Heart-ache: Chelsea gets the Monica question
posted at 10:14 pm on March 25, 2008 by Allahpundit
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It’s Clinton Day at HA so we might as well put a bow on it. Fair game? The boss’s points are well taken but the cringe factor for me is simply too high. No need to rub her face in daddy’s shame when there are so many other important questions to be asked. Like, “Do you ever worry that pathological lying might be hereditary?” Or, “If Tuzla was too dangerous for your pop, how come he sent you there instead?”
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I would ask if as a result of her father’s sex addiction, is she a shameless whore?
Blake on March 25, 2008 at 10:17 PM
I would treat her with a little dignity. Period.
AbaddonsReign on March 25, 2008 at 10:18 PM
I say leave the girl alone. She does not deserve to have to answer for anyone’s shame but her own.
thedecider on March 25, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Tasteless.
Blake on March 25, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Tasteless.
VolMagic on March 25, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Yeah, um, the cringe factor’s a little high on that one too.
Allahpundit on March 25, 2008 at 10:19 PM
I wonder what the kid actually asked her?
That’s at my alma mater, Butler University.
Anwyn on March 25, 2008 at 10:19 PM
She was just a kid when it happened, leave her out of it. She’s campaigning for her mom, ask her something like if her mom’s policy of pulling out of Iraq will mean that those 4,000 troops died in vein.
Tony737 on March 25, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Or at least some Butler kids were there. Bulldogs.
Anwyn on March 25, 2008 at 10:20 PM
I hope she gave Billy Jeff an earful next time she got the chance…
its vintage duh on March 25, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Oh for Pete’s sake.
Bob's Kid on March 25, 2008 at 10:22 PM
If they’re putting her out there to play the dog eat dog game of politics, she better get used to it.
What if someone asks about Vince Foster? The kind of people her parents are matters. They want back in. We get him again too you know.
deewhybee on March 25, 2008 at 10:24 PM
I’ve known women who’s fathers acted like Clinton. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Cringe away but it’s true. Instead of identifying with the weak mother, they align themselves with the strong father. If your father pulled all the crap Clinton did with your mother, what would your relationship be with him? I certainly wouldn’t be making appearances for him or with him as she has done.
Blake on March 25, 2008 at 10:26 PM
Chelsea can’t control her dad’s lecherous behavior; this is when Chelsea needs her crazy-racist-grandma to throw under the bus. She didn’t pick her dad; it’s one thing to argue that her father was a worthless perjurer and known felon, famous for raping the office staff – to account for his bad character. But I think it’s quite another to ask her, “So, when your mom lied about your dad having affairs on Easter Sunday – did that damage her credibility”?
Like that even scratched the surface of Hillary-lies.
By the by, that question assumes Hillary had/has some sort of credibility to begin with, something few people will accept without debate (I think it’s reliable that she’ll lie, if that counts). So it was a jerk lib trying to be funny.
emailnuevo on March 25, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Seventy college Q&A’s? My respect for that generation just went up. As alluded to by Brian Williams, I doubt Chelsea would get past 10 before some lout of a reporter asked.
Dusty on March 25, 2008 at 10:27 PM
I cant stand the Clintonites, but you are spot on AP.
From what I have seen the daughter has more class than both her parents put together.
Vigilante on March 25, 2008 at 10:27 PM
It’s tasteless to come after someone’s children about the marital infidelities of their parents or, for that matter, the falsehoods told under oath during the deposition. It’s also ultimately irrelevant because Hillary is the one running for President, not Bill. So, in that sense, I disagree with M.M.’s comment to the contrary, and I agree with Allah’s statement about the “cringe” factor.
Blake 10:26 – Chelsea is supporting her mother, not her father. There is absolutely no basis to believe she is not a perfectly normal, well adjusted, and moral human being; she kept her nose clean and has worked pretty hard in the private sector since graduating from Stanford. That she is supporting her mother for President DOES make her a limited public figure and does allow for her to get some harsh questions, but razzing her about Monica Lewinsky is tasteless.
