Hillary Responds to “Pimp”-gate

Come on, we’re talking about MSNBC, not a responsible news organization. I long ago gave up paying any attention at all to a network that, desperate for ratings, has been racing Fox to the sewer for years. Their talking heads are bottom-feeders, who should be ignored.

David Shuster should not have said that, and I’m glad he apologized, but I too am concerned about the larger issue of using a “non-political” family member to pressure super-delegates for their support.
Calling donors I can accept, but not super-delegates who have a serious and important role in determining the nominee. Using Chelsea in this way is tacky.

Hill should boycot these debates to prove a point, nothing worse than losing money for the networks,

Maybe this is payback for the Clinton’s playing the race card? Are the Clinton’s racist?

What MSNBC said was no worse than what Bill Clinton said about Obama. Shame on Clinton for his racist remarks, shame on you!!

“”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.”
Translation: Hillary’s victim-mentality base is eating this crap up like candy and she’s going to milk it for all it’s worth, then do the debate because MSNBC’ll be censored into tossing her softballs . . .
I think Hillary’s big mistake is to be looking at all the spinsters who post in her defense without realizing that every time she plays the victim card independents see right through her and shift right towards McCain. The more she claims to be ‘tough’ because she’s played the victim to get her way, the more resentment she builds against her.
And then she wonders why her poll numbers against McCain don’t match up to Obama’s . . .

Shuster was crude but efficient in making a proper point. Chelsea last spoke to the media to say she doesn’t speak to the media, guarding her private persona. Ironic that she now suddenty flaunts her public figure status, apparently with her presidential (not) parents’ blessing, to work the superdelegates.

Mitt pimped out his sons. W pimped out Jenna and Babs. Dick pimped out Mary…
Oh wait, you would NEVER hear that on a network.
It is very clear that the rules are different for Hillary than the others. And it is obvious from the comments above that it is not just the media who can be jerks.

I sick and tired of the dirty pool that is going on in this politcal world. We need a good President that really cares about the population and doesn’t live in their own world and that is a fact.
This whole thing is just out right getting so very old and that is a fact.

So Hillary said certain comments people make should be helded accountable? Well what about all the Comments you and Bill made against Obama so far?

I see the right wing nuts are out in full force. Whatever are they going to do if Barack is nominated.
Oh that’s right…
…the secret Muslim thing.
Just go back to throwing rocks on the playground…

This story highlights one of the reasons America should be wary of another Clinton administration. Hillary gets her feelings hurt that someone says something untoward about her grown daughter, and then demands an apology from the free press (which they promptly genuflect and deliver). I do not recall such a pennance when Cheneys daughter was “outed”, nor when the Bush daughters misdemeanors were headline news for weeks. Any of these actions, including the comments about Hillary, might well deserve apologies, but the difference is that Mrs. Clinton demands and expects apologies. If elected, will she not then demand that such “hate speech” be outlawed, regulated, punishable? And who will determine what actually constitutes “hate speech”? Will it be put to a vote, or just unilaterally defined by Mrs. Clinton and likeminded daisies like M. Cifala.

OK I’ll say it. Obama campaign pimping Michelle and dressing her like Jackie Kennedy to boot. Tell her to lose the Jackie-do. It didn’t work anyway as Mass. went for Clinton. GWB pimped all the evangelical right wing ministers in the country in the last election. And for all you naive Obama supporters, NOBODY is without baggage. Even your man. Just wait until he is the nominee and his cocaine deals, chain smoking and abyssmal Senate voting record will be ALL you hear about for months. GO HILLARY GO. She is only one with the guts to turn this country around. She has connections and alliances all over the country and the world. I fear we will once again get the President we deserve instead of the President we need.

Disgusting Remarks… They All Gang upon Hillary on Morning Joe All a Bunch of LOSERS! They are like Schoolgirls trying to get a playdate with Obama… Some kind of envy there.. It’s Sickening to Watch and They Should Fire that Loser!

Shuster should be fired. Move him on to the world of insanity and limbo.

Add Andrea Mitchell and Lee Cowan to the anti-Clinton disgusting NBC machine. Also, Frank “part-timer” Luntz and Keith Olberman. They are all part of the Misogynist Soft National Broadcasting Company – MSNBC. All Democrats should exclude NBC from any accreditation in the future. Imagine if Shuster said some racial comment – the OBSMA camp would cry major croc tears!

Isnt it rich that the media was lampooned when anything was said about Chaney’s daughter and her sexuality but hey its okeydokey to show mysogyney when it comes to a Clinton—-Its wrong period no matter who the candidate is.

Hillary continues to overplay her gender card. She is lucky there are so many female voters. Unfortunately, tears won’t persuade the nasty men in Congress, Al Queda, Iran, Iraq, etc. I would love to see a woman president someday, but not this woman. She is attached to way too much baggage and a treasure trove of unearthed stories to sink her election. “I’m a mother, first?” When will we hear, “I was having a hot flash?” “Please excuse me for being a woman?” This is getting sick.

You know what worries me about Obama is that everyone loves him in the press and his supporters practically have him up on the cross. What HILLARY has, as the woman wrote about “sending people into fits” is the ability to reach under the surface and strike a nerve. People don’t really want to examine deeply that’s why they like Obama, he just feeds em sugar water and kool-aid and they drink it right down. HILLARY is a mother eagle protecting her young and her country. So I think this shows what kind of president she would be. One who fights to protect America.
HILLARY 08!!!

the news outlets exist to report news, but insist on trying to influence and therefore become news onto themselves. And for what? To sell more commercials and make more money for themselves. If my daughter came to work for me i would be proud of her help. I would not be pimping her out. Those comments are disgusting and show where the media has its head, which is to create news through vile disgusting comments. America, where has your class gone?

This is what Hillary should do. Don’t participate in any NBC functions. This act shows guts and stand up toitness. I don’t think Obama can fault her for not participating so he would support her and she would win both ways.

omg – why is there another ‘Sam’ commenting in favor of Hillary . . . couldn’t you have called yourself Sammy to differentiate yourself? aaarrgh!

Maybe inapropriate but she is in polititics and has brought her family into the lime-light. If she cannot take the comments then what is she going to do in office. My comment to Hillary is to quit your crying and act like a future President.

He should get a gold metal for what he said about Chelsea Clinton. Right on!!

Yea it was an inappropriate comment, but it was hitting the nail right on the head. Why is Chelsea campaigning, but can’t talk to the media?
Obviously, Michelle Obama hasn’t been referred to in such an inappropriate manner because she’s more than willing to be interview or speak on behalf of Obama because she knows what he stands for and is not a poster girl for a campaign.
Hillary is always having others due her campaigning she can’t do it herself. That’s why Bill shut the hell up in S.C. because he made it worse for her.
There is no doubt that both Obama and Hillary are appropriate choice for President, but I just sometimes can’t stand what happens “behind-the-scenes” in the Hillary Campaign.
RELEASE YOUR TAX RETURNS HILLARY!!!
Hillary=Romney
Obama ’08

Here we go again. Always before a big election day we hear a cry! The comment was not insulting. Not at all. NBC should not fire anybody, there was is not reason to go there. After all, that is what her daughter was doing. This is the kind of fear we are talking about. People in power are voting for Clinton because they think they could get hurt in the process. Lets put stop to this crazy behavior, Clinton, we the American people will teach you a good lesson. CHANGE IS COMING!!!

For the majority of the older commenters here: please understand that ‘pimping’ is often used these days without any sort of sexual reference.
These political campaigns have become so corrupt and cheap, the use of words like ‘pimping’ is the least of our problems. Furthermore, anyone who believes that Hillary Clinton could actually be ‘deeply offended’ by something like this while at the same time doing and saying everything required to run for president in the US is insane. Stop falling for these irrelevant media spins that allow the media and candidates to ignore the real issues, and instead continue playing the little soap opera for all the sheeple here.
The millions of voters in this country that actually vote for these main stream candidates without having any idea as to how they continue to screw the the rest of us over should be ashamed for being part of the problem. If you cannot see through this crap, please do the rest of us a favor and simply don’t vote!

Msnbc particularly Cris matthews and Tucker Carlson have been biased and brutal regarding Hillary Clinton. When hillary won New jersey on super Tuesday one could hear matthews saying “oh no!”
And MSNBC says Fox is biased. I’m a Democratic who now excercises his cvhoice not to watch MSNBC

>>People don’t really want to examine deeply that’s why they like Obama, he just feeds em sugar water and kool-aid and they drink it right down.
That would be the “fairy tale” Bill was referring to.

I think it is the way they are going about it that is unseemly. She can’t talk to the media but she can secretly hound these politicians to vote for her Mother ? That is so tacky. I am impressed Team Obama hasn’t stooped so low to doing anything that gross and inappropriate. Mind you she a grown woman. She is not a kid any more like back in the 90′s. What if she decides to run for public office someday, she should’t be ruining her reputation ?
I wonder how the super delegates think about this tacky practice of soliciting votes from them.

The self-important men on MSNBC, to include Chris Matthews, and now David Shuster, don’t understand that by attacking Chelsea Clinton in this way they are attacking all women, shows you the lengths that our media will go to destroy Hillary Clinton, doing everything they can to bring her down to a pimp level politician, even at the cost of using her daughter to do it.
Any decent man like myself, should be mad as hell with these people for trating women like garbage, I have three daugthers, I won’t let anyone talk about them this way. It is not okay to be sexist, women deserve respect, I am ashamed of some men in some forums, defending something that has no defense.

Shuster ade the pimp remark because Chelsea wouldn’t talk to the media?? Shuster’s remark was horrible. And MSNBC has been making those remarks consistently (especially Chris Matthews). Anyone’s personal remarks against any of these candidates is undignified – including bill and Hillary Clinton. Who among those name callers would stick their own necks on the line and campaign? There is a hate that exists that some will never forgive – that is a sad testatment to be unable or unwilling to forgive. the past is the past. Voting decisons should be made on merits and the distraction of name calling is childish.

Man it’s gotta suck to be a Democrat!!

All of Romney’s sons worked diligently for his campaign and no one blinked an eye. The Clinton bashing is really, really old.

Does Mom first mean Chelsea does not have to serve in the military if Pres. Hillary declares a draft. Mom first for Hillary, sorry for you other Moms.

This should be a little insight into how Hillary REALLY acts. Instead of laughing it off and going on with more important issues, she chooses to throw around her political weight, get people in trouble, and threaten to boycott debates. Is that the type of person we want for President? Let’s not forget that the Clintons truly believe the rules just don’t apply to them, and more on that will certainly surface if she gets the nomination. But ultimately, Hillary is a divider, has numerous enemies, and is not the person to bring this country together and move us forward. Hillary as president just represents more of the same Washington insider “BS” and gridlock we’re all so incredibly tired of.

There are many ways to make a point, obviously he wanted to offend.
I think is totally inapropiate, this is “street talk”, this vocabulary does not belong in the newsroom.

What’s discouraging about this incident is the vitriol on all sides in these responses.
If this generation of Americans did not watch cable news, its purveyors might be more circumspect.
The fact is, this generation has the media it deserves–mediocre, ignorant, and oblivious to professional standards.
What to do? Don’t watch the news impostors at CNN, MSNBC, Fox, and go light on the Internet; read papers, and listen to Internet BBC world.
Easy, huh?

The Clintons’tactics are at once disgusting and brilliant. Schuster’s comment was tasteless and contemptible but it has given the Clinton campaign an excuse to assume high dudgeon and occupy another day of news thereby defecting news from continuing Obama delegate advances. What’s more, running against MSNBC (recall the right wing conspiracy) throws red meat to all those Clinton Democrats rabid to restore them to the White House. Finally, for REAL news, where the hell is the press when it comes to asking the Clintons about keeping locked up their income tax records, Hill’s health care papers from the White House, and the list of Bill’s business cronies who donated millions to the Foundaion and the Library.

Every candidate since TV campaigning has had their children and spouses out there in the limelight. Although, apparently only Hillary PIMPS her daughter. What was it called when Bush’s daughters spoke at the convention? Go git em’ Hillary.

The unfortunate use of street slang did come off as rude, but the point was made. As usual, When Hillary feels threatened, she tries to play the wounded female card, instead of taking the question “head on.” I find that insulting, not to mention dishonest. As a women, I find that more offensive than what the reporter said.
The fact is, the reporter DID NOT call Chelsea a prostitute! He was pointing out the fact that as a 20 something year old women, she no longer needs “protecting. If she truly on her own wanted to campaign for her mother, then she should stand on her own two feet, and answer questions from legitimate reporters!
The veiled threat that unless the reporter is santioned, that she could choose not to participate in N.B.C. debates, does not sit well either. If per chance, she were to become President, would she pull such stunts if a foreign dignitary were to pose a question she did not like? As the old saying goes, if you can’t take the heat….

Bill ST “For the majority of the older commenters here: please understand that ‘pimping’ is often used these days without any sort of sexual reference”
David Schuster is over 40 and he meant it with the disgusting sexual connotation that it has been received.
I agree with all the posters who respect the women in their lives and want to give Schuster the royal A$$ Kicking he deserves.
Imagine someone saying same thing about Meadow to Tony Soprano.

I consider myself a liberal, but when it comes to this comment about Chelsea all I can say is “well hey, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck….”
Hillary should start focusing on comming up with her own catch phrases instead of stealing Obama’s “Yes We Can” and “Fired up” lines.
I’m telling you, I went into this race really pulling for Hillary and wanting to give a woman a chance to be president, but everyday she just proves her critics right. This woman is SERIOUSLY getting on my nerves. If she’s the nominee I don’t know if I could vote for her. No, scratch that. I don’t think I would vote for her.

