Clinton says she regrets assassination reference

I think her point was that a good number of primaries last til June. She was not suggesting anything about Obama and assassination, I think it's ridiculous to look at it this way.

THe woman is a total craven evil human being. (I want to call her a whole slew of expletives, but that wouldn't be appropriate). The superdelegates had better act NOW. Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi and AL Gore had better talk to her. And if Obama offers her VP after this, I will not vote for him.

Drop out you embarrasment

Its really sad that she fooled so many people to vote for her. Look at these statements. Are these deserving for a sitting US senator much less a presidential candidate? And she wants to be VP...obama will be dead by inaguration day for sure, if he become president

Diarrhea of the mouth?

She is crazy and evil. This was no slip of the tongue. Why anyone would want her within 100 miles of the White House is beyond me.

OH MY GOD! I am in shock, NO SHE DIDN'T!
She is ruining herself, please make her stop!

Hillary has stooped to the lowest of lows!!!! Despicable, Embarrassing, and not worthy of holding the highest office in the land...

Goodbye to a desperate narcissist!!!!!!

Mmmmmmmm.... tasteless....

At least she finally admits what is really going on. Should should not be vice president...I just cannot trust her.

To even think this is disgraceful. Hillary Clinton should step aside TODAY.

Then it is true that the Clintons will stop at nothing to gain the white house. what a disgusting trio. They certainly are a group of Arkansas Travellers. Paul of the Desert Indian Wells CA. GO OBAMA

Despicable, Embarrassing, and not worthy of somesone seeking to hold the highest office in the land

Goodbye to a heartless narcissist

So, she's staying in just in case Obama is assassinated. This woman is insane.

Taking this and the comment about "hard-working...white Americans," she's a little like the drunk who says aloud the things that everyone else is secretly thinking. It's not that she's wrong as much as it's gallling that she would be so politically incorrect.

It's got to be one or the other: either she's a malicious villian who will stoop to anything, or she's a complete idiot. Either way, she shouldn't be president.

And you Hilary supporters want Barack to choose her as his running mate?
So she can set him up to be assassinated?
Not.

I have just visited NSNBC site and there isn't one comment in HRC defense.
Looks like she might have put her foot in it.

Clinton needs medical treatment, as she seems to have serious mental disorders, besides exhibiting a total lack of personal and professional integrity and honesty.

That woman knew exactly what she was saying just as she did when talking about hard working white voters and her husband said Obama's win in South Carolina was like Jesse Jacksons. I can't believe the level she has sinked to and I lost my respect for both Clinton's months ago!

Nice try but her statement does show how, and it's not the first time, puts her mouth in action before she's had time to put her mind gear.
In fact, there's not much excuse for bring up Bobby now. Just bad taste.

If Clinton is truly in this race for average Americans, then it is time she put us first, leave the race, and try and mend some of the damage she has done to Obama. She can't win the nomination. All she can do is prevent the man, a man whom she admits is very similar to her ideologically, from becoming the next president and instead giving the office to McCain, a man who she says is ideologically worlds apart from either democratic leader.

I worry that Clinton has not only hurt Obama but permanently injured herself. She says Mr. Obama is not a Muslim "as far as I know (wink wink)." She says, America I am white and Obama is black, remember! Is there anything that Clinton wont do to become elected? Is nothing sacred? Do we want a person leading our country who wont stand firm on any issue?

Hillary Clinton's remark about Bobby Kennedy's assassination is typical. Maybe it was wishful thinking. She's a clever woman but so intent on her own ambition
that she thinks everything is fair. It's typical of politicians to make statements and then say, "Oops, sorry," and be content that it has been said, that the idea has been planted in the minds of voters. In this case it was sinister, gross,and tacky.
Was she really saying to some fanatic, "Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?"

She has lost her bearings completely !!

Yes, and a meteor might strike Barack Obama's airplane as it flies from coast to coast. Hang in there Hilary.

How disgusting on Clinton's part to references RFKs assassination to make her argument! Not only is it insensitive, but in my opinion, adds nothing to her argument. Hello Hillary, ignoring the fact that it was a completely different system to the one today in which only 13 states voted, the 1968 primary was still going on in June because the first states to vote did not do so until March! March, April, May, June, that means it only lasted 4 months. Your campaign has been going down the tubes for 5, going on 6, months now. Heck, Bobby didn't declare himself a candidate until after the New Hampshire primary on March 16th 1968. So, stop vaguely referencing history you obviously don't have the slightest idea about.

I DO NOT LIKE HILLERY OR BILL, BUT GET A GRIP PEOPLE, I CAN SEE WHAT
SHE MEANT, BOBBY K WAS STILL CAMPAINING WELL INTO JUNE ,. WHY MAKE
A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLEHILL.

Yeah, you know, suddenly the "57 states" comment doesn't seem so bad. not that it really did in light of the "under fire by bosnian snipers" comment, but this is even way beyond that.

Could a clinton supporter remind us that the reason we don't like Hillary is because she's a woman? I'd really like to hear that accusation right now. Thanks.

It's almost like she's soliciting a hit on Obama - and if so, it's THE most cynical and disgusting thing I've EVER seen. I used to like her, but now, I like her less and less every day. She just reminds me of a petulant child unwilling to give up a toy that wasn't hers in the first place. Someone needs to educate her on the meaning and value of "bowing out gracefully". She's killing the Dems for this election cycle. Oh, one more thing - don't tell me about her "electability". Has everyone already forgotten the venomous hate that the conservative right has for her? It isn't just about Bill. Remember how they sicked Ken Starr on them for what, six years, for a fishing expedition that led to nothing? Rush Limbaugh and his circle of morons hold a unique and special place in hell for the Clintons BOTH, moreso than for anyone else. If Hillary is the Dem nominee, we'll go back to the 90's allright - back to a non-stop slime-fest against anything Clinton. That's electability? Come on people - think for yourselves!!

Why should anyone be surprised by this latest "Clintonian method"? What should be done by the DNC is to take control over this issue and get her out of this now, she can only do damage and continue to bring added embarassments to this entire process which in and of itself is somewhat embarassing.

America certainly deserves better and for certain Sen. Obama deserves the opportunity to be able to focus more on the national debate that he is going to have to participate in for the general election and not continue to have this smoking gun running around just hoping for some sort of mistep, or, as this comment suggests, a national tragedy that would give her what the electorate do not want to give.

How long before Barack gets an Obamamobile (like the bulletproof popemobile)?

I'm not a fan of Hillary, but come on. Obviously she didn't mean to insinuate that Obama should watch his back. We need to quit jumping on people for their gaffes and start questioning their policies. Just as a pickpocket distracts his mark with a jarring bump , the American public has been tricked into bickering with each other while our civil liberties are being sold off.

It was really only a matter of time before the despicable Hillary Clinton played the assasination card. The only thing that amazes me is that it took so long. Good riddance, Senator!

appalling. What a thing to toss out there.

I have suspected this all along, but I figured she could go ahead and "suspend" her campaign, and then revive it if something happened to Obama. It's not so offending that she has strategized about this, but it was really dumb to say it out loud, especially in light of Ted Kennedy's condition, etc.

This foul person is not only evil, but insane.

She's had way too much of the Bush Kool-aide.

Hillary and her snipers, should be in GitMo with the other terrorists!

Just when you think she couldn't sink herself any lower than she has already. What's next from this rabbid nut case?

She is a person. GO HILLARY....Keep running. Don't quit. Americans are not quitters.

Hillary's just pissed because she can't kill off Obama like the many others who, before their untimely demise, were associated with the Clintons.

The comment is unambiguously DEPRAVED. What's more, I'm not even sure it's logical. If Barack dies would she not be next in line regardless of whether she drops out? If it came down to her or McCain, this Liberal Democrat would vote for McCain. i didn't feel this way two months ago.

First, I support neither Sen Clinton, nor Sen Obama.

Second, I do not believe she meant anything other than the point that popular candidates in the past have had to campaign into June before a nomination was decided.

Finally, if we look for evil intent and attach this great a significance to a remark as innocent as this, then there is no candidate worthy of consideration.

It's hard to tell who'll pull the trigger - Bill or Hillary. How desperate the parents in this family are to get back into the White House. They really will stop at nothing. The reason Hillary is trying to get the race to the convention is so she and Bill can do all their back room dirty tricks to get the nomination. Down with the witch

BUT SHE IS RIGHT!

What she said was a fact. Read into it all the evil you want but she it actually was a practical statement. BTW I don't want either of them, nor do I want mcCain.

Let's make a mountain out of a mole hill. It is very obvious that the Clintons think highly of the Kennedys and would not intentionally offend them. And her comment was also obviously only about prmiaries lasting into June. It has nothing to do with Obama. I'm not a Clinton supporter but I have to say that we should give her a break. She is probably exhausted from a long campaign and when we're exhausted sometimes we don't always communicate as clearly as we should. Also, she has every right to run as long as she wants. If she wants to run until the convention and then if she loses there turn around and run as an independent she has every right. Last time I checked this was still America and people have freedom to make decisions.

Before everyone gets carried away with this craziness. I just want to point out that Obama being assassinated does have a few upsides. You know that he'll get his own holiday. His birthday is August 4th, and we do need an August holiday to break up the summer. August 4th would give everyone an extra three-day weekend between July 4th and Labor Day. You can't get much better than that. Also, if he does pick Hillary as his VP, then she will become President and can fix everything that Obama and W before him screwed up. The best part is it will give all the Libbies another martyr to enjoy.

Totally ridiculous to look at her like she said anything that hasn't already been said or alluded to. People will attack her for anything she says and frankly I'm so gald she hasn't given up because all the folks that do this slamming of her don't deserve her. She would be the best candidate we've ever had but because of the discriminatory society we live in, this is what she's had to deal with. I'd be more concerned about the folks Obama's already offended and worried what trouble he will cause should he get in since he has no judgment whatsoever when it comes to people. funny all men have mothers, lovers, sisters and yet they have such a strong hate of women. clinton has already done more for YOUR children and families than Obama would ever dream of. I keep asking and no one can answer a single thing this guy has done.

This comment really tops it all.

What insensitivity towards the Kennedy's at a time like this!

Add to that, even worse, the utterly irresponsible remark that could put the wrong thoughts into the mind of the right nut case.

Some future leader she is! Thanks, Hillary. She probably didn't "intend these remarks": because she was too busy figuring out how to get herself in the White House.

