Yesterday I wrote that I felt Clinton’s “assassination” remarks were being misrepresented, taken out of context. At first glance it seemed that way. Hillary has always been desperate to make the case for her continuing to remain in the race, and despite how badly she wants to be the nominee by convincing voters she’s more electable, I didn’t for a second believe she’d want to see Obama assassinated in order for that to happen. I still don’t think that and hope my intuition is correct. However, I’ve yet to make sense of just why the hell she would say what she did. In a country where: politicians and leaders similar to Obama in offering a message of hope and change have been killed for that message, in a campaign where: Obama received racially charged death threats the moment he announced in Springfield and has had offices vandalized with ethnic slurs spray-painted on windows, in a time when: african-americans were reluctant to support Obama because of this very real fear, in my mind where: I was stopped by a man at the NAACP convention in Detroit last year and warned that such a thing would happen to Obama, something I dismissed but was still at the back of my mind and in the minds of many there … for Hillary Clinton to say something of that manner is not only in-artful, as its been described, but disturbingly wrong. I watched the video of her “apologizing” in a South Dakota supermarket. It was the first time in a long time that I’ve felt sorry for her. She, for the first time, looked as if she realized that the words she has used in this campaign have truly disturbed and hurt people. Her words were addressed to the Kennedy family, when they should’ve been addressed to everyone else: anyone who remembers where they were June 5th of 1968, November 22nd of 1963, April 4th of 1968. Many of us have tolerated the continuation of her lifeless campaign, even after the reality that she has no chance of winning set in, but this is just too much.
From: “Donna Brazile” <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 6:35 AM
To: <xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.com>
Subject: Re: Hillary remarks
I completly understand. Here I am on vacation and can barely sleep.
This is the most disturbing gaffe ever and it has to stop soon. None of us — and that includes me deserve to compete based on what ifs which might include the death of one’s opponents.
I pray for Obama, yes I pray for Hillary, but I also pray for us all.
Thanks for writing. I am truly sorry for this moment.
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Assassination, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
An X-ray of a very dark soul?
In Commentary on May 24, 2008 at 12:13 pmYesterday I wrote that I felt Clinton’s “assassination” remarks were being misrepresented, taken out of context. At first glance it seemed that way. Hillary has always been desperate to make the case for her continuing to remain in the race, and despite how badly she wants to be the nominee by convincing voters she’s more electable, I didn’t for a second believe she’d want to see Obama assassinated in order for that to happen. I still don’t think that and hope my intuition is correct. However, I’ve yet to make sense of just why the hell she would say what she did. In a country where: politicians and leaders similar to Obama in offering a message of hope and change have been killed for that message, in a campaign where: Obama received racially charged death threats the moment he announced in Springfield and has had offices vandalized with ethnic slurs spray-painted on windows, in a time when: african-americans were reluctant to support Obama because of this very real fear, in my mind where: I was stopped by a man at the NAACP convention in Detroit last year and warned that such a thing would happen to Obama, something I dismissed but was still at the back of my mind and in the minds of many there … for Hillary Clinton to say something of that manner is not only in-artful, as its been described, but disturbingly wrong. I watched the video of her “apologizing” in a South Dakota supermarket. It was the first time in a long time that I’ve felt sorry for her. She, for the first time, looked as if she realized that the words she has used in this campaign have truly disturbed and hurt people. Her words were addressed to the Kennedy family, when they should’ve been addressed to everyone else: anyone who remembers where they were June 5th of 1968, November 22nd of 1963, April 4th of 1968. Many of us have tolerated the continuation of her lifeless campaign, even after the reality that she has no chance of winning set in, but this is just too much.
Keith Olbermann in a powerful special comment:
Some other interesting commentary on her remarks, including the Daily News column from which this post’s headline was taken.
The always accessible Donna Brazile …
Update: Two poignant Daily Kos diaries.