Do you think the statement made by David Shuster of MSNBC is deserving of Hillary's wrath, or is it the first salvo of limitation of Freedom of Speech by Clinton Part Deux??
The campaign also released the text of a letter from Clinton to Steve Capus, president of NBC News. The full text of that letter 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 campaign. I am accustomed to criticism, certainly from MSNBC. I know that it goes with the territory.
However, 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.
Nothing justifies the kind of debasing language that David Shuster used and no temporary suspension or half hearted apology is sufficient.
I would urge you to look at the pattern of behavior on your network that seems to repeatedly lead to this sort of degrading language.
There's a lot at stake for our country in this election. Surely, you can do your jobs as journalists and commentators and still keep the discourse civil and appropriate.
Sincerely,
Hillary Rodham Clinton The Clintons have done much worse to anyone that speaks against them or gets in their way. Juanita Broderick, Paula Jones, etc., etc.
The Clintons have strong armed anyone that says anything they don't like for years. You question her attitude toward free speach just look at her history against the Constitution, our laws, Democracy, capitalism, our troops and America. I don't question any time she puts herself first. No this isn't the first time she's done something against the first amendment or the constitution and it won't be her last. Yes it is. The pimp has always been a megalomanic! She is absolutely right. David Shuster should have been fired for saying that. Imus was fired for less. It was a high level advisor of then President Clinton who was quoted saying, "the Constitution is an out dated scrap of paper and needs to be done away with". What do you think (yes)? I could be wrong but doesn't Hillary have the freedom of speech to express her displeasure at his remarks? She is spinning the event for political gain. She wants all the mothers to rush to her support. Nothing that comes out of her mouth is sincere. You may not like this, but from a parent's point of view she is being quite liberal. If someone said about mine what was said about her's, I'd be livid.
Especially when Schuster is connected to mika who is the daughter of the main Obama advisor.
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Former Amb. Jeffrey Bader, President Clinton鈥檚 National Security Council Asia specialist and now head of Brookings鈥檚 China center, national security adviser
Mark Brzezinski, President Clinton鈥檚 National Security Council Southeast Europe specialist and now a partner at law firm McGuireWoods, national security adviser
Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Carter鈥檚 national security adviser and now a Center for Strategic and International Studies counselor and trustee and frequent guest on PBS鈥檚 NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, foreign policy adviser
Richard A. Clarke, President Clinton and President George W. Bush鈥檚 counterterrorism czar and now head of Good Harbor Consulting and an ABC News contributor, sometimes Obama adviser
Gregory B. Craig, State Department director of policy planning under President Clinton and now a partner at law firm Williams & Connolly, foreign policy adviser
Roger W. Cressey, former National Security Council counterterrorism staffer and now Good Harbor Consulting president and NBC News consultant, has advised Obama but says not exclusive
Ivo H. Daalder, National Security Council director for European affairs during President Clinton鈥檚 administration and now a Brookings senior fellow, foreign policy adviser
Richard Danzig, President Clinton鈥檚 Navy secretary and now a Center for Strategic and International Analysis fellow, national security adviser
Philip H. Gordon, President Clinton鈥檚 National Security Council staffer for Europe and now a Brookings senior fellow, national security adviser
Maj. Gen. J. (Jonathan) Scott Gration, a 32-year Air Force veteran and now CEO of Africa anti-poverty effort Millennium Villages, national security adviser and surrogate
Lawrence J. Korb, assistant secretary of defense from 1981-1985 and now a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, informal foreign policy adviser
W. Anthony Lake, President Clinton鈥檚 national security adviser and now a professor at Georgetown鈥檚 school of foreign service, foreign policy adviser
James M. Ludes, former defense and foreign policy adviser to Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and now executive director of the American Security Project, national security adviser
Robert Malley, President Clinton鈥檚 Middle East envoy and now International Crisis Group鈥檚 Middle East and North Africa program director, national security adviser
Gen. Merrill A. ("Tony") McPeak, former Air Force chief of staff and now a business consultant, national security adviser
Denis McDonough, Center for American Progress senior fellow and former policy adviser to then-Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle, foreign policy coordinator
Samantha Power, Harvard-based human rights scholar and Pulitzer Prize winning writer, foreign policy adviser
Susan E. Rice, President Clinton鈥檚 Africa specialist at the State Department and National Security Council and now a Brookings senior fellow, foreign policy adviser
Bruce O. Riedel, former CIA officer and National Security Council staffer for Near East and Asian affairs and now a Brookings senior fellow, national security adviser
Dennis B. Ross, President Clinton鈥檚 Middle East negotiator and now a Washington Institute for Near East Policy fellow, Middle East adviser
Sarah Sewall, deputy assistant secretary of defense for peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance during President Clinton鈥檚 administration and now director of Harvard鈥檚 Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, national security adviser
Daniel B. Shapiro, National Security Council director for legislative affairs during President Clinton鈥檚 administration and now a lobbyist with Timmons & Company, Middle East adviser
Mona Sutphen, former aide to President Clinton鈥檚 National Security adviser Samuel R. Berger and to United Nations ambassador Bill Richardson and now managing director of business consultancy Stonebridge, national security adviser She demands he be silenced. It's sick. My letter would have been much much worse if someone had used those terms toward my daughter publically. Did anybody say George Bush was pimping out his daughters and wife when they helped him on his campaign? Did anybody say Romney was pimping out his sons when they helped on his campaign? The hatred of Hillary Clinton borders on mental illness. If anybody doesn't see the sickness in the comment this man made, then I feel sorry for them. That shows a complete lack of values in my opinion. We are free to say whatever we want and also should be big enough to accept the consequences that may accompany that right.. |