Outlander on March 25, 2008 at 10:30 PM
If that were truly the case, she wouldn’t be out campaigning for them. And as deewhybee noted: We get him again too you know.
Blake on March 25, 2008 at 10:32 PM
Lame question. My question would have been; Why in God’s name are you doing this for your parents? Haven’t they put you through enough!?
4shoes on March 25, 2008 at 10:34 PM
I don’t know about that. She has had opportunities handed to her that I have no idea whether you earned them or not. And for all the lecturing about public service, she went for the big bucks. And the basis to believe she is nto a perfectly normal well adjusted human being is that she comes from a totally dysfunctional family.
Blake on March 25, 2008 at 10:35 PM
I agree. I cringe just thinking about what she had to put up with growing up under those two pathological narcissists. It’s a wonder she amounted to anything.
labrat on March 25, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Blake, What’s you problem?
pleaseandthankyou on March 25, 2008 at 10:36 PM
Cringe? I didn’t cringe at all, she’s a twenty eight year old woman stumping for her mother. Don’t feel for her one bit.
lowandslow on March 25, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Iron My Shirt 2.0
SoulGlo on March 25, 2008 at 10:38 PM
Then why is she out there stumping for those two pathological narcissists?
Blake on March 25, 2008 at 10:38 PM
What the heck did she expect? You’re dad is an hotheaded, fingerwagging, holier than thou, prick who’s notorious for scandal after scandal. You’re mom was party to it all and just got slammed for repeatedly fibbing about her background.
She is the daughter of 2 of the most dirty politicians in the modern area, she goes out on the campaign on their behalf and acts appalled when someone has the audacity to ask about her dad having Monica “work the poll” right underneath the possible next POTUS?
Why should I trust her mom to answer the phone at 3:00am when her own house is in disorder. Not to mention Hillary’s latest excuse on Snipergate that she was simply misspoke because she was sleep deprived?
Sorry Chelsea, if she’s sleep deprived now, imagine all the misspeaking she’s be doing when there’s a terrorist attack on American soil while she’s in office.
Brad on March 25, 2008 at 10:38 PM
I have no problems. And your problems don’t interest me.
Blake on March 25, 2008 at 10:39 PM
She is no longer a child…..she is a very active supporter of Hillary. She can either get off the campaign trail and protect her privacy or she can play ball in the big leagues. She doesn’t get a pass to enjoy the benefits of both positions.
David in ATL on March 25, 2008 at 10:39 PM
Agreed.
This is a brutal thread, and I know brutal. But there is an element of truth to the point that here she is on the campaign stump, and yet there are legitimate questions of her mother’s outrageous conduct during Billy Jeff’s presidency that are off the table for reasons of decency.
I say err on the side of decency, just this once.
Jaibones on March 25, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Nonsense. There are ways to ask her about her mother’s judgment without trying to embarrass her, which the question obviously was designed to do.
Allahpundit on March 25, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Not cool.
aero on March 25, 2008 at 10:41 PM
Okay,great day for the Clintons,hehe, a trifecta i believe!
Here we go,Chelsea in so many ways is like her Father,not
the smut crap,but her ability to answer!
If you remember Bill Clinton was giving a press conference,
some journalist asked Bill a question,Bills face turned red
and Bill said,”I can’t believe you asked me that question!”
On a dime Bill whent to the next journalist and ignored the
other journalist completely!
Now Chalsea says after 70 or so campus’s she’s been to.This
was the first time shes been asked about Monica,so none of
your business!
Gee,I can’t believe you asked me that!
canopfor on March 25, 2008 at 10:41 PM
The way to win elections is to not be as vile and tasteless as the left. If we are going to go after Chelsea, disrespect her and call her a “whore” then we deserve to lose.
pleaseandthankyou on March 25, 2008 at 10:42 PM
Well, who can we ask these questions of? Or, are they all taboo because they embarrass the Clintons? I say tough. Again, Chelsea is no kid. She’s pushing 30 for crissakes.