I have never seen so many people slide down the slippery slope of error and accusation. The creation of facts, assumptions from so many who were not there to hear the statement but feel quite free to create gossip and ill found statements. I suppose all will be going to church on Sunday or hope so. Do a little bit of reflection while there folks. Not one of us could stand up to the critical nature of the press, a campaign nor have our words parsed. How about giving her the benefit of the doubt that the Kennedy recent events were on her mind. Go back and read her explanation too while you are at it. Geez. Get a life.

Wonder what Vince Foster would have to say about this?

I lost what little respect (not support) I had for her when she made race an issue at the expense of America - an America that she supposedly shed tears over. Just how desperate will she get and how much more damage will she do to our country in her pursuit of the brass ring?

After seeing all the efforts to force her to concede, I have come to this opinion.
I think, she should decide on running as an Independent Candidate instead of waiting on super deleigates and other delegates. In all his (Barrack Hussain Obama) speeches, I have not seen anything trust worthy other than heavily loaded words. If the DNC makes any efforts to suppress her chances, I am voting repulican.

Don't forget that back in the 1960's HRC worked for a law firm in San Francisco and defended all kinds of radicals that burned down establishment buildings such as banks etc. as she keeps refering to Obama's friendship with Ayers of the 60's Weathermen!! This is no slip of the tongue this is truely what she believes that she needs to stay in the race just in case Obama is assassinated.

Though my preferece may be for Obama over Clinton, I am just shocked at the reaction to Clinton's statement of facts in response to a question. I find Obama spokesman's reaction unnecessary and unfortunate.

Although one could reconstruct Hillary's statement to mean she was trying to emphasize the fact that JUNE is not too late to be making a decision. Maybe she was underlining that fact by referring to the Robt. Kennedy assassination because it took place in June whe the Democratic party hadn't yet chosen their candidate for President. Unfortunately for Hillary, in view of all her previous mistatements, few people will be willing to give her the benefit of the doubt.

I am a very strong Obama fan and have been ever since I read and reread the two books he wrote. But I feel sorry for Hillary and would like to give her the benefit of a doubt in this case.. She thought she had the nomination in her pocket only to make one goof after another in the way she has run her campaign.

Tasteless and disappointing. I can't believe that I once thought that she would be a shoe in for the presidency. She lost my vote months ago it's been going downhill ever since.

so it comes out do . do you want dumd" omba" or dumber "mccain" or dumd it the witch from were new yory or arkansa it is your pick

And Bill Clinton thinks Obama should choose her as his VP?!?!?!

He'd be crazy to choose her. The secret service would have to triple up to watch his back with her his VP.

Enough already; Hillary is completely out of control. She is either exhausted, demented, or worse. There is nothing Hillary would not say or do to become president. Please, someone PLEASE convince her to exit before she self-destructs.

She would say anything to get elected. I saw her talk and my BS detector melted down.
I saw Obama talk in the inner city and say "Welfare reform was a good idea, Welfare the way you remember it is not coming back."

Obama talked in front of the Cubans in Florida today and said the politics of shunning haven't worked in 50 years and we should try something new.

He doesn't just tell people that which they want to hear.

Oh My GOD!!!!!!!!!! This is unbelievable! So now i understand why she's hanged on more than expected! Waiting for possible assassination of her winning rival so that she can jump in? This is not only immoral but also unethical. This is the least argument American's expected. I don't think she minced her word or mispoke.
I strongly believe the Clinton's have also disrespected and undermined Barack's lead. If Barack was trailing behind -- clinton wound have pressured him to step down.

The second-most sad and sickening thing of it all is the fact that, privately, so many of us have been expressing our certainty about Sen. Obama's nomination in similar terms, as I myself have dismissed the doubters I encounter by waggishly predicting: The only thing that can stop Barack from getting to the White House is a psycho with a gun.

Perhaps having Sen. Clinton publicly acknowledge that her best hope for the nomination lies in the path of an assassin's bullet -- and then having her not-so-skillfully prevaricate about her motivations -- is the only sadder and more sickening aspect to all this.

Now look....you see... this is what happens when someone is so desperate...here you have evidence of what truly characterizes what she really is about.
So desperate to bring up such an awful thing of the past to even link it with the future is absolutely what Obama has been talking about....more of what we don*t need for our future....

Instead of trying to use words of encouragement, inspiration and leadership, which everybody knows is exactly what Obama always mentions about her and nothing negative about Clinton, she uses this as a distraction and really reminds people of memories that we really want to forget and move forward, ....well, there you have it folks...let alone at a time when Ted Kennedy and family needs all the help and encouragement he can get from us.

An absolute disgrace to say the least !!!

How does a thought like this even enter her mind, much less get spoken out loud? This hard working white male voter will never ever vote for Hillary Clinton. I won't vote for McCain, but I will not cast a ballot or send a dime to Senator Clinton. I wish I could get back the money I sent to her campaign in January after reading this exchange. Please please step aside now! You are disgracing the name I've revered for so long.

Kasey Cotulla - Sacramento

Obama is going to be president. Clinton will be vice president. The clintons will then assassinate Obama, blame it on a militant white racial group, and then Hilary will assume presidential power. Meanwhile sending our country into a state of national emergency, allowing for the discontinuation of the constitution and complete marshall law.

What an awful thing for Senator Clinton to say; it sounds as if she's saying that her only reason for remaining in the nomination race is the possibility that Senator Obama might be assassinated before the Denver convention in August. Is she now so desperate to win this nomination that she would wish unspeakable harm to her opponent?
The danger with this type of speech is that some waco out there may think that it's their devine duty to prove Mrs. Clinton right by assassinating Mr. Obama. As a Cinton supporter ... well, now former supporter, that is not right. It sounds like politics third world country style.
As Americans, even in bitter defeat, we step to a graceful sense of sportsmanship.

I stopped supporting Clinton when she threatened to "totally obliterate Iran." Her comment today regarding the possibility of assassination as being a reason for staying in the race convinced me I made the right decision.

There is absolutely no threshold beneath which Shrillary won't slither...

The woman has exhibited a pattern of poor judgment all along. Enough already. JUST GO AWAY!

We Americans! How awful it is to let the media rule our outrages and our thinking for us. Don't you see how the media rages on to get we, the people riled. And it looks like its working from the comments I've read. Open your hearts America and not your raging emotions. Or do we as a nation have good hearts anymore? People in the news all the time can make mistakes and can mis-speak. I've heard it from Republicans and Democrats alike. I've heard even people in the media mis-speak. and I have also.

This is an evil woman. Hillary Clinton does nothing by accident; she is calculating and knows exactly how to turn an artful phrase.

She also has hit the Kennedy family at their most vulnerable time to retaliate against their public support of Barack Obama. Do you feel better now, Hillary, that you have reminded them of all their tragedies as they face yet another one?

May God have mercy upon your soul and may He protect us against you. SusanHS

Zimbabwe, assassination, and people wondered if the South Carolina surrogate statements and downplaying of MLK was a fluke. Well, superdelegates, it's clearly not a fluke. So we want to know which superdelegates supported her so we can begin the process of voting them out of office wherever possible.

Come on people, as Bill Cosby's daughter is reported to have said, this is a tempest in a teapot and a chance for the repubs who're dressed as dems to spout more fireless smoke disguised as scandal.

Senator Clinton's reference to Bobby's assassination was about the TIME it occurred -- i.e., in June, and not THAT it occurred, or that such a fate could befall Senator Obama. Her point that campaigns for a party nomination can run well into June and even beyond (Bobby's final public quote of "it's now on to Chicago, and let's win there" testifying to that) is both historically accurate and presently relevant. Agreed the junior senator from ny could have chosen her words more wisely, BUT really, to suggest she was verbalizing a secret hope of some violent and untimely demise to her rival for the nomination is beyond vulgar and is just so awfully mean-spirited.

BTW (rhetorical question alert), where were all these outraged folks when Gov. Huckabee made his REALLY humorless Obama assassination reference before the NRA convention? Oh, yeah, (rhetorical answer alert) right; laughing along w/the other so-called patriotic flagpin lapel wearers congregating at the feet of the right minister gov from arkansas. I'm almost afraid to ask, but how much uglier can this thing get anyway?

She hasn't earned the benefit of the doubt. She's a sneaky, snide, sleazy politician who has no qualms about character assassination (or other kinds, apparently)

This is no accident -she wants the Presidency at all costs - even if someone has to die to get her in. Go home Hillary, and take you KKK mentality with you, your campaign is over.

Nothing she or Bill says is accidental or even a slip. It is always well planned and throroughly thought out. She sinks to a new low.

For heaven's sake, what she said is simply what half the world's been thinking---her staying in the race is a bit of insurance for a candidate brave enought to risk the dangers arising from the this coutnry's rot of racism.

This should be worrying for Senator Obama.

Hillary would stop at nothing to prevent Obama from winning the nomination.

In fact, Hillary would not be averse to forcing herself in as VP precisely so that she could do a Vince Foster on Obama and thereby get the power she so desperately seeks.

This woman cannot be trusted. She is a killer of the Democratic party in more ways than one.

What a classic move ... read Shakespeare's Richard the Second to see how the king (a weak & increasingly pathetic figure) makes a veiled reference to get his main challenger killed ... and when he is, he expresses surprise and remorse!!

As I have been trying to hold on to some kind of respect for Hillary, she is repeatedly demonstrating that ..

NO EVIL MOVE is too low for her. NO SELF-SERVING, power-grabbing desperation is beyond her .. and her spin machine.

Very sad. As with our earlier "choice", it seems we get the leaders we deserve - UNLESS we send a clear message that we will not take this anymore.

Kris, are you missing the gravity of the remark she made? She may not have intended it so, but she implied that she should stay in the race just in case Barack Obama loses his life! That by doing so she would rescue the party from not having a candidate in the fall. WTF is she thinking? The truth is I do not think this was her intent. She is not that stupid, is she?

Well, all I can say is, "It's too late, she's gone too far, she's lost the sun: she's come undone."

guess the whole v.p thing didn't work out.

Where was she when Bill pardoned Mel Reynolds? This was part of her "experience" I assume, letting a child molester out of prison.

She should never be allowed back in the White House!fuz

I'm an Obama supporter and will be voting for him after he inevitably gets the nomination, but...

All of this outrage is ... well ... outrageous. Clinton was making the point that other primaries have lasted into June, not that she is staying in the race just incase Obama is assassinated. Thats just a statement of fact.

