Classless Acts: The Clintons and their Offending Tongues

As you can see from this video and following her at best careless and at worst malevolent statements on the RFK Assassination last week, Hillary Clinton, her husband, and her campaign continue to show themselves as being completely without shame and devoid of any moral character. Rather than taking responsibility for the inane reference that she made to the assassination and acknowledging the valid concerns that people of all political stripes have about Senator Obama's safety, they have taken to blaming the Obama camp for the whole issue. In addition to the comments you see in the video above, Senator Clinton has written an op-ed in the New York Daily News in which she states,

I realize that any reference to that traumatic moment for our nation can be deeply painful - particularly for members of the Kennedy family, who have been in my heart and prayers over this past week. And I expressed regret right away for any pain I caused.

To be clear, Senator Clinton's initial statements were not offensive because she somehow reminded us of an assassination that happened 40 years ago but because she tapped into the clear and present danger of a future attempt on her competitor's life. Rather than acknowledge this, she and her advisers insist the uproar is as a result of the Obama campaign's political shenanigans. The Obama campaign, has however been very magnanimous, describing her words, simply, as "unfortunate." Obama has, himself, stated he thought that Mrs. Clinton meant no harm, although I'd love to hear Michelle Obama's take on the issue.

Michael Tomasky has an article here about Clinton's utter inability to apologize. I agree with his diagnosis if not his psychoanalysis. In my opinion, this absence of a moral compass and penchant for massaging the truth is a deep character of both Clintons and would be a tremendous liability to America in the White House.