The Clinton plan to win
Yes, this is the NYPost, but did Hillary Clinton really say she's staying in because....
With all the history and all the crazies, is this really a proper thing to say?
Later: Yup, she really said it. (video)
Later still: She apologizes (to the Kennedy's and "the nation," not to Obama.)
Bottom line: She said she's staying in the race, among other reasons, just in case some crazy assassinates Obama.
Did you hear that crazies? Hillary Clinton just (unintentionally) told you how to help her win.
I'm sure she would know who you were then......
This is just unbelievable.
"We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don't understand it...."
With all the history and all the crazies, is this really a proper thing to say?
Later: Yup, she really said it. (video)
Later still: She apologizes (to the Kennedy's and "the nation," not to Obama.)
Bottom line: She said she's staying in the race, among other reasons, just in case some crazy assassinates Obama.
Did you hear that crazies? Hillary Clinton just (unintentionally) told you how to help her win.
I'm sure she would know who you were then......
This is just unbelievable.
posted by mikevotes at
2:56 PM
11 Comments:
I watched the video of the conference.
You know, there is really no moral center to Hillary Clinton (or Bill). No sense of decency when winning a prize is on the like.
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-epm, at 4:07 PM
It's just unbelievable to me.
(Not to mention the fact that even if she suspended her campaign she would be the replacement if Obama became unelectable.)
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mikevotes, at 4:18 PM
if one were a Hillary supporter, how would one rationalize this statement so it seems okay?
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r8r, at 6:06 PM
You paint it as a gaffe and blame it on tired and your candidate's intent being misrepresented, etc.
That's not the way I see it, but when it's your candidate and you're invested emotionally, those blind spots are there.
28% of America still approves of George Bush as president, you know?
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mikevotes, at 9:16 PM
I've had a chance to reflect on this and I've decided that Hillary Clinton has displayed a temperament, pro-active divisiveness, and the absence of a moral compass to such a degree as to indicate she is unqualified to be the President of the United States.
It's not about intellect. It's not about pushing through good polices like health care reform, or changing course in Iraq. It's not about being a smart and capable politician.
It's about being a decent human being and about how she conducts herself under pressure. She fails. She is not qualified to be POTUS. Period.
And it's not just this shameless profanity. In my mind this is merely another data point on an ever escalating path of pernicious cynicism, divisiveness and self-serving codswallop.
I'm not suggesting I'd vote for McCain over Clinton, but I would indeed be voting for the lesser of two evils. The lesser disease to inflict upon the American people.
(I just spent some time reacquainting myself with the events of 1968. I'm feeling very, very.... bitter... toward the whole Clinton juggernaut right now.)
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-epm, at 7:32 AM
if one were a Hillary supporter, how would one rationalize this statement so it seems okay?
Clinton herself rationalized it by claiming that the Kennedys have been on her mind because of the news about Ted.
Of course, she raised the same issue of RFK's assassination back in March.
The Clintons are despicable, as this campaign proved time and again.
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Anonymous, at 8:46 AM
I'm still pretty much in the "carelessness" camp on this one.
I think it was hugely irresponsible thing to say, but I don't think it was nefarious.
(I do believe it's what she thinks, though. Although I don't know if death is the primary function she imagines, she has been publicly calling for an Obama cataclysm of some type for months.)
And, I'm going to say again, when the Clinton's go, I will not miss the drama. In the evryday chase for headlines, they are constantly saying things, seeking out battles,... It's just exhausting to me.
I get tired of the chaos.
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mikevotes, at 11:32 AM
I REALLY don't see the dots you have connected to come up with this analysis of what Clinton said. Even a Kennedy family member is quoted as not seeing the offence to his family. From CNN, Friday night, Kennedy's son, Robert Kennedy, Jr., released a statement that said he understands the point Clinton was making and said it would be a mistake to be offended.
"I have heard her make this reference before, also citing her husband's 1992 race, both of which were hard-fought through June," he said. "I understand how highly charged the atmosphere is, but I think it is a mistake for people to take offense."
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Ptelea, at 2:29 PM
Again, I see it as a case of carelessness, of saying something she shouldn't have, even without the intent.
But, because of very charged nature of the campaign thus far, the well known death threats Obama has received, and the history, it was an absolutely horrible thing to say.
I certainly believe it was a mistake, that it was not her intent, but the thought that she might accidentally or unintentionally throw crumbs to the crazies out there makes it a big deal to me.
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mikevotes, at 4:56 PM
Plus, I think it's a big deal in the meta because Clinton staying in the race despite all the numbers was based on some degree of tolerance, that she was "fighting," rehabbing her image, rebuilding legacy, and then she puts out this jawdropper.
It forced another round of "why is she still doing this?"
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mikevotes, at 4:59 PM
Saying it once is careless, but saying it twice is calculating. And of course she's not trying to be insensitive or offensive. She just doesn't care if she is.
When a candidate suggests, however obliquely, that the black guy
just might get his ass shot off, or makes a shameless appeal to "hard-working Americans, white Americans," I have to wonder if that candidate is really equipped to be president.
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Anonymous, at 8:47 AM
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