Posted on 02/09/2008 8:14:20 PM PST by ricks_place
Politisite has obtained the email exchange between the Clinton camp and MSNBC’s David Shuster who now is on leave due to his remarks about Chelsea Clinton being, “pimped out by the Clinton Camp” because of her calls to super delegates and others. Here are the emails
Philippe Reines
Press Secretary
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
Nice to hear from you, philippe.
It is a fact that chelsea has made calls to superdelegates, as your campaign colleagues have acknowledged. It is also a fact that the campaign has reacted quite harshly to any media who have sought to interview chelsea. That was the point. By slamming any reporter who seeks to chat with chelsea while simultaneously having chelsea do campaign tasks such as trying to convince super delegates to support her mom, that’s the reference.
Chelsea is polite and does a fine job of saying “I don’t want to talk.”. But for campaign staff to then jump down the throat of a reporter who seeks to talk to chelsea…that’s an issue.
From: Philippe Reines
To: David Shuster
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 9:00 p.m.
Since you guys asked for the transcript - here specifically is what David said on air:
SHUSTER: “But doesn’t it seem like she’s being–but doesn’t it seem as if Chelsea is sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?”
I have a hunch that such offensive and unacceptable language was never used on MSNBC’s air about Karenna Gore, the Bush twins, Venessa & Alex Kerry, Kate Edwards, the Romney sons - or any other adult offspring who chose to campaign on behalf of a parent.
From: Philippe Reines
To: David Shuster
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 9:16: p.m.
David - I want to make sure I’m crystal clear here - you’re saying that because she doesn’t grant interviews and makes calls on behalf of her mother, you are right to say that she is being pimped out?
I don’t need to read a the whole transcript for context, you were way out of line. Nobody’s jumping down your throat about asking for an interview or talking about calls she made. And you know it.
There is simply no excuse for being so offensive.
From: David Shuster
To: Philippe Reines
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 9:29 p.m.
No. That’s not what I’m saying. And if you bothered to look at the transcript and saw all of the glowing things I said about chelsea and the way she was raised, you would know that.
The issue is not her making calls. As + said on the air, I have no problems with that what so ever. The issue is not her refusing interviews. The issue is that the campaign has come down hard on reporters who merely sought to ask chelsea questions. You can’t have it both ways. Reporters have long respected the clintons desire that we avoid chelsea and let her have her space. But to get angry at reporters seeking to talk to her now is patently unfair. And you know that.
From: Philippe Reines
To: David Shuster
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 9:49 p.m.
I think we’ve each said what we have to say on this matter. Based on this email exchange, we’re assuming two things:
1) You are not disputing that you said on air: “But doesn’t it seem like she’s being–but doesn’t it seem as if Chelsea is sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?”
2) You have no intention of apologizing for the above
What a windfall for Hillary. If MSNBC doesn’t fire Shuster, Hillary plays the MOC (moral outrage card) and gets to sit out a debate with Barak (where she looks old, her voice hoarse and screeching and is soooo 1980s). If MSNBS fires Shuster, Hillary sends a message to voters that she will repress the opposition and sends a message to corporate American not to mess with Hillary. She wins either way! Of course, it never dawned on Hillary not to use her own daughter as a huckster for their stale Arkansas cornpone.
She did claim that nobody’s jumping down Shuster's throat though...
well, they will never again be in the White House
Haven’t heard much out of Bill about this have we? Maybe he just got distracted when the topic of pimps came up -
Time to buy stock in Vaseline.
“Bill is a lesbian too ?”
Of course. He loves .....
No we sure have not heard much out of Bill.... could be Hillary heard about this news report right after a call from him campaigning in a 'red light' district.
Bill will die some day and in that second,will he blame her or him for his actions to God
Yeah, but what's REALLY important is that Freepers will have taught McCain a valuable lesson...
Best post on the thread!!!!
That's for sure. The Republican party is in quite a shamble at the moment. Leaves a huge opening for the democrats. IT IS NOT IN OUR BEST INTERESTS by a longshot.
I think the reference was crude and totally uncalled for. I see nothing that Chelsea did that would justify her being called a whore, after all that's who gets "pimped out". Many of the posts on this thread are downright disgusting. I suppose if your daughters were called whores you would find nothing objectionable about it. I hope my dislike of Bill and Hillary and their politics doesn't reduce me to a crude lout willing to justify anything if it is anti-Clinton.
I’m torn here. On one hand, Shuster is a complete a$$hat. On the other hand, the Clintons are the Clintons.
Chelsea is calling the super delegates why? The superdelegates all are changing their votes to Obama, or they will be dumped by the voters next go around.
Huh, pimping out is a dressed up pimp. Chelsea is pimping for her parents....
If you had a daughter who was working for you I take it you would have no problem with you being called a pimp and her, by reference to who works for pimps, being called a whore. Strange "family values".
If someone had made that statement about my daughter, my "objections" would have been given real up close and personal.
That applies to all liberals, not just the Toons. If you give an accurate representation of them, you by definition ARE insulting them.
This is all public because the Clintons are trying to gain some type of sympathy....
the train has already left the station I’m afraid.
The Klintoons put out the story that Lewinsky was a “stalker”, so their outrage is a bit rich. I don’t think pimping is necessarily the right term, but if they are going to put their 27 year old daughter out there to campaign for them, then it’s open season. BC was not that much older that Chelsea when he was AG of Arkansas.
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