Hillary will say or do ANYTHING to become President. I wouldn't vote for her on a bet.

Tale of Two Friday Political Stories:

John McCain: "Non Cancerous"

Hillary Clinton: Malignant Ambition

It has been said that there is nothing more dangerous than civic revolutions that do not carry out the postulates they themselves generate, and nothing more unfaithful than the public man who, when at the height of power, shows himself to be in disagreement with the doctrines that he sustained when he was in the political wilderness, and that had determined his ascent.

Barack Obama, authentic!

Hold the line on integrity and honor!

No Hillary!

Now Obama is responsible for the irresponsible words that came from their fatigued candidate's mouth?

How pathetic is the groveling Clinton clan going to get? They are probably just getting dizzy from so much of their own spin.

Let it end.

This is why the "A" word shouldn't be thrown around loosely...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjYpkvcmog0

obama is a passive aggressive twit.

thinkig people know this

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AN DALL THAT IS HOLY!

Obama gave her a pass on these comments!

Obama said he bought her explaination!

HILLARY IS A VILE, EVIL WITCH!

SHE IS THE ONE FANNING THE FLAMES HERE

I AM A 52 YEAR OLD WOMAN.I AM HAVE BEEN SO OFFENDED BY THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN ON SO MANY LEVELS .THE FACT THIS BLUNDER SPOKE BY CLINTON NOT OBAMA IS IN SOME WAY HIS FAULT! THIS IS FINAL STRAW.

O please, is our commander in chief wannabee crying again? Her campaign has been bashing Obama the entire campaign and now she misspoke again and she blaims others her own 'mistake'. How low can you go...

That's great. The HillBillies let it slip that they secretly hope that something disasterous will happen to Barack Obama before the convention and then blame Obama for it.

RFK, Jr. is a big Clinton supporter. He wasn't the one who was "targeted" by this Freudian slip. It's no wonder he found no offense. The offense was to Barack Obama and his supporters for suggesting that something so horrible could still happen. "anything can happen" says the Clintons.

This is still scary from the wife of the man who bombed a country to distract our attention from his infidelities and lies.

"Now Obama is responsible for the irresponsible words that came from their fatigued candidate's mouth?"

No Bill Burton was the first to mention this. The news , including CNN when they first reported it, did not consider it an issue and in fact had not reported it. Bill Burton's statement that it was uncalled for was the first mention of this. I happened to watch the interview before the "so called" story broke and there was no mention of Obama or inference that he might be assassinated. This particular story is utter B*llsh*t.

>>>THIS #3 ARTICLE OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT COULD BE USED AGAINST OBAMA FOR HIS LINKS TO WRIGHT, REZKO, AYRES, FARAKAN ETC WHICH WOULD DISQUALIFY HIM FROM THIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE!!!!
Amendment 14 - Citizenship Rights
3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

Obama & his campaign ought to be ashamed of themselves. They say one thing publicly and do another behind closed doors. They've taken a truthful and honest statement by Hillary and turned it around to vilify Hillary for their own good.

I'm a lifelong democrat and I will never vote for BHO. His disgusting politics, sexism and race-baiting makes him a thoroughly un-electable canidate. I'm prepared to write-in Hilary come November if she's not the nominee.

The media is also a joke. It's not Hillary that's going to destroy the democratic party, it's Obama and his far left Marxist ideas and his willingness to say or do anything to undermine millions of voters that have been at the core of democratic party for decades.

Anonymous at 5:22 PM

Are you a "thinkig people"?

Are you thinkig that Hillary will still win?

That's Hillary. Never taking responsibility. It is always someone else's fault and that just gives women a bad name. As a woman, I am ashamed of this so-called leader of my gender. Why can't she just let this drop when she was the one to make the mistake? Obama gave her a pass. Instead of being grateful, she tries to blame him. That is beyond horrible.

Haw! Haw! Haw!

Spear chucked? Or Swiftboated?

You be de judge!

Hillary got victimized again!

"The news , including CNN when they first
reported it, did not consider it an issue and in fact had not reported it."

Huh? They didn't report it until they reported it?

Good lord, that blaming Obama plays into her campaign of victimhood, outrageous

Well, for one thing RFK is already dead, so I don't think anybody is going to assassinate him again, but Obama is alive and I think this is kind of tickling at the edges of suggesting that maybe someone ought to do it, and that if and when they do , she'll be ready and waiting. That's just a little bit too bloodthirsty.She is psycho.

A race this close needs to be decided at the convention, not before. That's what conventions are for, in case anyone has forgotten. The campaigns can continue until then.

The Senator from NY needs psychiatric care.

Suppose an Iranian freedom fighter actually unthinkably assassinated Obama (as happened to RFK), would we still be for engaging those noble Iranians in unconditional negotiations?

It's something to think about! No?

Clinton and her supporters are so rude and unscrupulous. I am glad this latest sick statement that Hillary Clinton has made will sink any chance that she will be included on the ticket. Blaming her sick comments on the Obama campaign is absolutely ridiculous. We must not be fooled by the Clintons and their spinmeisters any longer. It it time to end this primary and move on to taking back the White House.

It is time for her to take responsibility for her actions and move on.

>>>THIS #3 ARTICLE OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT COULD BE USED AGAINST OBAMA FOR HIS LINKS TO WRIGHT, REZKO, AYRES, FARAKAN ETC WHICH WOULD DISQUALIFY HIM FROM THIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE!!!!

Good find John.

I can't believe America. The birthplace of freedom for Godsakes, is about to potentially elect a fraud with communist ties and a muslim background as president of the free world!

What are we thinking people! We are about to make a bigger mistake than when GWB got a 2nd term!

Farrahakan? Wright? The Weather Ungerground? Resko? Countless other questionable associates? Where will it end?

We've got to pursue everything, and I mean everything, to ensure this nut job doesn't get into the White House.

Yeah, he's really sticking it to her. She clearly wishes she were in his shoes so she could twist the knife:

"I have learned that when you are campaigning for as many months as Senator Clinton and I have been campaigning, sometimes you get careless in terms of the statements that you make and I think that is what happened here. Senator Clinton says that she did not intend any offence by it and I will take her at her word on that," Obama told Radio Isla Puerto Rico.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080524/world/clinton_remark_1

Don't quit Hillary!!!! Just remember that the far left members of the Democratic Party -- angry, bitter leftists like me who read firedoglake and are secure in their gender identity -- are behind you all the way.

Besides, D-Day happened in June, so anything is still possible in this race ...

"A race this close needs to be decided at the convention, not before. That's what conventions are for, in case anyone has forgotten. The campaigns can continue until then."

Then those 17 million voters that the Hillary Math came up with, in fact, don't matter?

The Senator from NY needs psychiatric care.

Obama and Hillary are both big drama queens!

One is scared!

The other's glad of it!

How on earth could she possibly think we could buy a table switch? I saw the interview and have learned she has made this exact statement before. Clinton has tried so hard to infer little negatives hoping something will stick or rub off. Olberman was right! This one has gone too far and no matter how much she tries to throw blame onto someone else we can see right into her dark and shameless soul...It's time we move on to uniting and steering to a more enlightened country. Corrupt and dirty politics are a thing of the past...

Someone has released a copy of Hillary Clinton's bedtime prayer. Here it is:

"Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
Keep me safe through all the drama -
Just let someone shoot Obama!"

I complete faith that a country that "clings to guns & religion" will find away to ensure Barack Hussien Obama isn't our next President. One way or the other.

Hillary will be there to pick up the pieces and ensure we win in November.

BTW I can't believe how the media has spun such a harmless comment about JFK.

The more the Obama campaign ignores Clinton and focuses on the general, the more Clinton looks like a sore loser.

The Clinton campaign wants to keep this controversy going to provoke the Obama campaign into a negative response. If the Obama campaign responds negatively it will resemble the primary more than the general. A negative response with Clinton's fuzzy delegate math is her last hope of looking like something other than a sore loser.

Although Hillary Clinton is now in full-blown damage-control mode, the obvious literal interpretation of what she said is "Hey, if I just hang in there a little bit longer, some bigoted dork will put a bullet through Obama and I'll have a clear path to the Democratic nomination and to the Presidency."

Maybe she misspoke -- although she misspoke similarly at least once before. Or maybe it was a Freudian slip? Barack Obama, charitable as usual, attributed her remark to campaign fatigue, and no doubt that was part of the explanation for it.

Can we really get to sing "Ding, dong, the witch is dead" within the foreseeable future?

It seems apparent from David Axelrod's interview on This Week with Stenpanopolus that Hillary's Camp is telling the truth.

That is while Obama says he takes Hillary at her word, while behind the scenes, his aides are sending emails pointing out the outrage in the media such as Olbermann's comments about this.

Axelrod made a non denial denial by not answering George's question about the emails Obama's camp are sending stoking the flames at the same time Obama is saying he believes Hillary and enough has been said.

You will remember they did this same dirty, sneaky stuff about the Bosnia flap earlier.

You remember when Obama says during a debate that he takes Hillary at her word and no more discussion is needed on the Bosnia fabrications. AND THEN in a conference call away from the cameras, Obama is pushing the Bosnia flap for all it's worth. He even brought in two Bosnia experts to testify!!

THIS GUY CANNOT BE TRUSTED NOW. HOW CAN WE TRUST HIM AS OUR PRESIDENT?

Please people....wake up....the evidence is there in front of us. And Obama is so CYNICAL he expects us to accept whatever he says in public while he stabs us in the back.

Please support Hillary at www.HillaryClinton.com.

Painting a target on the back of Obama is outrageous, either in jest, by design or by mistake.

To suggest Obama is to blame for Clinton's mistake is simply ridiculous. Obama has been magnanimous about Clinton's mistakes of this nature the entire campaign.

Clinton is tearing the party apart, it is time to shut her down and rally around Obama. I hope the super delegates start moving quickly because this is simply unacceptable behavior on Clinton's part.

Remember how many days Sen. Obama was attacked by Sen. Clinton over his casual use of the word "bitter"?

That he is being forbearing about her unnecessary reference to assassination tells us all we need to know about the difference in their characters -- and in what kind of administration each would run.

Hillary can say whatever she wants, irregardless I will never vote for a political thug like Obama.

I agree with the poster about 'writing in' Hillary in November, its far better than the alternatives.

i'm a hillay clinton supporter and a white women if obama i didn't find out that they were behind the scene giving this some legs i would have voted for him but now i see he is a reallife politians that i cant stand. he knewwhat hillary was saying and he knew keith retarted olberman was going to do.

She is a Monster !! Obama ought to re-hire the young lady who figured that out.I hope Hillary is so broke she stiffs McCauly like she's stiffing and not paying all the small vendors.The reason he wants the campaign to go on longer is he wants to get paid.

The only one engaging in an "assassination" attempt is Barack, Axelrod and the rest of his campaign with complicit help from the media.

Hillary's character has been continually assassinated through questionable practices by all of the above. This JFK flap is just the latest in the long line of underhanded politics by Barack.

Thruthfully, Hillary's statement was right on the mark. It's not even June yet. This race is not over and alot can and will probably happen before the convention.

Hillary didn't "mis-speak" She "mis-heard". This was the 4th time she made the comparison (when there were clearly better examples that don't include assassination). If she'd listened to herself speak before, she wouldn't have made the same mistake again. It only hurts this time because Obama is perceived as the nominee, and she did it on video which is somehow more convincing and dangerous in this age.

And this is politics. Words and pictures DO matter. She knows it. Obama shouldn't have said "cling" and she shouldn't have said "assassination". She isn't being treated unfairly. She's being treated just like the other candidates, and she has no one to blame but herself.

She still had time to rescue the situation yesterday. Instead she gave a rambling political "non-apology-apology". If she just had the character to drop the political facade and give a straightforward apology citing (for instance) her focus blinding her to what she was really saying, and apologizing in clear and direct language to the Kennedy's, the Obama's and the American people --NOT for any injury they "might feel", but simple for her ahving been unintentionally callous, she might have actually gained something from the experience.

But no. That didn't happen did it? And it's her own fault. Not the media's. Not Obama's. Not Bill's. Not misogynists. Hillary's

This is a nonissue: The Clinton camp is doing what they do best. Blame everything on the opposition to see if anything sticks-the kitchen sink strategy.

The truth is that this was flamed by the media: See Politico.com about how that story surfaced. The only reason the Obama camp responded was because someone from the media called them about it.

Check it out at:
Media hype: How small stories become big news:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10604.html

There is nothing here folks!

You mean the Obama camp is incorrectly emphasizing Clinton's RFK, just as she emphasized his "bitter" remarks over and over an over again?

You're kidding me, surely.

Its a smear campaign backfiring on him. white people don't want him.

I didn't realize there were a lot of ignorant right wing yahoos who read the Washington Post.

This remark indicates the level of judgment Sen. Clinton would bring to the highest office in the land. As President, such "misstatements" (that could be perceived as threats) could bring more serious consequences.

If Obama and Axelrod cared about the Kennedys they would have never had this recycled through the news all weekend. any level headed person could see it had nothing to do about Obama. Obama and the DNC are getting worried that we are not falling in line with Obama. I would never vote for him.

I bet Hillary been getting money all day long I hope she take this all the way to the convention.

never never ever Hussein, if not Hillary then vote McCain.

the new white mantra

A tribute to Hamilton Jordan today on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos emphasized Jordan's insistence in word and deed upon the quality of loyalty, loyalty in high public office to one's Commander in Chief.

Hillary Clinton's promise of this quality must be regarded dubiously.

Clinton made what can, at best, be called an impolitic remark.

Obama made a public point of giving her a pass on it while his campaign made damn sure no one else did.

Were their positions reversed, I'm sure we would be looking at the same situation. It's politics, folks. The drama comes pre-packaged.

Senator Clinton's "apology" is no apology at all. It's just another exercise in blame-shifting. She would have us believe it's OUR fault for being shocked and upset by what she said. The fact is, this remark resonates because it really gives us insight into how Clinton's mind works. She cannot defeat Senator Obama by either fair means or foul. So there's a dark part of her mind that thinks about what it would be like if something removed her adversary from the stage.

Memo to Senator Obama: Do NOT select Hillary Clinton as a vice presidential candidate. If you do, you will have to spend the next four years watching your back every second!

the ones that need to be deminished are Tim Russert, Chris Matthews, Keith Obermann, Tucker Carlson, stupid Schuster and everyone else I missed from MSNBC. GET RID OF THOSE CREEPS.

I will never vote for anyone that says I cling to guns & religion. That was more damaging than anything Hillary has said.

Go Hillary!

She made a sick comment and blames Obama for it. Does she have no shame at all?

She is up against the fence, pathetically barking at friend and foe. Obamas campaign let her off the hook and let it go. Her delirium is apparent.

This is revolting strategy from the media and especially from Obama for taking Clinton's comments out of context. It made Obama small and petty, down to the same level of venomous like the tabloid of Keith O.

Obama accused American of taking his wife comments' America is a mean country', his pastor Wright GD America, and his sitting in the church for 20 years listening and believing in the black theology. He accused everybody taking Wright's comments out of context until Wright has to rub it in his face to make it clear that Obama is wrong. Clinton never once piled it on.

Obama also continues to do double speak; in public he said 'let's move on', yet his campaign managers sent Keith O's tabloid reporting to all of the media to continue stoking this story.

With this pettiness and venomous behavior from Obama and his campaign, it is beyond doubt that Clinton's supporters will ever vote for him.

And who was it that kept things "stirred up" when Senator Obama made his "bitter" comment? Mrs. Clinton seems to be projecting her own shortcomings onto Senator Obama -- again! The "everybody's picking on me" theme doesn't work. Desperate she was, and desperate she will remain until members of the DNC say "enough"!!

Keith Oberman link on Hillary Clinton

Link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8CsQyr6vlc

This just proves that Hillary should never become president. She's worse than Bush!

Farrahkan, Wright, the Million Man March...

How can you lead America if support these people?

Just say no to Mr. Barry Obama.

at the end of the day a lot of white people will reject Obama because he doesn't seem American and the country is not ready for an afro-american president.
we will vote for McCain or another third party in protest.

After an indepth analysis of Hillary's statement, I conclude that she's CRAZY

The unbridled hysteria of the Clinton camp, feverishly trying to find someone to blame for her gaucherie is a snapshot of the scenario that will transpire when that 3 a.m. call is answered. Spooky thought.

As for the Clintonites that want to lose their vote by writing in whoever or voting for McCain. Do what you need to do. That's what makes America great. Go do your thing....

If Clinton's primary strategy is now to await some catastrophe befalling Obama's capaign, then for the sake of immediate party unit and optimal effectiveness against the Republicans, she should simply suspend her present campaign.
She can always start it up again when and if her hoped for divine intervention that destroys Obama occurs.
But do we really want someone who thinks this way as our President?

high school drop out bitter," Julie in Sterling".
Clinton can call Obama elitist and out of touch, and milked his misspoke for all it is worth ,but she gets a free pass.
No wonder why your caliber of people follow the loser....you are just as retarded and evil as she is. Please we need educated well thinking people in the Democratic party..so go vote for mccain...
See even if Obama loses, he loses with dignity fare and square. That drag queen hillary, her career is over...now and in new york.

More and more the impression comes that this woman has taken leave of her senses, lost her balance, departed from her perspective, and giving us the most amazing demonstration of a great talent gone stark raving mad. Or, in the event that she is responsible for her choices and sane, then the impression that she has a character ranging from uncharitable to sadistic. Said Maureen Dowd this morning, she does harm to feminism when she uses it opportunistically.

I would like to know how much slack or understanding did the Hillary campaign gave Barak after the out of context fanning of the 'bitter' comment --no they kept the drumbeat going for months --never relenting for a second ~!!--now they are blaming Obama for her comment --which by the way is not an isolated incidence --she has repeated this in January and then again in March !!---I used to support Hillary --but she has never failed to dissapoint --disgust and dismay me --

Sad comments - people should stick to the facts and leave the insults at home.

MSNBC's Keith Olberman needs no excuse to go after Clinton. He made a threat on her life and had to issue an apology the next day for "misspeaking." Seems like a lot of on air "talent" have had to apologize to Clinton for their remarks. Bill Clinton said that politics is a contact sport but that should not give NBC and MSNBC a license to go after her because she is not as far to the left as they would like her to be.

And Tim Russert is no better!

The Clinton camp's arguments don't make sense-since Obama has for all practical purposes sown up the nomination notwithstanding the fuzzy math. The Obama camp is not helped by the vitriol between the supporters of the two respective candidates if they flame this further. In fact they would like to entice the Clinton's supporters to move over to their side in the GE.

In any case, I don't even understand Clinton's remarks about the RFK's assassination-it was somewhat vague. It can be construed to mean anything.

Again a non-issue. Obama will have all the delegates he needs on June 3rd.

The Democratic party has bigger fish to fry in the Fall and the sooner we come together, the better!

All Hillary supports needs help. with all her lies how can you criticize Obama? You support Clinton only because Obama is a half-black candidate.if you don't want to vote for him in general election that is fine but Hillary doesn't deserve to be in general election.

I would not vote for Hillary now if she did become the nominee. At least I know exactly where McCain stands. With Hillary ... she changes as often as she changes her pants suits. Let is go girl. Let it go.

"I'm proud of America for the FIRST TIME"

How could anyone want someone like that in the White House?

Please go to www.hillaryclinton.com

I was a Hillary supporter until I learned more about Obama after the Iowa primaries. She had continued to be a good second choice, despite some of her "mispeakings". There were reasonable ways to interpret some of her supposed gaffes. The only one I really had a problem with until now was the Bosnia airport exaggeration, and that could be excused as hyperbole of a campaign. But the reference this week to the RFK assassination was just mind-boggling. I was stunned when I read it. Whether or not she was referring to a "timeline", there were many other ways she could have referenced it. I just can't get past this one. If she were to become the nominee it would be, for the first time, REALLY HARD to vote for her.

I'm a Hillary supporter who will be voting for McCain in the Fall. And I know many others who feel the same way. Obama is a divisive candidate. HE has divided us. And if he and his supporters think that Hillary's supporters will just fall in line. Think again. We will be throwing our support to John McCain.

Let me get this straight, Hillary Clinton said what she said about assassination attempts, which was ghoulish at the very least, and her campaign blames Obama's campaign for something she said?

My goodness, I'll be HAPPY when June 3rd rolls around, because that's the day Hillary/Bill Clinton will be OUT of the race. My, they're both such polarizing bottom-feeders.

Hillary camp blaming Obama camp is the worest case of gaul I have seen in my life.

Obama will be the next President of the United States, and Hillary knows this.

She'll do anything, and I mean, ANYTHING to undermine him.

The same old tactics from Hill.
Nothing more, nothing less.

When a person wishes to achieve a public office by the consensus of the public, publicity is necessary. Even bad publicity is better then being ignored.

Hillary Clinton has shown that not only is she a disconnected and unself-aware person, but that she is also delusional and deep in the throes of denial.

Obama has bent over backward to praise her in the last few weeks, and the Clinton camp has been nothing but horrible. Please, superdelegates end this farce now. By not coming forward, you're enabling the Clintons' childish behavior. Who has the power to step in and tell them to stop acting so childishly and badly ?

RFK Jr. wants her senate seat. Thats the only possible explanation for his support of her. Every true environmentalist knows she failed with the "gas tax holiday" test.

You can't blame Terry McAuliffe for fighting as hard as he can. He could almost smell Secretary of Defense and not it looks like he will go back to selling used Yugos.

cry baby hillary...

WAAAAAA!

WAAAAAAA!

WAAAAAAA!

THEY ARE PICKING ON ME!

WAAAAAAA!

WAAAAAAAA!

I WANT TO CHANGE THE RULES!

I WANT FLORIDA GIVEN TO ME!

WAAAAAA!

I WANT THE SUPERDELEGATES TO SIDE WITH ME!

WAAAAAA!

I WANT THEM TO CHANGE TO AN ELECTORAL DECISION FOR THE PRIMARIES!

WAAAAAA!

I WANT MICHIGAN TOO!

WAAAAAAAA!

I'M A WOMAN AND THEY ARE PICKING ON ME!

WAAAAAAA!

I HAVE FAT ANKLES!

WAAAAAAAA!

I HAVE SHORT LITTLE FAT LEGS!

WAAAAAAA!

SNIPERS ARE FIRING AT ME!

WAAAAAAAAA!

MY NAME IS HILLARY GUMP!

WAAAAAAAAAAA!

hillary is a friggin cry baby.

We have an obligation to be truthful to ourselves in the greatest nation on earth. Here is what Dick Morris - A non Obama supporter wrote on the issue:

"Everybody who has thought seriously about the Obama candidacy, including me and probably including the Senator himself, have reflected on the horrible possibility that he would be assassinated. One cannot think about Obama, the Kennedy-esque candidate without worrying about his safety. But we all observe the discipline of not raising the issue in public. We all worry that to do so would be to encourage some maniac to take a shot. Now Hillary has violated this unstated but heretofore universal taboo and brought up the possibility. That is not to say that she is hoping for a murder. But it is to say that the possibility is uppermost in her mind and a significant part of her rationale for staying in the race. And, by raising it, she has made it more possible."

On the historic side, GEOFF EARLE, BRADEN KEIL and ANGELA MONTEFINISE wrote in this article (http://www.nypost.com/seven/05252008/news/nationalnews/kennedys_feel_bobby_socked_112469.htm?CMP=EMC-email_edition&DATE=05252008):

"That line, which she later said was meant to convey the fact that nomination battles can extend late into the primary season, also sparked outrage for touching upon Obama's personal safety.

It was also just plain inaccurate, say historians, noting that Clinton's drawn-out battle with Obama in a seemingly endless primary season is nothing like the 1968 and 1992 Democratic campaigns.

Bobby Kennedy was not in the midst of a long-fought primary battle when he was assassinated. He entered the race on March 16, 1968, less than three months before the June 5 shooting.

As for Bill Clinton, despite his wife's perceptions, he'd won the nomination long before mid-June 1992. The race was essentially over by March 20, when Paul Tsongas dropped out and Clinton became the front-runner with a 7-to-1 delegate lead over Jerry Brown."

On both fronts she is wrong and I think she needs to simply apologize and stop fanning this issue herself....

Typical Clinton - take no responsibility and blame someone else for her own mistakes. This manic obsession of hers for the presidency has done more to divide democrats than any Republican could ever have done. Where on earth are the superdels who could end this thing? What a bunch of wimps.

I believe we should just let the candidates finish the race. This is just unnecessary distraction for both camps.

Peace!

im a hillary clinton supporter and i takeher at her word it seems that the press wants to embarrased hillary clinton so bad that she will go and hide under the covers women stand up and stop being so star struck over oprah best thing.keith olberman and chris matthews are idiots.nbc and the hold press is kissing obama but and i cant stand it anymore.he just lost kentucky by 35 points and west virginia by 41 points and you call him the nominee thats crazy.also superdelegates stop being a scary chicken over the black vote we always vote democrat

When do you think that Hillary will release her army of flying monkeys on Obama?

jah spirit will end up with truth . burning spear to the end of the world.

Hillary's whole campaign is lame. If she stubbed her toe, they'd try to find a way to make it Obama's fault. We all listened to the questions and we all listened to your answers Hill, and we are not impressed. The Obama campaign gave you an easy time. It's the rest of America--including the super delegates--who are appalled.

Now is the time for all good men (and women) and Superdelegates, to come to the aid of their party.

This is just another example of Obama jumping on anything to keep the race issue alive. He publicly says he accepts her at her word while his camp goes around beating the horse to death. Let's look at other times Obama injected race into the campaign and then said he took her at her word that she meant no harm. One was the picture of him in traditional clothing of a country he was visiting. His camp went all over insisting it was Hillary's camp who released the picture trying to frighten people into thinking he was a Muslim. Of course, there was no proof of that. Then during a debate, he said he took her at her word that she had nothing to do with the picture. Once his polls slipped though, he brought it back up again to accuse her of releasing the picture. He said in his horrible PA debate that HE never accused Hillary of lying about her Bosnia statements, but admitted his aides had. The very next day, he himself brought it up in a speech. Obama tries to paint himself above the fray but he is just a little bully throwing mud on everyone while trying to claim he didn't do it. We need a grown-up in the White House.

any woman out there who has been verbally abused, humiliated and lied to by any man should give Hillaryclinton.com at least $5 because she is taking the punches and she is standing up for women all over america. Obama had a smear campaign she did nothing wrong. she is the smartest woman I have ever seen and I will support her to the end. and then vote mccain

The media was provided their information by the Obama campaign. K. Oberman-msnbc-was given the link by the obama campaign. Yet Senator Obama says it's a non issue. How gracious!

A backlash against Obama has started since he and his people have twisted the meaning of what Hillary was saying. Watch the tape. Everyone knows she said nothing wrong nothing hurtful but the Obama camp will do anything to stir up trouble, And then the great Obama forgives her. Oh give me break he is a hateful deceitful divider of People. I have never heard so many democrats say they will vote for McCain if he is the nominee. I hope the Super Delegates are listening- this is serious. I am a life long democrat but will never vote for Obama - Sorry I just can't do it. It's a lucky year for the Republicans.

hey hillary?

let's see how long you can hold your breath.

on three...

one

two

three

hold it!

i'll be back tomorrow.. try to hold it til then.

we can have bill with his red face.. and we can have hillary with her blue face... and then chelsea with just her lights on but nobody home look.

what a family.

i have a friggin dog that makes more sense than they do.

We've just seen several days of media coverage of Obama-McCain spats, even Obama-Bush spats, which spell death to the Hillary campaign.

At this stage, even bad news is better for Hillary than being ignored while the other two argue.

At least, with her RFK comment, she's clawed her way back onto the news pages.

She actually benefits from this, particularly in the fundraising department, as being attacked fills her coffers.

Obama is wise not to get drawn into this one. It's really being overblown.

If you want to help Obama get to the White House:

1. Stop attacking Hillary, start ignoring her. Believe me, she's much happier being attacked than being forgotten.

2. Start attacking McCain.

To Hilary Supporters:
Your threat of voting for mccain is getting old, boring and stale.....If you are going to vote for mccain..just be like nike and do it.Please JUST SHUT UP....your threats mean nothing..because if you were a true democrat, that wouldnt have been a thought.
If Obama loses..well, he loses fare and square...and not looking like a crazy lunatic.
dont forget to remember there is 2012, Obama's supports can also vote a republican in the white house...sO LET'S DRINK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY....CHEERS. (think again, if you think we are going to fall inline in 2012)

14th amendment guy,as someone who holds a juris doctor degree, and has practiced law for decades, I have some advice for you,never open your mouth when you don't know what you are talking about,keep your stupidity to yourself.

never never ever Hussein, if not Hillary, then vote McCain.

the new white mantra

I'm glad to see that so many of you feel that blaming Obama is to put it mildly ridiculous!!

If we want to end this, UNCOMMITTED SUPER DELEGATES NEED TO COMMIT before the May 31 DNC Rules Committee meeting.

Wow, it's just like Obama and his supporters to resort to sexism and name-calling to make a point. "Drag queen"? How offensive, is that the best you can come up with DEBB?

I know your not a woman because that would not come out of a woman's mouth.

My support for Hillary is about what's best for America. Who is actually the best canidate? Without a doubt, Barack is not that person. Because he's black, everyone it seems is scared to attack him on the real issues, his legitimate associations and his dirty politics.

I voted Douglas Wilder b/c he was the best canidate at the time for Governor of Virginia, so race is not an issue with me.

I judge the canidates based on character, and with Obama there are huge issues about his character and alot of Americans feel the same way I do, whether you like it or not.

Barack is just not electable.

All I can say is...Don't turn your back on her Or your History. I have never seen such a Pitty Bitty!!

The media is to blame for the fact that Republicans will win the White House again in November. The inscrupulous, incendiary, evil ways that these people have sought to create the news and tag it to every source in the world to keep their home papers floating to the top of Google and every other search engine may be a sign of the times for that business, but it is no less irresponsible and twisted. This collective group loved and wanted Obama so much, they crushed him like an egg. Their misogynistic war plan against Hillary Clinton hardened her supporters; Obama's supporters became equally hardened to hers. But the result is the same. Elite journalists like Edward R. Murrow would be shocked and ashamed at the way the media has injected itself into the story. One thing is for sure. John McCain is headed to the White House.

Hillary is a total narcissistic egomaniac, in addition to being a craven, pandering politician who zealously adheres to the path of political expediency. It's all about fulfilling her lust for power at this point. Any other candidate with an ounce of dignity and class would have dropped out by now.

John McCain -> Celebrity

Barack Obama -> Scholar

HilLIARy Clinton -> Professional Victim

She's becoming more and more like her husband who said he never had sex with Monica Lewinsky? How sad these two are..always attempting to blame someone else..God knows we do not these people representing America, unless, those who support them are also in denial.

It's not Hillary that's going to destroy the democratic party, it's Obama and his far left Marxist ideas and his willingness to say or do anything to undermine millions of voters that have been at the core of democratic party for decades.

Posted by: Hillary Deserves Better

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Given that Clinton's policies are virtually identical to Obama's, other than maybe healthcare where Hillary wants to mandate coverage for even more people than Obama does, I'm not sure why his ideas are any more far left and Marxist than hers are.

Very bizarre thinking.

He certainly hasn't undermined me at all.

As for the RFK brouhaha, she and her handlers are no longer to be taken even remotely seriously. They seem to have absolutely no clue why people would find the comment offensive. I'd like to believe that Hillary didn't really mean that she had any hope that Obama would be taken out of the race by assassination or some other dire event -- though I'm not sure of that -- but even then the words were just plain stupid. Despite Obama's kindly giving her the benefit of the doubt and suggesting that her remark was the result of campaign fatigue, that's clearly not the case since she had said the same thing at least once before, in an interview with TIME magazine.

And don't even get me started on the FL/MI delegate mess. I live in FL -- my vote in the primary doesn't count. Do I like that? No, of course not. But the idea of seating the delegates at the convention as is, without some kind of an adjustment (split them 50/50?), is absurd and something I totally reject. I don't understand the DNC's need to punish so seriously the two states for moving up their primaries, and I'm ticked off at the governor and legislature in FL for thumbing their nose at the DNC (and the RNC) and thereby forcing their hand.

BUT... all the parties involved knew the rules beforehand. And that includes Clinton. Her campaign manager, Terry McAuliffe, who preceded Howard Dean as the head of the DNC, was actually largely responsible for the whole notion of punishing upstart states who meddled with their primary dates in the first place. It is utterly hypocritical for the two of them to now say it's unfair.

Hillary has worn out her welcome. She needs to bow out now.

She's becoming more and more like her husband who said he never had sex with Monica Lewinsky? How sad these two are..always attempting to blame someone else..God knows we do not these people representing America, unless, those who support them are also in denial.

Hillary should back out.

This needs to go all the way to the convention. Barack is not fit to be anywhere near the white house.

To suggest that Hillary would be behind an assassination attempt as some of you have is even more irresponsible than any remark any candidate has made. Yes, I've read the body count list so please don't send it again. Don't forget $80 million was already spent investigating those bogus claims.

Obama isn't even president and he already has two bodies possibly tied to him and his ambitions.

Both candidates have received death threats. Do only one person's death threats count? This is ridiculous

I'm sure Terry McC understands that people saw this as a slam on Obama, not a slam on RFK, so Jr.'s statement kinda doesn't address the problem ... and while Jr. issued tepid support, what about his sisters, who also were supporting Clinton? Their silence speaks louder than Jr.'s tepid support. One of the NY tabloids is reporting the family is livid.

Poor Terry kinda laughs when he states the Clinton line on TV nowadays. It's clear he doesn't even believe what he is saying anymore.

When your paid flacks are the only ones willing to go out there and give you tepid support, it's time to quit.

When your trying to get sympathy by whining about your opponent unfairly restating the stupidest thing you could have said (Charles Schumer's description), it's time to quit.

When your only explanation of why you are staying in requires you try to equate June '68, when only 13 contest had been run, with June '08, when almost all the contests are over, it's time to quit.

When everyone is trying to give you one last face saving chance to exit (Carter, Pelosi, Dean, Clayburn), it's time to quit.

When you're running yourself so tired that you start embarrassing yourself in public, it's time to quit. (Hillary appeared to be less lucid on Friday than all of the polygamist wives in Texas, Hedda Nussbaum immediately after her arrest, or any subject on A&E's "Intervention" before the intervention.)

When you look as drawn as you stand in a Supermarket giving one of the most listless, defeated speeches of your career - it was the anti-Checkers speech - it's time to quit.

OK, so she did not mean what has been attributed to her statement. She means no harm to Obama. But surely she should be aware of the sensitivity. Even acknowledging the fact that she understands that, would go a long way to settling things but so far nothing of the kind. Furthermore, the "unforced", repeated lie about Bosnia does not now lend credibility to her cries of innocense. They were ill chosen words from an exhausted candidate, but she does herself no favours by what seems to be a complete refusal to concede any fault whatsoever.

What in hell has Art 3 of the 14th Amendment have anything to do with Sen. Obama? Ar you hillary supporters so beyond reality that you make up anything about him? Will you all just give it a rest and concede that your candidate has no chance of winning, that she blew this nomination she felt was god-given by being out-organized by Sen. Obama.This organization he put together proves that he can run the government, unlike hillary who had no answers for anything after Feb 5. Russert on MTP even read her exact quote where she expected her nomination to be all wrapped up by then. Goes to show that she has no clue about running a campaign, let alone the country. It is over.

I gurss she has been told "she will NOT get the VP spot on the ticket.

Oh well, I was hoping they could come together. She is showing herself not worthy.

All of the Hillary Clinton supporters that plan on voting for McCain, have fun.

Desperate people do desperate things in desperate times. The Clintons are desperate. If a disaster does not happen to assist he in her failed bid for the presidency, she is determi9n ed to create one. Anything Obama says will be twisted by the Clintons. They will go to any length even lying. The Clintons are racists. She has become an embarassment to her Party and to the country as a whole. Why would this country elect a person president who has so little character?

It does not matter that she used RFK as an example. The mere fact that she is waiting around for the assassination of an opponent speaks volumes to the character of HRC. Further, if she was referencing a "time-line", the California primary was over long ago this time around. Democrats should be ashamed of themselves covering for this rationale to justify what she said. If anyone else said what she said, his or her political career would be over.

"I didn't realize there were a lot of ignorant right wing yahoos who read the Washington Post."

Duh.......Barrack is a Muslim, he went to school in a madrases, is a racist, misogynist, white working class americans won't vote for him, His primary and caucus wins don't count,because they are small states,Michigan and Florida should count even though Clinton signed off on the rules, oh and by the way her campaign chair "Terrie McCaulif was one of the architects of the way this years primaries were done.She is a chancer on the butt of the Democrats, and her convicted child molester of a husband is a joke....is it me or does his nose look like a giant P E N I S ? It is time for the Super "D's" to pull the plug on this I can't think of a good word for her at this moment. And for those racists pinheads who keep posting on this site, sit back and enjoy When Barrack H. Obama wins, cuz your time is about up, pecke r wood trash talking one tooth wonders, oh and I forgot inbred, bible toting gunloving tobacco chewing and I am referring to the

Hillary Clinton has lost her mind. So much for a "graceful" exit. Any exit will do now, the sooner the better.

There is no place in a presidential campaign for the words assassination and gun. No speculation, no jokes. No vice presidential nomination for Huckabee or Clinton. In fact, they might not even be fit for any public office.

It is amazing how low her and her supporters will go. These lemmings would jump off a cliff is hillary said it was a good idea. Poor hillary people are so mean to her. She twists history. Her claim bill. who had over 3300 delegates to brown with less than 600, didnt win until June? Please. She brings up an assasination as a case in point when that election's first primary started in March? This HAS gone on too long. Long after the winner was decided. She is a liar, a cheater, and that is who redneck America wants. Just like the last "working class" hero George W. I am sick of the punditry and clintonites describing the dredges of "white" society the salt of the earth. If they are so hard working why do they lack education. over half of the people in WV thought Barack was a Muslim. And half the idiot republican postings have comments calling him the "antichrist" and linking him to apocolyptic scripture. The wealthiest most powerful nation in the world and people like clinton and mccain pander to the same people that hold us back. Read a book or two before you talk or vote. The world cant afford 4 more years of rule by the hopelessly stupid.

