Many of you are well aware of my love for David Shuster. I love him so much that I’ve actually sent him crazy, borderline-stalker email messages about his hair.
["Muss it up a little and look sexy, will ya?"]
I can’t explain David Shuster’s comments about Chelsea Clinton, but I can only imagine that he was trying to be a little hip, a little flip, and a little loose with his language.
People pimp out everything — cars, school uniforms, and baby strollers. I hate to excuse it, but pimping out Chelsea — while offensive — isn’t a huge leap in the American language.
Shuster isn’t as powerful as other men in Washington. It’s much easier to clamp down on an expendable reporter than it is to go after stupid comments made by Chris Matthews or commentator Pat Buchanan. (Nice double standard, MSNBC.)
Shuster said something stupid, yes, but I hope we can get past it.
Politicians and corporate media benefit when Americans are distracted. Instead of paying attention to the more important & complicated issues related to gender (i.e., equal pay for work, health care, gun control, protection against violence, abortion rights, access to birth control), there are members of the American electorate who would love for us to watch David Shuster fry on cable television.
In my field of Human Resources, we would call this experience a teachable moment — & then we move on to more important issues.
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I agree that they are making way too big a deal out of this. Perhaps they would make less a deal out of this if they claimed she was “being used by the administration” or “they had utilized her contacts for political gain”. It not like Hillary was literally pimping out Chelsea.
1) xzibit rules! i love that clip.
2) shit like this makes me furious with my fellow americans. the network people who suspended him are pandering to the nutzo, vociferous moralists. everyone knows what he meant, and to act like people don’t normally talk like that is just dishonest.
Jinx – You’re killing me with your fair & balancedness.
Cols – This is all about striking back at Chris Matthews. Of course, Matthews is still on the air saying all sorts of crazy shit without a filter. Also, xzibit does rule. I can watch PIMP MY RIDE all day long. It’s what keeps me going a the gym.
PS – Does Jimmy Kimmel get enough credit for cracking my shit up? I’m not sure he does.
Was I being fair?
I thought I was tearing the Clintons a new one for being so moronic.
You did rip & it was effective, yo.