While Barack Obama certainly makes more than his fair share of ‘gaffes,’ Hillary Clinton is also known to step in caca from time to time, metaphorically speaking of course. Recently, she stepped in it again by invoking the assassination of Robert Kennedy. (hat tip: MM)
From ABC News:
In an interview with the Argus Leader, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., took the unusual step of invoking the assassination of Sen. Robert Kennedy, D-N.Y., when discussing the continuing Democratic nomination battle.
“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.” Clinton said.
Later, she said she regretted the statement and that it happened because,
“The Kennedy’s have been much on my mind for the last days because of Senator Kennedy.”
That may well have normally been a perfectly reasonable response. However, it’s not the first time she made similar statements, well before Senator Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
From MSNBC:
NBC/NJ’s Mike Memoli notes that Clinton said something similar the day after the Indiana and North Carolina primaries. “Sometimes you gotta calm people down a little bit. But if you look at successful presidential campaigns, my husband did not get the nomination until June of 1992,” she said. “I remember tragically when Senator Kennedy won California near the end of that process.”
In fact, the specter of assassination was first raised in this campaign on January 8, when a Clinton introducer, a retired teacher from New Hampshire, brought it up before Clinton spoke. “If you look back, some people have been comparing one of the other candidates to JFK, and he was a wonderful leader. He gave us a lot of hope,” the retired teacher said. “But he was assassinated, and Lyndon Baines Johnson actually did all of his work and got both the Republicans and Democrats to pass those measures.”
I’m certainly no fan of Barack Obama’s political stances. However, comments such as those made by Senator Clinton and her associates are reprehensible, irresponsible, and have no place in American politics.
Recent comments by former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee were also in bad taste and inappropriate.
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