I am sure that by now you all have heard what Hillary Clinton had to say when asked if she was going to get out of the race now…after all, it’s all over and she is the odd candidate out. Maybe she’s not the oddest candidate, but she is the one left out. Here’s her own words, just in case you missed it:
“My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don’t understand it,”
Can you imagine if a republican had said such a thing? He’d be roasted alive! Think that is overstepping the reaction? Just remember Mike Huckabee’s ill conceived joke when speaking before the NRA:
“That was Barack Obama, he just tripped off a chair, he’s getting ready to speak,” said the former Arkansas governor, to audience laughter. “Somebody aimed a gun at him and he dove for the floor.”
Huckabee has been blasted in the media, and in the left wing blogs for his comments. I admit that they weren’t well thought out, and not really all that funny (for the joke it was meant to be). But the point is that he was not allowed to get by with his statement by anyone. Of course, CNN tried to tie the comments to John McCain by making sure to point out that Huckabee is supporting McCain. He must agree with every word uttered by those that support him. Funny how that doesn’t apply when your preacher is a racist.
I don’t think Hillary was really calling for the assassination of Barak Obama, but maybe she is secretly hoping some nut job out there will figure out that if he is not in the race, she then has a chance to win. On the other hand, those that get on the wrong side of the Clintons do seem to have a relatively short life span. If something were to happen to Obama before the election, maybe they should investigate Hillary… Just to be clear, I wish no harm for either Obama or Hillary. I’m just taking a look at the comments made by Clinton.
I found it interesting that when Huckabee made his comments, he apologized to Obama. He meant no real disrespect, and was only trying to make a joke. Hillary, on the other hand apologized to the Kennedys I guess she didn’t want to anger the only political family in the democratic party with more clout than her own. Here’s what she had to say:
“I regret that if my referencing that moment of trauma for our entire nation and in particular the Kennedy family was in any way offensive. I certainly had no intention of that whatsoever,”
Of course, this is being spun in the media (for the most part) as only being a statement about how long the campaign should go on. But the duplicity with how it has been handled is obvious. Only could a democrat get by with such a statement. Why can’t we just chalk stupid statements up to just that, no matter who makes them. This is far different than the planned statements found in speeches, and should be considered differently. However, Clinton might want to apologize to Obama, rather than the Kennedys, after all she was talking about him!
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[...] Charles wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptI’m just taking a look at the comments made by Clinton. I found it interesting that when Huckabee made his comments, he apologized to Obama. He meant no real disrespect, and was only trying to make a joke. Hillary, on the other hand … [...]
[...] Charles wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptI’m just taking a look at the comments made by Clinton. I found it interesting that when Huckabee made his comments, he apologized to Obama. He meant no real disrespect, and was only trying to make a joke. Hillary, on the other hand … Read the rest of this great post here [...]
She has referenced the RFK assassination before in an interview with TIME, as noted here: http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/05/hillarys_bizarre_rfk_comment.html
It seems like someone should have told her it was inappropriate the first time she did it!
Clinton is getting desperate. I don’t want either one of them to be president, but the race has been interesting to watch.
Sorry I don’t comment here much, the website doesn’t work well for me - it usually won’t scroll down to let me submit a comment. I have to hit refresh over and over again. I use Firefox on a Mac.
Blessed, I’m sorry it isn’t working for you. It works in firefox on a PC…I will have to do some research with a friend’s mac and see whats up with it!
That was a very lame attempt by CNN to tie Huckabee to McCain. They had to force it into the sentence.
I also learned from the CNN article that Obama is in favor of a nationwide concealed carry ban?
Hopefully that will cost him big time. I know it will in places like WV in the general election, and quite likely, much of the south. Aren’t these Democrats ever going to learn that telling people you’re going to violate their second amendment rights costs them votes?
Thanks Kris - I’ll keep trying!