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Re: Clinton sparks uproar with Kennedy assassination comment
« Reply #15 on: May 24, 2008, 09:34:32 AM »
I don't get it other than the fact that she tipped her hand on the bobby kennedy thing...  osamabamas cancer or suicide is gonna look even worse now.

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Re: Clinton sparks uproar with Kennedy assassination comment
« Reply #16 on: May 24, 2008, 09:41:40 AM »
This is typical of clinton politics in regards to theme: Pick something that's in the news and bring up something related to it. Kennedy is in the news, that segueded into a Kennedy running in June. She really is as shallow as that. It seems fair to pick on her shallowness, but inferring anything deep into anything she says is a waste of time.

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Re: Clinton sparks uproar with Kennedy assassination comment
« Reply #17 on: May 24, 2008, 09:43:55 AM »
Why anyone would want another Clinton in the White House is beyond me.
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Re: Clinton sparks uproar with Kennedy assassination comment
« Reply #18 on: May 24, 2008, 12:38:52 PM »
No, she probably didn't intend for it to mean what it seemed....BUT....her comment was in incredible bad taste, and was completely thoughtless.  Even mentioning the spectre of assassination in this country is a blight, and she's done it 4 times in the past 6 months, with this one being the single most blatant.  She just gave herself an "exit strategy"......humiliating walk of shame.  I would expect a president to be able to see, that in any context, referring to that event is extremely poor judgement.

I wouldn't be surprised to see 50 superdelegates or more come out in support of Obama on Tuesday.

As far as Olbermann is concerned, as someone chided out in an earlier comment....(saying he has his nose up Obama's posterior..)

He owes his entire career to the Clintons. Literally. I would imagine speaking up against them is incredibly hard.  Instead of bashing the guy, perhaps you might actually look up the facts someday.  Perhaps though, you are another lazy american,  for whom facts are decided by whom says what, and what you personally wish to believe.   :noid
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Re: Clinton sparks uproar with Kennedy assassination comment
« Reply #19 on: May 24, 2008, 01:22:31 PM »
What's one more corpse to the Clinton body count?

I've never seen them allude to one ahead of time though.

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Re: Clinton sparks uproar with Kennedy assassination comment
« Reply #20 on: May 24, 2008, 02:01:12 PM »
Robert Kennedy was killed the night of his victory in the June 1968 California primary and was intending to continue his campaign as his last (public) words were, "Now it's on to Chicago and let's win there!"

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Re: Clinton sparks uproar with Kennedy assassination comment
« Reply #21 on: May 24, 2008, 02:15:38 PM »
She was refering to JUNE not assasinations. This 'issue making' out of a non-issue is mind boggling..


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Re: Clinton sparks uproar with Kennedy assassination comment
« Reply #22 on: May 24, 2008, 02:18:06 PM »
She was refering to JUNE not assasinations. This 'issue making' out of a non-issue is mind boggling..


Then she should have left it at June then eh?
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Re: Clinton sparks uproar with Kennedy assassination comment
« Reply #23 on: May 24, 2008, 02:27:29 PM »
Then she should have left it at June then eh?
Only the media and political pundits make a big deal out of something so trivial.  Everyone who was watching the interview knew what she meant.  Many a candidate, both Dem and Rep, :aok have been ruined by groups blowing something out of the water that was taken out of context, it's par for the course in politics.

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Re: Clinton sparks uproar with Kennedy assassination comment
« Reply #24 on: May 24, 2008, 02:38:44 PM »
Have you noticed that everyone defending her when she screws up are the same folks that want to bash Bush for every little problem in the world?


You talking about our own late night bullseye?
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Re: Clinton sparks uproar with Kennedy assassination comment
« Reply #25 on: May 24, 2008, 02:40:01 PM »
Robert Kennedy, Jr. himself has said that he doesn't see what the uproar is about.  Now, if HE isn't offended then why should anyone else be?

The press is piling on this issue because she is still contesting the coronation of their annointed one.

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Re: Clinton sparks uproar with Kennedy assassination comment
« Reply #26 on: May 24, 2008, 02:40:06 PM »
Only the media and political pundits make a big deal out of something so trivial.  Everyone who was watching the interview knew what she meant.  Many a candidate, both Dem and Rep, :aok have been ruined by groups blowing something out of the water that was taken out of context, it's par for the course in politics.
Citing Bobby's assassination as a reason to not get out of the race is stupidity at best.
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Re: Clinton sparks uproar with Kennedy assassination comment
« Reply #27 on: May 24, 2008, 03:47:21 PM »
She was refering to JUNE not assasinations. This 'issue making' out of a non-issue is mind boggling..



.......AND she could have referenced at least 6 other campaigns in recent history, that went into June to decide, other than the one that ended tragically, to support her idea.  She obviously was angling for something, she's referenced the assassination at least 4 times. 

It is a tad mystifying, why she is fixated on it as an example of why she should stay in.
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Re: Clinton sparks uproar with Kennedy assassination comment
« Reply #28 on: May 24, 2008, 04:04:55 PM »
Why anyone would want another Clinton in the White House is beyond me.

Why would anyone want Obama? Ive asked hundreds of his supporters to tell me where he stands on Policy and each time all I get is a blank stare.

OK, he's 1/2 black. Theres a swell reason to elect someone President.

The guy is a one term Senator from a state party machine that reeks with dishonesty and criminality.

He is quite probably the least qualified to be a President Ive ever seen get a Party nomination. And thats a mouthful there.
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Re: Clinton sparks uproar with Kennedy assassination comment
« Reply #29 on: May 24, 2008, 04:52:36 PM »
Citing Bobby's assassination as a reason to not get out of the race is stupidity at best.
She was citing that he was still in the race in "June" when he was assasinated, and as I stated before, she should have avoided mentioning the actual assasination.  I do believe that it would have been ok for her to say he was still in the race in june, but she should have avoided saying anything about his assasination.  It is relevant, yet in bad taste.

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