Comments on: Hillary Clinton’s “Assassination” Remark & Why It Matters To Me

By: Black Reaction Online to Joe Biden as VP - Jack & Jill Politics

Black Reaction Online to Joe Biden as VP - Jack & Jill Politics — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:48:25 +0000

[...] the benefit of the doubt, but this is the proverbial straw breaking the camel’s back. I can’t complain about racism on the part of Sen. Clinton and ignore the racism of Sen. Biden. And for anyone that wants to tell me that I’m basically [...]

By: Hillary Is 44 » Blog Archive » Hillary Clinton’s True Democrats, Barack Obama’s PINOs

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:22:52 +0000

[...] lusting for the assassination of her opponent, Barack Obama. (That is not to suggest there were no legitimate concerns about her statement.) And Randi Rhodes - a “progressive talk radio personality” - fresh [...]

By: Escapist at Heart « Off Our Pedestals

Escapist at Heart « Off Our Pedestals — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:04:17 +0000

[...] if you can’t see that no one feels exactly “consoled” about this–”worried,” “excited, apprehensive,” “guardedly hopeful” might be nearer right, [...]

By: Sherry Chandler

Sherry Chandler — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:12:44 +0000

[...] It began in earnest when I read Kevin’s response at Slant Truth, in which he stated that regardless of her intent, it was his personal associations of the assassinations of black leaders th… He added that he was further troubled by the racially segregated - and polarized - link networks he [...]

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:27:54 +0000

Hey, thanks for the link. And yes, it has been frustrating to have this incident handwaved away (or even talked about as a smear against Clinton) all over the white, mainstream internet.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:50:18 +0000

@Malik: You have been thrown in.

@bran: I won’t bother responding to you because Ilyka has done a good enough job already.

By: Malik

Malik — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:40:01 +0000

I think some feminist partisans have lost their natural minds. They’re confusing being a Democrat with being a citizen. This isn’t about the Democratic party. This is about America. You’re entitled to think that your party owes Hillary whatever it is that you think she deserves, but American voters don’t owe any candidate squat. They owe us their service. Remember service, and earning the privilege of leading? Screwing over Black Americans of every description in order to get what you feel your party owes you, or in order to protest NOT getting what you feel entitled to, is pretty much the opposite of earning the privilege of leading.

By: ilyka

ilyka — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:13:32 +0000

She was talking about HERSELF. Comparing HERSELF to RFK.

First, that comparison fails utterly, for reasons explained here.

Second, I do not recall seeing a similar photo to this of Senator Clinton. Do you?

I’m with Not of Color and Old Enough to Remember–this wasn’t an accident. As Olbermann points out, she’d said it before, and then apparently been warned off saying it again for a couple months, and then returned to saying it again the other day. This was no spur-of-the-moment, off-the-cuff misstep.

So perhaps you understand my skepticism that her remark has anything to do with anyone BUT Obama.

By: Not of Color and Old Enough to Remember

Not of Color and Old Enough to Remember — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:33:04 +0000

Clinton knew exactly what she was doing. The only question is whether it was planned in advance or whether she ’seized the moment’ thinking it would be another good opportunity -being videotaped and thus presumably to be replayed for local upcoming primary voters - to throw out the assassination thing again.

RFK’s assassination occurred during a victory speech after he won a June 4th primary (a few minutes after midnight, thus technically on June 5th). Obama is set to acquire his own victory on exactly the same date in June, as June 4th is supposed to be the day that the remaining superdels commit to him after the last of the primaries on June 3rd. Clinton has gone full-tilt with inflammatory rhetoric designed to stir up latent race/class hatreds ever since the long run-up to the Pa primary. She made the first assassination reference in March and the last one on Friday, 5/23.

For those like the writer who share age, race, sex
and profession with Clinton, and who grew up in
the days of segregation, it doesn’t take a rocket
scientist to understand the gravity of what she’s
done. It was absolutely unforgivable.

She’s deliberately unleashed a genie that can never be forced back into the box even if she wished to do so. And I perceive ZERO indication that she ever believes she is ‘in the wrong’, sorry only that her strategy backfired on her. This is a woman whose level of reckless disregard for the rest of humanity makes her unfit to serve in any office of government, at any time, EVER.

By: bran

bran — Tue, 27 May 2008 09:13:17 +0000

She was talking about HERSELF. Comparing HERSELF to RFK.

SHE is being hounded and told to quit. SHE has had death and assasination threats. SHE lives in a country where women are routinely beaten and killed for being uppity at a far greater rate than any men are now and through history. SHE was in her formative years when the *white* RFK was killed, SHE has Kennedys on her mind because Ted is in hospital. She apologised to the Kennedys after for that very reason.

HOW IS THIS ABOUT OBAMA ?