Chelsea Clinton Tells Press What She Will (And Won't) Answer

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MSNBC News   |  Mark Murray   |   April 5, 2008 06:43 PM


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Chelsea Clinton made it clear yesterday that while she gladly takes questions from voters, she'd like to keep the focus on her mother's policies, and little else.

During a stop at Marshall University, her second in West Virginia, Clinton was asked why she, as a public figure, felt she could "pick and choose" which questions she answers.

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...they don't fall far from the tree.

We used to love the clinton's and that included her too.

Just like Hillary though the more we got to know her the more we hold our nose.

Chesea it doesn't work that way; you unlike most americans have received the highest education so you should know better than this.

you'll either change your tune or you'll drift off into an unknown life.

or you could always just run for senate, what about say....New Jersey?

why not

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:49 AM on 04/07/2008

Mark Penn is gone, Hillary is going down in flames, why do the Clintons subject their daughter to the public: I will answer this, I won't answer that, I like you I don't like you? High school stuff.

Oh my God, could that be it? Chelsea will be running for office and she needs the experience!

I am going to Canada. See ya. You deal with the monkey on our back.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:50 PM on 04/06/2008

Mark Penn, needed to go. He ran a lousy campaign. Hillary is better off without him. What this has to do with Chelsea, is beyond me.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:01 PM on 04/07/2008

Personally, I don't get the whole family members co-campaigning act - on both sides of the primary pond - it smacks too much of dynastic BS, but judging from the full article I'd say she handled herself pretty well. And it's fair that she shouldn't have to answer questions about that dress, mainly because no one should care about that dress in the first place. And yes, I support Obama.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:55 PM on 04/06/2008

A dynasty is single family rule, over generations.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:02 PM on 04/07/2008

Give 'em hell Chelsea.......when they ask inappropriate questions...shine 'em on politely once....if they persist.. tell 'em to go piss up a rope.............................................tm

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:37 PM on 04/06/2008

okay Obamamaniacs and Mcinders~

blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah....all of you make me sick....worried about how our tax dollars are used are you? how do you feel about your tax dollars paying the salaries of the Federal Society attorneys working feverishly for AGs Ashcroft and Gonzales (Woo and Addington) to subvert US Constitutional law to justify Bush/Cheney's unitary executive power; witholding from Congress essential intelligence information or in the few cases where the Majority and Minority leaders received a private briefing barred from any mention of this information; or for effectively using the law to invent legitimacy of dictatorial rule by the executive; Clinton/Gore the American people had the most open, transparent American government in recent history .

The value of the dollar is the lowest in my lifetime and Barack Obama has no plan at all about this crisis. Barack Obama wants to redeploy our troops from Iraq, ostensibly, just as publically stated by his campaign national security advisor Zbigniew Brezenski (of Mujahadeen training fame); but will Pakistan be next? Iran?

If you all want to embarrass Chelsea Clinton it tells me more about Obamarama supporters than I would like to know. The lifetime work that Bill Clinton has dedicated much of his life to helping and serving those in need, cannot be put into $'s.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:32 PM on 04/06/2008

Time to take your medication

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:40 PM on 04/06/2008

Time to dubble up on that medication.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:38 PM on 04/06/2008

Where do you keep it? Can I bring it to you?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:44 PM on 04/06/2008

The media needs to stop its coverage of Princess Chelsea's entitlement tour until said Princess agrees to allow the media to question her.

Earth to Princess Chelsea Clinton's ego - If you don't want to answer questions from the media, get the heck off the campaign trail and go back to your overpaid job at a hedge fund

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:25 PM on 04/06/2008

The Klintons need to disappear now never to be seen or heard from again.

No more Slick Willy, no more¦well the Hilldog thing. If they could take the Jack ass from Illinois with them life would be a dream.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:29 PM on 04/06/2008

Isn't it important to learn to say NO. No a person does not have to answer the door - answer the questions of the solicitor on the phone. No - one does not have to follow the stranger or help the stranger do anything. No one should not trust any adult.

No - what ever Chelsea decides to say is right. What ever Chelsea does with the press is her decision.

Does any one know the definition of a bully?

Doesn't it have something to do with not accepting no for an answer?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:30 PM on 04/06/2008

Well, they won`t get it....

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:33 PM on 04/06/2008

The clintons need their own show.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:18 PM on 04/06/2008

All is fair in love and war

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:11 PM on 04/06/2008

How come with Hillary lies or when she tries to pick off her opponent's delegates, "politics are tough" and it's fair, but asking Chelsea anything she does not like is "off-limits."

