Posted on 02/09/2008 11:01:28 AM PST by LdSentinal
In Orono, Maine, this morning, following a rally at the University of Maine, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., made her first public remarks about MSNBC's David Shuster having referred to her campaign having "pimped out Chelsea," Clinton's daughter.
"I am a mom first and a candidate second," Clinton told reporters, per ABC News' Eloise Harper. "I found the remarks incredibly offensive. I can take whatever comes my way, that’s part of what I signed up for as a candidate as an office holder, but I think that there’s been a troubling pattern of comments and behavior that has to be held accountable. So I have sent a letter to the head of NBC expressing the deep offense that I took and pointing out what has been a troubling pattern of demeaning treatment, and I would expect appropriate action to be taken."
Shuster has been temporarily suspended for his comments, and he has apologized. He has said he was trying to make a larger point about how Chelsea, 27, has been enlisted to work for the campaign though she refuses to talk on the record to the media.
But Clinton suggests a "pattern" by MSNBC hosts, because she has also been offended by comments made by MSNBC's Chris Matthews, who -- among other comments -- has implied Clinton only has her senate job because of her husband's infidelity with Monica Lewinsky. Under pressure, Matthews apologized on air for that comment.
The campaign has threatened to boycott pending debates on NBC and Clinton would not say today if she would participate in the NBC sponsored debates.
"We have accepted a lot of debates from a lot of different sponsors and were going to wait and see how this plays out," Clinton said.
Crybaby.
they think our memory is equal to Hillary’s.
Bill pimped Chelsea with Vernon Jordan and Bill Richardson,trying to get her a job during his impeachment
Pimp my ride.
“Mom first”? Since when?
Mega-BS.
She needs the debates badly. She'd pimp out her mother for them.
I find hill & billy's remarks about Obama incredibly RACIST !
o/~ Truth hits everybody. Truth hits everyone. Whoa-oh. o/~
I predict that one of the first things President Hillary does is clamp down on talk radio and, if their paranoia is any indication, freedom of the press. Talk about a bunker mentality, and she isn’t even in the White House yet.
wasn’t that Monica?
Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.”
Hill and Bill will pimp out Chelsea on Feb 21 when they will suborn perjury and have Chelsea lie to the court on the facts of Hillary’s Senate fundraising scandal. All to protect the Clinton RICO Machine.
Her comment doesn’t make any sense. If she can take whatever comes her way, but draws the line at her daughter, then why is she complaining about previous comments about her campaign and herself that have nothing to do with her daughter?
the piaps is so outraged about a left wing news caster stating the obvious...but is dead silent when her husband, bj, is accused of rape by juanita broderick!!!
Her comment doesn’t make any sense. If she can take whatever comes her way, but draws the line at her daughter, then why is she complaining about previous comments about her campaign and herself that have nothing to do with her daughter?
Her comment doesn’t make any sense. If she can take whatever comes her way, but draws the line at her daughter, then why is she complaining about previous comments about her campaign and herself that have nothing to do with her daughter?
sorry
“I am a mom first and a candidate second...”
Uhhh. Yeah, right.
Typical Queen Hillary.
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