Posted on 09/25/2007 9:02:09 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
For whatever reason, former first daughter Chelsea Clinton wants this photo taken
down from inside Osso Buco in Greenwich Village. She's so serious she has recruited her father,
former President Bill Clinton, and a team lawyers to see that it's done.
(CBS) NEW YORK -- A celebrity photo has led a former president to send a threatening letter to a local restaurant owner.
On Tuesday night, President Bill Clinton demanded that a Manhattan restaurant remove a picture of his daughter Chelsea.
The picture has been up for years, but now it's posing a problem.
She's the former first daughter and a current customer at Osso Buco. But private citizen Chelsea Clinton doesn't want the photo of her with owner Nino Selimaj hanging in the restaurant.
So her Presidential Papa is demanding they take it down.
You may remember Selimaj. Earlier this year he made national headlines for offering a $1,000 pizza at his restaurant. Now he's butting heads with the former leader of the free world.
March 14: Luxury Pie: NYC Restaurant Offers $1,000 Pizza
Customer John Cremin says the Selimaj should comply with Clinton's request.
"She doesn't want to be involved with advertising for the store," Cremin said. "That's up to her. It's her God given right, no?"
Nino Selimaj says the photo has graced his restaurant window for nearly five years, and admits it's been good for business.
He says he was surprised to receive a letter from the Clinton's lawyer demanding he take the picture down. On official William Jefferson Clinton letterhead, was a threat to take further action: "We reserve the right to exercise any and all options available to us if you refuse to comply."
Selimaj says the letter came as quite a shock.
"I was really, really heartbroken because I have four daughters and Chelsea is like my daughter," Selimaj said. "She doesn't want to be there. If that comes from them directly, definitely, I will remove it. If she really insists to remove it."
Selimaj has photos with other celebrities like Regis Philbin, Derek Jeter and even 2008 Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani hanging in his restaurant and he says they haven't objected.
Customer Iris Elkabs says she thinks Chelsea should reconsider.
"She has a right," Elkabs said. "If she doesn't like it, it should come down, but I think it should stay. It's a very nice photograph."
I called the editor of our local socialist rag to ask about this. She said it was about saving ink and print space.
I guess that's what they're doing when they don't print anything about the Beast's campaign finance scandals too.
They've been so trustworthy and above reproach in the past that I'll just give them the benefit of the doubt. /s
That was my first thought...
Proof of plastic surgery, therefore it needs to go down the memory hole.
^^^^^
That was my first thought, too.
Keep it up, Bill and Hill. More and more voters will see what you are, and what will happen if you get near the White House again.
WTF? Let's see, rights endowed by our creator; Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness, Legal Use of One's Image for Marketing Purposes. Yep, those founding fathers sure were fore-thinking!</dripping sarcasm>
meanwhile, all of the rabid anti-clinton people will work themselves up into a frenzy, creating distance between the right wing and the mainstream - who will look at the right wingers like they are nuts.
Meanwhile, behind the scenes, the clintons will be pressuring ABC, GQ and using their front organizations to do things like get rid of Imus.
And his oppostion will have wasted a lot of time and energy over a picture of his daughter.
You can bet there's some calculation goin' on here.
And did you notice that they're typical thugs: The only way they know how to communicate is through threats.
My first thought too. Does Chelsea even know about this?
Maybe Hillary didn’t want the Clinton name associated with the $1,000 pizza while fighting for the “little people.”
Perhaps we could have all pictures of Chelsea's mug removed from public view ... PLEASE!!!
Drudge has this up now. Man, talk about stepping in it. Whoever wrote that on “Office of William Jefferson Clinton” letterhead blew it big time.
This story is seriously damaging to the Clintons (all of them). To have that restaurant owner stand there and tell the CBS-TV reporter, “I was really hearbroken, I have four daughters and Chelsea is like my daughter.”
Threatening to sue a Manhattan Pizza shop owner over a picture on the wall - dumb, dumb, dumb. That’s gonna leave a mark.
This guy must be DIRTY also if he wants a Clinton photo......yuk.
BTTT
WHY take it down UNLESS the Clintons want MONEY to have it up OR it’s PRE-FACE LIFT of Chelsea.....this guy must have been a good friend to consider Chelsea like a DAUGHTER??? YIKES.
Sure, right up to the point that the picture is taken. Then, it's too late.
‘I am surprised they want it removed,she actually looks fairly decent,one of her better days,seems to me.’
I wonder the same thing...why would she want it down..its been up for years...??
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