She's not sorry for what she said. She never will be, either.

[Hailtothechimp]

The apology I want to hear is something along the lines of "I shouldn't have said what I said, and I'm sorry to anyone I offended."

What she has said, and the media is now passing off as her "apology," is more along the lines of "I said what I said, and I regret that you took something out of it that I didn't want you to. Too bad you aren't bright enough to follow my train of thought."

She's telling us how we are allowed to interpret what she says. And should she ever become president, this is all we could ever expect from her.

This, more than anything else I've ever seen, disqualifies her from any consideration as president/vice president.

[Debi]

1. She knew what she said was the wrong thing the first time she said it

but if it keeps one person (or a few or several) from supporting Obama then it has served it's purpose.

[DAGDA56]

7. You lost me, Debbie...how does what she said keep people from

supporting Obama?

[Debi]

17. I think my tinfoil hat may be on too tight. n/t

[RazBerryBeret]

18. some voters were afraid to vote

for Obama because of the risk of assassination (you can google that). She's used it in the past to fan that flame, to make him "unelectable"...now I think it's all about the Super Delegates. She KNEW he had SS protection early last year because of this.

[Saturday]

2. Of course, her apology wouldn't be good enough for BO supporters.

We knew that.

[george_maniakes]

5. She didnt apologize to obama. n/t

[BlooInBloo]

8. Um, there was no apology.

[Shae]

27. Of course there was.

She's sorry if we're too stupid to know what she meant.

[cottonseed]

31. Her liquor store apology was to no one.

You know that.

[Darth_Kitten]

3. You don't deserve an apology.....

because you really don't want to "hear" one....and wouldn't accept a sincere one in a gracious way anyways.

[polmaven]

6. There is no NEED for an apology

when she said NOTHING WRONG in the first place. She did NOT SAY what she is being accused of saying.

[Skrelnick]

9. How can you honestly say something so stupid?

She said assassination. She was replying to a question about why she rejects calls to exit the race, and she said, "Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June."

She said it. WE KNOW what she was implying. There is no gray area here.

[polmaven]

21. You know NOTHING

about what she was implying! You know only what you have twisted her words to mean, because that is what you WANT her to have said.

You are right that there is no grey area. SHE WAS NOT ADVOCATING OR HOPING THAT SENATOR OBAMA WOULD BE MURDERED! Senator Obama was not the topic! It is not always ABOUT him!

Get a LIFE! And you might as well see if you can get one with a clue!

[yodermon]

26. if you're explaining, you're losing.

Keep explaining.

[polmaven]

29. I am not explaining

I am exposing a scurrilous and deliberate slur.

[Hailtothechimp]

11. Wow. That's really breathtaking.

Robert Kennedy was assassinated in June. It's nearly June. And I promise you lots of people do not want to see a black man as president.

If you can't connect those dots, I'm not sure what to say to you.

[polmaven]

23. There are many, many people

who do not want to see a WOMAN as president either!

Senator Clinton lives every day with threats and has for many years. Obama was not the topic of the question. SHE was the topic of the question. She was not advocating or hoping for anyone's murder!

This is the most ridiculous reaction to anything since...well..not that long, actually....since "Those people are shits"! hit this board.

I didn't connect any dots there either, because there were NO DOTS TO CONNECT!

[bvar22]

32. Then why did she "apologize"?

?

[polmaven]

38. I don't think she did.

That was an explanation of what she said, not an apology. She is sorry if someone was offended, because no one should have been. She knows the remarks were immediately warped and twisted, and she is soory about that.

[Muttocracy]

40. if she's living with threats all the more reason it was a terrible thing to bring up

Has she gotten threats that have been made public? It's harder to tell with her because she already had SS coverage.

[Hailtothechimp]

4. But is what she said an "apology"?

That's my point. And if you think it is, then I have to disagree with you.

[SoFlaJet]

10. This one says it all

Newsweek's Howard Fineman suggested that Clinton's comments could move superdelagates towards wanting to end the primary:

She seems constitutionally incapable of just saying I screwed up and her led footedness about this here is being observed by all the people who are still undecided about whom to back, the last 200 superdelegates here, they've got be looking at this and saying that this is a campaign that needs To Be Put Out Of Its Misery Real Soon"

[grantcart]

12. which is why her chances to become President of the US ended the day she voted

for the IWR. She could never say I screwed up and move on.

Rather Shakesperean really. A small but relevant charachter flaw brings down a powerful family in excruciatingly slow motion.

[SoFlaJet]

16. and also so much reminds me of another politician

who couldn't think of ONE mistake he'd made...

[grantcart]

19. or another who at the peak of power was only concerned with immediate gratification and not

about the interests of the party that had put him in that position.

[SoFlaJet]

20. and blow jobs are not sex

hey we justify the best we can...a lot of little celibacy-pledged fundie teens liked that rationalization too back in the 90's

[apocalypsehow]

13. Exactly right & spot-on. K & R. n/t.

[crankychatter]

14. apologizing to everyone BUT the offended parties is PROOF

she meant it just the way it sounded.

she may not have intended for the truth to come out adjacent to her lies

but it did, it's done and she is NOT forgiven

[JFN1]

15. She'd at least pretend to be sorry if being sorry guaranteed her victory

but otherwise...no...

[populistdriven]

22. I dont want her to apologize, I want her to self destruct

[dailykoff]

24. Like she hadn't already made the point abundantly clear.

But she had to slip it in ONE MORE TIME just in case anybody in South Dakota hadn't heard the whistle yet. She's an ass, on top of being evil.

[kiranon]

25. Hillary made the same statements back in March/see TIME magazine

Hillary was pointing out the historical fact that Democratic campaigns have often gone on into the summer (Robert Kennedy's, Bill Clinton's and Walter Mondale's). The same language is in a TIME magazine article about her in March. And she has said the same thing at other times. One hears what one wants to hear. I believe it is called cognitive dissonance to let in only things that agree with ones mindset or to turn information into whatever agenda one has without being conscious that one is doing that. It may not have been wise for Hillary to use the term now but it was not meant to cause harm to anyone. Hillary is a policy/history wonk. That is how she thinks and talks. Obama isn't. He's cool, intelligent and elegant in deed and phrase. These are different styles/personalities. Let the process play out and may the better candidate win. And, I will vote and campaign for whoever wins. Democracy is a messy business but it beats the alternatives.

[SoonerPride]

28. Or Hillary culd drop out tomorrow.

[WeDidIt]

30. She gave everybody a glimpse into her twisted soul

She took off the mask and revealed the TRUE Hillary Clinton.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

33. who made you god?

[EFerrari]

35. Why do you Clinton supporters invoke god every time you have no better rebuttal?

That's pretty creepy, not to mention, not a great debate strategy.

[BenDavid]

34. so now the obambi folks can read minds? WOW! must be great

to be able to read the mind of HRC. I will just take the words of RFK Jr. " I have heard her make this reference before, but it would be a mistake for people to take offense." I concur with the son's statement.

[Hailtothechimp]

37. Sorry, but I don't need his permission to be upset.

And he and the others in his family can't be too happy with what she said. Even if they don't speak it publicly.

[Perry Logan]

36. Y'all're certifiable.

[StevieM]

39. Nor should she be--she did nothing wrong. This is McCarthyism (eom)