Hillary: I’m sticking around in case Obama gets shot; Update: I had Teddy on my mind, says Hillary; Update: Hillary said same thing in March; Update: No thrill up Matthews’ leg; Update: RFK Jr. defends
posted at 4:35 pm on May 23, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Reserve judgment on this one for the time being. Drudge is blaring it but he’s knee-deep in the tank for Obama. The source he links to, the New York Post, isn’t exactly Hillary-friendly. And the only video available at the Argus-Leader is a full replay of her meeting with the paper’s editors with no fast-forward function that I can see. I’m not willing to sit through the whole thing to find this snippet when someone’s bound to cut and upload it within the hour, so in the meantime let’s be prudent. I’ll update when the clip is available.
Until then, geez.
Hillary Clinton today brought up the assassination of Sen. Robert Kennedy while defending her decision to stay in the race against Barack Obama.
“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.
Maybe all she meant was “well, anything can happen” without meaning to imply the prospect of murder, but good lord. Exit question: Will the number of Democrats who want her out of the race still be in decline after this?
Update: Breitbart’s got a bit of the video. Doesn’t look out of context to me.
Update: The defense:
“She was simply referencing her husband in 1992 and Bobby Kennedy in 1968 as historic examples of the nominating process going well into the summer. Any reading into beyond that would be inaccurate,” responded Clinton campaign spokesperson Mo Elleithee.
Why didn’t she use Teddy’s run at Jimmy Carter in 1980 instead?
Update: The obligatory photoshop.
Update: MSNBC reminds us that she said something similar, albeit much more tactfully, after getting blown out in North Carolina. She’s trying to make the point that anything can happen but this is an exceedingly poor way to do so. Although not surprising: It’s typical of the incompetent way she’s managed her campaign that she wouldn’t have anticipated the reaction to this.
Update: So much clarification. So much weak, unconvincing clarification.
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 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 a historic fact. The Kennedys have been much on my mind 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.
Update: What was that again about having Teddy on her mind?
Update (Ed): Well, this thread wouldn’t be complete without having the clip of Chris Matthews trying to explicitly take the viewpoint of — get this — an objective journalist. He’s interviewing chief Obama strategist David Axelrod, who isn’t looking much like a man whose opponents just blew trou:
Can Hillary recover from this? I don’t mean for the nomination; that’s dead. Can she salvage her career at all, or did she just kill the Clinton brand once and for all?
I know this: the Obama campaign will not, under any circumstances, put her on the ticket now. They won’t pay her campaign debt. She will finish her run in Puerto Rico, and then she will simply … go away.
Update: RFK’s son, a Hillary supporter, answers the bell:
In a statement, Kennedy Jr. said: “It is clear from the context that Hillary was invoking a familiar political circumstance in order to support her decision to stay in the race through June. I have heard her make this reference before, also citing her husband’s 1992 race, both of which were hard fought through June. I understand how highly charged the atmosphere is, but I think it is a mistake for people to take offense.”
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OK, I just watched the video for myself, so I don’t have to be prudent anymore. A veiled threat? Remember this is coming from a Clinton.
Probably just a very dumb statement, but …
Maxx on May 23, 2008 at 6:36 PM
Don’t kid yourself; she’d get that visit in any case. It’d be tactful and indirect but the investigation would happen. ‘Cause it’s the “guys in the suits” who know what she’s capable of. Not that I’m accusing her of meaning this like it sounds. But they’d be suspicious, at the least, because they know how ruthless she is. And how oh so much she cannot abide, cannot stand being told no.
inviolet on May 23, 2008 at 6:37 PM
That’s actually an interesting clarification. The whole shock of the statement was putting the words “Obama” and “assassination” together. Instead, she makes it seem like the Kennedys were the ones hurt and doesn’t even acknowledge Obama.
Jim-Rose on May 23, 2008 at 6:42 PM
If she drops out, and then something happened to Obama, the nomination would go to Gore.
Hillary needs the public offer of the VP slot before anything happens to Obama. That’s why he would be stupid to offer it to her.
Red Pill on May 23, 2008 at 6:59 PM
She’d blame it on the “Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy”.
