Posted by Jed Lewison on Fri May 23, 2008 at 1:25 PM Pacific

She will never be president

Clinton raises the potential of assassination as a rationale for remaining in the race.

This is a thought that has no place in the public sphere.

She should never be president. She will never be president.

TPM has a longer clip with more context; I don't think it mitigates her comment one iota, you can judge for yourself. TPM also has her attempt to clarify her remarks.

Update: I see two explanations for Hillary Clinton's remark:

  1. She is a psychopath
     
  2. It was an innocent remark, but one that proves yet again that she is so gaffe-prone that she would be a disastrous nominee

You can guess which ONE I believe. In either case, setting aside for a moment the nature of her statement, it isn't a rationale; her remaining in the race is not a necessary precondition for becoming the nominee if Obama were to withdraw for whatever reason.

And once again it all comes down to the people that are enabling Hillary Clinton: the undeclared superdelegates.

Update 2: I was just watching Chris Cilizza, EJ Dionne, and Michelle Bernard on Hardball -- of the three panelists, only Michelle Bernard was willing to straightforwardly point out how horrific Clinton's comments were. The other two were disappointingly cautious.

She will never be president

Clinton raises the potential of assassination as a rationale for remaining in the race.

This is a thought that has no place in the public sphere.

She should never be president. She will never be president.

TPM has a longer clip with more context; I don't think it mitigates her comment one iota, you can judge for yourself. TPM also has her attempt to clarify her remarks.

Update: I see two explanations for Hillary Clinton's remark:

  1. She is a psychopath
     
  2. It was an innocent remark, but one that proves yet again that she is so gaffe-prone that she would be a disastrous nominee

You can guess which ONE I believe. In either case, setting aside for a moment the nature of her statement, it isn't a rationale; her remaining in the race is not a necessary precondition for becoming the nominee if Obama were to withdraw for whatever reason.

And once again it all comes down to the people that are enabling Hillary Clinton: the undeclared superdelegates.

Update 2: I was just watching Chris Cilizza, EJ Dionne, and Michelle Bernard on Hardball -- of the three panelists, only Michelle Bernard was willing to straightforwardly point out how horrific Clinton's comments were. The other two were disappointingly cautious.

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