Oh no, another post on Clinton, RFK and Obama.

It was not but a week ago Mike Huckabee was universally criticized for his tasteless joke about Obama and the prospects of being assassinated. Those remarks were pretty horrendous, but I knew Huckabee really didn't endorse the idea of assassinating Barack Obama, just like I don't believe Hillary Clinton is waiting on the sidelines for Obama to take a fall, whether from a scandal or an assassins' bullet. However, the fact Huckabee made a crude joke does not make his remarks any easier to accept, because he should have known better and many here -- including Clinton supporters -- were rightfully justified in their condemnation of his comments. Likewise, though, Hillary Clinton should have known better.

She should have known better because she herself probably has never really been able to get over the tragic events of that early June morning in 1968. It was a moment that dramatically changed this country for the worse and even today, 40 years later, millions of Americans still haven't gotten over that day. She should have known better because for the past year we have heard stories of threats and beefed-up security surrounding Obama and the thought of his assassination, though rarely openly discussed, has weighed heavily on the minds of many of his supporters. Surely this thought crossed both Michelle's and Barack's minds as he decided to run for office. And surely, as a revolutionary candidate herself, she too thought about the possibility of herself being a target. So it's painfully clear she was wrong in allowing those words to even come close to escaping her lips and no one can justify them in any form of context.

Look, I don't hate Hillary Clinton and while my posts in the past may lean toward hate, I've always found it hard to hate anyone. And after these comments, I still do not hate Hillary Clinton. I do, however, feel she inexcusably said something she should not have said. And I know there will be a few here who try to justify these actions by suggesting she wasn't talking about the assassination itself, rather the primary, but that is not what she said. And, as Hillary Clinton once stated, "words matter" and in this case, they do. The hint of assassination, even indirectly, is too loaded for this campaign. It has no business at all in this primary season, even if you are trying to make a point. Hillary should have known better because she's too smart to allow this type of slip-up. She knows too much about American history to know the scars of that day have yet to heal. And she should know that many Americans pray every day that Barack Obama will not befall the same fate as Robert Francis Kennedy. Her remark was unfortunate because she failed to understand the implications of it. Her point may have been well meaning, but I think it ultimately falls flat when you realize she was not discussing the California Primary, rather the direct result of Kennedy's assassination as a reason to stay in the race. That's where the outrage comes from and you can call it fake all you want, but it's real because it plays to the fears of so many Obama supporters, even if that's not what she intended.