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The latest case of foot-in-mouth disease by Hillary Clinton may not be that at all. Her remarks to a South Dakota newspaper regarding why she has decided to remain in the presidential race despite incredible odds may have been a case of wishful thinking.

She cited the year of Robert Kennedy's assassination as an example of a long campaign season and why anything could possibly occur between now and the convention. She has since defended her comments in editorials in Sunday editions of the New York Daily News, saying they were taken out of context. She wrote: “I want to set the record straight: I was making the simple point that given our history, the length of this year’s primary contest is nothing unusual. Both the executive editor of the newspaper where I made the remarks, and Sen. Kennedy’s son, Bobby Kennedy Jr., put out statements confirming that this was the clear meaning of my remarks."

In her Sunday editorial, Clinton continued, “I realize that any reference to that traumatic moment for our nation can be deeply painful - particularly for members of the Kennedy family, who have been in my heart and prayers over this past week. And I expressed regret right away for any pain I caused. But I was deeply dismayed and disturbed that my comment would be construed in a way that flies in the face of everything I stand for - and everything I am fighting for in this election.”

Some political pundits on the Sunday morning talking head shows were outraged, while others were willing to give her a pass. Chris Wallace grilled Terry McAuliffe at length about Clinton's statements, pointing out that although she claimed to have Ted Kennedy's cancer diagnosis on her mind, she had made a similar reference to Bobby Kennedy's assassination in an interview for Time Magazine a few months earlier. McAuliffe could not weasel his way out of that one.

My friends, nothing can be put past the Clintons when it comes to a desired prize they are attempting to win. By planting the seed that Barack Obama's life may be in grave danger, Hillary accomplishes two things. She sends shivers up the spines of some Obama supporters who worry that their beloved messiah may somehow be a target, and it also gives crackpots and racists ideas.

Between the two scenarios, Hillary hopes that Obama's followers and superdelegates will do some re-thinking. In the meantime, if she can get Florida and Michigan delegates seated, she may just be able to pull off an upset. If not, she could still vie for the number two spot.

The problem is...Hillary is now damaged goods to the point where backroom attempts by her husband to get her on the ticket as Obama's running mate should she fail to secure the nomination may have been quashed. And her career as a senator may also be in jeopardy.

What Clinton said in her interview speaks to the very heart and soul of what she and her husband are: devious and outright evil.

Michael Goodwin, in an op ed piece in the New York Daily News hit the nail on the head when he wrote "We have seen an X-ray of a very dark soul. One consumed by raw ambition to where the possible assassination of an opponent is something to ponder in a strategic way. Otherwise, why is murder on her mind?"

Exactly.

All of the charges of racism leveled in this campaign pale in comparison to what Hillary's statements prove the Clintons really are.

Opportunists.

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