I seriously doubt that very many people who have been watching this campaign heven’t considered the possibility of the assassination of one or more of the candidates. Hillary’s reputation from Bubba’s White House days naturally makes her a bit more suspectible but it’s unlikely she would “order” a hit on anyone or that she has done so in the past.
It’s far more likely that someone, one of her workers, would decide to “help” her along with a tragic plane crash or perhaps an Arkancide or two and it’s unlikely she’d refuse such aid or investigate it very thoroughly. Like us, she’d have her suspicions but — unlike us— she’d keep quiet about them.
So, suppose Obama were to meet with an unfortunate accident. Hillary would be next in line if it happened prior to the convention. If the convention has already nominated Obama and his plane falls out of the sky his VP choice would probably be the first choice to take his place. Of course if he were already elected the VP would - by law - be the new President.
If something were to happen to Hillary it’s unlikely there would be much more than a public display of mourning and a bunch of new openings at the Secret Service.
McCain is an old man and the campaign has been hard on him. He could drop off from purely natural causes at almost any time. If it happened before the convention there would bwe a loud and maybe effective push for Ron Paul to take his place, after all, RP is still a candidate, which Thompson, Hunter and Huckabee are not. After the convention it’d probably go to his VP pick.
In any of these cases there’s be hell to pay for awhile, especially if the deed were accomplished with a gun. The Second Amendment would be repealed within a year and the people would be disarmed right after.
In the case of an Obama assassination though, there would be other, much more serious effects. Every black person in the world would feel it was just another lynching and that whitey was to blame. We’d have race wars on our hands from one end of this country to the other. Not only that, but a significant number of Muslims would also go to war on another front simply because of his middle name. These wars wouldn’t be fought in the deserts of the Middle East either, they’d go on in what would soon become the deserts of New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Detroit... Need I go on? The United States of Americs would simply disunite and balkanize into several separate, weaker countries like Europe has always been.
All this is pure conjecture of course but it seems logical. If we are to avoid it we need to either elect the candidate of the Republican party or settle in for several years of socialistic rule probably followed by a whole list of other bad things generally brought on by tyrannical Socialists.
Obumpa
Not even Rush’s Operation Chao can keep her candidacy alive after this.
What other historical events does Hillary want to reference right now? I suspect she’s thinking of Aaron Burr vs. Alexander Hamilton.....
She’d like to challenge Obama to a showdown, mano-a-mano, may the best man come away alive and the other, well, we know what happened to Hamilton (who truly was the better man of course).
EVIL turns STUPID at last. God bless us everyone. Even the libs have to see now. What next?
self ping to read later
""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.
Oh well.
That ‘slow news day’ malarkey goes right out the window.
Clinton has intentionally opened the door for any nut to take it upon themselves to make sure she gets the nod. Really. Either that, or she has finally, totally, lost it.
After this gaffe, imho, Clinton has no business being in politics or any other remotely responsible position, period.
I bet Obama is the jumpiest guy in America tonight.
I recall Bill Clinton accusing Obama of putting a “hit-job” on out on him during the Carolina primary. His exact words “HIT JOB.”
I just find that very curious. He said as if he’s very familiar with that kind of terminology.
UPDATE: After the uproar, Clinton came to the TV cameras to make a brief statement on her remarks.
“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 nomination, primary contests that go into June. That’s an historic fact. “
“The Kennedys have been much on my mind in the last days because of Senator 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.”
“My view is that we have to look to the past and to our leaders who have inspired us and give us a lot to live up to. And I’m honored to hold Senator Kennedy’s seat in the United States Senate from the state of New York, And have the highest regard for the entire Kennedy family. Thanks.”
Complete meltdown on DU. Go to the “primary” forum. Make sure you have popcorn.
She really screwed up this time, whether planned or not. She can’t get away from this one, Clinton or not.
America is broken.