This is not the first time Hillary has had to come to Chelsea’s defense. Anyone remember Rush Limbaugh calling Chelsea “ugly” not long after Bill was elected president the first time? She was just a young girl, but it didn’t matter to these rabid mad dog conservatives then and it doesn’t now.

Good work by the Clintons on deflecting attention. Now about that $5 million and Hillary’s refusal to release her income tax returns….

i guess the clintons can dish it out hand over fist but they can take it.
everytime that woman (and I use the word loosely) opens her mouth, I cringe and what joy it must bring the Republicans if she turns out to be the nominee. They’ll have mud for days to sling at her….and not unjustly! Yikes!

Uh… Hillary should have considered her entire family when running for office. Not just herself. Her using her power to force punishment on Shuster is a constitutional violation. Because she is a candidate for president, she’s allowed to punish people for saying something bad? Didn’t she just recently poke fun at Bush for not enforcing the Constitution? Yet another flip flop of ideas… She’s going to be our next president??? Oh S**T!!!

Clinton has very bad advisors….why didn’t they reminder her that if one creates a word web of association including the three key words of Hillary, Bill and Pimp…….the natural association is that of Monica…not that Media Reporters should apologize. Give me a break…as an educator one of the first things we teach is the concept of word associations or “Word Webs”! Hillary jumped into this one…and I am glad..she should have had more honor than to defend a proven liar on National TV! She will only defend liars in the White House too! (Maybe that is why it is actually Off-White! lol

If people think Shuster ought to be fired, then why hasn’t Hillary called for it? Why didn’t she think of that? Why the delay and the hesitancy? I think that shows a weakness of leadership ability . . .

Personally, I don’t feel that news personalities should have to apologize for simply saying aloud on air what a great portion of America is thinking…

As an Obama supporter, even I have to agree that some of the bias is off-putting. It does no one any good, especially Barack Obama’s campaign.
The media has a habit of treating viewers like we are stupid. We are not lemmings or completely blind. We do know slant when we see it. On the other hand I do want to point out that there are many that slant very obviously toward the Clinton campaign.
What happened to journalism being objective and informative? Hmmm, maybe we should talk about changing the tone of news.
It seems to me that Paddy Chayefsky’s comment in the film “Network”, is so relevant. When you worry about ratings it becomes simply too much of a temptation for news outlets. They like to hire people that can make people angry, sensationalize stupid things and simply treat us like gawkers at a car accident.
I am waiting for Godot on this one, but where is the person that can actually get us back to the NEWS.
“I”M MAD AS HELL, AND I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANY MORE.”

I so agree with you, deecani. Racist remarks about Obama so wouldn’t be tolerated, and shouldn’t be, but sexist remarks against Clinton run rampant, and if a woman (Hillary or anyone else) complains about it, we’re told we’re being too sensitive. To me, that’s like telling African Americans they’re being “too sensitive” about nooses and sitting at the back of the bus. Attack Clinton on her political stances, but leave her daughter, her appearance, and her emotions out of it. Sheesh!

Shuster is a scapegoat.

Anyone else consider that it’s probably (the fast trackin’) Shuster who is being “pimped” by Keith Obermouth and Cristhp mmMathews.

Being a 60+ citizen, I don’t yet understand the pop language changes. To me feeling Gay is desirable. Liberal means caring for others. Open-mindedness is a sign of wisdom and Values not reflecting love are not Christian values. Speaking of one’s unmarried daughter in terms linked directly to prostitution deserve a Harry Truman type response This is the correct time for a proper husband to defend the honor of his family! Where are you Bill Clinton?

Once again, I think we’re all in agreement that the comments were tacky. The question now is what do the Clintons want done about it? Does she want David Shuster to be fired or not? I think Hillary and Chelsea need to be clear on where they stand. Time for some leadership . . .

Shuster deserves suspension. However, the media and public has the right to scrutinize Chelsea Clinton’s involvement. She’s an adult and should be treated equally to others participating in this election. Why should she have special treatment from everybody else?

“I totally agree with “Where are You” who says that if Michelle Obama had been described as being pimped out, there would be blood in the streets right now! But it’s OK to slam the Clintons with this remark…why…becaues they’re Clintons?”
I could not agree more.

Presidential campaigns are historically known for their low blows. But one has to take into account that the word “pimping” has now come to mean giving up your values and self-respect for some sort of gain, not just sexual behavior.
The fact of the matter is that the Clintons are a family and family members tend to stick together to help each other with challenges. We actually expect that in our leaders, you know, “family values” and all that stuff. So why wouldn’t Chelsea help out? What’s wrong with it? I’m only sorry she’s too shy to speak out in favor of her mother – Hillary needs it. She’s basically a man in a woman’s body: competitive, win-at-all-costs, vindictive, and manipulative. It’s a sad day when women have to sell out femininity (or should I say pimp themselves???) to succeed in a man’s world. So, I take any signs that she is committed mother as a positive thing about her.
-seer

Maybe MSNBC should get out of politics .. they ae behaving like the state own media rooting for Putin or the media rooting for General Musharaff, like the media in Cuba for Castro, like half the media in Venezuela for Hugo Chavez, like the Fox for whoever, like CNN,CBS,ABC for Obama.
Do notinsult my intelligence!!

I cant believe I used to watch MSNBC. I loath all of them. I also loath Obama. MSNBC has had a big part in making him.Hillary will make a great president and then Chris Matthews can eat all of the disgusting things he has said about her.

I am sick and tired of Clinton-haters, especially women (who don’t know the singular from plural-Kathy S.), attacking Hillary and her family. All these mousy women feel threatened by women who have the intelligence and the courage to stand up for true change in America, not just inspiring rhetoric. What did our mothers tell us about men who are good at sweet talking but can’t move beyond that? If Hillary is not elected, all Clinton-haters will be to blame when our economy goes down the drain and you don’t see a good kind of change.

What strikes me is the Clintons are outraged at the “pimp” comment aimed at their 28 year old “Child”, yet Bill didn’t have a problem engaging in disgusting acts in OUR OVAL OFFICE with someone else’s 20 something daughter. How did they think the Lewinski’s felt?
Clintons, you have no room to complain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s called KARMA!
The Clintons did worse when they messed up the life of AN EVEN YOUNGER MONICA LEWINSKI!
Fortunately for the OLDER Chelsea, she did not have to endure what the YOUNGER Monica Lewinski had to endure BECAUSE OF HER FATHER, BILL CLINTON!
HOW MANY DEMONSTRATED SYMPATHY FOR THE YOUNGER MONICA LEWISNSKI?

Think again Obama woman thrashers. If this comment were made about Michelle Obama, we would have riots in all major cities with Oprah leading the fire brigade.

In my opinion, the everyday language we hear on tv and elsewhere has far too many references to drug users/sellers, gangs, gangsters, criminals and other low-lifes than is necessary. As a whole, the American people do not speak this way. Those of you who do have been listening to hip-hop music way too much. The comment about Chelsea Clinton being “pimped out” to help her mother’s campaign was really out of line. Whether it was intended to mean “promoting her mother’s campaign” or any of the other euphemistic definitions offered by the posters, the root definition, that she was forced to prostitute herself another’s gain, is what is understood, and what was really intended. Speculate what you want, it was still a mean-spirited, sexist remark. Everyone should just take a step back, take a deep breath and realize that none of this crap matters. We are either going to have a white woman, a black man, or a white man for a president. So what? Nothing will change. We’ll still be at war. Our jobs will still go overseas. People will still sneak over the border. Gas prices will still increase. The lobbyists and big corporations are running the country now. The American Dream is dead.

It was wrong but not uncommon. You are going to have to tell all Journalist across the board that they cannot say that someone is in bed with someone else allegorically speaking. While your at it, tell all Americans everywhere that they cannot use that kind of language at work. …and hope everyone forgets what prompted the comment in the first place. Hope they forget that your “democratic” process is not very democratic.

You people better wise up and dump Clinton before it’s too late. If her and her husband haven’t made you sick yet there’s simply something wrong with you. She’ll be as overbearing to world leaders as she is the press or anything else she disagrees with or gets in her way. You stupid Democrats need not make such a ridiculous choice if you want the change you cry about every day.

The Clintons are quick to jump on others who abuse their sensibilities, however,the Clintons have a long cherished tradition of playing hardball with others.
Chelsea is an adult who has entered the political arena. Welcome Chelsea. The junk comes with the territory. Perhaps she ought to visit the Clinton “Attack Room”.

I am so sick of hearing Obama on the evening news. It seems like NBC and MSNBC are doing all they can to get votes for Obama. As a Democrat before Obama I am now a Independent.If Obama gets the Nominee then I will be voting for the Republican Nominee and hope it is Huckabee. My husband and I have stopped watching MSNBC . When they stop talking about the news and try to pass off their own personal views then we will have nothing to do with that news outlet. We cannot stand Chris Matthews as he never lets anyone talk but himself. We was excited about this election but have become sick of it all.

If Hillary shuts down media criticism this easily when she is only a candidate, think of the first amendment violations to come if she is elected. She claims she can “take anything” but she proceeds to call for someone’s job and try to ruin someone’s career over an unfortunate comment. We have all made inappropriate comments – am I next? Probably – watch this…
Hey Hillary, it’s hard to believe that you could pimp out that man-faced daughter of yours to begin with, so lighten up.

IF she gets to the White House – is that what she’s going to be? “A mom first, then a President”?
The meaning of the word ‘pimp’ has been blurred, ever since the new ‘pimp’ TV programs came out… ‘Pimp my Ride’, ‘Pimp my Man’, ‘Pimp my whatever…’. Taken from these, the word now seems to mean ‘refresh’, ‘change for the better’, ‘make new’, etc….
So a news guy used the word in conjunction with Chelsea’s job of calling voters. It actually seems appropriate, if you really think about it.

Mr. Shuster’s remark was in such poor taste. Ms Clinton is an intelligent, respectful young LADY that is working for her mother’s campaign as have many, many children of politician’s before her. She is owed an apology and people need to remember she is an adult and her own person and such disprespect is reprehensible.
As for Mr. Clinton’s past transgression, I don’t know what that has to do with Chelsea OR Hillary for that matter. This remark is so classic however of right wing hypocrites that spend to much time throwing stones at others. Have we all forgotten the despicable child molesting, sexual cruising deviants that have been uncovered in the present administration? At least Mr. Clinton had the social graces to have a heterosexual tryst with a consenting adult and not some innocent children on the internet.

Who do these reporters think they are, where do they think they are, and who do they think they’re talking to? Why did the otherwise bright-seeming Shuster choose that kind of demeaning language, to punish Hillary? Bill? Chelsea? Is that his place, as an impartial reporter? He has shown his, and perhaps MSNBC’s, colors here. Shame on you, Shuster, and that goes for your goading buddy Matthews double.

if shes invoved in the campaign she’s free game.

It’s so easy to know where someone who calls a woman “overbearing” is coming from. But, this election is not about people’s personality insecurities, shortcomings, or traumas. It’s about finally accepting that it’s o.k. for a woman to be strong, assertive, smart, and a leader. The United States needs to stop being hypocritical and accept that, as a culture, we’re behind most developed and even third world countries in accepting national leadership in the hands of a capable, qualified, hard-working woman. Give her a chance – all of you came out from women; women have ensured that our human race continues so give the woman a break.

So…this is sticking to the issues? Spin it again drama queen.
Your “baby” ain’t no baby…she is a 27 year old adult who snubbed a 9 year old little girl. You and Bill ARE USING HER TO BENEFIT YOUR CAMPAIGN…pimping is now just a slang term for exactly what you are doing.
Drama, let me count the ways:
1. A “planted” question on U-Tube debate; set the tone for this camapign
2. Lawsuit in Nevada on caucus sites; first Bill tyrade; scared to death you were going to lose
3. Tears in New Hampshire; campaign not going your way
4. Heckler wanting you to iron his shirts; chance to speak up for women’s rights
5. Found your voice at 60+; trying to separate yourself from Bill’s finger wagging “give me a break” fairy tale
6. MLK comments; play that race card
7. Bill’s tyrades in New Hampshire and South Carolina; slander Obama’s record
8. Woman fainting on stage with Chelsea rushing to her aid; that woman staggered around a very long time to give Chelsea time to get on stage while no one around her did a thing…strange isn’t it?
9. Jessie Jackson comments; play that race card again
10. ANOTHER HECKLER with Bill in Denver on 9/11; Oh my gosh…Bill could tell you exactly how many muslims died on 9/11…amazing recall since he forgot all about that uranium deal
11. ANOTHER PERSON FAINTING while Hillary herself was on stage and had to “call for the paramedics”…way too many fainting spells for a coincidence
12. Poor Chelsea being mistreated by the media when they ARE pimping her; work on that sympathy vote again
13. Loan to her campaign, ploy to get supporters rallied enough to make some news; hoping to outdo Obama’s strong showing in supporters and contributions
14. Change in her speech patterns … slower more defined…sounding a lot like a very bad Obama imitation
Now where were we on the issues?
Way too much drama. I DON’T LIKE THE DRAMA…DON’T WANT THE DRAMA…WILL NOT VOTE FOR THE DRAMA

I am a parent, and my son is active duty military.He has lost so many friends in Iraq, and I worry about him all the time.You Hillary backers make me sick and as far as im concerned you are UnAmerican, why dont you Hillary backers go volunteer in Iraq so the real Hero’s can come home!

and why in the hell would this country even concider,voting for anyone with the middle name”HUSSIEN”???????????yes do gooders,thats obamas middle name!