Let's get it straight. Someone in Obama's communications department did send out to a wide MSM distribution the link to Keith Obermann's special critique last Friday's of Hillary's comments regarding RFK. This was probably done without Obama's authorization but it is accurate to say that his campaign has continued to fan the fire.

The comment called for the RFK treatment for Senator Obama should be removed. Please include some way to report abuse in these comments sections.

It is first the Media/Press and second Obama and his people who are not only odious, hypocritical and offensive. Obama's accusations that Clinton is doing things to get elected are .... childish?, that's what he's doing and they should, that's the job, to get elected at this level. But the way the media jumps on Clintons words is pathetic, it's a game that is typical internet nerd play, one can say anything and make it sound bad simply by repeating it like: "I'm glad Obama is not beating his wife". Now, what does that mean? Anything? You're all sickos.

One can only wonder how much time and energy Hillary will have to spend apologizing to various heads of state when one of her poorly expressed thoughtless remarks insults a country or its leader should she ever be elected president.

That woman is horrible. Is she crazy?

Totally predicted and predictable, Obama made her do it!

Brings new meaning to the Vince Forster suicide. Maybe the Feds should reopen the case. The Clinton's are evil and will say and do anything to have power and to save their reputations.

Jessica please do us all a big favor and crawl back up under the racist rock you emerged from, your comments are utterly sickening and hurtful, for the past two days I have read your comments and shook my head saying " not in today's America" but people like you since Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Kentucky have been coming out of the wood works and it is very sad. I indeed hope she is soon defeated and I also hope that you and those like you don't go out and vote because we don't want nor need your voice in our party, shame on you!

Senator Clinton's whole victimizer/victim bait and switch passive aggressive game is wearing extremely thin....

it's like the DNC is the Titanic and Bill is holding Hillary up in the bow as she incessantly screams "I'm the Queen of the World"..

Yes, how true! A country that clings to GUNS, RELIGION, RACISM (gee, remember Katrina!!!.....are these people home yet??!!!!!) , SEXISM, MILITARISM, etc etc is really going to vote for a black man to go to the White House (even though most of the people in prison in this country are BLACK, racial profiling, etc).....and a black man with the name of Barack Hussein Obama!!!.......I'm still trying to figure out how the Obama supporters have not figured out the Republican joke yet........it is just by coinsidence that this supposedly democratic candidate's middle name is "Hussein".......at this time in our country's history.......????? The chances of this must be a zillion to one, wouldn't you agree! The Republicans have to be laughing their as--- off at us Democrats.......Gee, I wonder what Karl Rove and crew have been up to in the last year or so.......Somebody with absolutely NO EXPERIENCE & NO HISTORY has just slipped out of the blue about a year ago, and has a middle name of "Hussein" AND!!! is going to SAVE OUR COUNTRY.......Oh yes, and he's NOT MUSLIM (even though is father was), he's an Evangical Christian (just as scarry!!! under Rev. Wright) GAWD! if it weren't so scarry I would be laughing......What could ALL of you Obama supporters possibly be thinking?????? The general election is a WHOLE DIFFERENT BALL GAME! Do you really think that people will vote for him???? I don't think so. Those of us that were actually around for Bobby, John and Martin Luther King know that Obama and the Rovians/neo-cons are spinning quite a tale.......Just like for George W. Bush against Gore. Remember the media then??? That was quite a picture they painted of Gore......AND ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY BOUGHT IT!
CARRY ON HILLARY........we're with you ALL THE WAY!!!.......THE REAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY will be at the convention!!!!!

Sure -- she stepped on a rake and it flew up and hit her in the head. She must be exhausted, and mistakes happen. But one thing I want to know is WHY does the media have a feast about this type of Clinton gaffe, when they don't seem to give a hoot about the Obama drug and sex scandal that is all over the web. And it is probably even true! The republicans are not going to give him a break on this, but the media sure has been ignoring it. Amazing!

Hillary is a crazed raccoon trapped in a garbage can

I wag my finger and say, I will not vote for that woman.

It amazes me how dumb some think the American people are. A candidate of Hillary's experience understands the power of words and the message they send. Further more, the Clinton's are especially well known for carefully parsing their words. Now she wants us to believe she didn't say what she meant. Her statement is nothing less than a shocking, cold calculation unworthy of a presidential candidate. Maybe like the old soldier of General MacArthur's ballad, Sen. Clinton will just fade away....

Wow! Lady MacClinton. She really is turning her legacy into a royal tragedy each extra day she is on the campaign trail. One day it's Zimbabwe, the next--assassination. It's time to close the curtain on this drama.
Oye,Puerto Rico! Ayudanos. Basta con los Clintons.Obama es el futuro que nosotros esperamos. Viva Obama!

My God! Now it's OBAMA'S fault that Clintons called a hit on him! Unbelieveable! The Clinton campaign has completely gone over the edge. Obama said in his speech that he didn't think Clinton meant anything by this. And I would imagine any sane person wouldn't want to keep the subject of his MURDER alive. Terry McAuliffe and others have been speaking for the past few weeks that a possible "catastrophe" might happen.
It's time. The DNC and Super Delegates need to put her campaign out of its misery...ASAP!

Hillary should just go away. She is a liar, and she is pathetic.

To every single one of you nasty, hypocritical Obama fans who are spewing out this hate-mongering toward Hillary Clinton:

You better watch what you say. Obama WILL NOT win this election without Hillary supporters. It will not happen. You all know it. If you think for one second that your "progressive" Left wing of the Party can elect Obama alone, then you have only to look to Kerry in '04 and Gore in '00 to know this is not true.

I WILL NOT stand with a band of Obama supporters who have no respect for my candidate and the historic nature of her candidacy. The arrogance of you folks has become clearer and clearer as this campaign as gone on. So many of you are acting like you don't even have to reach out to us, to show us or Hillary any respect, and we just have no choice but to get with your plan. Not so, AT ALL.

You are responsible for "healing the Party". I don't see any of that in these posts. We can write in a vote for Hillary in November - remember that. I will not work with a bunch of people who do not respect my candidate.

And to the Post: This is the stupidest headline I have ever read. Hillary's campaign is not stoking anything. It is simply defending Hillary and calling the Obama campaign on its hypocracy, once again. Everyone sees through this crap now. No one thinks Obama is Mr Highroad anymore. Just stick a sock in it.

All of you, the left wing media and these fans of Obama's - you are really pushing us. Do you really want us to push this thing to the Convention? We will, if we sense no respect from you people. Oh, yes, we will.

Hillary Clinton is out of control.

It's a dangerous proposition to say "all you McCain voters have fun." This was the year that we were supposed to take our country back. But we won't get there now. Because of a media that so obviously wanted a candidate above the rest that they have crushed him like an egg, all of those McCain voters you tell to "have fun" will be called something else November 4. LANDSLIDE.

As Keith Olbermann pointed out so clearly in his Special Comment, we have given her a pass on many, many occasions for lying and spinning the metrics, the likes of which would never have been afforded to Obama or McCain.

I, too, remember the holy hell she raised about Obama's "bitter" comment, jumping on it like it was the train to glory. She milked it for all it was worth branding him elitist (how much more a member of the elite could she be - former first lady and currently a US Senator) and unpatriotic (Uh, where's her flag pin? She always wears jewelry but never noticed anything patriotic.) She will just say anything - either directly or in "code speak" - to get what she wants. At any cost to others and her party.

It's sad for me. I'm a first generation American who was raised to be proud to have a vote - a voice in government. I'm also white, retired, and a woman. I was fortunate to have had a wonderful career and have long been an activists for the rights of women. For me, this primary season was heartening; our country had, to some degree at least, made progress given that the three major candidates represent three demographic groups - a woman, a mixed racial person, and a senior person. For me, as a registered Independent, it was liberating and presented real choice at last. I would not support a women based on gender alone. There have been many times I've been on the sticky end of the gender stick and would never practice sexism against anyone - male or female.

Sadly, she reminds me of Bush. I compare her changing the metrics of the magic number to the nomination based on what she thinks she can pull off to Bush's changing the rationale for invading Iraq. Hillary, like Bush, has latched on to anything that would further her cause and keeps repeating her spin hoping to be believed. She signed off on the rules governing the primaries and seemed fine with that until she was no longer the front runner. Now the rules don't suit her so she ignores them - a la Bush. She has disparaged the votes of scores of Americans declaring their states to be of lesser importance than others as Bush has disparaged Americans with his actions and policies.

We've had sufficient evidence now of her judgment, how easy it is for her to spin or lie, and what she thinks about rules to conclude that she is not suited to be POTUS or VPOTUS. Superdelegates ACT NOW!

To the poster who didn't realize how many right-wing wackos read the WashPost, I answer, look how many right wing wackos write for the Wash Post!

I don't think HRC's ghoulish comment should offend the Kennedys as much as it should offend Obama family. Novertheless, despite what JFK Jr. said, the Kennedys are outraged.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/05252008/news/nationalnews/kennedys_feel_bobby_socked_112469.htm

This is getting ridiculous. Hillary must be losing it. I can't imagine anybody in either party still feeling they could vote for her to be our President. Where in the world are the spineless super-delegates who could and should put an end to this circus?

Listening to Wolfson and McAuliffe this morning was jaw dropping. The sooner these clowns are off my TV the better. Can someone tell me who is handling Clinton's media message? This was handled very badly.

She said she is staying in the race because she hopes things can dramatically change. And history can give us good examples to support her decision, such as the assassination of the front runner in 1968.

McAuliffe said Clinton is staying in the race to give hope to the millions of women who have voted for her and "she is winning races."

PLEASE...Hillary get out...you're embarrassing yourself and many professional women like me.

Hillary really is remarkable. You remember the Uncle Remus tale where Br'er Fox or Br'er Rabbit, I forget who it was, encounters the tar baby. And Br'er Fox, for the sake of this story, starts smacking the tar baby, and gets mired in and covered with tar. He gets stuck in the tar. Now does that sound just a little like Clinton and her campaign, lately trying to wriggle out of Clinton's gaffe on the Robert Kennedy tragedy?

It is so like our country to blame the victim. Frankly I am sick it it. A wise sage once said, if there is one finger wagging at someone else, there are three wagging back at the wagger. Hilary, please stop wagging yourself.

I honestly can't believe this.

We honestly think Hillary was calling out for someone to kill Obama? People honestly believe that?

assassination: to murder (a usually prominent person) by sudden or secret attack

I believe the word was used correctly. It's unfortunate nobody wants to look at the context ... and its reference to the calendar.

I'll be back in the US in time to vote, and I can tell you it will NOT be for HRC. For one thing a lot of her supporters sound like complete whack jobs if some of the above comments are anything to go by. Barack Obama has run the better campaign and appears the better candidate, plain and simple. I don't believe HRC intended anything malicious in her RFK comment, but it was an unfortunate reference all the same. Some people posting here need to grow up, many of the comments are outrageous and ignorant. You do your preferred candidate no favors with this crap.

I use to really like the Clintons, there was a time when I hated the Republicans for their impeachment of Bill Clinton, now in a ironic twist I hate the Clintons and would vote for Libertain Bob Barr over Hillary or Bill, and he was one of the House impeachment prosecutors. The lies and deceit that come from the Clintons and their campaign has proved the Republicans right.

Surely we could all agree that it was a mistake to even mention the Kennedy assasination in the context of this campaign. If you can't get that...there's something wrong. Her apology was a classic "well I'm sorry if all of you thin-skinned people were offended" was in fact a non-apology and proved she didn't get it. Please go home Hillary.

As the Democratic Presidential campaign continues, I hope American women will not be paranoid or pouty because they refuse to support our party's nominee... Barrack Obama. Hillary had an ex President and all the cronies he could call on to help her win... and still failed. Lets be honest and realize that Obama had a much harder hill to climb and still came up on top. God Bless Obama.

BS McAuliffe told Tim Russert last week on Meet the Press that the Clinton campaign was hoping for a catastrophe. Look it up.

I am tired of bothe Hilary and Obama. You will see that many demcrats will vote for McCain,..like I will.

As the Democratic Presidential campaign continues, I hope American women will not be paranoid or pouty because they refuse to support our party's nominee... Barrack Obama. Hillary had an ex President and all the cronies he could call on to help her win... and still failed. Lets be honest and realize that Obama had a much harder hill to climb and still came up on top. God Bless Obama.

obama takes money from oil barons oh my. he's a true politician through and through.

Obama was gracious enough not to make a big deal out it. She should let it go, but of course she's the one trying to make political hay, and blame her misdeed on someone else. It's just another reason I've come to dislike HC. Frankly, I didn't need Obama, his campaign, or anyone else to fan the fire because I was so utterly repulsed by her comment the first time I heard it, and that was way before I heard anyone's opinion on the matter. How could it not be obvious that her comments were out of line, and rather inexplicable for such a seasoned politician. Please Hillary, stop playing the victim card. It doesn't help your case.

It is amazing what disrespect you Obama supporters have for Hillary Clinton, the most powerful woman in America, who should be president. Why? Because she is prepared, visionary and smart. This is not a woman who just fell from the turnip truck. She was a Watergate prosecutor and a powerful attorney--making by the way more money than Obama could dream of.

As a journalist I can tell you that she is the smartest of the three candidates. However, the spin doctors of the Obama campaign and the liberal media have waged war against Hillary. And don't think that nut Howard Dean likes the Clintons. It has been a well orchestrated campaign by the DNC.

Unfortunately, the Democratic Party is going to suffer in the end. Obama is not electable and will go the way of all other liberal candidates. Frankly, he is an arrogant and polished politician who has spouted change but has not changed anything in his political career.

He has produced a race gulf in this country that is not going to heel for some time. And he will destroy the Democratic Party in the end.

Has anyone seen the pools from Florida. Seventy percent of the Democrats are going to vote for McCain. That ought to shock superdelegates from their Obama coma. The only good news is that it will be Hillary's in four years after Obama's disasterous election.

Hillary is unelectable....she is vile, hateful, lying, pretends like she is sleeping so bill can carry on in the white house, then stays so she can use him to run for presidency, she touts her whiteness, she only uses the word "I", if you follow her life a lot of people commit suicide or dies mysteriously.In 1971, she was an intern at a law firm that defended radicals like ayers, when obama is in trouble, she jumps on the bag wagon and help to smear him, she sent my brother to war, she supported Nafta and send my dad's job overseas...SO DAMN RIGHT, SHE IS UNELECTABLE...
Obama's followers, we put our money where our mouth is...we actually support our leader, he does not have to lend him self money..He iw organized and motives people, he uses "we" that is what democracy is about, "we the people"..

JUST SAY NO TO HILARY, SO SHE CAN GO SHOOT BILL AND POP A PILL...and her supporters repeat a waco...so we can have a better America...a purged one . After which people of every race and and class can live as one...(instead of hilary's hateful whites) (freaking make us whites look bad)

AND YEAH IM WHITE...IM NO BETTER THAN A BLACK MAN OR WOMAN...

What is so upsetting about this episode is the manner in which Hillary made her comments. She referenced an assassination in the same way that one would reference the weather. It gives one the impression that it is a Freudian slip, that she is subconsciously wishing for such an event to occur, because anyone with an ounce of sense would have phrased this differently. Also upsetting is the non-apology, which specifically mentioned the Kennedys but made no mention of the Obama family. I have to imagine they were horrified, in that comments like this can be enabling for those who may already be predisposed to violence. I think that the Obama family deserves a heartfelt apology.

Never in my life have I heard any reference to assassinations during presidential campaigns , until now . Why is that ?

It's hard to believe that white Hilary supporters would switch to McCain for more of the same Republican mismanagement and incompetence.

That "logic" sounds more like well thought out campaign propaganda from Clinton camp to scare voters.

One thing is abundantly clear from reading/watching main stream news media, as well as reading public responses to media reports in this type of forum and listening to politicians. The USA really, REALLY needs to emphasize critical thinking in its schools.

u vote for mccain you get bush... at least these guys are entertaining.. you are a fatalist if you want more republicans.. they are not even funny.. the are just tyrannical.. and they could care about you one single bit. mccain did NOT vote on the GI bill that went through the senate.. He could care less about GIs... you want that for president??????

Obama campaign seizes everything anyone says about anything and internalizes it to their perceived political advantage, be it charges of racism, statements of appeasement, or anything else they can distort and then feed to their masses of non-thinking, frenetic, paranoid, and immature followers who have been whipped into a fanatic frenzy over their candidate. You cannot win a general election like this and, if you do, a country cannot be governed with this. In your apparent victory mode, you still sound hostile and angry. Why on earth would I want to vote for your candidate and exchange the fanaticism of the religious right for the fanaticism of hero worship? His campaign capitalizes on the emotions and not the intellect of all of his supporters who have dissed every segment of demographics not in support of him but who are exercising their democratic right to support the candidate of their choice in an election. All of these college graduates apparently have wasted their parents' money with their education. They seem bi-polar, extolling his greatness at one time and calling him a hypocrite when he tries to be diplomatic in his reference to HRC. I cannot wait to see their reaction when he must do something in office that they do not like!

No surprises here. Hillary misspoke? NO, say it ain't so! Hillary attempted to point fingers at someone else? NO, it just can't be!
I just can't figure these Hillary rah-rahs who continue to blindly support her no matter what.
Please Hillary, ask someone the meaning of 'bowing out gracefully'.

don't believe that Clinton was insinuating that Obama might be assassinated.

I do think her claim to be a student of history is either (A) a complete fabrication or (B) she hopes no one else is a student of history and won't debunk her statement.

In 1968, the primary election season began in mid-February, and at the beginning of the primary season, we had a sitting Democratic president who was in the running. Subtract 6 weeks from the current primary season, and it would have been over in mid-April.

In 1992, Bill Clinton's rivals had, for the most part, dropped out and the party leaders were coalesced behind his campaign by the end of April. Ask anyone who voted in the primaries in May and June of 1992 if their vote counted for anything. They will tell you no.

There is so much talk about Senator Clinton's brilliance in politics and history, but I am increasingly unconvinced.

The fact that Clinton would try to score a political point on this issue is beyond the pale. I think it should end any consideration she would have been given for the vice presidency.

I am a 50 year old voting Democrat. I voted for Clinton in the 1990s and enjoyed the economy then.

I doubt that this candidacy is the feather in the cap of feminists. Clinton was the wife of a President. This is reminiscent of Imelda Marcos and Eva Peron. Can you say "banana republic"? Why all the who-haa by women? When an unaffiliated woman contests the position, then feminists will have their day! I laud that day, but this is not it.

Obaama will get the nomination and spend the rest of the fall campaign trying to convince Hillary supporters to back him. You'll have four more Bush years. Will be Obamas scare tactic. David Axelrod keeps repeating over and over that after the nominee is selected the Democrats will unite. Just like his mentor...a dreamer. Talk the talk but don't walk the walk.
I've seen a lot worse in America (riots in the cities, VietNam war, recession, etc.) during the past and for you "educated, younger etc. Obama supporters...no VietNam, just college, no hard times, just buy, buy buy and expect Uncle Sam to bail you out when times get tough.

We Hillary supporters are tougher. We can wait for 2012. As I said, give Obama the nomination and then when he loses because of a fractured party, he won't be able to blame anyone but himself. (although he always says "there's no room for those tactics in this campaign but he does it behind the scenes, sure blame it on everyone else!)There aren't enough minority votes to put him in the white house!

Hillary is blaming Barack for what she said and claiming that she is still in the race for women?

Well, I am a woman and I am totally disgusted by Hillary's lies and deceptions. She does not represent women because all women are not power hungry, liars, spend thrifts or multi-millionaires. Hillary is still in the race for she and Bill. Not for women.
As for Hillary blaming Barack for something she said is typical Hillary behavior. It is not normal behavior and all women are NOT like Hillary.

I resent the fact that she and her campaign compares Hillary's personal fight for power to all women. She is not representative of American women. PERIOD!

"I WILL NOT stand with a band of Obama supporters who have no respect for my candidate and the historic nature of her candidacy." posted by K 6:30pm

You mean like the respect Senator Clinton has shown by not congratulating Senator Obama when he wins a primary as he always does to her when she does?
Or by her campaign feeding Senator Obama's picture in a turban to the drudge report?
Or her campaigning blackening Senator Obama up for one of their videos?
Or implying that the only hard working Americans are white Americans thereby implying that Senator Obama's supporters are nothing but lazy minorities or elitists?
Or that he's not a muslim "as far as she knows"?
etc. etc. etc.

you mean that type of respect?

Looks whose back- Jekyll and Hyde!

What an evil vile woman.

here's an idea: all of your Hillary supporters who hate Obama, and all of you Obama supporters who hate Hillary - why don't you vote for McCain in November?

Thanks! I appreciate it!! LOLOLOL

A person calling himself/herself "The Real Truth" stated this about Obama: "We've got to pursue everything, and I mean everything, to ensure this nut job doesn't get into the White House."

Given what this person is obviously getting at, can the Washington Post ban "The Real Truth" from posting again?

It never ceases to amaze me how hysterical and gullible a part of Hillary's supporters are.

Loose talk about assassinations have NO place in campaigns like these. Every semi-sentient being should be able to recognize this plain fact. Hillary DID talk about it, not just once, but even before, too. How is this Obama's fault?! Did he make her do it?!?!

Hillary simply doesn't have the personality to really admit mistakes, and I can't remember the last time she was giving a genuine apology. We had 8 years of that already.

No more.

Of course the Obama camp, Obama fans and the media jump on Hillary, take her statement out of context then talk about her like a dog. They call her all kinds of names, ridicule her and never listen to her remarks about the statement. They will put their own negative meaning to what she says and then scream liar, *itch and on and on all the while talking about how negative SHE is. Oh heaven forbid, I wonder what these people will do when they realize that Obama is a simple man and not the messiah. What pray tell will they do when they realize that Obama can't work miracles.

There is no way I can buy into the fact that she doesn't really hope that something will happen to Obama before he secures the nomination. No matter how much she denies it or says she was mis-interpreted her words say otherwise.

It's just a no-brainer. There needs to be no interpretation. She said what she meant. Pure and simple.

But that isn't the most important issue at hand. The Florida and Michigan issue is much greater. It seems Clinton will stop at nothing to get what she thinks she and she alone deserves.

The Clinton camp issuing a statement that they will fight no matter what the DNC decision is shows they clearly have a disregard for anyone's rules but their own!

Is this the kind of Tyrant we want for our next President? I thought we were getting rid of one. Not out to get another one!

Geeeeze!!!!

I believe Clinton, on a number of occasions (before Friday, and outside her interview with Time Magazine), and without mentioning RFK or assassination, justified staying in the race because "anything can/might happen."

I'm certain that when she said that, she was referring to the possibility that the Large Hadron Collier might generate a black hole that would sweep Obama away, or perhaps that Obama would be on the wrong end of an alien abduction, or maybe even that the real Barack Obama died as an infant, and the guy currently running for president against her would be revealed as an identity thief, etc., etc.

Perish the thought that she ever, ever, even in her wildest imagination, thought that assassination might be one such "anything."

Mal y soit, qui mal y pense.

Terry Mac and Hillary would do or say anything to get her elected.

She made a mistake. A serious blunder for a person who was once the presumptive nominee.

To defend her statement or try to blame the outrage on Barack is incredulous.

I don't care about context.

The word "assasination" does not belong in any political context.

Especially this year.

POOR WITTLE HIWWARY!

EVEWYBODY PICKING ON HER!

WHAT IS THIS BS, ANYWAY???

And she says she's fit to be Commander-in-Chief? Gimme a break!

Hillary has constanly made errors and derogatory comments and almost always crying out that it was mispoken. Hillary should have been gone. The media and others are almost always covering up for the Clintons.

This latest saga with Hillary Clinton and her campaign on the RFK comment, is sad and tragic. What is even more tragic is that, we have enough idiots in the US, who would believe this nonsense from this lunatic, Hillary Clinton and her campaign, blaming Sen. Obama for Hillary Clinton's moronic comment.

Terence R. McAuliffe: I am glad, I feverently campaigned and lobbied the DNC not to reappoint you, the Chairman. I had the good sense and foresight to know, you are an idiot. I am glad, I did that. I can assure you, you are finished in Democratic Party politics!

No Hill, Nobama. It's a fact. The Democrats had better decide right now what they want to do. We can fight amongst ourselves or we can take these ultra-talented two candidates and go win the White House. But the arrogance of Obama supporters who continually say, "He doesn't need her," are dreaming. Parse it any way you want, but in this country, we have to count all the votes. The certified votes in Florida and Michigan are no subject to the delegate fiasco the DNC has created. Therefore, Hillary is atop the popular vote count and is said to be getting a half million or so votes out of Puerto Rico next Sunday. That will bring totals to well over 18 million people. You cannot tell 18 million people that you don't care whether they vote the ticket or not. We need to stop worrying about the media's need for speed with these blogs and worry about whether or not we eat, drive, breathe, have health care, end the wars, etc.

Please Hillary, STOP BEGGING and concede.

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Obama et al could have chosen to shut up and see what happened before making an unfortunate comment that they had to backtrack on when it became clear that they were wrong about this issue. That makes it clear who is causing what here.

Bobby Kennedy is saying you conspiracy nuts are wrong about this. Do you repsect nobody and nothing beyond your own fears?

HRC has won, what, 5/6 primaries and many more popular votes in the last 2 months. BHO is losing momentum and is scared of HRC.
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Hillary doesn't have a leg to stand on. She screwed up and now wants to lay the blame at someone else's feet. This woman should not be given the keys to the White House. This reminds me of George Macaca Allen. I'm definitely no fan of George Allen, but at least he didn't try to blame his opponent, Jim Webb, or the media for fanning the controversy. He knew he had really screwed up and took his licks like a man instead of acting like a victim. I used to like Hillary and was one of the few to defend her to the hilt. Unfortunately, it seems the things she's been accused of by the rabid right appear to be true. She could have run a far more positive campaign, but instead chose her strategy right from Rove's GOP playbook. That alone is a good reason not to vote for her because it's a good indication of how she'll also behave if she were the president, more Republican-like dishonesty and dirty tricks. I say no thank-you. We need real change.

It is time to get down to what really matters in a decision about a candidate for President. Who can hock and spit better? Judge them on sound, duration and distance. No more bowling, no more shots and beers, let's get serious.

the democrats are "gypsies, tramps and thieves"...I'm voting for McCain.

I can't believe we are about to let a sexist black communist & muslim come in and tear this party apart.

Many democrats have lost their since of direction and forgotten their history.

To these white women who have turned their back on Hillary. Shame on you, have you no idea where you came from and what many before you had to do to get you to a point where you can even vote?

Er..um.. Uh, we did not bust our arses founding this great nation so that every shill and two-bit harlot could rule over this great land.

We've rolled over in our graves until we're sore over the horrible "false flag" inside terrorism that is the Bush Administration to soil our good name. Now you ask us not to rise from our graves in true zombie statesmen fashion for the lynching and assassination of another brilliant black man to maintain what wreaks of imperialism?

We will not allow it here!

Signed,

The not-at-all-well U.S. Presidents

Obama seizes every remark made and turns it into a political insult. How in the world is he going to handle the WH?

He is saying this stuff because he is in Puerto Rico where he is losing badly. He cannot win the Hispanic vote.

The Republicans are floating lots of stuff around the internet that they hope to use against Obama. Like a tape of Michelle calling people whiteys from the pulpit of Wright's church. The judge in the Resko trial has already said he is keeping Obama's name out of the news, but there are connections. Obama is desperate to secure the nomination before this stuff comes out.

Notice all the problems Obama is having since Wright came up. Suddenly his base is gone and Hillary is winning primaries again. No wonder he's whining

It is America's best chance to elect Lady Liberty in flesh and blood. The chance may never again come.

America is exceptional among all democracies in the sense that it's people believe in pursuing freedom and democracy and propagating it. This has been the battle cry in all America's wars and battles in the 1800s,1900s and now.

Hillary as woman president wiil not only be very competent in her economic, security and foreign policy, but she will be a true beacon of hope,freedom.liberty and democracy for all the people in the world. Electing a woman president will take america to ever greater heights that other countries can only dream of reaching.

she has beaten obama in terms of 2004 electoral votes and the popular vote if florida and michigan are counted. she has 148 of kerry's 251 votes in 2004, and 308 out of the 538 electoral college votes for 2008. that is very solid evidence that she is the strongest of the candidates. the democratic primary results are very misleading-the democratic party system is undemocratic and flawed.

if the party wants to fix america's image abroad as it claims. it must fix democracy in it's own party first. only then can the party and america be a true beacon of freedom and democracy

Hillary will self destruct and vaporize like the wicked witch in Oz.

She Caould never survive losing which she will surely do, and deservedly so.

I doubt that Susan B Anthony had this sort of person in mind when she worked to get the vote for women.

Good luck Barak and John, may the best candidate win.

Back to McCain. Many retired and active duty military families, like mine, are outraged that Senator McCain refused to support the expanded GI Bill. Not only that, he supports outsourcing our military tanker contracts to a foreign country at the expense of American jobs and security.

Shall I go on? He has a temper that makes him unsuitable to be President since he cannot control it. Do we want him flying off the handle at a foreign dignitary?

What about the Keating Five scandal? Come on, Democrats (of both sides), join in!

I am so disappointed Hilary Clinton has not honorably accepted responsibility for her own words. Period. Public has interpreted her comments. Obama campaign has actually been quite gracious. Accusing Barack Obama campaign appears divisive psychological use of redirecting focus. Blame other side. I researched what Barack Obama gave to media and what they said. Nothing they did was inflammatory. Did they give to news media yes. Hilary Clinton Campaign does same. All campaigns do. What keeps this going is public interpretation and news publication. Sadly appears true legal implied meaning is not in Hilary Clinton's favor. Actually she should feel very lucky he is not attacking her. I somehow find it disturbing she is not being so honorable about her comments. Blaming Barack Obama??? This makes no sense to me. Only will cause her more problems. Hilary Clinton is actually much better than this. Why is she stooping so low? We all have to take responsibility for our own spoken words.

white people even smart ones who live in cities like me know who has split the party. Obama and the DNC. I hope enough whites protest and bankrupt the DNC let them find their support from the afro-american community. 17 million and strong reject Barack Obama.

Were she a man she would be toast by now.

How do you do it, Mrs. Clinton? She cries in NH.

Assassination. Oh, she's just tired.

It's Obama's fault.

Jesu Christi, nobody with a penis would be standing after this stuff, and this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Well, the Clintons had Vince Foster and Ron Brown knocked off. I'm sure they will find a way to kill off OHB as well.

None of the would be Nominees dare to talk about Balancing the Budget.
How high would our National Debt would go? from 2009 to 2013
BHO Tax and Spend ?
MC Borrow and Spend ?

I'm a Hillary supporter who will be voting for McCain in the Fall. And I know many others who feel the same way. Obama is a divisive candidate. HE has divided us. And if he and his supporters think that Hillary's supporters will just fall in line. Think again. We will be throwing our support to John McCain.

The deceptive, amoral Clintons.... they got Fox news going too... who would of thunk it? But it is Obamas fault. They should be shamed out of public lfe. She is a provacature, and even asuming best case on motive which is riduculous given her lies and desperation, the likely consequence as many have noted is to get the crazy's with guns going... they are nto stupid.

From M Egan, Boston Herald:

OK, after wincing, I watched the video a painful dozen times more. She did look exhausted. The "assassinated" remark seemed spontaneous, not planned. It just slipped out, though in an oddly matter-of-fact fashion, as if she were wearily correcting some mis-reported detail of her health care plan, as if she completely didn't get how "Oh-no!!!!"-inducing her remark was.
And not to the Kennedys (to whom she later apologized), but to Obama and all those who've worried about his safety quietly, among friends, but never out loud, certainly never to a newspaper editorial board to be broadcast coast to coast.
Still, I could have bought her line - that this was just another late-in-the-day mistake.
But when you look closer at her excuse, it doesn't wash. They never quite do. The familiar pattern emerges: deception on deception.
Hillary later explained the "assassination" remark by claiming, "The Kennedys have been much on my mind the last days" because of Senator Ted Kennedy's brain cancer diagnosis. Yet she said more or less the same thing in March, to Time magazine, when Senator Kennedy was not, presumably, on her mind.
"Primary contests used to last a lot longer. We all remember the great tragedy of Bobby Kennedy being assassinated in June in L.A. My husband didn't wrap up the nomination in 1992 until June," she told Time.
"Having a primary contest go through June is nothing particularly unusual," she said.
But when you look closer again, the remarks are not true, again. Bill Clinton's primary race was essentially over in March, when Paul Tsongas dropped out and Clinton faced no serious opposition. As for RFK's candidacy, it was not a long national soap opera. No, RFK won his first primary May 7 and was murdered four weeks later.
In fact this whole idea we've heard endlessly from Hillary - that primaries routinely run from January through June - is simply baloney.
Now let me point out here: None of this means I think she actually wants somebody to off Obama. God, I hope not.
But I remember seeing Obama at a rally in New Hampshire, jogging up to the stage, the screams and blaring Springsteen music, the electricity, the mania, really. It seems like a million years ago. It was January. Anyway, it hit me and the people with me in an instant. This guy is a phenomenon. Phenomenons get the nuts going. Something could happen to this guy.
The thought was so horrific yet so possible you only whispered it, then stopped, lest thinking it make it real. A little voice just goes off in your brain warning, no, no, don't even dare. Here's the kindest spin I can put on this mess: Hillary's so lost, she can't hear that little voice anymore.

never never ever Hussein, if not Hillary then vote McCain.

The new white peoples mantra.

As an enthusiastic Obama supporter, I understood the inference from Hillary Clinton. Its not over, the campaign goes on.

What I don't understand is the "injured warrior-hero" approach of the Clinton camp. Only a Hillary-Hate obsession by some the far-right was feeding this story, it should have been left to die. The RFK comment should have been old business, but her campaign decided that any press was good press, when the media has recognized the real inevitableness of Barack Obama.
What nonsense!

Blaming others for her own mistakes is a classic Hillary Clinton tactic. And never ever admiting you're wrong is another. This woman is so unfit to be president its scary.

Hillary Clinton is extremely intelligent and a magnitude more manipulative and conniving than the average politician. Obama is fresh, idealistic, and someone who can be less divisive, less polarizing with the issues before us. Our agenda is a full one that has been stifled by bickering and demagoguery. I am a white man, a veteran, and I support Mr. Obama. I long for when Hillary does the right thing and accepts that she is the one who is less electable -- and it has nothing to do with being female.

If this country were to vote according to these comments, Ignorant would probably win. It is NEVER, EVER OK to invoke the word "A' in any campaign. It is sick and deplorable,like the candidate who uttered that. Tonya Harding has nothing on her! She has shown her true colors and to think I used to admire her. PLEASE Superdelegates, make this nightmare end. Obama all the way.

In what bizzaro world is Hillary living with her intention of seating both the MI and FL delegates in her favor? How is that even remotely considered a "fair" election. Hillary's poor me, victim mentality has not worked for her the entire campaign, save for when she shed the tears hoping for the sympathetic vote. She is what is wrong with politics in this day and age. Barack might not be the absolutely godsend for candidates, but at least he's different then the status quo.

I'm tired of elections being about the lesser of two evils.

jessica,
hillary should try to give you some GED lessons or something...African Americans are rich too...LOL.
OPRAH ALONE...........RICHEST WOMAN IN AMERICA.....NEVER REALIZED SHE WAS BLACK DID YA?

Someone please save her from herself. This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. If anything, the Obama camp has been trying to move away from the comments.

What benefit would it be to Obama to keep a story about assassinating him going??? Hillary it's time to go. You political life is over. OVER!!! New York doesn't even want you back. I'm not sure Arkansas does either. We may have to exile Hillary Clinton.

Call me a naive 56 yr old woman: I have always been horrified by racism, but never realized it was so prevalent until this election.

Even though I think this RFK comment by HRC has been blown out of proportion, I am appalled to read the comments by all those who will not vote for Obama because he is black. Wake up, America!
Most of the world is NOT black - you are living in a very tiny uneducated, small-minded world of your own making. Obama is not marxist! Gosh, have you ever even read anything by Karl Marx? Get some education, meet the rest of the country and oh, by the way, try finding some teeth for your sorry evil mouths!

Hillary has succeeded in completely turning my stomach.

Okay, I admit it. There is a reason that Hillary has been hanging around. She believed that some industrious reporter would start to vet some of these stories about Obama and that she would then have her best shot. It is clear that this media who loves him so dearly is not going to do this. Obama will get the nomination. The Democrats will get the October surprise. Obama's name is deep into the trial of Tony Rezko (it's just not cool to let the mob buy you a mansion!) and there are tapes of speeches from TUCC that are going to further shock the core voting base. That's why if the DNC got everyone in a room and could therefore create ONE BRAIN from all of those people, they would demand that this be a joint ticket. It is the only shot Democrats have.

I can't wait to see the public meltdown Hillary is going to have when she doesn't get the nomination. It is going to go down in history. You think Gore's fit in 2000 was bad? Just wait for this. Classic!

I think Mr. "the real truth" needs to be watched by the FBI for his comments above. If his remarks are not a real threat, then I don't know what is.

Hillary, it's time to close down the race and fade into the background. You are only hurting the Democrats chances of winning at this point. If one is that out-to-lunch as to make such an obviously silly comment about RFK, perhaps it is time to leave not to lead. Time to go, and in a congenial manner without further destroying the hopes of all Democrats around the world.

There you go again.. Clinton!!

The Clintons are masters at these old political games. They cant stay focused on working for the good of the country like the Kennedys.

They will say or do anything to further their own agenda which is not in the best interest of the country

Al Gore had the wisdom and grace to step down when it was clear that this was in the country's best interests. Maybe not his own personal interests, but the interests of others. As a result, Al Gore is one of the most respected figures in the country. Since Hillary Clinton lacks wisdom and/or grace, it will be more difficult for her to give up her quest to be president just because it will help out the Democratic party for her to do so. But if she wants to retain any measure of respect at all, she should do like Al Gore and look beyond her own personal interests, if she can.

