Chelsea is very bright and I feel that it was ok with the response she gave the reporters. She should have told them if they wanted a better insight into her mother's personal like they should buy her book!
P.S. Let "Chris Matthews" buy it too!

How about she answer why her mother has supported the continued use of cluster bombs and land mines when the lingering effects are documented by the legacy of deformed children wherever they are used.

In response to the posts calling for the press to bow out of covering Chelsea, my thoughts are that would be a mistake.

Many voters in this election cycle, are not as knowledgeable as we should be; a sorry state of affairs, but true. Since Chelsea is recounting facts of history, incorrectly at times, the electorate will continue to have her remarks policed, because the press is there. If only in a fact-checking capacity, the media's presence is not only warranted, but very important.

Pulling for Obama '08

Wow, Chelsea is really smooth and polished in her speaking..... I can see why Hillary does well in the districts that Chelsea visits....

Chelsea is a great asset!!

She speaks just like her father!!

Chelsea comes off as cold-hearted and lacking in any sort of kindness or warmth. That might sound harsh, but that's the way I see it.

And personally I don't understand why anyone would want to go hear her shill for her mother anyway. She was on that Bosnia trip too, and never bothered to remind her mother that there was no sniper fire? Just the fact that that kind of lying is acceptable to her makes her as untrustworthy as her mother.    

I now understands why Hillary is so against Obamas speeches...they sure pays well for her husband..I believe she don't want Obama to tap into that income feild..it might put her husband out of business..in short speeches are only good if it benefts Hillary

This man and this woman, The Clintons, put our country
through two years of embarrassment and having to explain to our children what oral sex was.  

You goddamned right it's my business about the Lewinsky Affair!

If you, Chelsea, are going to try to sell us on your
mom, don't think you can push that period under the
rug. If you are going to be out there, this is going
to come up, again and again and again and again...

YOU may want to ignore or forget it, but WE THE PEOPLE
will not.  Your father didn't get into trouble for
having sex in the White House, he got into trouble for
lying under oath to a Federal Judge about it!

Not sex, lying...  LYING!

Sound familiar?

If Chelsea can't take the heat she should withdraw from her parents failed campaign.

Chelsea where was you and your mother at the time when Bill and Monica was polishing in the oval office?

That question is fair game because.

1. Bill and Monica was on taxpayers time and money
2. Your stumping for your mama
3. You grown 28
4. We want to know if HRC and you was ducking sniper fire during this time
5. Are you able to tell the truth....

Keep asking about Monica. Chelsea will break

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CHELSEA DEMONSTRATES JUST HOW 'SPOILED' SHE IS.

PRINCESS CHELSEA --- DAUGHTER OF QUEEN HILLARY.

CHELSEA SHOULD BE HOUNDED BY QUESTIONS --- UNTIL SHE EITHER ANSWERS THEM OR GETS OUT OF THE SURROGATE BUSINESS.   LIFE IS TOUGH.

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Why do MSNBC cover what Chelsea say if she picks and choses what she wants to answer. I cannot see campaigning for someone and then saying that you don't think you should have to answer that question. So in reality we the people are getting tidbits of what people are asking her.

Most people that believe in Jesus are always more than welcomed to speak of his love for all GOD's children... aren't they?
Something's strange about avoiding the "issue" part of that retort...
We should all say a pray for Chelsea..
enlightment and truth will set her free....

What an ass she is.  Who does she think she's to tell the press what questions they can ask her.
I hope she is asked all the questions she is afraid to answer.
A real 100% BRAT.

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She feels that way because she is the Warrior Princess. Now leave her alone, the poor thing is suffering from Post Traumatic Truth Disorder.

Another Clinton Tall Tale - This Time About a Dying Woman

From the NY Times:

Over the last five weeks, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York has featured in her campaign stump speeches the story of a health care horror: an uninsured pregnant woman who lost her baby and died herself after being denied care by an Ohio hospital because she could not come up with a $100 fee.

The woman, Trina Bachtel, did die last August, two weeks after her baby boy was stillborn at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens, Ohio. But hospital administrators said Friday that Ms. Bachtel was under the care of an obstetrics practice affiliated with the hospital, that she was never refused treatment and that she was, in fact, insured.

“We implore the Clinton campaign to immediately desist from repeating this story,” said Rick Castrop, chief executive officer of the O’Bleness Health System.

Linda M. Weiss, a spokeswoman for the not-for-profit hospital, said the Clinton campaign had never contacted the hospital to check the accuracy of the story, which Mrs. Clinton had first heard from a Meigs County, Ohio, sheriff’s deputy in late February.

A Clinton spokesman, Mo Elleithee, said candidates would frequently retell stories relayed to them, vetting them when possible. “In this case, we did try but were not able to fully vet it,” Mr. Elleithee said. “If the hospital claims it did not happen that way, we respect that.”

