the fact that hillary clinton remains in the primary race at this point is nothing short of obscene, a testament to how little the prospect of public service actually has to do with her campaign.
but there was nothing inappropriate about her reference to RFK’s assassination. she was simply being honest: when she thinks about conceding, she also thinks “what if…” i doubt that she’s lighting black candles or funding some Jackal-type operation to take him out, she may not even be hoping for it. but you’d have to be an idiot not to recognize that obama is one helluva target. (note to clinton: if you drop out of the race and somebody blows barack’s head off, i’m sure the democrats will find you for the do-over.)
obama received secret service protection earlier in the primary than any candidate in history (apparently we still do some things right) and his choice of running mate is critical. we live in a culture where god-fearing men and women throw bloody fetuses into the faces of terrified pregnant teens in the name of jesus, where merely “displaying a noose in a threatening manner” (whatever that means) has just officially been declared against the law, where the category of Hate Crimes — a category unique to the USA, incidentally — grows like weeds.
i’d like a little more, not a lot less, transparency in political campaigning. so hillary mentioned the date of RFK’s assassination on her list of reasons for staying in the race and everyone goes ballistic. why? has it become impolite — or unthinkable — for a candidate to simply state the naked truth? should we pretend that political assassinations don’t happen, pretend that nobody hates obama for his blackness, however diluted that blackness may be? let’s not pretend that cold-blooded calculation is not only typical but is considered intelligent and strategic in the toilet that is our present political system.
we tiptoe around like a scared bunch of children — don’t say bogeyman, if you say it he will come! as if somehow NOT saying that obama is a likely target would be enough to prevent an attempt. as if merely mentioning it will “give somebody the idea” as my grandmother used to say.
no worries on that account, the lunatic fringe has all the ideas that it needs. but it might be prudent to make sure that at least half of the secret servicemen assigned to protect barack obama happen to be black.
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