Why?
By bringing up Bobby Kennedy's assassination in conjunction with reasons she should continue her race to become the Democratic Nominee she has officially lost her mind. It's beyond irresponsible and beyond reprehensible.
Just the other day I was willing to hug it out and even push for an Obama/Clinton ticket.
Today I realize this candidate will go to any lengths, including the discussion of assassination, to get what she wants, and I am disgusted.
Please don't tell me this was an innocent turn of phrase meant to make some point.
It's not. We all know Senator Clinton knows better and says NOTHING innocent.
Clinton says, "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."
Yeah, I'm guessing those white, blue-collar voters just ate that up.
While cleaning their guns.
My call from February 12th, 2008 stands now, more than ever.
Senator Clinton, Step Down NOW.
hat-tip Donklephant.
Erin Kotecki Vest normally is angry at HRC, but not usually THIS angry over at Queen of Spain Blog. She even really liked her once.
NEWS BULLETIN FOR HILLARY CLINTON: Something really big HAS happened! You have imploded and expelled a vile bile. You have offended every man, women and child of good will and decency. Your apologists are no better because they are afraid to acknowledge to themselves (and to us) how profoundly you have let them down in this campaign. You have gone beyond the pale and it is now time for you to step down before you do any additional damage to Sen. Obama, the Democratic Party, the American people and maybe most especially your daughter, Chelsea. What will your legacy be to her? To other women? To the American people? You have jerked us and divided us and have attempted to character-assasinate Barack Obama. You have coveted women and hard-working-whomevers for your own purposes; you don't care a hoot about them. You have lied and insinuated and now the darkest recess of your soul is there for all to see.
Those who have the courage not to paper over your mendacity are deeply hurt. How will you reconcile with them? I hope some of them will remain with you for what portends to be a life-long process of healing.
Why did she stick with Bill after he lied and lied and lied? Because she then had him by the short and curlies, and he has to promote her to get back in the White House.
The last person Obama needs as a vp would be this worn out and confused person, with all that baggage she claims has been rummaged through over the years. I can still remember Whitewater, and her singular failure to deliver a health care program. Watching her campaign implode, how could anyone have confidence in her as a chief executive? You are judged by the company you keep; how can she link up with all her old conservative enemies? And watch your supposed friends melting away. . .
Please Hilary, do us a favor, do the right thing, step down gracefully.
We here have viewed and reviewed Hillary's statement and her laughing (which was the most disturbing to me), and her vague apology given a short time after. I've been following her statements for months, and this Hillary is the LAST.
Hillary - your campaign has been over, but now your political career is over. And you - YOU - did this to yourself. There is NO blame on gender, or the media, or some conspiracy. This blame is on YOU. YOU are responsible for the words that come out of YOUR mouth.
I do want to know that YOU make a personal apology to the Obama family and his campaign staff.
After that, go away.
Then she can run out the primaries, give Obama her endorsement and a bear hug at a big rally in Florida June 3rd, campaign her fanny off for him, and return to the senate and work her fanny off there to get health care passed.
Is that too much to ask?
There is no way she should be badgered to drop out. But she is continuing a campaign that is only serving to make her remaining supporters more crazed and irrational.
HRC ladies: please take a step back and realize that your vote is not about electing a woman. It's about the Supreme Court, the Iraq war, the Constitution, your reproductive rights and those of your daughters. Take a look at the stark differences betwen the Dems and Repubs and make a PASSIONATE reasoned fact-based decision. Step back from the brink!
(And before you accuse me of being one those sexists you hate -- I'm a member of your demographic, and you're all just plain losing it and reinforcing the stereotypes of hysterical, illogical women).
I, and many others though, question whether it is "right" for her to do so.
There is no question that she is doing harm to the party.
There is a legitimate question as to why she is doing that.
And like all things Clinton, answers are few and far between and when there are answers, they generally turn out to be lies.
Seriously folks, this woman has been given a pass for everything she's said and done during this campaign. She is making the Democratic Party look like fools and ruining any chance of defeating the republicans in the fall.
The choice is now up to the Superdelegates - either step up and end this now, or face defeat to John McCain. Take your pick.
Good Morning,
Up until now, I have reluctantly accepted that, in the interest of party unity, this primary season was be seen to its completion, much as I've felt that the Clinton campaign hijacked the primary process, keeping the superdelegates hands tied on endorsing Obama. As of yesterday afternoon, however, when Clinton made her RFK assassination comment, it is a different morning for the Democratic Party.
Yet, I cannot believe, as I live and breathe, there are those out there who not only excuse her comment as "an unfortunate reference," or a "historical reference," or "a misstatement" due to campaign fatigue, but who condone her comment, many cheering her on in the most racially vitriolic terms imaginable. I implore you, and I know that I speak for many, many Americans -- from common citizens to politicians and superdelegates -- to push for an end to this. The time is now. Not June 3rd. Now.
Respectfully,
http://www.democrats.org/contact.html
She should, however, replace her fake apology with a real apology. Regardless of her intentions, her careless remark upset a lot of people and her fake apology only made things worse.
Perhaps she should also take the next tens days off and get some rest.
However, after the repugnant "assassination" remark, I think she should resign her Senate seat immediately. Her campaign has become maniacal.
I watched and listened, waiting to hear her say those evil words.
...and then she did...and...YOU ARE ALL MAKING SUCH A BIG DEAL OUT OF THIS!!
(Especially YOU Keith Olbermann)
Clinton was giving an interview, thinking on her feet. Making her case about the problems with privatizing the public arena, how it's polluting the Great Lakes and making our bridges collapse.
When the question about her being pressured to drop-out of the race came up, her lawyer persona took over and she just started thinking about all the reasons why primaries can run all the way to the convention. She emphasized June, using '92 as an example. The she remarked about RFK's assassination - in JUNE. She underestimated how on people's minds the fear of another assassination is at this juncture. She was wrong to invoke it. She should apologize - to Senator Obama for the speculation this has caused about him. BUT SHE SHOULD NOT STEP DOWN!!!!
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Dear Governor Dean -
Hillary Clinton has just done more to put Barack Obama at risk of an assasin's bullet than all the wackos on the web.
Everybody knows that when you broadcast a lethal idea like this, it works its way into the brains of the unstable.
And everybody who follows the race knows that Barack already has a much tighter Secret Service detail than either Hillary or McCain.
While I certainly won't impugn hateful motives to her, she could not poasibly have said anything more irresponsible - and potentially more harmful. Surely she owes Barack and his family and honest and forthright apology - and it is past time for her to stop her destructive, divisive campaign.
As chairman of the DNC, you must speak out courageously - and all the supers must make their feelings known by declaring their commitment now - to force her out of the race.
Sincerely,
as for needing hillary's supporters, no he doesn't. All he needs are american patriots and loyal democrats. the people who are not those, but hillary supporters instead, are a minority of democratic primary voters, and are not only unneccesary for an Obama win, but actually need the democratic party much more than we need them (imagine womens rights under a john McCain presidency, supremem court nominations, etc...), Take your ball(s) and go home if you want, but don't complain when the party realizes that it needn't pay attention to YOUR issues anymore, because after all, 48% of women voted for bush in 2004, how many more do you think would/could vote for McCain this time? Certainly not enough to overcome new registers and overwhelming independant and anti-republican sentiment.