Red Pill on May 23, 2008 at 7:01 PM
I’d be curious to hear what Michael Medved thinks about it. He was in the Hotel where it happened. He was a Robert Kennedy volunteer at the time.
RBMN on May 23, 2008 at 7:06 PM
I’m thinking she couldn’t really mention the 1968 race without referring to Bobby Kennedy’s assassination. I’m pretty darn confident she did not mean to link the concept of assassination with Obama. She’s smarter than that.
mikeyboss on May 23, 2008 at 7:08 PM
Oh, please. I’m no Hillary fan — can’t stand her, in fact — but she wasn’t suggesting that someone might busta cap on Obama so she’d better hang around. Good grief. Don’t be useful idiots for a lobotomized media that’s actively campaigning for Obama.
Rational Thought on May 23, 2008 at 7:08 PM
…man. Hillary is getting nastier and nastier, isn’t she?
At this rate, I’m half expecting to hear her say, “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?!”
Well-Armed Lamb on May 23, 2008 at 7:09 PM
The video was grainy and lousy sound. Did I correctly hear her say at the end “hint, hint” and then wink?
Think_b4_speaking on May 23, 2008 at 7:09 PM
Hillary’s Jihad……a Clinton “surge”
sbark on May 23, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Vince Foster was unavailable for comment
Wade on May 23, 2008 at 7:13 PM
Really? She let herself get cheated on IN the White House.
Del Dolemonte on May 23, 2008 at 7:21 PM
Hillary had Teddy on her mind…….hmmmm….another version of Chappaquidick????
sbark on May 23, 2008 at 7:31 PM
Well,I hope Obama doesn’t take any late night
moonlit strolls through a park he’s never been
in,
and if Obama’s traveling by plane,lets hope
the radar,glidescope is operational!
canopfor on May 23, 2008 at 7:32 PM
Even the Dali-Bama admits says there are a lot of bitter people across the country with guns-n-hate.
Why all the fuss when Clinton states the obvious? The right wing hate machine and Republican party are a bunch of racists who will do anything to keep a black man out of the White House.
Not all right wing Republican racists could be motivated to assasinate Barack, just some ….and by golly we need someone who has been tested and could run things on day one (just in case).
Nuance
moxie_neanderthal on May 23, 2008 at 7:34 PM
I guess I don’t see what everyone else does. After all, Bobby Kennedy won that tragic night in LA, still fighting in a three-way race for the nomination. And there is no way to separate that victory from his assassination at the hands of a gun-wielding Palestinian. Frankly, I don’t hear any hint of “someone’s gonna gun down Obama” in her words — and hope and pray that such a thing never comes to pass.
This is a tempest in a teapot — driven by the Obama-supporting media and a blogosphere full of folks (right and left) with agendas to drive a stake through Hillary Clinton’s heart (both metaphorically and literally in some cases).
RhymesWithRight on May 23, 2008 at 7:44 PM
I’m no Hillary fan but I don’t think she was truly meaning to imply that her rationale for hanging in was because Obama might get gunned down between now and the convention. No one’s gotten a shot off at a President or a candidate in quite a long time (kudos to the Secret Service) so she can’t really be thinking that’s a likely scenario. Unless it’s just wishful thinking on her part. Sort of like her Bosnia sniper fantasy maybe. Or Bill’s “mentoring” of a troubled young female intern in the W.H. Her grip on reality sometimes seems a little tenuous. So I guess it is possible she meant it the way it came out.
Bennett on May 23, 2008 at 8:03 PM
You never know with Hillary. Anything could happen indeed.
Guardian on May 23, 2008 at 8:06 PM
For not being the candidate of hope, Hillary sure has plenty of it.
I don’t think she meant anything sinister here, it’s not like she suggested Barry go hunting with Chaney or anything.
PolitiNOOB on May 23, 2008 at 8:13 PM
Me thinks Desperate times need Desperate measure’s
from the Queen of Desperation,that being Hillary
the Desperado!!!
canopfor on May 23, 2008 at 8:16 PM
RhymesWithRight on May 23, 2008 at 7:44 PM
agreed.
jerrytbg on May 23, 2008 at 8:19 PM
Maybe ask Vince Foster.
She hasn’t dropped out because she knows something we don’t know. Now what could it be?….
johnnyU on May 23, 2008 at 8:22 PM
Exactly.
