Terry McAuliffe has REPEATEDLY said Hillary is staying in the race because "ANYTHING" can happen.

[RBInMaine]

He said this over and over very recently in major media interviews. And "anything" means "anything" up to and including something awful happening to the opposing candidate. It is in their heads. It was in her head, or she would not have a reason to reference the RFK assassination. She was doing more than using that incident as an historical marker for a past June primary given so many other examples of long primaries. This idea was OBVIOUSLY in her head, and has been in the heads of her campaign staff. She needs to explain this better, and APOLOGIZE much better.

[RBInMaine]

1. BTW, former DNC Chairman McAuliffe is Hillary's campaign manager.

[Leopolds Ghost]

27. And he gets the job again if Hillary wins

In an alternate universe (they basically said off the record that Dean would be fired. And that was for his "failings" in 06, long before the primary season heated up. It's almost as if the DLC would prefer to lose Congress than elect anti-war populists in red districts... the Chamber of Commerce declared "war on populism" and Edwards in particular in a press release last fall.)

[CreekDog]

2. Anything can happen

McAuliffe could turn from robot to human.

Now that's *anything*!

[dchill]

3. And if he quits snorting coke...

he'll realize how bad that has always sounded. Anyway, I agree with you, they've BEEN talking about this for months.

[casus belli]

29. He does seem to suffer from manic episodes quite frequently...

he's hard to listen to for any length of time. If he isn't on something that gives him his tweaker persona, maybe he should be to slow himself down.

[hughee99]

4. And yet after these comments

I think it makes her much less likely to get the nomination were "anything" to actually happen.

[LakeSamish706]

5. I'm going to say something now, if anything happens to Barack... You don't at this point...

want to be apart of the Clinton campaign.

[RBInMaine]

7. God forbid, but in the end we support the Dem. But let's not go there. No need to. She was DUMB

about this.

[BenDavid]

6. WELL! can anything happen or not? Well sure, but to go off the

deep end and say what HRC is in some way hoping that obambi gets assassinated is totally untrue. Hell, right thinking people can read the words and in those words are the comparions of earlier campaigns where they too lasted a long time into June....As Robert Kenndy Jr said, "I have heard her make those same remarks before,and it is a mistake for people to take offense." So if the son can say the comments are nothing to get all worked up over then CHILL obambi folks...DAMN!

It is strange that if you heard them without anyone convincing you different and the first thing you thought of was someone killing someone then wow that is something to debate......but I heard her first comments and I too had heard these earlier and I did not associate her words with someone wanting to assassinate someone.....and yes something can happen but assassination.....NO!

but then maybe there is a video out there in the hands of some repuke that shows michelle obama in a talk before the church group saying bad things about the US and calling and using the name "whitey" over and over again.....Now I am not saying there is such a video but you can bet yo asses if there is and the right has it, it will be played over and over and you thought obambi was going to get elected....uh huh......

[RBInMaine]

8. First, kindly get off the childish making fun of the man's name. Next, she was FOOLISH for invoking

this, and she made it quite clear that she was saying part of her reason for staying in is that "anything" can happen to the opponent. It was a VERY foolish thing to say, and she needs to hold a press conference and make a better apology.

[Tellurian]

10. There are no apoligies needed from Hillary..

[RBInMaine]

12. YES there are ! What she said was both STUPID and highly INSENSITIVE no matter what her actual

motive was. She AGAIN crossed a line. As an AMERICAN I am offended at her invoking the RFK tragedy to justify continuing what is essentially a FINISHED candidacy. It is easily as disingenuous as her
advocating the gas tax gimick and adds a bigtime nasty-pill chaser. There is no need of this in our politics. She needs to call a press conference and make a REAL apology.

[Tellurian]

35. Wrong, as usual.. The 60th Anniversay of RFK's death is coming up in a few weeks..

[grantcart]

14. I don't understand as many Clinton supporters have said either

1) she did need to apologize

or

2) she already made an effective apology


If you have a different view then you should state it clearly in an original OP

[intaglio]

31. Hey look at the bright side

Hillary equated Obama as equivalent to RFK!

She's a clutz

[AllentownJake]

9. Hillary is 44 or HillaryClintonforum.net

Just wondering where you get your material.

[grantcart]

13. start with a tasteless comment about assassinations that could change the outcome

of the nomination and turn it into a diatribe against Senator Obama's wife.


