Clinton apologies for Kennedy remark

[babsbunny]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080523/ap_on_el_pr/clinton

By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writer
8 minutes ago



SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton quickly apologized Friday after citing the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy as a reason to remain in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination despite increasingly long odds.


"I regret that if my referencing that moment of trauma for our entire nation and in particular the Kennedy family was in any way offensive. I certainly had no intention of that whatsoever," the former first lady said.

The episode occurred as Clinton campaigned in advance of the June 3 South Dakota primary.

[redqueen]

1. Whatever.

[PoliticalAmazon]

41. Can't get much lower than pimping an assasination of RFK for political purposes. n/t

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. How 'bout the Obama family?

[Muttocracy]

exactly. I hope his daughters don't hear it but I'm sure they will. nt

[Swamp Rat]

25. And the King family, and African Americans.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

30. Lennon. Evers. Garfield. McKinley. X.

Get it out there.

[PoliticalAmazon]

42. Also, did she even THINK how this would impact Ted Kennedy?....

Hasn't he been through enough without having his brother's murder used against Obama, the candidate Ted supports?

[Swamp Rat]

44. I think she knew what she was saying.

Salt on the wound.

Hillary is an attorney and knows how to wield words like swords.

[PoliticalAmazon]

46. ITA. Now she apologizes, but the damage is done. Sorry, no forgiveness here. n/t

[TBF]

3. Yeah, no problem, sweetie.

[K Gardner]

4. It was a half-assed, despicable attempt at a failed apology. She's GOT to know she's done.

[yodermon]

5. Can't shake the Devil's hand, then say you're only kidding lady. n/t

[BlooInBloo]

6. "Ooopsy!! Did lil ol *me* base my strategy around Obama getting his head blown off??? SORRY!!!!"

teehee!

[Zachstar]

7. Thank you Clinton. Atleast you had the courage to apologize afterwards.

[uponit7771]

17. FOR WHAT!! I listened to and read her statement!! She MEANT to bring up JFK!! FUCK HER!!

[Straight Shooter]

49. JFK was assassinated while president, November 22, 1963.

NOVEMBER. 1963.

[Ian David]

8. "If I'd known the Faaacts I wouldn't have TaaAAAlked about AAAaassassinating BaraAAAck." n/t

[WA98296]

9. How about apologizing to the Obama campaign?

[EFerrari]

10. Pat is defending her. I feel so much better now.

:sarcasm:

[mod mom]

31. Who is Pat-just came in from errands.

I agree w your sarcasm regardless. This is a woman whose every move is calculated. Just like Huckabee's horrid comment, and the magazine cover with Sen Obama in a target I'm wondering if those in the shadows are trying to get some RW crazy to act. I'm sorry, I've reviewed the video several times and this calculating woman doesn't just add this horrid comment out of the blue.

[EFerrari]

35. Buchanan on MSNBC. n/t

[redqueen]

36. There's the clue phone AGAIN!

:banghead:

[PoliticalAmazon]

47. You know, bigots of a feather flock together. n/t

[uponit7771]

11. FUCK HER!! That was a REALLY REALLY STUPID REMARK! FUCK HER!

[Ichingcarpenter]

12. YOU are a Fucking Lawyer, a wordsmith, ..... now look at her words

"I certainly had no intention of that whatsoever"

So what were your intentions?

[Writer]

28. To refer to June, 1968, when Kennedy

won the California primary and essentially the Dem nomination.

[Ichingcarpenter]

37. NO, she basically said

'Why am I still in the race so late in June you ask? Well, Obama might be winning in pledged delegates, superdelegates, states won and the popular vote, but, but, but...I can still hope he'll be assassinated!'



The Race in California in June, 68 could and did make a difference in the race for delegates.

The Race in June, 2008 is over, there are no contests left that make a difference in the race for delegates.

[Writer]

39. No. She didn't say that. You know like hell she didn't.

She also referred to her husband - was she also hoping he was assassinated in 1992?

