Hillary Unhinged - please, somebody make it stop...

Let's say I believe that it was just a gaffe on Hillary's part when she said that she's staying in the race because Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June so it was too early for her to quit. No, those were not her exact words but that's what every body thought when she said it. Let's put her remarks into context.

Very early in this campaign, Barack Obama began receiving threats, to the point that Senator Durbin requested that the Secret Service go ahead and start protecting him.

The Secret Service appears to have been lax in its duties at large Obama rallies.

Secret Service personnel were recently disciplined for placing a noose in their offices in harassment of African American employees.

People constantly compare Barack to JFK, to Bobby Kennedy, Michelle to Jackie Kennedy, and the Kennedy family has embraced his candidacy. MLK and Malcom X are frequently mentioned in reference to him as well.

Hillary Clinton did way too well in Appalachia, and Barack only campaigned on the fringes of the area. He is widely considered a Muslim, unamerican, the anti-christ, and a potential enemy of the state in the region, where he is commonly referred to as Hussein. Hillary and Bill have race-baited and provoked "color arousal" at every turn in this campaign.

MIke Huckabee recently joked about someone pointing a gun at Barack during a speech before the NRA.

These may all be unconnected elements of a vast aand eventful campaign season... or they may be a pattern no one is seeing yet. I'm not in a position to judge which is the case, but I think most people would be aware that one should be unusually circumspect in invoking images of assassination in this particular campaign. So, you might understand that to some of us, it kind of looks as if Hillary is staying in the race in case Barack gets shot. Yes, a person would have to be a sociopath to hatch such a plan. I never used to think of Hillary that way, but her scorched earth tactics in this campaign, in which she has championed the Republican nominee over her Democratic rival and seems to be theatening intra-party war if she is not handed the nomination or at least the VP slot, have given me reason to reconsider.

You readers know that I struggled over my choice of whom to support in this campaign. I now find myself in an uncomfortable and unfamiliar position of agreeing with the elite male bloggerati in choosing the Obama movement over the Clinton establishment. I no longer feel any guilt in rejecting this woman as a presidential candidate. A person who would make such a grossly inappropriate statement has no business getting near our foreign policy. Our needs are great and our task overwhelming. We need a leader made of much saner stuff than this.

I'm praying for a Super Delegate wave of movement to the Obama camp this weekend.