There is little question but that HILLARY'S Bobby assassination
reference WAS AN INTENTIONALLY PLANTED, CODED INVITATION FOR SOME
SLAVERING, RACIST, ANTI-OBAMA, WEST VIRGINIA-BRAINED DUMB UN' TO TAKE
A SHOT AT BARACK.
In fact, it has "BY BILL CLINTON" written all over it!
And she's ALWAYS "apologizing" for something, isn't she?
"I'm sorry ... "
Somebody ought to investigate ...
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"Clinton Sorry For Remark About RFK Assassination"
"Comment Was Made in Reference to Primaries"
By Anne E. Kornblut
Wa****ngton Post Staff Writer
Saturday, May 24, 2008; A01
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday invoked the 1968 assassination
of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in explaining her decision to remain in the
race for the Democratic presidential nomination, comments that drew
criticism from aides to Sen. Barack Obama and cooled speculation that
the two may form a joint ticket for the general election.
Clinton was asked during a meeting with the editorial board of the
Argus Leader newspaper in Sioux Falls, S.D., about continuing to run
despite long odds of winning the nomination. She said that while the
media and Obama's campaign have urged her to withdraw, "historically,
that makes no sense."
"My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the
California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right?" she
continued. "We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in
California."
Her advisers quickly explained that Clinton merely intended to note
that this was not the first primary campaign to stretch into the
summer, not to suggest that Obama might be assassinated. Clinton later
apologized to the Kennedy family while speaking to re****ters, saying
she did not mean to offend anyone.
But in a campaign where Obama's safety has been a subtext and in which
critics have blamed Clinton for exacerbating racial tensions, her
words added a new element of tension to the Democratic contest. Obama
began receiving Secret Service protection about 18 months before the
general election because homeland security officials were concerned
about potential threats against him.
Obama campaign officials quickly called the comments out of bounds.
"Senator Clinton's statement before the Argus Leader editorial board
was unfortunate and has no place in this campaign," spokesman Bill
Burton said. Clinton's comments came just days after Sen. Edward M.
Kennedy (D-Mass.), the only survivor of four brothers, found out he
has a malignant brain tumor.
Robert Kennedy's son, Robert Jr., has endorsed Clinton, and in a
statement through her campaign, he said: "It is clear from the context
that Hillary was invoking a familiar political cir***stance in order
to sup****t her decision to stay in the race through June. . . . I
understand how highly charged the atmosphere is, but I think it is a
mistake for people to take offense."
The incident served to further undercut rumors that the two campaigns
are engaged in private talks about forming a joint ticket. Advisers on
both sides said that any such discussions probably would come as part
of a longer process after the final primaries, on June 3. Howard
Wolfson, a top Clinton strategist, described the re****ts of talks as
"totally false," a sentiment Obama strategist Dan Pfeiffer echoed.
"Entirely not true," he said.
A re****t in Time magazine said that former president Bill Clinton is
driving the effort to secure a slot for his wife on the ticket, and
Clinton campaign aides said it would not be the first time that he has
ventured out on his own.
Hillary Clinton's reference to the shooting of Robert Kennedy on June
6, 1968, after he had just won the California primary, hardened
feelings in the Obama campaign once more, following a brief thaw as it
appeared that Clinton would seek to unite the party in the final weeks
of the campaign. Her allusion came on the heels of two other comments
over the past few days that the Obama campaign described as off-
putting: her reference to the Michigan and Florida delegations as
similar to the fraudulent elections in Zimbabwe, and her comparison of
that dispute to the ballot recount in the 2000 presidential election.
The Clinton campaign sent out a full transcript of her conversation
with the South Dakota paper, and its executive editor, Randell Beck,
also issued a statement saying that "the context of the question and
answer with Sen. Clinton was whether her continued candidacy
jeopardized party unity this close to the Democratic convention. Her
reference to Mr. Kennedy's assassination appeared to focus on the
timeline of his primary candidacy and not the assassination itself."
But even her advisers did not try to defend the reference, and by 5
p.m. she had apologized.
"Earlier today I was discussing the Democratic primary history, and in
the course of that discussion mentioned the campaigns that both my
husband and Senator Kennedy waged in California in June 1992 and 1968
and I was referencing those to make the point that we have had
nomination primary contests that go into June," Clinton said.
"That's a historic fact. The Kennedys have been much on my mind the
last days because of Senator [Edward] Kennedy and I regret that if my
referencing that moment of trauma for our entire nation, and
particularly for the Kennedy family was in any way offensive. I
certainly had no intention of that, whatsoever. My view is that we
have to look to the past and to our leaders who have inspired us and
give us a lot to live up to, and I'm honored to hold Senator [Robert]
Kennedy's seat in the United States Senate from the state of New York
and have the highest regard for the entire Kennedy family."
http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/23/AR2008052303158.html
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