It seems some males just can’t quite get over the fact that women are just as capable as men when it comes to qualities that are needed in a strong leader. After all, the only presidential yardstick that we, as Americans, have had over the 200+ years of our existence as a country is a male yardstick.
From the doctrine of “coverture” in marriages – where the woman’s person was subsumed in the man’s persona – to the notion that women could be punished and whipped to keep them in line – a notion that was sanctioned by state courts – women have been relegated to an unequal status.
Although the 26th Amendment, ratified on July 1, 1971, lowered the voting age to 18, the last group to obtain the right to vote was women. Through the years, women have been excluded from juries, from corporate offices, from equal pay opportunities, and from professions based on the idea that women were weak and incapable of assuming responsibilty and leadership roles – their place was to tend home and hearth.
While I have over the past few months donated a small amount to the John MaCains’ campaign, I have a certain amount of sympathy for Hillary Clinton. If she gets tired and shows emotion, watchers call her weak. If she shows little or no emotion, watchers call her cold. If she is strong and aggressive, watchers call her a b…. As the first woman to run for president, she is in an enviable yet unenviable position.
But no matter what position she finds herself in, she is the first of our gender to step forward and take the slings and arrows that go with a presidential campaign. She is the first, but if she does not win the nomination or presidency, I am certain she will not be the last.

Isn’t Shuster getting pimped?
People should refrain talking garbage.
Another subject: Do I care what happen when Clinton was in The White House? NO You grown ups should get over it, you aren’t in high school anymore.
MSNBC, like Fox should just close its doors, all their crap is misinformation anyhow.

Well, the comment wasn’t appropriate BUT when you enter public life supporting a candidate, it is allowed. 1st amendment!

Bill Clinton is not coming out to defend because they will use whatever he says against Hillary and she will be accused of not knowing how to defend herself. I’m sure Obama supporters would love it if Bill said what he would probably want to say. They play everything he says in the news but they give Obama’s outspoken, opinionated wife all the freedom to speak without publicity or criticism. It’s definitely a double-standard.

The litmus test is would shuster had passed the same demeaning and vulgar comments about his own sister , daughter or wife. it is time american journalists get out of the gutter politics . The honour of a nation or culture is based on HOW THEY RESPECT WOMEN. By passing derogatory remarks this person does not help the story line in any way. same goes to MATHEWS.
i woder if he spends some time about telling the stories about the political, moral and financial achievements by the former first couple.
AMERICANS SHOULD RAISE VOICE AGAINST THESE SO CAALED GUTTER JOURNALISTS.
WE MUST KEEP THE DIGNITY OF DAUGHTERS AND MOTHERS OF THIS NATION ONLY THEN AMERICA CAN BE A STRONG MORAL SOCIETY.
bhagwan deol . losangeles

Woooow!!! Take it easy there Fair. I am a Male. I do believe for a woman to take charge for the nation, because I happen to know what a women can do, ask my Mom. She kicks ***

Here we are in the 21st century, seeing some progress of centuries of protests, prison time, and hard work by activists, whether civil rights or feminist.
However, the shaping of current US culture, promulgated by large corporate media conglomerates and their largely white male board of directors, has turned to a near low in terms of quality programming and “news” in the 21st century.
Too bad for you that Hillary Clinton has earned her seat at the table through hard work, intelligence, the opportunity for and completion of a good education, pure grit and energy. Many are surprised that she can hold her own in a debate and is capable of providing answers of content rather than hot air.
Sadly, an audience member at a recent debate shouted “Iron my shirt” to her. Imagine what kind of publicity and outrage we would have heard had someone yelled, “Shine my shoes” to Obama? Al Sharpton and his buddy, Jesse Jackson, would have cried racism and bigotry, as well it would be. How is this any different?
I am still mystified as to why women don’t stand up to this kind of sexism and heckling. We really must demand better from society and the media.
Women of any color STILL endure a tremendous amout of sexism everywhere they turn. We’re now seeing this play out by the good-ole-boy corporate media during this year’s national elections. The pathetic garbage that is publicly aired and condoned towards both Hillary and Chelsea is nothing less than disgusting.
I am happy to see that the Democrats are the first parties in this country to offer a difference and a change. In my view, Hillary brings the kind of change, character and experience needed to lead this country. She did so without endorsement of the liberal New England good-ole-boy of John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Kennedy or support from corporate media.
Think we’ve come a long way? Unfortunately, look how little we have truly come and how low our expectations are from the media has sunk.

MSNBC is a third rate news source, with fourth rate pundits who make inane comments. Pimping out? It’s called campainging, knucklehead.
What I really love is how only now, when the Clinton’s are no longer the darlings of the media, her supporters shrilly denounce the media as biased.
When conservatives pointed out media bias that went on for years under the Clintons, it was dismissed as naive. Looks like the shoe is on the other foot now.
No doubt the Clintons will continue to moan about how persecuted they are… same old sorry, pathetic, story.
What’s really sad is that there isn’t any real difference between Hillary and Obama. They’re both going to usher us closer to Socialism, and McCain isn’t far behind. It’ll be pick your poison in ’08.

If Hillary was such a great Mother she would have removed herself and her daughter and separated from her husband the pig when he went after Monica.

I dont know what people see in Obama but then there is no accounting for test.I cannot bear to watch him on tv he makes my skin crawl.I detest and despise him and as a black person nothing will make me vote for him.Black people in this country have lost their collective minds. To hear them compare this opportunist to MLK makes me want to throw up.

Is it just me,or does obamas wife look like oprah!

Schuster is an OBAMA SUPPORTER – and while I don’t think this means that Barack feels the same, IT IS A RESULT OF THE ‘LET US FOLLOW SAINT OBAMA’ campaign that the media is delivering.
We should make up on OUR mind and because the media is IRRESPONSIBLY trying to make up our mind for us, comments like Schuster’s are collateral damage.
I’m supporting Clinton and challenge the media to start playing FAIR by stopping the anti-hillary inside DC media bias…Maybe then they will stop putting their foots in their mouths.

It was a poor choice of words; that’s all. Schuster and MSNBC have apologized, repeatedly. That should have been the end of it. But Senator Clinton is playing the oh-so abused victim for headlines, sympathy, and votes. And when that runs out, she’ll forgive, so she can appear magnanimous.
I like Senator Clinton, but this is absurd.
Not to mention, Chelsea is a grown woman who is lobbying superdelegates in a hotly contested primary. She’s no longer a child who needs to be protected from the press, and it’s a bit weird that Senator Clinton is acting as if she is.

HILLARY YOU WILL NOT COUNT MY VOTE!!
I WAS NOT BORN HERE IN THE US, SO I LEARNED PROPER ENGLISH, THE WORD PIMP DID NOT MEAN ANY OTHER THING THAT WHAT THE REPORTER TRIED TO SAY.
I AM SICK OF THE CLINTONS GAMES. IT IS ONE DIRTY TEAR AFTER ANOTHER. WHAT WOULD BE NEXT? Would she fire me because I don’t agree with her thoughts. IS THIS WHAT WE NEED NOW FOR A PRESIDENT? IF YOUR DAUGHTER GOT OFFENDED SHE SHOULD STAND FOR HERSELF AS A 27 Y/OLD RESPONSIBLE AND RESPECTFUL LADY. YOU AS A MOTHER SHOULD NOT USE HER FOR YOUR POLITICAL MUDDY GAME. SHAME ON YOU.
WITH YOU IN THE WHITE HOUSE WILL BE ONE SCANDAL AFTER ANOTHER.

Mrs Clinton is a woman i really admire particularly when i remember the way she supported her husband during the Lewinsky-issue.
Mrs Clinton is just being envied for her personality and imagine that coming from a man.
Get that man,David Shuster, examined!

I am one of those that stopped watching MSNBC. This station is one sided. All for Obama.

As bad as a name as Bush has given to Republicans,The choices we have in Democrats almost forces another Repubilican Pres!

Hey Cid,you say pimp means procure. it also means to get. Am I pimping out when I go to the Market for a baby food or 1% milk?

Obama is a Christian with a Muslim last name. i seriously do NOT think that will pan out to good in the middle east. The middle easterners may view Obama as a traitor to their faith. America is already hated enough by middle easterners, can you imagine what the hell they will think of us when Obama comes over and tries to make peace. in their minds, they might think Obama is trying to convert the rest of the Muslim world into becoming Christians.

Quoting Madeline Albright:
“there needs to be a special place in hell for women who fail to support other women to attain their potential”
Can we have some sisterhood ?

i love these comments by people who are obviously too ignorant to recognize the great things that a Hillary Clinton Administration is capable of……the only thing all these people are capable of are distortions, lies and baseless accusations to tear down a candidate who they probably know in the deep recesses of their minds would be the best President for their own children…..very sad

Msn has it own way of news one side for Obama I watch Moring Joe he voted to inpeach Bill how can he or is staff only be biased anganist Hillary. To see a cut out line of Oama takking to Chris Mattews who i like to watch, see everone for Obama and not fair and balance new. The media can not sectect a president but than try even Chris Mattews show and Truker Carlson who show is real feeling toward Hillary. I think Hillary should boycott the debat. If this was about a black person everone would be all over it. The media has to be biased not Nbc and Msnbc to let everone know that there father back Oama is that fair and ba;ance news.

daleri…..your false sense of moral superiority is the reason why christianity is being destroyed from within by wolves in sheep’s clothing……

WOULD MSNBC CALL THE “BAND OF BROTHER”, THE FIVE SONS OF ROMNEY “PIMPED” OUT BY THEIR FATHER?
THESE FIVE WERE REPORTED SO FAVORABLEY, FROM HANDSOME TO WHATEVER. THE “BAND” WAS FAR MORE “PIMPED” OUT THAN CHELSEA AS THE ROAMED EVERYWHERE AND TALKED TO EVERYBODY. YET THEY WERE THE BAND OF BROTHERS HELPING IN A GREAT CAUSE OF THEIR FATHER WHILE CHELSEA IS “pimped” out.
Even the childdred of women candidates are at risk of being trashed for nothing.

Good is as good does. Honesty is speaking the truth, all truth.
Hillary is for suppression of the truth.
Obama is from the same cookie cutter.

Radical Islam is as much a represtative of Muslims as Eric Rudolph is to Christians.

We’ve already had 1 Clinton blemish the white house. Wanna try again!

Rob-is-Right do you just go everywhere and post that same message?

Check it Out Here First! Barack Obama’s “Presidential To-Do List”!
Posted February 9, 2008.
Immediately declare war on hopelessness.
Create a Department of Hope.
Add Secretary of Hope to the cabinet.
Bring home the troops then hope Iraq doesn’t fall apart.
Push for a UN resolution declaring that the UN has hope for all mankind.
Fund research into finding a way tobuild hope into all future weapons systems.
Strengthen Anti- Have No Hope laws.
Stock the Justice Department with hopeful lawyers.
Give Federal judges wider leeway in defining hopelessness.
Encourage judges with no hope to retire.
Appoint judges with hope to the Supreme Court.
Amend the Constitution to include hope as an inalienable right of all people, including those who are here illegally.
Create the Hope Corps to spread the concept of hope to hopeless nations around the world.
Require all schools receiving federal monies to include hope in their curriculum.
Require Federal programs such as Head Start to have hope.
Require all Federal employees to have hope. Promote those with hope faster than those who are hopeless.
Establish a “Hope Tax” to help people with no hope. The more hope you have, the more hope you owe.
Give hope tax breaks to married couples who have hope.
Give hope tax breaks to businesses that create hope.
Crack down on Big Businesses with no hope.
Remove tariffs on imported hope.
Ask God to give us a source of cheap, inexhaustible, clean energy by 2016 so nobody has to get angry at each other any more and we can all just relax for once.
Identify and encourage all people who have no hope by no later than 2018.
Make all poopy stuff go away by finding a new way to digest food by 2022.
Eliminate hopelessness worldwide by 2025!!!
I don’t know about you, but I got a chill up my spine!
YES WE CAN!!! YES WE CAN!!! YES WE CAN!!!

It doesn’t matter what belief he is, it matters what can he offer to average JOE on the street.
Do you want change or you want the same former president?
Her policy won’t be much different to her husband!!.

Rob is right wing wacko is more like it. How people can dwell so much on a presidents spouse – from the last administration over 7 years ago no less, is beyond me, but smacks of mental illness.
First of all it requires one to suspend acknowledgement of all that has happened in the past 7 years in the presidents office – a pattern of despicable anti-american behaviors and criminal acts that truly warrant impeachment investigations.
But the right wing wackos will have none of that. They are obsessed in their hatred of powerful women and those who disagree with them. I weep for our once great country.

MSNB is the blame for this. Their boss hates the Clintons and if they don’t agree with him, they will be fired. America knows MSNB in the morning is full of crap.

Hasn’t anyone read the email exchange between the Clinton press secretary and Shuster? Given the opportunity to immediately apologize – which would have made this all a non-event – Shuster repeatedly attempted to justify his slur. THAT’s what got him suspended, not just an on-air gaffe.
Also, as Don Imus demonstrated, TV and radio personalities can’t get away with saying whatever thoughts wander across their consciousness while their mouths are open. A suspension – probably short – is better than Shuster deserves. He should have learned from the Imus experience.

MSNB is full of b.s. I have to agree with a viewer that if they don’t agree with their boss, they will be terminated from their jobs. What a bunch of wimps. If Hilary wins MSNB will have their tails between their legs. Jerks!!

