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May 23, 2008

Holy Freakin' Hell!

Senator Clinton today:

"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.

I... I don't even know what to say about this... I'm speechless. This is wrong on so many levels.

(h/t Paddy)

UPDATE: Video from TPM:

Here's what she's saying: Senator Obama could be assassinated at any moment, and such a terrible event would represent another -- goddamn, this is awful -- another path to the nomination for her. It's all about her path to the nomination. A possible assassination of Senator Obama. Staggeringly ghoulish.

UPDATE THE SECOND: I just wrote a quickie item for the Huffington Post here.

Posted By Bob Cesca | May 23, 2008 04:22 PM | DIGG ME!

Comments

Christ on a crutch.
The Super Delegate have to END this.
NOW.

Posted by: AlaskanCelt [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 23, 2008 05:08 PM

She knows exactly what she's doing- you can tell by her pauses. I've really tried to give her the benefit of the doubt, but man, this is over the fucking top.

Posted by: Paddy [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 23, 2008 05:19 PM

This is outrageous. She is using the same move as with the West Virginia and Kentucky crowds. "Hard working white folks" = white people. Bobby Kennedy was assassinated = Barack Obama will be assassinated as well. I have been fighting not to say the following thing, but I think it is actually appropriate at this point:

Hillary Clinton, you are what some of us expected you were all along...a power hungry, stop at nothing , opportunistic psycho HOESBEAST...fuck you and Geraldine Ferraro...I am done with you.

I was all for Obama giving you a spot in his cabinet (never the VP spot), now I dont even want you apart of Congress...go away. If you are in a situation were I have a choice between you and a Republican in an election I will write in Barack Obama whether he is around or not!
FUCK YOU!

Posted by: KidDynamo0 [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 23, 2008 05:28 PM

I had a stream of thoughts that included the words flabbergasted, deranged and Carl Rove. But now I think that this has gone so far beyond that...

That... Thing! Sends chills up my spine... Someone tell Dick Cheney to give that dress back to his wife.

BTW. This picture now TOTALLY applies!
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l60/MajinMal/1210185850314.jpg

Posted by: MajinMal [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 23, 2008 05:44 PM

First Huckaboner, now Billary...It is disgusting. What a sorry, sad egomaniac she is. GO AWAY HILLARY....NOW!!!

Posted by: midad [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 23, 2008 05:56 PM

Guess what folks... Ted Kennedy's recent cancer diagnosis has nothing to do with it.

This isn't the first time she's said it:
http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/05/hillarys_bizarre_rfk_comment.html

Is Clinton trying to stir up the lonies, and exercise the "RFK option" as her "fail-safe" method of securing the nomination?

Posted by: AlaskanCelt [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 23, 2008 06:55 PM

..and you know what else...I am sick to death of reading how Obama supporters should make "nice" with the Hillary supporters. If they don't see how horrible she is we don't need them in the Democratic party anyway. It's just like saying racism is Obama's problem, not the racists. So Hillary and her asinine remarks are OUR problem??? And we have to get over it?? I think not.

Maybe I will be sorry I posted this, but right now I am royally pissed!!!!

Posted by: midad [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 23, 2008 07:26 PM

I thought I'd seen it all when she looked at Steve Kroft and said, "..as far as I know." I was viscerally angry, it was so obvious that she just couldn't help herself. This is different, deliberate, disgusting and truly beyond the pale. Someone explain to me how anyone can stand up cheer for this soulless person? Bob nailed it - The Worst Person in the World.

Posted by: Katesmom [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 23, 2008 08:23 PM

It really does all come down to Karma. And she has created really, really bad Karma. And Barack's Karma is really, really good. I think we can desist with all this talk about making her VP. Not gonna happen. Wouldn't be prudent. Moving right along.

Posted by: midad [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 23, 2008 09:36 PM

Well, all that's left is for her to call him "boy" or use the N-word and still the Superdelegates will do nothing. There is a point were doing nothing, means you stand for nothing.

Posted by: rixxk [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 24, 2008 08:18 AM

i agree that it's long past time for hillary to go. watching her toss back jack daniels with the boys and regale us with her tales of the hunt was truly disgusting. but give her a break, she was just trying to say that it wasn't until june that RFK became the presumptive democratic nominee so what's the big rush to get her to quit. she was, in no way, trying put some kind of evil witchy death curse on barack obama if we don't make her the nominee. yes, it was an extremely poor point she made in trying to make her case that it's too early for her to drop out. she used a shocking turning point in our lives to make her point and it came out all wrong. but c'mon, do you really believe she did it on purpose and meant it as some kind of threat or fearmongering? there are plenty of other things she has said and done to merit nothing but scorn, but this isn't one of them.

Posted by: jajan bali [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 24, 2008 08:40 AM

Sorry, disagree Jajan. You know what really irritates me...the spin that began almost immediately. Candy Crowley, one of my favorite reporters, tried to make the point it was a "gaffe" because what could Clinton possibly hope to benefit from by saying this? Nothing, right? So of course she couldn't possibly have meant it the way so many were interpreting it, right? Wrong. This candidate and this campaign are very deliberate with everything they do.

I don't doubt for a minute she is sorry she said it.

June 6th will mark the 40th anniversary of this terrible day. You can bet Clinton and her campaign had/have something big planned for that day, something along the line of what she said yesterday...how proud she was to represent his senate seat yada, yada, yada.

Hillary, you are no Robert F. Kennedy. Not even gonna say nice try.

Posted by: midad [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 24, 2008 11:56 AM

What I find sad is our media....they came out at 5PM trying to put a spin that this had to be just a gaffe and that Hillary was exhausted. Why not give her the benefit of the doubt - it's worked before - NOT THIS TIME!~ There were too many bloggers that had read the New York Post initial article and were emailing it to everyone in their address book. The feeble media had to back peddle by 6PM and come out and give this the coverage that they SHOULD have had the courage to do at 5PM!

This brought me back to the media's inept coverage of the Administration before going into Iraq. We have so few 'good' investigative reporters in this country....they are more of an entertainer and just read the script.

The DNC should learn a lesson by Clinton's "gaffe". Obama should not be told or forced to put Clinton on his ticket. She really was a loser yesterday and I would put money that she still doesn't get WHY.

Posted by: Mary [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 24, 2008 12:34 PM

Posted by: thelastgunslinger [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 25, 2008 12:09 AM

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