She's not getting my vote because I support Obama's ideas more than hers, but she not evil. Can't we choose the candidate that best exemplifies our views and vision without vilifying his / her opponent?

why is the head line RFK when its JFK but yeah hillary is hilarious and needs to stop

Hillary is a kind, caring, and thoughtful woman. It's obvious from her remarks and campaigning style that she will be a uniter, someone who truly seeks to uphold the values of all Americans.

Admit it, I had you going... :)

She's worthless. A vote for her is foolish and something only an ignorant lemming would do. No offense to lemmings.

I have attempted to give Hillary Clinton the benefit of doubt for this statement as Jeff Beulke asked. I realise though that if the roles were reversed Hillary Clinton would not grant such decency to Barack OBama as demonstrated by her reaction to the 'bitter remarks'. Her campaign decided to call Obama an elitist despite the fact that by her own admission he is not. She claimed that she was taking him at his words and nothing else.

I have decided to take her at her words and nothing else. Therefore I translate her statement without a frame of reference to who she is. I elect to ignore a frame of reference that might say she is decent, as she did with Obama. I decide to infer from her statement that she is waiting from something untoward to happen to Obama. She is waiting for Obama's assassination. I am taking her at her words and her words only.

Hi Hillary

You are a very courageous, intelligent, and eloquent person. I have great respect for the Clintons since the Clinton Administration. I have supported you and all that you stand for with out any reservations. I have called a family meeting as the head of the family for the first time in regards to politics, to make one thing sure; that the name Clinton be condemn for all time. You finally brought out the devil in you.

RETURN TO HELL FROM WHENCE YOU CAME, AND DON'T FORGET PAUL ON THE WAY.

THANK YOU

No, double standard please. Remember the howls from HRC and her supporters in the press regarding Obama's remarks when he referred to "bitterness" among some.

Politician should use diligence with statements containing any reference to assassination.

She is a disgusting immoral human being. Note to Hillary: Please disappear and take your new hard working HILLBILLy racist buddies with you!

She should be on the phone right now begging Sen. Kennedy for his forgiveness.

The Clinton fanatics are beyond persuasion. The few that have surfaced here don't make even a feeble attempt to rationalize her comment. No, I don't think she intends to off Obama (and I don't think she had anything to do with Vince Foster either), but I have concluded that her lust for power is such as to allow her to contemplate callously the possibility that like RFK, Obama may be assassinated before the convention, so why should she exit now?

When people are tired, as she may be, they don't misspeak so much as expose their naked thought processes without obfuscation. What we saw is what we'd get.

She can't even make a speech without dropping some careless and potentially inflammatory remark. And you want her addressing terrorist nations? And yes, I do believe she is that stupid. Either that, or completely arrogant, take your pick

Hillary doesn't have slip ups! She is a sociopath pure and simple and all you brain dead zombie Clinton supporters are just as bad as she is. Clinton does not deserve to be on the same stage as McCain and Obama. She is a disgrace!

Hillary needs psychiatric care.

The super delegates should release her from this obviously destructive pressure.

The woman is out of control, not even Bill Clinton can make her come to her senses, as long as the superdelegates who continue to seat on the fence empower her. Come on superdelegates stop this madness that gives Senator McCain a chance to serve the third term of Mr. Bush. Are you not aware of the damage he did on Americans reputation at home and abroad?

THE WORLD IS WATCHING!!!
I am a Canadian, not affiliated to any portical party.

REGRET HELL. White 66 year male from SC & FL. Have voted for Bush 1, Clinton Twice, Bush 2 once. 100% behind Obama, unless Hillary is VP. Then I vote McCain PERIOD.

She was a pseudo-intellectual young woman, she's an irritating adult. She dresses like a guy. She can't win.

If there's any truth to news of late that she's searching for an out by suggesting to Obama's camp that he offer her the VP so that she can publicly decline it, the people should count they're blessings we're less likely to have somebody with that kind of personality flaw running things potentially from higher office.

"For heaven's sake, what she said is simply what half the world's been thinking---her staying in the race is a bit of insurance for a candidate brave enought to risk the dangers arising from the this coutnry's rot of racism."

So Polly, In essence, this would be an entirely selfless gesture? No, seriously? Is that your best rationale?

I wonder what would happen to a small college football coach who referenced the Marshall Footbal team plane crash right before USC was due into town as a way to win? I don't think he'd have a job anymore.

You are all nuts. I can't stand Hillary but I don't see anything offensive in her statement. She simply pointed out that the campaign can continue into June. How do you take from that some inference to Senator Obama being assasinated? That is crazy. I think Hillary is shameless but in this case she actually did "misspeak".

On topic:

I just watched the video of her interview on CNN. If you have not, I emplore you to take the time and base your comments of what was actually said. I do not think for one moment that HRC intended to infer that Obama might be assasinated or intended to offend the Kennedy family. She made a simple comment that in the democratic party there is a history of primaries that run into June and beyond.

Personally, I found her comment yesterday (I believe) equating what is happening in Florida to the flawed elections in Zimbabwe to be far more off color. Last time I checked there was not a dictator flogging, killing and intimidating Floridians. Nor is there a dictatorial regime refusing to accept defeat in the general elections. Why aren't we talking about that comment? It seems far more racialized, bigoted and offensive to me.

Slightly off topic:

On this and other political discussion boards I keep seeing people call themselves "democrats" and then in the next sentence say if this or that does not happen then they will vote repulican come November.

My question: What possible good will that do unless you don't really care at all about the real issues at hand in the coming election?

I am a life long democrat and always will be. In local elections I have, a couple times, thought about and/or voted for a repulican candidate if I do not like the democrat up for office. I have always looked at this as fairly low risk since, especially in MA, there are enough democrats to balance out the few repulicans in office. I felt as though the issues close to my heart (public schools, civil liberties, the environment, health care) would still be protected.

But NEVER would I risk this in a national campaign. I am not the biggest HRC fan right now either, although I respect her perserverance as a woman trying to succeed in our patriarchal country. Despite my Obama allegiance, if she were to get the nomination or the VP nod that would not sway me to jump ship.

Honestly, do those of you threatening to vote for the other side think for one minute McCain cares about our education and healthcare systems, or the environment, or the cost of college, or rights for same sex couples (and I could go on and on) in remotely the same way that either Obama or Hillary do?

Do you think that having McCain in office is going to ensure that our democratic party concerns are represented when he appoints more conservative judges to the Supreme Court when others retire during the next administration?

As democrats it's time to unite around both domestic and international concerns...around the critical ISSUES facing our nation and the world. We have to focus on making sure that we do not lose this battle in November rather than throw a vote across the aisle b/c we are annoyed by one candidate or the other.

We need to step back and see the bigger picture! Protest votes in the next election could result in perpetuating and worsening so many of the problems currently facing our nation and the world. We have make sure we turn the tides and start moving in the right direction!

Seems code for one of her supporters to knock off Obama.

The evil witch will say and do anything to get into the White House because she thinks she is smarter than everyone else and that we somehow owe her the job because she put up with the Prez who couldn't kepp his fly zipped.

Please Clintons and I might add Bushes...just GO AWAY. These two families have completely destroyed this nation/

Hilary said some stupid stuff, and surely she has made her last gaff of the campaign. But, some of the comments on this blog make me shudder. Apparently, there are Globe readers who truly believe that Hillary is Satan. You people need psychiatric help.

HIllary is losing her mind. Also becoming desperate. Her comment was clearly meant to imply that the same thing could happen to Obama and that in such a case the party would then need her. This should send anyone still thinking about supporting her running in the opposite direction as quickly as possible.

she is hoping that Obama will be assassinated..wow! Out with the Clintons and the Bushes!!! Get rid of family dynasties in politics; they have never worked.

Watts, read your your history -- RFK was killed in June 1968. (You know who RFK was, don't you?)

She's meat, btw.

She is suggesting to a lunatic to go kill Obama...she is taking a leaf out of "the three musketeers"...She is Milady de Winter!!

She conveniently leaves out the fact that campaigns of the past lasted into June because the huge California primary used to be IN JUNE--and that's no longer the case!!! She is much too smart for all these "slips" to be accidental. I am a former Hillary supporter who has seen Hillary in another light this year. I've lost almost all respect for her.

What is the source of this story?

Hillary comments to a small-time South Dakota paper and the world arises in shock, but she said the same thing in "Time" magazine and nobody noticed?

This is political operative pre-fab press release outrage pushed by the same media who are pimping pseudo-obits of Ted Kennedy all this week. We are being played by not being told who is spoon-feeding TV and the papers.

I know what she was getting at - how everyone is mean to her because, after all, she is supposed to be the President and why can't you people see that - but her choice of phrasing was, at best, unfortunate. She could have simply said that '68 went well past June before the nominee was decided, but she decided to emphasize RFK's death instead.

The thing is, people want her to drop out not because she's a woman, but because her prolonged campaign when there is no way of winning (at least legitimately) is hardening divisions. Truth is, she should stay in at least through June 3, but if she follows through on these overt threats to take the fight to Denver, she is going to destroy the party and then McCain will win. But maybe that's what she wants - if she's not the nominee then no one will be.

Freudian Slip Lady MacBeth? She is like a child thinking the nomination is her entitlement!

"Hillary has a point: June is a great month for
political assassinations. Why drop out of the race
before all the assassins have had their say?"
--David Rees (dailykos)

Let your true colors shine on through.

Her comments are why paople hate the Clintons. Nothing is sacred.

She is bordering on evil.

Get a grip, people.

I am stunned and outraged by Hillary Clinton’s reference to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. This rises to a new level, even in a campaign that has been marked by numerous double speak statements and a range of outright untruths and gaffs. This latest incident in the overall context of this race, given our nations history and unspoken security concerns, rises to a new much more dangerous level of irresponsibility. Hillary you owe the country better than this.

Please Elizabeth- take a look at your own mind and the thoughts contained within it and ask yourself honestly how you arrive at such a conclusion. It's one thing to choose not to support Hillary but to call her evil, crazy- you may want to consider what these comments say about you and not her. Hillary Clinton is brilliant, committed and driven and in case you are wondering I voted for Obama in the primary.

I am not a Hilary fan, but I think she was merely reminding people that campaigns can go on for a while--they don't have to be over when the media wants them to be. I do not think she was saying that she was hanging in in case (god forbid) Mr. Obama was assassinated. June 5th-6th, 1968 still haunts me....

You know I am not really a H. Clinton supporter and I watched the interview and I really do not see what all the fuss is about.. She was just trying to point out that in the past campaigns ran into June and gave her hubby and RFK as an example.