Hillary Supporters stand strong!

Vote for McCain in 2008! Vote for Clinton in 2012.

I refuse to vote for someone that surrounds himself with "America haters"

If you love America & its true democratic ideals, JUST SAY NO TO OBAMA!!!

One last note: I am not only 56, but WHITE and would love to see a woman in the White
House. Hillary is so hated, the Dem party will LOSE if she is the nominee (no chance), so give it up graciously.
Go Barack! I believe in the change you can bring about!!!!

OK, so Democrats need a balanced ticket to bring us to victory. Barack needs to balance his base with Hillary's. Now, where can we find a qualified, White, blue collar, high school dropout hayseed earning less than $50,000 per year?

If you want to see how disgusting ovama's psychological tactics are, take a look at this video. In it, a compilation of of the same tactic in different rallies, he always has to stop his speech because a "woman" (always a woman) "faints". The clear implication being that he causes this "hysteria" in women, he is so charismatic, that women faint in front of him.

This is the "change" that ovama is offering this country. Follow the prophet, he will produce miracles. This man is a black Jim Jones, a con artist, a charmer a la Rasputin.

"Many consider him nothing less than a savior. They're entranced by Obama and his messianic campaign, which regularly has seen swooning women fainting in his presence. But in addition to the public, the cultural elite and even much of the news media have been likewise captivated. New Age luminary and mega-bestselling author Deepak Chopra says Obama's presidency would "represent a quantum leap in American consciousness," superstar Oprah Winfrey says Obama's "tongue [is] dipped in the unvarnished truth," and MSNBC's "Hardball" anchor Chris Matthews recently gushed, "He [Obama] seems to have the answers. This is the New Testament."

http://www.breitbart.tv/html/48404.html

The way she worded it for the masses wasn't smart on her part. For the general public need to keep it simple. She is in hole and is hopeing for something, what it might be who knows but its not coming.

Before the primary process started I believed that there was no way I would vote Republican again:but the democrats have managed to give me two options that assure another vote for McCain.My true choice would be none of the above;but that would only serve Queen Hillary or Barrack Obama and there quest to re write our Constitution.

This is one sad, sad race. On the Republican side, I think McCain is a shmoe, and all the infighting on the Democrat side makes me disgusted with both of them. I would have voted for Thompson. However, rather than see Obama in the White House, I will vote for McCain, because Obama is way to leftist radical for my taste.

It's going to fire the base of her supporters, but I see an ugly conclusion to this episode, because it's bound to backfire.

What?

I find it curious that Hillary would have chosen those words, given her understanding of the sound-bite centric news media. As she used the RFK reference in previous remarks, her campaign team must have decided this was a useful tack and continued to encourage its use. It would appear to me that she know exactly what she was saying, and measured the risk of controversy against what political capital she thought she might gain. Now that the capital is evaporating, or even turning negative, the issue must be spun into something less damaging to her campaign. The easiest thing is to turn the blame against someone else.

Using exhaustion as an excuse for a slip of the tongue doesn't play. What will she do when the phone rings at 3:00 AM and she needs to make a quick, world altering decision? Claim she's too tired?

Now that Clinton's remark is being passed along as funny by Fox News, we can see that words like these are not idle. They are pernicious, and yes, indeed, Sen. Clinton, you owe one major apology to Sen. Obama, his family , and the American people. In the meantime, the clearer heads among the Democrats and the voters will put this whole thing to rest by June 3rd. Then it's on to the general election.

I am a 49 year old woman who supports Senator Clinton.
I am sorry for her remarks, because they can easily be taken out of context and suggest something very ugly.
I am sorrier, that as Democrats, we can never just give someone the benefit of the doubt.
Hillary Clinton, no matter what you think, is not evil anymore than is Barak Obama, for the "inartful" comments he has made throughout this campaign.
As someone once said, you are entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own facts.
The facts are, both Senator Clinton and Senator Obama are dedicated public servants who have served their states and in Senator Clinton's case, her nation well.
Either will make a better President than John McCain.
Whether you want to admit it or not, Senator Obama needs my vote in November, but I promise you, the best way to get me to stay home, which would be a first in 30 years of voting, is to keep up these hateful attacks that have no basis in fact and are only uninformed opinions.

Hey Hillary, You opened your mouth and inserted your arse, Obama didn't rant and rave about the stink. Unlike what you did over his "bitter" comment. It's time for you to get over it the better 'man' wins this year. Obama 2008

"Asked if Clinton has personally called Obama to apologize for the reference, McAuliffe said she has not, "nor should she." He added, "Let's be clear. This had nothing to with Senator Obama or his campaign."

Wow spoken like a man with no future.

GO HILLARY - GO PAST GO - DO NOT COLLECT $200 - GO NOW!

Superdelegates you are not being so super when you let this sort of thing carry on - It is destroying the DNC.

Sorry for the typo in my previous post: What I was trying to convey to racist Americans is that most of the world is NOT WHITE. Wake up to the 21st century!

I hope, the Secret Service has had a talking-to with Hillary Clinton. I think she has give enough warning and raised enough alarm and concern with her irresponsible and troubling comments on RFK, that it would be irresponsible for the Service not to talk, or have talked to and warned her, to immediately, cease from making such comments that may jeorpardize the safety and security of Sen. Obama and his family, and make the job of the Secret Service agents assigned to protect them, more difficult. Having been a First Lady, and a serious candidate for the nomination to the presidency should have made her know better, and she is not entitled by anything -who she is, or the law, to make comments that have potentials to jeopardize public safety and security of another official of the US Government -another US Senator and a presidential candidate.

Hillary Clinton's comments are dangerous and should be dealt with, accordingly.

Duck, Obama, duck!!

And another thought.

If a write in campaign for Hillary costs Obama the presidency, Clinton is done. The Democrat party will never forgive her for costing them the presidency. She will be considered lower than Ralph Nader.

What a vile, evil deceitful succubus. Now everybody knows what's been festering in her dark, deluded mind. I hope she rots in hell. Typical Hillary. Say something absolutely horrid, blame the person you victimized, then try and act as if SHE has been victimized.

Will somebody please show this witch the door?

allegation and inuendo are Clintons tools of choice. As a 55 yo woman I find her to be offensive. For the Clinton-ites, please open your eyes! Support Obama. Please.

Can iget my mone yback from hillary for my donations?

hillary.com give my money back

HRC, You can't be forgiven for this.

No sane person, mind the racists, would vote to make you a president.

You can't be a great senator anymore.

NY'ers won't vote to make you a governor.

Try WV, they don't mind white-monsters.

Obama should end his campaign immediately! He has made the most awful, conniving and unspeakable statements just about every day. The latest is thinking that he is in Sunshine, FL giving a speech when he really is in Sunrise, FL. How dare him say "Sunshine" when it really was "Sunrise." "Sunshine" is just unspeakable. And, this isn't the first time -- just last week he thought he was in Sioux City, when he was actually in Sioux Falls -- oh, the shame!! He is the most conniving, sleazy and dishonest person alive. Barack should drop out now and save us all the trouble of not voting for him.

Apologize to Barack (And Michelle) and move on to the next primary Hillary - this will blow over or die down eventually.

Hillary can do it!

Clinton posters on this site cheering on the "A" talk at this point are not helping their candidate or their country. Time to chill out, all Americans, and remember those who gave their lives for our country.

This is the reason Barry has backed off the non-story. Immediately after the non-story was reported his campaign put out a two page memo instructing supporters on negative talking points about this non-story. He will do ANYTHING to get elected. If that means dragging an American hero(RFK) through the mud to advance his political agenda, so be it. Barry knew he was in trouble when the SON of RFK defended HRC's remarks. Now he will pay the price. It appears that Barry, the divider, is just another hypocritical politician who will say or do anything to get elected. He is the master of negative politics. The delusional paranoid Obamafools who spew assassination conspiracies are sad sick puppies. Seek professional help.

The comment was apparently stating that Kennedy's campaign could have gone beyond June had he not been killed. Those saying this comment is a threat to Obama's security are apparently displaying the tendency of Obama supporters to think the world revolves around them.

It's been noted elsewhere that Clinton could also have mentioned Jimmy Carter's nomination race, but political correctness and attempts not to step on the toes of certain of the Kennedy family really shouldn't be reasons to shy away from pointing out the obvious.

This is the growing problem with Hilary Clinton and her delusional campaign. Hillary Clinton has made this same blunder about RFK's assasination relating it to Obama before. She said this 3 times before now its Obama's fault because she's hopping he would be insasinated as a result for her to stay in the race. Anything can happen.

I never called for Mr. Obama to be assassinated. Stop putting words in my mouth people.

I want people who are united against Obama to pursue everything "legally" possibly to ensure he's not elected. That means really digging further into his background and exploring his links to unsavory groups or people. I believe that there's a skeleton or two in his closet that hasn't been vetted yet.

Will admit though that I'm more concerned about the safety of our country than the safety of one man.

America is a great country. I will not idly stand by and let some political novice with a questionable character come in a destroy what this nation has built!

"Hillary Supporters stand strong!

Vote for McCain in 2008! Vote for Clinton in 2012.

I refuse to vote for someone that surrounds himself with "America haters"

If you love America & its true democratic ideals, JUST SAY NO TO OBAMA!!!"
SK YOU ARE LOSER LIKE HILARY. AMERICA AND IT'S TRUE IDEALS? AND YOU STILL HAVE RACIAL HATRED IN YOUR HEARTS?
CLINTON'S STATEMENT ABOUT HARDWORKING WITH VOTERS IS NOT SPEWING HATE IN AMERICA?
DEMOCRACY IS WHEN THE PEOPLE SPEAK..THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN..THEY HAVE PUT BARACK IN THE LEAD..IF YOU HAD RESPECT FOR AMERICA AND IT'S DEMOCRACY, YOU WOULD HAVE NOT WANT SOMEONE TO TAKE ALL FROM WINNER AND GIVE IT THE WINNER....
PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE THIS COUNTRY LOOK BAD....TRUE IDEALS....
I HATE BEING WHITE RIGHT ABOUT NOW..IT IS SO EMBARASSING HEARING WHITE PEOPLE FREELY UPHOLDS RACISM....
TO TOP IT OFF, WHITES ARE ALWAYS TELLING BLACKS TO "GET OVER RACISIM" HOW CAN THEY WHEN THE WORLD HAS CLEARLY NOW SEEN THE OLD AMERICAN WAYS IS STILL ALIVE AND KICKING.

HILLERY DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING DIFFERENT THEN WHAT IS ALLREADY BEING SAID AMONG ALL THE PEOPLE.THESE ARE THE FACTS, AND OBAMA IS IN MORE DANGER THEN HILLERY,UNFORTINTLY BECAUSE OF RACE.BUT BESIDES ALL THAT.THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF ALL THE STATES VOTED THE SAME DAY. EVERY STATE SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE. EVERY STATE COUNTS!IT HAS COST MILLION'S THAT COULD GO TOWARDS THE HUNGRY OR THE AMPUTIES FROM THE WAR.

Desperado, that is what she is!
Hillary go to Las Vegas and go squander the rest of your money in a casino and send Quick Willy to the the Chicken Ranch,,, watch the election on TV your just a desperado now! you have dug yourself a hole that you cant get out of shut your big mouth,,,,
nobody i know would cast a vote for you and neither would I

Me like Hilly! She funny ha ha! She tell good story about sniper shoot her. Shoot Chelsea. Funny funny Hilly! She tell funny story about Bobby Kennedy and say Obama's fault. She trick good! Ha ha! She even funnier than George Bushie!

Another Clinton distraction!!

She ran on the arguement that she is more experienced.. Her gaffes proves that neither she is not experienced nor is she qualified to be President !!

One good reason not to have another Clinton in the White House is to ensure that these Clinton distractions are not in the White House and dont consume Tax Payers money. We dont want another Clinton presidency!!!

We need to focus our politicians on the issues that are important to the country

This has been my message, too. Just unbelievable that the Dems would start the primary season 15 months ago with more talent than you could shake a stick at, and yet, here they are six months away from defeat.

By the way, for you kids who aren't journalism students, you need to learn what role the media plays in blogs like this one. Zach knew that his headline would continue to float to the top of the search engines. His story is not much different than anyone else's which is that the media today is having to back peddle a bit on the Argus Leader story. The difference is Zach's clever headline, which is a bit more thought provoking than other outlets talking about Mrs. Clinton defending herself. To say that she "stokes the flap" is a bit more - how can I say - ROBUST. The more hits on the blog, the more relevance for the story. Just thought you'd like to know how you're being played.

Bill Clinton makes his "Jesse Jackson" comment and that's Obama's fault? Hillary Clinton makes her "assassination" comment and that's Obama's fault? So all of Obama's gaffes are Obama's responsibility and all of Hillary's gaffes are also Obama's responsibility. Am I missing something? We're electing a President, not the victim-in-chief.

"never never ever Hussein, if not Hillary then vote McCain.

The new white peoples mantra.

Posted by: hank | May 25, 2008 6:51 PM"

Are you one of those paid McCain bloggers the news reported on, or are you just that ignorant.

The name Hussein bothers you so bad, it's funny, the name Hussein didn't bother the Bushs' in the 80s and early 90s when the two families were good friends! The name bin Laden still to this day doesn't bother the Bushs.

If you don't want to vote for Barack, that's fine, but smearing his name and faith is truly unpatriotic.

And Mr. Miner, your comments should be investigated by authorities. Just because it's the internet doesn't give you a pass to be an idiot.

Iam a strong union man and I can tell you that most of the union men & woman dont want obama,dont belive the UA people that is theyre idea not the menberships, most of us will vote (gulp) Rep.Boy thats hurts to say that!I thank maybe they need to talk to the workingclass, not the ones that set behind a desk.

Please stop racist to Hillary! But Obama do. Hillary is world's best president in the United State! I voted for her. Obama is not good! I heard people said Obama is same as Bush. Wow! If Obama win, many people will protest against Obama. Serious. US only allow white president only. Black president is illegal alien. I warning all to my friends to know. Don't ruin our country!

Gee - you forgot to mention that when Axelrod lied on George Stephanopoulos show today and said they didn't stir the pot - George continuted to point out at least four times the memo the Obama campaign sent out to media outlets regarding supid Olberman's junk mock reports.

Obama's campaign deliberately talks out of both sides of it's mouth.

In other word - THEY LIE without blinking an eye, without missing a beat, without thinking twice about it. It comes so easy.

Axelrod is a Rove - that's why he was on opposite Karl Rove himself on the show. Axelrod is a snakey guy and liar. And he's obama's marketer. Doesn't that say EVERYTHING. If Axelrod gets anywhere near the White House this country is in REAL trouble.

Obama and Axelrod will make Rove and George look like nice guys.

Well - Obama is a boot kissing puppet of the DC White Haired Troll Boys Club. They set this all up for him. From "appointments" to committees he hasn't done ONE THING on, to giving him Daschel's entire DC office staff, to using patsy Howard Dum Dum Dean to create the rules changes, to the Super Tuesday ambush.

The Democrats have lost my respect forever.

They have taken a woman and beat and raped her in the streets of America. To posit their totally inexperienced, done nothing black puppet. Why? First - he'll be their yes man - because he hasn't got a freaking CLUE. Second - he will ensure for eternity the black voters to the Democratic party. Third - Tom Delay Dashel is drooling to have power back. Watch what he gets given to him. All of them. Dodd, Richardson, Bill Bradley. They are the boots. Obama's got just the lips to kiss em all. He has no FREAKING CHOICE. He needs them like BAD.

They know it. They knew Hillary would not be saying yes to everything.

I'm voting for one of two people. They think their "FEAR" tactics are going to work. They're wrong.

John McCain doesn't scare me half as much as this puppet idiot know nothing.

Hillary or John.

That's ttotally that. They can BELIEVE it. Obama will not be getting Hillary's supporters. WE DON'T LIKE HIM. GET IT.

50% DOES NOT AND NEVER WILL = 100%

At least GW was a governor for six years.

Michelle Obama said they were going broke paying for his daughters ballet lessons. Isn't that sad? And scary.

Obama is a house of cards.

It will be fun to watch.

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/1976/hillaryassassinuo8.jpg

Man, Hillary just keeps on spitting out the gaffes.

New Dictionary Entry:

HILLARY Verb. 1. To compete until the contestant self-immolates or implodes.

2. In a competition, to run amok or go berserk.

Usage: "The West Virginia girl in the Miss America contest finished dead last in the swimsuit competition and then hillaried, biting and scratching other contestants."

The last I knew RFK was assassinated while running for President,so what Hillary said was actually a fact. Why don't all of you idiots that think this empty suit can get elected president in this country, get off of her back. Instead of worrying about her,you better start trying to figure out your going to win enough states to even get this joker elected.

hillary is degenerating into dick nixon, after the '60 and'62 defeats...i expect her to have a sweat-laden, paranoic-looking "you won't have hillary clinton to kick around any more" speach any day now...

"Hillary Supporters stand strong!

Vote for McCain in 2008! Vote for Clinton in 2012."

Oh yeah, smart advice. And when McCain overturns Roe v. Wade and ALL women lose their right to choose, that blood will be on every Hillary supporters hands!!!

Folks, Hillary's plane is out of control and is headed for a grandiose crash landing. Here we have another leader placing the blame on someone else for her mistakes. I don't know about you but this sounds like another Bush to me.

Why does this seem wrong? Its not important. Important is how are you going to fix things in our country...how are you going to maintain leadership with honor and honesty. Sex is a non issue, race is a non issue, the only issue is the best candidate.

It seems to me that the only platform Hillary is pushing is 'I am woman, hear me roar' with this idea that she must keep running because the women want her. I've kept my own little unofficial score of blog comments from women, and it looks like the majority of women are supporting Obama, heh heh...sooo, apparently she roars so loud that she must cover her ears to block the reality that most women are smarter than she thinks!

Hillary, you're running out of excuses...

Obama's campaign was a key part of the media firestorm to denounce Clinton. Watch the video, listen to the Argus Leader editors in attendance, and Bobby Kennedy's kid's assessment and it is obvious that the entire flap is an Obama campaign and media event. Voters, however, aren't fooled. And, the majority of voters will continue to vote for Hillary rather than risk a disastrous Obama Presidency that places everyone at risk. Obama isn't even candidate material for VP.

Hillary still has supporters? How?!

Hillary WITHDRAW! Redeem yourself by apologizing-no excuses, reasons or rationalizations.

I call on Senators Boxer and Feinstein to support Obama. Diane, remember George Moscone!

McAuliffe is a jerk!

I think that Hillary's campaign manager, strategists, and everyone else in between, are the very people who are responsible for the disgustingly negative campaign that Hillary has run!

I cannot fathom why they want to keep her going on with this race, except of course, that they have some frightening and scary shenanigans up their sleeve!

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman- Bill Clinton. He takes it back- It depends on what you definition of is is.
"The only reason he has made it as far as he has is because he is black"- Gerldine Ferraro- She takes it back- I am not a racist these are facts
"Remember what happened to Bobby Kennedy"- Hilary Clinton. I was quoting history
Does anyone begin to see a pattern here.

Samatha Power was right all along.

Hillary Clinton, in one word, "monster"

TEN REASONS WHY
HILLARY WILL WIN
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION

10. Her husband re-defined sex ("I did not have sexual intercourse with that woman"), inaugurating a fad for oral sex among America's middle school kids.

9. She looks like a goldfinch in her yellow and black pants suit.

8. Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Karl Rove, the RNC, and myriad other right-wing, goose-stepping, flag lapel-pin wearing neo-conservatives are working hard for her.

7. When she raises her voice, it is so soothing.

6. She proposes serious long-term solutions for the nation's problems, like suspending the gas tax this summer.

5. When she laughs, it is so sincere.

4. She doesn't associate with lobbyists.

3. She isn't a Washington in-sider.

2. She is the personification of truthfulness, never embellishing a story to make herself look good...

(gag - gag... barf - barf... I can't go on... can somebody finish?)

HRC is a bigger killer than OJS.
If superdelegates can not see this, they do not deserve to be superdelegates.

As a clever lawyer she should file a class suit against everybodyandtherest for being victimized.

I do believe that if HRC had "owned" her comments about RFK's assassination, took responsibility for them, and genuinely apologized to Obama, the Kennedys, and the public, perhaps she would be viewed differently today. Her 'NON- APOLOGY aplogy' is perhaps worse for her than her association of RFKs assassination and the underlying 'code' which could be inferred by some of her supporters as meaning "if I had 'NO OPPONENT', I would WIN and be your POTUS". I truly do NOT believe that those male supporters in WV and KY would have voted for her in the GE, but rather look at this primary along the same lines as Rush LIMPBAGG and his inciting chaos. But if HRC does NOT have the capacity to take responsibility for statements, that certainly concerns me if she were to become POTUS. This shows a lack of character that is frightening to think of in a President! I also believe that if her friends [in particular Diane Feinstein] and her family truly loved her, they would have an INTERVENTION on her behalf and intercede with a good psychiatrist to get her the help she so obviously needs at this time in her life!

When Obama made a statement in PA but did not PHRASE his words well and spoke of understanding how people could become "bitter and cling to their religion, guns, etc", the public and MSM were 'outraged' and continued to promote that story for months DESPITE the fact that he 'OWNED' his statement, apologized for it and explained that he should have 'phrased' it in a better context. [His statement had NO UNDERLYING MEANING!} But did this make a difference to the MSM or the public? NO! So why now, after so 'many vile and hateful remarks' by both clintons should the public or the MSM just IGNORE HRCs statement and let it die where it stands?

when one stipulates that Oberman rants are rational, one has to wonder just what planet all of the above reside on. Clinton made a time-line remark, that's it, nothing further to discuss according to Bobby Kennedy Jr, the only one who really has the right to make a remark. Obama, let's bring everyone together man, made a cheap shot out of nothing and Oberman just made another crappy show out of nothing, no surprise there. Who is Oberman anyways?? He was a lousy sportcaster and now pretends he actually has something that a reasonable person would want to hear. What has he ever done other than wear lots of make up and I mean lots of make up, and pretend to report news. He insults and promotes hatred for ratings, what a guy. MSNBC apparently is proud and pays him well....do you think something good could have actually been accomplished with those funds. So worried about O'Reilly and FOX you had to scrap the bottom of something to find this guy....a really, really lot of makeup. Hey Keith, one word, collegan. Your thin lips give you away. I think this is the 1,084th day the you have wore the same shade of lipstick..end your show with that...
Democrats eating democrats, it's fun to watch just how terrible they can be to each other....

HRC supporters are smarter than this crap...we are, but you don't play fair. I laugh, Obama, new kid on the block, inexperienced, etc. What a joke.

If you can't dazzle them with brillance,
baffle them with bull____!

She continues to stay in the race so she can quietly repay herself what she has loaned her campaign without it appearing that she is now strictly in it for the money

Jack Straw | May 25, 2008 7:05 PM

Hey Jack my name is Barrie -- quit F***ing around with my name and calling the candidate and soon to be President 'Barry' when you really mean Barack --- Jack your name is "Jack Of* & Assh***e!

What's clear is that Hillary's most devoted will follow her "irregardless" of logic or sanity. She may demonstrate her power by swinging enough of her people away from voting for the Democratic candidate to prevent his election, but if she does her political career as a Democrat should be finished. If she damages the Party in this election, the Party should return the favor and move to terminate any backing of her for any position.

OK......let's read it again.........take the time to consider what it means:

HIS #3 ARTICLE OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT COULD BE USED AGAINST OBAMA FOR HIS LINKS TO WRIGHT, REZKO, AYRES, FARAKAN ETC WHICH WOULD DISQUALIFY HIM FROM THIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE!!!!

Amendment 14 - Citizenship Rights

3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

so much fear and hate; clearly the right wing has accomplished its primary goal over the past twenty-five years. when you carry fear and hate inside yourselves, you only harm yourself, especially if you allow someone else's toxic thinking to infect you. the only response I can feel for the majority of comments posted in this and other blogs is compassion and pity. don't you think perhaps it is time to try something different?

The toaster toasted herself again if u know what I mean. The toast will still finish the primaries and after that she will go away and slam her husband in the mouth and call him the A-word. The toast will then decay and be discarded.

So John in regards to the 3# law-then the Clintons should be charged for illegal campaigning and Bill should be charged with sexual assaults? Everyone should follow the rules!

Obama looks like a saint compared to what the Clintons have done in the past 18 years-so don't even through this out on the plate-took a lot of nerve to do so!

As a clever lawyer she should file a class suit against everybodyandtherest for being victimized.

Let me explain why I may vote for McCain.
Because you Obama supporters frighten me. I do not even have an opportunity to evaluate the man because his campaign turns me off so completely. I am skeptical of your fanaticism and the frenzy his campaign has stirred. I saw this same strategy in the last 2 elections, using "religion" and "morality" and blind support of a person over support of social policy. I do not like the results. History has a lot on record of what happens when countries use rabid ideologies and personality instead of reason and logic. I will vote for McCain in an attempt to keep this dangerous dysfunction out of government. At least I will know that, should McCain be unwise, there will be a Hillary in the Senate who will continue to advocate for us and an Obama, who just might take a stand and speak up if he is not bored because he did not get to be president. That's why. And it will be YOUR fault.

I love Barak Obama and I love Hillary Clinton. Both would have made excellent Commander and Chiefs. I find it sad that Democrats are finding so much vitriol and anger for Senator and President Clinton who a year ago were lauded as two of the most important democrats in government. Obama won! I'm ecstatic and ready for all the change I know he can deliver. I would be even happier to have Senator Clinton on the ticket. All the talk of what a bitter campaign this has been is nonsense. Don't we remember the last presidential election? Support of one candidate does not go hand in hand with blind hatred for the other. And that goes for both camps. Don't you dare vote for a Republican.

Clinton's comments are irresponsible and insane. She gives the the green light to someone to assassinate Obama.She made it clear before that Lyndon B. Johnson was her hero. When Johnson was vice-president and then president, four high-profiled assassinations took place(John Kennedy, Malcolm X, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King). When his despicable administration was over, these assassinations were also stopped.

Back to McCain. He is the only candidate that supports NAFTA. Google NAFTA Superhighway or North American Union. He supports outsourcing military equipment contracts. He supports continuing the war in Iraq, but is against supporting our troops' benefits. Wants to give them incentives to stay in by not giving them the benefits they deserve after one tour if they choose to get out then. Stop "stop loss."

I am not an American citizen (and not supposed to interfere), but I cannot resist putting in my two cents.

Someone explain to me, how is, someone who cannot take responsibility of her actions, electable to the post of the Commander In Chief of one of world's most powerful nations?

So much emotion between these two groups. The real news this weekend is that John McCain is getting close to picking a VP. If it should turn out to Romney or Powell, Democrats can stop trawling for money -- because it will be over!

To the person who said McCain would overturn Roe v. Wade, don't you ever believe it. He's more moderate than the Republicans would like. If we get his head on straight about the environment and the way, he's the better choice between him and Obama.

Out of context? Not according to her very own succinct words.

I truly can't believe this bunch. Just when they've hit a new low there's an additional sub basement of crap to wade through.

And it is telling that by these remarks this campaign must think the American public dumber than crap.

If I was part of her constituency then I'd certainly begin to seriously think otherwise.

I know that politics makes for strange bedfellows and that anything is possible with a VP slot. It's happened in the past and occurred recently. However, by this time I'd genuinely surprised if she got more then a 60 second concession speech.

And I supported her...till this obvious rfk matter.

To bring her into the cabinet would be like inviting Brutus over for a sandwich and game of croquet.

But...then anythings possible in politics.

Am beginning to understand why long time supporters walked from her.

Republicans will not find redemption at any level. GOP is now the party of extremists gathered around abusive and foul radio shows with a flag in one hand and a cross in another busy spewing school yard taunts. The big wigs have fled the GOP for greener pastures in the global economy. GOP has presided over the greatest destruction of American wealth that is only beginning to unfold. GOP, among other blunders failed to provide monitoring in an expansion phase of a financial market and nearly brought ruin to the Wall Street. This is an unimaginative party of feudals unfit to advance America in a competitive global economy.

I think the Obama camp is making such a fuss over this because "assassination imagery" plays into the latter-day Martin Luther King persona that Obama has been trying to take on for himself.

The dems have managed to self destruct and McCain is ready to give us newer and better versions of the S&L scandal, the mortgage melt-down, the home equity anihilation, the shrinking dollar, the outsourcing of the living wage jobs, Haliburton, Iraq, and any other way they can find to enrich the few at the expense of the many. The middle class members who have bought into the Republican scare words: liberal, socialist, unpatriotic, gay rights, gun control, have been trading in their jobs for representation by people who say what they want to hear and then stab them in the back on the way to the bank.
With four more years of Rebublican control we can probably figure on ten dollar gas, homes with the equity of a cardboard box, the dollar worth pennies, and millions of new eight dollar an hour jobs, with health care that costs a fortune and delivers less. God bless us!

The flood of toxic venom being spewed by many of Clinton's (apparently semi-illiterate) apologists over this mess is even more revealing and disturbing than her original misleading and (depending on your interpretation) either ill-considered or depraved comment, or her smug self-righteous non-apology for it.

A truly alarming percentage of her supporters now seem so besotted by their indignation over her supposed 'mistreatment' by those who question her God-given right to rule that they are entirely oblivious to how bitter, deranged, and delusional their public utterances have become.

Is this really the legacy she wants or deserves? And if not, how can she possibly escape it? These are questions Clinton needs to consider carefully but expeditiously, before an appalled party unceremoniously shuts her amok campaign down, and the noisome stains befouling the tattered remains of her reputation become impossible to remove...

There are a number of comments here that include insinuations or statements that Barack Obama should be assassinated in posts by

The Real Truth
Hill&Bill
BHO is a criminal
His time is about up!

I hope this is just ignorant petulance, but whether meant or not, this sort of incendiary bile has got no place in any sort of political conversation.

If you want to complain about these comments, you can go to a link at the bottom of the article that allows you to email the site about offensive comments. It's a lousy mechanism for complaints, but it's better than nothing.

Call me crazy, but I am no match for the want to-be empress from "NY State".
Remorse? Where? Not a chance! The scary part is the setting she chose for her apology -- that wasn't. I think the message in that "apology" was a green light to take action, whatever that maybe. What is an interview in a salad dressing aisle with a green light in the rear exit? You tell me.

Paranoid, of course, I am paranoid. That is the point! Decapitation of leaderships has been a common trend in resent history. So the wise owl shall always be on the watch.

I am surprised that no one saw that coming. Come on good people of 'US from All, this has always been on her agenda all along. Plan B, the call to arm was already invoked in eve of spring this year.

And, just because we are so occupied with lots of stuff and only assimilate what is obviously attainable does not give politicians the right to take advantage of the situation. Politicians are meant to strengthen us, not exploit our weakness. Obviously, mongers like the want-to -be empress would rather incite us with false claims on capacity and knowledge or in some cases, exploit our fear and instigate us by infusing in us some motives. Where is the respect for the people? We deserve some respect. We know how tough it is out there on the battle fields, on the job front, at the school preps, on the game fields, on the farm in the factory and even on the campaign trail. No one is whining.

Election campaign is simple. Tell us what your intentions are, we'll judge you by your product. Not by how good you are at schaden freude. No! This primary is not about ontology of the gender or veneer, for Christ's sake. Good God... allow me to sigh.

Yes, we get it. This primary election isn't some beauty contest. It is about depth. This is about finding the one who will bring about causal effect on the life of a people, a country, and set the pulse of time of many worlds as one.

All that entrusted to a cold calculating heartless beauty queen want-to-be empress?
You decide!

It is simple. I'll vote for someone who respects and reflects my ideals. I reserve that option to choose, obviously, with some degrees of deviation either right or left from the mean. Herewith my 2cents for what's worth.

Well "RANDY" IF YOUR ARTICLE IS TRUE, THE CLINTONS SHOULD NOT BE IN POLITICS..THEY HAVE A LOT OF BAD ASSOCIATES....

This is the kind of comment that really scares me (yes, believe it or not--you can look back here in the comments and find this statement):
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"Suppose an Iranian freedom fighter actually unthinkably assassinated Obama (as happened to RFK), would we still be for engaging those noble Iranians in unconditional negotiations?

It's something to think about! No?"
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It's easy to dismiss such talk as miscellaneous meanderings of insignificant a--holes. But in fact, this kind of stuff is boiling up in in a lot of places in this campaigne (witness the elction resuls in WV, Kentucky and other border states of the Old South)that proves that racism in all its ugly forms is still alive and well in the good old USA--it's far more pervasive the even I realized--and that is very troubling.

This is the kind of disinformation that the Soviet communists, KKK die-hards, neo-Nazis, and other extremists elements have used historically to manipulate and poison the political debate in our society.

For the record, RFK, according to the news accounts I read, and confirmed by the information I researched, was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan. He is not Iranian--he's a Palestinean. AND he is from a Christian--not Muslim--family.

If Obama is assassinated I'll want absolute proof that Hillary Clinton was nowhere near the scene and had never met anyone who had ever met the sniper (especially if from Bosnia). No wonder she chose to play the role of the Soprano's in her spoof video. She's a natural mobster, threatening Obama with being whacked.

Who cares if Hillary wins the nomination or not. She and Bill have destroyed themselves in this campaign. The Democratic Party will soon be free of both of these two fools.

Here is Hillary who stayed in a loveless marriage in order to court and gain power and it has all exploded in her face. Whatever happens, she will have set back the feminist agenda because it was an agenda she did not believe in but only used for her own convenience. Most women have begun to understand that.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

It would be rather unfortunate if someone put a bullet right between Hitlery-Rotten Clintoon's eyes. A blissful, wonderful dream, but unfortunate.

If that were the case, she could have found several other examples that didn't involve the assassination one's opponent.

"The Obama campaign ... tried to take these words out of context," Clinton campaign chairman Terence R. McAuliffe said on "Fox News Sunday." "She was making a point merely about the time line."

Hillary seems to imagine a lot of things, from Vast Right Wing Conspiracies, to candidate assassinations, to sniper fire. I hope if she becomes President, there are some checks and balances over her pressing the buttons controlling our nuclear arsenal.

I also don't see how she can say her comments have nothing to do with Obama. If she is saying there is a possibility of a candidate getting assassinated, and there are only two candidates left...

When did it become acceptable for a Muslim to become president?

What's wrong with you people.

Jeremiah "GD America" Wright?

Michelle "I'm Proud of America for the first time" Obama

The Weather "I wish we could have caused more damage (circa NY Times on 9/11/01)" Underground

Louis "White folks are the devil" Farrahkan

Attending the Million Man March? A racist event sponsored by Farrakhan for the purpose of further isolating the black man from the rest of society?

Tony "I scratch your back you scratch mine" Rezko

The questionable associations go on and on.

He hates America and especially the working class on which America was built. He told us that we "cling to guns and religion" because were too dumb to know any better.

Worst thing he said it to San Francisco elites in a closed-door meeting where he thought his words would never be repeated.

I wonder what else he says about good, honest, hard-working americans and our country?

I wonder about the conversations he's had with the racist Jeremiah Wright. Has anyone done their research on the radical teachings of his church? You'd be disturbed at their seperatist mantra.

If Hillary isn't on the ballot in November, please vote McCain. Do it because America and its freedoms are at stake!

The point can be applied to many.......

"given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof"

To me, this is even lower. To make this idiotic statement and now to blame the other campaign? She needs to go. Seriously.

This comment for me goes so far out of line that it's disgusting. Hillary is sick: she's clearly suffering from the temptation of power so strongly she has become delusional and wicked. Or is it, as the saying goes, that character isn't built, it's revealed.

I would never vote for her. But much more importantly, Senator Obama, I will not vote for you if she's the VP on your ticket. Please do not make that mistake.

Clinton is beyond vile.

Please contact Howard Dean (deanh@dnc.org) and Nancy Pelosi (http://speaker.house.gov/) to let them know how you feel. You can also go to this website and lobby the Uncommitted Superdelegates in each state (https://www.lobbydelegates.com/)

Please take action.

To Foriegner
We elected George Bush not once but twice. It appears the reason most of the world hates the US leaders but loves Americans is because with all the best of intentions we simply continue to act like high school students electing the most popular not the most capable.
Hopefully this election will change that.

Hillary was talking about her husband and other elections that went into and past June. Bobby Kennedy was assasinated in June - big freaking deal.

And we don't need Obama "saying it's ok". Frick him. Who does he think he is? I'll tell you who he is. He is the YES man for the White DC Establishment. He is NOTHING DIFFERENT. HE IS A TOTAL POLITICAN. KISSING THE BOOTS OF THE BIG BOYS WHO GOT HIM THIS FAR.

Obama is BEHOLDEN. He'll be a slave to the Boys Club.

Watch it happen. Watch him give out gifts to the ambushing Rovian Democrats who took their dirty back room thug politics right out in broad daylight and kicked and beat up Hillary Clinton.

They are DESPICABLE. Tom Delay Daschel. Nancy Delay Pelosi.

Chrisopeher Delay Dodd. Patrick Delay Leahy. John Delay Kerry.

THUGS

BACK ROOM HIJACKNG OF THIS DEMOCRACY - THIS PROCESS

IT'S CRIMINAL

I WILL NEVER IDENTIFY MYSELF AS A DEMOCRAT UNTIL THEY'RE ALL GONE FROM POLITICS

ROVIAN DEMOCRATS

WOW

PLAIN VIEW HIJACKING THEIR OWN BEST CANDIDATE

SICK AND SHAMEFUL

SHE OWES THEM NOTHING

NOTHING AT ALL - AND THAT IS WHAT THEY WILL GET

TWO YEARS OF A LAME McCAIN - FINE WITH ME OVER A PUPPET FOR THE ROVIAN DEMOCRATS

I thank you people are carrying on to much about her comment about RFK I dont belive that you can fall for all that crap that the news is putting out,she is just talking about the time frame in Nov.Pull youre head out of butt,if you want to vote for obama then vote for him,but then dont come crying when things go bad.!