FOLLOW THE MONEY TRAIL WITH AMERICA’S FOREMOST POLITICAL CRIME FAMILY
Clinton Global Initiative–>Dirty Deals: influence peddling for $$—> Clinton Wealth—> Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign.
Who will OWN the Whitehouse in another Clinton Administration.

Christopher London… The question is who will own the White House regardless of the candidate that gets elected. They’re all bought and sold. How do you think they raise so much money?
So, it is BIG OIL, BIG MONEY, BIG MEDIA? Who the hell cares? BIG SOMEBODY will own the White House. This much is for sure.

srg – how do you know Chelsea’s feelings were hurt? Nobody’s so far claimed that her feelings have been hurt. I’m just a couple of years older and I could care less what some greasy two-bit news anchor thinks of me.
This infantilization of a grown woman into some victimized child for political gain by Hillary supporters is disgusting. What’s even more creepy is that you people actually believe your somehow more empathetic than the rest of us.
We all agree that the comments were in poor taste – the grown up responsible question to now be asking is what do you all want done about it. If you think Shuster ought to be fired, then at least have the guts to come out and take a stand. Otherwise, be prepared to be called out for playing the victim card for political gain . . .

Rodham co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, a state-level alliance with the Children’s Defense Fund, in 1977. In late 1977, President Jimmy Carter (for whom Rodham had done 1976 campaign coordination work in Indiana) appointed her to the board of directors of the Legal Services Corporation, and she served in that capacity from 1978 through the end of 1981. For much of that time she served as the chair of that board, the first woman to do so. During her time as chair, funding for the Corporation was expanded from $90 million to $300 million, and she successfully battled against President Ronald Reagan’s initial attempts to reduce the funding and change the nature of the organization.

The comment makes no sense..what does make sense about the Clinton’s is their pushy ways..the Clinton daughter vivited CT last week during the Primary election and was reported to the State Government for being closer than 100-feet(actually)inside the POLIING PLACE…this was in New Haven,CT..//..its a “sham” that gets pulled thru the primary..on one side of the Platform there’s the human ingenuity in progress–while on the same timeline your so corrupt you stink a mile away…Hillary speaks of healthcare but really could give TWO-snoots about a persons health..Bill Clinton speaks about being “popular” when he’s actually just a popular noise…Chelsea Clinton stands there like PETTICOAT JUNCTION–yet she’s so de-railed inside of the Clinton Train Station–that she’ll never find a suitable track to run on(except)the lies that “hang in the air”…the Clintons are the biggest SMOKE-Blowers ever.

She introduced Arkansas’ Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youth in 1985, a program that helps parents work with their children in preschool preparedness and literacy. She was named Arkansas Woman of the Year in 1983 and Arkansas Mother of the Year in 1984.
From 1987 to 1991 she chaired the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession, which addressed gender bias in the law profession and induced the association to adopt measures to combat it.
Clinton served on the boards of the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Legal Services (1988–1992) and the Children’s Defense Fund (as chair, 1986–1992).

During his bid for the Presidency, Bill Clinton said that electing him would get “two for the price of one”, referring to the prominent role his wife would assume.
She was the initial first lady to hold a post-graduate degree[116] and to have her own professional career up to the time of entering the White House. She was also the initial first lady to take up an office in the West Wing of the White House, first ladies usually staying in the East Wing. She is regarded as the most openly empowered presidential wife in American history, save for Eleanor Roosevelt.
Some critics called it inappropriate for the First Lady to play a central role in matters of public policy. Supporters pointed out that Clinton’s role in policy was no different from that of other White House advisors and that voters were well aware that she would play an active role in her husband’s Presidency. Triggered in part by the death of her father in April 1993, she publicly sought to find a synthesis of Methodist teachings, liberal religious political philosophy, and Tikkun editor Michael Lerner’s “politics of meaning” to overcome what she saw as America’s “sleeping sickness of the soul” and that would lead to a willingness “to remold society by redefining what it means to be a human being in the twentieth century, moving into a new millennium.”

Sorry Bruno, but I don’t have an SUV. I am a Navy vet though of 10 years and yeah I had to register for the draft at 18 too. That didn’t stop me from being in a lot of anti-war demonstrations – then and now. The fact remains: I was 18 once and didn’t know squat. Not much has changed for 18 yr old today.

hey, the Clintons are incredibly offensive people.

The issue is the Shuster is Correct! maybe he used an offensive expression (pimping), but the Clintons are USING their daughter. Yes, Chelsea is supporting her mother, but how can you argue that she should be an integral part of the campaign, yet she is “off limits” to reporters. can’t have it both ways. And what qualifications does she have to call and persuade super delegates except that she is Billary’s daughter.
Bottom line, they are using her to further their careers…call it pimping, call it the family business, call it what you want, but it is disgusting.

A media reporter finally went too far, I didn’t think it would ever happen that one of the journalists would EVER get called on the carpet for their vicious and obviously biased coverage of this campaign. I’m sick and tired of reading the sick, twisted, and hateful Obama supporter remarks about how the Clintons deserve what they get no matter what. (I thought Obama was the big “uniter” and supposed to bring people together?) If this was Michelle Obama, HER daughters, or even Oprah Winfrey, these same people would be screaming not only sexism, but racism also. People need to stop and actually THINK how you would feel if this was your daughter this remark was said about. As for the so called “journalists”, you ALL need to GROW UP and start acting professional again. Like another poster said today,what kind of relationship did you have with your mother to have such a mean, nasty hatred for HIllary Clinton. You are SO obvious about your favoritism for Obama it is nauseating. Good for HIllary for being a mom first. I have a daughter Chelsea’s age, and I would be livid if this remark had been said about her. Find something WORTHWHILE to report on and maybe these smart mouthed,arrogant, tabloid rumor mongers will have something intelligent to say instead of bashing a daughter for helping her mother. No wonder our country is in such trouble, it can’t all be blamed on George W. with the type of meanspirited, hateful people that are apparently trying to divide us. Walter Cronkite, David Brinkley, and John Chancellor, we miss your CLASS and PROFESSIONALISM.

Thanks for assuming my ignorance, Chris. I never said that Hillary hadn’t accomplished anything. No, indeed she has been involved in an enormous number of programs (both before and during her tenure in the senate). This doesn’t change the fact that she is pimping her daughter, which is the whole point of this thread.

I have seen the Mass Media like Fox, Msnbc and others trying to choose out President for us, tell us what to eat,drink and how to love. As a father, I find that the true prostitute is the MEDIA. They pick and choose their clients and gave the shaft to Edwards because he wouldn’t take their $$$$$$$$!

all this does not mention the 352 bills she sponsored in the Senate

Hmmm….smacks of censorship to me…..America, be VERY careful for what you vote for. Hillary represents the Democrats, i.e. Communism “lite”

koaNY I’d say you’re right on, but she saved the dress. Pimped out just like Chelsea. Neither deserves our tears.

What I don’t like about Sen. Clinton is that she is old politics with a lot of enemies, now she is making more. To me that seems like it will lead to more scandal as people go for blood if she gets elected. Another distraction from the real problems a President can solve.
It is the same with John McCain, old politics and being a conservative not wanting to change anything. I’m not for business as usual.
The problem with Obama is that he wants to change too much too fast. Radicals don’t win presidential elections.
Personally, I don’t like any of them.

We should be aware of the conservative media strategy,that obvioully is trying to get Obama in office because they know any republican will win over him due to the fact that USA is not ready for a black president. We should not be stupid,

I strongly dislike the Clintons because they are corrupt. Shuster should be fired for that idiotic remark about Chelsea. He is a weenie who thinks he is the greatest and he can say anything because of who he is. Sure the Clintons are going to milk this for everything they can. That’s the way they operate but Shuster’s comment is over the top. He gives all reporters a bad rap.

“you cannot deny the truth”……considering you seem to be in constant battle with what is true in the first place, i consider that a compliment

2009 get over yourself – who do you think you are to claim Obama supporters are brainwashed. Have you even read over Obama and Clinton’s policy positions? They’re virtually identical . . . so how does it become less sensical to support the more electable candidate with the better track record of sound judgment than the unlikeable candidate with all the skeletons in her closet?

Which is actually more sexist: What married man Bill Clinton did with an intern in the oval office? or a commentator using an off-color (and arguably accurate) remark in his live broadcast banter?
Maybe Senator Clinton knows how Lewinsky’s mom felt now.

As an observer, I believe that the democratic party is seriously fractured-long-suppressed issues of race, gender, class and rudderless ideology have all surfaced at once.
It seems that the Republicans offer the default choice.
Good Luck

Sam,
who do you people think you are, having some sort of monopoly on intelligence and morality? Who do you people think you are, with little evidence for the chanting you chuck around like monks on holy weekend? Who do you think you people are, trying to ram this fraud down are throats, against our wills, while you won’t listen to an ounce of evidence to the contrary?
Who do you people think you are, coming out in hostility and self-righteousness, whining about MLK being disrespected, when you advance and defend any disgusting, low-life comment about Clinton that comes along? Who do you people think you are to try and brainwash the country into accepting an unknown, dishonest, corrupt, misleading, phoney politician who hides behind his media image, while stories run in HIS OWN STATE about his corrupt dealings? Who do you people think you are to try and steal a nomination process so we can get are ***** kicked in November?
Who do you people think you are fooling when you make ridiculous arguments about change when you have no evidence to prove this man even changed his own backyard, which he did not.
Who are you people to think you have the sole hope for america and any challenge should be silenced.
We are not going to let foolish, immature, unvetted, misleading, dishonest, naive, gutless, vote-skipping, pandering frauds become our nominee so they can go down in flames to a man old enough to remember when Regan was an infant. Sorry John.

Chelsea is an adult now. They know what they are doing with her.
Waaaahhhhh Hillary! Time for more waterworks?
Some President she’d make.
Hillary is just aiming to gain sympathy and trying to force the media to go soft on her.

Bill I thought you loved me? If Obama wins, I’m divorcing you and marrying him.

People just keep showing their ignorance and their hate in this forum. If the Clintons are so corrupt, why are they still roaming the streets? If Clinton is so evil, why do over half of the American voting public feel she is the best choice for President? For those of you who are too blind to see how wrong it was of Schuster to make that comment, well please just don’t vote. You have neither the intellect or just plain good judgement to make a choice for President. If that comment would have been made to say, oh, Obama, can you just imagine the outrage. Obama is using every women he can to make points with the public and it is mostly black. Isn’t that a kind of pimping. MSNBC needs to reign it’s pundits in a lot. They have no shred of journalistic ability or judgement. I find it necessary for Hillary to stand up and fight for what is right and that isi what I want in a President. Please, don’t make general blanket statements that you try to pass of as fact, it is a waste of time. Oh yeh, the Monica thing, get your heads out of the gutter and move on. That was a huge mistake and the President and his family paid the price for it. Move on. Also, get off the Obama cult wagon, it is just creepy.

A “simple”, or not, point of view from a man with an admittedly feminist bent:
1: There is no reason why the US cannot have a woman as President. There are more than enough significant examples of women as effective leaders of their countries. This issue should really be a non-issue in the US.
2. Hillary is a strong, intelligent and driven woman. I daresay that between Hillary and Bill, she is actually the more intellectually gifted. Bill’s ultimate advantage has been his ease with a public “aw shucks” persona.
3. Chelsea, another intelligent grown woman in the family, should be regarded as such; and, it is certainly normal for her to be actively involved in her mother’s campaign. She’s not the first sibling to participate in a campaign and there is nothing wrong with this.
4. Despite my deeply sincere acknowledgment of this, I will not be voting for Hillary. Let me try to explain why.
The major reason for not supporting Hillary has nothing to do with gender. It is that her own repeatedly disingenuous choices and behavior has severely diminished the level of integrity that I can ascribe to her.
The single most important factor that people, universally -across ALL cultures, want to see, in anyone that they would personally consider as a leader, is honesty!
And honesty is the underpinning of integrity and the trust that comes with it. If nothing else, she has raised enough doubt for me that I can’t overlook this; and, unfortunately, of the remaining candidates -on both sides- she has the lowest level of integrity in my book.
The other candidates are not without issue; but, she is simply the one with the most degraded level of integrity.
5. Let’s get over the knee-jerk reactions, emotion-based opinion and tendency to so easily demonize. Yes, “pimping” was a low-class word to use in trying to make a point. Of course it’s going to generate a strong reaction.
But, if we try to LISTEN instead of limiting ourselves to only HEARING, it’s not hard to see that:
A: The “pimping” comment was directed squarely at Hillary and Bill and not at Chelsea. Saying that H&B were “pimping” could have been better said; as, for example, that H&B are shameless in utilizing Chelsea –not in general campaigning activity but, in the context of a highly targeted, and not for public consumption, mission.
After all, isn’t Chelsea less intimidating than either Hillary or Bill if you are a specific high-value target for their lobbying?
In some regards, it’s actually a smart move in leveraging this and any lingering image of “sweetness” or “innocence” still embedded in one’s memory of Chelsea the youngster.
However, it is also a shameless use of their daughter, as a Trojan horse, to deliver an effort that rightly rests with Hillary herself or very senior campaign staff.
So, while “pimping” was a crude word to use, the point of the comment is somewhat, if not completely, valid.
Is the point what everyone is so worked up about? No, it appears to be an emotional reaction to HEARING (or, in most cases, probably only reading) the word “pimping”.
6. Regardless everyone has the right to their own vote. A right that we would defend to the end. What does irk me though, is the amount of emotional invective -from all sides- without an explanation of why that view is held.
That behavior more commonly illuminates a sense of intolerance or, worse, outright discrimination.
Every one of us has been equipped with billions of nerve cells to form a brain. Please put them to use if you want to have a discussion instead of simply a groundless shouting match.
When you do this, I will LISTEN to your thoughts and not just simply HEAR your emotion.
Peace

Henry,
We need help and we always need hope. Hope can move mountains. Oh, and let me help you with you spelling: rhetoric.

officeworkinglady who are you kidding, you amd almost all women are voting for the hillbilly for one reason, your a racist and want our leader to wear panties, which BTW billy did while
he was in office doing weird sex.
I can understand why he did it for it is a fact the rodent clinton for years has been tied into gay groups.
Pimp, someone who puts a woman on the street so the pimp can profit from it.
That is exactly what hillbilly is doing with her dike daughter.
The daughter who has never done one day of work so if she is opening her yap marketing the ole lady she also deserves to hear what others think of what she says and it is fools like you that have made almost every word illegal while the hillbilly is pandering to 30 million mexicans to vote for her so she can do the norm and reward those breaking or laws.