Blake on March 25, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Well, the question (from a college kid, no doubt) may have been inappropriate and since NBC showed their viewers the answer, why not show the question? Chelsea voluntarily dove into the deep water. It’s obvious that she’s had some coaching from some pretty slick characters (like Carville and Begala) or she wouldn’t be out there. Imagine how the media would treat this if the Clintons were
republicansconservatives.perroviejo on March 25, 2008 at 10:44 PM
She *is* playing in the big leagues, anyway. “Not your business” is a perfectly good answer, and more civil than “STFU, borehole.” Noting that nobody ever asked her that on campus before, well, there’s nothing wrong with that either. She’s protecting her own privacy quite well, looks like.
Anwyn on March 25, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Can’t blame a daughter for defending her parents. It’s a dead end subject. That’s a question for Hillary or Bill.
Hog Wild on March 25, 2008 at 10:49 PM
The Boss herself states it perfectly.
Here’s Michelle’s take
Brad on March 25, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Except people are arguing that she should only be treated with kid gloves on the campaign trail and on this blog. Forget it. The thought of her mother in the Whitehouse and her father being appointed a high level position is terrifying.
Blake on March 25, 2008 at 10:49 PM
The way to win elections…
pleaseandthankyou on March 25,2008 at 10:42PM.
pleaseandthankyou: I fully agree, Republicans are above this
visious name calling and hate spewing.
The left has cornerned the market in that
kind of behaviour!
canopfor on March 25, 2008 at 10:50 PM
Not that the whole thing’s not rather laughable. As if Chelsea wouldl ever say a word against her mother’s credibility, vis a vis Monica or anything else, and as if “not your business” is a good riposte to a question about a candidate’s credibility.
I take back what I said about the big leagues, I just finally read what the question actually was. I don’t see why a question *like* that is not fair, btw. The question was bush league and gave her an opening to blow it off because of Monica, even though it might be a legitimate question.
Anwyn on March 25, 2008 at 10:52 PM
I didn’t see the question on the clip, just the lead on by Brian and her answer. There is no question of course where I fall on this. She is not responsible for the faults of her father or her mother.
It is likely, like most kids, she sees her parents as flawed, but loves them and supports them, even thinking more highly of them then their real worth. Thus until she does something befitting a complete lack of decorum, I think she should be treated common decency.
Spirit of 1776 on March 25, 2008 at 10:52 PM
Ask Hillary. Just because Chelsea is an adult doesn’t make it tproper to drag her through the mud of her father’s impropriety.
pleaseandthankyou on March 25, 2008 at 10:52 PM
Billary taught her well how to go from answering a legitimate question, to a starry eyed victim.
THE CHOSEN ONE on March 25, 2008 at 10:53 PM
The Obama folks are feeling a bit sure of themselves right now, aren’t they?
SouthernGent on March 25, 2008 at 10:54 PM
Associated Press identifies Butler as being in Pennsylvania. Speaking of bush league.
Anwyn on March 25, 2008 at 10:54 PM
Does anyone know what the actual question was?
perroviejo on March 25, 2008 at 10:54 PM
No one can make Chelsea answer any question. But posing a legitimate question about her parents conduct while they occupied the Whitehouse to her keeps the issue before the public, the issue being their past behavior and unfitness to have the privilege of serving this nation again.
Blake on March 25, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Egads! Have I stumbled upon the DNC web site?! Chelsea’s shilling for a communist of indeterminate sexual preference who forced Marines to serve hors d’oeuvres to guests, while forbidding them to wear their uniforms. Has Hellary found the foil that makes HA cringe? Finally?
She (Hellary) cursed her SS detail constantly, directed WH staff NOT TO LOOK AT HER and so on, and we are supposed to care whether her daughter’s feelings are hurt by embarrassing questions while she shills for her mother!?!?!
Come on! Saddam had sons, and no none wept when they were shot to hell. “Oh don’t ask Uday if he thinks his dad is a brute, I mean, don’t rub his face in it.”
Ask Chelsea about 900 FBI Filegate, Cattle Futures, Whitewater, the McDougals, Vince Foster’s files, Vince Foster’s DEATH, the Rose billing records, Hellary’s health care debacle, her lies about her trip to Bosnia WITH CHELSEA IN TOW. Ask her if she thinks she looks more like Web Hubbel than Bill Clinton!!!