A MSNBC (of all networks) reporter said she’d made this point before, always emphasizing the race was still tight that June.
If you watch the tape of her this time, you see she obviously loses her train of thought as she mentions Kennedy.
I’m the farthest thing from a Hillary apologist, but she’s getting a bad rap here.
MayBee on May 23, 2008 at 8:28 PM
Sure I’ll take the VP spot. Then we just need to kill off that black boy and I’m in!
revolution on May 23, 2008 at 8:37 PM
Obama’s life expectancy with her as Veep?
Three to four months (just so it isn’t too obvious).
revolution on May 23, 2008 at 8:38 PM
Hey Barack, you may want to stay away from those single engine planes until after the election.
revolution on May 23, 2008 at 8:41 PM
Thank you for your input Hillay.
revolution on May 23, 2008 at 8:43 PM
So the Hildabeast wants Obama to get cancer and Kennedy to be shot?
Somebody needs to drag her off the stage.
MB4 on May 23, 2008 at 8:44 PM
Let me assure all of you … everything Clintons say is predetermined !!! Nothing they do or say happens by mistake.
She meant every word that was said. That somber look aafterwords was rehearsed … just like those tears in New HHampshire only when the cameras were rolling. She wants this ssoooo bad, and now that a Black guy is kicking her rear eend, she is willing to go any length. This is a monster created by the left-wingers over the last 15 years … for everyone to see now !!!
aniladesai on May 23, 2008 at 8:44 PM
Maybee:
That’s how I saw/heard it too. She was using the assassination as sort of a “data point” or reference.
OTOH, if Obama/McCain or an opponent of Hillary’s had made the remark (or an analogous one), we all know she’d have jumped down his or her throat.
So, my defense of her is half-hearted.
Not even that; perhaps one chamber.
SteveMG on May 23, 2008 at 8:48 PM
In full disclosure, I’ve joked about Obama doing his own vehicle maintenance if Hillary doesn’t get the nomination but this issue is just absurd! Clinton was clearly pointing out that the race wasn’t over WITHOUT making the kind of threats Obama’s people are implying !!!!
Far more likely that Obama would end his career in a suicide at Fort Marcy Park with the Clintons involved.
highhopes on May 23, 2008 at 8:48 PM
Well that is her best and probably only
shotwhoops chance at getting the dim nom and the Presidency.MB4 on May 23, 2008 at 8:49 PM
That’s silly. People very rarely murder in the same place twice.
lorien1973 on May 23, 2008 at 8:54 PM
I am Hillary, hear me be a bore
My butts just too big to ignore
And I’ve concealed too much for you to ever get me in the end
’cause I’ve hid it all before
And I’ve got it all locked up behind a safe door
No one’s ever gonna pin me down again
CHORUS
Oh yes I am a sneak
But it’s sneakinesses that will be to my gain
Yes, they’ve paid my price
And look how much I gained
If I have to, I can hide anything
I am sneaky (sneaky)
I am conniving (conniving)
I am Hillary
You can chase but never catch me
’cause it only serves to make me
More determined to achieve my final goal
And I come back even stronger
Not a novice crook any longer
’cause I’ve dodged all those convictions of my soul
CHORUS
I am Hillary watch my butt grow
See me unable to reach my toe
As I spread my controlin’ arms across the land
If I have to I’ll be a female snipero
With a long long shot to go
Until I get that Obama buried under the sand
Oh yes I am a sneak
But it’s sneakinesses that will be to my gain
Yes, they’ve paid my price
And look how much I gained
If I have to, I can hide anything
I am sneaky (sneaky)
I am conniving (conniving)
I am Hillary
Oh, I am Hillary
I am sneaky
I am conniving
FADE
I am Hillary
I am sneaky
I am conniving
I am Hillary
- Helen Reddy (or not)
MB4 on May 23, 2008 at 9:05 PM
Problem with Hillary’s excuse (worried about Ted) is that she said the same thing back in April.
How ya gonna explain that Hill?
AnthonyK on May 23, 2008 at 9:07 PM
Actually it was March 6th a month ealier than my previous post suggested. So more than two months ago.