THE FIRST CHANGE THIS COUNTRY NEEDS IS TO CHANGE THE WAY WE DO THINGS, SUCH AS VOTING ON ONE DAY ONLY, ALL THE STATES, SO THIS DOESN'T DRAG ON.ALL THE PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND IT SHOULD BE THE PEOPLES VOTE THAT COUNTS, NOT THE DELEGATES. ALL THREE POLATIONS INCLUDING THERE SPOUSES HAVE MADE STUPID COMMENTS.HILLARY DIDN'T SAY ANTHING DIFFERENT THEN WHAT IS ALLREADY BEING TALKED ABOUT IN ALL THE COMMUNITIES.THIS HAS COST TO MUCH MONEY.CHANGE AMERICA!!!!

What is REALLY funny are the Clinton supporters that say they are going to vote for McCain because OBAMA is divisive? I have to admit, Hillary is really good at doing something and then blaming it on the other side.

Hard to believe. Hillary is blaming BO for HER wierd. dark thoughts.
Can't wait for her to leave the scene. Hope it's sooner rather
than later.
SUPERS, lets go. What are you waiting for??

PJR

I believe it is absolutely essential for the world that Hillary Clinton never be president of the United States; however, I don't believe she made her remarks with evil intentions. Rather, it was another example of her very poor judgement.

In my view, the telling aspect of the video is her delusion (enough to scare anyone from voting for her) and her spin.

She is in complete,utter and unbelievable denial about her loss. She has lost touch with reality.

Her remarks were just one more spin. She left out the length of the referenced campaigns and forgot to mention that those races had not been lost. The situations are not comparable: she has been the loser in this race over a much longer period, her finances are running on empty, and she, unlike RFK or BC, is tearing the party apart with divisiveness.

Hillary Clinton, let me make it clear for you. The people want you out of the race, because you have lost. Thy don't want you for president, simple as that.

Was it offensive? I don't think offensive is the right word. I think the comment reflects accurately Mrs. Clinton's hopes and dreams, a rare display of honesty on her part. But knowing her thinking, Barack Obama cannot and must not choose her as his running mate. Putting a person so desperate to be president in a position where she is one heartbeat away from achieving her ambition is an invitation to disaster. Obama and his campaign have been more than gracious, but with friends like her he doesn't need enemies.

(It would be rather unfortunate if someone put a bullet right between Hitlery-Rotten Clintoon's eyes. A blissful, wonderful dream, but unfortunate.

Posted by: Vince Foster | May 25, 2008 7:25 PM )

Does this post conform to WP posting standards?

Whatever respect I had for Senator Clinton has long ago eroded and now has completely evaporated.

This woman has no class.

She reminds me of several of the sneaky-snake, back-stabbing, unethical woman that I've met in corporate land. Fortunately, these women eventually get what they deserve. They get DUMPED.

As a 53 year old white woman, I am Hillary's target audience, and I would never vote for her now, given all the nastiness and deceitfulness of her campaign from her mouth and her surrogates mouths.

.... The Universe works in wonderous ways and we can all rest assured that Senator Clinton is now reaping some of what she has sown. She will continue to reap and she won't like it.

Who wants someone for President who is incapable of admitting a mistake (oh, that's right, we have one in office now who got there by thievery and cheating!)

I just hope that all the kids and grandkids of the women who are irrationally standing by their woman have the tenacity to speak the truth to their mothers and grandmothers and help bring them around to supporting our great candidate, Barack Obama.

Hillary, GROW UP and stop whining. You ran a crummy campaign and you LOST!! Get over it.

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As a Clinton supporter I would never want harm on anyone and I take her at her word that she doesn't either. But I'm appalled at the number of comments wishing harm and worst on Obama. I hope they are not Clinton supporters because nobody should want the likes of you behind them. You should be ashamed so many of you, yes even Obama supports, sound immature and tasteless with your comments.

Every time an Obama supporter calls a Clinton supporter "illiterate" (or uneducated, poor etc), a vote is lost for your candidate. At some point, you have to stop underestimating what you are costing your candidate. He's out on the trail trying to get elected, but his supporters who have shown nothing but arrogance to every other candidate in the race, ruin it for him as he goes.

I find it most intersting that while the comment was made by Clinton, Obama himself later said, "I don't think that Senator Clinton intended anything by it," and that "we should put it behind us."

But this article, appearently seeks to divide the Democratic voters (which is fine by me, I am Republican), but the country needs healing and this type of article ulimately hurts the country, and not just the candidates of the losing party.

It is a shame that your "journalism" focuses on division.

I dont know how Hillary can expect Dems to Vote for her. When she goes on FOX news . . . Fox news wants to insure the people have no voice.

We will never know what was in her mind when she spoke those words, but one thing we know is that what she said was not well thought through and not very sensitive. What makes this all the more ironic is that she and her camp tout her as being far more experienced in world affairs than Obama. Well, maybe she does, but none of that experience included diplomacy. Also this was spoken by someone who says she is sensitive to every misogynist slight and innuendo.

POLITICAL WATCHDOG:

It is amazing what disrespect you Obama supporters have for Hillary Clinton, the most powerful woman in America, who should be president. Why? Because she is prepared, visionary and smart. This is not a woman who just fell from the turnip truck.

JAZZIETTE:

I don't think Hillary Clinton is the most powerful woman in America. She is perhaps the most power-hungry woman in America, however. There is a difference!

POLITICAL WATCHDOG:

She was a Watergate prosecutor and a powerful attorney--making by the way more money than Obama could dream of.

JAZZIETTE:

Now let's not exaggerate here. She sat on a Watergate Panel but was not a 'prosecutor' as you inacurrately wrote. And you ommitted the fact that she was fired from the panel by Jerry Zeifman (General Counsel and Chief of Staff for the House Judiciary Commitee) for LYING, something she has never been able to break the habit of.

POLITICAL WATCHDOG:

As a journalist I can tell you that she is the smartest of the three candidates.

JAZZIETTE:

Oh really? Have you administered IQ tests to each of them? LOL

POLITICAL WATCHDOG:

However, the spin doctors of the Obama campaign and the liberal media have waged war against Hillary. And don't think that nut Howard Dean likes the Clintons. It has been a well orchestrated campaign by the DNC.

JAZZIETTE:

I can't say I blame them. The Clintons have a way of steamrolling over everyone who gets in their way. I'm sure the DNC is just as tired of them as everyone else is. Howard Dean included!

POLITICAL WATCHDOG:

Unfortunately, the Democratic Party is going to suffer in the end. Obama is not electable and will go the way of all other liberal candidates. Frankly, he is an arrogant and polished politician who has spouted change but has not changed anything in his political career.

JAZZIETTE:

The Democratic Party has been wounded by this campaign I will agree; however, as one of millions of Obama supporters I disagree with you on his electability. The odds that he will beat McCain in the GE are very big in lieu that if people don't vote FOR him they will vote AGAINST Bush aka McCain.

POLITICAL WATCHDOG:

He has produced a race gulf in this country that is not going to heel for some time. And he will destroy the Democratic Party in the end.

JAZZITTE:

Again, I disagree. The Clinton campaign has played the race and gender card here. Not Obama. It is the Clintons who will destroy the Democratic Party because they don't like to play by the rules.

POLITICAL WATCHDOG:

Has anyone seen the pools from Florida. Seventy percent of the Democrats are going to vote for McCain. That ought to shock superdelegates from their Obama coma. The only good news is that it will be Hillary's in four years after Obama's disasterous election.

JAZZIETTE:

I've seen the pools in Florida and they are very pretty! Ohhhh....you meant POLLS!!! Geeze and you're a journalist? I hope you use spell-check! LOL As for the SDs being shocked by the polls I don't think they pay much attention to them and as for Clinton having any viability in 4 years. Forget it! She'll be about as memorable as Gary Hart.

Too bad she has no class and doesn't know how to make a graceful exit like the great Senator John Edwards! Unfortunately she will be remembered now for her desperate whining and negativity rather than for the positive influence she had the incredible opportunity to have on this nation.

How sad!

~ Jazziette

Posted by: Hillary Simply the Best
Please support Hillary at www.HillaryClinton.com.

No thank you, HSTB. The only thing I support about Hillary is that she go away..far, far away. She accuses Obama and the press for being ''sexist'' and in her piece in the NTDN this morning this is a quote from her:
'' I am running for all those women in their 90s who've told me they were born before women could vote, and they want to live to see a woman in the White House. For all the women who are energized for the first time, and voting for the first time. For the little girls - and little boys - whose parents lift them onto their shoulders at our rallies, and whisper in their ears, "See, you can be anything you want to be." As the first female candidate in this position, I believe I have a responsibility to finish this race.''

Now she is running for the women of America? Last week it was the ''poor white'' people. Hillary I am a woman and yoy do not speak for me. You are a disgrace to women all over this nation. Too bad some of those women whom you've managed to fool don't have a clue that there is only one woman that you are trying to advance: Hillary Clinton. How sad for you. I honestly believe that you wanted the Presidency so badly, that you are willing to destroy the Democratic and our chance to take back the White House. Stop the hate Hillary and you may be able to salvage some semblance of decency. God help you. And God bless America

There are some things I just cannot believe but when I see how many times Hillary Clinton has played the victim to sexism and media bias it's amazing.
Obama is the real victim here, because he is a half black man that has been defined as almost everything negative, because black men are soft on defense, unexpereinced, has someone else's funny sounding name and he's to smart to be black.

We know what the problem is and it's simply that Bill Clinton promised his wife she would be the first woman president, at any costs because he owes her big time, for putting up with all his crap when he was in Arkansas and the White House.

I been watching all this spin and the truth is that all of the Clinton's and their associates are liers and cheats, and we have to get rid of them before they destroy this country in thier quest for power and control.

Mr's Axelrod was quoted:

"There's an enormous amount of pride and investment in Senator Clinton among millions of women across this country,"

Perhaps he meant to include men as well.

As the AP put it, Obama plays dirty politics but slaps on a mid-Western smile to mask it.

Obama has been doing this from the start - stoking the fires of controversy while pasting that phony holier-than-thou look on his face

The Obama camp was the ones who created the Ferraro "controversy" by taking an interview in a small local paper and calling around the media about it.

Their pattern is to pretend to take the high road, while fanning the flames behind the scenes.

Obama is dangerous because he plays dirty politics but pretends to be above it all - he has many people fooled, but not everyone

You have to be an idiot not to see his true colors

His followers are blind and irrational and are going to get this country in another 8 years of disaster by electing a Pres based on fanaticism.

Clinton is honest and direct, and Obama followers would rather live in irrational fantasy with a smiling snake.

OK - any one of y'all ought to be able to see the Democratic ticket needs to be in the trashcan....

It is absolutely absurd to believe Clinton's comments, when taken in full context, in anyway imply someone should harm Obama. Clearly, she was simply pointing out that for RFK to have been assassinated during a campaign speech in June that he was still bidding for the Democratic nomination. And Obama's camp is clearly getting as much political mileage out of this as possible. I certainly would have more respect for Obama if he had taken the high road in the beginning instead of helping to make something racist and sinister out of nothing. Folks, get the facts and think for yourselves.

I'm not american and don't live in the us either. However I'm kind of depressed given this thing going on is so inconceivable elsewhere. Rules, once agreed upon, must be respected and followed. We can't change rules in midgame no mater what the outcome is about. This is basic anywhere you go in the world. So, why is this campaign still going on? Why all this discussion on popular votes if the rules say only delegates count? Why the DNC guys don't step up and get this thing over? How can a person who doesn't care about rules be the president of the most powerful nation on earth?

JFK, MLK, RFK, BHO, RIP.

When you start trying to remove a senator be careful Hillary has a laundry list of terrible relations that will soon land Hillary and Bill both in jail, also lets not forget McCain he has associations as well. Please get your information from other sources other than CNN,Fox MSNBC, Hillary neeeds a mental evaluation,I am all for having a women president but not Hillary, she is not the one, And if her supports want another 4 year of Bush associations which comes alone with the McCain than so be it. Perhaps the main issues are not important. War, health care, economy,employment,social liberties, civil rights,gas education. I dont know about you but we need to come together, the super delegates need to come together and put this to rest, before she destorys the party, United we stand devide we fall stick to the issues. All these other things will not help you at the gas station, if you loose your job, have love one in the war,health care for your family, education program for our children, wake up and smell the roses.

To the person who urged calling the DNC, Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi, I second the motion. Tell them that Hillary Clinton has won the popular vote and it's time for the race to be over. Tell them that Obama supporters who have been so vicious to her now face D-Day of having her voters either write her in as Independent or vote for McCain. 18+ million people traveling to other destinations on the ballot ought to scare the crap out of somebody there at the DNC.

No way Hillary can win the presidency. I just don't see Obama voters (me included) voting for her.
I am also now not seeing a clear path for Obama because of the same thing on the other side.
Democrats have shot themselves in the foot and are now rubbing salt in each others wounds.

Black, white, man, woman, we all lose if the GOP wins.

And for those of you who think that Hillary can somehow comeback in 2012.....are you serious, and can I have some of what you are smoking?

At least my taxes will be low, even though the world we know will be crumbling around us.

Clinton mentions the RFK assassination several times, seemingly as a reason to stay in, and she has the chuzpuh to blame Obama for her stupid statements?

For someone who is supposed to be the experienced vets, Clinton has run the worst campaign I've ever seen.

I've never seen three more mediocre and unqualified candidates in my life.

Title suggestion for HRC's autobiography -

"A Woman Scorned"

Wow, so there excuse for Senator Clintons SHEER inhumanity and dark soul is that it is Senator Obama's fault. She truly needs help soon, I really fear she is on the brink of a breakdown and as a former supporter of hers I fear that it will be of monumental proportions. God willing she will get the medication and rest she rightly deserves.

If Obama wins the nomination... Hillary must be on the ticket.

"or else! get it..."

When Obama won South Carolina, Bill Clinton dismissed it as Jesse Jackson had won South Carolina meaning Obama won because he is black. After making such a racist remark, Bill told the press that it was Obama who played the race card on him. Now Hillary talks about assassination in June, and in the typical Clintonian way now she blames Obama for her statements.

I will be glad to see the Clintons exit the political scene. The Clintons are like the cancer that wont go away. We thought the Clinton's were history after the Monica scandal. Now they have surfaced again, this time double teaming to run this country amuck. What are the superdelegates waiting for?

The Hillary supported on this board amaze me. You would stay home or vote against your own interests because of some ignorant comments made on a message board by internet geeks...

Thats real sad...

Per the Houston Chronicle today:

"It's Official: Hillary Clinton Is Insane
Posted 5/23/2008 5:12 PM CDT

Write down the date, May 23, 2008-the day Hillary Clinton lost her mind. The pressure of the race and the thought of not getting the Democratic nomination has driven the poor woman stark, raving mad."

I think when she was talking about RFK, definately thinking the possibility that Obama could be assassinated. No other reason that RFK come about for the reason for staying in the race.

Hillary now blame Obama for her "mistake" she take the americans as idiots. Hillary with all my respect step down and go home to take care of papi Clinton. You already demostrate not to have class to be president, you are not, Prof. Clinton. You are already part of the past American History.

When will Hillary Clinton stop blaming anybody but herself for her failures ?

I am an Obama supporter and would vote for Hillary without hesitation in Nov. if she is the nominee. Why is the attitude of so many Clinton supporters,"we get our way or we're voting for McCain." Are you really willing to inflict the nation with four more years of Republican rule just to "stick it to Obama."

"We're beyond that issue now, so certainly we're not trying to stir the issue up," Axelrod said.
And what is the difference between this hood and Karl Rove? Partnering with the media, Axelrod and his minions certainly created a bonfire, smelling an opportunity, they thought, to finally oust Clinton from the campaign. Sorry, Axelrod, your guy is being beaten by McCain in today's Gallup Poll and Hillary is the tough cookie beating McCain. BTW, you media darlings, and you, disgraceful Washington Post, forgot to include RFK, Jr., statement made Friday, when you published all this garbage about Clinton's remarks. So, big shot news organizations that you are, here's the research you didn't do, the statement you would not print because it would have sucked the air right out of the fire you built:
May 23: Robert Kennedy Jr. issued the following statement this evening:
"It is clear from the context that Hillary was invoking a familiar political circumstance in order to support her decision to stay in the race through June. I have heard her make this reference before, also citing her husband"s 1992 race, both of which were hard fought through June. I understand how highly charged the atmosphere is, but I think it is a mistake for people to take offense."
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I'm a lifelong democrat and I will never vote for BHO. His disgusting politics, sexism and race-baiting makes him a thoroughly un-electable canidate. I'm prepared to write-in Hilary come November if she's not the nominee.

The media is also a joke. It's not Hillary that's going to destroy the democratic party, it's Obama and his far left Marxist ideas and his willingness to say or do anything to undermine millions of voters that have been at the core of democratic party for decades.

Are you currently receifving "Replacement Therapy for your "deficientcy"?

There are a ton of trolls on here folks and they are trying to feed the fire with their racist comments and trying to get folks to focus on mccain coz he has no followers... ignore.. they are truly desperate and want to get on any wagon they can. I mean bush and mccain had to cancel one of his fundraisers in phoenix due to lack of ticket purchases for it.. HAHAHAH

What a sad, racist country. I had hoped we were better than that.

Those who claim to be Clinton supporters for McCain, should go right ahead and vote for him.

I am tired of the crap spewed from this so-called group. It is more like the kid whose team is losing the ballgame catching his ball, and going home.

The coronation of Clinton did not happen, and the hard work by Obama staff has generated sour grapes for some.

Go ahead and get out of the Democrat Party. We are better off without you wimps.

One of you commented that Obama is a "passive-aggressive twit".
What has he done that is passive-aggressive?
That sounds more like Hillary. By observing Obama it is clear he
is not the words you called him. And Hillary has shown many signs
of a maladaptive personality pattern.

Clinton's camp is blaming Obama's camp for overreacting. Everyone who is bashing Clinton in this discussion is merely proving the point of the story--the Obama's camp is upset. Clinton is saying they shouldn't be because her comments weren't meant to be offensive.

I'm not a strong supporter of either side (though definitely voting democrat in the fall), but Obama supporters tend to get really whiny and have a really hard time being objective. This isn't that big of a deal. Clinton's not going to have Obama assassinated. Please be smarter than the comments on this page.

RFK, Jr. is planning to run for Hillary's Senate position if she is elected President, that is the ONLY reason RFK, Jr. did not object to Hillary's malicious comment.

I'm kind of depressed given this thing going on is so inconceivable. Rules, once agreed upon, must be respected and followed. We can't change rules in midgame no mater what the outcome is about. This is basic anywhere you go in the world. So, why is this campaign still going on? Why all this discussion on popular votes if the rules say only delegates count? Why the DNC guys don't step up and get this thing over? How can a person who doesn't care about rules be the president of the most powerful nation on earth?

Not surprising that McAuliffe would use Fox News to spread Clinton propaganda - Hillary's Orwellian campaign tactics would have won her the Republican primary.

HRC is pathological - it's time for the superdelegates to give her the rest she needs.

Holly and others, the vitriol you spew about Hillary can only come back to you as the same kind of hatefulness you read in some of these posts about Obama. Why in the world would anyone dedicate their life to trying to help the American people? I have no doubt you'll never do anything proportionally to Clinton to help this country. You don't have to like all of her policy positions. That's what the ballot box is all about. And so far, she has the popular vote among all Democratic candidates. That's the truth.

"If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doesn't find offense to it, why is it that everybody else should?" The Obama machine is very clever, he acts like Mr. Clean while his minions do his dirty work "Karl Rove" tactics. Obama is a sissy, phoney and no gentleman. America will see the real Obama in time.

Every issue for the Democrats except why Hillary won't drop out is trivial. I believe she knows Barack will get the nomination, but is trying to sabotage his campaign so that she can run again in 4 years rather than having to wait eight.

Good grief. The relevant point - if there is one - is that RFK was shot after the California primary. Not that he was shot in June. And this year, the California primary was, when? Ah, early February.

That would have been a good time for Hillary to think about the options, not now. There is one option now. Leave

To Sen Clinton:

I don't buy your crap for one second. Even now, you can't bring yourself to apologize. All you can do is justify your comment and try to rationalize it in a way that makes no sense whatsoever. Why is it you can NEVER apologize? Why? Is your pride that great? You honestly thought you would win this by Feb 5 (as you stated in Dec 2007). There was no doubt in your mind that you would win this, guess this is plan B of how you can win.

First of all, let's be clear about this. Your intention is quite clear. otherwise your analogy MAKES NO SENSE. If your trying to imply that past primaries were quite long and didn't end until June your being very disingenuous. In 1968, the primaries did not begin until MID-MARCH, you know that damn well. You could have cited other primaries in which they had been protracted, but you didn't. On THREE separate occasions, you made reference to this. Why? I'll tell you why. Your a MONSTER and monster's say monstrous things.

It is amazing! Obama says no problem regarding the comment and then she turns around and takes a swing at him. The Clintons are playing an all or nothing game. However we need to realize they are playing with out welfare. There is no way that I can see that Hillary can be VP after behavior like this. First she mis-speaks regarding being shot at in Bosnia. Most human beings will remember if they were shot at or not. Then she comes with this bs and now she says she is mis-understood. The Clintons have show their dark side and Americans need to show they see it by voting her in to oblivion.

Again... we continue to have one sided reporting.

Notice that the Obama groupies... cried foul
as if Clinton stated that OBAMA was in danger of being assassinated on his way to the Democratic Nomination.

She stated a fact... that occurred when your lordship KING OBAMA was still trying to decide if he was Christian, Catholic, or Muslim. And probably read about it when he was in one of those Elite Private Schools.. that he attended on scholarship WHEN he finally it was better to be a Black African in American rather than a bi-racial man in American. Even today... he is black african (dual citizenship in Kenya, first generation off the plane because of his father and step father.) (Both who had multiple wives while married to Obama's mom.)

I find it extremely difficult to understand how the DNC can make a decision to NOT COUNT the popular vote in Michigan and Florida. Nor to count the Delegates from those states BASED on the Electoral College NOT on the SUPER DELEGATE SCAM.

I firmly believe that the American Voter should be rioting in the streets.. (only the Black Voters will be rioting in the street IF OBAMA does not bet elected PRESIDENT. If he does get elected they will be dancing in the street.) because of how both the GOP and the DCCC have disregarded the Constitution of the United States.

Speaking of which... IF HUSSEIN was such a great scholar on Constitutional he would be
wanting to have all American Votes Counted.

But then he is the one that had his lawyers go through his competitors petitions to be put on the ballot for US Senate in Illinois. By the time he was done... HE WAS THE ONLY ONE ON THE BALLOT.

There should be a class action lawsuit against all the party leaders in the Democrat PARTY that voted for this super delegate process. The should be removed from office, fined, 75 % of their wealth used to pay down the NATIONAL DEBIT that occurred while they were in office.

It is AMERICAN HERITAGE to continue to FIGHT to overcome all odds...IF you feel that you are RIGHT.

Our national heritage is not based on race, religion, creed, natural origin... but in doing what is RIGHT.

One person, one vote. The vote counts... it is not based on some lame brained, gutless, anti-American politicians that what to CONTROL the United States and become rich and powerful... BY making rules and policies that are contrary to the Constitution of the United States.

To Michael posted @ 7:13

As I mentioned in my 6:31 post, I am a 60+, white, female, who will support Obama so your post really struck me. Yes, some of us are smarter than she thinks.

When I read those HRC posts that talk about retribution against Dems for anything less than her nomination, I wonder what drives them. I was in the forefront of efforts for the rights of women and, in those early meetings, we would vow that if we were ever to have equal opportunity, that we would break down barriers and not put up new ones. My take on these women is that they have created a "girls club" like the "boys club" I and those of my generation had to deal with. They have become what they decry. That was not the spirit of the movement.

As an Independent voter, I never vote for party and vet candidate claims as best I can. I was open to all when this began. I cannot support HRC based solely on her conduct and behavior during this campaign. Her gender has nothing to do with it. And neither should mine.

Obama and his handlers know full well that Clinton's comment wasn't anything about Obama. Hillary's comment about Bobby Kennedy being assassinated when he did that is a fact and a part of history, and the media has been talking about that for at least a month. It always has been in the news over the years.

Back to the point, exactly what does Hillary taking this primary into June have to do with Obama? He didn't do that. He has just been pulled forward to June, kicking and screaming all the way ever since he didn't get crowned on Super Tuesday.

Obama's handlers continue to twist comments around just to anger his supporters and make them even more loyal. Obama could have stopped this issue immediately by telling his supporters that he took no offense to the comment if, for nothing else, out of respect for the Kennedy family. But he chose not to. His supporters have even said unkind things about the Kennedy nephew who is supporting Hillary and who put out a statement. By not calming down his supporters, Obama has shown nothing but total disrespect for the Kennedy family.

For crying out loud - I've been giving Hillary the benefit of the doubt about this whole thing since it broke - but for her campaign to be so outrageous as to blame the Obama campaign for HER comments and people's interpretation - they have just gone TOO FAR.

I think we need to find out who the remaining undeclared superdelegates are and hold them accountable for not putting an end to this petty fight.

And how on earth can Hillary claim to have good judgment when she thinks it's OK to mention assassination when we are afraid for Barack's safety already? AND for her to pander to the white racists who support her while mentioning this is abominable. Her lack of judgment is starting to scare me.

HRC's appalling comment was first reported by New York Post.

Then it appeared on the front page of The Druge Report, which claims over 10 milion viewers every day.

The Clinton campaign has used the Drudge Report to leak news before, in addition, the reclusive, right-wing Matt Druge has confessed his soft spot for HRC.

So, they rather blame it on Obama campaign.

It is not like the uneducated, hate-mongers will find out about this fact

It is a safe strategy for them. Well done McAuliffe .

This is not about this weekend's issue but I just learned that if you "loan" a campaign money, the campaign is obligated to pay that money back with interest. That's the law. Hillary will be paid over $250,000 interest for the "Investment" she made in her campaign Guess who signed that legislation? Slick!

I'm from New York, so naturally I supported Senator Clinton in her candidacy. Slowly, I began to change my support to Senator Obama. Her tone deafness with her latest comments only confirms for me that I was right to change my views.

Hillary is a spoiled brat. She is a victim. Its always everyone's else's fault. Its sexism. It's lack of funds. Its the caucus. Its Michigan and Florida. No, it is you Hillary and your apparent lack of campaign planning and financing arrogance, entitlement attitude and lack of ethics and values. The Clinton's have their own shady truth and ethics e.g. Adultery in the whitehouse,delay the taxes, keep the Dubai investments, deceive the voters that you have the popular vote, deceitful mathematics include Michigan and Florida even though Obama was not on the ballot, exclude the popular vote in the caucus, change the goal post, change the rules on how a presidential nominee is elected. What's funny is that this process has worked for years and worked for Bill Clinton but when it doesn't work for Hillary, it is time to change the rules. First it was leave Michigan and Florida out, then it was let the superdelegates decide, when they began to decide in Obama's favor, then it became let Michigan and florida back in, then just Florida, then it became change the whole democratic process for a nominee. I don't know how she sleeps at night but I do know this, the bible says she will reap what she sews and she sews deception and lies. The only people she is deceiving though are the voters with high school degrees and some not all senior citizens and herself. This I know for sure. I am a single Mom and I voted for Bush before because of the Clinton's lack of ethics in the whitehouse. They have not learned from their mistakes. We cannot have a leader who whines, cries and lies oe even has alzeimers. I believe she has promised to do a million things on day one. You know that is just another lie because it is impossible.

Good grief people there are posts in here that are joking about killing the candidates. It seems that it is true many Americans are all for guns and incapable of sane debate.

From Canada where crafted words and not guns are the choice tools of a reasonable debate.

Good luck you are all going to need it with the collapse of the worldwide economy that seems very likely to be upon us all very shortly.

i am so tired Hillary and her feminazi supporters I am a women and would never vote for Hillary because she is anything but a true feminist! she is not doing this for women, she is doing this all for herself..why is it that everyone is to blame but her for her own mistakes misstatements and mishandling of her campaign?
I wish she would just go away

I have given up on Hillary Clinton. I tried. I stayed as long as I could. I am done with her. I will support Barack Obama for President of the United States.

48 hours later, it's Obama's fault? Bizarro.

To POLITICAL WATCHDOG

You say you are a journalist!? Now we know what has gone wrong with journalism.

To quote you:

"She was a Watergate prosecutor and a powerful attorney--making by the way more money than Obama could dream of."

So much for balanced reporting. Yes, she worked on the Watergate Judicial Committee, but you forgot to mention that she was fired for being a liar and dishonest, unethical lawyer.

That is one of the most important of many reasons why she cannot be president of the United States. It is one of the reasons that it is astounding that she is even a candidate.

From a white, middle-aged woman who is supposed to belong to the demographic that supports this unethical woman.

Is Hillary going for some kind of record for gutter politics? This is disgusting and pathetic. She has no shame.

I'm sick and tired of Hillary blaming everyone else except herself for her problems:

1) Did the media or Obama make her mismanage her funds to the tune of 21 million in debts (how can someone who can't handle 178 million handle 200 trillion in national GNP)?

2) make her lie about Bosnia sniper fire and being named after Sir Edmund Hillary (who climbed Mt. Everest years after Hillary was born),

3) make her try to change the rules and the goal-posts every few weeks?

4) make her change forms and shapes like Greek mythological figure (from voice of experience, to action figure, to whisky-drinking gun-toting blue collar diva, to defender of the hard-working "white" people? and

5) and now mention RFK assassination flippantly like it is something totally devoid of emotion?

Give me a break. I will not only not vote for this woman but resign from my gender if she does any dirty back-room politicking to get the nomination.

Superdelegates you better listen all the women, not just those who support Hillary.

Obama-Gore '08 or Obama-Sebilius '08

Unless Sen. Clinton was addressing RFK Jr. privately, what Mr. Kennedy feels is of no relevance. A person of integrity doesn't condition her contrition. Either you behave badly or you don't, period--and when you do, you apologize for the behavior. To express sympathy for the FEELINGS that said behavior MIGHT have engendered is worthless.

Let's have a real apology, Senator Clinton.

Interesting a guy like him even wants to get in the middle of this. He doesn't enjoy secret service protection.

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What absolute garbage from McAuliffe. Obama himself tried to calm things down in PR the other day, saying that it was a simple slip of the tongue. Sure Obama staffers will try to push this story along, but they weren't exactly ravenous vultures here. After all, it was Hillary who made the horrible quip.

http://www.political-buzz.com/

Posted by: matt | May 25, 2008 6:25 PM

Posted by: | May 25, 2008 6:36 PM

Fact: Hillary will win the popular vote

Fact: Hillary will have won all the key battleground states including PA, OH, FL

Fact: Obama & his campaign have fought to ensure the states of FL & MI aren't counted in the democratic process

Fact: Hillary wins the head-2-head matchup with McCain by winning in all the key battleground states

Fact: Obama loses to McCain in the head-2-head matchup b/c of his inability to win over working class voters.

Fact: Since March, Hillary's campaign has won more elected delegates than Obama including states like TX, OH, PA, IN, WV and KY.

Fact: Obama's devisive campaign has caused his momentum to cease and the vetting process has revealed associations that would have left his campaign for dead if they had came out sooner.

Fact: Barack Obama's questionable comments regarding "people cling to guns and religion" and Michelle Obama's comments about being "proud of America for the first time" will be even more a factor in the general election and makes Barack un-electable.

Summary: Hillary is clearly the best candidate to represent the Democratic party in the general election. Contact the Superdelegates and let your voice be heard!

Ms. Clinton and her campaign feel they do not owe Mr. Obama an apology because "...Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doesn't find offense to it, why is it that everybody else should?" Perhaps the Mr. Kennedy does not believe Hillary meant any disrespect to his family and their legacy. However, despite what her she and her campaign say, she was clearly referencing a possible attempt on Mr. Obama's life. The right thing to do is personally apologize. Obama, if not his campaign, has been gracious and charitable for this and other faux pas' Ms. Clinton has made.

I am a 65-year old White female who is very offended by the Clinton campaign. I am tired of their blame game and the "poor me" attitude of Hillary Clinton.

Please, superdelegates, endorse Obama, and stop this Clinton attempt to destroy the Democratic Party!

"Speaking of which... IF HUSSEIN was such a great scholar on Constitutional he would be
wanting to have all American Votes Counted."

Miller at 7:40, we all believe EVERY vote should be counted - so what about those hundreds of thousands of voters who wanted to vote for Obama but were disenfranchised by the Democratic party? WHY do their voices not count according to Hillary and her supporters?
THIS is something I truly do not understand....

And honestly, what does a person's NAME have to do with anything - don't you see how you guys try to flare up tempers by focusing on the name Hussein? What does his name have to do with ANYthing??? Another thing I fail to understand.

These Washington Post comment areas are all trollsville. Hillary may be down to her last quarter on the slot machine, but she still has that fleeting chance. But the poisonous comments of the many idiots who are just waiting to post is disenheartening.

To paraphrase James Carville. "It's the stupid." There are enough of them here- on both sides- to sicken a small town.

Oh Eric:

You just don't get it, do you? Obama needs us Hillary supporters to vote for him. It doesn't matter how much you Obama fans personally look down on us Hillary voters or think we were disrespecting him. The fact remains: if he is to win the election, we have to vote for him.

And I will not vote for him, unless I see some respect for Hillary coming from his supporters and from his campaign.

This is such old news now, but what the hey! I'll respond to your comments:

"You mean like the respect Senator Clinton has shown by not congratulating Senator Obama when he wins a primary as he always does to her when she does?"

Petty. Who cares about congrats? I don't care if she congratulates or he congratulates. It doesn't matter. But I do care about a bunch of Obama supporters blatantly calling Hillary a witch, or a *itch, as they have on this blog. And the constant dispatching of attendees to rallies to boo and hiss at her. And then making a commercial of it. That is about as low as it gets in a campaign. If you've ever done any of it, you know. Hey, were you in Pittsburgh, per chance?

"Or by her campaign feeding Senator Obama's picture in a turban to the drudge report?"

Her campaign didn't feed them anything. It was the Obama campaign that hopped on that to use it as a race-bait strategy as it has throughout the campaign. Come on, Erich, really. That *hit was about as transparent as it gets.

"Or her campaigning blackening Senator Obama up for one of their videos?"

You are really determined to race bait aren't you? I haven't even heard that one before.

"Or implying that the only hard working Americans are white Americans thereby implying that Senator Obama's supporters are nothing but lazy minorities or elitists?"

That's a lot of "implying". Implications are highly subjective. Sounds like you are the one stretching to make race an issue, agian, typical of a BO fan.

"Or that he's not a muslim "as far as she knows"?"

1.You should be taking issue with the journalist who kept asking her that over and over again looking for a "gotcha" moment. Oh, yeah, that's right, you are only concerned about that when it's Obama being interrogated. The precious few times he has been.

2. You are reaching again. It's a fair and direct response. He is not a Muslim, as far as she knows. This time you are religion-baiting.

"You mean that type of respect?"

I mean drop your hateful edge and admit that you need Hillary and her supporters, if you want Obama to have a chance in the election. That type of respect. As in, don't take us for granted. As in, reach out to us. But, hey if you want to keep stoking this, we will be happy to take this all the way to Denver. We don't have anything to lose by it, you know.

Hillary Clinton is so punch drunk from arrogance, she just can't accept that she's not going to win. The Clintons are so cunning they think they can have people eating out of their hands, but they are so self-serving it's revolting to watch.

They lack graciousness. A person like her can't even run a campaign, let alone a country. And when her husband was President, we all know what he had on his mind in the White House. They're certainly not noble.

How sad and pathetic of the Clinton gang. Hillary is so craven and disgusting, I don't even want her to be a senator anymore.

Hillary's supposed to be intelligent. She's a big girl. She opens her mouth and tries to place blame on people who have nothing to do with what she's saying. Not presidential. She's always been a liar, and in my opinion, she's just trash who happens to be in the spotlight right now.

Obama 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HILLERY DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING DIFFERENT THEN WHAT IS ALLREADY BEING SAID AMONG ALL THE PEOPLE.THESE ARE THE FACTS, AND OBAMA IS IN MORE DANGER THEN HILLERY,UNFORTINTLY BECAUSE OF RACE.BUT BESIDES ALL THAT.THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF ALL THE STATES VOTED THE SAME DAY. EVERY STATE SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE. EVERY STATE COUNTS!IT HAS COST MILLION'S THAT COULD GO TOWARDS THE HUNGRY OR THE AMPUTIES FROM THE WAR.

Good grief, Hillary can't even state a historic fact without the press diving on her like vultures and the Obama camp crying like a bunch of babies while insinuating a more sinister meaning behind her words. Overly-sensitive Obama in the White House? No thanks. She's so much tougher. I think you'll find the majority in agreement come November. Get the kleenex ready. There'll be a monsoon of tears to the left...waaay to the left.

Only by a certain date or you lose it. As well as you have to have a campaign going to do fund raising or you would be running a fraud.

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This is not about this weekend's issue but I just learned that if you "loan" a campaign money, the campaign is obligated to pay that money back with interest. That's the law. Hillary will be paid over $250,000 interest for the "Investment" she made in her campaign Guess who signed that legislation? Slick!

Posted by: davie | May 25, 2008 7:42 PM

She's funny.

PALEEEZE SUPERDELEGATES SPARE US!!! Make this vile primary END! Hillary's lying, spinning, psychotic denial is making me sick to my stomach!!!

Fat Hillary needs to call it a night.

Mark my words, if she is V.P under him, she will be President by the end of his first term. Enough said.

Why the comparisons between Obama and the Kennedy's - JFK and RFK? There's no comparison. The Kennedy's were bulldogs - fearless and unafraid of anything, particularly Robert Kennedy. He didn't care if people didn't like him - and there were plenty of people that didn't! He was too busy standing up for the causes he believed in. Barack Obama does not possess that bulldog quality, and that's truly unfortunate because that's what we need now at the top. Obama is a weak and inexperienced candidate who has a good 'line', but nothing to show for it. All the talk of hope and unity will not make up for a lack of experience. Take a look at his experience (what little he has) in the Illinois State Legislature and all the 'present' votes - or just not being there, period. Even the Chicago Tribune called him 'gutless'. He doesn't have the toughness for the job, and I fear he is much more like Jimmy Carter than either of the Kennedys.