Give her a break.

Is there still ONE person out there who wants Billary to be President? It's nearly incomprehensible that this woman made these remarks at a time Ted Kennedy has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. WHY invoke the Kennedys at all at this exact time? And to refer to the horror of Robert Kennedy's assassination in the context of political timing is truly beyond belief. Those were painful years for those of us who lived through it. Why place those images in our minds now? Sadly I've been concerned about Obama's safety because he's too good to be true. And he is absolutely the best person to lead our country. But the Clintons have made the job all that much harder for him, because Obama must repair the damage they have done to their own party. The honorable thing to do is for Hillary to step down and let the healing begin. Hillary and Bill are everything we do not want.

Oh My God....

Did she really do this? How could she??

Does she know something?? Or is she inciting violence? Truthfully...the Secret Service needs to investigate this! What is she doing???

Even if her point was that democratic primaries in the past have lasted into June, that was before this front-loaded primary format. I remember her thinking that she would have it all sewn up by February. I guess that didn't work out. I do not think she meant to insinuate that Obama would be assassinated, but it is the mark of a desperate candidate nonetheless. Comparing past elections to this one, with its new time line, is comparing apples and oranges.

I just heard Keith Obberman express his views about the Clinton remark referencing Bobby Kennedy. This was the first tv commentator I have ever heard speak from the heart. His comments were not designed and tailored for enhanced ratings. He was truly offended by Clinton's comment...as I believe most Americans were, or will be upon hearing them. I can't imagine her continuing to stand in front of any American audience from here on out and spew more garbage about "fighting for us". I only pray to God that people now open their eyes and see what this woman is doing.

I guess we can stop wondering what sort of fantasy world the Clintons have been living in these last few months. It's a very dark one indeed.

I JUST saw her footage and it OBVIOUS that she's merely referencing the fact that Kennedy was assassinated in June. That's when he wrapped up his nomination...I don't see it as any other reference and for Obama's camp to imply it does is actually inappropriate. I'm an independent who's voted for both republicans and dems. I will likely be voting for McCain. Obama is indeed an inspirational speaker with an approachable demeanor and is eloquent on the issues but his economic policies (if ever employed) wreak of Jimmy Carter. Another nice guy who couldn't TCB. Obama's the Oprah/American Idol/Walmart candidate. He'll spoon feed you inspiration but can't guarantee effective government and leadership. He's an ideal VP. Simple fact. Get over it you soundbite , sportcenter, ADD, want the highlights only , not the detail, strugglers.

for the love of... have you actually watched the interview and her response? Poor choice for making her point? Yes, but clearly not a "threat" to Obama. get a grip people. She has every right to stay in the race as long as she wants. If it was another man he'd be praised for his tenacity and persistence but b/c she has no nuts she is a b. Puh-lease.

This is sick.

She was not comparing the 1992 and 1968 nomination processes. She was comparing 1992 and the assassination of Bobby K.

As an Obama supporter, I feel very comfortable telling you people to LIGHTEN THE HECK UP. YOU ARE OVERREACTING TO NOTHING.
Completely meaningless, misguided anger.
Just stop and focus on the issues.

Senator Clinton is no longer an inspiration to women and their daughters. For a woman who modeled her professional life on her hero, Eleanor Roosevelt, her despicable remarks today and her less than genuine apology are cringe-inducing. Mrs. Clinton has proved she is no Eleanor Roosevelt.

As someone who lives in a state where Senator Obama will be appearing soon, I am very, very angry that Mrs. Clinton would throw out the red meat that she's sticking around in the primaries just in case 2008 is 1968 redux.

Ready on day one? Found her voice? This, along with her fawning admiration of "hard-working white Americans" is a voice that should never lead a corporation, a university, or a country.

She must be hospitlized...she is pathological...we are all seeing into her mind with these comments and then her pathetic salad dressing apology speech. Ruthless is as ruthless does and says

Hillary is a liar. She appears to be delusional at times also. I think she is lacking in integrity and has a manipulative personality. And she is associated with the corporate end of things too much for what I want in my politicians.

Yet when I heard what she said today, I interpreted it that she was using the June 1968 assasination and her husband's June in CA as temporal markers for how long the democratic primaries can go. I did not make an association to Obama and don't think that she was either...unless ....unless ...she is incredibly and FUBAR diabolical and evil.

Hillary is done.

And now, a toast.

Of course, we do not believe that she wants something terrible to happen to Barack...
As far as we know...
What we do know is that she has become her own John Hagee and Jeremiah Wright.
Maybe it is time for Hillary to renounce and denounce herself!

The news media especially MSNBC-Hardball (Chris Matthews), Keith Oberman, David Gregory, CNN all had a great day trying to convince the country and the world that Hillary's reference to RFK's assassination in June was about wishing for Obama's assasination. I have watched the clip and it is obvious that she was talking about the primaries extending into June. It is sad that Obama's spokesman jumped on the story condemning Clinton just like Obama did when he thought Bush was referring to him during a speech in Israel. All this is much ado about nothing. What is the big deal? RFK is being discussed in magazines right now on the newstands. Why would the Kennedys be offended when RFK's death is history. You Hillary haters ought to get a grip. You villify other countries for the acts of hatred, but you are no different. Hillary should take her case all the way to the convention because she is the best candidate for the job.

She was just giving some historical examples of primary elections and their timeframes. Is there a more memorable historic primary than the one where RFK was killed?

The reaction to this is silly, but what's sillier is her comparison. This whole primary season has been about moving up dates. That's where her dear Florida and Michigan have become so controversial. To act like this primary schedule is like the one in 1968 is crazy. California had its primary in February this year.

I am a woman and have been a strong Hillary supporter until today - this comment is so disgusting I can no longer support her. To top it all off, she lied again, attributing the statement to the fact that the Kennedys have been on her mind because of Ted's cancer. That's a lie - she has been referencing RFK's assissination for monhts. Was she thinking about Ted's cancer in March when she said it? All democrats need to rise up and tell her to step aside so Obama can represent us. I am done with Hillary. All Clinton supporters need to desert her now. She must be stopped, she has gone crazy with desperate lust for the presidency at any cost.

Has Clinton forgotten the results of the 1968 election? Citing a divisive Democratic primary that culminated in the nomination of the candidate who lost to Richard Nixon is not exactly a good way to make a case for a drawn-out primary.

Keep in mind, her comments weren't made at three o'clock in the morning. She was wide awake when she used the word "assassination". It's obvious,the b---- is crazy.

Dave 37 Is it dark where you are? Does it smell? Then pull your head out of your ass, you moron.

Was Hillary subliminally trying to put out a hit on Obama? She might want Obama out of the presidential race, but trying to eliminate him this way should disqualify someone from serving in any elected office. Perhaps someone should reopen the investigation into the death of Vince Foster, because he is someone else who Hillary verbally wished would disappear (before he supposedly committed suicide).

every word and statement made by nearly all politicians, especially these 2, is well thought out and well planned, she knew exactly what she was saying and it had nothing to do with a time line.

Her train of thought was about the long time line of the nomination process. Period. Even as a non English native I can pick up the spirit of her statement about Kennedy. Nothing wrong with that. Living in a cloudy country overseas, I would mark Sept 11 to remember it was a sunny day in NY.
However, since she used the same hyper-sensitivity in American society to create false sentiments against her competition, this has become a very welcome gun firing back at her. She has built a negative campaign on non-issues and insignificant details, I hope these same non-issues will politically floor her. Because no matter how much I'm convinced she didn't mean harm, the world needs
Obama '08!!!

Could she not just make a generic apology for exsiting. That would cover her all her future lies, exaggerations, mistatements, and inappropriate remarks. The press could pay less attention and without coverage she might quietly fade into oblivion. A nice Memorial Day thought, hope and prayer.

If you believe Hilary Clinton that it was an unintended reference to the Bobby Kennedy assasination perhaps she might interest you in some real estate deal in Arkansas. I believe in "my view" excuse me from following your lead Hillary, but I think you try to get every mile out of your mouth as possible and then say I am sorry , exuse me, I didnt do it , didnt mean it...if its' true what they say...."loose lips sinks
ships" why your ship has sunk to the bottom faster than the Titanic.and long ago.
And I am sorry for that historic reference but I can see the historic comparison... the ice in Hilary Clinton's veins is her own ice berg.
Obama do you still stand by your sweet comments toward Hilary Clinton now!
And Hilary my advise to you is to not be a politcal Bart Simpson! I didn't do

It takes a village to raise a child?
Hilary perhaps you were raised in the wrong village....try being and independant please........

RFK JUNIOR didn't have a problem with what she said.

He said Obama supporters were WRONG to take offense.

It made no logical sense for Hillary to insinuate that she should stay in the campaign because Barack Obama might be assassinated. Just what did Hillary think the Dems would do if that happened after she dropped out? Run no one at all against McCain? That makes no earthly sense.

So either Hillary is a stupid thinker... which I doubt.

Or she is one seriously cold-hearted _itch that actually meant to plant the last-ditch idea that it's time for some nut-job Hillary-supporter from Kentucky - land of the KKK - or some equally racist place to step-up and save her otherwise hopeless campaign.

I once had a ton of respect for Hillary. Now there's none.

The Lady is a Petulant Green Eyed Monster!. USA ditch her before she does serious harm to the Nation.

The problem with the defense that she was just comparing it to a long primary is that RFK's campaign in '68 didn't begin until March 16th when he announced he was entering the race. The first Primary he competed in wasn't until May 10th, thus RFK was only 4 weeks into his campaign when he was assassinated, not part of a drawn-out primary. There is no comparison aside from his assassination occurring in June.

This was a grave mistake on her part and puts Barack, as well as McCain, Hillary and even Bush in jeopardy. I have worked with the mentally ill for 13 years and many who suffer from delusions are very susceptible to this kind of suggestive language. The last attempted assassination of a President was against Reagan and his assailant was schizophrenic. There is no place in politics for a seasoned politician to make these kind of dangerous and incredibly offensive comments.

I thought Hillary Clinton had reached rock bottom in her Presidential campaign when she and Bill played the race card against Obama including her suggestion of her better appeal to hard working white Americans. But by her reference to the assassination of Bobby Kennedy in June 1968, to justify her staying in the race, she has even exceeded my expectations of her lack of moral character. This at a time when Bobby’s only surviving brother is fighting for his own life. What is she saying – I am staying in the race in case Obama is assassinated. Next I expect she will turn up at the National Rifle Association doing an impersonation of Charlton Heston.

