"Responding to a question from the Sioux Falls Argus Leader editorial board about calls for her to drop out of the race, she said: "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. You know I just, I don't understand it," she said, dismissing the idea of abandoning the race.

Clinton said she didn't understand why, given this history, some Democrats were calling for her to quit.

Her remark about an assassination during a primary campaign drew a quick response from aides to Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama.

"Senator Clinton's statement before the Argus Leader editorial board was unfortunate and has no place in this campaign," said Obama spokesman Bill Burton.

Clinton spokesman Mo Elleithee said the senator was only referring to her husband and Kennedy "as historical examples of the nominating process going well into the summer and any reading into it beyond that would be inaccurate and outrageous."

She has said much the same thing before In a March interview with Time magazine, she said: "Primary contests used to last a lot longer. We all remember the great tragedy of Bobby Kennedy being assassinated in June in L.A. My husband didn't wrap up the nomination in 1992 until June, also in California. Having a primary contest go through June is nothing particularly unusual."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_el_pr/clinton

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I'm aware that this Mudcat thread "Voting For Hillary?" contains some comments about Senator Clinton's latest statement about Bobbie Kennedy's assassination in June 1968 as somehow being a reason for her remaining in the race for Democratic nomination for USA president. However, I believe that a separate Mudcat thread is needed for a discussion about those comments, since that discussion need not be in the context of whether a person would vote or not for Hillary Clinton. Even before her latest offensive, and dangerous comment, as a result of how she has run her primary campaign, I would not have even thought of about voting for Hillary Clinton as dog catcher of the smallest USA town.

I'll be posting exerpts of comments on this topic that were made by other people, since sometimes people express what I want to say much better than I could.

Of course, you may post to this thread-or that other Mudcat thread whose link I provided or any other Mudcat political thread -if you feel the need to express yourself on this topic.