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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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To: governsleastgovernsbest

21 posted on 07/30/2007 4:54:28 AM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Hillary doesn’t have very much to cleave.


22 posted on 07/30/2007 4:56:02 AM PDT by Carolinamom (Every day is a gift; be thankful.)
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To: Carolinamom
Hillary doesn’t have very much to cleave.

Just a nation.

23 posted on 07/30/2007 5:03:28 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG (Apparently my former party considers me an "ugly nativist".)
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To: ken5050
Well, Albore did have THAT picture on Rolling Stone mag ...
24 posted on 07/30/2007 5:04:51 AM PDT by cinives (On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

THAT ain't cleavage...

THIS...

Now, THIS is CLEAVAGE.

25 posted on 07/30/2007 5:05:45 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Click to enlarge.
26 posted on 07/30/2007 5:06:22 AM PDT by RedWireNut
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To: cinives
Hallary's got THAT base covered too.


27 posted on 07/30/2007 5:09:35 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG (Apparently my former party considers me an "ugly nativist".)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

re: my post #5.

Colonel Jack Jocobs just congratulated Willie Geist for not calling this morning’s program, “Morning Willie.”


28 posted on 07/30/2007 5:09:46 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: leadpenny
When was the last time anyone thought about “cleavage” on a 60 year old hatchet faced pig?

I worry more about hillary's fits rather than hillary's tits.

29 posted on 07/30/2007 5:37:03 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

LOL


30 posted on 07/30/2007 5:39:32 AM PDT by cinives (On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Cleavage? Where? Why does she always look like a rumpled pile of to-do laundry?

31 posted on 07/30/2007 5:42:44 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: All

Isn’t anyone going to comment on the Letterman lines? I actually thought they were funny!


32 posted on 07/30/2007 5:45:49 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show since 2002 so you don't have to.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Somewhat low-cut blue blouse but no cleavage.

By the time they got the lighting angles low enough to give the shadow needed to suggest cleveage, it would bring out her 'portrait of Dorian Gray" face--and not be enough bust to distract from the ill effect... Maybe stage makeup to enhance the appearance....of the mid chest that is. Bondo couldn't fix the rest.

33 posted on 07/30/2007 5:48:01 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Didn’t hear them.

What did Letterman have to say?


34 posted on 07/30/2007 5:57:31 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG (Apparently my former party considers me an "ugly nativist".)
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

They’re towards the end of my original article.


35 posted on 07/30/2007 5:59:40 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show since 2002 so you don't have to.)
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To: abb

In the case of people talking about and looking at that fool who has decided to try to replace the I-Man, going blind would be a kindness to them.


36 posted on 07/30/2007 6:01:47 AM PDT by twonie (Keep your guns - and stockpile ammo.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Thanks. My fault for skipping around.

There are a couple of decent lines there.

He throws in a little bit of comedy at the expense of the Dems as cover for the love fest he’s sure to have with Hillary on Aug. 30th.


37 posted on 07/30/2007 6:05:44 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG (Apparently my former party considers me an "ugly nativist".)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I don’t get around much and don’t know too much about Letterman, but I thought this entire thread was very funny, and thank you for watching the ersatz I-Man for me. Joe must have a simply ENORMOUS audience, doncha think?


38 posted on 07/30/2007 6:07:25 AM PDT by twonie (Keep your guns - and stockpile ammo.)
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To: twonie
This is how ken5050 and PBR and Governs will be in a year or two if they keep looking at the photoshopped pics of Hillary...


39 posted on 07/30/2007 6:09:12 AM PDT by abb (The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Well ... Hellary can always have men dance & sing on YouTube like the Obama Girls do, to raise campaign cash


40 posted on 07/30/2007 6:24:24 AM PDT by Mo1 ( http://www.gohunter08.com)
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