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Mika B: Doesn't Bother Me if Cleavage Coverage Helped Hillary
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 07/30/2007 4:19:05 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

Mika Brzezinski is so outraged that people are discussing Hillary's cleavage . . . that she hopes it helps the Dem prez candidate.

The topic arose at 6:18 A.M. EDT on today's "Morning Joe." The affable Willie Geist, a frequent panelist, is serving this morning as guest host for the absent Joe Scarborough. He broached the subject.

MORNING JOE GUEST HOST WILLIE GEIST: One of the other big stories that everybody is talking about is this Hillary Clinton cleavage thing.

MORNING JOE NEWSREADER MIKA BRZEZINSKI [in an exasperated tone]: Oh my gosh.
GEIST: . . . There's a shot of it right now; that's not so bad, I've seen much worse.

BRZEZINSKI: Are you kidding me? That's a great outfit. But what annoys me is that people wrote about it and talked about it. And if has helped her in any way I guess it doesn't bother me because that was ridiculous.
Mika's statement strikes me as a non sequitur. She's angry about the coverage, and therefore hopes it helps Hillary? I suppose Brzezinski's logic is that since poor Hillary has had to suffer to outrage of having her cleavage discussed, it's only fair that, in compensation, she should benefit politically from it.

But it seems an odd juxtaposition to me; something that would only occur to someone who, in the first place, is looking for reasons that Clinton's candidacy should be advanced.

Willie obviously wasn't as outraged as Mika, since he chose to roll David Letterman's riff on the subject. The late night host said Hillary "looked so hot":

And yes, there was a rim shot.

MIKA, flashing that sense of humor: That's terrible. I will not [laugh].

Here's why I think it's fair to discuss the case of the senatorial cleavage: Of all the candidates in the prez race, Hillary is the most scripted. Seemingly not a word she says or a gesture she makes has not been carefully thought through by her brain trust. In that light, it's difficult to see how Hillary turning up on the Senate floor in a pink top and flashing some cleavage could possibly have been other than a deliberate decision to achieve some goal related to her campaign. Appeal to younger women, show her feminine side -- who knows? I think it's reasonable for people interested in politics to try to decipher what Hillary was hoping to achieve, and whether she attained her putative goal.

Contact Mark at mark@gunhill.net


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cleavage; hillary; mikabrzezinski; williegeist
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1 posted on 07/30/2007 4:19:10 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; netmilsmom; Diogenesis; YaYa123; MEG33; ...

Mika hopes cleavage helps Hillary. Ping to Today show list.


2 posted on 07/30/2007 4:19:38 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show since 2002 so you don't have to.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

This is a molehill from a supposed mountain.


3 posted on 07/30/2007 4:22:55 AM PDT by xp38
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
The discussion is patently unfair. After all, when Ted Kennedy last ran for the WH, there was not one comment about HIS cleavage..nor Al Gore's for that matter in 2000.

BTW..since YOU are watching the shows for US, so that WE don't have to...what's the state of Mika's cleavage...tell me she's wearing a turtleneck today???

4 posted on 07/30/2007 4:23:17 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The main thing is that Willie Geist is hosting the “Morning Joe” program. May Scarborough stay gone . . . please.

“Morning Willie” has an interesting ring to it.


5 posted on 07/30/2007 4:26:41 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

If ya’ll keep talking about this and looking at it, ya’ll are gonna go blind...


6 posted on 07/30/2007 4:29:39 AM PDT by abb (The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest; All
Neighbor, I try to keep snarky, catty comments to myself, but on Hillary's Hooters, I just can't help but ask...

"Live, or Memorex?"

( Yes, it's photoshopped, but... )

7 posted on 07/30/2007 4:30:01 AM PDT by backhoe (-30-)
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To: backhoe

When I saw that photoshop, I didn’t look closely enough and thought it said, “Queasy”. I thought it was serious. :)


8 posted on 07/30/2007 4:32:57 AM PDT by RangerM
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

(Note: Artist's interpretation. NOT based in reality.)

9 posted on 07/30/2007 4:36:44 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG (Apparently my former party considers me an "ugly nativist".)
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To: PBRSTREETGANG; backhoe

Have you no shame?


11 posted on 07/30/2007 4:39:17 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: leadpenny

Post #10 should answer that.


12 posted on 07/30/2007 4:40:03 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG (Apparently my former party considers me an "ugly nativist".)
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To: ken5050

Somewhat low-cut blue blouse but no cleavage.


13 posted on 07/30/2007 4:40:30 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show since 2002 so you don't have to.)
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To: leadpenny
Have you no shame?

Neighbor, I've been carved up, and put back together so many time... no, not hardly any!

14 posted on 07/30/2007 4:40:51 AM PDT by backhoe (-30-)
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15 posted on 07/30/2007 4:41:36 AM PDT by ASA Vet
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Bill has more cleavage than Hillary.


16 posted on 07/30/2007 4:41:43 AM PDT by Always Right
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17 posted on 07/30/2007 4:43:29 AM PDT by flintsilver7
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

She’s a recruiting poster for the priesthood.


18 posted on 07/30/2007 4:46:45 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: backhoe
"Live, or Memorex?"

I thought it was "Mammarex".

19 posted on 07/30/2007 4:53:21 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

A picture of Hillary’s only actual cleavage.

(Note: nudity and nauseating.)

http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/Hillary_Clinton_portrait.jpg


20 posted on 07/30/2007 4:53:34 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG (Apparently my former party considers me an "ugly nativist".)
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