Howard Kurtz on the Shuster kerfuffle:
In case there was any doubt, using a prostitution metaphor for the daughter of a presidential candidate is not a good career move.
MSNBC suspended correspondent David Shuster yesterday for an undetermined period for making a disparaging on-air remark about Chelsea Clinton. Meanwhile, officials in her mother’s campaign raised the possibility of punishing the news channel by boycotting future debates.
While filling in as a host Thursday, Shuster was discussing the 27-year-old’s role in Hillary Rodham Clinton‘s campaign with two guests when he asked: “Doesn’t it seem as if Chelsea is sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?”
Howard Wolfson, the campaign’s communications director, called Shuster’s remark “disgusting,” “beneath contempt” and “the kind of thing that should never be said on a national news network.” Wolfson appeared to suggest that Clinton is reconsidering an agreement this week to participate in an MSNBC debate Feb. 26 in Cleveland, saying: “I at this point can’t envision doing another debate on that network.”
I find it pretty hard to get excited about this. Digby applauds Olbermann for apologizing for his network, but did he select Shuster as the “Worst Person in the World“? Is this political pornographer supposed to be some kind of representative of reasoned, civil debate?
Still, it’s kind of fun watching lefties bashing MSNBC. Cap’n Ed gets jiggy widdit. Dawg.
Also: Did Obama do enough drugs to be President?
Where’s the photochop of Chelsea on leather boots, fish nets, micro mini, and halter top leaning into a car, huh? What kind of a respectable site is this anyway?
Leaning into the back window of a limo would be a nice touch.
So when I overheard a coworker say, “That Hillary, she’s a real mack daddy!”, she was being serious??!?
Maybe if Schuster had used the word “tarted” instead.
It’d carry the same meaning, but without the whoring context, and poor David could claim retroactively that he was just comparing Chelsea to a French desert.
Look, while you pigs are discussing whores and what-not, the Michigan debacle continues.
My fav quote from the story. I’m sure someone else could do much better coverage of this than I did. My husband can’t believe this isn’t making any waves on a national level.
As if there was any difference between politicians and prostitutes, anyway. Hell, even someone as stupid as Olbermann ought to be able to see that.
Jim – did you just compare me to Olbermann? ‘Cause if so, I’m gonna have to open a can of whoop-ass.
Besides, in Michigan – it’s more like the politicians treat their constituents like prostitutes.
Carin–not at all. I just think being a politician is pretty much exactly like being a prostitute, only not as noble. So for Shuster to apologize and even more so for Olbermann to apologize on the network’s behalf, is absurd.
This goes on his permanent record. Bam. Just like that. The Power Line people can’t even get a smudge on Linda Greenhouse’s record and they added like a new wing to Power Line HQ dedicated just to that.
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As if there was any difference between politicians and prostitutes, anyway”
Well, yes there is.
A hooker STAYS bought.
#7
In Detroit those are the only constituents with money. They have to be pandered to. POWER TO THE HOs!
Ok, JIm, then you’re off the hook.
Rusty – not so. There are plenty of house slaves with cash willing to do whatever the master says. Otherwise, where is the outcry, from the black community, over the duplicitous treatment of Obama voters?
Uh oh. The vigilantes are after him.
Shit, take away an “i” from that last post. My spell-check is going wonky and I’m having to go it alone.
The results are … disastrous.
Done.
You’ll be happy to know that Jane Hamshire, ever the laid-back one, is defending her friend Shuster. Pimp doesn’t mean anything bad, you know.
Only Ho does.
Digby: “I take him at his word that he didn’t mean it in any literal sense.”
Sharp as a tack, this one.
That’s why they’re more noble, N.O’Brain.
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