UGOCHUKWU, are you feeling alright? Your post shows the hallmarks of a person about to go pimping. Daleri, can you step in here? Your 50MM zombie baby army would make a good match.

The problem is in 24/7 hour news broadcasting, there is tendency to be sensationalize or trying to be funny and clever. And compounding with big ego, there is no taboo for these TV talking head. I see it daily that some of these TV talking
use sexist stereotypes to criticize Hillary Clinton on all 24-hour TV channels-MSNBC-FOXNEWS-CNN-NEWS.
For Carl Bernstein on CNN, Chris Mathew, and everyone on Foxnews.
joe

CHRIS MATTHEWS IS A PIG—-NO MORE MSNBC FOR THIS DEMOCRAT—-BACK TO CNN

What a gift for Hillary! Now she can play the poor victim yet again. Wow, it will be amazing to see how they exploit this one!
Poor, poor Clintons. Now I guess I have to go vote for her because the bad man said mean things about her little girl.

From the reader’s comments, I have to said that there are too many ugly and uncivilized American who are the supporters of Obama. Is this what the “Change” Obama has in mind?

I watched that news program the comment really wasn’t that bad. This is media manipulation to get free press.

From the article above: “I am a mom first and a candidate second,” Clinton told reporters, per ABC News’ Eloise Harper.
Where does that place her husband?

Bill, we know you’ll do the pimping. Anyone remember that “dancing on the beach” photo? Who was pimping who?

Obama’s change is a joke. he is a politician too, and not an experienced one. which make him a giant in words, but short in actions. I do not believe he can take any responsibility to make changes because he voted so many “present” on critical issues. he either has no opinion, or want to be on both sides.

Whatever happened to free speech around here?
Hillary’s wish of no free speech is coming true! …especially when it comes to telling the truth!
No! We don’t want to hear the truth! No!
La! la! la! la! la! la! la! la! la!
How lame!

Regardless of whether you support or oppose a candidate for elected office, there is no reason to use language that is debasing or insulting about them, their family, or their supporters. Yes, the Bill of Rights has provisions protecting people’s right to speak their minds. However, it is possible to convey feelings and thoughts without using debasing and derogatory language. Most parents, if confronted by a comment that states or implies that they are “pimping out” their daughter, would be upset since it rightfully follows that their daughter is being called a “prostitute,” simply for working on their parent’s behalf. To state that it is acceptable to use this kind of language in reference to a political candidate because you don’t like them, or you think they have mis-stated their positions on issues, or you don’t like a member of their family, does not make it correct, nor a matter of “free speech,” to use such debasing language. It’s time for the American public to grow up, pay attention, and decide this very important election by voting for a candidate based on their merits, not on public hysteria or knee-jerk reactions to media sound bites.

Why is OK for the Clintons to dish out and make negative comments about other people but the first ones to cry “foul play” when someone says something about them????

Cowardice runs deep in the Clinton Machine. Typical Clinton, not willing to fight in unfriendly waters. Remember it was President Clinton that dodged the draft. I am of the opinion that she is not willing to answer unfriedly debate questions. Maybe she would prefer to debate in friendly territory, Havana maybe. I think that if we cow tow to Senator Clinton’s demands, we can expect a subtle “high tech lynching” by the press of another black man who tries to involve himself in our government. Sorry, I don’t see the disturbing pattern of conduct that she sees. This was fratracide (friendly fire). MSNBC may have an agenda but it ain’t on their agenda to off DNC candidates. MSNBC has a long pattern of supporting the liberal agenda with their commentators. I suspect that MSNBC will join the choir when it comes to ambushing the GOP candidate in the run up to November. This is more like a family feud or democrat mafia feud than any real substantive issue. What happened to the independence of the media. Jon

These Clintons are a Joke! They do endless spins, cry a lot, hide a lot and want everything their way. Grow up Hillary. Don’t cry like a baby. She cannot be nominated if all she does is cry, complain and nag all the time… Poor Hillary…what a show…she is cold and mean hearted and corrupt to the core. More than 60% of this nation hates her. How can anyone vote for her, unless so dumb not to see that she cannot achieve anything? Tell me one single achievement in her cooked up 35 years of experience? She will just sit there and divide and divide this country more. Not at all good for the growth of Democratic party.

Kudos 2009. I was just ignoring it.

If you can’t bare the truth…
Don’t make the truth so bad!!!
The best way not to get caught in bad deeds is not to do them in the first place.
You want to support lowlifes like Hillary but don’t want to hear about your responsibility for doing such a thing!
Supporting Hillary is so bad that I get edited if I explain the ramifications of supporting such an awful regime.

If she doesnt’t understand what “pimp out” means then she doesn’t deserve the votes of people 18-35 years old.

Martha Ann Roots-Woods
David Shuster said it right but that doesn’t help his resulting situation or aftermath. And maybe he should have used a better choice of words but it would not have had the same important impact as it had. Chelsea is playing a significant part in the presidential election and should not be looked upon as a child. She is a full-grown adult in a full-grown adult world impacting millions of minds of the American people and should not be viewed as anything but a powerful force in the decision making in Senator Clinton’s race for the most important office in the World. If Hilary is having her daughter place phone calls to Democratic Party superdelegates putting her young appealing physical body, and smiles and popularity forward to appeal to the superdelegates, Senator Clinton should have enough anticipation as a president candidate to see that there would be some consequences for these actions. As I listen to the reporters and commentators on the television news channels, I am very grateful for their services and have learned that Senator Clinton was naive about supporting going to war and again she is naive about putting her daughter in a position of smooth talking sweet smiles and maybe some compromising, negotiation, or finding the middle ground to the superdelegates and Senator Clinton, I hope Chelsea Clinton and Hillary’s husband, past President William Clinton, get back and allow Senator Clinton to stand or fall on her on doing. The Clinton’s occupied the Whitehouse and misused it. I am so tired of the Clinton’s and their sickening bad-taste tactics. I will never throw my special-privileged vote for a republican. On the other hand I will just sit this one out before I help put another Clinton or Bush in office. I am appalled by the action of Senator Clinton to use the warm embracement that the people of the United States has given to her family to gain political grounds. With this said, Senator Barack Obama is the man. I have voted to put a president into office since I was 18 years of age and I am now 48 years of age. I have never missed an opportunity to use my vote in selecting a president into office, and I can truly say that I have never studied a potential president as thoroughly as I have studied Senator Obama and I select him.

A very poor choice of slang to describe Hillary’s use of Chelsea, but that’s what they all do. Bring the family forward to show you are genuine (except perhaps Bill Clinton’s half-brother; keep that guy in the attic!). Ok, that was a low blow. Sorry. But we’ve even seen McCain’s mom, I presume to show that if his mom’s alive, he can’t be that old. They all do it.

This is about infant hating Hillary! (and Obama)
Mike Huckabee for President!
Allan Keyes for President!
Anyone but Hillary!

Posted by: Cybermom75 | Feb 9, 2008 6:53:03 PM
ANSWER -
Because they were not calling CELEBRITIES and SUPER-DELEGATES to get a parent elected. They were just put in front of the American public – showing family unity. Are Whoopi and Joy’s phone numbers listed anyway?

Condoleezza Rice for President!

There is another machine in this world that uses similar tactics to shut down the freedom of the press. Don’t be surprised if you elect Clinton and we get Putin style oppression of speech and press. Clinton’s legacy goes back to to Stalin not Kennedy. Gee, I thought we learned our lessons about communism during the Cold War. I don’t want to witness the fall and rise of communism in my lifetime. Hillary Clinton has declared D-Day on your wallet to fund her hillary care and her ever expanding left wing agenda should galvanize the GOP behind McCain. Conservatives say that it might be better to sit this one out than elect a rino like John McCain. I beg to differ. Four years of the Clinton Machine knocking off the media and abridging our freedoms will be the equivalent of a high tech lynching for every conservative. Don’t be suprised if you elect the gun grabbers again and you show up on a watch list, are shipped off to a soviet style salt mine, or shot in gulag and lose your right to vote. Hillary is doom for conservatism. Expose the fraud of Hillary now before it is too late. Jon

I know, I know,
Mike Huckabee for President!

If anyone owes anybody an apology it’s Hillary. Chelsea did not try to persuade the “Super Delegates” of her own accord. This was a calculated effort by the Clinton’s. Either Hillary, Bill, or in my view both of them had Chelsea contact the “Super Delegates”, which in my opinion should not even exist.
Obama wouldn’t do this because he’s a lot “Wiser”. Once again the experience question has come into light, and has been answered by none other than Hillary herself. She has a lot of experience but it’s still just a lot experience making “Bad Decisions.” OBAMA ’08!

I hate Hillary but I gotta say that comment was really stupid and yes offensive.

It is easier to change the channel than the tone. Jon

WHY ARE THE CLINTONS GETTING THEIR PANTIES IN A KNOT? WHAT THE BIG DEAL; THEY SEND THEIR DAUGHTER OUT TO HUSTLE VOTES FOR THEM, SO WHAT DO THEY EXPECT

chris matthews enjoys the controversy and that is what he is paid big bucks to instigate. fired? change the channel and dont watch him. as for your comment jon, i enjoy putting my 10cents out there and i understand some folks enjoy stirring the pot, it is still better for me to voice my opinion. you dont have to change the tone, but i am telling you guys you sound really ugly sometimes–better to use your brain and try to get your point across or folks will think you dont have one.
–chelsea clinton is not a ‘young girl’ or a ‘child’
she is plenty able to handle what is dished out and better get used to it if hillary makes it to november–yikes–

Debbie, I am neither a Clintonite nor an Obama fan but I am sure that no one ever meant that HILLARY actually pimped her daughter and if you understood it that way, you missed the whole point.

No thing wrong with David Shuster at all.

The sleazy comment made about Hillary Clinton’s daughter is disgusting. Does David Shuster also think that Obama is pimping Oprah? Apology not accepted by this viewer.

Let’s be truthful. The comment was made about Hillary and what she did with her daughter.

Personally, I believe Shuster could have used a better choice of words, perhaps pandering would have been more appropriate, and still have instilled the same meaning. On the other hand, I believe Hillary is simply being too sensitive considering ‘pimp’ is a commonly used word with youth today. There are TV shows that use that word. “Pimp My Ride”. If anyone should have taken offense, it should have been Chelsea. Doesn’t that girl have a mind of her own and able to speak for herself, my word, I don’t know of any women who are 27 years old willing to stand by and take abusive ridcule. Let’s hear what she has to say and move on.

Republicans want to run against Obama, because they will eat him alive.
McCain will squash Obama on the question of experience, Security and Foreign policy skills.
¡¡ DEMOCRATS: NO MORE DEFEATS !!
Hillary can beat McCain easily.
- SHE has charisma and she has the credentials.
- Hillary served on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
- She also has much better experience on Healthcare and Economy.
The 2004 election was determined by two key groups – women concerned about security and Latinos.
These are two groups that enthusiastically support Hillary.
DEMOCRATS: WITH HILLARY, WE CAN WIN !!

gc: well said, great job!

Deb.
I was about the type the same thing. This is just too coincidental a timing to not be part of a manufactured effort. No, I’m not saying Hillary wanted the comment to be said but I do think she saw this an a huge opportunity to get free publicity. And this weekend, it appears she needs its because Obama appears to be winning big in most of the contests.
Its from her back of dirty political tricks.
Also, I agree with those of you who are wondering why Chelsea isn’t speaking out on her own behalf. Talk about cheapening the value of a woman: this 28 year old woman needs her Mom to speak out in defense of her. Bad form.

i am for obama now that edwards is out
however: hearing comments from robisright and billclinton makes me remember how great it would be to get a woman in charge of this country
not a man thinking with cigars ugh
edwardsupporter i hope you are right that hillary could be mccain. i am worried.

So what if Hillary lost? Does it mean she should be humiliated like this? Did your mother bring you up in this way to treat women? What kind of education have you had???

Billary is throwing a political temper tantrum. Sure it was bad taste, but come on. I don’t think he was really calling the 27 year old little darling a whore in the literal sence. This business is for the tough skinned. take it or let someone else run.

Then howcome any comments can be considered racists in this campaign? If all Obama’s supporters are behaving like this, this country will go down hill even much much more for sure.

I think referring to Chelsea as being pimped out is as inappropriate and unprofessional as the reporter who called the Predident a monkey. It simply demonstrates how unprofessional the news organizations have become. I also think she was right to defend the dignity of her daughter as a response to a reporter’s question.
However, what is disturbing is that I think Senator Clinton and possibly President of the United States crossed the line by sending a letter complaining to the head of NBC news about the incident which is an act of intimadation and threatens the free speech of the news organizations. I’m disappointed the news groups didn’t have the guts to defend their free speech rights.