Hillary on the ballot! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

A lot of you fools are on drugs to think that will happen. Give her to McCain.

By the way, RFK Jr., who has overcome his 1983 arrest for heroin possession, has set up a committee in New York to seek Hillary's Senate seat when she is elected President. Someone should give the 53 year old boy a drug test. He's gotta be on something.

The fact is that Barack Hussein Obama is not able to close the democratic nomination and his team of extremists are using anything they can, to stop Hillary from continuing her campaign.

The fact is that Barack won the early primaries, before we knew who the real Barack Hussein is. Now that we know about his associations with black supremacist and radical extremist groups, he can not get the support of hard working americans and all he has is the vote of blacks that vote for him for the one and only reason that he is black and the young, naive and idealistic.

Take a look at Barack's true agenda:
blackradicalcongress.org

We will continue to support Hillary Rodham Clinton for the office of President of the United States of America, because she loves our country and has always been proud of it.

Hillary will win the popular vote when all the votes are counted in all 55 United States. Every vote must count!

I am so disgusted by this campaign. Obama better listen up he will never win the Presidency. People will not vote for someone who listened to hate mongering speeches for 20 years. He his wife and his children loved this Reverend who spewed Hate for Jews, Italians, Whites and worst of all Americans, and now wants to be our President- Who in their right mind could trust someone like that. Oh because he now saids he doesn't like his reverend, oh because now he likes America, oh because now he likes Jews and Italians oh please he is such a two faced racist liar. Vote Hillary or McCain.

It doesn't matter how 'out of context' the remarks have been interpreted. The fact is that it was a poor choice of words for Senator Clinton. Hillary supporters shouldn't get 'bitter'.

I feel bad for Hillary as I believe she made an agreement with Bill to stay with him when she was so humuilated with the Monica, etc. thing...if he supported her for president at the right time. She also was under the impression that she WILL BE the nominee and is shocked that a black man is giving her a problem. After all Bill and Hill kissed black asses for all the years in office. I truly believe that she cannot possibly believe someone is running her to the ground. As to her remark I think she was right, no one knows what will happen in the near future. What troubles me is that all white people have got to be very careful of what they say so that no black is offended.

Also have a question: why do black want to be called African Americans, when it was Africans who sold their ancestors into slavery to the white man? Tribes went to war and sold their prisoners to profit. Put that in you hat Obama. His wife, if God forbid he is elected, will be the worst nightmare ever seen in this country as first lady. She is clearly a bigot. They should not be so easily forgiven for the relationship with that racist pastor. I am willing to bet that racist minister will read the involcation at the inaugural ceremony if GOD FORBID he is elected..as what can anyone do to potest if that is what the president wants. He will act as a spoiled little man if he gets in. I am seriously thinking of becoming an ex-patriot and moving to Ireland, where my ancestors came from.

I've never understood where the anti-Hillary bile came from, but she certainly does know how to push it. Now I can see her shouting Cleavon Little's lines from Blazing Saddles: "Get back, or I'll shoot the n*gger!" Then one of Hillary's hacks shouts out "She'll do it, back off!"

May God have mercy on the sick people who would want evil on another as it will surely come back to their own family as Gos seeks his revenge.

James Carville, a sycophant bought and paid for by the Clintons -- a Clinton yapping lapdog -- is enough to sicken a large city -- don't need any small towns there.

Mondale-Liberal-Loser Dukakis-Liberal-Loser Kerry-Liberal-Loser Obama-Liberal-Loser DO YOU LIBERALS SEE A PATTERN HERE.!!!!!!!!!

I would ask, God willing, that all the superdelegates vote for Barack Obama before May 31st.
God does indeed bless America. (George Bush was Satan's idea.)

There is not much doubt in most people's minds that Hillary Clinton has some serious mental problems. The woman is unfit for public office.

The Clinton's sense of entitlement is a danger to Obama and the American people.

When all is said and done, Obama will be the next President of the United States, and just as time and time again Obama has taken the high road and forgiven Clinton for her reckless comments, so to will he overlook, and forgive the many racist fools that are making themselves so apparent here.

I live in Portland (yes we are very liberal, and we like it that way), and sometimes I forget that not all people are as open minded on issues of race as we are here, but reading many of the comments posted here reminds me how hateful, ignorant, and outright racist much of the country still is.

Hopefully when Obama becomes the president, he will prove all of you dumb white trash voters... um, excuse me, I guess the PC term is "undereducated blue-collar voters" that not only can a black man lead this country, but he will be a President that we will all become proud of.

Obama is the right man to mend the fences within this country, and also around the world, at a time when we so desperately need true diplomacy.

No one has shot a U.S. president or candidate lately, but that's not because no one wants to. Nuts don't even need a coherent reason - look at Hinckley. The Secret Service protection has greatly improved, that's all. Hillary is angling for veep, or is hoping for a scandal, or is making herself seem inevitable for next time in case McCain wins in the fall, or just wants to finish what she started, now that she's so close to the end, or all of the above. Some people are just like that.

I guess this is a non issue too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjYpkvcmog0
I know these are Clinton apologist/appeasers, so let me explain it to these disingenuous, manipulative, divisive individuals, McAuliffe, and Wolfson. Her thoughtless comments, however intentioned, allowed the scum of the earth like Liz Trotter feel emboldened to joke about the issue on national TV. There is just a very small step to allow someone to make it reality. There are a lot of crazy individuals out there; if there is a suggestion of endorsement, no matter how obtuse, they may take action.
The fact is that Hillary said these comments 3 times. In her twisted dark mind it is perfectly justifiable to advance the theory that she needs to stay in the race in case Obama gets assassinated like RFK. This thought process reveals a coldly calculating inhuman individual who depends on a national tragedy to justify her remaining with a failed campaign; wishful thinking on her part.
I might have given her the benefit of the doubt, even with her white working class comment. But this comment goes way beyond politics; this depravity reveals a level of pure unadulterated evil that history has seldom witnessed.
This is why that these comments raised such sustained and virulent reaction. To suggest that Obama's campaign had something to do with it is outrageous; and surpassed the usual duplicitous drivel that emanates from this dynamic duo of slime.
We are concerned and outraged Americans. Hillary needs to go now.

The polarization here is simply astounding. How many of the most vicious comments here, purporting to come from HRC or BHO supporters are really from GOP operatives or supporters who are simply trying to stir things up?

Not one comment on this thread - not one - provides a positive reason to support Grandpa Simpson (McCain). Sowing dissent among Democrats is all they have left. We have two terrific candidates. Either one, or both, make for a terrific ticket in November. This brouhaha? A tempest in a teapot.

If you're not going to vote for the Democratic candidate because your favorite didn't win, why not vote for a third party candidate. Nader may be running, and then there is the Libertarian Party. The two party system doesn't represent enough diverse views. We need more viable parties. Vote for somebody other than what fiddle dee/fiddle dum offer.

"Overly-sensitive Obama in the White House? No thanks. She's so much tougher."

Right. Except when the press and everyone who is not voting for her is picking on her because of her gender.

Sigh.

She's almost like Bush: either you're for her, or you're not a hard-working white American. But hey, _that's_ not a racist comment, right?

I am a sincere Obama supporter. And I think Sen. Clinton has many too. That being said, I worry some of her supporters have to potential for being violent(from some of the comments here) Clinton has found a way to appeal to these types by planting "scenerios" in their so-called brains. If anything happens to Obama, Clinton will be partially to blame!!!

"The Obama campaign ... tried to take these words out of context,"

I have learned that, when you are campaigning for as many months as Senator Clinton and I have been campaigning, sometimes you get careless in terms of the statements that you make, and I think that is what happened here," Obama (D-Ill.) told Radio Isla in his first public comments about the remark. "Senator Clinton says that she did not intend any offense by it, and I will take her at her word on that."

Just remember, peeps...all of the media idiots out there, including Chris Matthews (Dave's big brother?), Keith Oberman (that's me!) et al are LIBERAL DEMOCRATS.

That is why I am voting NONE OF THE ABOVE in November.

Or, at the very least, I am saying NO TO HILLARY forever. Period. She is out of politics in my book. NO MORE CLINTONS!

Go away, Hill-or-ree. We do NOT want you in the Senate, nor the White house. We have already had our fill of hicks like your cheating hubby Billy Bob.

Just pack your bags, head back to Arkansas, tuck your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye. The American people have had enough of your crap to last a lifetime.

Clinton Camp Stokes RFK Flap by 'Blaming Obama'

What's new? That was expected.

"If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doesn't find offense to it, why is it that everybody else should?" McAuliffe said. "They shouldn't. They ought to take Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- he did not misinterpret it or misjudge it."

Do Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speak for all the Kennedy(s)? Don't think so.

"McAuliffe said Clinton is staying in the race to give hope to the millions of women who have voted..."

No, Clinton is staying in the race to run up millions in debt ... Then will look to BamBam to bail her out.

"We are prepared to 'fight' this so that all 50 states are included, that the delegates be seated."

Let me get this straight, every time Clinton encounters a situation, she is ready to "fight". She is willing to 'fight' the whole democratic party, and yet was afraid to 'fight' 'Monica', what a punk.

"One prominent Clinton supporter acknowledged that virtually all hope for her winning the nomination is gone now."

Would that prominent Clinton supporter tell it to HRC and not the WaPo, pls.

With HRC, her lies need to be explained, and her explaination(s) need to be a lie. HRC offers Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics.

Please please please please Hillary Clinton SUPPORTERS....WAKE UP!!!!!

Listen, if I make a fool out of you that is bad... but if I make you make a fool out of yourself, that is beyong terrible!

YOU HAVE THE LUXURY OF A BRAIN..USE IT!!!
IT IS YOUR BRAIN NOT HRC's or B.Obamas'.

PLEASE USA WAKE UP!!! HRC knows that her words can trigger off some nutty people to do nutty things. So unless you HRC supporters have the same intention...STOP TRYING TO PLAY-DOWN HER INDIRECT AND WITTY AGITATIONS.

Come on people, won't you prefer to tell your children that you were on the side of decency and honesty when all this dust settles! Please I beg of you,,ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.... YOU HAVE YOUR OWN BRAIN... PLEASE USE IT AND BE PROUD OF YOURSELF!!!

Respect those who respect you! Anyone wanting to fool you, does not think too highly of you! That person does not deserve your respect! B.Obama is not perfect but so far, when he is wrong he admits it! He does not try to sell us some unbelievable story and then tell us to sell that foolish story to others! That would be downright disrespectful!

USE YOUR GOD GIVEN BRAIN AND RESPECT THE CRY OF YOUR CONSCIENCE AND FREE YOURSELF FROM THE SHACKLES OF STUPIDITY. NOBODY HAS ANY RIGHT TO MAKE A FOOL OF YOU!!!

When this psycho loses the nomination in early June, I wish she and Billy Boy will ride off into the sunset never to be seen on the political stage again. Oh, and take their daughter with them.

dachef1: Starting with a racist slur. Classy. That's how you think McCain wants his supporters to represent him? I don't plan to vote for him but one thing's clear: he's way too good for you.

The Clintons are vile. I wouldn't vote for Hillary if she was the last Democrat on the planet.

As an Obama supporter, I would be scared to death if he was to pick Hillary as his VP.

Knowing how low the Clinton's will stoop to get back into the White House, it wouldn't surprise me if they have ulterior motives with Obama if they were on the same ticket.

For Obama's safety, I hope he stands strong and says no to a Obama/Clinton ticket.

This is beyond ridiculous.

How far is Hillary willing to go?

Here's the Clinton Formula: Throw a bomb, apologize for throwing the bomb, then bring it up again and again and again.

I agree with you, Keith.

I have had enough of Hilloree's crap, and I for one will actually be voting for McCain, and not Hilloree or O'Bama.

At least he is a Lieberal that I can TRUST, not like any liar on the Democratic ticket this season.

Hillary, YOU SUCK! Go dry up and blow away.

Maybe we should stop worrying about who circulated what and start explanations on why the word "assassination" was used s close to ML King's and Kennedy's assassinations. Anyone? McAuliffe? Wolfson? Annie Oakley?

My dear ole Daddy once told me that a Drunk person will always speak their Sober thoughts.

Out of curiosity, what commentaries is the Obama camp circulating? I haven't seen any.

You tend to lose all credibility when you make comments like:

"I complete faith that a country that "clings to guns & religion" will find away to ensure Barack Hussien Obama isn't our next President. One way or the other."

Win by the death of the opposition... Who does that remind me of?

Oh yes, Hillary!

Hilary's campaign has no shame. Now they blame Obama for her character flaw. I am surprised they did not blame Obama for her lie about Bosnia it is citizens, like myself who are angered by Hilary's comment, because despite all her claims to be the most electable, she says a lot of stupid things. I think Obama let her off the hook with his usual graciousness. She has used racism and sexism as her latest tactics. Her latest whining about sexism is nothing but pandering to women. My friends and I, all of who are all women in the over- 50 age group really don't care if a woman or man is elected as the next president. We care about their character, Hilary has serious character flaws.

surely hillary clinton could have made her point WITHOUT the reference to the assasination?
what does "robert kennedy was assasinated" have to do with elongated primaries? couldn't she have simply stated, "robert kennedy won the california primary in june", to make her point?

she's hoping for a calamity...too bad for her the rev. wright brouhaha came too soon. rev. wright would have been the calamity that she would have needed to slow down obama.

she just doesn't get it (her words), and the only thing she does "get" is that she needs an extraordinary event to save her candidacy. she was thinking out loud, or, for all you bible scholars out there, she was taking the verse about being "the ram in the bush" to justify her stubborness.

she knew what she was saying. the difference is that, yet again, her elitism made her believe that everything she can say will carry no negative consequence.

if barack was like hillary, he would have brought up monica by now. or even something more legitimate like why hillary didn't support betty currie in a sexual harrassment lawsuit (made to drive into work at all hours just to sign in monica for her boss' needs?)...fortunately, barack doesn't wallow in the mud like hillary likes to do.

When this psycho loses the nomination in early June, I wish she and Billy Boy will ride off into the sunset never to be seen on the political stage again. Oh, and take their daughter with them.

Posted by: Olivia | May 25, 2008 8:04 PM
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I doubt it. She will use FL and MI as a pretext to continue until the convention. We should not underestimate her capacity for evil.

Leave it up to the liberals to find a way to get a Republican elected after 8 years of George W. Bush.

Obama supposedly forgives but his underlings stoke the fire. Why does he not reprimand them -- but being a true Washington politician he doesn't...AND why hasn't there been a rush of superdelegates to put Obama over the top? Remember that in the primaries the late undecided voters broke for Hillary! Media MEN comment on this.

How is it that some of these people have such hatred in their hearts for other humans? Irregardless of whatever has been said by whomever, ALL of the candidates are POLITICIANS. If you are truly AMERICAN, you should clearly know better. I am certain that any of them would say that the sky is magenta if that would deliver the necessary votes.

Some of the commentary here is appalling in its ignorance. "The nation is not ready to vote for an Afro-American for President". "Obama is a Marxist". "Obama is a Muslim". "Obama is not qualified to be a President". "Obama is a sexist". It is not encouraging for any percentage of the nation to see or hear that some of the comments seem to align in a supremacist kind of patriotism.

If Obama is unqualified to be President, then how exactly did he get to the U.S. Senate? Did he not run against another black man, the brilliant and very conservative Alan Keyes? Why then, pray tell, did the black populace of Illinois (or the black population of this nation for that matter) elect Alan Keyes instead when he ran for President? Was he a Marxist too? Or was the nation not ready for his politics either?

People in this nation need to wake up and understand that there is a great likelihood that Muslim Americans, Marxist Americans, prejudiced Americans, white Americans, black Americans, hispanic Americans are ALL AMERICANS. The politics of divisiveness have fooled many into believing in a neo-conservative agenda which has ill-served this nation for the past eight years.

Our current President is very likely a good man at heart, but the evidence of his love for the country is difficult to discern, given the failures of his attempts to rebuild New Orleans and the surrounding area, the strategy of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

And as to religion, my opinion as a Pastor is that pulpits and politics do not and cannot mix favorably. There are issues with which ministers can have an opinion or a voice. But this concept of political endorsements is a bit unsettling to me. I mean, am I not supposed to endorse Jesus Christ first? After all, man can only disappoint, but He reigns in perfection.

To Politicalwatchdog:
"As a journalist I can tell you that she is the smartest of the three candidates. However, the spin doctors of the Obama campaign and the liberal media have waged war against Hillary. And don't think that nut Howard Dean likes the Clintons. It has been a well orchestrated campaign by the DNC."

As another journalist, I agree with every word you wrote -- I wish I had written it myself. People who actually followed these candidates' Senate careets Know that Clinton is far and way the brightest and most talented of the lot, and if she is not elected, this country will have missed a great opportunity. I think, further, that ranking the three, Obama would rate a mediocre, distant third.

Terry McCauliffe gives talking heads a bad name. Wolfson is simply a complete jerk with no moral compass and Hillary is turning out to be rather scary, even more than George Bush. I'd be very afraid to have her running the country. She's starting to look like some sort of "Manchurian Candidate" for real. When you think you've seen it all, in terms of outrageous behavior, they seem to have a talent for raising the bar further. Disgusting, ridiculous and most of all, shameful. The Democratic Party bosses and the Super Delegates should shut her down this coming week before she really does not only destroy the party, but create irreparable racial rifts beyond the damage already done. If they don't show some courage, then, they have only themselves to blame for what is now a complete fiasco and they get what they deserve.

I refuse to believe so many white americans can be as ignorant and shallow as some of their comments on this board. I pray that all americans will choose to unite and be proud of whomever is elected President in November. Lest we forget that there are people in this world who mean to harm, not just Hillary, Obama, or McCain and their supporters, but all americans.

Once again she demonstrates stupidity. By bringing up the subject again, they keep it alive. I for one am happy that we are still talking about it. Alex Half-wit on msnbc wasn't. She blamed Obama for the fact that we are still talking about it. Maybe she should blame McAuliffe

Fact not Fiction | May 25, 2008 7:47 PM

Hey you are so right "Fact not Fiction" -Especially as America is populated by several million illiterate and ignorant racists like yourself ---- Hence it is possible that Barack Obama could lose the election come November.

But at least he will have his self-respect and dignity which is something you and your type have never had ---- and never will!

Hillary is still running because she wants to do damage to the Democratic psrty. She knows that she won't be the VP nominee because the party leaders are starting to hate her and know she's out for herself. So she wants to do just enough damage to cause the democrats to lose in November. That way she can run again in 4 years. In 8 years she will be too old.

To Hillary supporter (the one who talked about clinging to gun and religion)

Hillary said, in regard to immigration:

"During the 1990s, I cannot remember being asked about immigration... Why? Because the economy was working... And average Americans didn't have to go around looking for someone to blame."

She made this statement talking to Joe Klein about the hot topic of immigration, who wrote an article last November on Time.com.

The link to the article is here:

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1688794,00.html

Yes, Hillary thinks that average Americans are insecure people who run around looking for someone else to blame for their economic woes.

Hillary made a careless statement that caused many sadness, anger and pain. Please apologize and move on - Blaming Obama for statements you made is just plain wrong. Obama took you at your word. Please follow the golden rule - Barack Obama does - and that is why we follow him.

One more thing, to both the sexist *and* racist trolls infesting this thread: You are uncivilized trash. You have been losing for a hundred years and you are losing now, and you'll keep losing. Your way is the way of the dinosaur. We will have a black president in our lifetimes, and we will have a woman president. And they will be OUR presidents just as Jefferson and Lincoln and Reagan and both Roosevelts and JFK were.

You are not only on the losing side of history; you've already lost. We are all God's children. I hope that you change your ways before you face God's judgement.

"The Obama campaign ... tried to take these words out of context,"

I have learned that, when you are campaigning for as many months as Senator Clinton and I have been campaigning, sometimes you get careless in terms of the statements that you make, and I think that is what happened here," Obama (D-Ill.) told Radio Isla in his first public comments about the remark. "Senator Clinton says that she did not intend any offense by it, and I will take her at her word on that."

The problem here is that Clinton and her flaks are trying to tell Obama that he has no right to be offended. Of course he does. She may not have intended to offend him. In fact, I believe that she did not. But she has no right to tell him that he should not be offended. How arrogant, to tell someone else how he should feel. The proper response here was for Clinton to say, "I'm sorry I offended you. I did not mean to do so." Instead, she says, "IF you were offended, I'm sorry that you were offended," as though the fault lies with those she offended. She takes no responsibility for the thoughtless and insensitive remark she made, then she blames the offended party for being offended, then she whines about the nasty ole media mistreating her again because she's a woman. Clinton and her crowd at their cynical worst. Today's performances by the Clinton people is worse than the initial gaffe. A gaffe is just a gaffe, a mistake. Today's spin is deliberately cynical and craven, even for the Clinton campaign. Yuck.

Did everyone watch or listen to
Howie Wolfson and McAuliffe?

Anyone want these two in the White House, Representing America abroad, making the rules? In time of stress and war? TElling us the truth about the government?

With Bill and Hillary Clinton?

Good God.

My God,

Not only did she say the "A" word,
but a short time earlier "Bubba" concluded that possibly the only way she could become President was
to be Obama's Vice President.

This, of course, was another reference to the "A" word.

Unbelievable!

Hillary Is waitin' in the weeds for somebody to kill Obama for her. Please hurry so that she can start sleeping at night again,......

Oh,....andif you want to do that other guy too,.......

jessica,
you don't speak for the white people. You are a lunatic just like other Hilton supporters.

I agree that it's time to write to the DNC and let the superdelegates know that it's time to end this. Senator Hillary knows it's over. Many of her supporters do not; so when Bill, Nancy, Al or John and the other SuperDs call it in a week or so (in order to retire Sen. Clinton's spiraling debt before the deadline) there's going to be plenty of angst to go around.

Prolonging the heartbreak is only making it that much harder to say "goodbye".

If the empty suit asks,I hope Hillary says no. LET HIM LOSE ON HIS OWN

My God, I don't think Roger Federer could return one of Wolfson's backhanders.
Not everyone thinks like you, Hillary. Except your campaign operatives.
And by the way, congratulations on your masterful press play on the Jeremiah Wright story for a few dozen more cycles; too bad you couldn't get Rezko to stick; mixed reviews on Bill's South Carolina race gambit. That must have been a tough one; and, please let us know what the overnights show on your "RFK `Obama's going to be shot if elected' mistake." Evidentally, it may work out, yet.

For those of you who are sincerely wondering why the flap... I read less than thirty posts on this blog, and two of them...well, you take a look:

"I complete faith that a country that 'clings to guns & religion' will find away to ensure Barack Hussien Obama isn't our next President. One way or the other."

"Here's hoping Barack does get the JFK treatment. America will be better off for it."

I would ask you to consider the consequences of Sen. Clinton's reference in light of statements like these. Please. Please...

And my hope is that the FBI is contacted by the Washington Post; while veiled threats, granted, they are still threats on Barack's life nonetheless.

If the Dems lose this election, after such an unpopular president, how can Howard Dean defend his performance as chairman?

I hate to say this... but I really don't care anymore who wins! I just want this whole election over with. I think it's gone on far too long and it will result in no change at all. Like one candidate can change everything... yea right. Like Clinton is really experience... yea right. Like McCain is old... ok so that's true. Honestly, I just want regular TV back on!!!

Ret.Combatvet (he says) above:

The story was all over the wires, with flames, before Bill Burton ever was asked about it.

The New York Post had it on the wires first, almost immediately. And it raced widely immediately.

Whoever you are, or claim to be, you might wish to shut up unless you know what you're talking about. Or trying to mislead, whichever it is.

i expect that the Super-delegates, realizing that Clinton has become clinically mentally ill will pledge to Obama. Hillary's supporters are going to have some impact on the nominee anyway, but we might as well get the Hilde-Beast out-of-the-way sooner rather than later.

so little hussein obama wants to make a big deal of this while telling us it was ok for him to assiciate with murdering terrorists from the 60's because they happen to live in his neighborhood and he had to associate with them.
so a white politician who assiciates with a member of the kkk - not counting senator byrd, or the nazi party or the white arian resistance, that would be ok and no blacks would complain, if the excuse was that they lived in the neighboorhood and they needed to talk and go into their homes for fund raisers BECAUSE THEY LIVED IN THE HOOD?

McAuliffe needs to go climb under a rock.

what about the issues??? who supports what? what are the contrasts? does anyone even know anymore? i believe the comparison with former Pres. Clinton and J.F.K. comment was intended to remind voters only that Senator Clinton is still very much in the race who has a chance to win provided this person is given equal opportunity till then. Senator Obama, while there is little known about him globally, is a very interesting and decent human being. Good luck to both. from what is released and reported, the media is questionable.

IN TERMS OF vp, IT IS CONCLUSIVE THAT HILLARY CLINTON HAS MOVED OFF THE SHORTLIST, OFF THE LONG LIST AND HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE LIST THAT GOES IN THE DUST-BINS OF HISTORY. BESIDES THOSE WHO FAIL TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES, I CAN'T SEE SO MANY PEOPLE SUPPORTING HRC IF SHE WERE TO RUN AGAIN... SHE HAS RULED HERSELF OUT!

IT IS TIME FOR THE SUPERDELEGATES TO SHOW SOME RESPECT FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR CONCERNS, AND MAKE THE HEART-WARMING MOVE TO SENATOR BARACK OBAMA....ITS TIME!!!

There is NO point to Hillary continuing to stir up the racial divided! She should be STOPPED. She DANGEROUS!

Aside from the latest attempts to cover up for her blunder,
Sen Clinton says nothing about the taking of the Constitution by the Bush regime.
Obama will restore our rights: to be charged with an actual crime, before being taken away, restore our right to see the evidence, and restore our right to cross examine witnesses.

Her 'game' is to play the middle of the road on terror-politics as a political exercise, in awe of the Fox news attacks and the swift boat attacks.

Her appeal to women to support her solely on the basis of their shared past travails is demagoguery.

I am grateful for this latest round of mistakes, because now we can have a woman VP other than Clinton, without the threat of offending her supporters.

I think Sen Clair McCaskill of Mizzou is much better qualified than Clinton ever could be. Check this out, please women of the USA:
Claire McCaskill, worked her way thru college and law school.
Work in prosecutor's office. Became lead prosecutor for Kansas City, MO.
Served as multi-term state legislator. Served as State of MO auditor for which she received high praise. Then Claire McCaskill became Governor of Mizzou, demonstrating executive and leadership abilities. Now US Senator. She is well spoken.
There are others.
Dianne Feinstein. Supervisor of SF, Mayor of SF, two term US Senator.
All on her own.
Barbara Boxer, several terms in House of Representatives, two term US Senator.
All on her own.
All three of these women did it all and they did it without Bill Clinton campaigning for them.

I dont count being First Lady as holding an 'office' even though the Clintons want us to.

I just finished watching 60 Minutes; what a refreshing change!! Journalism at it's best. I have not watched it in years, since cable news 24/7 was so "informative". There was an excellent segment profiling the young adults of today when they enter the workplace. It helped to confirm my theories. This demographic that is propelling Obama to nomination and that is ranting and raving on the blog sites is, indeed, flawed. They grew up believing they are "special" and have their Moms and Dads running interference for them in the workplace and even voting the way their "kids" want. There are special management strategies employed now to get them to work, to perform, because the "old way" just does not work anymore. We will encounter them in the workplace as consumers and we will know them when we see them. This is the new norm. I will work as hard as I can to get John McCain elected to delay the demise of my country for as long as I can until my cognizant powers render me unaware of my surroundings. They know nothing of "old style politics"; they were camped out on My Space and U-Tube for the past 8 years, watching "Friends" and "Sex In The City". One has to wonder why, in the past 8 years, they were never motivated or inspired to become activists against the corruption and incompetence of this Administration; the attempts to destroy the Right To Privacy, the Constitution, and the Justice Dept....the only thing that apparently moves you is the existence of a woman who is a contender and who has "the audacity to challenge" your idol. The good thing is, your profiling indicates you have no staying power. Just as you are easily swayed, you are easily made bored and move on to the next thing. Thank you, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood!

Gee, who could have predicted this one. Clinton says something completely tasteless and then accuses the Obama campaign of making it worse. Tomorrow they will attribute her statements to Obama. Earth to Superdelegates: Will you please show a little backbone and get rid of HRC and her dysfunctional husband while we still have a chance to win in November.

Its time Obama camp rein in their media lapdogs and proxies for the sake of unity of democratic party epspecially when its somewhat obvious that Obama is going to be the nominee.Vitriol spewed by these people will only alienate Clinton supporters further.Any one with half a brain cell know that Clinton,however a ruthless fighter she may be,wouldnt have had Sen Obama in her mind when she mentioned RFK.This is just a political spin aimed at silencing Sen Clinton but probably too late in the primary cycle when its almost over (in Obamas favour-impossible to take away nomination from an AA candidate at this stage in my opinion) and can backfire.I myself,a Clinton leaning independant,will still vote for Obama but believe me I know many people are are extremely ticked off by these tactics and may not vote for Obama even at the risk of a third Bush term.

I am an Obama precinct captain and delegate to the Iowa state convention. ANYONE who saw the tape of Clinton's comments can obviously see that she was simply referring to the timeline and NOTHING ELSE! I am EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED that barack has not forcefully defended her and told all of the bashers to climb back under their rocks. the press, while ignoring our 46 TRILLION dollar long term debt, our worthless dollar, and an upcoming economic debacle, continues to harp about quotes taken out of context and what ministers say. We are not a serious people and we deserve the grim fate that awaits us!

After 3 days of this RFK assassination talk in the MSM and even the Obama campaign saying it is time to "put it behind us," it is NO SECRET that this is the type of bias that CLINTON has had to deal with since before IOWA has greatly affected this race.

If the MSM had reported the news in this election cycle instead of creating it with their own bias the results of this election would also be VERY DIFFERENT.

THink about it, CLinton made the remark because she was being pressured by the media to end her campaign which is highly undemocratic. SHe said that past campaigns have lasted longer than this years past JUNE and that included the election year RFK was assassinated in, SHe apologized right after and clarafied and that should have been the end of it. But the media has intentionally using this story to continue attacking her for political purposes that are unforgivable and CLinton supporters will not forget about this in NOVEMBER!

Ms Clinton has consistently misrepresented facts, skewed events to her advantage and just plain lied. How the American Public could possibly vote for this woman who apparently believes she is entitled to the Presidency, is beyond me. However, as a 40 year Democrate, I can asssure the Party I wouldn't vote for her if she was the last candidate on earth.

Posted by: | May 25, 2008 8:10 PM
Since you were a coward not to print your name, I'll comment on your post by the time you posted.
So, you think Obama is the least of the three? McCain was number 894 of 899 in his Naval academy class. He obtained his flight status by nepotism; he promptly wrecked 4 planes before he was shot down. And he was a North Vietnam collaborator:
http://www.usvetdsp.com/smith_mc.htm
http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/index.htm
Hillary failed the bar exam. Her major policy initiative, health care, was a colossal failure.
Obama? Editor of the Law Review at Harvard; Taught constitutional law.
And oh by the way, Obama is the only one smart enough to keep his campaign out of the red . Hillary still hasn't paid her bills, and McCain depends on his wife for financial assistance.
Get your facts straight.

Only in Clinton politics can you make an outrageous remark and then blame the other side for creating the outrage.

Regardless of Hillary's intent, referencing the assassination of a fellow presidential candidate while you yourself can only win if the another presidential candidate is removed from the race is dangerous. Perhaps even criminal.

There are laws that prevent public officials from inciting violence from their public positions.

If Hillary did not mean on any level that Obama could still be removed from this race by some "unknown" reasons - including her example of assassination - well then she is simply an incompetent official unfit for public office.

There is absolutely no excuse for a statement like this. None.

I would recommend that Clinton supporters take this as an opportunity to reevaluate their choice. I'm not saying switch to Obama - just reevaluate Clinton. McCain, Obama, Barr, Nadar, Bloomberg, Mickey Mouse. Whoever.

Don't stoop down and try to defend these statements either. There is nothing to defend. Simply accept the fact that she said those words including "assassinated" as a reason why she should continue waiting in the wings.

You don't have to feel bad about your prior support for the Clinton's either. I don't. They were great. But now they are what they are. And it's less than great to say the least.

Just when I thought she could not get any worse. I just can not believe than "on the record", she implies that should Obama would not be there (as RFK was not), she would be ready for action! Is that a wish? Is she trying to persuade someone to do something evil? I understand that that may go through her mind, but why say it? I hope this is the last we see of this candidate. I was hoping to see a woman in the White House but unfortunately we will have to wait for a more suitable one.

As all too often has been the case during the campaign, the Clinton advisers don't know when it's a really excellent time to keep their yaps shut, and succeed only at making it worse for their candidate.

Posted by: truth is better than fiction | May 25, 2008 7:26 PM

To Foriegner
We elected George Bush not once but twice. It appears the reason most of the world hates the US leaders but loves Americans is because with all the best of intentions we simply continue to act like high school students electing the most popular not the most capable.
Hopefully this election will change that.

WOW WHAT WORLD ARE YOU LIVING IN, AMERICANS ARE THE MOST HATED PEOPLE ON THE PLANET NOT JUST YOUR LEADER.

Had to shout that because you and the rest of your wacko friends posting up here just do not get it. Your country is racist, bigoted and full of yourself.

Now after saying that , you fortunately are the minority and the MAJORITY of your country men/women are not, they are honest hard working folks who just want a better life for the next generation.

The comments here and on other sites are for the most part very ugly and self centered. Both candidates are very closely matched in their beliefs and in this case only one will win. The nomination that is; because you and your party have divided the country into race and sex, you have put civil rights and equity for all back at least 100 years.

Well done and god help this planet for condeming us to another 4 years of the tyrany of the GW Bush years, the face will change but the hatred for your country will continue to grow around the globe.

you had better start praying that the trillions in foreign debt does not get called in as have other bad loans (example the mortgage fiasco) or you may have a new leader but not one of your choosing.

No apology for increasing the assassination risk for Obama? Hillary Clinton is vile, despicable and seemingly mentally unblanced. The sooner the Clintons are run out of politics, the better.

You know -- all the gamesmanship aside -- if Robert Kennedy had lived, and been nominated, and been elected -- which could have happened -- history would have been very different and this might be a very different nation today. Just for starters, Vietnam might have ended five or six years earlier, and there would have been no Watergate.

On the other hand, would we have had detente with Russia and China? The EPA? OSHA? It's hard to know.

Anyway -- RFK was a decent and high-minded man, a strong intellect, and an inspirational leader. His loss was tragic, and this political nitpicking is beneath his legacy and his memory. Instead of this back and forth sniping and game-playing around the current political contests, we could go back and take a look at that man's example and his message, and learn from them. We would be a lot wiser for it -- just as we would be better off if he, in those days, had been given the protection that the present crop of candidates have.

Just my two cents.

Hillary Clinton's campaign has proven her totally unfit to be a U.S. Senator -- let alone President.

jefblack,
I am beginning to suspect that this Florida and Michigan situation was purposely set up, to be executed in Clinton's favor, if necessary.

If Clinton had done enourmously well as to have made the outcome indisputable, this would be a non-issue.

What if it was put in place to give her the needed delegate count?

Obama wasn't even on one of the ballots.

As you may have read somewhere, McCauliff and others have intimated that the decision by Dean and DNC may not end it. It appears the only decsion that will be acceptable to the Clinton team will be awarding the delegates to her, or talking Obama into conceding.

I see Obama conceding in support of party unity.

People have a short memory.When Bill Clinton was President Mrs Clinton became an embarassement to the administration wuth her self appointed role as health care guru.Noone in their serious political mind supported her and finally she was asked by the administration to just "lay off": and be the First lady.Mr.Clinton was a weak(trying to please everyone)President who excelled in having oral sex.There is nothing new these days so where is the change shes talking about and her qualifications????Give me a break America.Bush is a Jerk,we want change not someone who is jerkier.

You people need to quit worrying about imaginary threats on the empty suit and try to figure out how the empty suit is going to win Pennsylvania,Ohio,Florida,West Virginia,Michigan and other swing states that a democrat has to win to get elected.I don't care how many blacks vote for him in the south because he will not take a single southern state away from the republicans.

Hillary they along with the mass media ( no matter how many times Matthews and Keith and their flunkies at MSNBC deny it) they have been trying to push you out of this race since Iowa. Hang in their girl what this party needs is a fighter remember Ted Kennedy never gave a conession speach when he ran against Carter and the party Loves him today.Also remind them that this is not the first time the dem's came out in droves during a primary the 1972 primary brought out more Dem's than this one and remember that result Mc Govern lost 49 states

MISSING ETHICS AND MORALS IN SOME DEMOCRATS!

Even though I live so far from the US here in Brazil I don't need to leave to know what is happening there. The globalized market and economy is very much dependent on the good functioning of the US economy.

We all want a democrat to win in the November elections with the hopeful outcome of improving the US economy. We are concerned about the divisions in the democratic party for such trivial reasons as the ambitions of some and the apparent absence of ethics and morality in the political stage causing pain and hatred to grow amongst some voters.

Now is not the time for petty differences and prejudice which cause such division... Now is the time for the party to unite! Each one of us needs to let go of our ego and preconceptions turning our support to the democratic candidate that has led in the primaries. The rules are the rules. You can't change them now. It's not ethical and it's not moral.

The two candidates are intelligent, well educated and well prepared. Both have great support from their teams and they would both be good for their country. It is not written on their foreheads that one is better than the other: Nobody can predict what the future holds.

For example, look at what is what is happening now. When Hillary Clinton began her campaign for to be President she and her supporters saw an easy victory in the primaries but in fact that has not materialized. That was a poor strategy for beginning a campaign and now they find themselves in debt and desperate. Nobody knows the future! We always need to carefully calculate our risks and count on luck.

