Eugene Robinson rips Hillary over Kennedy assassination - apology adds insult to injury

[jefferson_dem]

Run time: 00:46 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_Z-C-okb68   Posted on YouTube: May 23, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: May 23, 2008 By DU Member: jefferson_dem Views on DU: 1092

 

[marylanddem]

1. He was outstanding - and he's totally right

In her apology, she couldn't even bring herself to include Obama's name. She is despicable & needs to quit TONIGHT.

[lisa58]

2. Good for him...

..."I don't know why everyone is being so polite?"

[havocmom]

3. Robinson is DA MAN!

He is so good and so human.

[boobooday]

4. I know, I adore him

He is always wise, and kind, and fair, and that makes him stick out like a sore thumb among his pundit peers!

[havocmom]

7. And that smile....

He makes me think maybe I am not so old after all ;)

[sallyseven]

9. Robinson is a horse's ass ass.

spent the last four years playing cute with bush. If Obama was white he would be a republican still.

[RBInMaine]

18. BUT, he's SPOT-ON here !! She has screwed up BIGTIME with this one !!

[Cha]

23. If hilary had a god damn brain in her head she

wouldn't have been referencing RFK's assassination in JUNE talking point for the 3rd or 4th time.

<snips>

"Yet the assassination reference wasn't Clinton's only mistake. In the same breath, she maintained that her husband had not wrapped up the nomination until June. In truth, he did so in March with the Illinois primary. While California made his victory a mathematical fact, the outcome had not been in doubt for months.

She also struck discordant notes in January when she said Martin Luther King's dream of racial equality was realized only when President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and after her victory in the West Virginia primary earlier this month when she noted she was beating Obama among "working, hardworking Americans, white Americans."

In the current tempest over what Clinton said — and what she meant — the calendar may be the real culprit. She made a similar remark about the 1968 Kennedy assassination in March that received little notice then, probably because there were still plenty of state contests left and more uncertainty as to who would come out ahead.

Now, the longer the nomination race goes on, the more people are asking Clinton why she continues to campaign.

She insists she can win, but the mathematical explanations for how that can happen grow more fanciful by the week.

And without any clear explanation of how she can win, mentioning the Robert Kennedy assassination to some ears sounds like the last, desperate scenario of someone unwilling to admit defeat."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_remark

[hisownpetard]

24. Are you sure you've got the right guy? Eugene Robinson has never to my knowledge 'played

cute' with Bush.

[gateley]

5. Oh -- NOW I get it.

I couldn't figure out what she was trying to say with that statement. I can be so dense. Thanks!

[Coexist]

6. he was right on the money.

[william37]

8. Obama's surrogates are going crazy

Keep it up Eugene...you are the reason and people like you...why I will never vote for Obama.

[rustydad]

10. She is a trained lawyer

She knows haw to say shit so it sounds ambiguous but everyone knows the code. In clear speak she said, "People get assassinated, like RFK in June. If Obama gets assassinated I will move from second place to first place." Now William if that is OK with your so be it but that is what she meant to convey. No question about it. Bob

[william37]

12. It must be ok with you

If that is what you want to say..go right ahead. I know what she said. This is another example of people piling on Clinton to get her out. But my vote will not be his. He could kiss my ass.

[Adelante]

22. Who gives a shit who you vote for?

[jefferson_dem]

13. Keep it up, william.

These comments say more about you than they do about anything you're speaking of.

[Divine Discontent]

17. you're out of touch with reality

you just DON'T say that kind of SHIT, especially coming from the TOP of her candidacy - her OWN mouth - saying she should stick around because woh, hey, you never know, he's a black guy runnin' for office and there's death threats against him - you never know he may get murdered!!

SICKENING! Are you a liberal Democrat? If so, you should be disgusted by her words. I didn't say her, but her words - where is your outrage? What if he said that about her in the exact opposite situation? It would be just as disgusting.

[ClayZ]

20. I believe, in years to come,

that you will look back and say, "I wish I had voted for Obama!"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzO4fw8TsS4

[nashville_brook]

11. we just watched this, and what comes to mind is she better hope nothing happens to him

b/c that's the only way this could get any worse. can you imagine, if someone, god forbid, actually made an attempt on any American Pol's life right now? we are so wounded spiritually as a nation -- that would bring us to our knees.

by her logic, it's not September yet, and there might still be a terrorist attack.

[Oleladylib]

15. hey wow, you mean the price of gas isn't the most important thing.?

[Oleladylib]

14. geniebaby..youse got no audience!

[jefferson_dem]

16. youse got no audience?

Translate. What's your point?

[ShortnFiery]

19. Kick for democracy

Eugene Robinson :loveya: :applause:

[ClayZ]

21. Eugene Robinson is one of the BEST!

K and R