I will grant that Hillary may have been a little tired when she made her remark about RFK. That said, I remember watching the California primary on the night RFK was assassinated. (I was in high school.) I remember the cut away to NBC news after Senator Kennedy had given his victory speech. They were closing up the broadcast. (It was after midnight in North Carolina.) Then "Jack ?" (I've forgotten his name) started talking into his earphones and looked up at the camera and asked "What?? What?? There's been a shooting at Kennedy headquarters." In a minute, they cut back to the hotel and the coverage stayed on all night and so did I. In the morning, we woke up my Ukrainian immigrant grandmother and she spent the morning watching the TV and sighing "What a tragedy! What a tragedy!"

For me, that is not history but living history that is burned into my brain. Hillary must have been about 20 or 21 and I assume that she was an RFK supporter. How she can talk so matter of factly about a memory like that is a little beyond me. It seemed kind of cold-blooded to me.

Honestly, what bothers me as much is her apology. Here it is:

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What struck me is that she apologized to anyone who might have been offended and to the Kennedy family. But she didn't seem to get that people might see a connection to Obama (especially given Huckabee's crack to the NRA and the fact that people have compared Obama and MLK). I don't think that she is dense. But again, maybe she is cold-blooded. I don't understand how she didn't see how a lot of people made an Obama connection.

Well,it does kind of trump the Obama comment about those that cling to guns and religion.

How dumb can you be?

The Kennedy's have been long time friends of the Kennedy's and Hillary was almost in tears when talking about how Ted was on her mind and the many tragedies of the family.

If the coming anniversary is not on your mind now,I would question who is the cold blooded one.

You found another way to twist the dagger in,just like the pundits and are using it in your ,oh,so fair minded way.

You Obamanuts make everything in the world to mean Obama.

when RFK died.

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AT THAT TIME HILLARY WAS STILL A GOLDWATER GIRL!!!

FormerlyKnownAsIRP:

What struck me is that she apologized to anyone who might have been offended and to the Kennedy family. But she didn't seem to get that people might see a connection to Obama (especially given Huckabee's crack to the NRA and the fact that people have compared Obama and MLK). I don't think that she is dense. But again, maybe she is cold-blooded. I don't understand how she didn't see how a lot of people made an Obama connection.

Unintentional blunders. Anybody who spends so much time talking publicly is going to say something in a way that did not mean for it to be taken.

Huckabee was trying to be funny by implying Obama was afraid of guns. Hillary was trying to say that nominations sometimes go into June.

When politicians blunder, their opponents spin.

Helipilot:

when RFK died.

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The Kennedy's have been long time friends of the Kennedy's and Hillary was almost in tears when talking about how Ted was on her mind and the many tragedies of the family.

Did I say they were friends of RFK? I said The Kennedys,Jackie and Ted.

RFK Junior is backing her and said what she said meant nothing. It is simply the Obamanuts and the MSM buildiing it into a mountain!

I would take the word of the Son over the blowhards who hate Hillary.

The associations that people draw with assassination attempts on Obama are quite understandable.

My point is that the comments (Huckabee's and Clinton's) made me very queasy. That is no spin.

And I do wonder about the judgement of people who say them.

BTW, I assume that you would include Obama's "bitter" comments in the same category. He blundered (and apologized) and his opponents spun.

Well, you are entitled to your opinion. See my response to wmou below. He is a little more balanced in his response than you are.

BTW, I don't think about the RFK assassination all the time and the anniversary of the assassination is not burned into my mind. I don't automatically think about it. However, as I said, when I am reminded of the event, it does bring back a lot of memories.

I take RFK junior at his word. I assume that he was saying that the Kennedys were not offended. That was fine. And I am not offended. I just wonder. If I had been making the point that Hillary seemed to be trying to make, I would have said something like "And, God forbid, Senator Obama or I might be assassinated or die over the summer. Look what happened in 1968." (If she had framed it that way, I suspect that she wouldn't have said it. And that supports my contention that she was somewhat insensitive to the full ramifications of her comments (i.e. cold-blooded).

There is some difference with Obama's bitter comments. Most in his audience at the time agreed with him.. I believe they were part of a prepared speech, and not off the cuff. Either way, I do not think Obama truly believes what he said and wishes he had not said it.

Neither Hillary or Huckabee want Obama shot. And neither did their audiences.

I think that we are largely in agreement.

However, Obama made his comments in response to a question from the audience. They were not part of a prepared speech.

I also believe that neither Hillary or Huckabee want Obama shot. And I also believe that the vast majority of their audience do not want him shot either.

What bothers me is that I know that there are some people who would like to see Obama assassinated (just like there were folks who wanted to see MLK assassinated) and I worry about how statements by Clinton or Huckabee sound to those sorts of people. Do those sorts of statements legitimate those thoughts in the minds of those people? I think that prominent politicians should be more sensitive to those possibilities. That is my problem.