It's undeniable that the Barack Obama was an all around better candidate. He was unknown to the majority of Americans and he knew to use his anonymity to his advantage. He showed the world wonderful qualities such as respect for rules, his abilities as a good listener and excellent speaker. He demonstrated that he is a very good strategist and campaign manager along with his ability to deal with the verbal attacks of his opponents and his ability as a negotiator conquering all sides through dialogue.

It is sad, ethically and morally that those who supported Hillary in the primary say that they won't support Obama should he become nominated. This will, later on, prove to be a grave error. It has been eight years of the nonsense and absurdity of the Bush presidency only to see the image of the USA declining into negativity. Obama wining the election in November places democrats in power and raises the hope of change for every one of us...

The world needs many Obama sowing peace, love, hopes, changes, union of races, union of the Americas... We want USA selling dream and magic to the world again and never selling weapons and wars as always make the republicans...

The Brazil and the Americas are with you, Obama!

Dalmo de Souza Gomes
05/23/2008

I would ask you to consider the consequences of Sen. Clinton's reference in light of statements like these. Please. Please...

And my hope is that the FBI is contacted by the Washington Post; while veiled threats, granted, they are still threats on Barack's life nonetheless.

Posted by: Barbyrah | May 25, 2008 8:17 PM

I can't believe democrats actually think like this. Your right, while they weren't out right threats, they still say something to the character of the individuals posting them.

My hunch is that Clinton supporters, including the ones that posted the veiled threats, are simply lashing out at the fact, that the candidate of their choice is seeing her last gasp opportunity slip away, especially after a comment like this.

These Clinton supporters are causing only more harm to their candidate by posting such trash.

To Jessica,

To quote you, "White people don't want him."

I am saddened by people like you. And, yes, white people do want Obama."

I am a white, middle-aged woman.

There is a clear choice in the democratic nomination race:

Barack Obama who has incredible integrity, leadership skills and courage under fire.

Or

Hillary Clinton who was fired for being a liar and dishonest, unethical lawyer, and has been on a course of serial lies ever since; who is the most divisiveness politician in our collective memory, and blames everyone but herself for her failures.

The choice is obvious.

To vote for someone because of the colour of his/her skin or because he/she is a man or a woman is the height of ignorance.

You, as well as everyone else on this earth belong to one "race." Each and everyone of us is descended from a band of humans who migrated out of Africa and spread over the world.

To vote for a woman just because she is a woman, despite her having thrown integrity to the wind a long time ago brings shame on all women who fought so hard for equality for women.

If the democratic party doesn't do

SOMEthing to stop this ugliness, they don't
deserve to lead this country.

There are no nastier, ugly thugs than Bill and Hillary Clinton and their little claque of "New Yorkers" and money raisers .

It will sound retrograde to wish for civil,
decent people to run this country, but wouldn't it be nice? Not to mention help assure our future.

No wonder everone hates us. We're as civil as the Israelis.

No Shame!!
NO SHame?
NO SHAme!!!
NO SHAMe????

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SHAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How Do They Sleep???????

Poor Hillary saying her comments were taken out of context. Admit it, if George Bush were to make a similar comment she would be all over him, accusing him of being evil. But Hillary thinks because she said it it is OK.

Whew!! Such vitriol between peoples of the same nation, bodes ill for the future. We're not going to come out of this well.

im a man..but for many years i've said we need a woman for president. and i still believe that to this day..but i dont think Hillary is the woman we need..we need someone who wont bring controversy to the white house as the clintons did for 8 yrs.Barack is the democrat we need he cares about people and has run a clean campaign with out mudslinging as the other cadidates have..We now have had 1 current cadiate(Hillary) and 1 previous candidate(Huckabee) makeing refrence to a assination of Obama. I am also from arkansas and Hillary and Huckabee make me embarassed to be an arkansan. and the both make me embarassed to be an american..

Can someone please tell me why we are supposed to tip-toe around the fact that 13% of persons in the US over the age of 65 have Alzheimer's, when it comes to McCain's half-baked release of medical records. He wouldnt let the NY TImes reporter review the records at all. The NY TImes guy has an MD degree.
And they said about this medical report that McCain has not had ANY neurological medical considerations in years.

That is another way of saying, that they did not do any testing for short term memory loss in many years, AND that they didnt do the latest available testing for 'incipient' Alzheimers ever, which can now tell if a person as young as 55 is likely to get it in the near future.
No testing for short term memory loss and no testing for Alzheimers. What a great report!! And the reporters from the pool were allowed three hours to go over over 1000 pages of material and none of them were MDs.
Whitewash. REPUBLICANS: Demand that McCain take the best current tests for incipient Alzheimer's and short term memory loss BEFORE he is confirmed as a nominee. This is possibly worse than Senator Eagleton. At least Eagleton was on the wagon when it was determined that he had had trouble as an alcoholic in his past. We are in the present and we can all see that McCain needs Leibermann to cover for his memory issues.
In the Senate he is known as 'not a detail man' - a polite way of saying, he sometimes forgets why he went to the cloak room. He claimed two weeks ago that he had never had a conversation with a particular Senator about the new GI BIll.
The Senator says they talked in person, three times about that bill. Is McCain lying or forgetting?
I bet he forgot. He doesnt seem like a liar, does he?

I have to comment on this whole business of "The media is pressuring Clinton to leave the race."

If Clinton can't stand up to a group of media pin heads, how in the heck is she going to stand up to our enemies?

Such is the dichotomy of the Clintons.
- We're strong enough. Stop picking on me!
- Ready on day one. Why do I always get the first questions?
- I've got what it takes. I was tired when I misspoke about Bosnian snipers.
- I'm the one who know the pressures of the presidency. I was tired when I suggested remaining in the race in case the other candidate gets, you know, assassinated.

In other words, if a President Hillary Clinton is going to keep buckling under pressure and suggest dangerous and life threatening situations every time she has less than a full night's sleep and too many dissenting voices, then she has absolutely no business running and defending our country. Period.

This isn't racism, sexism, or pressure to leave. This is a horrendous taboo unparalleled in modern American politics.

The Clintons need to be swept from public office. Bill's actions in the White House with Monica, then his subsequent lies regarding it show what what kind of person he was. Hillary's actions during this campaign have been no better, from lying about being sniped at, to constantly blaming her own mistakes on someone else. It's time to put the Clintons in our past.

Hey guys, calm down.

I think the facts clearly show Hillary never implied she was associating the assassination of Robert Kennedy with Obama.

I think the facts clearly show Obama never meant to distort Hillary's record on this.

I think the facts DO show, there were some in both the Hillary and Obama camps that wanted to use this for their personal benefit.

You can't control everyone, guys. Stop the bickering and let's support whoever is nominated... please!

What the facts DO show, is that we need to unite. It is the followers that are demeaning each other.

We actually have two good candidates who would both work hard to reverse the evil and corruption done by this administration.

Never forget that!

obama is good for the media...but very very bad for this country...
this nation should be led by well experienced and able president...surely its not obama.

Yes, it's obvious that Hillary is mentally ill now. The super-delegates need to act immediately. Nothing is worth the ridicule of having an unbalanced candidate running against the obvious nominee.

The GOP-owned mainstream media's rabid desperate attempts to make this into something it is not has already begun to backfire, and backfire big. Really, if you guys want to run against "can't-win" Obama in the fall, CHILL. You're doing nothing more than rallying Hillary's troops when you outright lie and blow innocent comments out of all proprotion.

Word.

All it was - was word association - You think of June, previous primaries, ah, Bobby Kennedy assassinated ... so what? What's the big deal, well, there were millions of people watching Bobby in LA on TV.

I was watching it myself in Tallahassee - it was early in the morning....and excitement was in the air like electricity, Wow! Bobby's going to be president. Wow! Then a minute later as he's walking through the kitchen - BAM he's on the floor. We cried.

Obama does not even have 10% of the charisma Bobby had. But so what? That's how word association works.

not to worry.

June 4th, the 60 uncomitted people from Congress will join the Speaker of the House and come out for Obama.

She is just being polite to the voters of Montana and South Dakota as she promised, to let everyone participate.

As things are, he will only be about 15-24 vote short on June 24th.

To The Washington Post: Please delete the posting below by "BHO is a criminal" I also think the author of that post should be reported to the FBI and Secret Service. Comments like these should NOT be allowed.

"Here's hoping Barack does get the JFK treatment. America will be better off for it.

Posted by: BHO is a criminal | May 25, 2008 5:57 PM"

What do they mean that the Obama campaign "circulated a TV commentary criticizing them [her words]?"

I never saw any TV commentary. Anyone know what they're talking about?

Not that Hillary would NEED any excuse to stay in the race (because she can invent them handilly as she goes), but it doesn't sound like Obama's campaign when I hear they're fanning flames.

What planet does these people live on??

I guess the Obama camp are the ONLY folks who thought the comments were ghoulish... please!

I'm actually glad that they are blaming the Obama camp because this will only make it that much more impossible for her to ever be the VP candidate.

Goodbye to the wicked witch and her flying monkeys!!

give me an f'in break!

To Dalmo de Souza Gomes

I suggest you read about Hillary Clinton's background before you venture an opinion that she would be "good for the country."

That has been the problem in this nomination race. People have not bothered to read and do the necessary research about each candidate, particularly Hillary Clinton.

Had Democrats taken the time to find out the facts about the Clinton scandals and Hillary's lies, Barack Obama would now be the nominee.

And, by the way, I have done extensive research on each candidate. The choice is very clear: the candidate with the integrity and leadership skills -- Barack Obama.

To those asking that the posts from these users should be deleted because they are crossing the line:

The Real Truth
Hill&Bill
BHO is a criminal
His time is about up!

NO! These nutcases exist, we shouldn't hide the fact that this is being said. This is exactly why Clinton shouldn't have brought up the subject. Censoring such comments and pretending that people of this mindset do not exist out there would in fact take from the debate.

Should the people behind these user names face investigation/prosecution if they've crossed a legal line? Absolutely. And their comments should remain on the record.

I am a Catholic female over 50 and I am voting for Barack Hussein Obama because he is the authentic candidate of high moral character and integrity. Hillary Rodham Clinton is a lying witch who cries sexism and being misunderstood whenever she doesn't get her way. The last time she got her way was when she agreed to the Democratic Party's Delegate Selection Plan. She was led to believe that the nomination would be delivered to her in short order. A better opponent showed up and now she's reduced to appealing to the bigot vote.

All the Clinton supporters who vote for McCain are dumb or lying.

Your dumb because you rather go against your core principles in disguise of being sore loosers.

You think that will go unanswered in 2013. Clinton is finished. The country is tired of Bush/Clinton. It's time to move forward.

Besides, we know who she really is, there will be other candidates to vote for in 2013.

It doesn't matter though. Obama will be our next president. Suck on that Ferraro, Clinton and McAuliffe.

Obama- an Antichrist We Can Believe In

Consider his sexual rockstar status among voters, his ability to continuously lie without impunity, his connections to mob members and terrorist both real and wannabes. His strong and unscrupulous desire for raw power, at any cost, regardless what it does to others, (he became senator simply by disqualifying his opponents). His empty words and changing promises, his desire to be friends with those who wish to destroy us. His wife Michele has expressed her hatred for this country and has publicly announced her husband as the messiah.

The voodoo of this all is that Teflon Obama remains unscathed by all his nefarious connections and thug like history. He is worshiped not only blindly by the mindless masses, but by the fearful media.

I am not very religious, but I think Nostradamus got it right again. What is God going to think of all the lemmings that follow a man of darkness?

We all know what Hillary said. She wants Obama dead! If you think that her message has been taken out of context, then, that's another Clinton coming up with another meaning of "June"!

Julie:
"Hillary can say whatever she wants, irregardless I will never vote for a political thug like Obama."

Yeah, especially when he says things like, "sometimes you get careless in terms of the statements that you make and I think that is what happened here. Senator Clinton says that she did not intend any offence by it and I will take her at her word on that"

Such a horrible thug.

bevvyjean
if the talk, as u claim,of the obama sex and drugs comments are on the internet,then,chances are they are not true..

Thank you for telling us about the lastest false rumors on BHO,that we know not to listen to..

You have done a wonderful service..

Wow! I am so shocked and riveted that Hillary Clinton has finally punched back at Obama's hypocritical, mud-slinging campaign tactic of the candidate behaving one way while his campaign and surrogates behave like street thugs and sleaze-attack dogs!

It took a few months, but Clinton finally spoke out about this street-gang campaign tactic of Obama's, which belies his fatuous campaign promises of loftier tone in politics and healing divisions.

For months, the Obama campaign has been engaging in the most vicious, no-holds-barred, slugfest, dirty campaign against Clinton and her family -- even to the point of targeting Chelsea. Obama speaks in Pollyannish generalities whilst his campaign kicks, stabs, rolls in the mud and hate mongers. The press has known about this all along, but has sat on the information much as it sat on the Rev. Wright material for months.

Clinton finally called a spade a spade. No matter what happens to her now, I'm behind her 100 percent. I can't imagine how she will win the poisonous attacks that will come her way now, especially from irrationally biased media outlets like the Washington Post and MSNBC. But she did what she had to do and I respect her for it.

I'm sending another small donation her way tonight.

www.hillaryclinton.com

Hey guys, calm down.

I think the facts clearly show Hillary never implied she was associating the assassination of Robert Kennedy with Obama.

I think the facts clearly show Obama never meant to distort Hillary's record on this.

I think the facts DO show, there were some in both the Hillary and Obama camps that wanted to use this for their personal benefit.

You can't control everyone, guys. Stop the bickering and let's support whoever is nominated... please!

What the facts DO show, is that we need to unite. It is the followers that are demeaning each other.

We actually have two good candidates who would both work hard to reverse the evil and corruption done by this administration.

Never forget that!

The irony is Clinton's reason for staying in the race is her own demise.

"The anything can happen", just happened to her.

Say good night Hill. Say good night Bill.

Hillary, we are sure that you will win the final victory, come on, support you forever!

WENDELL:
"You people need to quit worrying about imaginary threats on the empty suit and try to figure out how the empty suit is going to win Pennsylvania,Ohio,Florida,West Virginia,Michigan and other swing states that a democrat has to win to get elected."

FYI, while there's still a long way to go, Obama was polling ahead of McCain in PA and Ohio last time I checked.

to "Walt":

"Since you were a coward not to print your name ..."

Nobody here has posted by their actual, full name, including you. Many of us who work in the media are not permitted by our employers to post opinions to blogs.

"So, you think Obama is the least of the three?"

In terms of his "performance" in the Senate, Obama is far and away the least of the three. He sits there like a bump on a log -- when he's there at all.

" McCain was number 894 of 899 in his Naval academy class."

Basic commons sense should tell you that people's grades in school are not always an indicator of every kind of skill -- or even most skills. If we were going to choose a president in the way you seem to be suggesting, then we could skip the debates and speeches and simply compare transcripts.

"He obtained his flight status by nepotism; he promptly wrecked 4 planes before he was shot down. And he was a North Vietnam collaborator"

That is a lie, propagated by the far right wing of the GOP. I'm surprised an Obama supporter would repeat it.

"Hillary failed the bar exam."

If Hillary had failed the bar exam, she wouldn't have been permitted to practice law. For you information, Michelle Obama also failed the bar exam the first time she took it. Hillary made the mistake of taking two separate bar exams within days of each other. She passed one of them, failed the second.

"Her major policy initiative, health care, was a colossal failure."

It won't fail if she gets another chance. Obama has no health care plan. A plan that isn't universal is not worth the hot air Obama expends on it.

"Obama? Editor of the Law Review at Harvard"

He was President of it, not "editor." And he got that position via a brokered deal.

" Taught constitutional law."

Not impressed. Constitutional law is confined to the theoretical. I'd be more impressed had Obama been a litigator.

"And oh by the way, Obama is the only one smart enough to keep his campaign out of the red."

That's not Obama's smarts. Those smarts belong to David Axelrod, and the guys from Citicorp and Goldman Sachs. Obama maxed out on his credit cards and needed Rezko's help buying Stately Wayne Manor.

"Hillary still hasn't paid her bills"

She'll pay them.

"..and McCain depends on his wife for financial assistance."

And Kennedy's campaign was financed by his rich bootlegging, antisemitic Daddy. I really don't care if McCain is getting money from his wife. If Obama is the Democratic candidate, I'm voting for McC.
Get your facts straight.

Anyone notice it's not Hillary making these accusations about Obama, but McCauliffe? Just like Obama didn't circulate the story about the assassination comment, but Axelrod? Everyone take a deep breath.

Hillary made a stupid remark, one that she definitely shouldn't have but was unintentional. She gave an explanation of it that jibes with the video, the context, her intonation, etc. Obama accepted it, much to his credit. He didn't pounce on it and tear her to shreds over it the way Clinton did over his bitter remark (which, IIRC, had nothing to do with taking anyone's life). That's it. Move on. It's tempting to give the people who've been twisting Obama's words out of context a bit of their own medicine, but it accomplishes nothing. One candidate made a goof, the other accepted her explanation. The rest is pure horse$#!t.

Clinton will make a fine Duchess of Appalacha.

TruthSeekers - You said it a lot better than me. Dead on (so to speak).

i have not respect for the clintons anymore..i was routing for the vp spot for her ..now..i hope they just disappear from the scene all together..i have seen obama have to give hillary pass after pass..when she was hammering him on everything..when she was piling up with everyone else..gest go away.

I support Barack Obama.

I don't happen to think Hillary Clinton had any evil intent when she made her remarks; rather, she used very poor judgement. Not the first time. Too dangerous to contemplate in the world of international affairs.

What is highly significant about the video is Hillary Clinton's complete and utter denial about having lost the race. That kind of delusion is very scary. She has lost touch with reality. Again, too dangerous to contemplate in a president of the most powerful nation on earth.

She told the interviewer she did not know why people wanted her out of the race.

Let me tell you very clearly why, Mrs. Clinton. Because you have lost the race, and your nasty brand of politics is playing havoc with the Democrats' chances of winning the election. People do not want you as president. It is that simple.

The Washington Post article has failed to provide the information that supports Clinton's accusations that Obama was feeding misinterpretation of her comments and that he was trying to stoke the controversy.

Among other things they did, Obama's campaign was sending Keith Olbermann's mentally ill, paranoid rant about Clinton around to reporters as a press release, while Obama was saying that he wasn't going to read anything into her worlds.

As usual, the Washington Post is misreporting and selectively reporting information to support its use of its media outlet for partisan purposes.

What is this? "Good news or bad news: at least they're talking about you?"

McCain's camp has got to love all of this. Hillary is turning a sure loss for the Republicans into a possible victory thinking she will be supported in 4 years. I'd be willing to bet even if McCain was to win (and I still think Obama will), that NO ONE will support her in 4 yrs. Heck! She'll still be too far in debt to run!

It seems amazing that she doesn't see the need to apologize to
the Obama family--to his wife who I am sure is terrified something
could happen to him, not to mention his little girls who must
be scared also. That anyone can believe that this was not
contrived is also amazing. It is much easier for her to plant this
little seed which grows into fear on everyone's part and then to
innocently apologize. There must be others out there who have
discovered that she looks down and her eyebrows go up when she
is not telling the truth. Take a look.

I cannot believe there are still people out there that would support a person who cries and complains about the press putting to much presure on her and moderators asking her the first question too many times. Hillary - a person who cannot remember if she was under sniper fire. A woman who cannot take responsibility for her own actions, a woman who has lied about being under sniper fire on multiple occasions. A person who felt the people were being sexist against her. A person who has misrun her camapaign into the ground and is in debt. A person who has convinced poor white america that she can relate to you. Hillary has millions! Wake up folks, cause none of those people running can truly relate to the poor. These candidates have for the better part been tied to large sums of money their entire careers. At least choose someone who appears to be honest enough to help the poor. Hillary has millions and way say whatever it takes for you to vote for ger. This is a weak flawed women who says she will obliterate countries. That sounds like a nutjob to me.

And as for the racist white, black, or whatever color you might be. I ask you all - can you feel it? Your racist ideals are dying. Your mind-set is becoming old and obsolete. This country cannot move forward with backwards thinkers voting for more untruthful backwards thinkers.

More bellyaching from the Clintons. It's been Bill's theme throughout--"If only [insert complaint here], she'd be winning." The responsibility is never the candidate's or her team's--It's the nasty Obama, or the biased media, or the unfair delegate selection process, or the rampant sexism, or the unseating of Michigan and Florida. Something new everyday. Even with RFK, her 'apology' was of the 'I'm sorry if you took offense' variety, not the 'I'm sorry I made a mistake' variety. This constant blame-seeking never ends with the flaws of the candidate herself--her poor organizational skill, her lack of rhetorical polish, her inability to stick with a theme or tone or issue, her history of untrustworthiness, her wavering on whether she is running as the first female candidate or gender doesn't matter at all, her awful judgment on Iraq and failure to own up to it, her bellicose statements on the Middle East, etc. She has run a poor campaign and she lost, fair and square.

Hillary said what she said because she is right. You never know what can happen and there is historical evidence for that. Instead of attacking Hillary obviously, because they fear losing her voters later, they play childish, finger-pointing politics. Grow up, Barack Obama. If you have something to say, say it yourself. Do you really think she meant that you were going to get assassinated? There is a larger point.

She has earned her place in this race and you wouldn't step aside if you were in her shoes. Shut up and get used to the heat because you're going to encounter a lot more.

McAulifee is a lot like Rove....once you understand Washington really doesn't run no issues.
Each time I hear him speak I am impressed, but check my back pocket.
The point mcAuliffe ingenuously doesn't seem to understand is this isn't a slap at RFK as much as it is another Clinton message in disguise. It goes like this: Obama will be shot if you vote him into office.
Spelled out enough? Care to deny it?

Hi Bob Barr,

If not the Duchess of Appalachia, there's another position waiting for her, one for which she has lots of experience: Ambassador to Bosnia.

Neva

Clinton's supporters are offended by Obama supporter's comments and will never vote for him.

Obama supporters are offended by Clinton supporter's comments and will never vote for her.

The candidates are not responsible for opinions expressed by "supporters" in online comments.

Before you vote, think about which candidate will best represent your own views. Why vote against your own best interests?

Clinton supporters who threaten to support the Republican candidate had best consider the fate of the Supreme Court if the Republicans take the White House again.

Crazy article, HILLARY IS BEYOND VILE !

BOSNIA SHOOTINGS,THIS DEBACLE THIS WEEK ON THE VERGE OF THE RFK SHOOTING,MAGIC MATH,35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE????

IF HILLARY IS STILL MAKING THESE GOOFY STATEMENTS AND WANT TO BLAME THE VICTIM,THEN,SHE IS NOT READY TO ANSWER ANY PHONE AT 3AM,OR EVEN PM..

OBAMA HAD MORE LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE THAN SHE DID WHEN THEY BOTH BEGAN THEIR 1ST YEAR IN THE SENATE..

HE HAS WRITTEN MORE BILLS,THAN SHE HAS THAT HAS ACTUALLY HELPED SOMEONE..

SHE WAS NEVER IN ANY MEETINGS IN THE CLINTON YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE OR MADE ANY POLICY DECISIONS SO WHERE DOES THE EXPERIENCE COMES IN AT? SHE EXCERCISED BAD JUDGEMENT ON VOTING FOR THE WAR AND LET PEER PRESSURE AND DUMBNESS PERSUADE HER VOTE..AND SHE HAS HAD BAD ADVICE ON RUNNING HER CAMPAIGN WITH MISMANAGEMENT OF HER MONEY AS WELL..

IF SHE IS GETTING ALL OF THIS BAD ADVICE,AND SHE CANNOT BALANCE HER CAMPAIGN FUNDS WELL EITHER,THEN WHY IN THE HECK DO YOU THINK THAT SHE WILL DO A GREAT JOB AS PRESIDENT???

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A WOMAN PRESIDENT..
BUT NOT THIS ONE

Take the fight to the convention floor Hillary.

I wonder if Clinton will set up her headquaters for Duchess of Appalacha in KY or WV?

I hope they make that horrendous orange tie Bill wears evey other day their offical flag.

Hillary has become psychotic and on the verge of hysteria and madness.

Way to go Hill. Just blame the Obama campaign for your own irresponsible gaffe's. It's time to shut the Hill down and for her to end her pipe dream and get behind our candidate Barack Obama. Hillary has done enough damage to the Democratic party through her muleheaded attitude. Enough is enough and what she said a few days ago is absolutely unacceptable. Robert Kennedy Jr. in effect said it was not a big deal but she has set a track record here. It's not just one thing, it's many and Keith Olberman hit the proverbial nail on the head a couple nights ago regarding forgiving her for all of the manipulative gaffe's, deceit including the out and out lies that she has told. Why are so many Americans so self-centered as to say that if she is not the nominee they will vote for McCain.

You know what? If any Democrat votes for McCain I say GO TO HELL!! You will be responsible for at least 4 more years of Bush politics. If you (a Democrat) have the gall to vote for Mcain then you deserve 4 more years of bloodshed in Iraq, 4 more years of financial hell, 4 more years of lies, 4 more years of big oil running the show and 4 more years of the same old health care mess we are currently in. If you vote for McCain then the blood of our troops and innocent Iraqi people is on your hands and you are responsible for the hell that you voted for.

Wake up and smell reality. If you cannot stand the paradigm shift you will be left in the dust. It's time that America embraced MAJOR Change!! We must change dramatically if we are to survive and neither Hillary Clinton or especially John McCain are capable of the kind of progress and evolution that Barack and his administration not only can but WILL bring to our nation. McCain's generation and his mindset are NOT CAPABLE of the kind of progression that our nation must have in order to not only survive but to thrive. Come on board the Obama train or you will be left in the dust of the past.

Hillary's character has been continually assassinated through questionable practices by all of the above. This JFK flap is just the latest in the long line of underhanded politics by Barack.
Posted by: www.hillaryclinton.com | May 25, 2008 5:52 PM
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Whaaaaaaaa!! Whaaaaaaaaa! (The sound of the victim card being played). If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Like I have said many times,if the empty suit Obama's speaking style was more like Jesse Jackson instead of Alan Jackson then most people and even the media that has gotten him to where he is today,would'nt
have even have given him a second thought.

McAulifee is like Rove. That is, once I concluded that Washington doesn't really run on issues. It's all a career game.
So, each time I hear him speak, I am impressed to the point of being moved, but I end up checking my back pocket.
The point McAuliffe ingenuously doesn't seem to understand is this isn't a slap at RFK as much as it is another Clinton message in disguise. It goes like this: Obama will be shot if you vote him into office.
Spelled out enough? Care to deny it?

Contact the Washington Post ombudsman and tell her that the writer of this piece is lying when he accuses the Hillary camp of blaming "Obama", when in fact his own story proves that it is the OBAMA CAMPAIGN that is being blamed.

ombudsman@washpost.com

Zach, she didn't describe the assasination, she especially didn't describe it as a reason for her remaining in the race, you should at least know what you are talking about before you attempt to write a story about it. She mentioned it when relating how primaries have often gone into June.

For all those Obama supporters who are now going to say that those primaries started later, that is not the point. The argument has been that she needs to drop out because there will not be enough time to unite the party. Since the genral election is always in November, then the point of reference in this situation is the period of time between June and November, not when the primaries started.

Obama's team did fuel the fires on this one. They immediately sent out a press memo on it to reprimand Hillary, then once the fire started they backed off and Obama acted like it was no big deal. This is nothing new though, Obama's campaign has been doing that since the start of his campaign. He tells he is about change and a new type of politics, but he plays the old politics all the time. He tells us one thing, then does another

You can bet that Hill and Bill have been sitting around saying to each other, "Well, maybe he will be assassinated." So she burbles it out in public. Disgusting.

It is obvious from us outside of the US that the women of America are voting for Hillary, not because she is a women but because she is so obviously the BEST candidate to take the US and the Free World into a stable and confident future! We don't understand why Americans cannot see the undemocratic bias shown by BM and the $$$'s buying support for BO? If this is the type of democracy the US is encouraging around the world, the world is better off without it!

People, who are not in either the Clinton or Obama camp follow the logic of what Clinton said. To paraphrase her words,' Obama may be leading now, but he could suffer misfortune. Therefore I'm staying in the race.' It's clear that this is what she meant. She is mentally unhinged because she put everything into this campaign, and she knows that she will never be President.

If you are a democrat and you would be so bitter as not to vote for Obama if he wins the nomination than you are just a child and you shouldn't even be ALLOWED to vote. How could you go against what this party stands for and vote for 4 more years of the same? Just leave the party now please... thanks

Senator Barack Husein Obama and team always critized their opponents of having bad motives whenever something is said. When President Bush said some people (without naming names) are appeasers, they jumped on this with their chorus men/women in the media to say the president was referring to their man Hussein. When President Clinton says "this is greatest fair tale", they jumped on this to say this has something to do with racism. When Senator Clinton made an historical statement about the role of President Johnson in passing the civil rights, Obama and his team jumped on this and accused her of racism. Now Senator Clinton made another historically accurate statement about election, they jumped on their Keith Olbermann accusing her of everything under the sun.........
Obama team is about fear. As a black person myself I found him to be a fraud and a phony. Will never vote for him if he is the candidate..At this time in our nation's history, we need someone with experience and stable hand.
Democats are fond of picking losers and once again they will pick another tax and spend liberal as their standard bearer and will go down to defeat in November....

You know, in the article where I read Obama's gracious and understanding response to Clinton's remarks, someone had commented something to the effect of, "Very classy of him. Now wait a few hours and Clinton's camp will find some way to blame Obama."

I figured that was a bit too paranoid.

Turns out I'm wrong again.

I once had respect for Hillary Clinton. I even considered voting for her after John Edwards suspended his race. But the more I watched her and listened to her the less I thought of her and the more I was convinced she was not Presidential material.

I then began to learn more about Obama and his background and the issues he stands for and the man himself. All the things that the Hillary supporters had tried to brainwash me with about him simply were not true! They called him a Muslim and said he was Arrogant and that he was un-American and told me not to drink the Kool-Aid. I honestly began to see something in women that made me almost ashamed to be a woman. It was really shameful because nothing that Clinton did or said, no matter how horrible made any difference to the Clinton supporters. She could lie and cheat and act spoiled and whine and want an unfair advantage and it didn't mean a thing to them. And then I began to think back to when Bill was President and how he had cheated on her with Monica and how he had been impeached and then I recalled Jennifer Flowers and the twelve year long affair he had with her and Paula Jones and how she had sued Clinton for alleged sexual harassment and on and on and on. And I couldn't understand how so many women wanted this woman, this woman who was such a terrible role model to be the President of the United States.

I am still baffled by it. And this latest gaffe of hers is no little thing. It's a very big thing. To make light of the fact that her staying in the race might be because RFK was assassinated in June of '68, therefore insinuating that this could also happen to Obama, was unspeakable and unforgiveable and unacceptable. Certain no viable candidate for the Presidency of the U.S. could be capable of such a lack of diplomacy, if nothing else.

I am proud of Obama for his graciousness and compassion for her. He has always acted with great dignity and fairness.

Frankly, I will be very happy when this is over. I feel very sorry for those who are so passionate in their support of Hillary Clinton because she continues to let them down with her disgraceful and inappropriate behaviour!

Obama 08

~ Jazz

CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS.....................
FRIDAY-After Clinton's initial remarks to the newspaper were reported, the Obama campaign issued a statement saying the comment "was unfortunate and has no place in this campaign."........................
SATURDAY-A member of Obama's staff sent the media a "searing commentary" by MSNBC's Keith Olbermann slamming Clinton for her remark.............................
SATURDAY NITE-- During a late-night flight from Puerto Rico on Saturday, Barack Obama said:"I think it was an unfortunate remark. But as I said, I think when you're on the campaign trail for 15 months, you know, you're going to make some mistakes and I don't think that Sen. Clinton intended anything by it. And I think we should put it by us."......................
SUNDAY-Obama's chief strategist David Axelrod told ABC's "This Week", "We're beyond that issue NOW, so certainly we're not trying to stir the issue up."

Hey guys, calm down.

I think the facts clearly show Hillary never implied she was associating the assassination of Robert Kennedy with Obama.

I think the facts clearly show Obama never meant to distort Hillary's record on this.

I think the facts DO show, there were some in both the Hillary and Obama camps that wanted to use this for their personal benefit.

You can't control everyone, guys. Stop the bickering and let's support whoever is nominated... please!

What the facts DO show, is that we need to unite. It is the followers that are demeaning each other.

We actually have two good candidates who would both work hard to reverse the evil and corruption done by this administration.

Never forget that!

Posted by: TruthSeekers
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TruthSeekers, I appreciate your good advice. However, to contend that Hilliary is a "good candidate" is not the truth. She is just as, if not more, corrupt and evil-hearted and evil-minded than anyone with the exception of Bill Clinton from whom she has learned her politicking. No, Hilliary would NOT reverse corruption and evil, she would definitely ADD her own to them and she would throw the USA over the cliff. No, NOT Hilliary, NOT now, NOT ever. We do not need a damned liar and fraud in the White House; we do not need her and her unethical gang in the White House, we do not need her and her incompetency of running her campaign and her budget running our nation. She has already proven, many times over, she is not trustworty, she has no moral values, she is crass, and much, much more negatives, she has proven without a shadow of a doubt she is UNFIT to lead our nation. Don't want to accept this?? Look at her chaotic campaign and all its problems, look at how she has handled her campaign finances, look at how she has refused to pay her debts to small middle-class businesses dating clear back to Iowa; look at all her lies, misspeaks, and trash-and-burn tactics. Look at her incapacity to say "I am sorry" when she utters pure fraud and the JFK comment. Hilliary (and Bill) beleive they are SOOOOOO far above the rest of Americans that they feel saying a sincere "I am sorry" is BENEATH them. They see admitting their wrongs as a weakness and cowardness and not as a strength. You know, this kind of thinking is dangerous and destructive.

"When did it become acceptable for a Muslim to become president?

What's wrong with you people."

Of all the disgusting, hideously ugly comments in this thread, this one is the most reprehensible.

For a country that was primarily founded on freedom from religious tyranny, how the original spirit of this nation must weep that we have become the tyrant we sought to escape. Forget the fact that it's an utter falsehood you proffer as fact that Obama is a Muslim; the fact that it MATTERS to you, that it is self-evidently worthy of your revulsion, is the real insult.

To those asking that the posts from these users should be deleted because they are crossing the line:

The Real Truth
Hill&Bill
BHO is a criminal
His time is about up!

NO! These nutcases exist, we shouldn't hide the fact that this is being said. This is exactly why Clinton shouldn't have brought up the subject. Censoring such comments and pretending that people of this mindset do not exist out there would in fact take from the debate.

Should the people behind these user names face investigation/prosecution if they've crossed a legal line? Absolutely. And their comments should remain on the record.

Posted by: Slim | May 25, 2008 8:41 PM

Unfortunately, I think this crap is protected under the notion of "free speech"

In other words, idiots have a free right to speak nonsense.

Unless it was a direct threat, I think little can be done.

I'm not to worried about these idiots though, at least the ones on here. I'd be shocked if any of 'em could get within 200 ft of Obama's secret service protection.

I wouldn't be surprised if this junk is being posted by political operatives simply looking to cause a stink amongst fellow democrats.

Obama '08

I'm trying really hard to hold on to some shred of respect for Hillary Clinton, but she and her camp are making it very difficult, if not impossible, to do so. She has run a unbelievably incompetent and meanspirited campaign, serving up more and more evidence each day that she lacks the vision, character, and moral leaderhip to guide our country at this time.

Someone in her inner circle ought to remind her of the biblical principle of sowing and reaping: "whatever a [wo]man sows, this will [s]he also reap." Hillary is trying to destroy Obama, but the simple truth is that she's destroying herself and the Clinton legacy in the process. I hope she will soon come to her senses, stop the madness, and do the right thing -- for herself, the Democratic party, and our nation.

I say screw Clinton. Let her run as an independant.

Obama will kick her, McCain's and Bob Barr's butt.

Once again the media and Obama supporters are using Hillary's own words against her. It's easy to play a clip or run a quote of Hillary saying something racially inflammatory or completely untrue. But just because she says something, sometimes repeatedly, doesn't mean she believes it.

Mr. America,

I hope you will read about Barack Obama's relationship with the poor.

Firstly: He grew up with a single mother. Money was very short.

Secondly: After he graduated, instead of going to law school right away, he invented a position for himself as a community organizer, when no-one knew what that was, and headed into the very poor communities devastated by the closing of the steel mills on the south side of Chicago. He worked in those communities, with very little pay, day-after-day, full-time, one-on-one to improve the lives of families in need of help.

Thirdly: His father came from a family whose poverty you, who live in America, cannot imagine.

It is very important to know the facts about candidates; otherwise democracy becomes a farce and very scary indeed.

I understand Hillary's supporters. I am sure I would be as vocal a supporter if Barack were in her shoes. But what I am absolutely sure of is this; Barack Obama would be conducting himself with dignity. I am proud of you Barack Obama for taking the hi-road at almost every turn. You have made your share of mistakes, but you have always demonstrated character in the face of the mighty Clinton machine. With your pastor, you looked us in the eye and told us what you knew and thought. What you never mentioned was The Clinton's at their hour of truth and how Rev Wright was at their side. You never brought Bill's character into play, even as he tried to diminish yours. You made me feel compassion for Hillary last week when I wanted to hate her. And yesterday you reminded us all that on the campaign trail things don't always come out like you mean them to. I guess you and Michelle can attest to that. Thank you Barack for walking your talk. We are who we have been waiting for. And WE HAVE ARRIVED

Ron Orf:

Great comment - one of the very few listed here! While I am a Clinton supporter, I also believe we have gotten so far away from the issues that it's a disgrace. And we perpetuate it.

I think part of the problem is that the primary season is so long. And the rules the parties have made about the length of the process, the voting process, etc., are totally screwed up. They need to get it together soon, or a lot of people are going to be moving to be independent voters after this chaotic mess of a campaign.

