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Hillary Puts the Final Nail in the Coffin

Posted by Kim S. on May 24, 2008

Hillary Clinton essentially ended her campaign today and ruined any chance she had of becoming VP by invoking Robert Kennedy’s assassination to defend her decision to stay in the race. Speaking to the editorial board of the Sioux Falls Argus Leader about calls to drop out of the race, Miss Hillary 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. You know I just, I don’t understand it.”

Now no one believes Miss Hillary is hoping something bad will happen to Barack Obama (like assassination) so she can win the Democratic nomination, but referring to assassinations with a Black man running for President is in really bad taste. And in light of Ted Kennedy recently being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, and June being the 40th anniversary of Robert Kennedy’s assassination, Miss Hillary really put her foot in it.

The so-called apology:

“I regret that if my referencing that moment of trauma for our entire nation and in particular the Kennedy family was in any way offensive. I certainly had no intention of that whatsoever.”
What about Barack Obama??? I notice he isn’t mentioned in this non-apology apology. So Miss Hillary didn’t mean to offend the Kennedy family, but Obama on the other hand….

But leave it to MSNBC’s Keith Olberman to put the verbal smackdown on Miss Hillary. His special comment tonight was blistering to say the least.

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Posted in Assassination, Democratic Primary, Foolism, Hillary Clinton, Ignorance, Is this for real, Its a Wrap, Keith Olberman, politics, President Obama, Race, Robert Kennedy, WTF | 3 Comments »

Where’s the Media Coverage of Rev. John Hagee’s Comments?

Posted by Kim S. on May 22, 2008

Comments John McCain’s pastor John Hagee’s made in a sermon from the 1990s about Adolph Hitler “doing God’s will” have recently come to light. However, this story does not seem to be getting a lot of play in the mainstream media. The Huffington Post and Keith Olberman and Dan Abrams of MSNBC have covered it, but these comments do not seem to be getting the media saturation that Barack Obama’s former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright received. Double standard? Hmm…. Here’s the audio of the comments posted on YouTube.


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Posted in Dan Abrams, hypocrisy, Jeremiah Wright, John Hagee, John McCain, Keith Olberman, media bias, politics, President Obama, Race, religion, The Huffington Post | Leave a Comment »

 
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