'Pimp' Slur on Chelsea

NEW YORK POST ^ | February 9, 2008 | CHARLES HURT

[george76]

Hillary Rodham Clinton threatened yesterday to pull out of an upcoming debate hosted by MSNBC after one of its correspondents said on air that daughter Chelsea was being "pimped out" by the campaign to win votes.

Correspondent David Shuster made the remark Thursday night as he and others were discussing on air how Chelsea Clinton, 27, is taking an increasingly active role in the campaign.

"Doesn't it seem as if Chelsea is sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?"

Wolfson noted that just last month another MSNBC personality, Chris Matthews, apologized for saying the reason Clinton was elected senator was because the nation felt sorry for her after Bill Clinton had sexual liaisons with Monica Lewinsky.

"She didn't win there on her merits," Matthews said.

[SunkenCiv]

...which is awfully crowded, because so is Chelsea Clinton! /rimshot!

[Miss Behave]

The poor schlub apologized ad nauseum and The Beast STILL wants his head on a platter, and insists on nothing less. Even when she'd have to be completely intellectually dishonest to continue to charge that it was directed toward or about Chelsea, and not toward The Beast herself.

I swear the Clintons get some disgustingly sick pleasure out of others' suffering and groveling. Can you imagine what she'd do with that as President?

[MEGoody]

Folks, let’s admit that it was not a very tasteful comment.

Agreed.

I think the thing most people take issue with is that the guy got suspended and everything. If he'd made that same comment about the child of a Republican, he'd have probably gotten a pay raise.

[Berosus]

Wolfson noted that just last month another MSNBC personality, Chris Matthews, apologized for saying the reason Clinton was elected senator was because the nation felt sorry for her after Bill Clinton had sexual liaisons with Monica Lewinsky.

Nah, we all know Hillary got elected because the dead vote Democratic, even in states that look down on people from Arkansas.

[UCANSEE2]

This whole issue is not over Schuster making the comment about pimping out Chelsea.

It’s what else he said that Hillary is trying to use the ‘pimp’ reference to cover.

Schuster was asking why, if the Clintons were ‘pimping out’ their daughter on the campaign trail, that she wasn’t subject to questions from the press.

That is what Hillary is mad about. And what the distraction is for.

It apparently is working, since I see no one arguing about Hillary refusing to answer why Chelsea can’t answer questions to the media or nine year olds.

[george76]

bttt

What about Juanita’s apology?

[SunkenCiv]

And I second george76’s ditto. :’)