Bi-Polar Bear wrote:no.... she's not that stupid.... the stupidity lies in making a remark that makes the media cum their pants and the hysteric public buy into it...
The media didn't feed this to the public. It was newsworthy enough that reporting it was sufficient.
I too doubt the theory that the Clintons are dumb enough to try to get mileage out of Obama's chances of assassination... though I wonder what those might be? 25 to 1, maybe? According to Intrade; 25 to 1 would make it the most likely scenario for Clinton to get the nomination (Since all scenarios total about 15 to 1, currently).
My guess is that it's much, much simpler and somewhat less sinister than that and lays in
why is Obama a bigger target for assassination?
That's right; HE'S BLACK!
Just like the Jesse Jackson reference, just like the
hard working white Americans comments; the slack she gets for saying these things was measured against the bigot-effect and deemed to be a net positive. She has consistently sought to covertly maximize the bigot-effect and it is true that the louder the complaints get; the more effective the strategy has become. The bigger the story becomes; the more the underlying intent (exploiting racism) is pounded in.
She may well have slipped in delivering her shot more clumsily than planned, but I doubt that it was unintentional. Her willingness to potentially call the lone nut into action is unconscionable as far as I'm concerned and I do hope Obama stands firm against allowing her to muscle her way onto his ticket accordingly.
