Posted on 9/26/2007, 3:59:27 PM by Sub-Driver
Bill Clinton Tells NYC Restaurant To Remove Chelsea's Photo
POSTED: 11:36 am EDT September 26, 2007 UPDATED: 11:37 am EDT September 26, 2007 NEW YORK -- The days may be numbered for a photo of Chelsea Clinton posing with the owner of a popular Italian restaurant. That's because Chelsea's dad has weighed in.
Former President Bill Clinton sent a letter to Osso Buco proprietor Nino Selimaj, demanding that he take down the picture from the walls of his Greenwich Village restaurant.
"I was surprised to get the letter because the picture has been there a few years," Selimaj told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "She's eaten here a few times."
The Sept. 18 letter from the office of William Jefferson Clinton says Chelsea is a private citizen and that although she may have eaten at the restaurant "this does not serve as an endorsement."
The letter, signed by Clinton counselor Douglas J. Band, says Chelsea "was not consulted prior to this picture being displayed, and thus, her permission was not given for you to do so."
"We reserve the right to exercise any and all options available to us if you refuse to comply," the letter says.
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Why display such a picture anyway? I thought it was in a restaurant’s best interests to ENCOURAGE a healthy appetite...
Better check the background of that photo - it probably captures Bubba or Hitlery doing something illegal...
Eff ‘em. They should leave it up there. What possible action could that sleezeball take? Chelsea’s an adult, let her ask for it to be taken down.
She posed for the picture in the restaurant with the owner; the owner should tell Clinton to Lewinski him.
I would post the letter right next to the picture....
Good idea!
Isn’t Chelsea an adult yet?
Maybe it’s a diet thing, or a trendy spot for bulimics to purge.
Furthermore, as a private citizen, what business of Bill's is it if there's a picture of Chelsea somewhere?
I think that's exactly what he did. I saw it on a clip this morning.
I can’t really figure out why the Clintons care that Chelsea’s picture is up in this restaurant. It’s a posed photo. It’s not as though it’s a paparazzi invasion of privacy photo.
Maybe it’s the restaurant’s name. Osso bucco. Osso bucco is veal and veal is a no-no with the animal rights folks.
Or is that a stretch?
Are you familiar with the term "Arkancide?"
My understanding is that the picture taken with the owner has been on the front window for years. Now the picture is there with the notification letter from clinton’s lawyer.
My question is who owns the picture.
Chelsea can’t contact the restaurant owner herself? Is she a helpless twit? Instead of contacting, or visting the owner personally to express their complaint, the first black President has a lawyer sign a letter from him? It certainly shows their pattern of threats and intimidation they’ve been well known for over the years. I’ve seen Bubba’s picture plastered at various restaurants across the country and wonder why this one restaurant is singled out from the others.
I'll bet if the restaurateur had ponied up some cash, Bubba wouldn't be having a cow.
Maybe they figure if the patrons purge, they’ll reorder again.
My guess is that the owner of the restaurant didn’t comp old Bill and he got pissy about having to pay for dinner.
After all, people are trying to eat...
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