Posted on 02/08/2008 11:47:22 AM PST by indcons
On a conference call Friday afternoon, Clinton campaign communications director Howard Wolfson suggested the campaign might boycott NBC debates given a "pattern" of comments made by MSNBC hosts.
Wolfson was referring to Chris Matthews and David Shuster.
Shuster on Thursday, suggesting it was "a little bit unseemly to me that Chelsea's out there calling up celebrities, saying support my mom, and she's apparently also calling these super delegates," asked, "doesn't it seem like Chelsea's sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?"
Wolfson called the comment "disgusting" and "beneath contempt...It’s the kind of thing that should never be said on a national news network."
He said that Clinton has participated in "a number of debates on that network. We had agreed yesterday to do a debate on that network. And I at this point can’t envision a scenario where we would continue to engage in debates on that network given the comments that were made and have been made."
Referencing Matthews' comments and subsequent on-air apology last month, Wolfson asked, "I think at some point you really have to question whether or not there is a pattern here at this particular network where you have comments being made and then apologies given."
Wolfson said neither Chelsea nor Sen. Clinton had received an apology from Shuster.
On MSNBC's Morning Joe Friday morning, Shuster called in and said "Last night I used a phrase, some slang about her efforts. I didn't think that people would take it literally, but some people have, and to the extent that people feel I was being pejorative about the actions of Chelsea Clinton making these phone calls, to the extent that people feel I was being pejorative, I apologize for that. I should have seen people would see it that way. I'm sorry."
Last month, Matthews apologized for, as he put it, "imply(ing) that Hillary's whole career depended on being a victim of an unfaithful husband."
Wolfson said Matthews, as far as he knew, never apologized to Clinton either.
"Is this part of a pattern?" Wolfson asked. "Is there something that folks are encouraged to do or not do? I don’t know, but the comment was beneath contempt and I think any fair-minded person would see it that way."
Do you?
They complain because it is true. Chelsea is being pimped out. There. I said it!
“Don’t Pimp Me Bro’!”
Clintons have always had a problem with the truth.
Will the rest of the MSM pick up the story now?
Who will she debate? Bill?
Clinton and Puff-ball Matthews cat fight?
LOL
Now if Obama had a daughter, and that were said, then it would be racist. A whole different angle.
And pimps.
Smart very very smart, run against the media, it has worked for Republicans because it is true, and it is true Olberman and Mathews have more man love for Obama, than Oprah has hots for him. Victim card, gender card, and now the media card, is Hillary dealing from the whole deck or what?
Boycott NBC. Boycott Fox. They’re going to run out of networks to boycott at this rate.
Bill Clinton (redfaced and finger wagging): “Chelsea is not pimped out! I pimp other people’s daughters out!”
So she works for a hedge fund..gets big bonus’s but actually will spend a year working on her Mom’s champaign.
Wonder what the payback for that is?
The Clintons will soon fade away under a new administration of Obama.
This is the Clinton’s controlling the MSM again while NBC has said far worse to every GOP member who breathes. It’s a game they play and they know NBC will cave to them.
She had to lend her campaign $5 million (after getting the Chinese money converted to U.S. cash).
Her campaign is starting to go down the tube.
Her theme of "change" is a laugh since she is part of the Bush-Clinton-Clinton-Bush-Bush chain.
At some point, the general public will start considering the fact that she is "old news"
I’m going to buy popcorn futures. This is good. :)
Whats really funny is that it is PMSNBC, or as Rush calls it, DNCTV.
Imagine if this had been on FOX. They would be demanding a shutdown.
Hillary is just looking for an excuse to not debate Obama.
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