Hillary Predicts More June Gloom

"My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California." -- Hillary Clinton, May 24, 2008

Barack Obama's weird followers were predictably "outraged" when Senator Hillary sort of suggested that sometimes Democratic presidential candidates get assassinated in June, before the convention. But she was just pointing out the likelihood of terrible things always happening in, uh, June.

After all, June has traditionally been the deadliest month for politicians and pretty much everybody else, as this Top Ten List of June Horrors will illustrate. SHE'S JUST TRYING TO WARN US.

10. June 2001 -- "Hordes of crickets and grasshoppers infested more than 1.5 million acres in 18 of the state's 29 counties, causing some $25 million in crop damage." (This happened in Utah.)

9. June 18–19, 2005: There was severe flooding of the Elbow and Bow rivers. It rained the whole week! Some 1,500 people were evacuated! This supposedly happened in "Calgary, Alberta, Canada."

8. June 2007 -- Some kind of hole/crack appeared on this street, possibly in San Francisco!

7. June 5, 2004 -- Our nation's greatest president, Ronald Reagan, passed away on this day. Imagine if he had been running for the Democratic nomination for president at that time, and was way ahead in the delegate count, and Hillary was running against him, and he was black. Imagine!

6. June 2, 1987 -- On this tragic day, the National Enquirer published a photo of Gary Hart with Donna Rice on his lap, while both enjoyed an outing on a boat called "Monkey Business." This ended Hart's campaign ... well over a year before the 1988 Democratic National Convention.

5. June 19, 1865 -- Hillary's "hard-working Americans, white Americans" are angered and dismayed by the creation of the "Juneteenth" holiday, which celebrates the emancipation of America's slaves.

4. June 26, 1993 -- America's sweetheart (Lyle Lovett) marries Hollywood elitist Julia Roberts.

3. June 9, 1980 -- Richard Pryor is terribly burned while free-basing cocaine.

2. June 11, 2005 -- Parliament deputy Jyrgalbek Surabaldiev was tragically assassinated in ... uh, Kyrgyzstan.

1. June 28, 1918 -- Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo, which starts World War I, which is a horrible war in Europe. Imagine how much worse it would've been had Hillary dropped out in May!

She must stay in the race. June is the most dangerous month of the year! Especially around 3 a.m.

Ken Layne is the editor of Wonkette.