it was the statement of a vulture.

[ulysses]

Sorry, but there it is. Morbid as fuck if you ask me.

[marylanddem]

1. Agreed, A sociopathic vulture.

[goclark]

5. Absolutely, she needs CARE at the Betty Ford Center

or Promises.

No self respecting person would make that kind of statement.

[cliffordu]

21. Not drug or alcohol addiction. She needs heavy psychiatric care...

Anti-psychotic meds, maybe some inpatient care.....the whole buffet.

[sniffa]

2. Please stop with the pretend outrage

j/k
Spot on descriptor.

K and m'fingicedtea R

:kick:

[ulysses]

10. yeah, I got the joke, but my reaction wasn't even one of outrage.

It was more like, "Ewwww".

[hedgehog]

3. I'd say it was the statement of an aardvark.

but then, that's just my opinion.

[phrigndumass]

4. Hillary to South Dakota voters: "Don't waste your vote on a dead guy"

That's what she's implying, imho.

[NashVegas]

6. I'm Sorry - Did Someone Say "Vulture"?

The day after New Year’s 1996, operatives for Barack Obama filed into a barren hearing room of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.

There they began the tedious process of challenging hundreds of signatures on the nominating petitions of state Sen. Alice Palmer, the longtime progressive activist from the city’s South Side. And they kept challenging petitions until every one of Obama’s four Democratic primary rivals was forced off the ballot.

Tribune staff reporters

April 4, 2007

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

11. Huh?

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Democrats with ties to Hillary Rodham Clinton failed in court Thursday to prevent casino workers from caucusing at special precincts in Nevada.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8U7R1200&show_article=1

[redqueen]

7. Thank you.

I was honestly starting to doubt my sanity... DUers I respect are acting as if we're insane to be upset by it at all... just a gaffe...

*sigh*

[ulysses]

14. it's just...well, "icky" comes to mind.

And no, I don't think Senator Clinton says much that she doesn't mean to say.

[DevonRex]

8. Absolutely. And the statement of a person who can't be trusted

with any sort of statesmanship. My God, what other stupidity might come out of her mouth?

[ShortnFiery]

9. Serial Candidate? Having the Clintons as running mates is like Obama adopting the Menendez Brothers

:scared:

[sniffa]

12. And I agree

:hi:

[Guava Jelly]

13. Yep

.

[me b zola]

15. She finally said out loud the ghoulish reason for her continuing to campaign

even though she has no chance to win.

:scared:

[ulysses]

16. ghoulish is a good word for it, yes.

[H2O Man]

17. It was stunning.

Even just the timing -- with the news about Senator Ted Kennedy, and with the 40 years in June ..... I do not think Nixon would have said such a thing. I could see Cheney saying it.

[ulysses]

18. a clarification, if it's needed.

No, I don't think Clinton was suggesting that anyone kill Obama or anything like it.

[FrenchieCat]

19. Aye.....

[Forkboy]

20. She's either incredibly naive or incredibly careless.

Naive if she isn't aware of the feelings of fear in many Obama supporters of someone actually doing this, or of the history of black leaders in this country.

Careless if she DID know about those things and used an assassination in an attempt to stay in the race, knowing what she should know above.

Either way, she is not even close to be presidential material.

[Tatiana]

22. Good to see you in these parts. Recommended.

:toast:

[stillcool]

23. If she hadn't specifically..

mentioned 'assassination', this would not be a story. It has been reported repeatedly that the only way Hillary could win the nomination is if some 'catastrophic event' befell Senator Obama. Something like this...
the sky will open, the light will come down, a lightening bolt will strike Senator Obama, and the celestial choirs will be singing my name.

Clinton campaign on ropes

BY JOHN GUERRIERO
Published: May 08. 2008 6:00AM
Murray, who has supported Bill and Hillary Clinton since 1991, said these are tough times for people like him who are in the Clinton camp but want to unify the party.

"The sense is, absent some catastrophic event that would take place in this campaign, it's going to be very difficult to see a path to victory for Hillary given what happened" Tuesday, Murray said.
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080508/NEWS02/805080437

Sun May 11, 2008
Analysis: Could Clinton land the VP nomination?

Several Clinton associates say there is still a ray of hope among some in her campaign: that a "catastrophic" revelation about Obama might make it possible for her to win the presidential nomination. But barring that, Hillary and Bill Clinton recognize that her candidacy is being abandoned and rejected by superdelegates whom she once expected to win over and that, even if she were to win the popular vote in combined primary states, she will almost certainly be denied the nomination.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/10/bernstein.clinton/index.html?section=cnn_latest

CBSNews.com Reports: N.Y. Senator Now Faces Nearly Impossible Odds To Capturing Democratic Nomination
May 7, 2008

Clinton's Path To Victory Slipping Away
There is one scenario which does work for Clinton and that’s a massive movement of superdelegates leaving Obama and supporting her. The party leaders could do that, but it would take some unforeseen development in the race between now and the convention for them to do so. Obama, in some way, would have to be rendered so unelectable that the party rejects him at the convention. That’s not much to hang a hat on but it’s starting to look like her best option.

And even that might not be a viable option, said Joe Trippi. “Even if the catastrophic thing existed or happened, if she were perceived to have caused it, I think it would end her campaign too,” Trippi said. I don’t think there’s any way now for her to gain the nomination. She’s at the point now where if she tries to make a case against Obama, it will actually speed up superdelegates joining his cause just to shut the campaign down.”

But Trippi notes that the Obama campaign and Democratic leaders are still likely to give Clinton the room she needs to go forward on her own terms, provided that she does so in a positive manner. “I think there’s lots of tolerance for her going on, running the table into the convention and having a presence there,” he said. “But if she actually tries to compete in the trenches for the nomination in a way that looks like it’s damaging the nominee … I don’t think there will be any tolerance for that at all.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/07/politics/main4078586.shtml