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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[outnow]

If you come to me for a job interview, and you tell me that you have been "under fire", and then you don't want to talk about your history of litigation, including professional discipline and impeachment while in the highest office in the land, then don't send your daughter in there to take the incoming fire.

The Clinton machine wants the good part of the 35 years of "experience" without the 35 years of "baggage." Then they send their daughter out there to be asked relevant question that are probative on the issue of credibility? Everyone said that the baggage was too much. I personally knew that Hillary would not take the good with the bad. What if Bill was being blackmailed about his affairs while his wife was running? He should have resigned, as should have Bush, Sr. (who wasn't re-elected) and Bush, Jr. (who should be impeached).

Anyone who has seen the attacks that are being prepared by the right wing on the morals of the Clintons and now Hillary's credibility should prepare for a McCain presidency. The Clinton's ambitions are unimportant to me. I thought that Kucinich had the answers, or maybe John Edwards. Ralph Nader has lots of truth to his position. But on a job interview, you need to be honest and open. That's the incoming fire you must expect. Bush, Jr. should have answered questions about coke and booze, not God.

[rachel88]

You go girl!

[verlaine]

Chelsea Clinton is an egotistical swine who sounds as arrogant and imperious as her mother

[RButler]

You're projecting again, verlaine

[Gervay]

boy, as more and more Obama people get on this blog the more it descend into the sexist gutter.

The Obama people are starting to look more and more like Scientologists - even hurling fecal matter at Hilary’s daughter. When is it going to be enough for you leftofascists. I really don’t know how I’m going to be able to vote for this guy if they don’t stop this stuff and just start talking the issues. Obama’s new pastor used the word ‘lynching’ in the speech when he said that the media was crucifying poor Rev. Wright. Yeah, that about describes what they are trying to do to Hilary.

Hey verlaine, you should be real proud of yourself.

[estreya]

You really have no idea who is making these offensive posts. Could be Obama supporters, could be republican trolls, could just be garden-variety trolls, or it could even be Clinton supporters who just want to stir the pot. So be careful about your generalizations ... the internet is anonymous ....

[dajay]

Why are you voting for this guy then? .

[dajay]

verlaine: ANothe sweet Obama supporter. Talk about egotistical swine. take a look at your candidate and his wife.

[gossamer]

Just stop. I cant stand the Clintons, but she handled that question perfectly. It is not, in fact, anyones business. I wish more politicians had the gumption to be so blunt.

[factanonverba]

You need therapy.

[moonwatcher]

In my opinion, a candidate's personal life should not be discussed. However, Mr. Clinton lied to a grand jury which resulted in an impeachment trial. He and Congress were so busy prosecuting and defending themselves, they took their eyes off the ball. In another words, his personal life became a distraction of which the enemies of the United States took advantage. In that case his affair and its effect on our nation are grounds for questioning. I don't know that Hillary or Chelsey are the best ones to answer those questions but Bill Clinton is. How distracted is Hillary as President of the United States going to be if he does it again.

[DesertLight]

Can you just hear Bill singing right after she is sworn in, Time is on my side, yes it it......Sing along with Bill.

[outnow]

I agree with you that one's personal sex life is private. I also agree that while you are occupying the White House and trying to draw a bead on Osama bin Laden with a cruise missile which causes millions of dollars each, it is not a good idea to be fooling around with your intern who is blabbing her mouth off to her girlfriend (Linda Tripp) at the CIA.

If this were the only paramour of Bill's then it wouldn't be so bad, but she wasn't and Paula Jones brought a civil suit. When Bill Clinton was caught in a lie, it is all in the public domain, and therefore, not private. I do not believe that taste would make Chelsea open game for such questions but since she was around the Clinton's and she is boosting her mother, whose character for truth and veracity has "come under fire" recently as she denies her NAFTA position and being under fire claims is justified.

As Bill said, "How dare you?" Well, the voters are saying how dare you lie repeatedly! I wouldn't expect it to be otherwise, nor should it be. You have to take incoming fire. You can duck but it should be open season on lies.

[pinkyboo]

So the ML affair caused 9-11? is that what you're getting at? ummm - time to change the tinfoil hat !