She could have referred to the1968 primary by year without mentioning assasination. She could have mentioned other lengthy primaries. Indeed, she could have mentioned brokered conventions of which there have been several.

But she chose to touch the heartstrings by mentioning St. Bubba, although he had the nomination technically sewed up in April after defeating Brown twice,...and play the fear card by mentioning assasination.

Everything her campaign does is calculated...and desparate...so it now often backfires..

We started this campaign with ideas of Hope for a new direction and a Change in politics as usual...All the comments on blogs reflected this positive feeling..and look what has the Clinton campaigned evolved into...

It was always about Character...and still is.

Jesus said "From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh"

She meant what she said

Anyone with half a brain can see that she suffers from the same personality flaw as our current fearless leader. We don't need another embarrassment in the White House.

It was sufficient to say that we should look at history to see that previous candidates campaigned into June. She chose to say something evil, or she is an idiot. Since I hear repeatedly that she is so smart. it must be the former.

I'm not surprised to see the media seizing on Clinton's comment as another opportunity for sensationalized tabloid journalism in its concerted effort to force her from the race. But to twist and distort her words repeatedly to the degree shown in this campaign is really beyond the pale.

Perhaps someday we'll understand why the media has persisted in vilifying the better-qualified candidate in this race while mindlessly sweeping the least qualified candidate to his coronation.

I have seen some very good heartfelt comments here re Sen. Clinton. Her remarks are commenserate with who she really is. She does not care whose toes she steps on.

What is so appalling is that Bobby Kennedy, Jr.; a man so many of us wish were running instead -- has been working hard for her campaign. Geez Bobby, with friends like these who needs enemies?

She has become Nixon in the final days....just that simple. He at least had enough faculties to know when to resign. She is so dillusional she doesn't even know that . Just because someone is a woman doesn't mean they get a pass on being decent. Giving them a pass is the worst kind of sexism.

The comparison doesn't really work - Bill Clinton & Bobby Kennedy in June. This year the primary process is taking longer than ever. The primary process did not used to work like this, timeline wise and rules have changed since then. You cannot make a direct reference with accuracy because of this... it is not a good historical reference, therefore.

Also, Clinton is typically very careful with her words... so the fact that she has eluded to this assassination more than once indicates that it is unlikely that this was just a "slip." You don't "slip" multiple times in a presidential primary race when you know people are listening & watching.

The topic of assassination is also traumatizing for the candidates, their families, and the nation to think about... so to bring it up during a campaign is just tackless.

And also... Clinton "expressed exasperation at what she termed the "urgency" of rival Barack Obama, his supporters, and the media to end their primary fight."
His supporters I can see, but Barack and his campaign have not made ANY calls for her to end her campaign... they've kept the respectful line of seeing how things shape up in June and not claiming victory yet.

I think we are all screwed. If Clinton can make such verbal errors, what will she do when the pressure is truely on her. McCain wants to continue a war that is draining the wealth and lives of this nation. And people are supporting Obama just because he is black.

Who cares! If you do you have bigger issues then this comment.

JUNE COMPARISON??? RFK ran when the primary process involved New Hampshire's primary starting in MARCH! There was not this voter fatigue because the process was much shorter and not drawn out like this.

Also when Kennedy won California he had beat out McCarthy finally, but still had to go up against Humphrey. CLINTON NEEDS TO LEARN A THING OR TWO ABOUT HISTORY... especially if she is going to make bad comparisons more than once. If you are going to make a statement that is so politically incorrect (talking about assassination during a primary, as a candidate) and so tasteless... at least make sure that your "historical reference" makes SENSE!

"She was not comparing the 1992 and 1968 nomination processes. She was comparing 1992 and the assassination of Bobby K."

Exactly... she could have made other comparisons to other primary races OR at least not mentioned RFK's assassination (especially since this is not the first time she has referenced his assassination during this campaign). If she had done the latter, I would be able to see that it was an honest mistake.

But it is a big deal - you do not reference a primary candidates assassination MULTIPLE times in a primary race!

Her mind is...Sick and sad...it's time for her to let it go...and I'm a Hillary supporter who has tried and tried to defend her...up until now...I can't defend her or her statement.

I am an Obama loyalist, but I think we we are overreacting. here Certainly , what Senator Clinton said was stupid and poor choice of words, but I don't think it was a malicious hint or unspoken wish - the Senator was clearly exhausted when she spoke and I take her at her word that she was merely speaking about a timeline. Unfortuately, her historical timeline was also inacurate since the 1968 primaries began in March, and the campaign was less than half-way through (only 13 contests) that June. an not towards the very end as is the case this year. As for her husband's nomination, it was effectively wrapped up in March when Tsongas suspended his campaign, not June as she implies. I don't believe her statement was deliberately malicious or ill-intentioned. However, it was another example of her desperate missstatements in attempts to take the nomination when the math and party rules are clearly not in her favor.

It is amazing how quickly her comment (clearly meaning that RFK, perhaps the ultimate Democratic candidate of recent history, was still in the race as late as June of '68) was taken out of context by the media. Then, it was quickly misinterpreted by the public, spun by spin meisters and voila: a non-news story leads the coverage of Campaign 2008.

I am not a Hillary supporter--in my opinion, Barack Obama is the best choice for president in '08--but cut HC some slack.

Have we really become a "stoopid" nation?

She started this in March, no less, so her apology about association with Ted Kennedy being on her mind is not the case at all. My source for Clinton saying this in March about RFK's assassination is Karen Tumulty, speaking on Washington Week May 23rd.

Just when you thought she couldn't go any lower, Hillary proves us wrong.
It is so outragious it takes your breath away. Her made up math and Bill's playing to white Southerns were bad then this !

Get out, get out, get out......

She jumped all over Kerry when he had a twisted sentence about troops in Iraq and she was the first Dem to throw him under the bus. Oddly enough that may have lead to her defeat because it gave Obama a pretty clear shot at her....

Now I don't think Obama can even consider her for VP, something I was starting to support.

Okay, so if Hillary was merely referencing history to make her point, and if she doesn't really hold a deep-seated desire to ascend to the number #1 spot because of some disaster that might befall Obama, it doesn't diminish the magnitude of this problem. Yes, we should be focusing on the bigger issues at hand - the economy, Iraq, healthy care - but this is important, to, because her comments are at the very least so patently insensitive and demonstrate such fundamental unawareness that it suddenly becomes a horrifying thought having her at the helm, Her dig-in-her-heels "tough gal" approach and inability to say "oops, I blew it, I'm sorry," reminds me very much of that cowboy who still resides in the White House. And goodness knows we don't need four more years of that kind of arrogance.

Reality Are you like a REAL PERSON? Gimme a BREAK!!!! Aside from her intemperate remark, you are voting for McCain??? I guess you want more of Bush?
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfson, "Scooter" Libby, & God knows how many others have the BLOOD of over FOUR THOUSAND Americans on their collective hands. I don't know how many innocent Iraq citizens have been murdered because of their stupidity. They will burn in HELL with Judas, Adolph Hitler, Josef Stalin where they belong. Now GWB is going around the world acting like a diplomat. Too
little too late, "Georgie Boy" Should have done that six years ago rather than invading a Sovereign Country. As far as McCain is concerned, he was held prisoner of war, tortured, screwed by GWB, but he was a member of the Keating Five

It's entertaining to read so many comments that missed Hillary's point all together. What she was stating was a FACT. All of the outrage without considering the content & intention of what was said is extremely disappointing. Not to mention seems incredibly dim witted. But hey, this is the country that elected Bush. I should be immune to the utter stupidity of people here by now.

One would hope that at last , Clinton supporters would wake up and see that she has far more ambition than integrity. Based on some of these comments it is obvious that her supportes remain in denial ! The references to the assasination of RFK were made because that is what she is thinking. This has nothing to do with gender. If a man acted like Senator Clinton, I would not excuse it. I am a white, middle class, 57 year old woman frustrated by the blind support my peers have for Clinton. Enough is enough ! Hillary PLEASE go away! IJD "women for Obama"

I don't like her, never did. Woman or man, she's got a huge chip on her shoulder and an undeserved, self-righteous attitude. She is one the biggest reasons so many are voting for Mr. Obama....she's a turn-off.

One more thing, she needs to go to the gym, very badly.

Hey Hilary, its' just like my Mama always said, "Stupid is as Stupid does"

All of you know what Hillary was saying! Because you felt like ridiculing her you pulled out what you thought would be derogatory to her. What kind of imbeciles would even think that she was implying anything ominous? Shows me what kind of people are voting for Obama. It was OK for Mrs. Obama to ridicule, "We The People." Where are you on that? It's OK that McCain is being just like Bush. Where are you on that? This is America people. Hillary does have a right to stay in this debacle of an election just like the rest of them. The ones that have thrown their support behind Obama......why? What is in it for them? What are they planning for, "We The People", that we don't know about? How come we are always that last to know? Why haven't we been protected? This country is in a terrible place and no one stopped it while it was happening. Why are people being able to vote on special spanish vocabulary machiines because they do not understand the English language? Why are spanish speaking people given interpretors because they cannot understand what the voting machines are all about. How do I know that? I see it first hand every time I vote and I do not miss a chance to vote. That's one freedom we all have. But even I have noticed that really big money has controlled this election. Lots of candidates that you and I would maybe have voted for. Why? Follow the money.

Reality: Sorry, I cannot agree with your rationalization. Then you are voting for McCain? You want more of GWB????

Friday, May 23:
Robert Kennedy Jr. issued the following statement this evening:

“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.”

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So this is why so many people can't stand the corporatist Clinton's. If she's on the ticket, I'm staying home.

I think Hillary Clinton will lose to John McCain because she supports the war half way, McCain supports the war 100%. Obama does not support the war at all. People with anti war view will vote for Obama. Pro war will vote for McCain. People who don't care about the war will vote for either Clinton, Obama, or McCain. I think Obama will have a better chance to win McCain than Clinton.

It seems to me that Obama supporters are a little crazed. The comment she made was purely in regards to the length of the campaign..nothing more. Get a grip people!! All these comments make the Obama camp sound like the desperate ones.. afterall she does have a lead in the popular vote, are you all that afraid of defeat??

Even the Clintons, who invented Spin...cannot Spin their way out of this one!
It was a moronic "You Tube" type of comment and nothing can be said to rationalize it, regardless of her intention or meaning behind it.

