Proofreading. Ah, well... RFH is obviously RFK.

BevD,

FYI, I vividly remember when Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated. For me, the George Wallace, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan shootings practically happened yesterday. Have you considered that THREE presidential killings have already taken place in this country? Dismissing the valid concerns of those of us who fear that Senator Obama is a target for extermination is a bit disingenuous.

Are you aware of the reasons why Senator Obama and his family received Secret Service protection prior to the other presidential candidates? Did you know that Secret Service agents assigned to his detail stopped performed weapons searches on attendees at one Obama rally because the "crowd seemed friendly"? The fact that multiple current and former African-American Secret Service agents have pending lawsuits against the service alleging pervasive racial discrimination should tell you something of the current agency mindset. Have you forgotten the words spray-painted on the Indiana campaign office that was recently vandalized? Or the Georgia newspaper that received national censure for a recent article illustrated with a picture of the senator in the cross-hairs of a rifle scope? The voting patterns in Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsylvania speak for themselves.

In light of the push to make Hillary Clinton a viable candidate for vice-president should Obama win the party nomination, I'm keeping my tinfoil hat. Sadly, I am not an optimist but a realist. Senator Clinton's overtures to the "vast right-wing conspiracy", the status of the Federal Elections Commission, voter caging, the federal attorney firings...it's all interconnected. As a Republican who has worked on more than a few winning races, I have some understanding of what sort of tactics will surface in November.

As an African-American woman, I also pay attention to what seems to be a growing sense of outrage among some members of certain demographic who openly state that Obama needs to be killed if he is elected president. Combine this sentiment with comments made by both Clintons that indicate they view the presidency as an entitlement that is rightfully theirs and that Hillary Clinton is essentially the last "Great White Hope" for the country. Hillary Clinton could have easily made her point about Robert Kennedy's campaign without mentioning the assassination a few days after the sniper illustration. Her comment was no Freudian slip; it was a meme.

Al Gore - THAT's who could step in at a moment's notice. But never Hillary.

we are the insurgency, just like ted kennedy was in the 1980's. the establishment will not go quitley into that good night.

I agree with the post. Especially considering all of the ill will the Clintons have generated over the past 16 years, the questionable money deals, the amoral campaigning, the philandering, and now this delusional continuation of Hillary's campaign... These folks are more ripe for a sexy conspiracy theory than anyone else in public life today.

And the saddest thing of all is that the Clintons could care less about any such conspiracy theories, as long as they land in the White House. Nothing else matters to them, not integrity, not their lifelong allegiance to Black causes, nothing. They happily accept and boast about the support of racists, of Karl Rove. They supported the denial of votes to Florida and Michigan delegations until such denial was against their interests, now suddenly they lecture about voting rights and the 2000 election. They will do whatever it takes, including hoping for, and planning for, a vicious, cruel act of fate.