TPM Reader VH checks in …
I am not a Hillary supporter – I voted for Obama. But, I applaud the response of the Clinton campaign for the insulting remark about Chelsea and Hillary. It is extremely important for both Democratic
candidates to make the networks aware right now that treating either of them as Bill Clinton was treated will be done with severe consequences. If that means every single network finds itself on the outside looking in, then so be it.Bush made sure the networks, and news media in general, knew that any disrespectful treatment of him like Bill Clinton was subjected to was going to bring results they would find very uncomfortable. That
worked – of course in part it worked because the networks and media in general supported Bust no matter what he did. But, even if they don’t support the next Democratic president we can’t allow him or her
to be treated with the dripping contempt that Bill Clinton faced. This episode was the first shot in that “war”.
