I have had a lot of people ask me why I haven’t blogged about Hillary’s latest gaff. The reason is I was too disgusted to even write, and that’s pretty disgusted.
Senator Clinton is no stranger to scandal and bad press. She lived through a wild ride during her husband’s presidency. Having been in that position I figured she would be more sensitive to taking the low road, but apparently not. Her comments about Bobby Kennedy being assassinated in June and her later claim that she was only trying to make the point that the primaries aren’t over and things could change is crap.
Hillary is savvy enough to know that brining up the specter of assassination in regard to America’s first viable African-American candidate is so loaded with subtext as to be blatant. Obama had Secret Service protection long before any other candidate precisely because of the threats against him. Hillary knows that and made that remark for just that reason. She is not trying to motivate an assassin, just make voters and more specifically the Super-delegates worry that Senator Obama’s safety would be a big concern.
Her tactics are not a mere mistake as she claims. She is a seasoned politician, and she chooses her words carefully. The reality is she is a despicable old-school Washington insider taking a play from Carl Rove’s book. This is precisely why she should not be the Democratic candidate or on the ticket in any way.
Meanwhile, she has unleashed the flood of hate filled rhetoric from the likes of Fox News where a commentator over the weekend suggested that both Osama and Obama should be “bumped off”. That should qualify as a threat and I would hope the Secret Service might consider holding that person for questioning.
Meanwhile, Hillary continues to spin and complain; now claiming it was somehow Obama’s fault that she made the incendiary comment. Hillary needs to step down, and quickly before she exposes the nasty spirited person she so carefully hides within her.
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3 comments:
Hello Hardy...found you through BNN.
I agree with you, it wasn't an accident. And I could not believe someone would say that about Osama/Obama on Fox news (and I'm a cynic), but you're right, it's all there. Unbelievable. And it's unforgivable that anyone who is paid to offer public commentary should be "accidentally" confusing these names anymore. Totally inexcusable.
Thanks for the comment Blane. To a casual observer it might seem that politicians sometimes make mistakes, but something as blatant as this was no mistake. The fact that she had used this comment before shows her intent.
Are you stupid or what?
You know Obama is going to win the nomination. How about reveling in your victory instead of being an asshole about it?
you have to be pretty stupid to think this was actually a calculated comment.
You probably think Clinton caused Kennedys brain tumor also.
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