"We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don't understand it."
-- Hillary "The Undertaker" Clinton on why she won't quit the race for the Democratic nomination.
I must admit I have underestimated the depths to which Hillary will sink in her megalomaniacal crusade to become President of the United States.
Now Hillary has raised the specter of a possible political assassination in order to justify sticking to her campaign. "Hey, you never know. Obama could get shot. I'll stick around just in case somehow he does," is the gist of what she said during an interview with the Argus Leader's Editorial Board yesterday. See the video and a partial transcript here.
This is not the first time Hillary has justified staying in the race in spite of insurmountable mathematical odds. Back in March she used the same argument almost verbatim to Time magazine.
TIME: Can you envision a point at which--if the race stays this close--Democratic Party elders would step in and say, "This is now hurting the party and whoever will be the nominee in the fall"?
CLINTON: No, I really can't. I think people have short memories. Primary contests used to last a lot longer. We all remember the great tragedy of Bobby Kennedy being assassinated in June in L.A. My husband didn't wrap up the nomination in 1992 until June. Having a primary contest go through June is nothing particularly unusual.
Hillary's statement is particularly troubling given the number of Clinton associates in Arkansas who have died under suspicious circumstances. She should be careful. Some may think that she was subliminaly ordering a hit on the Illinois senator.
Hillary's apology was pathetic and completely missed the point. Read it if you can stomach it:
“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. That’s a historic fact.
The Kennedys have been much on my mind the last days because of Senator 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 Kennedy’s seat in the United States Senate from the state of New York and have the highest regard for the entire Kennedy family.”
This is yet another example of the tiresome I-regret-everyone-misunderstood-what-I-said "apologies" politicians are fond of giving. The point was not that Hillary may have inadvertently offended the Kennedy family by "referencing that moment of trauma," meaning Bobby Kennedy's assassination. The problem is she meant to say that Obama may get killed like RFK was and that if it happens, she will be there to take the mantle of the Democratic nomination.
Michael Goodwin from the Daily News may have said it all in his column today:
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?
It's like Tanya Harding's kneecapping has come to politics. Only the senator from New York has more lethal fantasies than that nutty skater.and
Giving voice to such a vile thought is all the more horrible because fears Obama would be killed have been an undercurrent to his astonishing rise. Republican Mike Huckabee made a stupid joke about it recently. Many black Americans have talked of it, reflecting their assumption that racists would never tolerate a black President and that Obama would be taken from them.
Clinton has now fed that fear. She needs a very long vacation. And we need one from her.
Say good night, Hillary. And go away.
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