Please call MSNBC/GE and tell them to bring back Shuster

[itsrobert]

Don't let freedom of speech die.


Call Jeff Immelt. He is the CEO of GE, which owns NBC. 203 373 2211

Or GE: 201-583-4090

email: [e-mail]

[gateley]

1. Was he actually fired? nt

[itsrobert]

4. Nobody is saying.

but just awful if he was fired over something so lame.

[chimpymustgo]

6. No, suspended. Bring Shuster back - fine. But cut the sexist Hillary hate from Tweety,

Morning Blow, and the rest of the boys club.

[GCP]

2. No

[Proud2BAmurkin]

3. "freedom of speech" lol. Like that's the issue

[flyarm]

5. no..and he is lucky it was hillary..this mother here would have not sat still till he was fired

if he called my child a whore!

fly

[itsrobert]

8. He didn't call anybody a whore

But keep pimping that meme.

[griffi94]

19. sorry

he didn't specifically call her whore...but saying her mother was pimping her implies she's being exploited....it was insulting because it was designed to be.

[flyarm]

33. oh really?????????

Main Entry: 1pimp
Function: noun
Pronunciation: 'pimp
Etymology: origin unknown
: a man who solicits clients for a prostitute


Main Entry: 2pimp
Function: intransitive verb
: to work as a pimp

Pimp
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the prostitution term.
A pimp finds and manages clients for prostitutes and engages them in prostitution (in brothels in most cases and some cases street prostitution) in order to profit from their earnings. Typically, a pimp will not force prostitutes to stay with him, although some have been known to be abusive in order to keep their prostitutes submissive or to maximize profits. A pimp may also offer to protect his prostitutes from rival pimps and prostitutes, or from abusive clients. He can also enable a prostitute to work in a particular area under his control. Pimping is illegal in many countries.

Most people who work managing prostitutes are men, but some women work in this capacity as well, though rarely in street prostitution. Women are rarely called pimps, as the word implies male dominance (see Pimps in Popular Culture below) - a woman who manages prostitutes is generally called a mamasan or a madam. (This should not be confused with the title of respect given to adult women in most English-speaking countries.)

Often, low level pimps will initially present themselves as lovers or father-figures to prostitutes (who may be run-aways or otherwise lack a family network) before introducing them to prostitution and perhaps drug addiction. This practice is called "turning out." The pimp-prostitute relationship can be abusive, with the pimp using psychological intimidation, manipulation and physical force to control the members in the "stable".

[itsrobert]

35. Wikipedia?

wow

[flyarm]

38. so sorry but in my area of Fla to night all blackberries are out and computer extremely slow..

it took 45 minutes for me to get an online dictionay..so sorry..but you can look pimp up yourself can't you?

i took what came up..as even our phones are having difficulty.

I don't know why and i am on broadband..but can not get anything to open hardly..so go look it up yourself..i have posted it many times in the past several days..i am sure you won't have a problem getting the definition of pimp and pimping for yourself.

and i will further say..i thought when my generation fought for equal rights for women we were done seeing this kind of crap be used on our fellow women and our daughters and sisters..

too bad so many of you young ones don't give a shit that you can so easily be called prostitutes and whores.

it is not acceptable to me..not 35 years ago and not today!

fly

[Hutzpa]

13. These are the type of bullshit that separates us,

you actually spewing that from your mouth is beyond belief.

Wash your mouth, since when referring to someone pimping another

refers to whoring, as a matter of fact, he was complimenting

then indirectly, as in showing Chelsea off as a prize bull.

People who did not understand the term are making a
mountain out of a mule.

[napi21]

26. Don't bother trying that BS of "a new meaning". I suspect you don't

see anything wrong with music lyrics calling women HO's either. Same meaning, different words! If you like that in your music, that's you're right. I don't and I won't listen to it. Nor will I listen to anyone who claims to report the news, political or not, who uses "your new language interpretation." Apparently David realized rather fast that he screwed up big time too. That has nothing to do with ME, his appology was because he KNEW he was wrong!

[ray of light]

7. No way. Hope they fire him. Or hope they give him a big pay cut if they don't.

[suston96]

9. He did nothing wrong....Now if Chelsea was black with funny hair.......he'd be cooked....nt

[stillcool]

48. nappy headed whore...

would have been much better.

[AX10]

10. Schuster claims to be a reporter and...

then calls Chelsea Clinton a "whore"? There is a real problem with MSNBC. They have a history of sexism. Just look at mediamatters.org.
I do not watch MSNBC. MSNBC: Most Surely Nothing But Crap!

[itsrobert]

11. I guess the older generation is out of touch

sorry.

[GCP]

14. WTF

Who the fuck do you think you are? Snotty little brat.

[itsrobert]

17. Resorting to name calling?

I see where you are coming from.

[AX10]

21. If this were said about Obama's wife, we would never..

hear the end of it from the left wing PC crowd.
:eyes:

[doc03]

27. Amen! Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson would be on it

like flies on poop. Every candidate has their family out campaigning for them but let a Clinton do it and they are pimping her out. The SOB should be fired, Faux News will always pick him up. Oh, Rudy's didn't pimp out his kids they hate his guts.

[AX10]

28. Al Sharpton is a vile Bastard. He is the left wing Jerry Falwell.

[emilyg]

25. The older generation knows what right/wrong.

[xmas74]

31. I'm not that old

and I find it to be quite offensive. (I'm in my early thirties.)

One of my closest friends is 24 and she said that he deserved to be fired. She said that someone needs to set an example of what can happen when you refer to someone in that manner. (Oh, and she's not a Hillary supporter, just for reference.)

