WHY HILL WON'T DROP OUT: BOBBY KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED IN JUNE

nypost.com ^ | May 23, 2008

[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

[Right_in_Virginia]

It was an unwise remark, and may even have revealed some wishful thinking on her part, but I agree with your interpretation.

Obama is the first black candidate for the Presidency from a major political party. Don't forget, Obama was the first candidate in history to receive Secret Service protection during the early primaries (other than the former first lady) due to perceived threats against him.

This was a serious "gaffe" by Mrs. Clinton. With one sentence she paints herself as the Manchurian candidate and insults the Kennedy's on a most personal level.

She may be able to spin it, but she'll not erase it.

[kingattax]

PING

[Jane Austen]

Yep, this is a big deal. What if a conservative candidate had said it? Media would’ve gone wild, the person would have been asked to drop from the race. I expect a lot of spin now in support of Horrible Hillary.

[FreeReign]

Look. No one despises Hillary more than me, but the comment was more stupid and weird than dark and sinister. She was simply explaining why she’s still in the campaign so she pointed out two historic instances where a campaign was still hotly contested as late as June. Here’s the whole quote:

The primaries end this year on June 3rd several weeks before those two historical references.

[StarFan]

Hurry, Hardball is playing the clip now.

[bcsco]

Finally at post #130 somebody at least raises the possibility that she was simply referring to Kennedy's active contention for an up-for-grabs Democratic nomination slot as late as June.

The only problem with that is, how many people are going to see it that way? How many people know that? How many people will inquire.

No, that's not how this will be seen.

[2nd amendment mama]

Here you go....

Hillary in her own words!!!

[tiredoflaundry]

Holy Snot!

[Momaw Nadon]

[eureka!]

LOL. What a hoot this ‘rat primary has become. Chaos is an understatement. Phantasm may be more accurate. That said, it was a rather inelegant choice of words to make a point...

[Lijahsbubbe]

She may be able to spin it, but she'll not erase it.

Even if the MSM doesn't heavily cover it, the voters won't forget a statement like this. I think she's done.

[Crawdad]

A complete cluster. Just more credence to my theory there will not be a dem convention in Denver.

[1035rep]

Hillary would have to get past the Black Panthers to take out Obama. OTOH, there’s no job too tough for the Clinton’s.

[2nd amendment mama]

Is there a brief video version where she says this?

See my post #287

[MCH]

Wolf Blitzer on CNN just played the video...

[Squantos]

good points all..........As much as I pray that this is the last nail in her political coffin she will get a dead cat bounce out of this again.

Ya’ll Stay Safe !

[Choose Ye This Day]

It looks like the Roswell Beacon has removed that sniper picture from their website, but this is the story it most likely went with:

http://www.beaconcast.com/articles/20080521_1

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

I expect a lot of spin now in support of Horrible Hillary.

Au contraire, mon frere (sp?)....

The spin will favor the Poor Poor Obama and will deem Hillary as a Wicked Witch for saying such 'atrocity'. Both of them will be in Puerto Rico over the weekend, so at least she'll escape some of the 'heat' from being away from the 'Lower 48'....

[Christian4Bush]

She’ll back peddle, apologize and probably campaign hard for him but I pray this lingers long after she concedes and affects her run for the Senate.

Too late for that...she just got re-elected two years ago.

[evets]