Miscellaneous

You can't spell "assassinated" without a whole lotta "ass"

If you haven't heard by now, Hillary invoked RFK's assassination as a reason why she needs to stay in this race, and some think she was ever so not-subtly implying that someone may try to take Obama out, so we need her around as a backup. When asked about why she's still in the race, she noted that folks have been urging her to withdraw but that "historically, that makes no sense." Then she went on to explain history:

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.

There's no question that this was a poooooooor choice of words, both given the Obama implications and the fact that it's been a bad week for Teddy Kennedy. So it's understandable that folks were pissed, and that Hillary's campaign quickly tried to do some spin control, eventually having HIllary issue an apology. However, our man of righteous indignation, Keith Olbermann, doesn't think any of that matters. He's mad as hell -- not sure I entirely agree with the level of his ire, but the underlying sentiment is pretty right:

Full post as published by Quiz Law on May 24, 2008 (boomark / email).