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Chelsea was doing a gay bar crawl in Philadelphia on Friday night and while she was walking around some lady said "I grabbed her ass," and David Shuster wept because this was proof positive that the Clintons were pimping their daughter out. More »

David Shuster wept

she's got politics in her blood, she loves her mom, she thinks she'd make a great president... DAVID SHUSTER: But doesn't it seem like Chelsea's sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?" Clinton's campaign took offense to the remark. Hillary was disgusted. Hillary supporters are upset. Those committed to the noble cause of equality think the remark was misogynist. Shuster double-apologized. MSNBC suspended him. Hillary intimated that she might

still ticked off at MSNBC's freshly suspended David Shuster for what he said about her daughter, the non-pimped out Chelsea Clinton. She's even gone so far as write a letter to his boss, NBC prez Steve Capus. Full full text of the letter is below. Dear Mr. Capus, Thank you for your call yesterday. I wanted to send you this note to convey the depth of my feeling about David Shuster's comments. I know that I am a public figure and that my daughter is playing a public role in my

controversy surrounding MSNBC's David Shuster - destined to be called "Pimp Gate" - took a turn for the bizarre when Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton sent a letter to Steve Capus, President of NBC News. Published for all to see at the Washington Post's "The Trail" blog Saturday, the letter demonstrated a disturbing number of hypocrisies and double standards inherent in today's liberally biased media. See if you can find them all (emphasis added to assist your

controversy surrounding MSNBC's David Shuster - destined to be called "Pimp Gate" - took a turn for the bizarre when Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton sent a letter to Steve Capus, President of NBC News. Published for all to see at the Washington Post's "The Trail" blog Saturday, the letter demonstrated a disturbing number of hypocrisies and double standards inherent in today's liberally biased media. See if you can find them all (emphasis added to assist your

Commenter JJ Mollo takes issue with my contention that the threshold for suspending news reporters who offend Republicans is much lower than the threshold for news reporters who offend Democrats. The case in point, of course, is MSNBC reporter David Shuster

the fellow who she contends is infatuated with Ronald Reagan, handily won the Maine caucus, his fifth win since his 13 Super Tuesday wins. She sacked her campaign manager and is pleading with John Edwards for an endorsement. She has gone ballistic over David Shuster’s inappropriate remark about her daughter. (The remark was uncalled for; the reaction was over the top.) She might try to revive the Michigan and Florida delegates. However, all of her frenetic activity is somewhat beside the point: her

the fellow who she contends is infatuated with Ronald Reagan, handily won the Maine caucus, his fifth win since his 13 Super Tuesday wins. She sacked her campaign manager and is pleading with John Edwards for an endorsement. She has gone ballistic over David Shuster’s inapprpriate remarks about her daughter. (The remarks were uncalled for; the reaction was over the top.) She might try to revive the Michigan and Florida delegates. However, all of this is soemwhat beside the point: her

overlords at GE, Disney, News Corp, Viacom et al... The only question is which subset of conservatism will come out on top. 'I became Chelsea's mother long before I ran for any office and I will always be a mom first and a public official second.' Clinton Calls Shuster Comment Part of 'Troubling Pattern' 09 Feb 2008 In a press conference at the University of Maine, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton called controversial comments made Thursday about her daughter Chelsea part of a "troubling pattern of demeaning treatment" by MSNBC. Clinton's campaign has also