Saturday, May 24, 2008

Hillary, Bobby Kennedy Part Deux

Drudge, the right-leaning news aggregator (headline service), which Hillary's campaign has often used to leak news, can't resist the temptation to pile on, and is leading with multiple headlines about the assassination gaffe.
The New York Times editorial board, which endorsed her, has decided her non-apology is worthless, especially since she said the very same thing in March.
Commenters at the Times blog addressing the subject are mostly semi-hysterically accusing her of revealing a secret desire to see Obama killed.
Some, many claiming to be Obama supporters, say it's making too much of nothing.
Some are blaming the Obama campaign for capitalizing on it.
Others recall it was the Clinton campaign that kept the Bittergate story alive.
My take?
I doubt the Obama campaign accusation. Some reporters caught a whiff of a new angle to the tedious endless primary, called the campaign and the campaign issued a statement. Standard operating procedure.
The reference to RFK's assassination has been part of her repertoire for two months, it's a memorized line that got repeated on a video that went viral within hours. And it's a deliberately composed emotional punch that also deliberately misapplies the facts.
In June 1968 when Bobby was killed, the primary had only been going on for three months.
This year, it's been going on for almost six months.
Misrepresenting facts, conjuring up fallacious comparisons, is also standard operating procedure in political campaigns. It seems the Clintons do this much more than Obama. It seems Obama is quick to correct when challenged, while Clinton persists in the face of all reason.
Think the Bosnia sniper fire, and much, much more.
Yeah, it's insensitive. It was insensitive in March, too, but that time the reference was in print. This time, it's all over YouTube.
The Sunday pundits will turn it into a continuous loop.
I think this time she's really over with, but I want to think that.
Not because of this incident. Just because it's time for her to quit.

1 comment:

  1. Given all of the things throughout history which have happened in June, Hellary mentions the assassination of Bobby Kennedy? An unusually close parallel to Obama or wishful thinking or maybe instructions to the wack job racist out there?

    "You guys aren't doing your job!"
    That's what I hear Hellary saying!
    Maybe that's just me, .... we will find out at Barak's wake.

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