The Clinton/RFK flap: just one more reason I want this election to be over
This has just gotten silly. I'm not even a Clinton supporter, per se, and it was immediately clear to me that her mention of the June assassination of Bobby Kennedy was meant simply to illustrate her point that Democratic nomination races have, historically, continued into the summer.
The assassination was not mentioned as "a reason to stay in the race," as Eugene Robinson misleadingly writes in his column this morning, or a suggestion that either Democratic contender might be assassinated for heaven's sake. This was Clinton picking her brain for a good example of a long nomination fight and failing to screen the results. Even Obama says so.
I hope Senator Clinton has learned her lesson about choosing historical examples a little more carefully, and props to Bobby Kennedy, Jr. for his classy response to the hubbub.
The assassination was not mentioned as "a reason to stay in the race," as Eugene Robinson misleadingly writes in his column this morning, or a suggestion that either Democratic contender might be assassinated for heaven's sake. This was Clinton picking her brain for a good example of a long nomination fight and failing to screen the results. Even Obama says so.
I hope Senator Clinton has learned her lesson about choosing historical examples a little more carefully, and props to Bobby Kennedy, Jr. for his classy response to the hubbub.
Labels: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton
posted by Waage on Tuesday, May 27, 2008
1 Comments:
Look, I don't support HRC at all, but I give her props for having a sharp calculating mind. She did indeed, in my view, hope to plant a subliminal seed in unsuspecting people's minds that oh, by the way, Barack could be killed just like RFK. She could have mentioned RFK's lengthened bid until June without mentioning his assassination, couldn't she?
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