Listen to yourselves. It was a Clinton ploy. So in that case I will assume you are admitting the Obama camp helped stir the pot in SC ? Bigotry comes in many forms.

Shuster should have been fired for making the comment. That would have been an approiate message that this kind of conduct is not acceptable.

Peter
Nice try. LOL We can tell the people who think the rest of the country is stupid. A little advice – when you make a statement that has been proven wrong months age, you have a agenda and you are ignored out of hand.

I think Schuster should only have been fired if MSNBC thought his commentary was not up to their journalistic standards. If MSNBC’s journalistic standards are not high enough for you as the viewer, then watch another channel. However, once Senator Clinton sent that letter to the head of MSNBC, I think MSNBC should keep him on the show as a stance for their free speech rights.

It is about time that reporters REPORT and commentators COMMENT. This reporter’s personal comment is professionally unacceptable. I would have thought he would have learned how to write and tell “objective” news stories way back when he was writing for his high school newspaper.

Lori and Daleri,
Obviously most of us know Shuster didn’t mean that literally, but it was a nasty, snide, and intentional remark he made because he, like most of the media, doesn’t like the Clintons and he wanted to get a shot in. The press has been cut way too much slack by their powers that be and it is simply getting out of hand. Having raised 3 kids through the TEEN and COLLEGE years, I am well aware of picking battles, and have experienced many crisis that make me very empathetic to how Mrs. Clinton felt when she heard this remark. This one she probably just couldn’t let go, nor would I. People who support her are not stupid and uneducated, no matter how hard the press tries to report it that way. If you had a daughter who was the victim of sexual harassment as a child as I did, maybe you would feel differently about such remarks. So yes, I do feel this was a battle worth fighting for Mrs. Clinton. At least those of us who support Mrs. Clinton won’t be to blame if a totally unprepared candidate is actually elected because of how the media pushed a totally unprepared and unqualified candidate down so many throats.

It is no surprise that the people who brought you litmus tests for judges want bring you litmus tests for journalists. I smell a rat.
While Hillary may dig deep into our wallet to bring us health care, there will be other costs for electing her. The end of liberty is available at a ballot box near you. Political correctness is a disease that she is spreading to political pundits. Save the Republic. Anything but Hillary 08. Jon

Windy:
“Help me to understand why a patient needed brain surgery,would choose an intern.”
…but a patient also wouldn’t chose a brain surgeon’s wife instead, would he?

Glass houses anyone?
Hillary throwing stones?

David shuster should be fired and barred from working for the media in the future. His comments show how arrogant the media people have become and the power they have acquired. Chris Matthews should be fired too. They are clearly displaying their personal hatred with no objectivity. I am not a Hillary supporter. But for her vote on the Iraq war, She is definitely a great fighter of ordinary people’s causes and a real decent person.

One thing is for sure. Clinton supporters will never vote for Barack Obama in the general election.

I look at this whole discussion and I’m taken aback that the majority of you lack any essence of commonsense. I see more of you getting away from the real message here to hawk your political thoughts and your ideas about race, sex, he said she said, etc. This issue at its root has nothing to do about politics. It is about the freedom to say what is on your mind. Good, bad or indifferent.
Some of you want to take away that journalist’s rights, in turn you only harm yourselves. I didn’t say It was smart for him to say what he said. I say that he has the right to say what he pleases. Only he has to atone for it.
It is none of our business.

“This issue at its root has nothing to do about politics. It is about the freedom to say what is on your mind. Good, bad or indifferent.
Some of you want to take away that journalist’s rights, in turn you only harm yourselves.”
With freedom comes SOME responsibilities. The right of Freedom of the press, or the 1st amendment, are not Carte Blanche as some seem to think.
under freedom of the press, unfortunately, we have seen a whole new sub-culture, like some 3 letter networks and others, seem to think they can say whatever they please, even if bald face lies!
The comment about Chelsea and her mother defies common sense as much as others remarks about the Conn. Women’s Basketball Team do not belong in the media.
That Chelsea chooses to support her mother, without getting into the political side of her personal feelings on matters, is Chelsea’s decision. She is a grown woman, and she is damn smart one as well.

America is in sad shape when it starts swearing allegience to machines. I said earlier in one of Jake’s blogs that I was boggled by her hypocrisy and I am. I get a wiff of it when she said she can take the heat, but then she threatened to boycott MSNBC Debates. Is she feigning weakness here, because I still don’t get that. If she can’t stand the heat from her cronies at MSNBC when the step out of line with the Clinton 08 talking points, then how is she going to hold up in the general election? I have my doubts. I am saving my best stuff for September and October. Anything but Hillary 08. Jon

Their first mistake was having Chelsea call the women of The View. They should have known that they would have mentioned on the air that she called each one of them.
And today the word pimp doesnt hold the negative meaning like it did before.

“Their first mistake was having Chelsea call the women of The View.”–Ann429
The Clinton mistake was evident long before Chelsea came along. It goes way back to Little Rock, AR for me. By the way, I like the obamabot moniker nice play, but I am holding off on swearing allegiance to the DNC just yet. I share some hope for change like many of you, but I don’t see how returning the Clintons to the White House will achieve that. I don’t buy the argument that they need 8 more years to accomplish what they couldn’t in the first eight years. Note: I play my cards like the house in Las Vegas, face up. I am a Republican Hillary Hater. God Bless America. Jon

The Clintons are all about dirty political tricks, like calling in favors with “super-delegates” and by trying to get Florida and Michigan delegates admitted by the DNC even though these states broke the DNC rules! Hillary takes tons of money from lobbyists with agendas and they all want something…
Obama is a much better choice with better ideas and more passion, and he will actually be able to beat Mccain.

It is easy to say “it is the economy stupid” and blame George Bush (who most of you bash as stupid), but I am not naive. During 8 years of Clinton we began outsourcing jobs to India via fiber optic cables, what I like to call virtual factor mobility in labor. A giant economic experiment that went bust out of the laboratory (in the real world in other words). In my view we instantly allowed millions of jobs to go overseas on the false promise of a boost in our overall welfare from free trade. However, factor mobility in labor is not free trade at all, it is as if millions were let into the country to work for nothing and pay no taxes. Inside of our country millions of jobs were lost and the remaining jobs left in the country were more difficult to get because of the competition. We didn’t just lose call centers, we lost accounting, science, engineering, and analysis to people willing to work for a handful of rupis (whatever a rupi is) per year. There was a big “rollback” on wages. At the same time free trade with China (the PRC) excacerbated the losses of rust belt jobs. There are lag ramifications for Clinton’s “golden” economic policies that we are just now starting to feel the pinch from. Why now? Because our credit has run out. Economic miracle, hardly. Don’t blame me, I hear the “giant sucking sound (Ross Perot).” My advice would be to make the internet outages permanent in India. Regards, Jon

Hillary your feathers are like wool and they will all follow you like the birds of a feather in flocks.

The Clinton’s motive was to take down the global economy in an effort to destroy the tax base so that finances for the military industrial complex would evaporate and we could enjoy global cooling, communism, and peace. Their plan was well on the way to redistributing the wealth (look at the Indian GNP if you don’t believe me). The Clinton’s created that not Dr. Singh and Dr. Kalam. Call them anarchists, peace activists or whatever, but please don’t call them residents of Washington, DC again. Regards, Jon

It is amazing how quick people forget the important remarks that the Clintons have made regarding their grand plan to destroy our economy in an effort to destroy the Pentagon (what they call the war machine). It was just a couple of weeks ago (1/31/08) that Bill Clinton stated that we needed to slow down the economy. This all plays into their plan to slow down industrialization thereby cooling the planet. I know it has some allure to some people, the climate change argument is convincing, but I don’t buy it. There promise of fighting poverty is not what you think either. Actually, they plan to fight poverty around the world by shipping our assets to third world countries. They don’t have a plan to get your job back. Suprised, well I am not. Communism has always had some sort of seductive allure for some people. They believe in the peaceful revolution of the world’s workers. In other words they want workers to unite in the ballot box over the promise of utopian society. The road to serfdom is on the ballot this year. Call it a promise. Jon

Hi Willy,
Free speech (and freedom of the press for that matter) is at the whim of the corporation these days. Sorry you didn’t get the memo. God Bless.
Regards,
Jon

David Shuster’s “pimped-out” comment is probably the best news Hillary’s campaign has had all week. Over the past 16 years, she has always done best when she can get people to feel sorry for her. It’s ironic that the pinnacle of American feminism is a woman who hides behind her husband-as-attack-dog and panders for sympathy votes when people criticize her campaign tactics (e.g. using her daughter to solicit superdelegate votes in the Un-Democratic National Commitee). Chris Matthews and David Shuster shouldn’t apologize for stating the obvious.

I just watched the Chris Matthews Show, and 1 of the top ranked news paper quest said, Hillary and McCain are friends/allies! I allways said Hillary reminded me of a Republican!You Hillary supporters need to wake up, a Vote for Hillary is like a Vote for A Republican!

Wake up DEM/DNC,time for Clintons and Clintonmaniacs to go.Enough is enough.
America is to beautifull to back the shame days back in our White House.
Hillary and Bill Clinton represents the past,the bridge to the future?the Clintons demolished that,fact is a fact.

Please Hillary stop feigning the outrage. You would take advantage of just about anyone to get your way into that Whitehouse.

Why does Hillary have to see a conspiracy in every little thing? If she gets to the white house and asks for a tuna sandwich for lunch, but they’re out of tuna, will she claim there’s a conspiracy in the kitchen to keep her from getting a nourishing lunch? Surely she realized in the beginning that there would be scrunity and comments about Chelsea, since there always are about candidate’s kids, dogs and choice of pizza toppings. When a person is a candidate, everything is fodder for commentary and not all of it will be pleasant or appropriate. If she can’t handle something little like this, what’s going to happen when she’s in the oval office and something really big and troubling comes up?

Martha Ann Roots-Woods
Okay I did a little research on the current use of the word “pimp” and it is very positive. To pimp your office is to make it extremely beautiful with the best state-of-the-art technology and furnishings and arrangements. To pimp your campaign members is to have them go forth in the work of the campaign in a manner that puts the candidate’s views before the public sector in the most positive, helpful and constructive way possible. And charming the superdelagates is part of the pimping, twisting of the arms, backdoor politics that Hillary is best at. That makes pimping look not so good. David Shuster just has a lot of young blood in him and must be a bit careful with the use of words. Please put David Shuster back to reporting we need him and his kind.

MSNBC has been extremely offensive and down right demeaning their coverage. The Chelsea comment was the last straw. I hate networks thinking they can basically con us into voting for who they want.
They are cheerleaders for Obama while insulting and derogatory towards the Clintons. I felt like cursing out all those MSNBC people when I heard that comment. They should be ashamed of themselves. I used to think they were better than Fox. I have been proven wrong. MSNBC gets my award for the most biased network on TV,

Don’t be fooled. Hillbilly probably organized this. And she’s going to play it up and use it as a distraction to gather sympathy for voters in Maine.
She’s probably going to cry and say something like SEE?!! People are so mean to me and probably because I’m a woman so vote for me.
I think it was a poor choice of words but the time and energy she is putting into this is over the top. She is trying to play that sympathy card because Obama’s campaign is gaining traction and she’s trying to do anything to stop it. Instead of being a better candidate she’s trying to derail the competition. Which speaks volumes. Btw for all of those determined to vote for Hillary if Obama was a woman would rethink who you were voting for? If so maybe you are trying to hard to elect a woman instead of a GOOD candidate

The term to “pimp out” is generally used to refer to one’s car or Harley (aka “rides”) “Pimp” in this instance was clearly used with the historic meaning in mind and simply inappropriate. I will be voting for Obama, however, I must say I am puzzled by the slams Hillary takes for being “cold” or perhaps, “”unfriendly”. Obama is no teddy bear. Mr. Bush has clealr demonstrated the merits of electing a teddy bear.
On another point, until we begin to accept and welcome our position as a nation among fellow nations, until we begin to address this “us vs. them” mentality prevalent in our country, and until we examine our need to view ourselves as Number 1, we can only anticipate that our position and esteem throughout the world will only continue to diminish.
It is time to begin acting like Americans once again. Jingoism and religious zeolotry are a lethal combination.

How come it is alright for Hillary or her surrogates in her campaign to make disparaging comments about Obama, his backround and his religion, but they can’t take criticism of their own, even if it was mildly offensive.
The idea of Hillary boycotting debates sponsored by NBC because of the comment made about Chelsea is incredibly immature. I remember kids acting that way in the early years of grade school! What’s Hillary, 60-61?
Time to grow up Hillary. Also time to stop playing the poor victim during this campaign. I wouldn’t try that one again if I were you!

If Hillary Clinton were truly upset as a mother, she would have made this thing a silent dialogue between MSNBC and herself. That I would have respected, because it would have been an individual registering a complaint against a corporation. But the Clinton Campaign has made this into a big thing, and the timing of it–right before a series of election votes in which it was predicted Hillary would lose–is highly suspect. By taking the light off of the results of the election, the Clinton campaign continues to manipulate the flow of news. I think it is an unfortunate campaign tactic and speaks to the integrity of the candidate. I find it quite worrisome.
I suspect that if you looked at every media outlet across the US you would find all manner of highly questionable commentary that makes this one look mild. Why haven’t the Clintons attack uniformly and consistently? Again, this goes back to the mindset of the campaign. I do not watch MSNBC but it seems many on this list feel it is pro-Obama rather than neutral. By escalating this small incident to a national one, the Clintons are attempting to ‘blackmail’(shorthand) MSNBC into a more favorable reporting stance. Another troublesome aspect.
Finally, if you all don’t like MSNBC, there is an easy way to make sure the media knows how you feel: stop watching. They will get the message. Until you do, then you can complain all you want but if you truly feel they are biased and continue to watch, you are feeding your enemy.
You known, this is a free speech country….

