I think the notion that commentators aren't allowed to offend the candidate is a dangerous one.
We agree on one thing. No one involved has the guts to take on Matthews.
I may just be being cynical, but I question her sincerity. I highly doubt Hillary was horribly offended. She has a bad habit of playing the victim when things aren't going well for her, and this is another perfect example. And now she's bellowing for Shuster's head because she can't get Matthews. I find that offensive.
Maybe it's just my contrarian nature, but if I were running the network my response to Hillary's threat to pull from the debate would've been: "I'm sure Barack Obama will enjoy his hour of uninterrupted airtime."
Let's look at a hypothetical, Mitt Romney has his eldest son stumping amongst the superdelegates for him. Do you believe that Shuster would have chosen that same phraseology. I highly doubt it.
Ignoring for the moment that Republicans don't have superdelegates, I don't know what Shuster would say, but I know I've certainly used that phrase in regard to the way Romney used his children in the campaign. The difference of course, is that I'm not on TV.
So by definition it was suggesting a resemblance between Chelsea Clinton and a whore and Hillary Clinton as a madam.
Again, I must state my opinion that it's actually a pretty fair comparison.
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Re: I know you and I disagree on this...
Date: 2008-02-11 11:13 pm (UTC)We agree on one thing. No one involved has the guts to take on Matthews.
I may just be being cynical, but I question her sincerity. I highly doubt Hillary was horribly offended. She has a bad habit of playing the victim when things aren't going well for her, and this is another perfect example. And now she's bellowing for Shuster's head because she can't get Matthews. I find that offensive.
Maybe it's just my contrarian nature, but if I were running the network my response to Hillary's threat to pull from the debate would've been: "I'm sure Barack Obama will enjoy his hour of uninterrupted airtime."
Let's look at a hypothetical, Mitt Romney has his eldest son stumping amongst the superdelegates for him. Do you believe that Shuster would have chosen that same phraseology. I highly doubt it.
Ignoring for the moment that Republicans don't have superdelegates, I don't know what Shuster would say, but I know I've certainly used that phrase in regard to the way Romney used his children in the campaign. The difference of course, is that I'm not on TV.
So by definition it was suggesting a resemblance between Chelsea Clinton and a whore and Hillary Clinton as a madam.
Again, I must state my opinion that it's actually a pretty fair comparison.