The bogus Hillary RFK reference flap

Hillary Clinton, defending staying in the Democratic presidential race despite the apparent lead of Barack Obama, cited the fact that Robert F. Kennedy was killed on June 5--still in the race at that late date. She didn't denigrate RFK or his family, imply they were backing her, tarnish RFK's legacy or commit any other politcal sin.

That's not what the mass media thinks, however. They've already anointed Obama, and still worship the myth of Camelot and the New Frontier. That Hillary would dare invade their sacrosanct trust was beyond the pail.

They are blasting Hillary for commiting the ultimate slur of the Kennedy legacy and the tragic death of RFK. They are spreading the venom that Hillary has irreparably damaged her chances and her campaign and is dead meat.

I am no Hillary Clinton fan, but excuuuuuuuse me! Hillary made no mistake. She quite appropriately and accurately stated the incontrovertible fact that RFK stayed in the race for president in 1968 late into the process. Period. End of Story.

The Camelot-New Frontier thing is a fraud on the American public. JFK was one of the least-accomplished American presidents in his brief tenure. The major legislative accomplishments he is credited with, were accomplished by the legislative prowess of his successor, Lyndon B. Johnson. JFK was a philanderer, addicted to steroids and quite seriously ill. He had such severe back trouble he could hardly walk, much less be the vigorous, physical president the press made him out to be.

RFK was even worse. Made Attorney-General by his brother at age 29, he'd barely practiced law, much less shown himself accomplished enough to be the nation's top legal officer. Bobby was an undistinguished underling in the Joe McCarthy hearings, and as AG was complicite with J. Edgar Hoover in illegal wiretaps on Martin Luther King and other political enemies, as well as covering for his brother's lecherous behavior in the White House. If he was anything, RFK was a toady for the mob and right wing. He was not the liberal, young, change-agent he was made out to be in his presidential campaign.

Hillary didn't even point out this modest truth about the Kennedys. She only referred to how late RFK stayed in his presidential campaign. Spare me.