Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures

May 24, 2008 · Posted in Politics 

I was absolutely shocked to read the headlines proclaiming that Senator Hillary Clinton used the 1968 assassination of Robert F Kennedy as an historical example of why she should stay in the race:

“My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don’t understand it.”


To choose this tragic event as an example as to why she shouldn’t drop out of the race was in extremely poor taste. To mention this tragic event in light of the Kennedy family’s current situation with the illness of Senator Ted Kennedy, is inexcusable. Clinton later offered this statement as an apology:

“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.”

Pretty weak. If “the Kennedys have been much on my mind the last days” is her excuse for this gaffe then what, pray tell, is her excuse for using this exact reasoning in March? This quote from an interview with TIME:

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.

The DNC should demand that she step down. What exactly is going on in her mind to continually mention the assassination of RFK? This isn’t a simple misspeak or little gaffe to be brushed under the carpet. This is a look into the real heart of this woman. I am now convinced that she is evil.

Obama ’08

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