If you choose public life as a vocation, you have to understand that each of your statements or actions will be under a microscope. Think before you talk!
The woman has been a walking disaster from day one. Her campaign is a mess, in debt and falling apart. She cannot handle adversity. Why anyone would want her as CEO of the USA is beyond me. Well, maybe Bush..then he would no longer be regarded as the worst President in history.

An apology requires actually saying "I'm sorry and I apologize." This was not an apology; it was merely another 'explanation' for her ill-spoken remarks. She also lied (surprise) about her husband not getting the nomination until June, when in reality he had it wrapped up in March.

Type your comment here...Hillary has said the unthinkable...the unimaginable....to wit, she is hedging her bet against the stark odds of a cold assasain's bullet. The ruthlessness and callousness of this woman's dark, cold and hardened heart is truly frightening. She will do anything and say anything to win.

Yup it was a bad choice of words. Get a grip though, I think fatigue played a role here. I am not a Democrat but there are so many detractors looking to pounce on anything. If Barack had said that, we would see nearly this level of outrage.

Now let's be honest, If Obama had made the exact same comment, the nation would have lost it. No clarifications would have been made what so ever. Some one earlier stated: "Obviously she didn't mean to insinuate that Obama should watch his back. We need to quit jumping on people for their gaffes and start questioning their policies." Here is the problem with that THESE WORDS CAME OUT OF HER MOUTH....HELLO PEOPLE... THE NATION THREW OBAMA UNDER THE BUS FOR STATEMENTS BY REV. WRIGHT OR ASSOCIATIONS WITH RADICAL/EXTREMISTS. ITS OKAY TO DESTROY HIS CHARCTER WITH OUT ANY CLARIFICATIONS. THIS IS A CLEAR DOUBLE STANDARD!!! Lets stop with the games and call it like we see it. Obama never made rediculous comments about race, gender, Americans, assassinations. BUT HILLARY DID? WHAT IS YOUR REBUTLE. Regardless of her true intent, but when your at this stage in the game you don't use certain words.

I really do not understand this attack at all! You Obama folks are the crazy ones. Maybe it because a lot of you are new to politics that you missed thge reference to two other campaigns. Still, to fantasize that she meant all these other things is just plain nuts.. She should not have apologized and BO should have kept his mouth shut - no one should encourage you folks, including the media.

Sometimes I feel sad for her, but this latest outburst, albeit, not meant the way it was received, is the final nail in her quest fo the Nomination

Oh please.....This is the latest attempt by the Obama campaign to get her to withdraw from a race that they don't have the delegates to win either as the rules of the DNC are written. Anything to avoid having to actually make a deal with the woman (whatever she wants).

Based on Obama's campaign behavior, how exactly is he going to negotiate with Congress even if it is controlled by the Democrats if he is unwilling to deal with this woman over this issue? The whole issue of what exactly he'd be negotiating over is equally interesting given how wonderfully free of anything but marketing his campaign has been. Who really knows what he will do when elected ?

When will someone in the Democratic Party step up and demand that she stop with this hate mongering? She is undermining the party and clearly proving that she is not worthy of any place on the ticket or in the fall campaign.

IAMAWELLESLY college graduate, due to be 79 years old next month; and I consider MRS. Cluintion tp be a disgrace to WELLESLY College graduates;democratic party, and educated women throughout this country. I feel that Mrs. Clinton is adisgrace to all women in this country; not just the well educated; and I urge all ciizens - poor, rich, white, black , latino, muslim tosupport Onama. He is not running for POWER; as is Hilary, but to weld us together as one nation to not only save our democracy; but to help us become the leader,once,again, of the free world. Israel is now taljking to Syria; but Mccain considers Obama a traitor for talking to Syria, Cuba , and all other countries who don't agree with us. How Stupid. And Hilary says nothing. Disgusted, Grandma

This was an incredibly stupid way to make a point that was almost as stupid.

First of all, the whole primary season started two months earlier this year than ever before --- it normally starts in March and everything was pushed backward this year to January. So June in prior years would be equivalent to April this year --- comparing June 2008 to June 1968 makes no sense at all, but that doesn't stop her from making this stupid point, hoping that most won't see through it.

Second of all, if she wants to make her point about things not being decided until June, there are plenty of examples without bringing up assassinated candidates. That was even more stupid than the point she was trying to make.

All in all, I say: stay in Hillary. At this point, you're hurting no one but yourself and if you're unable to see that, then too bad for you.

Hillary truely needs grief counselling. Obama's camp should get a court restraining order for Hillary to stay two or more States away from Obama. She wants to win even with Obama's head on a silver platter.

Some one should tell Hillary the difference between the 68 election and today is that back in 68 there were more undecided delegates versus today. She needs to go away now. Quietly would have been about two weeks ago. It`s evident she is beyond desperate. The more she stays, the more she weakens the party. The more she stays, the less likely she will have a chance in 4/8 years. Please bow out now for the good of the party. By the way, someone else should remind her that her husband had the same experience as Obama has today, when he ran a decade ago. Give the guy a chance, he can`t do any worse than Bush. The grapes are very sour now.....

I cannot believe all of you people think that Hillary did something evil. She was answering a simple question and remarking on the fact that sometimes primaries go until June. I am certainly not a fan of neither her nor her husband, but really, this is ridiculous. The media is so in love with Obama, they don't even see the silliness of the whole thing. I never thought I would say this, but I feel bad for her. This coverage and the slant to it are extremely unfair. To twist this into a story that she wants Obama to be assassinated is unbelievable. Most of you people need to calm down and see things from a less biased view.

I think she lost the last chance to be considered as VP. That is terrible for the democratic party

I think Hillary's Freudian slip gave us a peek into the mind of someone whose sole focus is on her own ambitions and sense of entitlement.

It is nonsensical to believe that she was just saying that things happen. RFK was indeed shot in June....and the canidate with the next-highest number of votes was Gene McCarthy, who, you may remember, did NOT win the democratic nomination. So even if something horrible happened to Obama, as Hilary suggested could happen, that wouldn't automatically give her the nomination. She is beyond the pale. GET OUT!

I'm no Hillary supporter, but the way she's been jumped on for this comment is absolutely ridiculous. The Obama campaign and most of the media have been waiting for any chance to try to drive a stake through her heart, and they've seized on this. No way can you tell me that ANY of them actually believe Hillary intended to suggest that Obama might be assassinated or otherwise come to harm. She was simply trying to draw a historical analogy - questionable in its accuracy, I think, but that's all it was.

Those who claim to have been offended by this comment are simply acting in bad faith. I think the fact that Bobby Kennedy, Jr. himself has defended Hillary illustrates that.

Here's the deal: no one except Hillary knows whether her comment was intentional or not. The real issue is that she said it in the first place, if completely harmless, didn't even contemplate what that might have been interpreted as. A simple well-thought out speech doesn't include references to assassinations of politicians. So for everyone that is defending a "mistake", if even your deity Keith Olbermann is offended, I'd say your candidate is out to finally bite the dust.

Even if you take "assassination" out of her comments, they still make no sense. In 1968, only 13 primaries had been held by June. We've had 54 already this year.
And in 1992, Bill Clinton took a commanding lead in delegates in March.

There was no reason to use the word "assassination" at all. So why did she?

As Clinton herself said following Obama's "bitter" comments, words matter. She could end this right now by giving a real apology, admitting she made a mistake and saying she is sorry.

But she seems unwilling, or unable, to do that.

The Clinton’s are just a couple of disgraceful power hungry at this point. I am not sure right now who is worse, Hillary or Bill, both are disgusting. I cannot believe any well verse in politics American would ever vote for these clowns. She better start learning how to cook.

It's all over. Obama, the racist will be the democratic nominee. This assures a McCain win in the general election.

I don't believe HRC did not realize what she was saying. She has a habit of "miss-speaking." Remember Bosnia? She is unbelieveably ambitious and hateful and will do anything to get herself and Mr. HRC back in the Whitehouse!! I have no respect for either of them anymore. If she, by some crookeness, wins the nomination, I won't vote!!

Keith Oberman said it right. It isn't just this comment - it's the cumulative series of statements - invoking Karl Rove as a reason for her to get the nomination...it's her "white people" comments...it's her husband's race baiting comments in SC.......... They simply believe the ends justify the means.

She and Wild Bill are a disgrace.

Hillary's words are very calculated, she didn't say this by accident, in fact she has said this many times before. She was trying to get to something ghoulish, even if in the subconscious.
She needs medical help and we need to go on with this election, we had enough drama.

Evil incarnate

It's sad that so many here are climbing all over each other to gulp down the media's news-flavored slurry.

I hope they will realize their error soon, and will carry the memory of it as a guard against its recurrence.

This is not the way to get the country back on track.

Use your heads, people!

Obama has been beat over his head for every wrong comment that has come out of his mouth. The guns and religion, typical white people, etc. He has been crucified or lynched by any and everyone. Clinton should be held accountable for what she says just like anyone else. She is cunning and calculating , and if any of you think that she MIS-SPOKE AGAIN, then you are wrong. She understands what's going on. She will take this nomination even if it is from the blood of a man that has the same aspirations as she does. This is a sign , that she is not fit to lead an ant.

Clearly, Senator Clinton has lost her mind. Bosnia, obliterating Iran...and now this.

But I do hope that some of her strongest supporters can now begin to look at the nomination process more objectively and finally come to the realization that yes, someday it would be a beautiful thing to have somebody's mother for president. Mothers generally don't like sending their kids off into harm's way with no end to it in sight. But this mother isn't the one. This one is completely unstable.

It's just really weird that she would be talking about the nomination and all of a sudden remember Bobby Kennedy.
I do believe she is self-destructing because she had herself in the White House and now, it looks like it won't be the coronation she had envisioned.
Many posters ago there was a suggestion that this is not the issue however and I would have to agree. We need to hear the candidates speak out about the war, the economy, education, the environment, health care, infrastructure etc etc etc. The rest is just a smoke screen.

What's the big deal? I can't STAND her, but if Obama is so afraid that she's alluding to an assasination directed at HIM, then maybe he better rethink what he's doing.... as well as those who decide to vote for him. If he's already had threats, and has had secret service at his side earlier than the rest of them... then it sounds like the real person we'll be voting for during the presidential elections (should he make it that far) is the person he selects as his VP, since he already thinks he's a shoe in for assasination.

As for Mcain?! Same thing... he's so old, we'll be voting for his VP as well.

Her remarks are insensitive and offensive. She is a self-centered, self-serving greedy person - and it is showing!