AnthonyK on May 23, 2008 at 9:12 PM
I’m sure everyone in the nation is simply delighted our POTUS favorite is a Communist with Muslim roots. What was she thinking?
T J Green on May 23, 2008 at 9:33 PM
Communist manifesto:
The ends justify the means!
Certainly a Saul Alinsky trained communist would get this elementary lesson.
But give her the benefit of the doubt, she didn’t mean it that way!
Well hows’ the benefit of the doubt, the compassionate conservative gig workin out so far ?
Time for the party of Ronald Reagan to grow some balls and brains. She said what she meant and meant what she said. Even if it was subconscously.
dhunter on May 23, 2008 at 9:38 PM
According to Time, Hilly said the same thing two months ago. That’s BEFORE Teddy when into the hospital you know.
Maxx on May 23, 2008 at 9:42 PM
It was Freudian……..
patrick neid on May 23, 2008 at 9:44 PM
Maybe Obama will wind up on the Arkancide list of unfortunate Clinton associates.
NNtrancer on May 23, 2008 at 9:48 PM
Drudge in the tank for who?? Obama??
I hope not, him or McCain, that would be really awful.
AprilOrit on May 23, 2008 at 9:55 PM
She at a liquor store in that video? She gonna get snookered and try and wash her troubles away?
Also, I would just like to repeat what I posted on page one:
And since the Obama camp seems to be making clear by this Chris Mathews interview that they don’t care this story is officially dead and done. Since the Pant Suit is not a Republican there will be very little, if any, MSM follow up on this story.
And sorry Ed, never rule the Pant Suit out. Obama and Clinton just might still hold their own noses and team up. There is actually great value in this for Obama since he’s proving everyday to be a buffoon that might possibly rival even the number one buffoon in my life time, Jimmy Carter.
NotCoach on May 23, 2008 at 10:41 PM
Aaaaaand the plot
curdlesthickens some more.RushBaby on May 23, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Chris Matthews acted like a very frustrated lover in that interview.
Entelechy on May 23, 2008 at 10:48 PM
This story just gets bigger and bigger. Maybe Hillary did it on purpose so that she can blame her failure on “The Media” for blowing her words out of proportion and therefore giving Obama that little nudge he needed to get over the finish line.
She knew she was not going to win and now she has an excuse for her loss AND an excuse for why Obama did not pick her as VP.
Sounds crazy, but we ARE talking about the Clintons. :)
AnthonyK on May 23, 2008 at 10:51 PM
What is the ’smartest woman in the world’ talking about again?
There is a difference between “early April” and June, Hillary.
Entelechy on May 23, 2008 at 10:57 PM
This is crazy. Hillary meant June is not with precedent and cited two very popular dems who hadn’t secured the nod by June. Bone-headed way to say it? Yes. Bad intent? No.
Of course everyone probably just thinks she borrowed Huck’s notes, so the A word sticks out like a sore thumb.
Spirit of 1776 on May 23, 2008 at 11:00 PM
This is, without question, the most hysterical and unhinged over-reaction manufactured by the Obama-slurping Mainstream Terrorist Media YET this season.
It is CRYSTAL clear from the context of the video that all Hillary was doing was making it clear that it is a frequent occurence in American Political History that Democratic Presidential nominees aren’t finally chosen until June - even LATE in June.
The facade of phony “hypersensitivity” by the Obama-Slurping Mainstream Terrorist Media is vomit-producing.
grtflmark on May 23, 2008 at 11:10 PM
This was not an innocent mistake.
She’s been getting this message out all year long - through surrogates.
Here’s a great example along with her “official” thoughts on the matter:
Today, in Dover, Francine Torge, a former John Edwards supporter, said this while introducing Mrs. Clinton: “Some people compare one of the other candidates to John F. Kennedy. But he was assassinated. And Lyndon Baines Johnson was the one who actually passed the civil rights legislation.”
The comment, an apparent reference to Senator Barack Obama, is particularly striking given documented fears among blacks that Mr. Obama will be assassinated if elected.
Phil Singer, a Clinton spokesman said: “We were not aware that this person was going to make those comments and disapprove of them completely. They were totally inappropriate.”
