Well, as Hillary has got both of her feet in her mouth tonight, one more deceased Democrat has something to say about her invocation of the Bobby Kennedy assassination - an invocation that was made in defense of her hopeless quest to steal the nomination from Barack Obama.
I'm setting this up in this fashion because this isn't just a random quote from Paul Tsongas; it's a quote that I discovered when wandering through the links that proved the first half of Hillary's notorious RFK comment (the part about Bill's '92 cammpaign still being contested in June) was also unadulterated bullshit. See, Tsongas dropped out of that race on March 20th, leaving only the quixotic Jerry Brown for Clinton to walk over.
As Bill Clinton's strongest primary rival in the '92 campaign, many thought Tsongas had a good shot at it, but his funraising prowess was no match for the Clinton machine, even in those early, heady days of the New Democrat's ascendancy.
When he withdrew from the race, he had something to say about it, and it pretty much pins what's left of Hillary's hide to the woodshed. Go below for the quote.
From the NYT, March 20, 1992:
Former Senator Paul E. Tsongas of Massachusetts withdrew from the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination today, a decision that many in his party said all but insured the selection of Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas.
Mr. Tsongas announced his departure at a news conference in Boston, where he said his campaign did not have enough money to continue. His move leaves only former Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. of California to compete with Mr. Clinton in the remaining primaries and caucuses in 21 states.
Without adequate money to win, Mr. Tsongas said, "the alternative was to play the role of spoiler." 'That Is Not Worthy'
"That is not what I'm about," he continued. "That is not worthy. I did not survive my ordeals in order to be the agent of the re-election of George Bush."
(emphases mine)
All I have to add to that is "Thank you, Senator Clinton, for bringing our attention to those lofty, patriotic words that express an uplifting ideal, so clearly enunciated by a truly moral politician, from 16 years ago."