Chelsea Clinton Has Quick Response For Lewinsky Question

INDIANAPOLIS — Chelsea Clinton had a quick retort Tuesday when asked whether her mother's credibility had been hurt during the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

"Wow, you're the first person actually that's ever asked me that question in the, I don't know maybe, 70 college campuses I've now been to, and I do not think that is any of your business," Clinton said during a campaign visit for her mother, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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On Tuesday, the student journalist defended his decision to ask the question during in appearance on Dan Abrams' Verdict on MSNBC. He told Abrams that the question wasn't meant "to pry into their private life" but was more about demonstrating how Clinton had overcome a difficult experience. Abrams and the panel, which included HuffPost's own Rachel Sklar, talked about the difficulties reporters encounter in trying to question Chelsea Clinton.

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[johnnygoodwud]

chelsea if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. you chose to campaign for your lying mother. and you re-enforced her lies by agreeing about the whole bosnia lie. seems your parents have taught you well.

[SouthCentralDel]

It is so surprising that this story continues to be a great Mark Penn tool. Did anyone here read up on the questioner and why he asked this question?

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/03/25/807581.aspx

He was a plant.

[WWJD2]

Perfect answer Chelsea. I wish your father gave the same response when asked about it under oath. It's no one else's business. Like Bush and his cronies , Clinton should have just refused to testify about the matter. Now on to Barack--on his website, he states he was against the Kyle /Lieberman amendment. That's a blatant lie. He, along with McCain, didn't even vote on it. I guess he could say "I was against it before I didn't vote on it" . The ethics bill which he touts never passed !!! I feel sorry for the people who feel Barack is a Messiah.

[SouthCentralDel]

Funny that know one realizes that the question was planted by a Hillary supporter.

[Prophesy]

This is a classic case of "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen". If she's willing to stand up for her parents, she should be willing to withstand the same questions and criticisms as them. She's not a child. She's a VERY highly paid employee at a hedge fund who gets the convenience of a leave of absence to stump for her mother. She lives in a multi-million dollar apartment with her boyfriend. I think that, if she's grown up enough to enjoy such luxuries, she's grown up enough to speak on the character of the candidate she stumps for...moth­er or not.

It's common knowledge that life in the WH is under a microscope. Her father was revealed to have low morals in his marriage, low respect for the committee that questioned him, and a wife that was revealed to have helped him cover up some of his illegal activities. ML is just one piece of the puzzle. Chelsea needs to be able to speak on those or get off the stump and go back to her silver platter of a life.

[Shake-A-Spear]

Chelsea for President -- whenever.

[Vyvjala]

How would of the Bush twins responded to this question? Has it damaged your daddy's reputation and legacy because he has the IQ of a cup of pond water?

[anywho]

Her father had sex in the WH with an Intern, lied about it, was Impeached and disbarred. Her mother has been exposed as a habitual liar. It's too late to shut the barn door......­.the reporter had every ethical and moral right to ask that question.

[tanbec]

Grow up Chelsea. If you want to campaign you have to take the tough questions. The affair definitely had an impact on the America people, face it. No one sheltered us from the gory details. Stop acting like you are so much better.

[FlowerGirl]

I find it most interesting that some Clinton supporters have been using this incident to attack Obama, ignoring the INCONVENIENT TRUTH that the questioner was a Clinton supporter. It is bad enough that Barack is condemned for misstated things said by his supporters; now he is held accountable for the utterances of hers as well.
Has everyone here gone loco?

[DryerBuzzcom]

This was an absolutely missed moment for the clinton campaign, not to mention disrespectful. The first question Chelsea should have been prepped to answer should have been the affair question. She could have totally flipped the script. This was the time to show her parents in a different light. She could have defended the sanctity of marriage, forgiveness and family. On the surface the clintons appear as a family divided, driven only by ambition rather that love and compassion for each other. Perception of Chelsea is of a child caught up in a broken marriage who has taken a side of one parent.

It was a question supporters should have the right to ask, especially since Hillary is losing. Is this campaign worth the investment. Bill Clinton brought infidelity to the white house. (not that other presidents didn't). He had an affair on our dime and our time. And frankly his campaigning for hillary hasn't come across and sincerely genuine yet.

[GBartrem]

WTG Chelsea!..­..
I suppose it would have been a question to ask in a different forum, but not in a presidential Q&A. As years go by the less I am crazy about her parents.

[DAbraha]

She was born to a natural born liar Bill Clinton...­that has rubbed off to Hillary Clinton. I have no respect to someone who on behave of their mother campaign says things like it is none of your business to a reporter whose intentions were simply to learn about her mother. Yes, it is my business to know everything there is to know about the Clinton's not including their sexual behaviors.

[guatemalatimes]

Good for you Chelsea!!
I feel embarrassed for all these people who obvioulsy have no life of their own, and have nothing better to do then to rehash this. Get a live people!!!

[SouthCentralDel]

Dude, the guy whom asked the question was interviewed on Fox news. He is a Hillary supporter and wanted to give Chelsea a good question to show what she was worth. It was a planted question!

[mickyx65it]

Are you kidding guys? Chelsey is a 28 year old adult. She chose to participate in a primary presidential campaign. She can chose to say that her mother's credibility is "none of our business". And we are entitle to say that if she can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Besides, Chelsey is very well protected. No journalist can interview her on the record. Is that information or or just cheap propaganda?

[transendentilist]

So once again the old, "two wrongs make a right," arguement. Do you realize how childish that is?? The guy was out of bounds. If he wanted to know, let him ask Hillary. Chelsea had nothing to do with it, and for that matter, neither did Hillary. This is just plain, old-fashioned smear mongering. Gutter news. Fit for bottom-feeders only. A distraction from some of the most important issues the world has ever faced.