NYT
Dorvillian on May 23, 2008 at 11:30 PM
Well now I must defend one of my patients. If you had gone through withering sniper fire in Bosnia and been Annie Oakley in a previous life helping George Patton to defend the Alamo against Geronimo, your memory would probably be a little off on occasion too. She may also have forgotten to take a few of the medications that I have prescribed for her so take that into account too.
Sigy on May 23, 2008 at 11:31 PM
Ridiculous, moonbat-stirred storm in the teacup.
Face it - if Olbadouche is upset, then she can’t have meant anything bad.
She was citing circumstance. That’s all. Beyond that, Hilary haters have to fill the blanks themselves. Nothing is even implied.
uptight on May 23, 2008 at 11:36 PM
McCain/Clinton vs. Obama/Bloomberg
I think I’m going to be si…
*Runs to the toilet*
Saltysam on May 23, 2008 at 11:38 PM
Sigy, keep an eye on Mrs. Obama.
Entelechy on May 23, 2008 at 11:44 PM
Saltysam, McCain/H. Clinton would win in that scenario.
Entelechy on May 23, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Hillary could be caught on camera clubbing baby seals and the leftist nutjobs that love her would still love her.
Maxx on May 23, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Must I? That woman scares me. I might have to start taking some of the medications that I have been prescribing for Hillary and that includes some pretty potent ones.
Sigy on May 23, 2008 at 11:49 PM
Saltysam,McCain/H.Clinton would win that scenario.
Entelechy on May 23,2008 at 11:45PM.
Entelechy: How about this bizarre scenario,Lieberman
gets revenge on HilRod,throws Hillary under
the bus,and goes for the VP slot,with Obama!haha.
canopfor on May 24, 2008 at 12:00 AM
By JESSE McKINLEY
Published: May 24, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — More than half of Californians support a proposed ballot measure that would overturn a recent ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in the state, a poll has found.
Fifty-four percent of registered voters would back the measure, according to the survey by The Los Angeles Times and KTLA-TV. Thirty-five percent oppose the proposed measure, which is expected to be on the November ballot.
The measure, sponsored by a coalition of groups that favor traditional marriage, would define marriage as “between a man and a woman,” and effectively overturn a May 15 decision by the California Supreme Court that voided two state laws that forbade recognition of same-sex marriages. The poll, published on Friday, found 52 percent disagreed with that decision while 41 percent agreed.
DfDeportation on May 24, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Boy, if she’s tired already….
She’ll be great when she answers that 3 am phone call.
She said what she meant….
originalpechanga on May 24, 2008 at 12:21 AM
I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt. She’s just saying anything can happen. But it was a bad choice of words.
jgapinoy on May 24, 2008 at 12:51 AM
The statement had to be on purpose–she said it twice. Why on earth would you bring up an assassination when you’re talking about campaign strategy!?
Bizarre is right.
PattyJ on May 24, 2008 at 1:04 AM
IMHO this is a media distraction, watch the whole video
The media has picked its Horse in this race.
Chakra Hammer on May 24, 2008 at 1:47 AM
When you watch the original video you can see that that is what she is talking about to the reporters that are badgering her..
If you watch the clip from beginning to end it makes it clear..
http://www.breitbart.tv/html/101403.html
Chakra Hammer on May 24, 2008 at 1:51 AM
I don’t like to criticize, ’cause I’m a big fan, but I think Allah and Ed need to get a hold of themselves on this one. It’s beginning to sound like MSNBC around here.
The Powerline guys, I notice, aren’t buying in to the shock and outrage.
Infidoll on May 24, 2008 at 2:00 AM
I’ll watch it in the morning/sound on. Regardless of what she didn’t mean to say or what she said, the larger point is that THIS is Hillary at negotiations. Hillary lacks in diplomacy–she lacks the grace and etiquette whether as a First Lady or a Senator or a President. She lacks good taste (stealing White House furnishings).
Hillary will have to save face by eating some humble pie. Rather than repeating and rewording what she said that she said in order to say what she meant to say (stupid), what she needs to do is repeat a sincere apology until she decides it’s water under the bridge. That always worked for the Kennedys. Besides, it will make Obama’s inability to accept an apology blatantly obvious again. For liberals, it all boils down to “good intentions” and Hillary can tell her own fables well enough (duck and run).
