"Pimped Out" Comment Could Jeopardize Dem Debate on MSNBC

[NYCGirl]

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc/pimped_out_comment_could_jeopardize_dem_debate_on_msnbc_77029.asp?c=rss


a TVNewser tipster wrote: "Howard Wolfson on Clinton conference call just blasting MSNBC for comments David Shuster made about Chelsea Clinton being 'pimped out.' Wolfson threatening to pull debates. Says there's a pattern at NBC."

The "pimped out" reference is about a comment Shuster made while filling in for Tucker Carlson yesterday. He was talking about Chelsea Clinton's role in her mother's campaign. Shuster said, "Doesn't it seem like Chelsea's sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?"

Huffington Post has the video of the comment as well as Shuster's apology this morning on MSNBC.

Howard Kurtz writes about the incident on the Washington Post web site, quoting Wolfson from this afternoon's conference call. Calling it "disgusting," and "beneath contempt" Wolfson added, "I, at this point, can't envision doing another debate on that network."

Just this morning MSNBC announced a Feb. 26 debate between Sens. Clinton and Obama.

Shuster plans to apologize again on Tucker tonight at 6pmET. MSNBC spokesperson Jeremy Gaines told Kurtz, "The comment was completely inappropriate, and we have called the Clinton campaign to apologize."

[DJ13]

1. Good.

Hillary wants debates, she can hold one with herself on Fox News.

[TheDonkey]

3. I like the sounds of that. FOX news has said much worse over the past 4 years about Democrats

[MH1]

4. Pretty sad, if Hillary prefers Faux News

but not out of character.

One stupid comment among many...but still so far fewer on MSNBC than Faux that they aren't even in the same galaxy... but she goes to war against MSNBC?

Hmm.

[Iceburg]

16. At this point any sentient being prefers FAUX news ...at least they don't pretend to be fair.

[TheDonkey]

28. they actually do. Their slogan is "Fair and Balanced" ?

[HughMoran]

7. What a fucking rotten fucking thing to say

Damn, you have no shame.

[DJ13]

9. "Damn, you have no shame."

Im not a Hillary supporter, thats true.

Yourself?

[HughMoran]

12. Irrelevant

:hi:

[LSparkle]

2. Aw, come on, Wolfson ... you're showing how *white* you are

Haven't you heard of the show "Pimp My Ride"? "Pimped out" doesn't necessarily mean she's being literally "pimped" by someone. Shuster was just trying to be a little too hip -- it was a stupid remark but it's not part of any pattern.

Now Wolfson's sweater on the night of the New Hampshire primary -- THAT was "pimped out" ...

[Dogmudgeon]

6. Let's ask Jesse Jackson about it

I hear he's going to be in South Carolina again soon.

--p!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. Pimp My Ride Means Make My Car Look Cool

When you say somebody is pimping somebody it means they are trying to sell that person...

And Shuster is the most white bread guy on tv...He doesn't have a hip bone in his alabaster tinged body....

[LSparkle]

14. He didn't mean "sell" -- he meant "being used" ...

He made the comment in the context of using Chelsea to appeal to young people or to call Super Delegates. The big problem was the use of the loaded word "pimp" but I think they're totally overreacting.

Billary need to realize that their daughter is now a 25-year-old woman, not a 13-year-old. They don't need to be quite so protective of her and hysterical when people treat her the way they do other public figures.

[MH1]

19. They are totally overreacting - to hog the news cycle before tomorrow's votes?

Just wondering why the Clintons would make such a deal of this... it draws attention to what Shuster originally said, in which there was a point - Chelsea is being used to go after the superdelegates .... and anyone with a sense of fairness and under 50 years old knows he was only using a colloquialism, and suspension is way overboard.

[Straight Shooter]

30. Are Barack and Michelle pimping their daughters with their photo ops?

No. But if someone like Rush were to say such a thing, how many weeks would we endure of Barack's supporters howling in outrage? If you think Chelsea is fair game because she's 25, you have a memory problem. She was called a dog by the right wing, that comment was started by Rush, and being called the love child of Janet Reno and Chelsea Clinton. She's been enduring this crap for years from the right, and now she's having it flung at her from the so-called left.