No, dude. Look - the issue is continuing to campaign through June. That Clinton won his nomination in June, and so did RFK. Unfortunately on the same day RFK was assassinated.

So NO!

[PoliticalAmazon]

50. Sorry, her intent and meaning was very clear, just like her bigot-pandering....

and after encouraging bigots to be proud that they are bigots and shout it out loud, she is now prompting them with assassination.

She needs to be locked up. She is criminally insane.

[Ichingcarpenter]

58. The race was over last Tuesday

Can anyone tell us reasons why a political candidate would invoke assassination as a reason to continue running in a race which there is no mathematical way of winning possible?

[DarienComp]

13. "I regret that IF"

Stop right there. If. Always "if" with these political "apologies".

[AspenRose]

27. Yep...a non-apology apology

:mad:

[redqueen]

38. Yup! That's why this bullshit "apology" deserves no response

other than dismissal.

[NewHampshireDem]

14. If it contains the word 'if' ... it ain't an apology

This isn't an apology ... it's more 'I'm sorry you took it that way' bullshit.

[thoughtcrime1984]

26. Exactly!

And now Andrea Mitchell is using the "tired" excuse again. I think HRC is too tired to be VP or even a Senator at this point.

[NewHampshireDem]

32. Well, if she's too tired from campaigning ...

I think you understand where I'm going with this.

[blonndee]

15. Fuck off, Hillary.

You suck.

[dcindian]

16. Oh cool another Klinton non apology.

Rove should be proud of his handy work.

[truebrit71]

18. Too late...and besides it's not the Kennedy aprt of the quote that pisses us off..

..it's the assassination part you fork-tongued two-faced b****

:grr:

Take that apology and stick it...

[americanstranger]

19. video of the 'apology.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjWCM_RSIY0&feature=user

No apology to Senator Obama.

Telling.

- as

[slinkerwink]

20. a classic non-apology apology

[Stagecoach]

21. Put the thought in people's heads.....

and then apologize about it.

[tabasco]

22. I regret if you were offended.

Nice fucking republican apology there, DINO.

[Ian David]

23. That was NOT an apology.

"I regret that if my referencing that moment of trauma for our entire nation and in particular the Kennedy family was in any way offensive. I certainly had no intention of that whatsoever," the former first lady said.

Fuck her, that evil piece of fucking shit.

[Tatiana]

24. "..referencing that moment of trauma for our entire nation and in particular the Kennedy family..."

referencing a moment of trauma for our entire nation

particularly the Kennedy family, one Kennedy of whom has brain cancer

Yeah... it'd be funny if it wasn't so tragic how Hillary lays her motivation right out there in plain sight and we overlook it everytime.

[AuntPatsy]

29. I honestly feel she need not apologize, I have a strong feeling that someone

gave her that to say and we all know regardless that so many of us refuse to believe, most presidential candidates are TOLD what to say, speeches are written for them by others, I have often found this practice to be pathetic to say the least...

When I hear people praising officials for their speeches I want to scream, honestly, if you liked a certain speech than nine times out of ten the person that should be praised is the one hidden behind the curtain, the only thing the speaker should be praised on is in delivery of another's message.

This is a practice that I find abhorrent and wasteful and often leaves me wondering just how intelligent that elected official honestly is, and makes me wonder often do any of them deserve such a high position if they are unable to speak from the heart instead of simply reciting another's thoughts...

The assasinations of the Kennedys have been stated time after time after time from so many, I have never seen such attacks from simply mentioning what is in fact a historical though horrific event that left many Americans in tears and pain.

[PoliticalAmazon]

51. Oh, GIVE IT UP. Her intent and content were quite clear....

she was trying to justify why she should stay in the race until the convention, and as justification she offered an assassination of Obama.

There's no going back on that one. If the SDs don't unite against her, I've lost all faith in the Democratic Party.