It's called HYPOCRICY.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:56 PM on 04/06/2008

Don't you think it is inappropriate to ask any child about the infidelity of her father? What is the purpose of asking Chelsea these questions? She can refuse to answer any question put to her. She should answer all reasonable questions. She seems to be doing so. I think she's handling this appropriately.
Yes, politics are tough. Do they have to be mean-spirited as well?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:56 PM on 04/06/2008

You need some manners.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:38 PM on 04/06/2008

I find it disheartning with the rudeness of so many of the bloggers, and the choices they make to use certain words whey they really do not need to !
What is going on ?
Nothing seems to be off limits any more....

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:38 PM on 04/06/2008

It's presidential campaign season.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:41 PM on 04/07/2008

SMART GIRL

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:54 PM on 04/06/2008

I felt sorry for Chelsea when she was asked the question about Monica Lewinsky because I am sure that whole episode was a very trying and difficult time for her. However it's 10 years later now;she's a grown woman and she shouldn't expect to be shielded anymore from tough questions. She shouldn't be campaigning if she was not prepared to answer awkward or embarrassing questions.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:19 PM on 04/06/2008

Tough questions are one thing. Sleezeball gutter questions are another. This has nothing what-so-ever to do with running this country. NOTHING!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:31 PM on 04/06/2008

"... And I still don"t know what I want to be when I grow up," she said.

What? She's 28 years old. She doesn't know what she wants to be when she "grows up"?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:14 PM on 04/06/2008

Nina Totenberg of NPR was saying on a PBS show this afternoon, If Obama is winning in Pensylvenia as some claims, there is no sign of it, actually Hillary is ahead a lot so far !

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:04 PM on 04/06/2008

Obama is not going to finish well in PA. He is already pandering to the NRA crowd, and I think they just won't buy it. The GOP equates gun CONTROL, with gun CONFISCATION.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:43 PM on 04/07/2008

If you don't like questions, get your butt ugly face off the stage sweetcakes

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:23 PM on 04/06/2008

Oh yeah, another of the "new electorate."

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:44 PM on 04/07/2008

That goes for Obama as well as his UGLY wife .

He has his Own scandal going on right now ,so ask Missy Michelle how she feels about His affair .

I'm sure, even you are aware Obama and Not Chelsea is running for pres !

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:15 PM on 04/06/2008

Please provide more info as to this scandal. Inquiring minds want to know.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:41 PM on 04/06/2008

Since they wont put it on here, go on yahoo and type in Larry Sinclair !

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:07 PM on 04/06/2008

The Obama/Larry Sinclair sex scandal in 99, that they are attempting to quiet at this time .

I guess thats fair game to ask his wife as well as him about ,say 24/7 like the Obama people do Chelsea !

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:18 PM on 04/06/2008

No one politician who has a hot wife

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:06 PM on 04/06/2008

Just listen to yourself....

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:05 PM on 04/06/2008

The apple never falls very far from the tree. Does it?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:55 PM on 04/06/2008

She's pathetic. She should just stay home, send out a prerecorded video and pass the savings on to her mother's cash-strapped campaign. She's such a stark contrast to the class and polish of John Kerry's daughters, Vanessa and Alexandra.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:47 PM on 04/06/2008

Boxers or Briefs? Shaken or Stirred? Spit or Swallow? Disbarred or Barred?

Who cares what princess Chelsea Clinton will or will not answer?

She has been trained to Lie by two of the best lying liars ever.

Lying IS her family legacy.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:28 PM on 04/06/2008

Another of the "new electorate," heard from. How nice you must be. I'm sure Obama's proud.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:35 PM on 04/06/2008

While I am disappointed by some of the Clinton campaign tactics, they are within their rights to conduct it as they see fit. Chelsea is campaigning for her mother and doing a fine job at public appearances. She's self- possessed and articulate. I'd say she is a valuable asset-- and she has the right to deflect rude, crude, irrelevant or stupid questions as she sees fit.
Her mother is decidedly not my candidate.
But if Senator Clinton wins the nomination, even if I sense it was not in an entirely fair manner, I will support her. She is far more capable and rational in domestic and foreign relations than the Republican candidate.
The Republicans have proven themselves to be a truly bad, if not criminal bunch.
It's also essential we give the next President a strong Democratic majority in the Senate.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:26 PM on 04/06/2008

Chelsea doesn't have to answer anything. But I understand that on some occasions Chelsea (or her handlers) have asked that cameras or recorders be shut off. I support the media's right to refuse that request if they are in a public forum.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:56 PM on 04/06/2008

I like Chelsea but is she 8 or 28. Seriously she is not behaving like an emotionally matured person. I think her parents contribute to this and possibly growing up in the White House but this overprotectedness and treating her like she is still a child is disturbing. A few months ago there was an incident when a resutrant in NY had her picture on the wall despite her objection they wouldnt remove the picture and rather than do what any 28 year old would do like get a lawyer and see what legal action is avialble to her she called her Daddy who sent a letter to the resturant. Its time to grow up. I'd be curious to know if she dates.

Carol

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:51 AM on 04/06/2008