You just don't get it, do you?

Stand on a street corner and hold up a sign for Barack in one hand and a sign in the other which says "I'm being pimped." Watch people's reactions. Then come back and tell us what the meaning of "pimped" really is.

[mitchtv]

10. sure there's a pattern

Tweetster has already had to apologize also I guess we can wait til she's called a c*nt.

[Coexist]

15. maybe you should send that comment to MSNBC

Shuster could probably use a little love right now.

[jonnyblitz]

20. let somebody use the term "pimp" in reference to anything

Obama related and see what happens.

[Cameron27]

27. Exactly

[HeraldSquare212]

5. So asking for debates was just a ploy, too?

Looks like they're finding ways to get out of them now.

[Orangepeel]

11. If one were to make a list of all the sexist things newscasters have said on air in the past year...

would this comment be anywhere near the top?

It was a stupid thing to say, and Schuster should have been slapped down and should offer both a personal and on air apology. But why is this particular comment catching such flack? Doesn't Matthews say worst stuff every day?

[ShortnFiery]

13. Yes, The Clintons are royalty. Ask Monica and Gennifer?

:eyes:

I'm so sick of this false Clinton outrage getting PLAY. They are NOT royalty!!!

Damn the The Clintons' UNDUE and INSANE influence over the M$M! :grr:

Can't you see that this is exactly what the BUSH-BOTS did to control our media, i.e., fake outrage? :shrug:

[LSparkle]

17. Thank you! Chelsea is 25, not 13

If she wants to campaign for her mom, she's going to have to suffer the slings and arrows of the press. Comes with the territory. As the Clintons love to tell their opponents, "this is politics -- GROW UP."

[BlackVelvet04]

21. Another disgrace to women everywhere...

you and shortstuff make quite a combo.

[LSparkle]

23. I'm REALLY looking forward to the *feminist* HRC administration

if this is any indication. Tough as nails ... until playing the victim works better.

[BlackVelvet04]

25. Calling people on sexist bullshit isn't playing

victim and to indicate that's how you see it shows just how stupid you are.

[Nedsdag]

36. My thoughts exactly!

n/t

[juajen]

34. Hey, you're the one calling them royalty.,

I haven't heard that word from any Clinton supporters' lips. Ya'll are bad to the bone.

[DefenseLawyer]

18. Pimpin ain't easy

Good grief. Newsflash- David Shuster doesn't think Chelsea Clinton is a prostitute. It was a dumb thing to say, given that old people have no clue as to what he meant. That is one of those phrases that has become ubiquitous in the popular culture to a point that it has lost its original implication. The Clintons should get over themselves, but they won't.
"Tattaglia's a pimp." - Don Corleone

[Vinca]

22. I hope they cancel it. It's a waste of Barack's time. nt

[juajen]

35. Really!

Debating the issues in front of future voters is a waste of time. Hmmmm. Pass that around.

[Vinca]

37. We all know Hillary does better in debates than Barack,

so of course she wants to debate him every day of the week. He shines in stadiums, needing to give 2 speeches: the planned one and the one to the overflow crowd standing in the cold. What were the crowds today? 20,000 for Barack and 5,000 for Hillary? He wants to meet the people, not the camera.

[Nedsdag]

24. Hoo-boy!

Let's protect Chelsea again.

Last I checked, she's a grown woman with a big time job and a boyfriend. Why are we treating her like a 12-year-old?

[mitchtv]

26. barack should stop pimping his wife too

if that is the new, acceptable description

[Whisp]

29. it isn't the new acceptable description. so shut the hell up. nt

[Straight Shooter]

31. Defending the indefensible making you a wee bit cranky?

Thin-skinned, just like your candidate.

[Whisp]

33. wtf are you talking about?

[mitchtv]

38. it seems ok with your associates

just checking to see HOW ok it was.

[Nedsdag]

32. I don't like the "pimp" word, but you cannot compare what Michelle Obama is doing.

So Cindy McCain and Janet Huckabee are being "pimped out" too?

[mitchtv]

39. If Chelsea is,

then I expect they all are. We could say "working for the campaign", but it seems alright with the Obama fans if we go the other route.