Hillary supporter references Kennedy assassination at rally, when talking of "other candidates"

[jefferson_dem]

An Unwelcome History Lesson
By Sarah Wheaton

DOVER, N.H. — As they barnstorm through New Hampshire, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband are often introduced by supporters who once backed another candidate but converted to her cause.

Today, in Dover, Francine Torge, a former John Edwards supporter, said this while introducing Mrs. Clinton: “Some people compare one of the other candidates to John F. Kennedy. But he was assassinated. And Lyndon Baines Johnson was the one who actually” passed the civil rights legislation.

The comment, an apparent reference to Senator Barack Obama, is particularly striking given documented fears among blacks that Mr. Obama will be assassinated if elected.

Phil Singer, a Clinton spokesman said: “We were not aware that this person was going to make those comments and disapprove of them completely. They were totally inappropriate.”

Mrs. Clinton’s expression did not change noticeably when Ms. Torge made the comment.

Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama have been in a running feud arising from her suggestion at Saturday’s debate that he was raising “false hope.”

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http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/07/civilrights/

[Colobo]

1. These people go lower and lower.

[Joe the Revelator]

2. And Obama supporters are the ones acting like dicks....

Jesus.

[eileen_d]

3. That's pretty damn wrong. nt

[Proud2BAmurkin]

4. That sounds like someone giving a history lesson in a clumsy way. So what?

I don't get it

[Joe the Revelator]

5. There's a lot you don't get. nt

[Colobo]

11. I'll explain:

If Obama is being compared with JFK , then JFK got assassinated and...

[msongs]

6. gee obamanistas bring up that subject themselves nt

[jefferson_dem]

14. They bring up JFK's assassination?

Link for that one, bunky?

[msongs]

16. fears that obama will have something happen to him as well and save the snotty names thks nt

[Thrill]

7. They plant these people.

[K Gardner]

8. Gads.. and Obama supporters are mad at Edwards for WHAT?

I need to go away for awhile.. sheesh. My absinthe arrived from France today. I'm going to lurk in the lounge, have a strong one and wait for Jon Stewart and Colbert !

[ShadowLiberal]

9. Why would they be stupid enough to make a comment like that?

That's a comment just begging for Obama supporters to pop up on the news and attack Hillary's campaign for.

[Tarc]

10. More Swiftboat tactics by the Obamaniacs, it seems

Take something innocuous, blow it out of proportion, scream, rinse repeat.

[jackson_dem]

17. They have no decency

[fascisthunter]

12. Sounds Corporate or Elitest

I'm sure both were happy when JFK was shot.

[ursi]

13. that's disgusting

flat out disgusting.

[peoli]

15. The Clintons need to stop campaigning right now before they not only lose the

election, which they are, but also their carreers. I have lost any and all respect that I may have had for either of them based on their actions and the actions and bullshit words of the people running their campaings. They are disgusting.

[cloudythescribbler]

18. It's not the proudest moment, but just as it's unfair to attribute McClurkin's words to Obama, so..

it's only fair to cut the candidates a little slack as far as what people they may never have met before might utter. And of course, who knows who's a plant or what?

I do NOT think the remark was appropriate -- and the person who made them is probably getting raked over the coals for it ....

Again, my question is, what about the 'firewall' against any insurgent candidacy inherent in the overly overloaded Tsunami Tuesday. Obama might be able to overcome this hurdle, but it is all but insurmountable for anyone who was NOT well known like HRC before the election began.

[Vektor]

19. The woman who said that was grossly inappropriate.

I don't think any candidate should be held responsible for this lady's bizarre comments.

It was, however, a horrible thing to say.