She's Edging Towards Conspiracy Theories



It's true, Hillary actually said nothing offensive. She was merely speaking of the RFK assassination as a time stamp in June, 1968. She wasn't urging anyone to rid her of this 'troublesome' Obama person, even obliquely. But then there's the context to consider.

The years 2008 and 1968 are not the same. The California primary in June 1968 was still pertinent in the primary calendar: June 2008 has - what? - Puerto Rico? The biggest states have already voted. The end of this race is now quite overdue. It's clear enough who won.

And with the recent news regarding Senator Ted Kennedy's brain cancer, people are unusually protective at this moment of the Kennedy legacy. The unnecessary RFK reference grates.

So, through her energetic (but increasingly pointless) flailing, Hillary Clinton has unnecessarily alienated anyone in the Democratic party who feels kindly disposed to the Kennedy family. That's a lot of people.

She thinks it is inexplicable why people keep trying to push her out of the race. It's not inexplicable. The race is over. There is no conspiracy here. But with an unreasoning mob of angry people assembling over her latest remarks, there will be a conspiracy here soon enough. Like they say, even paranoids have enemies. Or more to the point, the more paranoid you get, the more enemies you gather. It's time to move on....

Tick, tick, tick......