More inflated controversy by the mainstream media…
 
Hillary Clinton invoked the Robert Kennedy assassination when asked about calls for her to drop out of the race. This is what 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. I don’t understand it."
 
Andrea Mitchell talked to a top campaign official who told her (paraphrased): What she really means to say is that in both 1968 and 1992, the contest was not decided until after June.
 
Hillary Clinton’s comment was unfortunate only because the vague reference left her open to attack. More than likely this is due to campaign burnout, but to try to draw a parallel between Kennedy’s death and an insinuation that the Clinton campaign literally believes Obama "might still get shot" is extremely reckless. Obama fanatics are doing their best to insinuate just that, but the parallel doesn’t fit.
 
A good generic account of the 1968 Democrat primary is on Wikipedia: Political historians have debated whether Kennedy could have won the Democratic nomination had he lived… 
  • Tom Wicker, who covered the Kennedy campaign for The New York Times, believed that Humphrey’s large lead in delegate votes from non-primary states, combined with Senator McCarthy’s refusal to quit the race, would have prevented Kennedy from ever winning a majority at the Democratic Convention, and that Humphrey would have been the Democratic nominee even if Kennedy had lived.
  • Journalist Richard Reeves has written that Humphrey was the likely nominee.
  • RFK’s own campaign manager, future Democratic National Committee chairman Larry O’Brien, wrote in his memoirs that Kennedy’s chances of winning the nomination had been slim, even after his win in California.

Regardless of speculation, at the time of Robert Kennedy’s assassination, he was not winning. The delegate count was as follows: Hubert Humphrey: 561, Robert Kennedy: 393, Eugene McCarthy: 258.

Kennedy’s assassination was tragic, but it didn’t create a new front-runner. Had that happened, Chris Matthews and other Obama henchmen might have a case. Besides, Kennedy was down to Humphrey who was racking up delegates in non-primary states and believed to be in the lead (sound familiar?), so if a comparison had to be made between 1968 and 2008, a Kennedy-Clinton camparison makes a lot more sense… and I doubt Hillary was referring to herself getting shot.

In truth, this rush to judgment is simply another attempt to force Hillary Clinton out of the race regardless of the fact that she is the popular vote winner. Keith Olbermann reveals the MSM agenda with this overdramatic question: "Can she in good conscience continue in the race for president after having said anything like this? Is her political career at an end?" 

Sorry to tell you, Keith: Yes she can… and no it isn’t. 

 

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has issued the following statement:

“It is clear from the context that Hillary was invoking a familiar political circumstance in order to support her decision to stay in the race through June. I have heard her make this reference before, also citing her husband’s 1992 race, both of which were hard fought through June. I understand how highly charged the atmosphere is, but I think it is a mistake for people to take offense.”

If Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. isn’t offended, no one else has the right to even pretend to be…