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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:39 PM
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Poll question: Is the Clinton team pimping the David Shuster/MSNBC "pimp" issue?
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fenriswolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:41 PM
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1. wow 0-5 in 2 seconds
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maddiejoan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:42 PM
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2. No
The Media is.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:42 PM
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3. You are
Get a life!
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:43 PM
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5. How am I pimping the "pimp" issue?
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:45 PM
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9. You're pimping the pimp issues, because when pimps go pimpin', they meet more pimps
Then a "pimpfest" breaks out - you of all people should know this.

:rofl:
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:50 PM
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18. I'd never even heard of a pimpfest.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:58 PM
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22. That's what sweet little Lucy-Lou said
...as she watched the Christmas tree disappear up the chimney.
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 01:36 AM
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35. god you just gave me a pimple
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krkaufman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 01:29 AM
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31. No, you're pimping the pimping of the "pimp" issue. n/t
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McCamy Taylor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 01:39 AM
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36. I agree. The creator of this thread is giving this story more legs than a spider,
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:43 PM
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4. They needed a ruse to deflect attention from Clinton campaign problems
this is merely one more red herring they drag out to divert attention and play the victim
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krkaufman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 01:31 AM
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33. Not just that, but the nature of the issue and the theme of the critique ...
... plays to Hillary's core support. Much is to be gained if it is played correctly. (I have less of a problem with this tactic vs past attacks against Obama, because it is not being conducted against a fellow Democrat.)
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 02:13 AM
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37. Yes. The main target was MSNBC, and secondary is all TV media.
Classic attack to ward off bad coverage at a time they knew they were getting their asses kicked. The MSNBC weekend coverage was a joke.
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Frances Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:44 PM
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6. self delete
Edited on Mon Feb-11-08 05:47 PM by Frances
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Nitrogenica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:47 PM
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10. Hey, where's those thousands of apologies FOX owes the American people?
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:56 PM
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21. I guess that's the difference.
It can only help MSNBC's image to take this seriously.

Nobody expects a thing from Fox.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:48 PM
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13. I agree with you there. It's enough to make some people just stay home.
That assertion by Obama that Clinton's people will follow him might not bear out, especially if his so called supporters continue to act like fucking assholes. Some of them might go third party, write in a protest candidate, or just stay home.
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Frances Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:44 PM
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7. I keep telling Obama supporters
that Obama will need every Hillary supporter come general election time.

Using inflammatory language about Hillary does NOT help Obama.

Smart Obama supporters will start attacking Repubs, not one of our own.
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 07:21 PM
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30. Don't preach. Everybody on DU knows that what happens on DU
has no effect on the outside world. Therefore you can save your threats.
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krkaufman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 01:35 AM
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34. Well, just be sure to spread some of that wisdom upon Clinton supporters, as well.
I've seen plenty of hateful posts emanating from both sides.
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:45 PM
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8. David Shuster should not lose his entire career over this
As one who once wanted to be a journalist, this is really disturbing to me. One mistake should not cost someone their livelihood, especially when they're as good at it as Shuster has been.
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:47 PM
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11. I think he's stuck between being a newsman and being what the rest of them are.
Newsmen don't generally use the term pimp, even if properly used in the generic exploitation context.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:50 PM
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17. I dunno about that. It's like we hold broadcasters to a higher standard.
Edited on Mon Feb-11-08 05:51 PM by SteppingRazor
If Matt Taibbi wrote that the Clintons were "pimping out" Chelsea, or even if that guy in my avatar box were around to do it, I doubt it would've gotten nearly as much criticism.

On edit: And come to think of it, that's the opposite of how it should be, given that the broadcasters are speaking off the cuff, while writers have time to think about their words and edit themselves.
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Windy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:48 PM
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12. self delete
Edited on Mon Feb-11-08 05:50 PM by Windy
n/t
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Windy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:48 PM
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14. self delete n/t
Edited on Mon Feb-11-08 05:50 PM by Windy
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Windy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:48 PM
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16. I truly believe that Hillary and Bill would eat their own to get the whitehouse back.
He apologized and was suspended. That was enough. It should have ended there. I really don't think that this is going to play well for them.
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Yossariant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:48 PM
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15. Oh good --- a poll.
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IsItJustMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:51 PM
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19. Not a big HRC supporter, but I can understand the pain she would endure on hearing such statements.
If the majority of you are that cynical and call that pimping, so be it.
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:54 PM
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20. I meant "pimping" in the exploitation context.
I certainly don't think the Clinton team is running a prostitution ring.
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tyne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 06:20 PM
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24. She was so upset
Edited on Mon Feb-11-08 06:23 PM by tyne
that she sent Chelsea to breakfast with a male college age super delegate.
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tyne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 06:21 PM
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25. She was so upset
that she sent Chelsea to breakfast with a male college age super delegate.
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 07:19 PM
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29. "Pain?" Words don't hurt. My mother taught me that when I was three..
A "tough" woman who can handle the repukes would not be having the vapors over what Shuster said.
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ginnyinWI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 06:03 PM
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23. They've taken this thing way too far! Ridiculous. n/t
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 06:25 PM
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26. Shame on DU--54 posters already say yes!!
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IsItJustMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 06:48 PM
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27. Yep, my same reaction. Must be feeding time for bottom dwellers.
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Freetospeak Donating Member (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 06:49 PM
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28. Yup yup
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krabigirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 01:30 AM
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32. wow...unbelievable
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