On why Hillary's complete lack of humor cost her the election

After months of fretting over which of the Democratic candidates to vote for, I finally made up my mind.

Or better stated, Hillary made up my mind for me.

By now you've probably heard of Pimp-gate.  MSNBC's David Shuster commented the other night that Clinton was pimping Chelsea out by having her place phone calls to superdelegates in search of their support.  Clinton found the term "pimping" degrading and threatened not to participate in any more MSNBC sponsored debates.  Shuster was suspended but allowed to apologize on air.  That wasn't enough though for Hillary.  She wrote the president of NBC News stating, in part, "no temporary suspension or half hearted apology is sufficient."

Talk about overkill.  With Hillary trailing among youth, why on earth would she go into histrionics over such a popular phrase in their vernacular?  This whole episode wreaks of Tipper Gore.  Who would have thought David Shuster would become the Jello Biafra of the 21st century?!

Hillary should have been thrilled with Shuster's remark.  A pimp is a symbol of authority.  And it's tough work!  Anyone who's anyone knows that pimp'n ain't easy.  The office of the President of the United States of America is best served by a person who commands like a pimp.  But Hillary obviously wants nothing to do with it.  If you're not a pimp, then, like the great post-modern lyricist Ludacris so succinctly penned, "You'Z a Ho."

So, I guess my decision is made, even if by default...

We here at The Bawdy Cloister are supporting Barack Obama for President.

Comments

[CBK]

I hadn't heard about Pimp Gate, actually. Thanks for the link.

I'm on the fence about this issue. I think it's totally inappropriate for Shuster to use that word on a newscast. On his blog or in a column, that's another issue. As for Hillary's reaction, that's ridiculous. The story only quotes her communications director, so I wonder what her public reaction will be. I think she should calmly condemn it, and particiapte in the deabtes. Can't blame a whole network for the one person's ad-lib on live TV.

As for who I support, I'm still undecided. Love the graphic on the bottom, though. Did you make that, or find it somewhere?

[Rowdy Theologian]

CBK:
Actually, the letter to the president was signed by Hillary... way over the top for a candidate I thought. (The letter isn't linked to in my post.)

Also, Shuster didn't say pimping in a newscast, he was speaking on "Tucker" which is essentially an opinionated pundit show.

Can't take credit for the graphic, I found it on the net.

Note also that I used the word "support" instead of "endorse." By support I mean so far I intend to throw my vote that way, but I'm not really committed.

[J. Go]

That is a pretty good political analysis.

The term "pimping" has (unfortunately) gained acceptance, and does not actually mean prostitution anymore.

I consider my boss a pimp, for instance. It is not a complimentary thing, but by my definition it means "sent out to do someone's bidding in a tawdry way."

By that definition all politicians are pimps, at least since the days of Pericles and Phidias.