{"id":5325,"date":"2008-05-25T08:49:17","date_gmt":"2008-05-25T08:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/05\/obama-responds-to-hillarys-ass.html"},"modified":"2008-05-25T08:49:17","modified_gmt":"2008-05-25T08:49:17","slug":"obama-responds-to-hillarys-ass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/05\/obama-responds-to-hillarys-ass.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama responds to Hillary’s assassination comment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pretty gracious response by Obama<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Sen. Barack Obama gives Hillary Clinton the benefit of the doubt that she had no hidden meaning when she invoked the assassination of Bobby Kennedy as an explanation for remaining in the Democratic presidential race.
\n“I have learned that when you\u2019re campaigning for as many months as myself and Sen. Clinton have been campaigning that, you know, sometimes you get careless in terms of the statements that you make. And I think that\u2019s what happened here,” Obama told the Puerto Rico radio station Isla Saturday.
\n“Sen. Clinton says that she did not intend any offense by it, and I would take her at her word on that.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do you agree?
\n(via<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pretty gracious response by Obama: Sen. 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