Her remarks also miss the point - in 92 and 68, the California primary was held in JUNE - it was held in February this time. She has can stay in the race as long as she wants, in fact the longer the better.

Does anyone remember the same kind of remark being made before the 1980 election? President Carter sent out his own mother, Miss Lillian, to speak and she said (if memory serves) that she only hoped that Sen. Kennedy would not be killed if he ran for president. That hit the fan! And it was a new low for Carter. It was unconscioonable then and it's unconscionable now.

that she, or anyone, could make a comment about assassination in the context of ANY presidential candidate is utterly repugnant, as is anyone who would continue to support this soulless monster.

To give her the benefit of the doubt is to equate her verbal skills with those of the current Bumbler-in-Chief. Perhaps on this point we're so used to and comfortable with the bar being lowered that many will argue that terminal foot-in-mouth disease does not preclude someone from becoming the official spokesman and leader of the free world.

A less generous assessment of her comment might explain why so many of us have been unable to grapple with the mathematics of her remaining in the race. To wit: the numbers simply don't add up. Simple addition of currently pledged, and future potential delegates do not yield any hope of a Clinton victory. Eureka, it was never about addition at all; it's SUBTRACTION, people. Forget the notion of two plus one equals three; try two MINUS one equals ME. And all this time I thought she was math challenged! Go figure

Finally, in Senator Obama's personal assessment of her gaffe we get the kindest, most generous, and understanding comment of anyone yet. Given how he was pilloried by Hillary for his comparatively innocuous "bitter" remark, his response is revealing in its marked contrast to hers earlier. Dare I say more "Christian"? Perhaps some of her sadly embittered supporters will give him his due and finally embrace his increasingly inevitable candidacy.

MRS. CLINTON WAS SIMPLY POINTING OUT THAT HISTORICALLY DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES HAVE CONTINUED INTO JUNE. TO TRY TO MAKE SOMETHING MORE OUT OF HER REMARK IS WRONG HEADED. I WISH THIS WHOLE GOTCHA GAME WOULD END. JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'M NOT A HILLARY SUPPORTER. I'M VOTING FOR JOHN McCAIN.

"Foot in mouth, what feet? Snakes have no feet."

.....a quote I read on another blog today and thought it apropos.

What have the Clintons done for the country other than just a glamoruos presentation a-la holywood. The economic boom during Clinton's White House days was the result of Reagan's economic policies (we all know that economic policies do not immediately result into its effect but they take time - the time was when Bill was president - in fact he had to do nothing, and that is exactly what he did, 'NOTHING" in addition to having fun in the White House and the effects of Reagan's policies went into gear while he was having fun). Hillary even tried to play with policies and her health care ideas were shot down by congress - why would the first lady have to come up with health care plans for the country when we have the president and all its men - perhaps because the president was focusing on something else personal. As for Hillary, she is no high school drop out to have a slip of tounge like this - all she has to do is to keep her mouth shut unless, of course deep in her wishes she is looking for Obama to disappear from this earth - how gross! Bringing her into the White House would once again provide the Clintons a playround to have fun and do nothing, because Bush's big spending policies (like Reagan''s) will create another boom in the coming years.

We don't need the Clinton's (they are passe'). Obama will leverage the coming economic boom with his peoples' poilicies and add more value to it.

In citing the RFK assassination as the current raison d'etre of her campaign, Hillary Clinton continues to amaze. It is a callous Bosnia tactic where AGAIN she is creating the facts. Bobby Kennedy had announced his candidacy in mid-March 1968. His campaign for the nomination did not last the two or three years that Hillary's has. Additionally, the other twisted example of Bill Clinton's having secured the nomination in mid-June, "I think," contains two glaring errors. California's primary was ALWAYS the first Tuesday in June. And, Bill Clinton effectively captured the Democratic nomination by March 20, 1992, after Paul Tsongas withdrew. I hate to quote Bill Clinton, for whom so little respect is due, but, "Give me a break."

As a footnote, I worked on the Bobby Kennedy campaign in California as a teenager, watched live as he won the California primary and lost faith/belief in all things political. It was because of the Clintons I went from being a life-long Democrat to an independent. It isn't time to turn the page; it's time to burn the friggin' book and begin an entire new story line.

Hillary knows what she is doing people.

1. Get the support of the most ignorant racists on earth in the poorest uneducated part of the USA
2. Make sure they are the "bitter, gun clingers" Barack told the truth about
3. make sure they are the types who would NEVER vote for a black man.
4. Bring up the fact that ANYTHING could happen...while repeatedly suggesting the assasination of RFK in JUNE, when your fate will be sealed in order to give them a time line for action.
5. Cross your fingers and hope the the worse you bloody SICKO

Of course there is concern that Obama might be assassinated. The Secret Service has taken extra measures to keep this from happening. What is truly amazing is the hoopla about Hillary, for a change, not being a hypocrite and saying what is in many people's mind.

The reality is that whites are far more racist than they are willing to admit and in the unlikely event that Obama wins they won't accept it without a fight. Blacks can be accepted as integral part of the government, but it is hardly conceivable that whites will sit tight and accept a black Commander in Chief. Obama's assassination is a very real concern.

As a Hillary supporter, I am terribly embarrassed and angry. Hillary is a lawyer who chooses her words carefully, to the point of parsing. She spent years listening to Mr. "is" and listening to him parse words. Of course she meant what she said. Hillary should just crawl back under the rock from whence she came. She has lost my vote.

Sen. Clinton demonstrates Class time and time again. She always has to apologize for something taken out of context by the BO campaign--they have no class. David Axelrod has a very ghetto campaign style about him.
What's happened to America?

All these people that think THIS woman would actually call a hit on someone are completely out to lunch. You all sound like army recruits who have been taught to treat the other side like less-than-human evil beings so you feel good about killing.

Get a grip. Even BO himself had to back-track (though they are still sending out emails about it to reporters according to ABC) and Robert Kennedy himself said this was silly.

Your anger says a lot more about you than it does about HRC. Funny, but your are shouting, "Dirty Murderer!" while running straight into a crowd with knives drawn and teeth bared.

Your judgements about someone's intentions are your judgements, not their intentions. Own it yourself. She has no reason to apologize whatsoever.

Somebody has got to stuff this lady's mouth. Just bringing into imagination that something bad could happen to Obama is just a reflection of a dark soul. I am glad not to be her psychiatrist cos i would just label her "MONSTER". America cannot afford to say they are a model which many other countries of this world should follow when they've got a history of assasinating their leaders. Its time for CHANGE and i HOPE that american politics would go beyond these "DARK AGES" .

I am shocked that such foul comments are posted on this web site. I think people who call Hillary Clinton witch and evil should direct those comments to themselves and to this column's editor. Please, read your own comments, and see how much hatred Obama has inspired in you. Is that what you really want to be?

hillary's referencing rfk death re her continued run gets twisted by the obama camp, injecting the spin w/ so much malice & vitriol, & is then eagerly lapped up by a press/media always ready on cue for anything that'll damn hillary.

for obama, perfect scenario, isn't it? except that it isn't a scenario--the us media have been running such supposed gaffe (complete w/ such malicious spin) for days on end.

thus, nothing that hillary says on substantive issues, say, on her stand on cuba, is ever taken up, nor covered by most of these inanity-obsessed "press."

give us a break, willya, guys?

then let me have my take on hillary's speech on her cuban policy, if only to put some sense into the public discourse about the campaign.

may i, honorable & distinguished gentlemen & newshens of the press? thank you.

it is well & good that hillary has put forward her cuban policy once she's in the white house.

hillary's position on cuba is basically contrapuntal to mcccain's, entirely dissimilar. john treats the brothers castro (fidel & raul) as outright "dictators," w/c they are actually not, i beg to disagree. hillary, reading between her lines (her recent speech) looks at them as the cuban people's leaders (being themselves their country's liberators from the dictator batista).

what sets her cuban policy apart from obama's is hillary's clearcut sympathetic understanding of both the country's leadership & its people, as symbolized by their "civil society." see, for instance, hillary's carefully chosen words in her cuban policy speech that does not lambast the castro-led government (both by fidel &, now, by raul) as being "dictatorial" (as opposed to mccain's unequivocal denunciation of it). for hillary knows that in governance, democracy is NEVER A MONOPOLY OF CAPITALIST SOCIETIES, that even govenments led by erstwhile freedom fighters can be considered "democratic" even in a very loose sense, that is in the lincolnian sense of being "of,for & by the people."

obama's stance, in stark contrast to (& reflective of the afro-american's hemming-&-hawing, fence-sitting character) is, as usual, one of ambivalence, unable to distinguish whether the cuban government is dictatorial or democratic. hence, oobama's quandary on wheterh he'll impose "preconditions" or "preparations" in dealing with cuba; or wheterh to ease the cuban embargo, or totally lift it.

having spoken affirmatively of hillary's cuban policy, i do, however, take some reservations on her imposition of some minimum requirements before she meets or sits down w/ president raul or, pres. fidel (the country's grand patriarch).

i say that there's a need to qualify hillary's demand for the cuban leadership to show some "good faith," such as the holding of "free and competitive elections,” by releasing political prisoners, and by allowing the exercise of free expression and assembly.

the 2nd request can possibly be met with at once. but the 1st & 3rd requirements are issues that need some definitions & the satisfaction of some common grounds. for in a 3rd world country (debauched, in fact, by the atrocious & utterly destructive cuban embargo imposed by the highly self-righteous 1st world countries for nearly half a century now), democratic precepts such as "free & competitive elections" & even the "exercise of free expression & assembly are precious democratic rights & processes that can be abused, not by the people themselves (the brothers castro are certain they enjoy, by & large,the cubanos' confidence, or else, a counterrevolution would have long ago erupted), but by certain quarters, even by the media themselves--as witnessed how the american media have ruthlessly destroyed america's first & most qualified woman presidential candidate, hillary rodham clinton.

within certain parameters, perhaps, the cuban government can satisfy hillary's other two requirements--w/in the context of a liberated country yet pauperized by the cruel policies of a self-professed puritan american government. after all, even the mighty us of a took five decades more after granting voting/citizenship rights (14th amendment?) to "negroes" before you accorded the same constitutional right to the american women.

so it would be too much, hillary, to seek for a full-blown democratic cuba before you sit down w/ the brothers castro. that would be putting the cart before the horse, so to say.*

Once again Hillary shows she does not have the emotional and mental stability that a president requires. She should in all decenecy withdraw now.

