BY TAYLOR MARSH
Is this thing over yet? That’s what many are feeling today, as everyone is
as close to the breaking point with fatigue as it comes. We need a long weekend. Clinton’s statement today reveals our collective fatigue and was unbelievably unfortunate. Looking at her make her statement of regret you can see her pain and that she is devastated by what she said, which is clear in the statement below from the Clinton camp.
But anyone believing Clinton was suggesting that an assassination could vault
her into… never mind, I can’t even finish the statement. It’s just too ludicrous. But that’s where we are today.
Take the lady at her word. She made a horrible mistake that she regrets. We could all use a day off, which I hope this long weekend will supply.
“Earlier today I was discussing the Democratic primary history and in
the course of that discussion mentioned the campaigns that both my husband
and Senator Kennedy waged in California in June 1992 and 1968 and I was referencing
those to make the point that we have had nomination primary contests that
go into June. That’s a historic fact. The Kennedys have been much on my mind
the last days because of Senator Kennedy and I regret that if my referencing
that moment of trauma for our entire nation, and particularly for the Kennedy
family was in any way offensive. I certainly had no intention of that, whatsoever.
My view is that we have to look to the past and to our leaders who have inspired
us and give us a lot to live up to, and I’m honored to hold Senator Kennedy’s
seat in the United States Senate from the state of New York and have the highest
regard for the entire Kennedy family.”======
Transcript from the Argus-Leader’s editorial board meeting:
HRC: People have been trying to push me out of this ever since Iowa.
Q: Why?
HRC: I don’t know. I don’t know. I find it curious. Because it is unprecedented
in history. I don’t understand it. Between my opponent and his camp and some
in the media there has been this urgency to end this. And historically, that
makes no sense. So I find it a bit of a mystery.Q: So you don’t buy the party unity argument?
HRC: I don’t because again I’ve been around long enough.
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. There’s lots of speculation about why it is.Q: What is your speculation?
I don’t know. I find it curious. And I don’t want to attribute motives or
strategies to people because I don’t really know, but it’s a historical curiosity
to me.
UPDATE: From the Clinton campaign:
The Argus Leader’s Executive Editor Randell Beck issued the following statement today:
“The context of the question and answer with Sen. Clinton was whether her continued candidacy jeopardized party unity this close to the Democratic convention. Her reference to Mr. Kennedy’s assassination appeared to focus on the timeline of his primary candidacy and not the assassination itself.”
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