Comments on: Clinton says MSNBC anchor’s remark deeply offensive

By: james thomas

james thomas — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:34:10 +0000

No matter whose child she is, she deserves the respect and dignity every human being deserves. One may have beef with the Clintons but please don’t trivialize what happened. I for one would be very offended if some one said that about my daughter. As we wish to teach our children respect so we should practice what we preach. I am not sure if Mr. Schuster has any daughters but if he has he certainly did not set a good example by his misguided and imprudent utterances. He was on the bandwagon with Matthews, Carlson and Obberman and thought he could go one better. I certainly will have to consider watching MSNBC because I feel this mind-set, conduct and ultimately expression comes from the very top. These talking heads are just an exanthema of a much deeper sickness.
Jim

By: cindy

cindy — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:38:39 +0000

I think it is absurd that Hillary wants David Schuster to lose him job. We have so much obscene comments in politics, I think his remark was tame.

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:06:20 +0000

What goes around comes around

By: debra

debra — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:41:43 +0000

I agree that it was a tasteless remark and he should be called on it, but I don’t think that it was offenseive enough for Hillary to be demanding he loose his job. I think that the vast majority of Americans were much more offended by President Clinton’s getting serviced by an intern. It is funny how she is being all high and mighty about the MSNBC remark but she thinks it is alright to carry on like that when you are the leader of the free world. There are people getting fired and loosing retirement benefits over ill thought out remarks and tasteless e-mails but Bill didn’t loose a thing after his disgusting actions. If Hillary gets in office is she going to throw a fit everytime someone says something she doesn’t like.

By: Bill Lowery

Bill Lowery — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:00:11 +0000

David Shusters remark was not out of line at all. The term “Pimped Out” has been used in this country for many years meaining going out to do someone elses bidding. Of course Chelsea was going out to support her mom. It would be a bigger story if she didn’t campaign for her. To call for a reporters dismissal is ludacris. What is next, will Hillary cry again? Please keep the nuclear weapons button away from this unstable woman.

By: mike

mike — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:55:43 +0000

If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the fire.

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:49:21 +0000

David Shuster made a mistake, but he should not lose his job over it. Others have made worse mistakes. “Pimped” today means less than it did in my day. Look it up…..it means in today’s slang world “to use for one’s own gain or benefit” and that is exactly what the Clinton campaign was trying to do. Not that any thing is wrong with trying to get votes using the daughter of the candidate, but the Clinton’s have always sheltered Chelsea and when they throw her out in the public they have to expect her to draw attention and comments. Even I knew what David was trying to say and I am an old grandma. I only hope that MSNBC will not be stupid. He is a good reporter and this should not be his legacy. His reporting on the “Scooter” Libby trial was excellent reporting……….all you folks who are offended need to “get over yourselves”. You learn in the “twilight years of life that in the grand scheme of things that this doesn’t amount to a hill of beans. If you want to be righteously indignant then get upset over a war that we were lied into or the fact that the world is warming to the point of melting the artic ice, a national debt that is obscene, and the list goes on and on and on….. When the water is up to your butts and ice burgs floating by your window, you won’t give two hoots in hell what David Shuster said. Got news for you folks, we have all been pimped and not by David. Hang tough Shuster.

By: ScottLG

ScottLG — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:46:06 +0000

I think Hillary is overreacting. Shuster brought up a legitimate point. His word choice was colorful at best, crude at worst, but the verb “pimp” is more mainstream than it used to be. Jeez, there’s even a TV show called “Pimp My Ride,” and it isn’t about prostitutes. Clinton should lighten up about Chelsea. Such protectiveness made sense during the White House years when Chelsea was just a kid, but she’s a grown-up now. If she’s gonna be out there campaigning for her mom, she better develop a thicker skin. As Mayor Harold Washington once said, politics ain’t beanbag.

By: Robert M Kraus

Robert M Kraus — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:19:35 +0000

There are some hateful people in the world, and quite a few of them have chosen to express their hate on this blog. Ugh!

By: Ben Freeman

Ben Freeman — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:02:18 +0000

During the travail of my most beloved President Clinton in the white house, after he had agreed that he lied to the nation, he said he was sorry and almost all Americans forgave him and he continued his reign without the intended impeachment. Now is also time for the Clintons to forgive a sorry journalist. Please Sister Hillary, don’t ask for David’s head because your vote had sent many innocent Americans and Iraqis to the grave. Don’t ask for his job because your endorsement of senseless war is already causing recession. —– LONG LIVE OUR FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT, LONG LIVE AMERICA “GOD’S OWN COUNTRY”