K:
"I WILL NOT stand with a band of Obama supporters who have no respect for my candidate and the historic nature of her candidacy."

Personally, I *had* respect for her, but then she ran her campaign as though it was a foregone conclusion that she was going to be the nominee because it was *her turn*. And she didn't do anything to change that until it was too late. And then she started with the "he's not a Muslim... as far as I know" stuff and my respect (and a lot of other people's) just dribbled away.

And if we're going to talk about historic candidacies, doesn't Obama's count?

"We can write in a vote for Hillary in November - remember that."

You can, sure. You will also give us four more years of the same ol', same ol'.

"No one thinks Obama is Mr Highroad anymore."

Oh, I wouldn't say that.

"We will, if we sense no respect from you people. Oh, yes, we will."

Who are "we"? Are you a superdelegate?

I am convinced that Hillbillies believe their own lies -- somebody PLEASE bring on the white jackets that ties in the back, lol!

Her campaign ran an emotional, pathetic, racist campaign then blames Obama or anyone else for their mistakes. She is in DENIAL - it's YOU BILLARY not us! Your plans for division backfired! YOU have screwed up your campaign in so many ways and now because you're not handed the nomination it's everybody elses fault...duh Therapy! Therapy! Therapy! If you didnt get it after Monica Lewisky, PLEASE get it now before it's too late.

Hillary's camp now says sexism is the reason she's going to lose. I disagree, a woman can win the Presidency but her name is NOT Hillary Clinton. Unfortunately, Billary many didnt like you before the campaign and now millions more dont like you.

Then ... whatever Billary says in error they blame Obama...WHAT A JOKE! I know the Obama camp is LAUGHING privately but I laugh at this ridiculous nonsense and her campaign publicly. This woman/family is so desperate to get in the white house again that they will say or do anything to get there including planting a seed for racist and the unstable to hurt Obama. Whatever people mean for evil, will be made good. Just think...everytime someone tries to hurt Obama ...they end up getting the short end of the stick, lol.

Hillarys campaign's place in history will also include being the worst run campaign ever! I repeat, there are woman qualified but their name is NOT Hillary Clinton, sorry folks!

Now it's Obama's fault people actually understood her words correctly? Her people are just tripping. This is getting ridiculous. enough, I don't want them in the Party anymore, get rid of them.

This issue is a total non-controversy. I don't like either of the Clintons, and Hillary's shrill voice sounds like screeching chalk on a chalkboard. However, anybody with any comprehension knows that Hillary was talking about the history of the Democratic Primary, and that it is not unusual for a Democratic Nominee not being decided until after June. In fact, the purpose of a convention is to choose a nominee. RFK did not even get into the primary race until it looked like a dope like Eugene McCarthy could win the nomination. Reading the newspaper articles about this topic makes me wonder if the writers are all dolts or do they just think their readers are dolts.

This issue is a total non-controversy. I don't like either of the Clintons, and Hillary's shrill voice sounds like screeching chalk on a chalkboard. However, anybody with any comprehension knows that Hillary was talking about the history of the Democratic Primary, and that it is not unusual for a Democratic Nominee not being decided until after June. In fact, the purpose of a convention is to choose a nominee. RFK did not even get into the primary race until it looked like a dope like Eugene McCarthy could win the nomination. Reading the newspaper articles about this topic makes me wonder if the writers are all dolts or do they just think their readers are dolts.

i can not agree with clinton..that is why i will make another donation to obama..www.obama.com

It is true that Obama needs the votes of Hillary's supporters. But when her supporters are so blind about the evil and vicious things she has said about, when they constantly portray Obama as the aggressor and Hillary as only defending herself (PLEASE), when they blithely accept the RFK statement as "just" a comment about the hypothetical June deadline and when they countenance raising the assassination of Obama as one of the many false reasons Hillary has provided as to why she continues her campaign. The line has been crossed. Hillary Clinton is evil, her supporters can write her in and elect McCain, but she is dead as a Presidential Candidate, this year and in 2012. Most Americans, will never forget the assassination comment nor the cheap, revolting attempt to blame her comment on Obama. Better to lose than to stay quiet about the murderous outrage which Clinton will never overcome because she is too morally blind to even grasp the magnitude and hurtfulness of her bad judgement. She isn't qualified to be President and she never will become one.

Yes Craig there is a long way to go'all that means is thats more time for people to realize he needs more experience than just being able to deliver an inspiring speech to become President of the United States.

This issue is a total non-controversy. I don't like either of the Clintons, and Hillary's shrill voice sounds like screeching chalk on a chalkboard. However, anybody with any comprehension knows that Hillary was talking about the history of the Democratic Primary, and that it is not unusual for a Democratic Nominee not being decided until after June. In fact, the purpose of a convention is to choose a nominee. RFK did not even get into the primary race until it looked like a dope like Eugene McCarthy could win the nomination. Reading the newspaper articles about this topic makes me wonder if the writers are all dolts or do they just think their readers are dolts.

hello folks ,go ahead and vote mccain dont say a word when you have problems paying your bills,i cant believe you dont like a man because his black,all of you have been going to black schools,yale stanford,etc.,so lets go broke with another G.W.BUSH,STAY POOR,NO GRANTS,RICH GET RICHER,PAY MORE AT GAS PUMP,FIVE MILLON TO OIL REFINERTYON JAN.1 OF EVERY YEAR,SO BE BRAVE VOTE MCCAIN.

This wil not go away Clinton.

You stayed in the race just in cas something happened to Obama - and it happened to you, by you instead.

There are reports the Kennedy family is outraged. This is what you get for trying to use Obama's bitter comment against him for your political gain.

This is what your campaign wil be remember for.

I believe the Clintons are fond of saying they are in this "until the last dog dies" and dogs they are. They keep blowing the dog whistles that decent people can't or don't want to hear but we would do well to listen. They have blown the dog whistle of racial politics and continue to fan the flames of bigotry and racism in hopes of creating a self-fulfilling prophecy that will deter decent white Americans from voting for Senator Obama. In the same vein, Hillary is now blowing the dog whistle of assassination in hopes that one of her racist white supporters who may be so inclined will heed her call. They have shown us over and over again their true nature and yet we do not want to believe what we are seeing. Decent white Americans continue to give her the benefit of the doubt for all of the terrible things she has said and done, excusing her vile conduct by stating that she has nothing to gain politically by her actions so we must have misinterpreted her intent or meaning. Hillary Clinton is not worthy of the nomination, or a place in an Obama administration, or even to be elected Dog Catcher. She is the dog that needs to be caught, and in terms of this election, put down to stem the spread of her rabid vitriol.

Hey, I am a feminist who was a Clinton supporter but I just am having trouble with recent events. I really see Hillary as an embarrassment to all we stand for.

And, I am so sorry, but it is not Obama, the DNC or anyone else's fault that you said what you said.

My only hope is that you haven't set our movement back a decade with your recent antics.

Please end this ordeal now so we can move on to the general election and the real problem, John McCain.

There are times when people "pick their battles", and Obama should not have picked this battle. Most of the Kennedys are supporting him, and that's the main reason why he should have quieted this fiasco as soon as he heard about it. For him to go along with the criticism and then back off a little, was not a battle to pick. Bobby Kennedy was assassinated and this fact will always surface when his name is mentioned. There isn't a November 22 of any year that I don't think about John F. Kennedy being assassinated that day in Dallas.

Out of the heart the mouth speaks. Hillary Clinton's RFK comment reflects what's in her heart. She is so desperate and pathetic that she is wishing death upon her opponent if thats what it takes to win...in order for her to go that far...she's a bigot. She did not misspeak because she's made similar statements in the past, she was just blatant this time. What a horrible, miserable family.

I complete faith that a country that "clings to guns & religion" will find away to ensure Barack Hussien Obama isn't our next President. One way or the other.

Hillary will be there to pick up the pieces and ensure we win in November.

BTW I can't believe how the media has spun such a harmless comment about JFK.

Posted by: Hill&Bill | May 25, 2008 5:41 PM

For the idiots that accuse me of making a threat. Your right, I'm talking about a threat TO USE OUR VOTING POWER TO ENSURE OBAMA DOESN'T WIN NOVEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe how low some of these Obama supporters will go to undermine Hillary supporters and the working class.

Your worse than the candidate himself. An election isn't worth someone's life. I'm not an Obama supporter but that doesn't make me out as some gun-toting country boy with a death wish. My one way or another remark referred to Hillary & John McCain. One way or the other, Obama will lose.

I think some people owe an apology around here.

Hillary is an unconvicted felon- she perjured her self multiple times in the Special Prosecutor Grand Juries as detailed in a draft indictment against her revealed in Sam Dash's papers last week, she obstructed justice about her felonious solicitation and coordination of Peter Paul's $1.2 million in personal expenditures for her 2000 Senate campaign www.paulvclinton.com, why wont the media shine a light on Hillary's illegally obtaining and keeping her Senate seat?

Hillary should be looking for her own V-P. The late-deciding superdelegates will go for her. Why else are they waiting this long. I hope Obama-ites are prepared for a let-down.

Did Obama blame Hillary for his BITTER comment NO! I guess it's Obama's fault he is in the race and makes her have to say evil things like that. The media did their job for once that is all, and you must admit it was a morbid thing to say

I have to confess - it was me that started this whole mess over Clinton's assassination remark, not Obama. The minute I saw that clip of Hillary talking to that editorial board, I sent posts in to three on line blogs, and it was before even the Obama campaign released any reaction. I sincerely regret if my posts were misconstrued as fanning any controversy which might offend anyone in the Clinton campaign. I emailed my apology to Bill and Chelsea Clinton.

"Posted by: | May 25, 2008 8:47 PM"
OK "reporter. For a reporter you've done nothing to refute anything I've said. The right wing is attacking McCain? Please. McCain is a right wing neo con, who is now sucking up to whoever he can to get votes. That includes Bush, and radical whack job clerics who worship Hitler.

"Basic commons sense should tell you that people's grades in school are not always an indicator of every kind of skill -- or even most skills. If we were going to choose a president in the way you seem to be suggesting, then we could skip the debates and speeches and simply compare transcripts."

You can't be serious. With scores like those, without his daddy, he would have never been a pilot. A Navy pilot is an elite position in the Navy. It would be interesting to see how many Navy pilots finished at the bottom of their class. Most likely none.

"That is a lie, propagated by the far right wing of the GOP. I'm surprised an Obama supporter would repeat it"

There are military records to substantiate this info. Tell your buddy McCain to release the unabridged edition of his medical records. As a reporter, you haven't done much due diligence.

"He was President of it, not "editor." And he got that position via a brokered deal."

If all it is is a brokered deal, then why couldn't Hillary obtain this honor at Yale? No personal integrity, like now. School is an excellent predictor of future success. Hillary's success was predicated on staying married to Bill, not her own merits.

"Not impressed. Constitutional law is confined to the theoretical. I'd be more impressed had Obama been a litigator."

Teaching constitutional law is unimpressive? What has Hillary taught? How to lie at will? That's about it.

"That's not Obama's smarts. Those smarts belong to David Axelrod, and the guys from Citicorp and Goldman Sachs. Obama maxed out on his credit cards and needed Rezko's help buying Stately Wayne Manor."

Then I guess Hillary is not smart enough to surround herself with advisers who will keep her campaign in the black. Seems to be an excellent reason why she should not be president. Same goes with McCain and his 118 lobbyists. McCain's campaign will be owned by despots like the dictators from Myanmar, an the oil barons of Saudi Arabia.

"Hillary still hasn't paid her bills"

She'll pay them."

When? When she begs Obama to retire her campaign debt as a price for her going away? Why don't you and all of you Hillary minions help her retire her debt, so we won't have to.

"..and McCain depends on his wife for financial assistance."

And Kennedy's campaign was financed by his rich bootlegging, antisemitic Daddy. I really don't care if McCain is getting money from his wife. If Obama is the Democratic candidate, I'm voting for McC."

McCain abandoned his first wife while having an affair with ms moneybags. He married her 1 month after abandoning his disabled first wife; the wife who patiently waited for him to return from his collaboration tour in North Vietnam

You can have McCain; no one is going to elect Bush 3 to a third term.
Get your facts straight, reporter

Let me get this straight. The Clinton Campaign now says "it's the right thing to do" to seat Michigan and Florida as if nothing happened, as if they didn't break the rules that Clinton herself signed onto? Unbelieveable...absolutely unbelieveable. Obama has the audacity of hope while the Clinton campaign has the audacity of toro excrement.

Isn't this a little self destructive? Is she really going to go down this route? It is time she threw in the towel. The only reason she is in this predicament is because she played the wrong game in the beginning. Her advisers were completely wrong in the theory that the nomination was owed to her and now she is paying the price. She needs to just go away with Bill for a nice long vacation. I am wondering if they really feel that our nation is so stupid that she can say and do as she wants, run a terrible campaign, pander to the uneducated and get away with it.

I'm just like Hillary, I always mark my calendar by the dates of political assassinations.

My birthday is in November.. you know, the month that JFK was assassinated?

I am amazed that after all of Hillary's bad judgment and bad taste, there are still people that actually vote for her.

Clinton's purpose? No one has proposed an explanation besides a veiled incitement to assassination of her competitor.

Clinton blew the VP spot, but gained the Duchess of Appalacha.

The Clinton campaign never ceases to amaze me. They are experts at twisting the facts, manipulating a situation and running a campaign of destruction. The public, including many now former Clinton supporters, will not be fooled any longer. Oh, and by the way, besides dodging sniper fire, I think Hillary was there when the universe was formed as an advisor. STOP drinking the Koolaid!

Sen. Clinton supporters do not want CHANGE UP A CREEK WITH NO PADDLE.

It is a clear NO to "unity" with cult leader Obama and this should be clearly understood by the superdelegates.

It is a clear NO to pie-in-the-sky "hope, inspiration, change."

It is a clear NO to hocus-pocus "hope, inspiration, change."

It is a clear NO to train wreck Obama with his landslide defeat by McCain.

It is a clear YES to real change with Sen. Clinton's solutions for America.

It is a clear YES to a landslide victory with Sen. Clinton and the defeat of McBush hands down.

Ed, even Geo Bush was elected twice!

What are you 0bama supporters afraid of?
Why not wait and see what the superdelegates will do after the next three primaries. Let the universe unfold the way it should -- despite the media's biassed attempts to manipulate things.

HRC was quick to pounce on Obama's "bitter" statement, but cries fowl when others respond to her statements.

Must be a side effect from the Bosnian sniper fire.

Just think folks. Only NINE MORE DAYS and we will be FREE of Clinton drama. Thank God.

I Love my country. Do you?:
"When did it become acceptable for a Muslim to become president?"

When they are at least 35 years old and natural-born citizens?

"Jeremiah "GD America" Wright?"

First you imply Senator Obama is a Muslim, as if there's something horrible about that, and then you complain about the pastor at his (Christian) church. It's OK if you don't like Obama, but you should at least make up your mind why. :)

"Michelle "I'm Proud of America for the first time" Obama"

And that's not what she said.

"He hates America and especially the working class on which America was built."

Hmm, yes, I can see why someone who hates America would run for President.

"He told us that we "cling to guns and religion" because were too dumb to know any better."

A) That's not what he said, and B) I'm from a small town in Pennsylvania, and bitterly clinging to guns and religion is a pretty accurate description.

"If Hillary isn't on the ballot in November, please vote McCain."

Not if you paid me.

At this point if anything ever happened to Barack I think it would be perfectly plausible for Al Gore or John Edwards to be asked by the party elders step into the spot as the party nominee.

The democrats should win by a landslide in November, but the Clintons (that's right folks, you get two for the price of one, only $19.95) do not deserve to be the nominee if anything ever happened to the presumptive nominee, Senator Obama.

Phil

For all of you Obama supporters saying that Hillary owes Obama and his family an apology, you are being ridiculous. She was not talking about Obama, and he deserves no apology as she did not slight him.

For those of you saying she increased his risk of assasination, I hate to say it but you, the media and his own camapign is doing that by pressing this issue for so many days. If anything, I think Hillary's Secret Service detail needs to be increased after reading the many posts of hate towards her on this issue.

Worse was her original comment, worse yet was her poor explanation, far worst is blaming Obama.

She will get roasted for this. She broke the democratic party apart. Shame on her! What an unsincere, selfish and power hungry person.

She will have lots of time to ponder this with Lanny Davis and Gerry Ferraro

Clinton is the anti-Obama. He's a uniter, she a divider.

Obviously, after reading these posts, ignorance is alive and well - with supporters in both camps.

In the final analysis, anyone who supports either candidate and then goes over to the McCain camp if they fail to win the nomination, is like a spoiled brat and deserves the hell they will get.

Obviously racism and ignorance are alive and well in our great country. Very sad.

This reminds me of a nice duet.

Obama Lead off Solo:
Guess it's over, call it a day
Sorry that it had to end this way
No reason to pretend
We knew it had to end some day, this way

Hillary follow up Solo:
(silence and tears)

CUT! CUT! Hillary what is the matter?

I thought we were doing the Rocky song?

Can you imagine her signing a national treaty and not reading it or interpreting it incorrectly like she has done in her senate position???

Do you guys still believe she would answer the 3 am call or hand it off to Bill, that is if he isn't busy somewhere else in another uh... room.

Liz Trotter on Fox News joked today about wanting to see the assassination of Obama. Do a google search for "fox news joke assassination" to see the clip.

The Obaa camp made one statement - that Clinton's remarks had no place in the campaign, and then another - that they took her at her word that she regretted it. And that's the end of it. It is the Clintons who are turning this into a cause celebre. The Clintonistas posting here are either liars or just crazy. They are trying to salvage their beloved leader by outright falsification of basic facts. Disgusting. We don't want them in the Democratic Party anymore. Frankly, I don't think Obama needs them to win in November anyway.

Were she a man she would be toast by now.

Assassination. Oh, she's just tired.

It's Obama's fault.
Posted by: Richard McDonough | May 25, 2008 6:50 PM
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It wouldn't matter if she was a man at this point, she would not be gone, half the votes are on her side right now. No one has won the nomination. You all want us to think Obama is a shoe in, if that's so, then why hasn't he won 2026 pledged delegates? Just because he is arrogant and wants to preetend to be the nominee does not mean he is.

She didn't say she was tired, Obama said she was tired. There was nothing in her comment citing a historical point as a reference that requires an apology.

She did not say her comment was Obama's fault, she said it was his campign fueling the fire on this issue.

It is Hillary's sub-conscious mind speaking: and what it speaks, reveals what is going on in Lady Macbeth's wicked mind.
She is undoubtedly very talented, but her fatal flaw is her vaulting ambition, which makes her blind to the fact that as far as America is concerned, the race is over for her. White trash!

I thought America was better than this. It goes to show that if you're rich and powerful u still can influence people. How in the heck can she blame this on Obama. Whoever accept this is flatout wrong. Obama has his work cut out for him but i admire him for being honorable in the face of b.s. like this. They are trying so hard to pin this on Obama but they have nothing on him. Unlike Hillary, Barack has given her a free pass this whole campaign. There is a certain type of bias going on here. The media needs to speak on it. Maybe we are not ready for him yet but this is ridiculous to blame him for this too. I am appalled and upset Clintons keep blaming Barack even when he took the high road!!!

FRIDAY-After Clinton's initial remarks to the newspaper were reported, the Obama campaign issued a statement saying the comment "was unfortunate and has no place in this campaign."......................
SATURDAY-A member of Obama's staff sent the media a "searing commentary" by MSNBC's Keith Olbermann slamming Clinton for her remark ............................
SATURDAY NITE-- During a late-night flight from Puerto Rico on Saturday, Barack Obama said:"I think it was an unfortunate remark. But as I said, I think when you're on the campaign trail for 15 months, you know, you're going to make some mistakes and I don't think that Sen. Clinton intended anything by it. And I think we should put it by us."........................
SUNDAY-Obama's chief strategist David Axelrod told ABC's "This Week", "We're beyond that issue NOW, so certainly we're NOT TRYING to stir the issue up."
(already stirred-up starting Fri. and w/distribution of MSNBC commentary to media)........ A DIFFERENT KIND OF CAMPAIGN?......................

Larry Sinclair story in depth... Trinity United Church gay choirmaster murdered, after calling Sinclair as a Obama campaign operative to discuss Sinclair's tryst with Obama in the back of a limo.

This is what Hillary refers to when she says Obama is not vetted. And it's why she is still in this race and wants the VP slot.

http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2008/04/will-obamas-indiana-truth-squad-address.html

If she does manage to steal this nomination I hope and pray Obama supporters will work their buns off to keep her from winning. with a 51% diapproval rating i don't think this will be difficult. We will start a STOP HILLARY MOVEMENT !!! SHE DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE ANYBODYS PRESIDENT EVER!!!!!!!

The Obama camp put a racial spin on Bill's early comment. Now they're putting another negative spin on Hillary innocent statement. Is there a Rove in their camp? He's doing a good job. The liberal press is lapping it up.

Please, please when will it be June 3rd!

June 3rd = America's independance from the Clintons! Yeay!!!!!!

$1000.00 cash back in taxes

Obama 08

She's shameless. The remaining uncommitted SD's have to put and end to this.

Hillary has tried to stoke and exploit the fears and prejudices of the electorate like no one else since Bush #1 and Willie Horton. Now its stuff like "he's not a SDS supporter .. as far as we know." And, just out of earshot but implicit in her slimy campaign, "he's not a communist .... as far as we know." And, "there is no evidence to support the accusation that he's a Muslim .....as far as we know."

Very slick, but oh so transparent.

Hillary the mean-spirited and her shrill staff have torn several pages from Carl Rove's playbook on innuendo, and it is indeed disgraceful.

She and Bill have managed in six months time to squander all of the goodwill accumulated through the 1990s, and it's rapidly approaching the point where her conduct and that of her staff is unforgivable.

We just need to lure that Hussien boy to a picnic with chicken and watermelon. Then us small town folk who cling to guns & religion will show him what we do with them guns.

Posted by: His time is about up!

I apologize for my insensitive and stupid remark. I said something regretful and immature that was un-called for. It was done in the heat of the moment as I was outraged at some of the comments being made towards Hillary.

I do not support Obama, but I hope, he is able to continue to run a safe campaign. I do understand why some take offense to what Hillary said, and I only further legitimized the claim that her remarks could insite something to happen.

Sincerely,

The initial poster of the comment above.

why is it ok to speak about assassination on 60 minutes?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nyUsDOeFo24&feature=related

go right ahead and vote for mc cain instead of obama. this shows how petty we are as a country, that we are judging people by the color of their skin and not the content of their character. fact barack did not tell hillary to say the mean things that she said. so if your soul is so hateful towards anyone who doesnt look like use will solve the problems in america go right ahead. ask your self can you stand 4 more years of hardship and a possible war. because you don't like some one because they are black. Grow up America

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nyUsDOeFo24&feature=related

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is somewhat colored by the fact that, not only endorsed Hillary, he has expressed an interest in her Senate seat, should she be elected President. And since presumably, the Governor of NY would be inclined to go along with whatever suggestions she might have regarding that seat, Kennedy's statement should be taken in context.

In addition, no other member of the Kennedy family, has come out to defend Hillary's remarks.

I will have the opportunity next weekend to speak to a super delegate who has not committed to Obama and rest assured I will speak.

Clinton has campaigned much to long and it is more than time to exit. Good riddance.

miller51550@yahoo.com:
"I find it extremely difficult to understand how the DNC can make a decision to NOT COUNT the popular vote in Michigan and Florida."

Easy: they broke the rules laid down by the party. Incidentally, Hillary agreed that Florida and Michigan would not count... until she started losing.

Funnily enough, the only person to vote against stripping Florida's delegates was an Obama supporter. Read this:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/22/0226/35614/632/520082

"BY making rules and policies that are contrary to the Constitution of the United States."

They're not. The parties can pick their nominees by drawing names out of a hat if they want to. It has nothing to do with the Constitution.

The below comments are only at best, half truths that are so like the Clinton's

You say:
"Fact: Obama & his campaign have fought to ensure the states of FL & MI aren't counted in the democratic process"

Within two weeks I believe we will hear that these2 states Deligates will be allowed to be seated.

You say:
"Fact: Hillary wins the head-2-head matchup with McCain by winning in all the key battleground states"

Truth: You're implying that McCain will win all the key battleground states and that isn't going to happen

You say:
"Fact: Obama loses to McCain in the head-2-head matchup b/c of his inability to win over working class voters."

Truth: The latest polls show Obama a better match against McCain. See realclearpolitics.com. Again you imply that working class voters will vote for McCain - again not true.

You say:
"Fact: Since March, Hillary's campaign has won more elected delegates than Obama including states like TX, OH, PA, IN, WV and KY.

Truth:
Obama 449 Clinton 625 (you might be right!)

WAIT - Total Deligates NOT counting Super

Obama 1658 Clinton 1500

with Super

Obama 1970 Clinton 1780

Available - Pledged 86 Super 205

Let's not forget the rest on the deligates please, isn't that what Clinton keeps saying?

You say:
"Fact: Obama's devisive campaign has caused his momentum to cease and the vetting process has revealed associations that would have left his campaign for dead if they had came out sooner."

Truth:
That is purely wishful thinking - He just won NC and Oregon, they nearly split IN. She's gained 10 deligates in the last 5 primaries so I'd say his momentum is on par with hers. She'd only need about 400 more primaries at that rate Remember there are only 85 pledged deligates left

Obama is the only candidate can move the country in to a new direction because he is honest and intelegent.

It's very simple, next time Hillary should keep her big mouth shut. The next time Hillary wants her over active imagination to run the show, all she has to do is think twice and then think again, and not say anything. What was the point anyway of bringing up the assassination of RFK, who knows. What does it have to do with Hillary staying in this contest, not a thing. You would think Hillary could see what the Kennedy's are going through with Ted and now they have to be reminded of the assassination of RFK because Hillary wants to make a point. How about this Hillary, you can't use whoever you want past and present to win the nomination because you feel your the stronger candidate.

Drop a bomb, apologize, spin, repeat.

Race, gender, religion, patriotism, experience and now assassination threat.

"He's black, I'm a woman, I've got experience, it's my turn, I've been tested under sniper fire, his preacher is a nut, he could get shot, he's a Mooslum, he might get shot..."

Yes sir, here's the very person we need to unite, inspire and lead our Nation.

WRITEHILLARYIN.COM

Forgive my spelling - Delegates

An anonymous poster blames Obama for what Kieth Olbermann, an idependent journalist, has to say? and then "geraldine" smears a gay tryst and murder story only sick people would even pay attention to? My god, what ARE these Clinton people? She is not the only monster of her campaign. They are truly sickening in their sickness. Enough of this nonsense - superdelegate, pay attention and get on with it!

I am sick and tired of the @#%@#$@#$% Hillary Camp blaming Obama for a defeat of their own creation.

What a whiney bunch of disgusting losers.

According to them, their failure is everyone's fault but themselves. If it's not Obama is misogyny or it's Florida or it's one thing or another.

WHAT A SORRY EXAMPLE AND WHAT A SORRY EXCUSE FOR A LEADER.

This is the real women's lib. Women can be just as foolish, misguided, bull headed and unable to admit a mistake as any man. Go Hillary - back where you came from.

Egads, woman....accept...some...responsibility...for...your...screwups....BAARRFFF

Some commenters have referred to the JFK comment made by Hillary. Obviously they don't know what in the heck they are talking about. We can only assume that other comments they make aren't backed up by any correct facts.

To "Walt"

"OK "reporter. For a reporter you've done nothing to refute anything I've said."

I guess you think that means you're smarter than reporters.

"The right wing is attacking McCain? Please."

The right wing attacked McCain with the same "facts" you're reiterating during his campaign for the nomination in 2000."
(snip)

"Basic common sense should tell you that people's grades in school are not always an indicator of every kind of skill "
(snip)

"You can't be serious. With scores like those, without his daddy, he would have never been a pilot. A Navy pilot is an elite position in the Navy. It would be interesting to see how many Navy pilots finished at the bottom of their class. Most likely none."

I repeat, I think a candidate's college record is of zero importance.

"There are military records to substantiate this info."

It's not interesting and it's beside the point. McCain has been a better Senator than Obama. He participates in the debates, makes his points clearly, cooperates with the press.

"As a reporter, you haven't done much due diligence."

I don't think that resurrecting forty-year old war records, or even older class standings is what we need to be doing when we choose our next President. Of course, if a candidate is a complete cipher without his academic laurels, I suppose his advocates will want to rabbit on about his grade point average and unimportant stuff like that.

"He was President of it, not "editor." And he got that position via a brokered deal."

"If all it is is a brokered deal, then why couldn't Hillary obtain this honor at Yale?"

I'm guessing that Hillary wasn't interested in being President of Yale Law Review. And I'm also guessing that affirmative action played some part in getting the position for Obama -- he was the first African-American to win that position.

"School is an excellent predictor of future success."

Uh huh. Tell that to Winston Churchill. FDR. JFK. Don't be silly, please.

"Hillary's success was predicated on staying married to Bill, not her own merits."

You need to read Bill's autobiography to see the enormous role Hillary played in his election and in his administration.

"Not impressed. Constitutional law is confined to the theoretical.... (snip)"

"Teaching constitutional law is unimpressive? What has Hillary taught?"

She taught at University of Arkansas Law School. I don't know what she taught there. I'm not interested, because I think it's unimportant.

"I guess Hillary is not smart enough to surround herself with advisers who will keep her campaign in the black."

Many of Obama's donations were via young people's credit cards. Look for a scandal in a few months involving maxed out cards, and uncollectable funds because of that.

" ... 118 lobbyists. ...dictators from Myanmar ... oil barons of Saudi Arabia."

I'm not worried about that. Are you?

"McCain abandoned his first wife while having an affair with ms moneybags. He married her 1 month after abandoning his disabled first wife; the wife who patiently waited for him to return from his collaboration tour in North Vietnam"

Oh, boo hoo hoo. According to McCain's biographer, the McCains had already agreed to divorce before he even met Cindy. McCain and his first wife had already been separated several times at that point.

"You can have McCain; no one is going to elect Bush 3 to a third term."

Bush is not running. McCain is not like Bush at all. If you really followed politics -- day in and day out -- you'd know that. All you seem to know about McCain is baloney from the tabloids -- not "facts" at all.
Get *your* facts straight, Walt.

I am tired of all these people talking about, Obama and the million man march and farahkan, black theology and so forth and do not have any information on these things, lookup what the million man march was about it was about the black men stepping up and being men, being responsible for their families to stop the killing of each other and to get educated to help each other, that theology is not about taking over the world or hate but using the bad against you and turning it into good by working in your neighborhood and communites to up lift them. Go and really read the speeches farakahn spoke most of them were about making yourself better the communites around you better, people are out there posting comments from straight fear of blacks and some just pure hate for blacks and probably any other minoritys, we are falling behind in everything in this country and in the word we are in debt to china for your tax rebates, we are being held hostage by the Saudis with oil which is making our economy fall and our dollar weaker, it is time for a change to try new routes to think outside the box, after a while if we all do not come togather whites,blacks,hispancis what ever we will not be a country but a past tense! For this country to gain the ground we have lost we have to make a change in the way our government does things! So vote for who you want, but do some reading for you post all this hate out their and then post the facts, not something you hard or just believe!

Hey, do any of the Obama supporters on this thread know how Axelrod incentivizes? Is it a salary thing, or by the comment? Where do I send my resume? And can I work from home? Thanks.

The United States. The United part of the name is a farce, there is racism, sexism, separatism, ageism and prejudice toward anyone who's not a part of a common denomination all over the country. Get real. This is not unity.
Chatter has long been on the web about Obama getting assassinated if he becomes President, I distinctly remember reading a post by a black woman in the south who's thinking was - that if she voted for him and he was offed because of his color that she wouldn't be doing him any favors, so Hillary as a woman was preferable. Now the media and everyone else has jumped onto the band wagon for their two cents worth and plant it squarely on Hillary. RFK's son has no issues with her and backs the consensus that she did not cross a line.
Both sides have said things to the other and neither one is innocent of mud slinging, but I do not believe for one second that HRC would deliberately plant such an evil seed hoping for that outcome to befall Obama. Of course now that the fuss has been made, who knows what could happen in someone's mind out there.

Senator Clinton you are responsible for assassinating your own candidacy with own "Misspoken Words" Quit blaming everyone and everything!

This one of those cases where Obama didn't have to say a word, she did it to herself .
The reason ordinary people are outraged, is because of the insinuation and the fact that her camp has repeatedly said "something might happen" some act of God!

It's amazing how the Clinton's, Bill and Hill, two skilled politicians can get away with playing dumb and everyone gives them the benefit of the doubt!

Another sad day for strong women who know how to acknowledge their mistakes without using the gender card.

- White Female over 40 -

Sorry, Clintons. You can yell and stomp your feet all you want. Obama knows you're just trying to distract him. He's moving on. You can keep playing, but in 9 more days IT'S OVER....no matter if the lady in the pantsuit sings or not.

She is certifiable, and I think McAullife may be slipping her mind altering drugs....that is the only way a rational person can explain how a once intelligent, lucent, coherent individual could have become such a loon in a short period of time....yes, pharmacology...any better ideas out there?

Manolete:
"Now that we know about his associations with black supremacist and radical extremist groups, he can not get the support of hard working americans and all he has is the vote of blacks that vote for him"

Must have been that huge contingent of non-hard-working black Americans that saved him in Oregon then?

"Hillary will win the popular vote when all the votes are counted in all 55 United States."

Actually, there's a good chance she won't. That is, unless you assume that none of those "uncommitted" votes from Michigan were for Obama and you discount the caucus states.

There's a good summary here: http://www.newsweek.com/id/138109/page/2

Posted by: Manolete | May 25, 2008 7:54 PM

Obama is the only candidate can move the country in to a new direction because he is honest and intelegent.

Posted by: jimjus | May 25, 2008 9:37 PM

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I hope you give him a call soon so he can move you to a new direction on how to spell intelligent!

It's worth noting that the first part of Hillary's statement was simply a lie. Bill Clinton had the nomination sewn up before California, as he had an insurmountable delegate lead. The distant second candidate, Jerry Brown, agreed not to run TV ads in California and to back off his criticisms of Mr. Clinton as it was clear that Clinton would be the nominee and needed to consolidate the party. Furthermore, it was not the "middle of June" it was the first Tuesday in June - the 2nd. Somehow I do not see Senator Clinon offering up the same courtesy to Senator Obama, despite the insurmountable delegate lead and the need to unite the party. Hmmmm, anyone surprised?

Hillary isn't dumb enough to not realise that people would think that she was saying that Obama could be assasinated. She's been saying this for months. And now that she's opened the door to talk about this you have a Fox News Journalist saying that she wants Obama killed... while talking about what Hillary said. Here's the video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjYpkvcmog0

As a Hillary supporter, up until 2 days ago, I am sickened.

I've donated to her, I have worked the phones, computers and numerous rallys for her. And I have even travelled to 3 different states to assist during primaries for her.

But I am completely sickened by what has happened and I feel ashamed of myself for believing so much in her.

Senator Obama, I will work hard for you if you don't mind taking in a former Hillary supporter??

Jaybird: The woman is unstable, terminally self absorbed, shameless and crazy as a crack house rat.

Ok... who was offended?? tell me what was so offensive about these comments... I heard the comments... and in the context of her description of the lenth of time in which RFK primary lasted... I dont see the offensive nature in her comments. Where is Americas backbone these days. Its so amazing to me how the Americans of today hang on to every single little snipit out of these politicians mouths. So many more "Lies" to come... lets not get ahead of ourselves.

Zachary A. Goldfarb wrote: "The Obama campaign called Clinton's words unfortunate and circulated a TV commentary criticizing them, although Obama himself said Saturday that he took Clinton at her word that she meant no harm."

What, TV commentary is he referring to? Anyone know?

I was a Clinton supporter all along, until now. I voted for her for Senate, I voted for her husband twice for President. I even stayed in her camp when she made the unfortunate remark about assassination.

However, her campaign's attempt to shift the blame to Obama on this is the straw that broke the camel's back. It's not just this one incident, but as I say, it is the straw that broke the camel's back.

At some point, a person must accept responsibility, quit blaming others, and put the good of the country above their own ego. As a long time, ardent Clinton supporter, I can't help but be impressed with how Obama handles himself in this tough campaign, compared to Hillary.

Jack Davis in New York

P.S. I will vote against Hillary for Senate, Governor, or any other office, every chance I get from now on, in primaries or General elections.

And I would like to sincerely thank "Hank" for reminding me of where I live. He says that, no matter what, he's not "ready" for a black president so he'll be voting for McCain. I'm sure that this sentiment is shared by many white Americans and that ultimately McCain will win because of it. It's a sad state of affairs when you realize that racism was, is and apparently always will be the American way.

This latest flap shows why Hillary is unfit for higher office and not suited for command.

How typical of Obama supporters that some loser is responding to my posts by using my name under their Clinton attacks.

That behavior, in fact, is a kind of metaphor for what their candidate does: pretend to be above dirty politics while his surrogates and campaign engages in it on his behalf. Obama is a pretentious candidate with his attack-dog supporters dirty campaigning at his behest, but under their own names, not his.

To Robert Kennedy:

You would be wise to consider the investment you have made and will want to continue to make in the Clinton's quest. As much as I am so totally offended by Hillary Clinton's remarks comparing your father's assassination to a late June end to a Demoratic Primary, and the implications to Barack Obama, the first African American candidate for president, on the cusp of winning his party's nomination, a cause for which your father would clearly feel a certain redemption, I can understand the courage you have demonstrated to quell the uproar. It is indeed admirable. It is probably what your father would have done. However, your father would not have been supportive of the Clinton's efforts at using you as a "schil" for their insincere attempts at winning at all costs and winning for self, not the uplift of the American people about which he cared so much. Which is exactly how Terry McCauliffe positioned you today on all the talk shows and it frankly stains your family's legacy unduly. It is shameful on his and the campaign's part and shows that nothing is sacred to them in terms of achieving their ends. It is the reason you find yourself at odds with your family in this chasm. So, consider any further investment. You have now done more than you neeeded to do. Follow your uncle's instincts. God Bless him and his towering strength.

