Dialogue with Hillary: MmmmphUgh!

What's that Hill? I can't hear understand what you are saying. Maybe if you took your foot out of your mouth, that would help. Seriously, Senator, its time to end further embarrassment-- no matter how the sisters feel. Hey, if you don't take it from me here is what Ann Davidow says in her blog: "And it isn’t really that anyone believes Hillary wishes Kennedy’s fate to be visited upon Obama but rather that her musings are an indication of her egocentric approach to the world. Self-involved and driven by ambition her sense of entitlement led her to verbalize that inner sense of self importance. And in the uproar that followed she issued one of those non-apology apologies about not meaning to “offend”, so typical of politicians who just can’t bring themselves to admit they said something totally inappropriate, insulting, insensitive and mean-spirited." Ditto. The magic number is 59.

Update: In pushback mode Hillary Clinton is defending her remarks saying they were "taken out of context". Well, Senator, the context of your remarks was inapposite and therefore given the sensitivity of your reference, mean. The historic context of RFK's campaign is entirely different than that which exists today. Relative unknown Eugene McCarthy was widely viewed by party elders as not having a chance against the 'new' Nixon, and Kennedy entered the race late. Certainly not the case with Obama versus McCain. Obama leads McCain in a national poll by 8%. The California primary, representing a large block of delegates, was held months ago held in case you can't remember winning it midst the campaign haze. My understanding is that "Super Tuesday" was intended to identify a viable candidate early so more resources could be diverted to winning the general election. The point is not that you be given the same freedom to press your candidacy for as long as male candidates did without criticism, but that you have no realistic chance of winning and therefore continuing your campaign is counterproductive to the Democratic Party's cause in November. The race is close and the criticism chauvinist only in your mind, Senator. By every metric you care to fairly use, Obama wins. Only if you try to rely on primaries in which the leading opponent did not participate, as previously agreed, can you twist the facts to suit your case. And your statement that you are "committed to uniting the party" is totally disingenuous. Everybody knows you are only interested in doing whatever it takes to win, party be damned.
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