[flyarm]

40. why do you like being called a whore? does it give you your jollies?

as a mother i find it appalling..and that is why i am a mother to protect young ones from their own demise.

fly

[stillcool]

46. He really should have said...

that she was a whore...or 'ho'..than we wouldn't be having this discussion. Maybe he should clarify?

[flyarm]

51. he had no need to clarify....MOST ADULTS KNEW DAMN WELL WHAT HE WAS SAYING..

he is a professional ..or he is supposed to be.

no professional says what Shuster did and doesn't know damn well what they are saying..

you can excuse him..that is your right..but i will not..i have spent my life fighting for womens rights and dignity for women under all circumstances..in and out of the workplace and socially

what david shuster said was not just out of line..it was sexism at it's worse..and it was hateful and hurtful.

so just keep up your excuses..you Obama people look more and more like little lord pissy pants sheeple by the day!

fly

[stillcool]

54. whoa....Did I excuse him?

I'm sorry you feel the need to belittle anyone who doesn't share your opinion chapter and verse. Hateful and hurtful language is something you seem to be very familiar with.

[jkshaw]

24. AX, please stop being obtuse

He did not call Chelsea a whore.

[LostinVA]

41. Yes, they did

[Sparkly]

12. Maybe they should have rotating suspensions.

Whenever one commentator says something really dumb, they get suspended and the former one comes back. I'd say Tweety's overdue for his turn.

(Actually, "rotating suspensions" sounds like a car part to me.)

[Yossariant]

15. Great post! If they did that, I'd change my opinion that Shuster should be fired.

[IsItJustMe]

16. Yeah, right. Like I'm gonna loose sleep over msm news hacks.

Good luck with that.

[BenDavid]

18. We had this race won until Obama decided to save us.

[napi21]

20. Nope! If he would have been just another opinionated talking head,

I might agree with you, but HE was one of their "news reporters"! I don't think he made that comment with malice intended, but he never wallowed in the mud with the likes of Tweety, Tucker, and all those on other networks. When you purport yourself to be a Journalist and a Reporter, there are things you simply don't say! If you asked him today, I'm sure he would tell you he KNOWS he never should have said what he did!

I will leave it up to NBC to decide how they want to handle this. I will NOT plead for his job for him.

[AX10]

23. MSNBC: "Most Surely Nothing But Crap" MSNBC's gender problems

See this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2848672&mesg_id=2848672

[emilyg]

22. Thanks but no thanks.

[golddigger]

29. NO FUCKING WAY!!! And I would be saying the same thing if he

said this about Obama's wife or one of his children. WTF is wrong with you people? When are we (meaning democrats) going to say enough is enough. Damn it all to hell.

[itsrobert]

30. Yes, enough of the false outrage

I agree. Damn it to hell.

[golddigger]

34. Go meddle your crap at the site I will not name. I'm sure you will

get enough emails from there.

[itsrobert]

37. You have the "hate" for the other site

You'll do well overthere. They do false outrages all the time.

[LostinVA]

42. Disgust for sexism and misogyny are not "false outage" -- saying they are is shameful

[GalleryGod]

43. Nice; 2 F-bombs... BTW Chelsea was "out & about" today..

Chelsea had LUNCH today with a 21 year old, geeky-looking,Super Delegate from Wisconsin,as he was interviewed on Dan Abrahams Show about his calls from dignitaries but his Lunch with Chelsea! Wow!















The Defense of Shuster rests, your honor

[MonkeyFunk]

32. No thanks

[hiaasenrocks]

36. Already emailed and called.

In fact, if you call, you might be surprised how far you can get up the chain and who you get to talk to. Give it a try...

[Eric J in MN]

39. I want him suspended for 10-20 days...

...to reduce the awful metaphors the MSNBC hosts use against the Clintons.

If he's still suspended 20 days since this started, then I'll call.

[GalleryGod]

45. How DOES MSNBC report on Chelsea's LUNCH with the Geeky 21 year old Super Delegate

from Wisconsin???? The kid with the glasses, bad hair, and not so good skin that was interviewed on the Dan Abraham's Show? :rofl: :wtf: :shrug:





RES IPSA LOQUITOR







May it please the court...the Defense of Mr. Shuster rests,you honor.
:patriot: "don't chill our free press"

[Dogmudgeon]

56. "Geeky ... kid with the glasses, bad hair, and not so good skin"

I guess this is part of the Future, Optimism, and Hope.

QUOD ERAT DEMONSTRANDUM

--p!

[GalleryGod]

57. Me thinks.......

SCI HOC LEGERE SCIS NIMIUM ERUDITIONIS HABES



We're gonna kick your corrupt candidates butt...sit back and watch.

[goodgd_yall]

44. Suspension is good. n/t

[elixir]

47. how about....NO!

[Seeker30]

49. Freedom of speech?

Learn what it is before making yourself look like a fool.

[robbedvoter]

50. What freedom of speech? They just sidelined your candidate - besides NO ONE ASKED FOR HIS FIRING

See?
Clinton Campaign Not Looking for Shuster to Be Fired, After All
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4510989I

Also, this one:

http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/2/10/101945/558
I will remember your support for the pimping remarks - way beyond this primary though.
Just like I never forgot Imus's friends on DU. Progressive, my ass!

[Universitario]

52. Shuster's comments were very inappropriate. I say uphold the suspension n/t

[TheDonkey]

53. Can we please fire Xzibit and get that show "Pimp My Ride" canceled?

please.

[TankLV]

55. No. Fucking. Way. Ever.

He pissed in his own corn flakes, and he can go fuck himself...

He should be rightfully sent to his room WITHOUT supper...

HE fucked up. HE needs to be PUNISHED.