Why is it when I hear this constant gotchas I understand what they mean but it's like this gigantic word parser from hell is following these people around and if they sneeze wrong it's a disaster.

Shhhhh.

Guess what?  She's not perfect.

I'd agree with BTD if I knew one could do so in an objective environment.

That's really the problem with BTD, he thinks he exists in an environment where his objectivity can be administered with some sense of self-purpose.

The fact is, all this does is give people an excuse to call her names.

And that's just yet another problem with CDS, it renders legitimate criticism defunct.

Who the hell cares at this point????

It wasn't over in June. This one isn't over.

Whatever. Poorly phrased, I suppose and (as Armando would say) pols shouldn't be phrasing things this poorly. But come on.

Obama has also made gaffes.  Many of which have been COMPLETELY glossed over by the MSM.  If the MSM plays this over and over again, I will chock it up to media darling syndrome.  

I am frankly less-than-impressed with this gasping, grasping horror over one sentence when for months and months we have been treated to a litany of statements - on an almost daily basis - about what Obama really meant.  There is no position he cannot reverse, no comment he is not willing to deny saying, no group of people he is willing to sacrifice in order to curry favor with another.

I happened to listen to the audio of that interview, and once again, was completely impressed with Clinton's ability to speak with actual knowledge about the state she is contesting, the issues that face the people of South Dakota, what her plans are that will help their economy, etc.

So, now I suppose we will be treated to non-stop outrage since apparently Obama now has exclusive rights to the Kennedy legacy and history; only this paragon of unity and transcendence is deserving of absolution for the hundreds of inartful, false, misleading, disrespectful, snide, cheap and smug comments he has made - and will continue to make.

A little clumsy, but it's not a federal case.  

I have thought for the longest time she was much more at risk for this than his is because the crimes against women, generally are greater.

Really, Hillary just can't win. No matter what she says.  Fake outrage follows her around like a stalker ready to pounce. Forcing apologies, twisting things around, making mountains out of molehills, throwing innuendos in the manner of Huffington around and around.

So HIllary did apologize. It's her decision to do so. But for a Hillary supporter like me it's incredibly tiresome and annoying to see this happen time after time. Since 92, in fact.

I just came online - haven't read anything else about this. I first decided to listen to the video. Okay? What was the big deal?

Then I saw words like " indefensible,"  "terrible statement," "terrible mistake," "poor taste," - and "must apologize" .... all in one short paragraph.

At first, I actually thought Hillary Clinton had done something so terrible (which I could hardly believe at the same time)that she decided to end her campaign. That it was all over and I got a bit sick all over, too. Quite a bit actually.

Well, thankfully, that was not the case.

Jeezus H. Christ.

I also agree with others calling the outrage over this as phony.  It most certainly is phony outrage and yet another attempt to politically harm HRC.

The Obamabots and Obama have long ago sealed the deal with me in my not voting for him and they continue to keep sealing it.

Additionally she said that the Kennedys have been on her mind recently due to Ted Kennedys illness, and so that's why the example sprung to her mind. That's a little unconvincing since, of course, if Ted Kennedy was on her mind there was a better example of a long primary to be had. Mainly, Ted Kennedy's.

She is deliberating reminding American voters, that she will be there in case of the ASSASINATION of Obama, justifying her continuance into June and beyond.

But she really stepped in doodoo on this one.  The good news for her is that she said it on the Friday before Memorial Day.

Clinton needs to start getting some more sleep.  Running herself ragged is just going to create more of these gaffes.

Was it badly phrased for you? Fine. But save the "outrage". You know what her intention was and making this more than that serves only one purpose. Make her look like a monster.

no thanks

That any of these people can talk any sense at all at this point is astounding.  That they occasionally mangle their own meaning, particularly when trying to make points that can be taken the wrong way is, given their exhaustion, entirely unsurprising.

puhleeeeeeeeze! get a life everyone, especially BTD! apparently, you've supped from the media kool-aid cup.

sen. clinton has nothing to apologize for, the point she made was on-point, with respect to the recent history of the democratic nominating process. that it includes RFK's tragically shortened campaign is a fact. a tragic fact, but a fact nonetheless. anyone who would seriously challenge this needs help, beyond that which a blog can provide.

There no getting around that this was not at all a terrible statement, unless the listener decides to hear something that was never said and imagine some insult from a historical reference.  

She should apologize for what - having a memory and using it?