David Shuster, network talking head for MSNBC, was recently suspended for crassly referring to the way the Clinton campaign had been using Chelsea Clinton to call celebs and super delegates. He said they had “pimped out” Chelsea. Ouch.
The “P” word, of course, is very insensitive and should never have been uttered. Shuster should have used more polite language — “exploit” would have worked — to convey that the campaign, which had imposed a tight gag rule on the 27-year-old saying anything public, was, indeed, pimping her out for the Clinton cause.
The Clinton campaign understandably — and vociferously — complained. But it wasn’t Chelsea doing the vociferous complaining. She only talks to celebs and super delegates right now.