wasn't a hue and a cry raised about it back in March, if it was inherently malicious, if no context could forgive it?

I mean, it was only featured prominently in one of the most popular news magazines in the country, and not a single Obama fanboy in the media and elsewhere saw it as a problem? Not one?

Let me tell you what that utter silence back then means: that the outrage today over the same remark is a complete fake, and that the only explanation for the outrage is the desperation and derangement of the Obama camp.

It's practically like a scientific experiment showing how much they have lost it: before, hearing statement A, they say nothing -- not a peep. Today, they hear the same thing, and the skies are falling, the tears start from their eyes, their sobs shake the cosmos.

Scientifically proven fakery.

I think she worded what she said today badly. It was unfortunate.

But I do not believe that there was any malicious intent whatsoever, not today and not in March. I find the reaction to what she said to be far more malicious frankly.

To accuse a fellow human being of what she is currently being accused of is horrible in my opinion.

Yup.  There's no history of young, charismatic African-American leaders being assassinated in this country.  I don't know why Obama supporters might think Sen. Clinton was referring to him.

I think that on this site the Clinton supporters being outraged at the outrage of Obama supporters outnumber the actual outraged Obama supporters.

That was my whole point of the diary.

Sorry if that wasn't clear.

I agree with you... the fact that she said this so clearly before should undermine the outrage. Probably won't though.

Stop with the insults. I am an Obama supporter and I am not desperate for Obama to be declared the winner. It is already clear to me that Obama is the winner.

Hillary Clinton's remark was incredibly insensitive and horrendous judgment, just more evidence that her judgment is too horrendous to be president. It was insensitive not just to the Kennedy's but to Obama. It is no secret that a lot of blacks (and whites and others) are concerned about the danger to Barack Obama being a black man running for President. For Hillary Clinton to publicize the possibility, just like Huckabee's idiotic joke, just confirms for me that I intensely do not want her to be president, ever. The context in which she brought it up, as part of saying that anything can happen so why should she drop out just makes it worse.

Now I agree that a number of Obama supporters, especially on Daily Kos are quite outrageous, even more outrageous than Hillary, in claiming that she wants him to be assassinated. To me that is a very hateful claim.

But I think it behooves Clinton supporters to realize and admit that Hillary's statement is awful, and reflects terrible judgment on her part.

I am not hysterical.  I am a bit mad about the remark.

Am I not allowed to have a reaction?  I haven't been near any sort of TV coverage of these remarks.  My reaction is to the text itself.

She shouldn't have said it.  It was stupid.  She deserves to get dinged for it.

Words matter.  It ain't that important to me, but it was stupid.

It's completely innocent.  She is pointing out a very memorable event to remind everybody that a campaign was still going on in June.  If you want to make a point like that, you remind people of something memorable, not something obscure.

I find it interesting that she made the point in print, in one of the most prominent news outlets in the U.S., months ago and it didn't cause a peep.  Then today, it causes some kind of faux outrage in the blogosphere and media.  Why?  It was a perfectly innocent remark then and it is now.