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Originally Posted by abaya
Just FYI (although I see this thread has already degenerated in the direction I expected), if Clinton somehow gets the nomination, I'll fuckin' vote for her. However, that doesn't mean I can't still be critical of her mistakes as a candidate. I am an Obama supporter first and a Democrat voter next, at least when it comes to this election. But I still find it appalling that Hillary, so carefully schooled in the art of soundbites, made such a grievous error.
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I agree with you. I think her remark was completely out of line. She's been pushing this "he might get assassinated" BS for a while now. I find it kind odd the press gave her a pass for so long. But if given the choice between Hillary and McCain I'd have to hold my nose and vote for her.
I see a big difference between repeatedly bringing up RFK's assassination as one reason you'd continue in a mathematically impossible battle and gaffing one time on the number of states. Seriously when you start adding up the number of actual primary votes I'm not so sure you couldn't end up with 57. Let's see 50 states, plus D.C. then add in American Sonoma, Expats abroad, Guam and their voting and campaigning today in Puerto Rico. That's get you to 55 primaries, just off the top of my head perhaps I'm missing two? I don't know and granted they're not all states, but they all have votes in the primary. I see this a lot less of issue then Hillary's repeated inappropriate remarks.
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I forgot about the US Virgin Islands. They held a primary right? That brings the total to 56. If the Northern Mariana Islands, another US commonwealth, also holds/held a primary then you have 57.