"If I Offended Anybody...."?? No Senator Clinton, This Time You Have Offended Everybody.

Your Biography has now gone from inspiration, to tragedy.

They clearly are not offended. Hopeful? Maybe. Offended? Absolutely not.

Nice try.

Friday night, Kennedy's son, Robert Kennedy, Jr., released a statement that said he understands the point Clinton was making and said it would be a mistake to be offended.

"I have heard her make this reference before, also citing her husband's 1992 race, both of which were hard-fought through June," he said. "I understand how highly charged the atmosphere is, but I think it is a mistake for people to take offense."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/23/clinton.comments/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

We should however, call her on what a blatantly false comparison it is to point out how the campaign used to last into the summer. Yeah, and they didn't start a year in advance, either. I have news for Senator Clinton, the California for the 2008 election cycle was four months ago - it's not in June.

I don't see why so many are letting her get away with this.

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Of course I see CNN has omitted that.

Jump on it and stomp on it.

Let your voice be heard!

Come on everybody!



:rofl:

...but to the younger set following Obama - RFK means little and their hurt seems contrived.

I was born in 1970 and thus never knew RFK. But I think that offering up assassination as a variable in your political calculus debases our society in a serious way. Just 5 months ago Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in Pakistan. We have people going on the rampage with firearms in this country with depressing regularity. Obama himself has received numerous threats. KKK leaders have predicted attempts on his life....

Oh fuck it, why am I wasting my time. If you don't get it straight away you will never get it. If you get it and don't care, you're not worth knowing.

assassination should be a variable in a candidate's calculations. Sorry that the unmentionable truth was spoken ....

If McCain gets a certain tightness in his chest, won't Huckabee start throwing elbows at Romney? You think that has not crossed Mike & Mitts minds?

Much of who I am is what I learned on my own about the heroes and martyrs of that time. Quite simply I'm still waiting to be inspired by my leaders the way the Kennedys inspired, I've always been a fan of Teddy's and much of my personal ideology was formed by reading about that time and our struggles as a nation. I can't speak for all of Generation X but these comments hurt me plenty too.

She was just providing examples of past campaigns that lasted until early summer. It was nothing more than that. She should have used a different example but there was no wrong.

there were other examples she could have used... why not just cite her husband? I don't think she intended it to come out... I just think it was there.

I like you ccharles, but you have some thinking to do tonight.

She should have used the race between Hart and Mondale.

Her presidential race ends in a story that spells LOSER.

apart from the few people frantically spinning for her. I looked at Freeperville earlier and even that nest of vipers was more dignified.

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Judging by your handle, I don't think I need to spend any more time talking to you.

like a bush.

...why are we even discussing this?

There is no outrage like convenient outrage.

Sorry, I have not said such an unkind word about Hillary Clinton during this campaign yet, but really, she can just take a long walk off of a short pier for all I care.

She is pond scum.

to tell me what to think. I had heard those words spoken earlier by HRC and even back then I did not associate her comments with the assassination of anyone. And I heard those comments again today and I could see the mediawhores all going apeshit over them, and those same people back several months ago when she first used them said nothing because they understood she was trying to associate the length of campaigns can run in June.....As Robert Kennedy Jr said, " I have heard her make this reference before, and I think it is a mistake for people to take offense." So CHILL folks....

I still am not offended even with all the rants in here by some obambi folks....

Shalom
Ben David

doesn't shalom mean peace, roughly translated? How do we get peace by name calling? Inquiring minds want to know....

Just like I knew that "fairy tale" wasn't racist and "ISRAEL INFECTS US FOREIGN POLICY" wasn't calling the Jews insects.