What are you saying, that one member of Hellary’s CAMPAIGN STAFF is innoculated against tough questions?!
Akzed on March 25, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Good for Chelsea.
JustTruth101 on March 25, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Nonsense. She is a shill for a person running for POTUS…maybe you think this a tennis match, I don’t. Like I said, she can stay in the shadows or weather the heat of the battle. Speaking of battle….didn’t she and her mommy dodge sniper fire 12 years ago with 4,000 soldiers guarding her on a Spring Break trip to Bosnia? Boo friggin hoo.
David in ATL on March 25, 2008 at 10:56 PM
If you can’t see the problem here then you are no better than a Kos Kid cheering a Cheney hospital visit.
It would be the same as asking a Bush daughter about why your father was a slumbering alcoholic. Like she would have anything to do with that or have any serious answer for it.
Vigilante on March 25, 2008 at 10:56 PM
No, she wasn’t asked why her father was a slut, she was asked if her mother’s credibility was hurt during the Monica situation, an entirely different and legitimate question that maybe should have been phrased so that she couldn’t as legitimately blow it off.
Anwyn on March 25, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Bingo. Anyone who would put some unfaithful lecher’s daughter on the spot about it is either some vindictive jerk or seriously deranged about the Clintons.
MadisonConservative on March 25, 2008 at 10:59 PM
I don’t plan on meeting Hillary before the election or ever, so no thanks. And it is her own parents who are dragging her through their mud by having her campaign for them.
Blake on March 25, 2008 at 10:59 PM
Then maybe her daddy should have thought of that when he was defiling the Oval Office.
29Victor on March 25, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Are you protecting Bill or Chelsea?! Bill’s brother was recorded saying that his brother had a nose like a vacuum vis a vis cocaine. Play that for Chelsea and ask her what she thinks. Terrorists and druggies and international felons were pardoned by her dad. What’s she think of that? Or is she too tender for American politics? THEN GET HER OFF THE #@$%^$! stage!!!
Akzed on March 25, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Come to Indiana get the Horns. >:D
Chakra Hammer on March 25, 2008 at 11:01 PM
I just see a 28 yr old woman that is campaigning for Hillary and is basically putting herself out there as a mouthpiece for these losers to get votes against McCain/Obama. She is the enemy.
Lewinsky questions in relation to credibility are on the table since Hillary and Bill are running for POTUS. She is taking right after Hillary with the victim BS and denigrating the questioner.
She obviously wants “experience” in the political game of promoting Marxism and such, so she’s getting it. It’s her choice to do this as an adult and should be treated like one.
nottakingsides on March 25, 2008 at 11:02 PM
Azked, you are hysterical and you give Republicans who respect the fellow human beings, a bad name. EVEN if that fellow human being is a Clinton. The way to win elections is to be better than your opponent, not more vile. I agree with Vigilante who says that the likes of you are no different from a KOS Kid, just on the other side.
pleaseandthankyou on March 25, 2008 at 11:02 PM
It was classless, tasteless and boorish to ask her that question. I agree she isn’t responsible for her father’s or her mothers transgressions.
dogsoldier on March 25, 2008 at 11:02 PM
“Hey, she’s Hitler’s daughter, giver a break” (Quisling, 1946).
Akzed on March 25, 2008 at 11:03 PM
Oh, I still haven’t heard the actually question. I assumed it was about Monica and the philanderer Bill.
Vigilante on March 25, 2008 at 11:03 PM
%$#@&*g ay!
Akzed on March 25, 2008 at 11:04 PM
Blah blah blah.
See, you are no better than a DUmmie. Bush was never a “slumbering alcoholic”. I doubt he was even truly an alcoholic. And he never drank while a governor or in the Whitehouse and got blowjobs from interns in the Oval Office and humiliate his wife and daughters. Clinton continues to cat around while his wife and daughter pretend everything is just peachy. And I am supposed to have respect for their opinions and ability to lead?
