Is Clinton Expecting, Hoping for? a little Assassination?

It was weird today when Senator Clinton said some stuff about Obama and the assassination of 1968 Presidential Candidate, Senator Bobby Kennedy. It was not really "to the point" of anything she was discussing but she started blithering about the assassination of Kennedy and I was wondering if she was saying, " Vote for me or you'll be sorry when cracker America blows away Obama."

It will be a living hell if anyone takes out Obama, or should we say that it will be revealed, once again, that the so-called American democracy is the democracy of the bullet as well as the the democracy of the dollar. It will most importantly be revealed, once again, to be a racist regime and a racist politico-cultural order. I don't want to discourage electoral activity but it does look like the ballot is bought or the bullet is introduced to rectify those few moments when elected and popular leaders are actually placed in office, or close to office.

King and Kennedy were gunned down when they started criticizing the imperial nature of the United States. King and Kennedy were gunned down when they started leading class based struggles for justice, a class based struggle that cut across race and ethnicity. Because they would have won, yes, they were gunned down. Certainly King was and possibly Robert Kennedy. Certainly similar liberal values animated their supporters, genuine radical liberal or left liberal ideas.

Unfortunately, cracker America exists and it is a pretty ugly reality. I had an ugly illustration of just how racist our beloved nation can be. Talking to a relative he couldn't stop muttering about the posssible, he says likely, assassination of Obama and sort of chuckling.

Why would anyone chuckle about this, especially if they believe it? What is wrong with this country? You can bet the cracker chuckler won't get the answer because the cracker American is not going to ask the question. Cracker America is stuck on stupid and Hillary believes they always will be, so does my brother. I think they are wrong.

The old fashioned racists are largely dying out and yet they still make a lot of noise. Give them another few years to die off and the nation will be greatly improved. Meanwhile, I don't think we have to be so cynical as to accept the idea that no person of color can be elected to the White House.

Still, it raises the question, "Will American history continue to be the violent one we have come to expect? Will someone gun down Obama? What then? How long do we wait for a fair election or a decent candidate? What if they gun down another liberal candidate/leader? *

Of course we have to accept the unfortunate truth that any national figure, especially Presidential candidates are vulnerable to some sort of attack. This is part of the territory. It isn't any different with Obama than other candidates except that he may or may have not have some quite real domestic enemies with the will and intent to take him out whereas I suppose McCain and Clinton do not.

Of course, some progressive policies are overdue and a matter of almost universal consensus once we get beyond the Bush-Cheney rule of ecclesiastical madness. Senator McCain is likely to endorse or has already endorsed some progressive changes of this type. Senator McCain does not deny global warming, for example. That is a progressive change from the denizens of global warming denial in todays White House.

Of course when it comes to action regarding global warming
who knows what McCain or Obama will actually do if elected?

Senator Clinton's remarks about assassinations past and Obama in the same breathe cannot be cited as a call for his assassination but it may be looked upon as something of that nature by some souls twisted with the madness of racism. The savagery of white supremacy in the United States is not to be underestimated.

Threats of a racially motivated sort should not be accepted as a reason to run or not run for office. While I believe that homicidal white supremacist individuals still exist, I also believe that they are likely to be used by more affluent and powerful individuals and groups to achieve their political and economic goals.

Of course if Senator Clinton does speak for the American ruling elites, the ruling class so to speak then Obama is in immediate danger. It means that the Democratic Party and the two party tyranny has less to offer than some may have imagined. Don't mourn, organize the progressive caucus of your group or your extra-electoral progressive activities on your own.

Yeah, Hillary, we know. You, stupid, Cracker! I had to say it.

*I am not portraying Obama as a progressive leader. If he ends up being one I will be pleasantly surprised. Still, he has the support of many who do want progressive change. The Obama movement has some people or cadre that are fundamentally progressive or likely to become fundamentally progressive as their political experience deepens.