This all seems so familiar...is Karl Rove advising the Clintons?

People speak what is in their heart.

Hillary would not be speaking about assassination unless it was in her heart.

I think some of these "Hillary supporters" are really GOP supporters. What Democrat would really vote for McCain? He goes against everything a Democrat should be supporting, not to mention a lot of beliefs that true conservatives have.

Wow Butch, I really doubt you are a strong union member, nor your other union buddies who won't vote for Obama.

Voting for McCain and turning your back on America like that isn't too brotherhood-like. You must enjoy not working or don't mind taking a job serving french fries paying 1/10th of what you made in your union job.

Same with any of the posters who say they will vote for McCain. You must like having an economy in the toilet, owing lots of debt, having more and more jobs being sent overseas, paying way too much for gas and the resulting utility bills. You must like breathing bad air, seeing our earth being wasted. You must like sending your son's and daughters to fight (and some will die) in a war that has no purpose.

Go ahead and vote for McCain and let the rich and the large corporations take their welfare, while you get all of the above.

On the otherhand, if you come to your senses, you will vote for a Democrat. Particularly, you may want to consider Obama because he is for reducing taxes for the middle class and ending the sucking sound of corporate welfare. If not Obama, then Hillary. But whomever wins the Democratic nomination, it will be a much better decision for America to stick with the Democrat nominee.

Republicans have ruined this country over the last 7 years. NO MORE REPUBLICANS!
Don't be so dumb as to vote for a Republican. Especially McCain. He's a disaster waiting for a place to happen.

Enough. The medias have the art to spin any single story that they can put their hands on. HRC made that statements many times in the past and nobody came after her. Even Bobby Kennedy Jr, who endorsed her, agreed with her and defended her against the medias.
We well know that the medias in general were not well treated by the Clintons and for good reasons. Look where we are right now. The days of real non partisan journalism and analysts are gone. All what matter is sensationalism. What do you expect then? Media are part of the political machine and they will do whatever they can to have their candidates elected.
It's really sad that people listen to all this crap and make up their mind without being fully informed, just by trusting their gut. These are the very people who elected Bush twice because he was a "good" guy with whom americans wanted to have a beer with. it did not matter that he bankrupt the companies he headed.
Women of power are tough and not likable, that's the reality. But they are often more intelligent and experienced that their counterpart. Blaming somebody to do whatever they can to win the presidency? IT'S EXACTLY WHO I WANT AS A PRESIDENT!! Somebody smart and tough, and who will do whatever needs to be done to have the job done right.
Elect somebody who has no experience and a lot of charisma, we just need an other person who does not know what he is doing and who will learn by trial and error. I found appalling to hear the comments of all the anti HRC people, there is no rational in their hatred.

It is AMAZING and sad how the media, particularly CNN have trivialized the horrifically diobolital mentality of the Clintons.
Black Americans, and many of all races are EXTREMELY disturbed by Hillary's insinuation of a possible assassination of Barack Obama. To imply that her reason for staying in the race is because anything can happen, then nonchalantly say that even Robert Kennedy was assassinated in June, meaning therefore she should stay in, is not only pitifully diobolical but incredibly dangerous.
As I read some of the comments, I sense that some do not understand the true impact of her deadly insinuation. Keep in mind, when it was first announced that Obama was running for President, the initial concern in Black America was his safety. "Would some nut sniper him"? Obama had to hire secret service security right out of the gate.....why? Because of the true possibilty of some nut doing harm to him or his family.
Also, during the last 50 years, the people who have been assassinated have ALL been leaders who were working toward equality for ALL. John F., Robert and of course Dr. King. So just the WORD assassination brings to us not only an extreme fear but is a reminder of the incredibly sad loss to America, particularly Blacks, at the hands of the sick and wicked. For Hillary Clinton, a so-called leader, to insinuate, for WHATEVER reason assassination....is beyond disgusting. It subliminally sparks the hatred, bigotry and destruction that most Americans have worked so hard to overcome.

Greg Jones
www.Blacks4Barack.org
A Multi-Racial Org...Dedicated To Truth !

p.s. And to the Hillary supporters who get a kick out of the thought of holding the Democratic Party ransom with their refusal to vote for Obama....frankly, if Obama lost to McCain....even he'd be better for America than the diobolical Hillary Clinton.

I think we can all agree that the worst thing about this election cycle is the supporters and paid shills of each of the three remaining candidates and the way they are taking the campaign into the gutter on anonymous (and even authenticated) news blogs and YouTube. If you are gullible (and it seems clear that a lot of Americans are), you will have opportunity feast on a banquet of misinformation, innuendo, lies and slander from now til November.

The best way to make an informed decision is to watch the candidates and what they say and do. Hillary lost the primary on the merits of how she ran her campaign. That the early presumptive nominee would be in a situation where she's having to loan her campaign $20 million to stay competitive tells me that she is not the person I want running the country.

McCain has not articulated how his strategy is any different than Bush's in Iraq. He says we're going to win, but how do you win an occupation? I also think that if Obama had sung Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran that he would be out of the race.

Obama despite having the thinnest resume has appeared the most presidential. He's calm and rational and has policies that seem thoughtful and reasonable. He's run a lean, tough campaign without selling his soul or looking desperate or overly ambitious. That's why he's on the verge of clinching.

"Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" Quoth Henry II, and sycophantic nobles were all too happy to oblige their frustrated, overwrought, and no doubt, tired monarch. Terry McAuliffe would no doubt find a way to blame the Archbishop for what befell him later in Canterbury Cathedral. While there may be room for plausible deniability in Henry's intemperate utterance as there surely is in Hillary's bizarre, inane and dangerously reckless analogy, to blame Obama makes as much sense as trying to blame Beckett. God forbid any of her legions of gun-toting, God-fearing, hard-working white Americans should be moved by the power of suggestion to a bizarre, inane and dangerously reckless act.
What ever the motivation in the first place, her comment was unbelievably stupid, in the poorest of taste and so lacking in judgement as to call in question her mental fitness for our nation's highest office. Terry McAuliffe should be ashamed of himself!

These Hillary posters are some of the most immature children I have ever seen. Everytime one of them complains, all I here is, "the Party didn't coronate our candidate, so I'm going to vote for McCain to make sure everything Hillary and I stand for is undermined and the Court is stacked with conservatives for a generation."

JUST CURIOUS, DOES ANYBODY KNOW HILLARY'S
MEDICIAL HISTORY? SHE DISPLAYS ALL THE SIGNS OF BEING BIPOLAR WHICH WOULD BE OKAY IF SHE REMEMBERS HER MEDICATION! I THINK SHE LOST THEM SOMEWHERE ALONG THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. OR MAYBE IT WAS INTENTIONAL SO HER AND BILLY WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND THE WAY HOME AFTER CAIN'S PARTY.

ALSO DO YOU THINK BILL LEFT SOMETHING IN THE WHITE HOUSE ,? MY GOD HE ACT'S LIKE HE'S GOING TO BLOW A GASKET IF HILLARY LET'S HIM DOWN. IN FACT I'M NOT SURE MOST DAYS IF HE'S RUNNING OR HILLARY'S RUNNING. IF ANYONE HAS ANY ANSWERS LET ME KNOW.......

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Where the Clintons go to church.

Philosophy News Keywords: CLINTON
Source: Jeff Head
Published: 1997 Author: Mark E. Howerter
Posted on 06/19/2000 12:10:19 PDT by SERE81
Every time I wonder whether we are being too hard on the Clintons or not, some more info comes along which assures me we are not. Some have said that the Clintons only attended Glide Memorial Methodist Church in San Francisco once and that was way back in 1982. OK fine, then let's talk about the church they both attend regularly now in Washington, D.C. , the Foundry Memorial Methodist Church.

Any church would have to try awfully hard to keep up with the antics that regularly go on at Glide, but Foundry Memorial Methodist Church (which is about a mile from the White House) does a good job of trying to do just that. While I haven't uncovered any stories about topless dancers at Foundry like there have been at Glide, Foundry is still not far behind.

Take the homosexuality symposium held at Foundry for example. Jesus was spoken of as a "drag queen." Homosexual marriages were praised and the Ten Commandments were declared immoral. The keynote speaker was the infamous Episcopal Bishop John Spong who has trashed every Christian doctrine held dear by the true church since its birth in the first century.

Bishop Spong made fun of the star which led the wise men to the baby Jesus and then went on to make fun of all Biblical prophecy claiming that, "People can't predict future events. It's a magical view of the Bible." If that wasn't enough he then attacked the virgin birth and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Spong said that events in Jesus' life didn't happen the way they are reported in the Bible, but were just "interpreted" that way. Spong also claimed that the Apostle Paul was a "self-hating homosexual" and that legitimizing homosexuality within the church is " a total justice issue exactly like the civil rights movement."

How were Bishop Spong's beliefs received by Foundry's pastor, J. Philip Wogaman? Wogaman said, "Bishop Spong's remarks this morning were so stimulating," noting that he shares concerns about a "literalistic" view of the Bible.

"The day-long 'celebration' was organized by PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). Called 'Sharing Our Rainbow of Light,' the November 10 (1995) symposium's speakers surprised even their mostly homosexual audience of several hundred persons with their denial of traditional religious beliefs."

Hillary needs a shrink. Is she on some kind of psycho medication. She makes this strange statement and now it's Obama's fault.

Obama is cool level headed and never throws the tantrums Hillary does.

OBAMA 08

Hillary Clinton NEVER takes responsibility and her supporters are blaming Obama for everything. Hillary and Bill Clinton playing the victim is totally ridiculous...they are very seasoned politicians and dish out a lot more than they get. They have LOTS of baggage and Obama (and other candidates) could have displayed all their dirty laundry on a daily basis but he NEVER did this.

Blame, Blame, Blame. Always someone else's fault. Is there any Clinton supporter with the guts to admit that there was anything she and her campaign did wrong at all this entire campaign...just one little thing?

Barack Obama is NOT responsible for:
- Clinton $20 Million plus in debt
- Clinton mismanaging her own campaign
- Clinton's words
- Clinton's husband's words/actions
- Underestimating the caucus voters
- Paying millions to Penn and others
- Many voters who made THEIR OWN decision NOT to vote for Clinton.

Did anyone hear David Gergen suggest that Hillary should tell those who voted for her in West Virginia and Kentucky that she does not want their vote if it is motivated by racism, that is, an unwillingness to vote a black president in as leader of this country ?
Everyone should be aware that this in fact is something that has come out of the polling in these states. It doubtless is a factor in other states as well. So a large percentage of her vaunted "popular vote" is based on this bigoted point of view which may well cost Obama the election. Perhaps this is what Hillary counts on and the reason for her persistence.
Everyone who understands the stakes in this election should work to convince at least one person to overcome such sentiments and look at the man's qualities, consider the seriousness of this moment in the country's history. He truly is the post-racism candidate. He is not part of the point of view: it is injected into the race by others, and propelled by a hatred that is prepared to sacrifice the country in the service of it.
The Clinton turn-around on African American reality is a shocking fact. The triumph Hillary seeks is at a shameful cost.

WENDELL:
"Yes Craig there is a long way to go'all that means is thats more time for people to realize he needs more experience than just being able to deliver an inspiring speech to become President of the United States."

Probably the most experienced President we've ever had was a state representative, then spent 10 years each in the House and Senate, served as Secretary of State, Ambassador to Russia, Minister to the Court of St. James (Britian). He was James Buchanan, and on many "Worst President Ever" lists he comes in at the top.

He was followed by some little-known Republican from Illinois named Lincoln.

The moral: prior experience is not a good measure of how successful a President will be.

I can no longer support Hillary.

Can anyone imagine what Hillary would be saying, if the situation were reversed, and she were ahead and Obama mentioned the word "assassination" in a comment about why he was staying in the race?

I am very sad. I would ike to see our first woman president, but I can no longer support Hillary.

I don't understand Hillary Clinton. I cannot fathom why she feels she must attempt to show this nation that she can lie more than George W. Bush.

Senator Clinton is fortunate that Saturday Night Live has gone dark for the summer. If they had a show this week, we would have seen Senator Clinton, former Arkansas Governor Huckabee and Vice-President Cheney on a hunting trip with Barack Obama -- only Senator Obama would wonder why he was the only one without a gun.

Brian

The Clinton's are low-life hill-billy refugees from Hee-Haw who have fooled a lot of people for a very long time.

If the Democrats lose in November it will be the third presidential election in a row lost thanks to these two pygmies.

Obama's camp is so corrupt that it makes my skin crawl. The media with Obama's campaign's help again tried to take something less than a molehill and make sure that it was mountainous. Hillary's mention of Robert Kennedy had nothing, and I mean nothing, to do with his assasination. Hillary's playing dirty! Are you insane? She can't say anything or BO and his people make it monstrous. BO came out to make light of it like he always does while he allows those in his campaign to show outrage. Oldest trick in the book. He looks like he's such a decent person and lets the others in his campaign make the hateful statements. Now he's telling students at Wesleyan what they can do for their Country. I guess the metamorphesis has been completed taking JFK's idea of what "you can do for your Country." I have never seen such a groomed robot put in front of the American public to completely seduce them to vote his way. It's incredible. He has shown me how very stupide and gullible Americans have become. Two wrongs don't ever make a right, people, and this man is so wrong. Who in the heck is this guy? I mean he has no substance AT ALL. He is who each of you blind followers want him to be...the only thing missing is a guitar on his hips because you are all bedazzled by his apparent rock star appeal. He is memorizing speeches and says NOTHING and you're all going around like idiots for this empty carcass of a person. If it wasn't so dangerous, it would be completely hillarious. Hillary is not the problem....Obama has put forth on this Nation a huge problem that only Americans can rectify by turning away from this man supported by many corrupt Chicago political thugs, by Jesse Jackson and others like him. If he doesn't think the same as Rev. Wright, the racist, anti-American, anti-Semite, then Obama's judgment is in the toilet. Either way, he is the plague for this Naiton. WAKE UP!

Jessica speak for yourself i am white and i want Obama so do many people here in Westchester where she lives . They call her nasty.

The Clinton's an associates are certainly experts on that corrupt type of 'experience' which is not need it in this country. We have had enough of bad politics, con people, and shear manipulation.
Now, it appears that the difficult relationship with the truth is not just Mr. and Mrs Clinton legacy; it appears that even their staff has also learned the trick.
It is not surprising; there is not a dream, a vision, motivating them in their jobs...they just do what you have to do ...for money.

We do not need more mercenary approach to public service.
We need a new generation of politicians to lead us into the future.

Luc: A full 50% of all Americans had a negative opinion of Hillary before she started her run for White House.

Over the past months, she has polarized and alienated even more people with her divisive manner.

The "drop the bomb, apologize, spin and repeat" tactics used to bring up wedge issues over and over again are unbecoming of anyone running for Dog Catcher, much less our highest office.

The idea HRC would able to Unite, Lead or Inspire this Nation is a delusional fantasy and completely irrational.

you hiliary supporters are sick i bet you think this is ok also

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjYpkvcmog0

Though I would not vote Hillary except to save my life, Obama's campaign advisers need to be renamed to "cronies." The old politics, the change the average guy like me wants, and the twisting of words has not gone away. Shame on Obama and his cronies! No way did Hillary mean anything but the fact that primaries can, and have gone, into June.

How ridiculous!! The gall of this woman. Hillary Clinton and her campaign continue to insult the intelligence of the American people. No amount of explanation can mask what she said and meant. She said what she meant and she meant what she said; "out of the heart, the mouth speaks". People are not stupid. Now the whole world knows what a vile and evil person she is and that she's hoping someone will hurt Barack so she will be the one left standing. She's already planting the seed in the minds of some "hard-working" persons to try to "do away" with Obama. But she ought to be careful that what she wishes for someone else doesn't befall her. My grandparents used to say "If you spit in the sky, it will fall in your eye"
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS PRESIDENT OBAMA!!!

you wake up or you may never wake up.

I wonder if Clinton will set up her headquaters for Duchess of Appalacha in KY or WV?

I hope they make that horrendous orange tie Bill wears evey other day their offical flag.

Posted by: BobBarr
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Hi BobBarr, Hilliary's Appalacian Queen B House will have the East Wing in West Virginia and the West Wing in Kentucky. She'll have thugs keeping their eyes on all the bigots and racists to make sure they NEVER change their views, afterall Chelsea might need them sometime down the road. She will also make sure these bigots and racists never become educated or rise above their poverty. You see, they'll still be contributing their $1 to $5 donations to help run her Queen B house. Going back to keeping them uneducated....my goodness, if they get educated they might be able to READ above the 7th grade level and they may learn words like "hypocrite" and "integrity" and might not support her because now they would KNOW she has NO integrity and that she is a hypocrite.

Mod1: Wake up, you say?
How about taking your meds and going to sleep like a good girl.
Night night, sweetie. Go to bed now.

First rule of holes: when you are in one, stop digging.

All of you who are offended by what you perceive was such a horrific statement by Hillary about Robert Kennedy are just Obama supporters, thinking that you will make non-Obama supporters, those of us who are not easily led by the nose and are able to think for ourselves, run from Hillary to Obama. The Obama fever is only contagious to ignorant, stupid sheep. Most of us know we can't catch it; we're just stunned to see so much stupidity in our Nation.

Mod1 wrote:

"Obama's camp is so corrupt that it makes my skin crawl. The media with Obama's campaign's help again tried to take something less than a molehill and make sure that it was mountainous. Hillary's mention of Robert Kennedy had nothing, and I mean nothing, to do with his assasination. Hillary's playing dirty! Are you insane?'

Wow. Talk about denial. You say her comment about RFK had "nothing to do with his assassination"

But she herself is the one who used the word "assassination" when she invoked RFK in her comments.

Are you totally delusional, or do you think that just by saying something you make it true? Or are you just trying to delude others?

Everyone, please reread the title of this article:

"Clinton Camp Stokes RFK Flap by Blaming Obama"

It IS the Clintons who are stoking Hilliary's RFK "Flap" by blaming Senator Obama. There you have it!! The TRUTH!!

To Ma Kettle -- this is what we mean by stupid followers of Obama. You epitomize the type of person following him and lapping it up like a good dog. Go get your bone now.

ok.. let me get this straight.. SHE makes the gaffe.. and then blames Obama? hmmmm.. so was it also his fault that she actually didnt land in Bosna under sniper fire?... so pretty much everything SHE does wrong. is someone elses fault? what kind of a person doesnt own up to what they say? dont tell me if YOU say something that sounds terrible YOU dont appologize? well.. HRC doesnt. she blames the person she said it about.... it that tough.. or just warped?

I can not beleive some of the post on this blog. None of us know anything about none of these candidates other than what we are being told and yet we all think we know them and what's best and who is bad. One thing for sure none of us is presidental material.

Arthur: The Clintons and McCain are the ultimate insiders.

A vote for them is a vote for a seamless continuation of the best government Special Interests can buy and a guarantee of Business As Usual In Washington.

We need a new crop of less accomplished w-h-o-r-e-s in Washington, but you vote for what you feel comfortable with.

Obama is no Kennedy. He's a wanna be Kennedy, a wanna be black, a wanna be candidate and he wanna someone to carry him over the finish line because one thing he is for sure is lazy. No experience, no lineage, no voting record, no nothing but lazy. Speaks above the fray while his dirty little doers do his dirty work for him. So that makes him not only lazy but a coward too.

My party has convinced me that after 35 years of support, financially and physically, I have been wrong--painfully, I have been terribly and absolutely wrong. The Obama campies make Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh and Fox look passive.

This comes off the 8-year Bush bitterness. I (we) will indeed vote John McCain--Obama campies can attempt to wave off that reality but ...no, I will indeed vote and it will never be for Obama.

After viewing what Obama is capable of, how he does business, what he allows his campies to do, it is not acceptable. And guess what? Hillary as VP will not work for me. Too little, too late.

The Obama campies are a mentally sick lot. For a democrat to actually suggest that Hillary Clinton hoped/suggested the assignation of Obama by the mention of a Kennedy assignation is an outrage, an absolute abomination. That is nothing more/less than the typical "all about Obama" mentality these cretins live and how dare Mr. Obama think he is in the same arena as a Kennedy.

Obama campies are referred to as Kool-Aid drinkers for a reason. There is no thought or reason for their actions.

To: Jean Brummet

Yes, she mentioned assassination becausse that is the month, JUNE, when he was assassinated, but she was just pointing out that he was still campaigning for the party nomination into the month of JUNE. What is wrong with you? She wasn't trying to do harm by just mentioning that he was still working hard in JUNE to get the nomination but, unfortunately, he was assassinated. That is a fact, something that Obama and his followers, like yourself, can't handle. You stick with his uplifting, empty sermons. Why are we as a Nation to be "gagged" because it offends this person and that person? Too bad. Fact is fact. You obviously like the "feel good" speeches. What a waste.

It's not over until it's over. Why does Clinton want all the delegates seated? Because she intends to make her case at the convention in Aug. All hell is going to break loose at the convention. Hillary isn't going to quit. Why should she? She's not so far behind Obama (a few hundred delegates), and believes that only she can win the general election and unite the party. She can't quit. Her people know Obama is unelectable. All this Fox News, O'Reilly appearances, help from Rush is just done out of spite-she had this nomination in the bag if not for Obama. They are using her to damage Obama, and she is using them to get free media time.

JUST CURIOUS, DOES ANYBODY KNOW HILLARY'S
MEDICIAL HISTORY? SHE DISPLAYS ALL THE SIGNS OF BEING BIPOLAR WHICH WOULD BE OKAY IF SHE REMEMBERS HER MEDICATION! I THINK SHE LOST THEM SOMEWHERE ALONG THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. OR MAYBE IT WAS INTENTIONAL SO HER AND BILLY WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND THE WAY HOME AFTER CAIN'S PARTY.

ALSO DO YOU THINK BILL LEFT SOMETHING IN THE WHITE HOUSE ,? MY GOD HE ACT'S LIKE HE'S GOING TO BLOW A GASKET IF HILLARY LET'S HIM DOWN. IN FACT I'M NOT SURE MOST DAYS IF HE'S RUNNING OR HILLARY'S RUNNING. IF ANYONE HAS ANY ANSWERS LET ME KNOW.......

Arthur, I believe that once you've had foot-in-mouth disease that you are immune to "Obama fever", as you call it. You Clintonistas are safe, son.

"Obama senior strategist David Axelrod dodged questions about why the campaign was still circulating commentaries criticizing Clinton even after suggesting it wants to move beyond the controversy?"

WHAT commentaries? Circulated to whom? Exactly what was Axelrod asked, and exactly what was his answer? WHAT KIND OF JOURNALISM IS THIS?

rocknation

JUST CURIOUS, DOES ANYBODY KNOW HILLARY'S
MEDICIAL HISTORY? SHE DISPLAYS ALL THE SIGNS OF BEING BIPOLAR WHICH WOULD BE OKAY IF SHE REMEMBERS HER MEDICATION! I THINK SHE LOST THEM SOMEWHERE ALONG THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. OR MAYBE IT WAS INTENTIONAL SO HER AND BILLY WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND THE WAY HOME AFTER CAIN'S PARTY.

ALSO DO YOU THINK BILL LEFT SOMETHING IN THE WHITE HOUSE ,? MY GOD HE ACT'S LIKE HE'S GOING TO BLOW A GASKET IF HILLARY LET'S HIM DOWN. IN FACT I'M NOT SURE MOST DAYS IF HE'S RUNNING OR HILLARY'S RUNNING. IF ANYONE HAS ANY ANSWERS LET ME KNOW.......

The comments Clinton made are like a Rorschach blot. They can be read in several ways, depending on the frames of reference of the person who hears them.

The interpretation read into Clinton's comments about RFK are more a reflection on those who have read things into the comments and what they think her comments mean, than anything else.

This episode is only really significant to the extent to which it lays bare the mysogyny and personalized politics of Clinton-hatred festering and boiling among Obama supporters. There seems to be a lot of hatred, paranoia, us-versus-them and other ill feelings against Clinton in the Obama camp.

TO: x32792

Oh, thanks for telling me to vote for who I feel comfortable with. Like I need your permission. To call McCain a Washington "w h o r e" is disgusting. Do you know who is funding Obama's run for the Presidency? No. Well, you do what you're comfortable with as well and as unfortunate as that will be for our Nation.

Man! Isure hope some of you people don't live close to me! BIGOTS! RACISTS! SEXISTS!

I'll bet all of you don't really talk this way in public, you'd get your butts kicked!

You throw trash on her like it's the truth. You probably aren't even registered.

Ma Kettle:

You have problems.

"Here's hoping Barack does get the JFK treatment. America will be better off for it."

Posted by: BHO is a criminal | May 25, 2008 5:57 PM

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This has got out of hand. Hillary has got to go ... NOW!

George Smiley | May 25, 2008 8:13 PM

Thanks George a few sane words were definitely needed in here.

How can it be these people are so damn arrogant? What damn right does Hillary or Bill Clinton have to demand their place in history? Bill is whining about "how unfair the press coverage is", never stopping to ask himself just how obnoxious both he and his wife have become.

Whatever little tiny bit of respect I had remaining for either one of them has totally been lost. Forever.

They are both beneath contempt, and have destroyed their legacy, but good.

Good riddance Bill and Hillary. I hope your daughter has the common sense to stay the hell away from both of you.

Just another Pleasant Valley Sunday in main stream media land. All the MSM talking heads and their biased guest surrogates on the morning news shows have pretty much written 'poor Hillary' off and almost apologetically, have declared 'Hillary's dream over' and that 'it's time for the party to unite.' From their accounts, the latest RFK controversy finally did her in. It doesn't matter that the Obama campaign's dirty fingerprints are all over this one! For the record, it was Obama spokesman Bill Burton who pushed the story to all the media outlets calling Hillary's comments 'unfortunate' in what was obviously another underhanded attempt to get her out of the race for once and for all! The Obama campaign spinners could care less about the truth! It didn't matter that the South Dakota newspaper editorial board and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., both defended Senator Clinton saying there was no intended malice in her remarks. Even Senator Obama publicly stated he took no personal offense. The fact is the Obama campaign knew perfectly well that offering any sort of criticism at Hillary over the RFK comments, however vague, ensured that this would become a major story and the MSM would be all over it, and over it again, during the Memorial Day weekend. Then the damage would be done! And now, once the story has blown up, we shouldn't be too surprised that Obama chief strategist David Axelrod explicitly states that he didn't believe she'd meant the worst, claiming that he didn't think she was hoping that a "tragic, catastrophic event" would "intervene."... And when specifically asked about the continued circulation of their media advisory, he dodged the question, and the media did not press him on it further! Obama and his dirty politics are no different than those of the swift boaters. He's a hypocrite in a black suit who will do anything to win!

I'm an Obama supporter and no longer a fan of HRC as a candidate, but I have mixed feelings about this whole controversy. I guess in good conscious, I am just not cynical enough to believe that HRC was trying to imply that she was waiting it out in case something tragic happened. HRC is a lot of things, but she isn't dumb, and that would just be dumb. BUT, I think she should have left the assassination part out of her statement, the first, second, and third time that she said it. It wasn't necessary to make her point, and given the implications behind that statement, it was just something that was better left unsaid.

Also, I don't think that the Obama campaign should have commented on this issue in the first place. A simple, no comment would have sufficed. I get the feeling that they feel forced to respond to every perceived slight, when sometimes it is not necessary. However, I have to agree that the statement was careless. I mean, I just can't figure out why she said it. She's smarter than this. Even for people who say she was just bringing up the time frame for primary seasons that have gone past June, as many of the commenters have already pointed out, that argument doesn't stand up. RFK had just gotten into the race in February/March of 68'. He wasn't in a long, drawn out primary battle like this one (and neither was her husband for that matter). So her analogy doesn't hold water.

Maybe we are all being too sensitive. Maybe people should just take a deep breath and relax. But after reflecting on this, I can't shake this nagging feeling. She should have known better. As the spouse of a former President she should know better. As someone who is well aware of the death threats against Obama in this campaign, she should know better. As a student of history, she should know better.

Has there been overkill on this issue, yes. Are some people using this as yet another excuse to rag on HRC, yes. But, I don't think she can play the victim in this case. As "bitter gate" has taught us, you can't leave your remarks open to a negative interpretation, and unfortunately, this is exactly what happened. It might be unfair, and shortsighted, but she was more than willing to jump on that "gaffe" and ride it to the wheels came off, so now she is just going to have to muddle through this controversy.

To give her the benefit of the doubt is to equate her verbal skills with those of the current Bumbler-in-Chief. Perhaps on this point we're so used to and comfortable with the bar being lowered that many will argue that terminal foot-in-mouth disease does not preclude someone from becoming the official spokesman and leader of the free world.

A less generous assessment of her comment might explain why so many of us have been unable to grapple with the mathematics of her remaining in the race. To wit: the numbers simply don't add up. Simple addition of currently pledged, and future potential delegates do not yield any hope of a Clinton victory. Eureka, it was never about addition at all; it's SUBTRACTION, people. Forget the notion of two plus one equals three; try two MINUS one equals ME. And all this time I thought she was math challenged! Go figure.

Obama has with out a doubt offered the kindest and most sympathetic take on the whole sorry mess - a veritable olive branch, in contrast to the oaken club with which HRC pummeled him for his word choice, "bitter" several weeks back. His response, an emphatically Christian one, is further evidence of a reasoned, judicious and charitable temper- all of these being estimable qualities in a President. While the aroma of her "Black Friday" will cling to her like the putrescence of a three- week-dead albatross hanging from her neck, Obama will emerge from this miserable miasma smelling like a rose. And rightfully so!

For the more informed voter this is Great History. Carter was ahead of Kennedy 60-30% and now logical this will go to the convention also.
May 13, 2008, 4:00 a.m.

Hill and Ted's Excellent Adventures
1980 redux?

By James S. Robbins

As the obituaries for the Clinton campaign rolled in last week by the media, the candidate herself refused to be buried. She said that she would stay in the race "until there is a nominee." Most seemed to think that this meant that she would concede defeat if the Obama campaign could assemble enough pledged delegates and super-delegates to pass the magic number of 2025 -- or 2209 according to the Clinton campaign. But whatever the number, there will be no official nominee until the votes are cast at the party convention. What I heard in that statement was that Hillary was taking her fight to DENVER.
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Is this realistic? Most analysts are writing her off. But ask yourself: Does Hillary Clinton have as much gumption as Ted Kennedy did in 1980? Back then he went all the way to the convention, using many of the same arguments against Jimmy Carter that the Clinton campaign is currently employing, though he had a much weaker hand.

In late May 1980 the primaries were almost over. Ronald Reagan had recently clinched the GOP nomination, having gained the necessary delegates to force George H.W. Bush out of the race. President Carter, who had expected to be easily renominated, was facing a tough challenge by Senator Edward Kennedy, who was capitalizing on concerns of some Democrats that Carter, saddled with a poor economy and a series of foreign-policy disasters, would be unelectable in the fall. Kennedy had amassed a substantial number of delegates, but Carter was only 28 short of the 1,666 needed to nominate. The final eight primaries were to be held on "Super Tuesday" June 3, with the largest prize California. Carter campaign maintained that Kennedy's hopeless challenge was damaging to party unity, and that he should drop out of the race. Kennedy in fact had offered to withdraw if the president agreed to a debate with the senator (which Carter had been ducking), and if he subsequently won most of the June 3 primaries. The Carter team rejected the idea, but it allowed Kennedy to claim he was acting in good faith and the best interests of the party. Two days before the final primaries Kennedy stated, "I am not prepared to withdraw from this race. I believe that it can be won -- and that it must be won, for the good of our party and our country."

When the Super Tuesday results were in, Carter had won in Ohio, West Virginia ,and Montana. It was, in his words, a "wondrous victory." He garnered 320 delegates, pushing his total to 1,958, well over the 1,666 needed to nominate, and over 700 more than Kennedy's 1,215. He offered "the hand of friendship" to the senator, whom he thought would acknowledge defeat, since the nomination was mathematically impossible at that point.

But Kennedy was not ready to concede. Quite the opposite. "The people have decided that this campaign must go on," he declared. "The people have decided that what counts is not the quantity of delegates, but the quality of their lives." Kennedy had won 53 percent of the total delegates at stake on Super Tuesday, taking California, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and New Mexico. It was his best night of the season.
Kennedy maintained that the president could not carry the larger states necessary to secure a win in November. Kennedy pointed to his own big-state successes -- in addition to California and New Jersey, the senator had previously taken Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York. Carter also faced crippling disenchantment within his party that would make post-convention unity difficult. Polling showed that while Carter won Ohio, 29 percent of that state's Democrats thought he was an "unacceptable" presidential candidate. In California, 41 percent of Democrats said they could not support Carter in the fall. "Tonight is the first night of the rest of the campaign," Sen. Kennedy said after the late California results came in. "Today, Democrats from coast to coast were unwilling to concede the nomination to Jimmy Carter and neither am I.
But most Democrats were not Kennedy backers. He only had 36 percent of the total delegates, against Carter's 58 percent, and had amassed 38 percent of the popular vote in the primaries, against Carter's 51 percent. A Gallup Poll of Democrats May 16-18 showed Carter favored over Kennedy 60 percent to 30 percent, with 10 percent undecided. A Harris survey around the same time showed Carter preferred by Democrats 56 percent to 34 percent. By way of contrast, Hillary Clinton has 48 percent of delegates, 47 percent of the popular vote -- which will probably increase -- and current polling shows Clinton barely trailing Obama for support among Democrats nationwide.
The question of electability was muddled in 1980 by the mania for Republican splinter candidate John Anderson, who then was at the height of his popularity. A mid-May Harris poll showed Reagan at 39 percent, Carter at 33 percent and Anderson 23 percent. (Anderson drew 6.6 percent in November.) One poll showed that Secretary of State Edmund Muskie would be a more popular alternative to Carter than Kennedy, implying that the attraction was not so much to Kennedy as to the fact that he was not Carter. Muskie was polling even with Ronald Reagan at the time, while Carter was seven points down. This was during the short-lived "Draft Muskie" movement in June that was seen as a favorable alternative to a deadlocked convention. (These days "Draft Gore" is the functional equivalent.)

Kennedy kept his challenge going throughout the summer, even while admitting his campaign was seriously short on cash. The floor fight commenced in New York in August, Kennedy seeking rule changes to "free the delegates." Harold Ickes, now Sen. Clinton's chief delegate hunter, was one of Senator Kennedy's point men in the 1980 delegate fight. But the effort was in vain, and on August 12 Kennedy conceded, delivering the memorable lines, "For me, a few hours ago, this campaign came to an end. For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die." Kennedy left the race, snubbed Carter on the dias, and the rest is history.

Comparing the 1980 contest to today's, Hillary Clinton has a far stronger rationale for her continued candidacy than Ted Kennedy, a much larger proportion of the delegates, a greater percentage of the popular vote, a much easier fight under the convention rules (because there were no super-delegates available to be persuaded in 1980), and substantially higher poll numbers among Democrats generally. Kennedy took his fight all the way to the convention floor with the intention of winning the nomination. There is no reason to believe the Clinton campaign will do anything
less.

-- NRO contributor James S. Robbins is the director of the Intelligence Center at Trinity Washington, and author of Last in Their Class: Custer, Picket and the Goats of West Point.
-- James S. Robbins is senior fellow in national-security affairs at the American Foreign Policy Council, a trustee for the Leaders for Liberty Foundation,

I remember just a couple months ago when Obama made the gaffe about people in PA clinching to guns and religion that Clinton responded in a much more offensively minded manner than Obama did on this one. People demonize Obama for the same stuff nowhere near as cunning as Clinton has done over and over again given the opportunity. Now all the sudden Clinton has a gaffe of her own and we'd swear Obama is the anti-christ. Some objectivity please?

If the Clinton folk take the time to actually listen to the exchange they'll find Obama was actually putting himself out there too. As in he empathized with the position having admitted to making similar mistakes himself. Have we seen that form of humility from HRC on a mistake of her opponents? Not even hardly. Every chance she had to use his mistakes she took em. Now its coming back around and her supporters can't handle the heat. What a joke. Go vote for McCain because she's going down. Talk about ignorance. Lets go vote for the guy whose platform has evolved to emulate everything we've hated about the last 8 years over petty disputes. Children! GROW UP!

Terry McAuliffe is just as much of a hypocritical mess as his candidate! She could of at least apologized to Obama, AS WELL AS, the Kebbedy's. Her heart is under the two things she walks on!

I'm a little confused, John, on the reference to the 14th Amendment. If Wright, Rezko, et al, disqualifies Obama from running, wouldn't Whitewater, WH Travel Office, WRIGHT!!, mysterious deaths of Vince Foster & Ron Brown and staff - not to mention cozing up with the Chinese/Columbians/etc, no tax records for 2 years and campaign donations from International Profit Associates (women should love that one!), just to name a few, have stopped clinton from even running? Maybe she'd have more money to funnel into her campaign if she didn't have to pay off Jennifer Flowers and Paul Jones. Now, if they would just release the names of the donors to the Clinton Library!!

I just read about the Fox News commentator jokingly calling for the assassination both of "Osama" and "Obama". Why is this getting so little coverage in the media. A commentator on a national network actually called for the assassination of a Senator and candidate for the presidency. Even as a joke that is wrong. Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjYpkvcmog0&eurl=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-feldman/fox-pundit-wishes-for-oba_b_103500.html

on youtube.

Dear Hill&Bill,

"I complete faith that a country that 'clings to guns & religion' will find away to ensure Barack Hussien Obama isn't our next President. One way or another."

"Hillary will be there to pick up the pieces and ensure we win in November."

Your response when I suggested the WaPo consider this a personal threat on Barack's life and report to the FBI:

"My one way or another remark referred to Hillary & John McCain. One way or the other, Obama will lose."

How does this logically jive? If it's McCain that's going to end up beating Obama, then how is it "Hillary will be there to pick up the pieces and ensure we win in November." Huh?

Please understand: These types of comments, thoughts, and