Blake on March 25, 2008 at 11:04 PM
meant to say, “respect their fellow human beings”.
pleaseandthankyou on March 25, 2008 at 11:04 PM
I agree with Michelle on this one.
Gosh, we are just so much more ruthless than Allah. So much meaner! Who knew??…;-)
Rightwingsparkle on March 25, 2008 at 11:05 PM
Chakra Hammer on March 25, 2008 at 11:05 PM
In essence, the question is to make a biological child judge her parents’ marriage and their emotional response at the point of betrayal. Question is not only creates an improper and unjust dynamic, it has no real world application.
Want to question Hillary’s credibility? Ask Sinbad.
Spirit of 1776 on March 25, 2008 at 11:05 PM
So with a little help from google, I found this: “Chelsea Clinton had a quick retort Tuesday when asked whether her mother’s credibility had been hurt during the Monica Lewinsky scandal.” “Before she was fully aware of her husband’s relationship with Lewinsky, a White House intern, Hillary Clinton said the allegations about that relationship were manufactured by a “vast right-wing conspiracy.” Using Brian Williams’ spin, I sided with Chelsea. Now that the elements of the question are slowly leaking out…
perroviejo on March 25, 2008 at 11:06 PM
America is a Mean Country! LOL
Chakra Hammer on March 25, 2008 at 11:06 PM
pleaseandthankyou, you’re the one that is hysterical and gives republicans a bad name.
Blake on March 25, 2008 at 11:06 PM
Vigilante, and anybody else still not seeing the question, the gist (though not a quote, and with Butler’s location misidentified) is here:
http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=8069227
Anwyn on March 25, 2008 at 11:06 PM
What did I say that was false? I mean, your premise is that we must defer to the Mafia don’s daughter. Do we let her collect from his capos? Deliver messages to his crews?
FBI Dude: After all, she’s Gotti’s daughter, so, we can’t tap her phone. She’s a girl and all, so…
Akzed on March 25, 2008 at 11:07 PM
Fact of life: Women are almost always meaner to other women then men are!
Spirit of 1776 on March 25, 2008 at 11:07 PM
Rightwingsparkle, just proves Allah has a little native chivalry in him after all.
We being women can break out the lack of ruth.
Anwyn on March 25, 2008 at 11:08 PM
Can’t really ask him, he endorsed Obama didn’t he?
Chakra Hammer on March 25, 2008 at 11:08 PM
Ask Col. David Hunt
Chakra Hammer on March 25, 2008 at 11:09 PM
It was something to the effect of “Does your mother have any credibility in the judgement department for putting up with what your father did with monica>” Something along those lines.
peacenprosperity on March 25, 2008 at 11:09 PM
There is just this air of indignant self righteousness with the Clintons. I mean, How DARE we ask anything about the Lewinsky scandal. How DARE we ask about Vince Foster or any of the other hundreds of scandals/embarrasments/corruption ect….
You could see that look on Chelsea’s face. How DARE you? Yeah, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
And just in case many of you don’t know the difference between Chelsea and the Bush twins. Read about it here.
The difference is striking.
Rightwingsparkle on March 25, 2008 at 11:09 PM
But if you embarrass her, you get your 15 minutes of fame. That is the reason to exist for journalists, right?
faraway on March 25, 2008 at 11:10 PM
What if his wife is running for mayor?
“Hey, shut up – you wanna hurt her chances in the election?”
“%$#@#&% ay!”
Akzed on March 25, 2008 at 11:11 PM
Yes, I believe so. You are aware, I assume, that he drilled one of the first large holes in Hillary’s claim of experience under fire. He attacked her credibility on an issue that actually is relevant and did so with facts that are observable.
Spirit of 1776 on March 25, 2008 at 11:11 PM
That’s not a Clinton only trait. That’s the trick for all Dems. Substitute Obama X on race for Hillary on dresses.
faraway on March 25, 2008 at 11:12 PM
I don’t think she should be out on the campaign trail considering her expectation of privacy (which she is fully entitled to). The one thing I always supported the Clintons on was protecting their daughter from the wolves. It’s not her fault that her dad is a huge assmunch and it’s not her fault that her mom allows her husband to be, well, an assmunch. She shouldn’t be on the campaign trail, but if she has to be….she shouldn’t have to field questions about her crapola Dad and his crapola behavior.
