Chelsea Clinton Photo Causes NYC Ruckus
Ex-Pres Tells Restaurant Not To Use Daughter's Photo Without Her Permission
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Chelsea Clinton, shown here at a party at The American Museum of Natural History, March 18, 2007 in New York City. (Evan Agostini/Getty Images)
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, his wife Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), their daughter Chelsea, and the senator's mother Dorothy Rodham pose for photographers during a mock swearing-in ceremony for the senator January 4, 2007 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Former President Bill Clinton sent a letter to Osso Buco proprietor Nino Selimaj, demanding that he take down the picture from the walls of his Greenwich Village restaurant.
"I was surprised to get the letter because the picture has been there a few years," Selimaj told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "She's eaten here a few times."
The Sept. 18 letter from the office of William Jefferson Clinton says Chelsea is a private citizen and that although she may have eaten at the restaurant "this does not serve as an endorsement."
The letter, signed by Clinton counselor Douglas J. Band, says Chelsea "was not consulted prior to this picture being displayed, and thus, her permission was not given for you to do so."
"We reserve the right to exercise any and all options available to us if you refuse to comply," the letter says.
Selimaj notes that celebrity photos in New York restaurants are common: He also has pictures on his walls of him posing with former mayor and GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani and New York Yankees star Derek Jeter.
"A photo of a celebrity in New York is as common as a hot dog vendor," he said.
Selimaj says the letter came as quite a shock.
"I was really, really heartbroken because I have four daughters and Chelsea is like my daughter," Selimaj said. "She doesn't want to be there. If that comes from them directly, definitely, I will remove it. If she really insists to remove it," reports CBS station WCBS-TV.
Customer Iris Elkabs says she thinks Chelsea should reconsider.
"She has a right," Elkabs said, according to WCBS. "If she doesn't like it, it should come down, but I think it should stay. It's a very nice photograph."
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See all 96 CommentsThink I''ll try it.
Thanks for the tip Bill (or Chelsea).
fear of the gods is the beginning of wisdom. some
say the gods all have paranoid schizophrenia.
power madness and illusions of grandeur, complete
with delusions of infallibility, invincibility and
omnipotence and omniscience and omnipresence. i''d
take it down. why? i like living.
Posted by nsane4fab4"
The ''ranting has to do WITH EVERYTHING!
It is meant to redirect sleeping Americans minds back to the real and meaty issues; like the mass murder and slaughter of hundreds of thousands IN YOUR NAME in Iraq!
Politicians prostitute their children all the time; then they turn around and complain when the public take them up on their offer and do **** with the children. Big deal! And a diversion from real issues.
I refuse to wear T-shirts with the clothing maker''s name on them. If someone wants me to advertise for them, they''d better be prepared to pay me. Most of the restaurants with celebs pictures displayed asked permission to display them. Seems like this guy wants a free endorsement--and now free publicity. I''m sure he''s planning to cry all the way to the bank.
Americans, save yourselves from the wicked & wanton slaughter!
Extricate yourselves from the Middle East madness of endless vengeance and violence, which has been going on among Middle East war lovers for thousands of years now!
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Posted by Agnim at 03:00 PM : Sep 26, 2007
The internet is truly a world wide web. Never assume someone is posting from the good ol'' U.S.A. This camel jockey for instance is obviously from the ENEMY, namely Iran. Praise to Allah and kill all the ***. Right Haji?
I read somethin about it in the Bible ''the something of desolation in high places''... anyhow its in Rev. Lawd hep US!!!
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Posted by Klingon69 at 04:21 PM : Sep 26, 2007
Ya and they''re both ooogily.....LOL
Poor girl looks like her mom, hope she isn''t like her mom.
Mom''s a biotch.
Posted by screen_ident at 05:20 PM : Sep 26, 2007"
LOL
You musta gone bar hopping with those alcoholic babes, and made your judgment while ALSO drugged?
I guess you believe that "cute" and drugged is better than ugly and sober? LOL
Posted by Xlib at 05:37 PM : Sep 26, 2007"
Both a you are silly if you really believe me to be a maniac muslim or would ever care about your asinine allah krap! LOL
I care about AMERICANS removing themselves from being servants of the violence-loving Jews, semitic silliness, and Middle East madness!
Those violence-loving and sick semites have been going at the cycles of violence FOR OVER THREE THOUSAND YEARS.
Those Semites are USING foolish American lunatic leaders to MASS MURDER, and thereby endangering Americans!
Nino better take that picture down or someday we''ll read how he "committed suicide" like other Clinton aquaintances.
By the way, Liberal girls are uglier than Conservative girls:
Chelsea vs. Jenna Bush
Rosie vs. Elizabeth Hasslebeck
Hillary vs. Elizabeth Dole
Also, you date Liberal girls, but you marry Conservative girls.
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BARABBAS -- Mass murdering US President with his HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DEAD BODIES IN IRAQ!
JESUS -- Talkative & Insane Islamic Iranian Preacher with his hundreds of MERE WORDS!
And the violence-loving Jews AGAIN yelled, "Crucify him!"
"Crucify him!"
"Crucify JESUS/amadenijad, the WORDSMITH!"
"And give us BARABBAS/bush, the warmongering MASS MURDERER!"
Some things never seem to change with the Jews. LOL
Message?
Americans, save yourselves from the wicked & wanton slaughter!
Extricate yourselves from the Middle East madness of endless vengeance and violence, which has been going on among Middle East war lovers for thousands of years now!
www.poconocommunitynews.com
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Posted by crzmeat at 06:31 PM : Sep 26, 2007
Yeah I agree!, He sited me as a ? ,hell I don''t know,
I just said, I thought she was ugly,(shivers) Agmin, get off the weed, will ya?
Posted by Agnim
Maybe it''s about time to start slaughtering Muslims LIKE WE MEAN IT!
So shut the fu*k up, dipshit
And hawksprings, I am especially disappointed in YOU! How would you feel as a parent if everyone was saying that your son was ugly?
I asked you how you would feel if everyone was saying your son was ugly but the question should have been: How would your SON feel?
Chelsea vs. Jenna Bush
Rosie vs. Elizabeth Hasslebeck
Hillary vs. Elizabeth Dole
Also, you date Liberal girls, but you marry Conservative girls.
Posted by hawksprings at 06:15 PM : Sep 26, 2007
Hey hawksprings, don''t know about you but I didn''t make it a practice to date ugly girls before I got married! Have to say Chelsea does look a lot better since she got rid of that spaniel hairdo she used to have.
By the way, isn''t she an adult now? Why is the slickmeister writing the letter to the proprietor instead of Chelsea. What about all of the other pictures in the restaurant? Bubba going to speak for them too?
If any Dad deserved to write a letter it would have been Monica Lewinsky''s - and you know who the recipient would have been. "Hey, stop treating my daughter like a sperm receptacle."
Liberal women, on the other hand, have brains.
I am sure otherwise she is a good person and will do things for people. Maybe she should be the Clinton we should wait for to be in the White House?
No it is not appropriate for her photo to be used. Once your parents are in politic, or entertainment or the public eye, you don''t have a life anymore either!!!
At least she passed classes on her own and the SS didn''t have to give her the answers...lol/SNL
Oh YES, you are!!! You may not be ugly on the outside but you sure are ugly on the inside. And they always say that what''s on the inside is what counts.
they want that picture down?..they should have a ceremonial burning of the picture..
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