You are without a doubt the most tasteless person on DU. You have a purely Rovian mindset that seeks to advance political hegemony by the sole means of characer assasination. Your duplicitious 'not saying there is such a video' shows that you are without scruples of any kind and will help pass rumors that you know have no proof. BTW Robert Kennedy has not heard these comments, but his obsession to be her successor has rendered him an embarassement in NY. You are the embarassement of DU.

[Chisox08]

15. Why bring up assassination?

Especially when your opponent has been receiving death threats from the moment he entered the race. Yes David anything could happen even assassination. Why plant that seed in someones mind? Why reference an assassination during a primary in June when the current primary is about to go into June? Ben David do you realize that there are sick people in this country that will do to Obama what was done RFK? This is something that this country doesn't need and Hillary should apologize to the Obama family and the American people not that half hearted semi apology she gave earlier today.

[anigbrowl]

17. Strangely enough, that was exactly the first thing I thought of.

I went and watched the Sioux Falls video first, and didn't turn on the TV to check their reaction until several hours later. I don't form my opinions by listening to the media.

And again with the baseless rumor about Michelle Obama, which is most likely a product of Larry Johnson's imagination. you really are a piece of work.

[dkf]

20. Robert Kennedy Jr cannot say it is ok when Obama is the one put at risk.

It is not his place.

[cliffordu]

26. Meds, Benny, Meds!!!! (Sorry I'm late...)

Again with the fucking Michelle Obama Whitey thing....


So what if she did??

At least she ain't talking assassination....

[ima_sinnic]

33. I can't wait till you're gone from here

you are the epitome of everything that is wrong with fake Hillary "supporters" who have come out from under their rocks like stinking cockroaches led by the big verminous Limp Reichballs and his Operation KKKaos. You sound like a brain-addled white supremacist piece of trash. Poor widdle you will be forced either to support the black man and his wife, or take your dirt nap with your granite wafer. You are certainly no Democrat and have no place on a Democrats' forum.

[RiverStone]

11. No more fucking explanations needed...or apologies

Hillary simply needs to let her campaign die in peace.

It's over, it's off life support, no need to struggle.

Let it go Hillary. Move on.

So we can too, move on.

[SoCalDem]

16. and the rat-bastard grins from ear to ear every time he says

"barring some unforeseen catastrophe".. as in wink-wink-nudge-nudge to all the idiots "out there in tv land"..y'know-wut-I-mean-doncha?

I cut her or him NO slack.. they actually hope Obama is killed or injured so she can win.. there I SAID it..

That's the ONLY imprerssion I get every time I hear them even mentioning this..and they have done it MANY times before now...

[Swamp Rat]

19. Like the Joker.

I agree SoCalDem.

Now is the time to weed out the Operation Chaos dittoheads here. No need to let them spread hatred, anger and fear here any longer.

[Diane R]

18. Her friends Kiki and Caputo, and Lanny Davis have said the same thing. Frightening.

[dkf]

21. Now we know what they meant when they said "anything".

[TheZug]

22. It's an obvious pattern. Other surrogates have said it too.

[fortyfeetunder]

23. Where is another stained silk dress when we need it?

Bill, there is some intern looking for attention....

[havocmom]

24. Yep, and my dog cringes when he hears McAuliffe's voice on TV

cuz he knows MomDog is gonna yell at the TV again.

Yep, it is something they are clinging to like a life preserver as their campaign sinks. Abominable behavior. They have NO standards, ethics, limits. Sorta like cheney.

[havocmom]

25. Kick for this pertinent point. McAuliffe has yammered on this for several days

It obviously is part of their 'strategy' and they should be soundly punished for it.

[Mimosa]

28. Hell yes, I've watched him say it on TV at least 3 times...

and it sounded slightly ominous, too.

[catgirl]

30. Perhaps this is why Gravel never quit?

[Skidmore]

32. Hillary Rosen and Lisa Caputo have been engaging in the same rhetoric

on every appearance they have made on Hillary's behalf as well. Collectively, Clinton has invested alot in disseminating this language. Every time I've heard one of these people say something like this, I've cringed. It makes me feel ill.

[BklynChick]

34. I have been saying for weeks that she and her campaign have been hinting about this for weeks if not

months.