You may be right, but I think Hillary should have given more thought to how her words might be interpreted.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Statement from Robert Kennedy, Jr., RFK's son: > > "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." > > Statement from the executive editor of the Argus > Leader, Randell Beck, who led the interview in which > she made the remark about RFK: > > "The context of the question and answer with Sen. > Clinton was whether her continued candidacy jeopardized > party unity this close to the Democratic convention. Her > reference to Mr. Kennedy's assassination appeared to > focus on the timeline of his primary candidacy and not > the assassination itself." > > Anybody who hears a statement that can be interpreted > two ways, one perfectly straightforward, reasonable, > and unexceptionable, and the other as the statement > of an inhuman monster, and chooses the second > interpretation, needs to ask themselves whether that > choice says more about them than about the person who > made the statement. > > Again, as with so many of the deranged interpretations > of Hillary's statements, plain common sense should tell > you why the "monster" interpretation is a symptom of > your inner state, and not hers: > > --If Hillary withdrew and Obama were to be assassinated, > God forbid, she would still end up as the Democratic > candidate, so it's not a reason for her not to withdraw. > > --She has made this same statement, in exactly the same > context, back in March, and nobody blinked an eye. > > --If she *were* waiting around for Obama to be > assassinated, what are the odds that she would say so > to a roomful of newspaper editors and reporters? >
