May 23rd, 2008 Hillary Clinton Evokes Bobby Kennedys Assassination to Claim That She Should Stay In The Race What a horrible comment. Is she truly sitting on the sideline preparing for the off chance that the presumptive nominee where to be assassinated? Amazingly callous and insensitive. She has leaped off the side of what was already a slippery slope
How America is hearing Hillary authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On May 24, 2008, at 2:44 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > Everyone doesn't necessarily remember the 1968 race > > went to the convention, and that wasn't even her > > point. Her point was that the primary was still in > > full swing in June; RFK had just won the California > > primary when he was shot. *That's* what people > > remember, and that's why she used it as an example. > > But it's a false example, Judy: > > "For those last few hardcore Hillary supporters who say > she's only making an historic reference to the Primaries > going until June, keep this in mind: That this example may not be perfect is entirely irrelevant, obviously, to whether she meant to say she was staying in the race because somebody might assassinate Obama. Apples and kiwi fruit. And it isn't just the "last few hardcore Hillary supporters," BTW. There are plenty of sensible folks who realize the whole thing is a total crock, deranged hysteria from panicky Obama supporters. What she was trying to get across is obvious in context: that primaries have often extended until June. Whether that's valid in the case of 1968 makes no difference to the issue of whether that's what she was pointing out. She used that example primarily because we all *remember* that primary on account of RFK's assassination. And many of us remember as well that the primary struggle *continued* after his death right up to the convention, where there was a gigantic floor fight and riots in the streets. Nobody had demanded that Gene McCarthy get out of the race, even though Humphrey controlled enough delegates to obtain the nomination. No, it isn't a perfect parallel, but as I pointed out elsewhere, each primary campaign is different from the others in some respects and similar in some respects. The issue of whether she meant to indicate that she was staying in the race in case somebody assassinated Obama is a matter of common sense. It's utterly absurd to think it's even remotely possible. As Olbermann noted, even if she did drop out, if Obama were then assassinated, she'd still almost certainly be the Democratic candidate, given how much support she has from Democratic voters. So that wouldn't be a reason for her to stay in the race in any case. Plus which, you'd really have to believe she had completely lost her mind to make that kind of statement. And if you say, Well, she's so desperate now she *has* lost her mind, then you still have to explain why she's said it several times before, when it looked like she had a decent chance to win. As well, she's probably at as much as if not more risk than Obama of being assassinated. And the parallel to '68 would be of RFK to *her*, not of RFK to Obama, since Obama is now the "establishment" candidate who seems to have the nomination all sewed up, just as Humphrey did. Regardless of whether 1968 is a good example of a primary campaign lasting until June, it MAKES NO SENSE to think she was saying she's staying in in case Obama is assassinated. NO SENSE AT ALL. DERANGED. INSANE. IRRATIONAL. The 1968 New Hampshire primary was held on March 12, > 1968, fully 3 months later than the 2008 primary which was held on > January 8, 2008. In 1992, the New Hampshire primary was on February > 18, a full month and a half later than 1968. So the June argument is > a straw man. Also, in 1968, on 13 states had primaries. For Hillary > to compare then to now is apples and cumquats." > > http://tinyurl.com/6cu7t4 > > Sal > ------------------------------------ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links