She shouldn’t care if the MSM don’t buy it. From “reporters that are badgering her” she can blame them–they twisted what I was trying to say; I never intended to imply … My apologies… ought to placate the sympathetic voter.
None the less, she stuck her stinkin’ foot in her mouth.
maverick muse on May 24, 2008 at 2:22 AM
Hillary got ahead of herself. She forgot that it’s only ok to “joke” about assassinations if it’s against Bush or Republicans/Conservatives in general.
hadsil on May 24, 2008 at 2:54 AM
RFK didn’t secure the nomination in 1968. Had he lived, it would have been unlikely that he would have won in Chicago. The fix was in for Hubert Humphrey, who didn’t win a single primary. Different rules back then.
As for the Glacier, I don’t think she’s dumb enough to say out loud that she’s waiting for Obama to be assassinated. It was a poor choice of words. She IS dumb enough for that.
infidel65 on May 24, 2008 at 5:33 AM
Sorry, but I think all this “hoopla” about her RFK reference is much more like the misplaced “macaca” hysteria years ago. Stoking the flames on this serves neither her, nor Republicans, but rather only The Obamboozler, as far as I can see.
Lockstein13 on May 24, 2008 at 7:09 AM
Yeah maybe, but hard to care when it’s directed at one of their own, and doubly hard to care when Repubs/Conservatives are always the target. Who cares which Dem wins the nomination? They are both abominations.
JiangxiDad on May 24, 2008 at 7:37 AM
She not only thinks something could happen to stop Obama, she’s hoping something happens or she wouldn’t be hanging in the race.
NNtrancer on May 24, 2008 at 7:46 AM
She not only thinks something could happen to stop Obama, she’s hoping something happens or she wouldn’t be hanging in the race.
This line of reasoning is faulty, at least in terms of the “something” being an assassination. If Obama were to be assassinated (and I find it a bit silly we’re speculating on this) Clinton would not have to be in the race to be considered the front-runner to take the nomination.
Tom_Shipley on May 24, 2008 at 8:13 AM
No comment from Webster Hubble either.
gary on May 24, 2008 at 8:15 AM
Del Dolemonte on May 23, 2008 at 7:21 PM
So, only dumb women “let” themselves get cheated on?
Tom_Shipley on May 24, 2008 at 8:17 AM
In 1979, they asked Lillian Carter what she thought of Ted Kennedy and she said, “Oh, I hope nothing happens to him. You know, he’s a Kennedy.” No one asked her to apologize.
Blake on May 24, 2008 at 8:17 AM
a.m. volume monitor is “on”
The reporter’s “WHY, why stay in? You don’t buy the whole party unity thing.”
First off, the reporter was going to write what he wanted to anyway, so him leaving the “WHY” blank open for Hillary to fill was disingenuous.
Second, Hillary is referencing the month of JUNE historically, and reiterates that understanding WHY the media is clamoring for her to quit in JUNE makes no sense to her.
She learned not to allow reporters to pursue beyond her second response. It only provides the flames that burn her further fodder to “converse” with a reporter stuck on ‘BUT WHY’.
It was Hillary about Hillary.
It isn’t about Obama.
Obama exposed his hypersensitivity twice this week, audaciously painting himself to be the Appeasing Failure who pays for himself to be the Target for Assassination.
Talk about stealing the show, this B flat Oboe squeaks for oil. Well, he’s already been pegged as the Machine’s Circus Barker; “Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! Step right up, folks!”
maverick muse on May 24, 2008 at 8:21 AM
Blake on May 24, 2008 at 8:17 AM
We ALL gasped for breath! And that statement by Lillian Carter was absolutely thorough, not veiled, and was the voiced fear of all America at the time.
Obama’s the one making this case, the Obama camp is. He’s twisting what was said in order to play the poor black victim and make Hillary out as the assassin. He’s letting this get out of hand, and the MSM enjoys every moment of it along with Obama. But it is being poorly done, very poorly done. Those making Hillary out to be the assassin are playing the assassin themselves. Hypocrites.
maverick muse on May 24, 2008 at 8:30 AM
SICK. Disgusting. And yet revealing. Hillary Clinton is staying in the race in the event some nut kills Barack Obama.
It could happen, but what definitely has happened is that Clinton has killed her own chances of being vice president. She doesn’t deserve to be elected dog catcher anywhere now.
