person who should answer the phone in the white house at 3 AM for a national emergency.
Non apology. What the hell, IF? It WAS offensive, so why not apologize?
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