Miss Piggy Lunchbox

And it wasn’t the first time, either. Via BarbinMD at Daily Kos, there is this craziness from the March 6 Time:

Q: One group that probably ultimately wouldn’t want it to go on too long is the Democratic Party itself. Can you envision a point at which — if the race stays this close — and with the difficulties that everyone has analyzed in accumulating enough delegates to get any distance ahead where party elders would step in and say “Senators Clinton and Obama, this is now hurting the party and whoever will be the nominee in the fall. We need to figure this out.”
A: No I really can’t. I think people have short memories. Primary contests used to last a lot longer. We all remember the great tragedy of Bobby Kennedy being assassinated in June in L.A. My husband didn’t wrap up the nomination in 1992 until June, also in California. Having a primary contest go through June is nothing particularly unusual.

And could it have been an accident it happened on the Friday before a holiday weekend, where it was enough to plant the seed, knowing the controversy would be old news by the time people got back to paying attention on Tuesday?

I just can’t give her the benefit of the doubt on this one. She’s too smart and politically savvy to make such a fortunately-timed mistake twice.

And besides, if what you’re saying is, “I’m staying in the race because, hey, you never know, somebody might assassinate Obama,” then really haven’t you made your own case for how ridiculous it is that you’re still in the race?

On a related note, I really like it when the media points out lies.

In the same editorial board meeting, Clinton said “it is unprecedented in history” for political activists to urge a candidate to withdraw when his or her chances of winning the nomination appear remote. In fact, such events have happened several times.

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