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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

Hillary Clinton is still in the presidential race, she said today, because "historically, it makes no sense" to quit, and added that, "Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June," making an odd comparison between the dead candidate and Barack Obama.

"People have been trying to push me out since Iowa," she said to the Argus Leader's editorial board.

Watch a live stream of the board meeting here:

http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080523/FRONTPAGECAROUSEL/80522033&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: 1weektilljune; 2008; 2008election; arkancide; assassination; california; clinton; clintonobamariots; election2008; elections; hillary; hillaryscandals; holycrap; hotelkitchen; obama; okay; rfk; robertfkennedy
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To: BlueStateBlues
I’m crying as I’m typing this, and I don’t know why.

There's no crying on this thread!

161 posted on 05/23/2008 1:22:37 PM PDT by BulletBobCo
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To: evets

A striking resemblance to Chelsey. Hmmmmm


162 posted on 05/23/2008 1:23:05 PM PDT by nativesoutherner ("When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.")
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To: Rebelbase

Thanks for letting us know it takes 30 minutes of listening to that sickening video to get to the quote.

Let’s hope someone puts it on Youtube.


163 posted on 05/23/2008 1:23:29 PM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Wow!

I think she just hosed her presidential aspirations now and in the future. Check that, this is from Hillary Clinton. I gotta hold for the coming spin.


164 posted on 05/23/2008 1:23:29 PM PDT by loungeSerf (Hi-Yield Bureaucrat Farming - Hillary/Obama 08)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“Look, I just put the contract out on him. You want to give it a couple of days? Is that too much to ask?

Everybody wants their guy whacked yesterday anymore . . .”


165 posted on 05/23/2008 1:23:36 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: eeaaggllee11

“It’s very cloudy”

“I wonder if it will rain”


166 posted on 05/23/2008 1:25:15 PM PDT by ichabod1 (If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it, and if it stops moving, subsidize it.)
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To: BulletBobCo

got me good. ha ha. Actually it’s funny, but I will not tell anyone in my family about this.


167 posted on 05/23/2008 1:25:21 PM PDT by BlueStateBlues (Blue State for business, Red State at heart..)
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To: SE Mom

I listened to the entire clip and it wasn’t on there. However, it is being reported all over the place, so I guess it happened.

It is beyond bizarre. I just can’t think what to make of it. Unbelievable.


168 posted on 05/23/2008 1:25:53 PM PDT by Bahbah (Typical white person)
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick

I bet they are. I hate to see the primary end. Clinton-Obama has been more entertaining than Dean-Kerry-Edawrds in 04.


169 posted on 05/23/2008 1:25:56 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: PROCON; potlatch; devolve; ntnychik; MeekOneGOP; Grampa Dave; gonzo

170 posted on 05/23/2008 1:25:58 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: Fester Chugabrew
Threadline makes it sound that way, but I think we're overreacting. Her point is that Kennedy was a contender late in the nominating process, so it is not a given that she must drop out.

I hate to be a Hillary defender, but I have to agree. It's pretty clear from listening to the interview that she is NOT in any way suggesting that she is staying in the race in case Obama gets assassinated.

She is giving several historical examples to show the folly of people clamoring for a quick end to the nomination contest.

She (unwisely, no doubt) uses Kennedy's death as a well-remembered time marker to make the case that nomination contests have in many cases gone on well into June.

In print it looks bad ... and it may hurt her big time. But her interviewers did not do a double take at all. It was pretty clear what she was trying to say.

171 posted on 05/23/2008 1:26:21 PM PDT by Oliver Optic
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To: Arkancide

Have you gotten “the call” from her yet? ;-)


172 posted on 05/23/2008 1:26:26 PM PDT by OB1kNOb ("We like Mr. Obama and we hope he will win the election." - Ahmed Yousef, Hamas PM advisor)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
What an interesting thing to say. Her context is not improper, but it sure is tasteless. It's something that people with decorum don't say. It's something that people with values try not to think about.

The worst part about it is that it is like a call to arms for any nutjob who idolizes her and hates Obama that much. She may as well have winked after saying it while saying "wink wink".

My nightmare scenario is McCain picks her to be VP in order to pull in all her voters. "It's a new Republican party." i just threw up a little.
173 posted on 05/23/2008 1:26:27 PM PDT by laxcoach
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Strictly speaking, it makes sense for her to stay in the race because there’s no ironclad guarantee BHO will. If he’s out for any reason (at this rate, he’s going to gaffe his way out of it) she’s right there to pick things up.

That was, of course, the worst possible way for her to express that reasoning. So bad that at best it shows gross incompetence, and at worst all the malice we’re reading into it.

Popcorn, anyone?


174 posted on 05/23/2008 1:26:46 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (The average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. - Ratatouille)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Is Hildabeast going to say she mis-> spoke again?

John McCain and Obamessiah need lots MORE Secret Service protection.

Hildabeast is desperate!!!

175 posted on 05/23/2008 1:27:04 PM PDT by xtinct (I was the next door neighbor kid's imaginary friend.)
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To: mysterio
Breaking on DU this very minute. Should be an interesting thread over there.

Yeah, they are demonizing her.


176 posted on 05/23/2008 1:27:11 PM PDT by cynwoody
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Hey, she was just stating a fact, right?

(Operation Chaos)

177 posted on 05/23/2008 1:27:22 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Leaving the top of my ballot blank.)
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To: ichabod1
You got a point.

My first thought was that she let accidentally slip what she and Bill were wishing or planning. Is that why she cannot stop laughing? BTW, Chelsea for President has already been mentioned.

178 posted on 05/23/2008 1:27:34 PM PDT by Jane Austen (Boycott the Bahamas!)
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To: evets

Obama found in Fort Marcey Park.


179 posted on 05/23/2008 1:27:39 PM PDT by RDW
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To: SandyInSeattle
I used to think Hillary had no scruples. Now I see she has no brain.

She has neither.

180 posted on 05/23/2008 1:28:34 PM PDT by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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