On May 26, 2008, at 9:25 AM, Lawrence Sica wrote: > > 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.
3 times before and as you point out, there are many other examples she could have used her excuse was that she was thinking of Ted Kennedy at the time - well, that doesn't wash, since she first brought up the assassination comment in March (but reporters didn't bring it to light) - Kennedy has his health episode last week > > > --Larry > _______________________________________________ > OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] > http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters > List hosted at http://cat5.org/ _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