As a mother I totally agree with Hillary – if anyone used that kind of digusting language to refer to my daughter (who is also in her 20s), I would tear them a new one, too.
As for you people who claim that Hillary is trying to “have it both ways” – you’re just plain WRONG. Hillary is granting reporters plenty of access to Chelsea. Stop lying.
I have to say that I’m really turned off by the sleazy behavior of the Obama supporters – more than once I have seen Clinton supporters verbally attacked and shouted down by mobs of Obama supporters. It reminds me of nothing so much as episodes from China’s “cultural revolution” – angry gangs of young know-it-alls attacking their elders and never listening to the wisdom of experience.
Hillary just can’t get a fair shake because of all of the rhetoric. I think I am going to stay home in November. It’s all so very depressing.

WHAT I HATE IS THE CAUCASSES NOW, OBAMA GOT ALL THIS STATES, BECAUSE IT’S NOT LIKE THE PRIMARIES, YOU HAVE TO BE THERE AT CERTAIN TIME…REAL ELECTORATES FOR OTHER CANDIDATES BECAUSE
IF YOU ARE LATE AT THE CAUCUS…….
THE VOTE CAN’T BE RECORDED….IT’S AN OPEN QUORUM….SEE WHAT’S GOING ON…..
HILLARY ALMOST WIN IN ALL STATES IN THE PRIMARIES BIG TIME, ONLY WHERE, STATES WITH BLACK MAJORITIES, OBAMA WIN……SO IF IT COMES TO GENERAL ELECTION,,HE WILL LOST AND NEVER
BE, THE DEMOCRAT WILL BE DOOM AGAIN,
COMMON SENSE, MY DEAR DEMOCRATS, ARDENT
SUPPORTERS OF HILLARY…..WE WILL WAIT AND SEE…….VOTE WISELY…..

Tika – If MSNBC attacked Chelsea publicy, why shouldn’t Clinton respond publicy? Besides, if she responded privately you Clinton-haters would be blasting her for her lack of transparency and “behind-closed-doors dealmaking with the media.” Face it, there’s just no pleasing you Clinton-haters. She’s dammned if she does and dammned if she doesn’t.

Obama keeps talking about “hope” and “change” but he has yet to talk about any real issues. In my business we call what Obama is selling “vaporware.” I’m a Dem, but if it comes down to Obama v. McCain, I’m voting for McCain. Experience counts.

It would be nice if the Clinton camp could actually compete in this contest. But even the slightest questioning of Obama is seen as racist. This is really starting to frustrate me. You want him to be a true candidate but you won’t let him be vetted the way a candidate should be. Everyone knows that he’s been given a free pass. Unfortunately, I’m almost looking forward to when the Republicans get their hands on him. Then maybe you would have heeded my warning earlier of wake up and live in reality.

Gayle,
I am a mother of two daughters and I have to tell you and I simply not as offended as you seem to be.
And please remember, we are evaluating the character of the person who may be the next president of the US. I certainly don’t want this sort of emotional extremism and public badgering this woman is engaging in. Sorry, but I have to agree with whoever said this thing should have been kept as a quiet dialogue between Clinton and MSNBC.
As far as I can see, Clinton is playing the gender card again–all the while denying that she uses it.
And the term in current parlance is simply not as negative as many of you insist it is. A poor choice of words, however, but there is not a single one of us alive who haven’t selected the wrong word in public or private.
Here’s the thing: a public person needs to expect public harassment; maybe it shouldn’t be that way, but it is and it isn’t going to change. It’s part of the deal you make when you become a public person. When Hillary put Chelsea out there, she became a public person, too. They will just have to deal with it, and you projecting your maternal instincts just isn’t relevant.
Chelsea is an adult and she has been subject to adult scrutiny for years. We know all about her boyfriends, what she does, etc. It is a little late now to say Momma Bear doesn’t like this.
But that is just me, mother of two adult daughters who doesn’t feel the remark made justifies all this madness.

So Gayle, are you saying that it’s ok for me to say that you pimp your two daughters?

Correction I meant Deb, not Gayle. Deb is it ok for me to say that you pimp your two daughters.

Scott – I think you’re thinking of Deb. I only have one daughter, and I would tear you – or anyone else – a new one if you said something like that about her.

I guess this is an indicator of how Hillary would be as president. She may be offended as a mother, but as president she will be required to uphold free speach. As far as her seeing a ‘pattern’ that is a laugh also. All of Ron Paul’s supporters have seen a ‘pattern’ of supression of information concerning this candiate by all media and yet our collective voice to have this changed has been ignored.
I guess ONE person’s voice, depending on WHO they are, is louder than the common American people.
To put this word into context: Bush is “pimping” out our troops to fight a war that the American public now knows was started over lies.
Hillary needs to get up on the current slang terms and what they mean, then she might be offended but see the truth that this reporter sees.

Deb,
I agree that Clinton could have chosen to let it pass (although then poeple on these boards would be calling her cold anc calculated). But I don’t see why people are taking special exception to her pointing out the offense. Except that people take special exception to every thing Clinton says because they don’t like her and are constantly looking for reasons to continue doing so.
But there is more to this as well. The pundits on MSNBC really have been saying a lot of misogynist things against Hillary lately, and she has let it roll off with the character everyone insists she doesn’t have. If she wants to make a point that they leave her daughter out of it, I don’t see how that somehow disqualifies her for the Presidency.

My Son is, Active Duty Military, and he has lost so many friends in Iraq.Hillary or McCain will not pull us out of Iraq.Hillary Voted for the War In Iraq and when she decided to run for Office, then she said she was against it!I worry about my Son all the time, and you Hillary Supporters Discuss Me!Why dont you go Volunteer in Iraq so all the Hero’s can come home! Just this morn on the Matthews Show a top News paper lady said, that McCain and Hillary are friends and travel together all the time!So you think either one of this 2 will bring our Soldiers Home, I think not!I Believe in Obama he will usher in a change to this country which we all need! Hillary is the Old Politics and Obama is the New.

Mom first – that’s what Obama promises, but do you think he has the experience to actually get ANYTHING done in Washington? Look at the man’s voting record – he’s got very few accomplishments to boast of. He keeps talking about “hope” and “change” but never gets specific or talks about real life issues. He’s all smoke and mirrors. I just have a really bad feeling about him.

The democratic race is polorizing the electorate to the point where the division will cause the democrats to lose in nov. The rehtoric coming from constituates on both sides is getting more ugly as time passes, young vs. older, black vs. white and male vs. female. Observing all posts, the younger voter is polorizing the electorate the most and this is not the unity I was expecting in this election. Now racial inuendos are appearing in the posts and this will only further divide the party, as well as cause race issues to escalate. I am fast becoming disenfranchised with my own party for the first time in all my years of voting and so are a lot of others. I don’t think people realize on both sides how fractured the party is becoming and this will cause some to not even vote in the general election or vote the other side. If this race comes down to the super delegates determining the winner, we will surely lose the election. I for one, have already went down to the department of motor vehicles and have already changed my affiliation from Democrat to Independent and I urge all the Obama Democrats to do the same. Most of these “Super Delegates” (which Bill is worth 12 just by himself!) are enter-twined with The Clinton crime family. They are either paying back favors or they like politics the way they are and are speaking with their own greed instead of the will of the people the are “suppose to” represent. If we all unite under the independent party we not only can get rid of Hillary once and for all but we can also get rid of all these “Super delegates” that sold us out!

Check Obama voting records in senate.gov. His record voting is “not voting”

Check it Out Here First! Barack Obama’s “Presidential To-Do List”!
Posted February 9, 2008.
Immediately declare war on hopelessness.
Create a Department of Hope.
Add Secretary of Hope to the cabinet.
Bring home the troops then hope Iraq doesn’t fall apart.
Push for a UN resolution declaring that the UN has hope for all mankind.
Fund research into finding a way tobuild hope into all future weapons systems.
Strengthen Anti- Have No Hope laws.
Stock the Justice Department with hopeful lawyers.
Give Federal judges wider leeway in defining hopelessness.
Encourage judges with no hope to retire.
Appoint judges with hope to the Supreme Court.
Amend the Constitution to include hope as an inalienable right of all people, including those who are here illegally.
Create the Hope Corps to spread the concept of hope to hopeless nations around the world.
Require all schools receiving federal monies to include hope in their curriculum.
Require Federal programs such as Head Start to have hope.
Require all Federal employees to have hope. Promote those with hope faster than those who are hopeless.
Establish a “Hope Tax” to help people with no hope. The more hope you have, the more hope you owe.
Give hope tax breaks to married couples who have hope.
Give hope tax breaks to businesses that create hope.
Crack down on Big Businesses with no hope.
Remove tariffs on imported hope.
Ask God to give us a source of cheap, inexhaustible, clean energy by 2016 so nobody has to get angry at each other any more and we can all just relax for once.
Identify and encourage all people who have no hope by no later than 2018.
Make all poopy stuff go away by finding a new way to digest food by 2022.
Eliminate hopelessness worldwide by 2025!!!
I don’t know about you, but I got a chill up my spine!
YES WE CAN!!! YES WE CAN!!! YES WE
A

I’m a little concerned about Hillary’s lack of understanding of modern culture, where the word “pimp” can mean that something is being decked with lots of great accessories or it can mean that a person is doing public speaking for money or some other reward. I’m also concerned that she isn’t thinking things through and sees conspiracies everywhere. She has too much of the victim-mentality of so many women her age. The longer this campaign goes on, the more apparent it becomes that Hillary doesn’t have the wherewithal to withstand the presidency for four years. What will happen if she gets poor ratings in an approval poll? Will she cry and say the office is too stressful, the issues are too difficult and the press has it in for her? She’s got to learn to deal with bad press, unpleasant results and difficult situations gracefully. If she thinks pimping is selling prostitutes, she’s waaay behind the times.

As a mom of a Active Duty Military Son, I bet all this fellow women at there Voting for Hillary, dont have a Son or Daughter in the Serves! If they did they would know that Hillary will not bring our kids home.Hillary didnt even say she was against the War In Iraq till she decided to run for Office!

This morn on the Matthews show, A top news paper lady said, Hillary and McCain do alot of traveling together and are Friends! I said several times before Hillary reminds me of a Republican!

all of you fellow women out there with kids in the Military need to show up in force and vote for Obama.Hillary will not bring our Sons and Daughters home!

Gayle,
If you would physically harm another person for utrtering a single word, I am sorry for both you and your daughter. Get a grip, woman. It was a word.

JoeySays
Get a grip, man! You are going to have a stroke if you don’t take a few deep breaths and relax.
There is not vast left wing conspiracy at work here–in spite of your attempt to make anyone who doesn’t worship at the alter of Hillary Clinton disgusting.
Actually, I am undecided, though the over-the-top rhetoric of the folks supporting Clinton in this section has been so off-putting that I think I am heading in the other direction.
Women who would physically assualt someone over a word, men who have fits and foam at the mouth, folks who come out of the woodwork to attack the candidate who isn’t even involved with this discussion….talk about disgusting.
Get over the problem with the word pimp. Even if it meant all the stuff some of you people are trying to overload it with IT IS A WORD, PEOPLE!
If you have a problem with MSNBC, WRITE TO THEM! If you don’t, and you think they are biased and unfair to Hillary Clinton and you remain silent, then you are part of the problem and not part of the solution. The issue involves you as much as it does Clinton.
And, yeah, I think this entire thing shows Hillary in a very pool light. As a president, she has to retain a cool head and apply judgment in resolving a problem. If she spends all her time and emotional energy about this sort of slight, she can’t be a very effective leader.
A let’s talk gender, the thing the Clintons refuse to admit to using but which is always on display. This tempest is all about the Clintons playing the gender card. She handle this thing poorly and it does reflect on her ability to be president. Chelsea should have said something, not Hillary. And blackmailing the media when they say something she doesn’t like is beneath a candidate running for this office.
And as far as your highly honed sense of offense, it doesn’t stop you from impugning the children of others, does it? So it really does come down to the fact that you can’t stand the idea that your candidate has been uncovered / discovered to be a manipulative politician who isn’t above using her child to gain media spotlight.
And that, sir, is indeed disgusting.

what the truth is?? did chelsea called for supper-delegates?? Hillary should teach her own daughter to behavior herself as a mother and control Bill clinton to be a positive spouse first !!!

druggstohr
How on earth do you get from remarking about overreacting to a single word and using it as political capital to the destruction of the civilized world?
Do you really think that if Hillary Clinton does not win that our nation suddendly turns into a promiscuous, degraded country?
Why on earth do you think protesting in FAVOR of freedom expression equates to shooting up a school? Because we don’t agree with you?
Both of my daughters are well-adjusted, productive members of society. One is in the Army Reserves and will be heading to Iraq in April. The other is holding down three jobs to afford to go to college. If I am such a reprobate as a mother because I don’t get excised about a single word, how come my kids turned out so well balanced?
It is this sort of overheated rhetoric that make me think that Hillary is not the sort of candidate that heal the breach, not when she brings this sort of extremism out of the woodwork.

