MOMMY AND ME Chelsea, Hillary (Photo: Getty Images)

That's because the network suspended him for suggesting that Chelsea Clinton was "being pimped out in some weird sort of way" by her mother's presidential campaign. Shuster initially defended the comments in an e-mail exchange with a Clinton aide as being somehow justified because the Clintons were playing a double-game by having the former first kid actively campaign while "jump[ing] down the throat" of reporters who tried to report on her activities in more detail. Shuster was quickly slapped with an indefinite suspension after sanctimony-fueled Clintonistas raised the specter of boycotting MSNBC appearances and an upcoming debate. Though few would disagree that Shuster's remarks were inappropriate, some of course suspect the Clinton response may be purposefully exaggerated to make the most of a storyline that syncs up with female voters and jams a network they believe has been giving them short shrift.

But that's a cynical way of looking at things, suggests this letter from Hillary to the head of NBC News. In it, Hillary explains that she only wants Shuster's immediate termination because "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." And Chelsea is surely very grateful that her super mom immediately released the letter to the press and is making such a big deal out of this whole thing because she was really, really hoping that the country would spend as much time as possible comparing her to a prostitute and dredging up horribly inappropriate jokes made during her awkward adolescence.