Her shocking comment to a South Dakota newspaper might qualify as the dumbest thing ever said in American politics.
Her lame explanation that she brought up the 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy because his brother Ted’s illness was on her mind doesn’t cut it. Not even close.
We have seen an X-ray of a very dark soul. One consumed by raw ambition to where the possible assassination of an opponent is something to ponder in a strategic way. Otherwise, why is murder on her mind?
And to think; the MSM billed this woman as “the smartest woman alive”… I’d say the MSM also qualifies as having painted a picture that should go down in history as the worst painting ever created! These people have been describing GW Bush in every form of stupid for the past(8) years, when in fact they themselves show us what “stupid” is on a daily basis.
Take a good look at Ms. Clinton folks; we are looking at pure evil dressed up in a pants suit…
Keemo on May 24, 2008 at 8:58 AM
SICK. Disgusting. And yet revealing. Hillary Clinton is staying in the race in the event some nut kills Barack Obama.
Keemo, this is just not very well-thought out reasoning. If Clinton drops out and Obama is killed, she would still most likely get the nomination.
This is why politics is so f*cked. People take their preconceived notions of someone and twist their words to meet them, giving no attention to what the reality of the situation most likely is.
Tom_Shipley on May 24, 2008 at 9:07 AM
Tom,
Here is the entire article; much of this piece rings true to me. What say you?
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/05/24/2008-05-24_hillary_clintons_colossal_blunder_simply-2.html
Keemo on May 24, 2008 at 9:12 AM
Whatever Hillary’s snafu, it couldn’t happen to a nicer person! This is cosmic justice the likes of which I never dreamed.
hahahehehoho…..
patrick neid on May 24, 2008 at 9:15 AM
Amen brotha’
This whole thing is completely asinine and it’s pretty sad that hot air is participating in it with such zeal.
Darth Executor on May 24, 2008 at 9:26 AM
If that article rings true to you, it just backs up my previous post.
Tom_Shipley on May 24, 2008 at 9:31 AM
This is why politics is so f*cked. People take their preconceived notions of someone and twist their words to meet them, giving no attention to what the reality of the situation most likely is.
Tom_Shipley on May 24, 2008 at 9:07 AM
I have a much different opinion as to why politics are so f*cked up Tom. Most all of our politicians are consumed with a quest for power, and are willing to say anything, do anything, promise anything, lie about anything & everything; all to the detriment of the American people. I’d love to see Americans create a “standards policy” that governs the behavior standards, as well as establishing a minimum achievement standard for every politician. We should be discussing results rather than continuing to fight with each other over who’s critters are the worst. On my side of the isle; what the f*ck is Mr. Craig still doing in office! That dude failed the “standards policy” test. Of coarse, I could go on and on with those who have failed the test on my side of the isle; as could you. So my friend, seems like the people need to take matters into our own hands and enforce some integrity on ALL of our politicians, rather than simply fighting with ourselves over who’s critters are the worst.
Keemo on May 24, 2008 at 9:37 AM
hahahehehoho…….
patrick neid on May 24, 2008 at 9:38 AM
The emphasis of the article is “a colossal blunder”… Hard to argue that, but go ahead if you wish…
Keemo on May 24, 2008 at 9:40 AM
It was only a matter of time. Unusual that Clinton’s have started to announce their hits. The list is long and lustrous.
Let the least thing happen between now and then, and Hitlery will be the first suspect. Now (Hill Billy Clinton) are formulating an alibi like they formulate foreign and domestic policy.
MSGTAS on May 24, 2008 at 9:52 AM
MSGTAS on May 24, 2008 at 9:52 AM
So true… HillBill have better hope nothing happens to Obama “ever”, let alone in the near future. Number ONE suspect!
Keemo on May 24, 2008 at 9:58 AM
“He’s interviewing chief Obama strategist David Axelrod, who isn’t looking much like a man whose opponents just blew trou“
What does “blew trou” mean?
I’ve searched for “blew trou” and “blow trou” http://www.google.com/search?q=%22blow+trou%22 on the Internet. I do find the phrase “blow trou” but can’t figure out quite what it means.
ForNow on May 24, 2008 at 10:35 AM
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