[polichick]

33. Where's the apology to Obama?

[Spazito]

34. Where is her apology for raising the same thing in April BEFORE

West Virginia:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24505208#24505208

around the 4:30 mark I believe.

"But I also think it's still early, I mean everybody is so focused on where we are right now, I, I, guess I remember in June of '92 that's when Bill really wrapped up the nomination, the middle of June after the California primary. Um, You know, I remember very well what happened in the California primary in 1968 as Sen. Kennedy won that primary."

She wasn't called on her remarks then and she should have been.

[DemGa]

40. It's settled --NT

[Swamp Rat]

43. Yes, her campaign is kaput.

Finished.

[populistdriven]

45. Hardball question for Hillary

Can anyone tell us reasons why a political candidate would invoke assassination as a reason to continue running in a race which there is no mathematical way of winning possible?

[ErinBerin84]

48. I usually check here from my computer at work,

but I had the day off and took my nephews to a theme part, so I didn't know what was going on on the political front. Then I got to my newphews' house and was reading my grandfather's copy of the Post (yes, he's a Republican. And yes, I am mentioning that it is my grandfather's copy because I am embarassed to read the Post ). In an article discussing the "dream ticket", they had a quote from the Vice Chair of the DLC (sorry, I don't remember the person's name, and I don't really care enough to look it up.) saying that if Obama gets the nomination, that he should pick her as the vice president. And then said "She would make a good president if something were ever to happen to him."

.... I thought "that's kind of a strange thing to say..maybe I'm being overly sensitive about the implications.( were there any threads on that quote today? I haven't checked). And then I turned on MSNBC and David Shuster was talking about the RFK remarks.

Honestly, I'm not really shocked by the remarks (that doesn't mean I don't find its implications offensive, but I've heard this example used before by her). I don't even know if she MEANT to imply what it seemed, but she just makes some freaking strange historical references to me. Has anyone else noticed that? It's been a theme throughout her campaign. And like Chuck Todd says, it's not like there are a dearth of better examples to draw from. At most, it's a really tone deaf thing to say, especially this week.

[pompano]

52. She also said she couldn't....

understand why, given these facts, Democrats would still want her to quit? Thats paraphrased on my part. Has it by chance ever dawned on her that just perhaps Democrats don't want her in the Oval Office EVEN AS a second choice? Almost like she has lulled herself into believing that the ones that don't want her as a first choice absolutely want her as a second choice? If y'all can't have him I know y'all want me?

Is there any, and I mean ANY, low enough rung she won't stoop to for her self aggrandizing?

In light of what we found out this week the Kennedy remark was horrifying distasteful at best and malicious at worst. I don't think I have ever heard something that cruel come from the mouth of a Democrat in my life. I doubt it'll be the last remark that leaves people aghast as her campaign keeps falling into the obviously bottomless abyss. I think it is beyond her capacity to show compassion unless there is something in it for her, like votes.

[zanne]

53. Too late, Hill. nt

[my3boyz]

54. She tried her best acting job again! She had the same pathetic face

that she used during the one debate talking about how honored she was to run against him. Then she did the 180 Meet Me in Ohio crap. Not falling for it this time Hillary! If you weren't such a pathetic liar people would give you the benefit of the doubt.

[DeschutesRiver]

55. When Samatha Powers

called Hillary a "monster", the Clinton campaign raised holy hell and demanded she be fired. Samantha resigned.

I think Clinton should equally be asked to resign.

And Samantha Powers turns out to also be stating a fact, as I agree now that Hillary is a monster. She ought to get her old position back.

[smiley_glad_hands]

56. She is pathetic, can't even apologize to the people she offended. eom

[ebdarcy]

57. No, she didn't.

That's one of those bullshit non-apology apologies that republicans give when they've said something really horrible. Nice to know that her association with Rove is paying off for her. Fuck her.

[WA98070]

59. My wife doesn't accept: "I'm sorry 'IF ' you were offended." Does yours?