Irma,
I face myself every morning when I look in the mirror: I am a woman, and as a woman I understand how the society indulges subtley in sexism. Every time I turn on the TV and watch yet another of those fantasy shows in which every woman is beautiful and sexy and tumbles into any guy, I shake my head and wonder how we got here.
But do you protest these shows? Do you watch Desperate Housewives, for example? Do you contact your local network to complain? Do you write to the record companies to point out how they devalue women?
This question had nothing at all to do with sexuality of Chelsea Clinton and everything to do with the approach her mother uses in campaigning. It was a poor choice of words–you think it was sexist and maybe it was, but in today’s parlance it is common place and used everywhere by kids and grown-ups.
The point most of us have been trying to make is that Hillary is not demonstrating a gender-neutral race, and in this instance is not even setting a good role-model for women. She allowed this thing to get completely out of control, and many of us believe she did so in order to gain sympathy for her flagging campaign. Do you really think this speaks well of strong, independent women to react this way? In fact, by her response she kept the ‘degradation’ of her daughter in front of the people a lot longer than she needed to, because it benefits her campaign. Sadly, people like you who care a lot about important issues are missing the big picture by focusing on what Hillary is directing you to look at.

It is unbelievable that Obama supporters are acusing Hillary of blowing this out of proportion when we spent 2-3 weeks all over the so-called racial comments of President Clinton and fired Imus over his “words”. The tone of many of these coments are not suptly sexist. They are overtly sexist! Refering to her response as a “tantrum”. If this is not sexism, I don’t know what is.

To all of you Obama lovers who claim that he is as pure as the driven snow! If the Republicans have a chance to get their hands on him, all of your foolish, self-righteous psycho-babble is going to go right up in smoke. We know nothing about this man, other than his weak-willed…panny-waisted voting record. He has no genuine, solid plan to change America. Does he think that mere rhetoric will do it? Hillary Clinton would defeat John McCain in a heartbeat. Is Obama stupid enough to think that his vote against empowering the President of the United States to use force if Sadam Hussein continued to stall U.N. inspections really going to hold any water against McCain? Is that all he has to promote himself? He is surely full of it, because McCain will bring facts, evidence, testimony, and much more to prove that Obama was too passive to take a stance against terrorism. War is McCain’s specialty. McCain also admitted (and faulted) the Bush administration’s management of the surge for creating a sloppy mess. He will also bring up 911…or have you fanatics forgotten about that, and the real threat of terrorist attacks upon American soil. Obama will look like a school yard punk on those issues. On the other hand, Hillary will be able to mute the issue against McCain, because he too has agreed that the war was mismanaged…No argument there! Since he has agreed, she will then be able to fully argue that we must stop the madness, and Bush’s failed policy. She will also have way more ammunition to challenge him on issues that McCain has admitted he knows nothing about, such as health care, the economy, energy, recession, etc. Frankly, both McCain and Obama are stupid on these issues. Does Obama think that his one stupid argument is enough to defeat a decorated war hero? Especially after we find out all the skeletons and junk that the Republicans will expose about him? He will be ripped to shreds and end up being sorry that he even opened up that “I voted against the war” can of worms. McCain will turn the tables on him so quick…what a joke.

Sexism is alive and well and living in the good old USA. I am so tired of people attacking Hillary for every breath she takes. This is not about the issues, this is about Hillary being a woman. If she cries she is too weak if she doesn’t show emotion she is cold hearted. This simply boils down to history repeating itself. When women were fighting for the right to vote the good old boys got together and decided to give the vote to the black man; not really what they wanted but better a man than a woman. There are a lot of men and sadly women for that matter who simply hate women and prefer them powerless. I would challenge people to look at the issues when voting. Look at both candidates and their stance on the issues, their experience and what they would bring to the Presidency. Investigate them both thoroughly before making a decision. If you think Hillary is the most qualified but just can’t seem to bring yourself to vote for a women, you have some soul searching to do. If you can’t vote for yourself then do it for your daughters so they will know that they really can grow up to be anything they want. Do it for your Mother, wife, girlfriend, sister. And for God’s sake show Hillary the same respect you would want for the women you love and care about.

Firefighter
If you think we should throw careful consideration to the wind and vote for a woman simply because she is a woman, then you are asking us to give up our rights as American to exercise our rights as voters.
I resent the implication that if I fail to vote for Hillary Clinton I am somehow failing my daughters, my mother, my sisters, my aunts….what a load of bull. If the only qualifications a person has to carry into the WH is sex, then something is WRONG with this country, and you should be ashamed of yourself for even suggesting we should disregard our independence to line up behind a woman candidate.
I have no problem voting for a woman candidate. I have no problem voting for a black candidate. I have no problem voting for a black woman candidate. What I do have a problem with it anyone insisting I vote for someone I may not agree has merit.
It is possible, though I doubt you have thought of this, that some of us who would have no problem voting for a woman have a problem voting for this woman.
And about the sexism that is alive and well in this country: the ONLY time Hillary displays her gender is when the news is bad, she is falling behind in polls, or she is running out of money. Then all of a sudden the tears start, the piling on begins, the outrage appears. I personnally find that sort of convenient usage of gender disgusting, because it is dishonest.
And that is why I am leaning toward a different candidate–not because I am against a woman being in the WH, but because I want a woman I can trust and respect there, and I am not sure this one is that woman.
And don’t bother to tell me I am failing my female friends and relatives, because the ONLY way I can do that is follow like a lemming and vote for a woman simply because I am one.

Yea come on Patty Doyle, I bet your holding information that would send Obama straight into Office!

This topic is old news now! Come on News Media, tell us more about Hillary’s Campaign Manager stepping down? also tell us about Hillary and McCain traveling around together being buddy, buddy?

All this political madness is making Mike Huckabee look more and more normal, yet he’s not going to win.

As for Hillary’s Iraq war vote, that was a no-brainer. Anything to exacerbate the dire economic straights America is in. The Iraq war vote plays well into her plan to strip our jobs and assets. AMERICA will be bankrupt under Clinton. Let the Voter Beware. Jon

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Hillary’s favorite song (get used to it, we will hear it often under President Clinton):
Unbreakable union of free republics,
Great Russia has joined forever!
Long live the created by the will of peoples
United and mighty Soviet Union
CHORUS:
To Glory, our free Fatherland
The stronghold of the friendship of peoples
Party of Lenin is the power of the people
It leads us to the triumph of Communism
2.
Through storms the sun of freedom shone to us
And the great Lenin lighted us the way
He raised peoples to the right cause
He inspired us for labour and for acts of heroism
CHORUS
3.
In the victory of the immortal ideas of Communism
We see the future of our country,
And to the Red banner of our glorious Fatherland
We shall always be selflessly loyal
CHORUS

Deb
I believe what I said was that you should only vote for Hillary after you have weighed all the issues and determined who has the best qualifications for the job. At that point you should try to get past the fact she is a woman and vote for her. I hear so many people say you shouldn’t vote for someone just because of their gender or their race; the same applies for voting against them. You protest too much, I must have hit a nerve…..

If Clinton is a candidate of integrity, then I won’t expect to see her at the debate since she is so offended by MSNBC’s coverage of the election. If she does show up, I will be interested in hearing her reasons for forgetting that she is a mother first.
It should be an interesting two months coming up. If nothing else, the campaigns are generating a lot of interest.

I don’t see anything wrong with the comment.
The campaign should have and could have used the comment to there advantage. They could have flipped. Yes I’m out there working hard trying to get my mother the nomination. They could have used Jay-z song Big Pimping spending cheese in the back ground. She could have pulled a lot of young voters with that one. But neither can chelsea or hillary connect with the young people.

for those of you who think that Hillary is overreacting or being hypocritical, what if reporters referred to bush’s daughters as “pimping” for votes? would it be “ok” then? YOU are the ones who are hypcrites. if 9/11 had happened on President Clinton’s watch, you would have blamed him. anytime 9/11 comes up, you republicans don’t blame bush for his lack of effort or ignoring important intelligence, you just blame President Clinton and you blame a reporter’s lack of decency on Hillary.

Hillary’s campaign manager didn’t “step down”. My guess was she got canned. Hillary’s got to blame someone for what’s not going right in her campaign. Kind of like changing pitchers in the bottom of the 7th with bases loaded and a 2-run lead. It probably won’t make any difference.

Clinton & McCain do alot of traveling around together; This is what a Top News Paper lady said on the Matthews Show, Sunday Morn.So if this is the case then Hillary needs to STOP, saying she is the best canidate to run against who? her travel buddie!

Martha Ann Roots-Woods,IN
Hillary’s campaign manager didn’t “step down”. Oh my beg, she stepped aside. And look ah there the old party players are coming forward.

forgot “katrina”, “ARMPAC”, “diebold”, “secret energy meeting”, “lies about Iran”, “world-wide ridicule and hatred of the US”, “the devaluation of the dollar”, “failed and sleazy business deals”, “AWOL from Vietnam”, “the victory rally on an aircraft carrier”, “no child left behind”, “Iraq’s nuclear program”, “downing street memo”, “idiocy”…

Let’s not put Hillary in office
Hillary Clinton’s Culture of Corruption: The Scandal Queen
The Fraudulent Senator: Part 1 of a 7 Part Series
Joan Swirsky, Featured Writer
March 13, 2006
Once upon a time the woman who former Democrat House Ways and Means Committee Chairman and convicted felon Dan Rostenkowski was credited with calling “the smartest woman in the world” decided that departing the pinnacle of world power at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue – where she was co-president of the U.S. for eight years – was unacceptable.
In no time, she decided that the fastest route to regaining that power was to spend as few years as possible as the junior senator from New York and then move onward and upward to reclaim what she believes is her rightful place in history as the first female president of the United States of America.
Hillary Rodham Clinton promptly relocated to the Empire State and moved into an upscale house financed by the former chairman of the

Again it is worth noting, that the stinky pile the IMESS laid on that network will affect them and the nbc parents.

Martha Ann Roots-Woods
Whosoever think that White men are not voting for Senator Clinton because they just doesn’t want to see a woman in office must not have an knowledge of the long criminal history the Clinton’s. White men are voting as wise men. They are voting their hearts. They love the Democratic Party. And there are some other bonuses to be gained, a closer working relationship with people of color.

Hillary is not being slammed because she is a woman. She is being slammed because of who she is and what she does. Quite frankly I”m sick to death of the Clinton’s and all the garbage they bring with them. Their sense of entitlement aggravates me and shows how shallow they are. “Can’t stand the heat”, well, you know the rest!

I am so sick & tired of everytime you say something negative about Obama it racism. Why is it you can’t be negative about a black person but you can about a women. I AM SICK OF IT, if it’s not Hillary, then I’m voting Mc Cain, A real HERO.

Shame on you NBC, MSNBC for so shamelessly in the OBama camp.
Your coverage of the primary is lopsided and unbalanced.
Barack OBama’s rallies are looking like rock concert groupies.
Senator Hillary Clinton has always worked hard for the United States of America. I endorsed her and believed she is exactly what we need in this time of crisis.

I don’t trust Clinton. She wants to be president so bad, that she has had a memory loss about her husband’s extra-marital affairs. Who can forget her bold hostile statement that her husband did not cheat. Or his for a matter of fact as he so eloquently pointed his shaking finger in the faces of all Americana denouncing haveing any sexual contact with Monica Lewinsky. Then after months and months of ongoing investigation and meetings, OH MY! He was convicted, admitted his infidelity and now wants to go on down the road as if nothing happened. What would another 8 years of these 2 people demonstrate to our children in America or anywhere else about morales. Is it only O.K. if the president committs the inappropriate behavior or is it also okay if the first lady/wannabe president stands by her man, which to me states she feels his behavior is appropriate. I’m sure that if the question were posed they would say this is a private matter between them and part of their personal/private relationship. No Way, he made it public when he had Monica in America’s House.

Superdelagates, she can be pimped she is not a child.
That’s on Google
Chelsea Clinton has a magnetic personality, are unconventional, and a bit unpredictable. Chelsea loves to flirt and is likely to have sudden romantic relationships that do not always last. Chelsea Clinton likes variety and always is seeking new experiences with people.
Her love feelings and desires are easily aroused but she may find it difficult to sustain her romantic interest in relationships after the initial, exciting “chase and conquest”. Chelsea Clinton enjoys a dynamic partner with a strong independent streak, and she does not like things to become too peaceful or predictable in the love arena. Chelsea wants to see sparks fly once in awhile, even if it means instigating a fight.

Don’t ever under estimate the tenacity of the Clinton’s in pursuit for the White house. Let’s watch and see, it will get much more interesting. I have been reading so much.

This looks to be strong arm tactics by the Clintons and very similar to Bush’s crap when he says agree with me and my policies or you are anti-American. Someone stating an opinion such as Matthews on how he belives she got her seat is just that, an opinion. But for Clinton to threaten a boycott in response is ludicris and quite telling.

Charlotte, the word is “ludicROUS.”

It is hot in the kitchen. I am a poor very education Black woman and am glad to be an American. Born and raised in this country. Has always been dominated by White men and White women and I still love them for real. But that is and has been my frustration in living in this free country. Look like it just might be a better day and Whites and Black people can really sit at the same table.

Welcome back David Shuster. You have my attention.

An Analysis of the Alinsky Model American Radicals are to be found wherever and whenever America
moves closer to the fulfillment of its democratic dream. Whenever
America’s hearts are breaking, these American Radicals were and are.
America was begun by its Radicals. The hope and future of America
lies with its Radicals. And we love America very much don’t we Hillary Clinton.