[dawlishgal]

You are absolutely correct. When a presidential candidate has a potential distractor that might take his/her attention away from presidential obligations, then it IS our business! It doesn't really matter if Bill does "it" again either, what is distracting is the wondering whether he will or won't, and if he does, will he get caught again and force us all to rationalize his behavior because we voted for him. Twice.

. I supported the Clintons throughout their two terms in offices, but I am just so tired of waiting for those 3rd, 4th, and 5th shoes to drop. Why put ourselves throught that kind of stress again when we don't have to.

[Tejano1]

i hates to admit it, but you're 100 percent K-rect! we're about to let the fox back in the henhouse.

[souris]

..................Chelsea Clinton has inherited her mother's "warmth" [NOT], and complete sense of entitlement!!!! If you're ever in a room with either of these two harridans be sure to bundle up!!!!

[DannyEastVillage]

funny how any time a woman in politics shows some b***s, she's castigated as a Medusa (or a harridan, take your pick). Makes me suspect that what people like you really want/expect when a woman is challenged is for her to get on her back and put her legs up.

Entitlement? NO. I'm no fan of anybody in that family; but this race has been way to hot, hard'n'heavy for any such sense to have survivied in the Clinton girls. Try again.

[souris]

.....................boy, did you figure me wrong! I should have been a Clinton supporter.............Latino, woman over 45, very much in the "feminist" vein. A person who went to Stanford Law on a full scholarship [know any "Latinos" that can afford the tuition otherwise???] after graduating fro San Diego State University. I can tell you that for the many, many times I was challenged, I NEVER ONCE got on my back [jesus, Danny, how cliche can you get?] NEVER ONCE! I object to Clinton because if not for the fact that she was married to Bill, she would never gotten this far. Those are her credentials......her marriage to Bill. Omitting that in her CV, she is just another 2nd term senator from New York. She's a consumate liar [Bosnia under fire?] Which kinda reminds everybody of what we have all had for the last 8 years [Dumbass]. She lies at the drop of a hat. I will ever forgive her for the scars she continues to inflict on the Democratic Party in a race she cannot win!............jesus, do the friggin math........................

P.S. A smart man like James Carville just got scratched off my fav list.............I shoulda known you were just another hack looking for a check...............

OBAMA 2008!!!

[Incredulous]

Rudeness and balls are not quite the same thing. And if Obama's church going and personal faith are acceptable political fodder, surely the philandering lout who may possibly return to the White House to screw more interns is fair game. Hillary stayed with Bill to further her own political career. Sound judgement? That's a fair question.

[Gervay]

Oh no Danny, these 'underdog' and persecuted Obama just want to talk issues. Don't you get it? LOL

[scahlet]

Yeah...............warm and cuddly like the " Im finally proud to be an American" statement. Not "God Bless America, but Goddamn America"........... Charming.......like you!

[nightslider]

Yeah wrap your self in that foreskin of ignorance, good for you to bundle that bald pate with.

[rmcc]

What struck me about this micro-scandal was the stupidity of both the question and the response. The question (did Lewinsky damage Hillary's credibility) is really incapable of being answered by Chelsea. We, the voters, get to answer that question, not the daughter of the candidate. The questioner could have asked "why shouldn't her credibility be damaged?" or, even better, "in your eyes, did your mother's credibility suffer by standing by her philandering husband...and...subpart...do you believe your parents' continued marriage is now based on political expediency rather than the typical bedrocks of marriage, trust and devotion?" That friends, is an effing question. We'll chalk up the flubbed query to a missed opportunity.

The answer was also stupid. It's none of our business? Hillary's credibility is not our business? Obviously Chelsea wasn't listening closely if she interpreted the question as a personal affront when mechanically it was a pure political question.

The questions about Lewinsky will be asked and the debate is essential prior to a Hillary presidency. However, the questions should not come from a college student and answers from Chelsea are probably not worth much. As a fan of political theater and an enemy of bullshit, it will be enjoyable to watch the question posed to Hillary.

[Nivramel]

u guys don't care who wilns looses in November there is no way in a Clinton supporter who read this post could vote for Senator Obama in November......you're too vicious,

[GravitonX]

We'll replace disaffected Clinton Democrats with Independents and Moderate Republicans. No big deal.

