Reply #4: To revisit an old wound ... [View All]

[Igel]

a lot of DUers--probably not a majority, but some outspoken members--had no problem when some commentator referred to the Clintons' "pimping out" Chelsea. Some tried to argue it was just a neutral term, used in all kinds of ways these days that don't involve prostitution; others tried to argue that it was accurate, sending somebody not on the ticket out but in a given important demographic to trump up support among that particular demographic.

What I haven't seen hide nor hair of is anybody referring to "pimping out" Mrs. Obama. I suspect that those arguing for the term's neutrality isn't all that salient; and those arguing that it was accurate for Chelsea would suddenly be aghast at the term's application to their favorite candidate's faithful wife.

But when Chelsea went on the campaign trail, she opened herself up to have her comments criticized. (Not that I actually heard any of them criticized, but perhaps I wasn't paying attention.) When Michelle Obama goes on the campaign trail, she opens herself up to have her comments criticized. And for her husband to try to intervene, after putting her out to fight for him, is to say he thinks he deserves some special advantage or rules. (As though we needed more proof.)