Posted by
David Zublick on Sunday, May 25, 2008 4:08:19 PM
The latest case of foot-in-mouth disease by Hillary Clinton may not be
that at all. Her remarks to a South Dakota newspaper regarding why she
has decided to remain in the presidential race despite incredible odds
may have been a case of wishful thinking.
She cited the year of
Robert Kennedy's assassination as an example of a long campaign season
and why anything could possibly occur between now and the convention.
She has since defended her comments in editorials in Sunday editions of
the New York Daily News, saying they were taken out of context. She
wrote: “I want to set the record straight: I was making the simple
point that given our history, the length of this year’s primary contest
is nothing unusual. Both the executive editor of the newspaper where I
made the remarks, and Sen. Kennedy’s son, Bobby Kennedy Jr., put out
statements confirming that this was the clear meaning of my remarks."
In
her Sunday editorial, Clinton continued, “I realize that any reference
to that traumatic moment for our nation can be deeply painful -
particularly for members of the Kennedy family, who have been in my
heart and prayers over this past week. And I expressed regret right
away for any pain I caused. But I was deeply dismayed and disturbed
that my comment would be construed in a way that flies in the face of
everything I stand for - and everything I am fighting for in this
election.”
Some political pundits on the Sunday morning talking
head shows were outraged, while others were willing to give her a pass.
Chris Wallace grilled Terry
McAuliffe
at length about Clinton's statements, pointing out that although she
claimed to have Ted Kennedy's cancer diagnosis on her mind, she had
made a similar reference to Bobby Kennedy's assassination in an
interview for Time Magazine a few months earlier.
McAuliffe could not weasel his way out of that one.
My friends, nothing can be put past the
Clintons when it comes to a desired prize they are attempting to win. By planting the seed that
Barack Obama's life may be in grave danger, Hillary accomplishes two things. She sends shivers up the spines of some
Obama supporters who worry that their beloved messiah may somehow be a target, and it also gives crackpots and racists ideas.
Between the two scenarios, Hillary hopes that
Obama's followers and
superdelegates
will do some re-thinking. In the meantime, if she can get Florida and
Michigan delegates seated, she may just be able to pull off an upset.
If not, she could still vie for the number two spot.
The problem is...Hillary is now damaged goods to the point where backroom attempts by her husband to get her on the ticket as
Obama's
running mate should she fail to secure the nomination may have been
quashed. And her career as a senator may also be in jeopardy.
What Clinton said in her interview speaks to the very heart and soul of what she and her husband are: devious and outright evil.
Michael
Goodwin, in an op ed piece in the New York Daily News hit the nail on
the head when he wrote "We have seen an X-ray of a very dark soul. One
consumed by raw ambition to where the possible assassination of an
opponent is something to ponder in a strategic way. Otherwise, why is
murder on her mind?"
Exactly.
All of the charges of
racism leveled in this campaign pale in comparison to what Hillary's
statements prove the Clintons really are.
Opportunists.
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