[scahlet]

Nivramel.....you're right! I dont think I can cast a vote for Obama. His message of Hope and Change leave me cold, like his supporters. They fail to realize that if Obama gets the nom, they will desperately need the Clinton supporters. I, an ex Edwards supporter cant stand all of this vitriol and am taking a good hard look at the Green Party. Obama.......Id rather not.

[dawlishgal]

And Hilary's screeching and demanding apologies from almost everybody who decides to support somebody else is not vicious? Sending out James Carville to call Richardson "Judas" is not vicious? Sending out Carville to demand that Howard Dean be fired is not vicious? For gawddsakes, open up your ears and eyes and take a good hard look at your little sweetiepies and their demands for people to be fired. Then take another good hard look at all of the working people who lost their jobs thanks to NAFTA, all of the disemployed who, thanks to Hillary, had NO HEALTH INSURANCE and still don't have any.

[BlueBoomer]

While it was a reasonable question to ask, and the answer IS our business,
IT WAS NOT REASONABLE TO ASK IT OF CHELSEA..

I wonder if his parents are embarassed that he's their kid and that he is such a lout...maybe someone could ask them, IN FRONT OF A CROWD, if they think his attempt to embarass Chelsea is an embarassment to THEM and makes them look like bad parents.

[DesertLight]

Did you hear the interview with the guy who asked the question? He was a Hillary supporter and he was tired of having to answer the question himself. So he asked Chelsea and he was rooting her on to tell of the first lady's strength and determination. Instead, he got a none of your business answer.

[GeoLee]

His answer to those who question him should be "And the reason you need to know this is? Personally, I think you need to redefine appropriate boundaries.

[ljmoon]

It was perhaps a reasonable question to Hillary but not to Chelsea, this is going back to the personal...the questioner was or is a Hillary supporter but a tactless one at that, if he wants to be reaffirmed of Hillary's ability to lead he should have framed the question differently.
Women (and men) are hurt when and if their spouses commit adultery. The way they deal with it is not indicative of their job performance and none of anyone's business....the questioner's inquiry suggests that Hillary political career was borne out of Bill's infidelity...the Lewinsky affair made Hillary into a strong presidential candidate....that's insane and insulting....

[RButler]

Statistically, it's likely that his parents have been unfaithful to each other and he may or may not know it.

[Gervay]

well they've played the race card, the victim card, and now the gutter card. Do you think Obama will ever get around to talking the issues and his 3 puny years in the Senate?

[lynnjss]

Way to go Chelsea. Maybe Obama should use that line with all his problems. If he gets the nomination, the Republicans will destroy him.

[unenrolled]

That would be better than having a pathalogical liar, is chesea like mommy dearest?

[dawlishgal]

Not if Clinton and her supporters destroy him first. Isn't that exactly what YOU are trying to do?

[MSaldana]

Would certainly be my pleasure... gotta' admit that!

-MS

[nightslider]

Yer right on with this one lad, he;s gonna look a whole lot worse than sweet louise his mentor and wright as well with the sound bite provided by the wright videos, we just as well be prepared to write Mickey mouse in as a write in candidate by the time the swift boaters get doe with Oblapie thats all we'll have and or something close to it.

[gfm975]

JAKIE, based on your idiotic response: I GOT NEWS FOR CHELSA CLINTON THAT QUESTION WAS A GOOD ONE. IT WAS AMERICA'S BUSINESS BILL CLINTON WAS LIVING IN AMERICA'S HOUSE. WE PAY THE BILLS IN THAT HOUSE AND HE LIED AND CHEATED IN THAT HOUSE OF OURS.

The same would hold true for Bush, Rove, Cheney, Condi, Rummie and all the other scum.... I don't see you or your ilk demanding they answer questions... why the _ _ _ _ not? Ironically, the Lewinsky scandal was of a personal nature, not like lying us into war, not like having the Oil Companies dictate Energy Policy, not like saying we're going to equipment our troops with EVERYTHING they need and not do so, it's not like when Condi was given a memo that said, Bin Laden is hell bent on attacking the home front and ignoring it and then eventually lying about it claiming Would would have ever thought... etc, etc.

Those questions have never been treated with any dignity by any asshole in this administration, yet you want to know about Bill and Hillary's personal info? Get screwed, it's none of your business... and this crap about the White House being some sacred ground... it is treated with the same respect the residence are given, nothing more nothing less. And NO presidents have, or has left more shame and foul smelling stynche when finally gone than Nixon and Bush!