Sorry Hillary your Obama/RFK assassination comments exclude you from VP.

Obama's only 2 criteria for VP: 1. someone(and their cronies) that do not gain by Obama's dying in office, and 2. qualified to be President


What killed Camelot? In times of great hope? Times to great promise? What went wrong?

How could the death of one man so drastically change the direction of an entire nation? Change American leadership? American politics? American history? World history? Just by the death of one man? The death of Camelot? Did JFK get his first 100 days? Will Obama get his first 100 days?

Brokered Democratic Convention? Powerful sheer forces?. Huge money interests? To be gained or lost? Conflict of cronies?
2 strong-willed strongly backed political leaders. Conflicted politics? Conflicted backers?

What set in motion the death of Camelot? Brokered Democratic Convention? Political expediency? Do political compromises have consequences?

2 leaders with different strong-willed backers? Different moneyed agendas? Different motivated cronies? Different money interests? Different powerful cronies with different goals?

What went wrong? What killed Camelot? Why? What set in motion the death of Camelot? Who had the most to gain in killing Camelot? What cronies had the most to gain? Huge dollars at stake. At risk?

How could the death of one person change the course of a nation? Change a world of hope and promise of great peace and freedom, into a world clouded by war, destruction and death? At what cost?

Yes 2 strong leaders. Sheer forces inside the White House? Different allegiances? Different goals?

One an idealist, briefly filling a divided hurting world with hope. Of a better days ahead? More united? More free? Did JFK get more than his first 100 days?

The other a pragmatist. The consummate politician. An opportunist? Strongly supported by power interests? Money interests.? Military profits? Controlled by cronyism as real as a Texas longhorn? The military industrial complex? Huge money to be gained? To be lost?

Yes sheer forces? Inside our White House. Were they set in motion at a brokered Democratic Convention? Deal making? Behind closed doors? Big league dealing? What was gained? What was lost?

Could a brokered Democratic Convention, be the ultimate destruction of Camelot? Impossible?

Robert Olson, M.D.

What happened to the so-called maternal instinct?
It's positively un-Darwinian to assume that embittered Democratic women who feel they have been spurned by events of Campaign '08 no longer care or are motivated to preserve the species. Several posters suggest that they are white middle and working class woman who will vote for McCain, write in Hillary (same end result), or stay home on election day.
Think this position through carefully.
This has special relevance to mothers, aunts, and sisters with biological ties to the so-called working class whites. These are the faces we see and names we read on the Honor Roll dead each night on the news alongside their largely minority comrades in arms, cannon fodder in Bush and McCain's purposeless warmongerring. No honest Feminist agenda will ever accept the sacrifice of the nation's children - their offspring, who are driven to the military by unemployment pressure as much as misguided patriotism, no matter how upset and marginalized they feel about Hillary having lost the prize.
We're not a nation of embittered angry Medeas who will jump in lockstep to sacrifice our children as a weapon of vengeance against a man who wronged us, are we?

Hillary Clinton had no credibility before the RFK comment, and now that she has shown her true self to the country, and the world, should drop out and go away. Though her determination and fighting spirit have been admirable, her remarks are so far out of line that any Clinton supporters (Bill or Hillary) must abandon her candidacy and support the Democratic presumptive nominee, Mr. Obama. Just imagine waking her up at 3 AM...ugh. For what? So she can have time to think up another 'bon mot'?

ORIGINS OF ASSASSINATION LANGUAGE REGARDING OBAMA

We have the Internet, folks, so do a little research before you spout off!

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IN DECEMBER 0f 2006:

Chicago Sun-Times
December 29, 2006
After Interview with Michelle Obama

Title:Should Barack Obama run?

To Michelle Obama: From one mom to another

A letter writer (Erin Vest) tells Michelle:

"I wonder how on earth you and your family will make this decision. ... It
could well mean the word no one wants to say: 'assassination.'"
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and then, a few months later:

Chicago Sun-Times, May 2007

Sweet column: Obama getting Secret Service protection.

SIMI VALLEY, CALIF. -- Early last Friday morning, Democratic White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), dressed in a T-shirt and sweat pants, entered an elevator in a Columbia, S.C., hotel heading toward the fitness center.

With him were two men in suits, employees of Global Security Services LLC, the private Severna Park, Md., firm hired by Obama's campaign to provide him with security.

On Thursday, the security around Obama was elevated to a much higher level, with Obama placed under the full-time protection of the Secret Service, confirmed agency spokesman Eric Zahren.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said he got the ball rolling for Obama to get a Secret Service detail after hearing of some "evidence" -- Durbin declined to specify -- that he said was "worrisome."

Several sources said there was not a single incident or specific threat that triggered the request.

Obama's family has been nervous about his safety for some time and Obama talked openly about the concerns of his wife, Michelle, during an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times editorial board last December.

"Being shot, obviously, that is the least-attractive option," Obama said then.

The Secret Service detail was authorized by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff after the recommendation of a panel
made up of the top House and Senate GOP and Democratic leaders.

Durbin, the assistant majority leader, said he approached Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) several weeks ago
about getting a Secret Service detail for Obama.

Obama, if elected, would be the first black president. Durbin said "the sad reality" in America is "that many times, an African-American candidate is more vulnerable."

Last year, Obama's half-sister Auma told Elle magazine, "There are crazy people in America as well, with crazy ideas. And at the end of the day, what matters is that he's a black man. The history of America is quite violent."

With the first primary and caucus votes not taking place until January, the Secret Service protection for Obama is coming at the earliest stage since the Secret Service started being responsible for guarding candidates in 1968.

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The May 2007 Secret Service story of May 2007 was covered by all national media...YES, including the ones who are NOW letting Hillary Clinton being falsely accused of using the BIG "A" word!

Media reporters, please research your stories.....American voters, do the same, please...stop the hypes!

Some of the Clinton supporters will cut off their nose to spite their face and vote for McCain. They are willing to put up with a 3rd term of George Bush who is currently helping McCain in his fundraising so that means they are tied together. Hillary is desperate and will do and say anything to win the nomination. To even bring up an assassination is a total disgrace. When she made the statement before everyone looked over it and now here the evil snake is raising his head again and everyone wants to look over it again, but they made a big issue out of a "bitter" comment that Obama made and they ran the Rev. Wright issue into the ground, words that didn't even come out of Obama's mouth. But now they want to excuse Hillary for making an assassination remark. Keith Olberman said it all and it is so true. No, not this time Hillary, you let america know exactly what was on your mind. There are a lot of examples you could have used and you chose to use assassination, because that is what you are hoping for or sending out a code to some sick mind to do it so you can win the nomination. I guess you are in contacts with the "sniper" that you were under fire with. You are ridiculous and pathetic. We all know that you cannot believe that you and your croonies are not going to be in the White House so you can do to Bill what he did to you with Monica Lewinsky. I do not have any more respect for you and to use the words saying you would "obliterate" someone I see just how "vicious" you really are. You need to see a psychiatrist, you have a mental problem. Hillary meant every word she was saying and that is exactly what she is thinking. Now she wants the "benefit of the doubt" wants everyone to feel sorry for her, poor Hillary everybody isjust disrespecting her she just misspoke again because she is tired, well, I really don't think she will be ready on day 1, if she is this tired now. Hillary is like a fatal attraction! I will be so glad when June 3rd get here so she can go away. Of course, we know she will find another reason to stay in the race. Superdelegates please put this thing to rest before this vicious woman actually hurt somebody.

I, a retired member of the US Army, spent many years forging the desires and wishes of the White House. The numerous “DIRTY TRICKS”; the bending of rules of engagement when it came to filling the desires of people like Bill Clinton; The total disrespect of “CIVIL DISCIPLINE” and the utilization of their political powers to achieve their twisted desires is and are well documented. Bill Clinton is a master of this type of manipulation to get what he desires. I personally feel that He would go to any length to get his wife into the White House. Why let the assassination of a “BLACK MAN WHO HAS THE NERVE TO FIGHT AGAINST THE DESIRES OF HIS WIFE” stand in his way.
The Clintons are in this race to win….at all costs. I do not believe for a minute that the thought of political assassination would stand in the way of either Hillary or Bill Clinton if it meant that she would gain access to the White House. Her mentioning of the assassination of Bobby Kennedy was no slip and/or mistake (the only mistake being that she made the comment in public).
The “HAG’ and her husband have utilized every dirty trick in the book so/as to steal this election. They have TRIED TO TWIST, AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY, NUMEROUS STATEMENTS SO/AS TO SLANDER THEIR OPPONENT. Bill Clinton has the nerve to state that this was a political fight and if their opponent can’t take it then they should get out of the fight.
This election has been, and is being, fought at a level of disgust that knows no bounds. The utilization of “UNDERLYING RACIAL PREJUDICSOUSES ” ; the deformation and devastation of character ; the outright dishonesty and forging of background experience (re:/ the “HAGS” statement that she is the only person qualified to step into the job…..to destroy another nation with NUKES?????) and the numerous attempts at character assassination are prime examples of how low the Clintons are willing to go to achieve their objectives.
I am glad that I have left both the US Army and the USA. I am totally ashamed of where this election has led the American People.
Major Michael Saunders (retired)

There are so many campaigns that dragged on but did not end b/c someone was killed. Why can't Hillary reference those? Why does she have to cite the death of RFK three times to reporters?

Hiliary is losing it. Maybe after the race she will seek mental help.

Those of you trying to defend her - Stop it. There is no defense. 1992 is not even comparable to 2008. In 1992, many big primaries lasted into June, such as California. There was no chance for Bill to be defeated in June, just as there isn't now for her. This comment was pointed and reflects her true hopes. She does not deserve the nomination or the vice presidency. She needs to withdraw, and now she can't even do it gracefully.

What a disgrace.

Hillary, sweetie, please wake up ... the dream is over ... wake up sweetie.
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Yes, you thought marrying Billy and playing 1st lady - and accepting Billy's philandering - would make everyone love you and want you as their president - but sweetie .. it takes more than that.
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"Moving up the corporate ladder by screwing the boss" doesn't work that reliably ... and there's only so much pandering you can do.
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Please DO NOT SCREW IT UP ANY MORE for the smart, genuine, capable, decent and non-evil women out there who deserve a chance ... for the White House and other positions.
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The ferocious pursuit of your dream has awakened us all to the reality that meanness, greed for power, trickery, viciousness is gender-neutral ... and missed the opportunity to demonstrate that positive attributes are.
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So, wake up and grow up H ... and take a long (very very very long) vacation!