Question: Do you think Mitt Romney’s sons would have to face questions like this? I think not, ladies and gentlemen, I think not.
malan89 on March 25, 2008 at 11:12 PM
Right. That’s the point isn’t it? We need not shed all threads of decency to get a sense of who Hillary really is.
Spirit of 1776 on March 25, 2008 at 11:13 PM
Use Col. David Hunt.
he was there, and doesn’t have a dig in the fight.
Chakra Hammer on March 25, 2008 at 11:14 PM
It’s not like Hillary distance her self from the scandal. She lied for him, blamed it on conservatives, didn’t divorce him, and for all intent and purposes intends to appoint him to a high level position. So, yeah, if her daughter wants to stump for her, she better be prepared to explain why her mother has any credibility left at all.
Blake on March 25, 2008 at 11:14 PM
People, can we think in ways other than black and white? You don’t have to respect the Clintons or their policies. You don’t have to respect their ability to lead. You don’t have to respect Chelsea’s opinions or politics. You don’t have to defer to anyone. Nevertheless, you could still show some class and refrain from asking certain loaded questions of a daughter who was helpless to prevent her father from cheating on her mother. Just once, leave it. Believe me, we are not accomplishing ANYTHING or getting closer to winning an election by proving to the left that we are as tasteless and classless as they are.
pleaseandthankyou on March 25, 2008 at 11:15 PM
She’s entitled to deference until adulthood. Even then, it’s wrong to track her down to ask her what she thinks of Monica’s blue dress (”Did you ever sniff that white crusty stain?”). But she’s on the damn campaign trail!!!
Akzed on March 25, 2008 at 11:16 PM
So if you guys are saying that the question was asked to “question Hillary’s credibility” why didn’t he just ask the same question, but us the Bosnia situation? Thats my final point. I thought as Conservatives we could come up with better lines of questioning without lowering ourselves to tactics of the Left.
Vigilante on March 25, 2008 at 11:16 PM
pleaseandthankyou, you can think any way you want to. But if you keep telling everyone else how they should think, you will get ignored. Really, knock of the “we” business.
Blake on March 25, 2008 at 11:17 PM
BTW, Hunt was on O’Reilly tonight hammering hillary over the lie.
Chakra Hammer on March 25, 2008 at 11:17 PM
You’re all burying the lead. Look at her mannerism when she says None of your business. Remind you of anyone?
AYNBLAND on March 25, 2008 at 11:17 PM
No. Unfair.
Irrelevant.
aengus on March 25, 2008 at 11:18 PM
What makes you think the person who asked the question is a conservative and not an Obama supporter?
Blake on March 25, 2008 at 11:18 PM
Part of the trouble is the press has not quoted the exact question. I’d like to hear the exact words the student used before I declare it a boorish question. In all likelihood it should have been rephrased, but I think the point was legit.
Anwyn on March 25, 2008 at 11:18 PM
Was it an Obama supporter that asked the question?
Chakra Hammer on March 25, 2008 at 11:18 PM
1. I didn’t believe her when she said that’s the first time she’s been asked that question.
2. Clinton’s credibility is fair game. To distract from the Monica scandal, the Clinton White House engaged in some questionable military operations.
3. Whassup with the head-bobbing?
RushBaby on March 25, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Why don’t you tell Chelsea to stay the hell home?
“I mean, really Chelsea, you might get asked about that stinky crusty white stain on your dad’s hose bag’s dress. Just stay home, stay above the fray, and you won’t get dragged thru the mud by those eveil right wingers who will ask you to defend your parents’ EVIL $%#$@#! behavior.”
Akzed on March 25, 2008 at 11:20 PM
Wag the Dog
Chakra Hammer on March 25, 2008 at 11:22 PM
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