[nightslider]

And your as Ignorant as you sound, not any of your business by any stretch of the imagianation, but then again yours seems to be pretty active how about demanding the same kinda fidelty where Oblapie and wright are concerned< Oh thats right this is a two way street with a one way arrow poining Oblapies way, wrong way ignorance

[Tejano1]

this smacks of all the self-righteous faux outrage after john edwards put darth vadar on the spot w/ the "proud of a lesbian daughter" comment, remember? the thing is, that edwards was right to point to cheney's hypocrisy. chelsea coulda done much better than to basically tell him to stfu.

[transendentilist]

Someone needs to teach that reporter some manners.

[dutchess2]

I think people need to stop allowing Newt Gingrich to pull their chains.

Everyone is STILL stunned by all the salacious details of the Bill and Monica fling... I mean, you
might not know more if you had been in the room..

Has it ever occurred to any of you that the nitty gritty details were not at all necessary to prove
the case Star was supposed to be making? So why did he hound Lewinsky until he got them? Why did grand jury testimony get published?

Think on this the next time you read some journalist, or some grand jury leaker discuss who wore sox while he was having sex...

The same kind of mind would demand Chelsea answer a question about it - and the same kinds of reporters would publish it.

Something terribly wrong with our Justice system.

Someone is pulling your chains for their own benefit....

Don't fall for it.

[candlewax]

It strikes me that Hillary's Tuzla lie was not unnoticed by her daughter because her daughter, as the video shows, was right there with her all along yet she did nothing to correct the record when her mother lied about sniper fire. Her dad lies under oath, her mom lies about her experience, and Chelsea, knowing the truth, instead remains silent. The whole family is not worthy of our attention, let alone our vote.

[dutchess2]

I am a former Clinton supporter.

I do not believe anyone, anywhere has any business asking Chelsea about her father's behavior and her mother's handling of it.

It was just unncessary, and the questioner got what he deserved.

[BlueBoomer]

No he didn't...he got off way to easy.

[alleykat]

I think it is ridiculous the way the Clintons act like nothing they do is anyone’s business. Chelsea’s mother is running for president. I have heard people say that Clinton’s affairs are no ones business. What goes on in their home is no ones business. Well, bull crap! Their home was the White House! If Clinton is worried about Obama’s association with Wright then maybe she should be worried about her association with her husband. (A sexual predator) That is everyone’s business. Wow, I am so tired of the Clintons getting a free ride. I wish the media and the people of America would call a lie a lie instead of she mis-spoke and I wish the media and the people of America would hold the Clintons accountable for their crap and stop acting like they are Gods! Her attitude about Bosnia was flippant and that really ticked me off.

[chendri887]

Chelsea Clinton is an arrogant little troll. I don't like her, and I don't like her parents.

[mojomagic]

Wow, you Obamanuts have stooped to a new low. I didn't think that was possible, but your (plural) response has proved me wrong,

[chendri887]

I am not an "Obamanut." I find Obama not much different from Clinton, in terms of policy. I feel that the political discourse in this country is far too conservative, and neither Clinton nor Obama get us back on the right track. However, the sense of entitlement that the Clintons emanate is beyond nauseating. It's positively putrid.

[dajay]

chendri887: arrogant little troll? How mature. Who cares if you don't like Chelsea or her parents.

[KISSman]

I felt really mixed about this moment. But in the end, I can't be overly sympathetic with Chelsea since they do everything in their power to keep her in a bubble while she campaigns for her mother. She's a grown woman but refuses to talk to the media. That's just weak.

The fact that it took a college student to ask a tough, uncomfortable question of this nature is ironic. Even the media wouldn't have likely gone there.

By her reply, she showed that she has some of her mom in her. Too bad for her.

[Jonny38103]

Way to go, Girl! It's the exact same response that should have always been given from the first time it was asked by Kenneth Starr, Newt Gingrich, the shamless media, et al. Your father's job performance was excellent and who he had personal relationships with was nobody else's business except his wife's. And she got over it, so everyone else should, too.

[BlueBoomer]

Amen to that!

[ErikW65]

Too bad Bill Clinton couldn't have had the guts to take the position you advocate, and instead chose to lie while wagging his finger at us.