On May 26, 2008, at 9:29 AM, Chris Gehlker wrote: > > On May 26, 2008, at 4:03 AM, Stefano Mori wrote: > >> >> On 2008-May-26, at 02:36, Kevin Callahan wrote: >> >>> i hope she just goes away ! >> >> >> I don't quite get the uproar over her Kennedy & Clinton comparison... >> >> Is this what she said? >> >> ""My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the >> California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all >> remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I >> don't >> understand it," she said, dismissing calls to drop out." > > Because people see it this way: > Q: Why do you stay in a race that you have lost mathematically? > A: I'm hoping someone will shoot the black guy. > > The fact that Bill Clinton had indeed wrapped up his race before June > and that Jerry Brown, had dropped out to preserve party unity leeds > people to dismiss that part of the statement.
Not just that '68 is a horrible example on so many levels. By june in '68 most of the races were not yet done. Also in '68 the candidate that ended up being chosen lost to Nixon. We all know how well that turned out. It was bad as an example on many levels. Even a number of her supporters are now going WTF. I've also read she has made this kind of statement before, once in a Time interview. --Larry _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
