I've been trying to keep politics out of this blog, but as a New Yorker, I really need to say that Hillary Clinton just needs to go away. Her Presidential bid - by any measure - is over for 2008, and the longer she stays in this race, the more petty she becomes.
Tonight was the kicker. In trying to justify staying in the race until June, HRC stated "My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don't understand it." I'll say you don't understand it, Hil.
These aren't the types of errors you make when you are ready for prime time. This is the type of error that happens when you start thrashing in desperation. Both 1992 and 1968 were different circumstances than the 2008 Democratic race, and to invoke the name of an assassinated candidate (and New York Senator no less) is bizarre at best, macabre at worst.
With the announcement this week that Senator Ted Kennedy is battling a malignant brain tumor, it makes this reckless remark all the more distasteful. Perhaps even more disturbing is the implication that she could be the nominee if Obama were to be assassinated. Unbelievable.
I make no bones about the fact that I haven't been an HRC supporter as I see little that she's done for the Western New York area, but I'm sorry. This is what we can expect more of for another month? I'm done with the Hillary. Done with Bill. Done with the Clintons. Sayonara.
UPDATE: Keith Olbermann's Special Comment from Friday 5/23:
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