The sheriff’s deputy, Bryan Holman, had played host to Mrs. Clinton in his home before the Ohio primary. Deputy Holman said in a telephone interview that a conversation about health care led him to relate the story of Ms. Bachtel. He never mentioned the name of the hospital that supposedly turned her away because he did not know it, he said.

Deputy Holman knew Ms. Bachtel’s story only secondhand, having learned it from close relatives of the woman. Ms. Bachtel’s relatives did not return phone calls Friday.

As Deputy Holman understood it, Ms. Bachtel had died of complications from a stillbirth after being turned away by a local hospital for her failure to pay $100 upfront.

“I mentioned this story to Senator Clinton, and she apparently took to it and liked it,” Deputy Holman said, “and one of her aides said she’d be using it at some rallies.”

Indeed, saying that the story haunted her, Mrs. Clinton repeatedly offered it as a dire example of a broken health care system. At one March rally in Wyoming, for instance, she referred to Ms. Bachtel, a 35-year-old who managed a Pizza Hut, as a young, uninsured minimum-wage worker, saying, “It hurts me that in our country, as rich and good of a country as we are, this young woman and her baby died because she couldn’t come up with $100 to see the doctor.”

Mrs. Clinton does not name Ms. Bachtel or the hospital in her speeches. As she tells it, the woman was turned away twice by a local hospital when she was experiencing difficulty with her pregnancy. “The hospital said, ‘Well, you don’t have insurance.’ She said, ‘No, I don’t.’ They said, ‘Well, we can’t see you until you give $100.’ She said, ‘Where am I going to get $100?’

“The next time she came back to the hospital, she came in an ambulance,” Mrs. Clinton continued. “She was in distress. The doctors and the nurses worked on her and couldn’t save the baby.”

Since Ms. Bachtel’s baby died at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital, the story implicitly and inaccurately accuses that hospital of turning her away, said Ms. Weiss, the spokeswoman for O’Bleness Memorial said. Instead, the O’Bleness health care system treated her, both at the hospital and at the affiliated River Rose Obstetrics and Gynecology practice, Ms. Weiss said.

The hospital would not provide details about the woman’s case, citing privacy concerns; she died two weeks after the stillbirth at a medical center in Columbus.

“We reviewed the medical and patient account records of this patient,” said Mr. Castrop, the health system’s chief executive. Any implication that the system was “involved in denying care is definitely not true.”

Although Mrs. Clinton has told the story repeatedly, it first came to the attention of the hospital after The Washington Post cited it as a staple of her stump speeches on Thursday. That brought it to the attention of The Daily Sentinel in Pomeroy, Ohio, which published an article on Friday.

Neither paper named the hospital or challenged Mrs. Clinton’s account.


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I actually couldn't agree more with Chelsea's statement:

“Well, sir, I don’t think that my personal faith is at issue in this election,” she said. “I am a person of faith, I am a Christian, but I don’t think that that is an issue in this election.”

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I DO SOOOOO agree.  ...Why doesn't her mom?????

Why won't the Clintons let Chelsea be interviewed by the media?  Why doesn't the media push harder for an interview?

Why does the media report more on Chelsea than on Michelle Obama?

She's a fully grown woman capable of answering fully grown questions.  She has a job at a hedge fund for pete's sake. This quaint notion that she will not even consider questions not of her choosing makes her appearances sham events.   She's now 7 years older than Monica Lewinsky was when she and Bill had their affair.

If you want to be a public surrogate, you need to put the chin strap on, as her father says.

Her mother's claim to experience is based on her father's presidency. Why can't we ask her about the presidency of her father? SHe was in the Whitehouse, wasn't she?

There is a problem with this woman, First Read. She says she does not know what to do when she grows up. That just demosntrates indecisiveness and lack of goals and objectives in the foreseeable future. Chelsea is, after all, is a year older than I am, and I don't feel I have to grow up unless I meant to experience the variety and fullness of life before I decide to do something with my life. After all, I am a guy full of life goals.

Didn't her father give a speech two weeks ago saying if he can't stand the heat, then stay out of the kitchen?

Chelsea Clinton is 28 years old and not 8 years old.  If she doesn't want to face tough questions, then she needs to get off the campaign trail.  

This Clinton double standard has to stop.  

I'm sorry... I am tired of all this pandering to Chelsea Clinton. She is a 28 year old woman. She sounds more immature then my 13 year old. What an attitude. She can't even answer a question. Who do the Clintons think they are fooling? It is time for some fair coverage of the behaviors of the Clintons' Why is the media acting like Chelsea is a "little girl" that needs to be protected.

If her mother is a role model... how can we trust anything that comes out of her mouth anyway. She was raised by two lairs.

I agree with CS with Spencertown, NY.

This is no innocent "little girl" this is a fully grown woman who works at a HEDGE FUND.... The exact kind of group that has destroyed our economy her mother is so eager to protect. Why don't you start with your daughter?

Who is it in America that likes these people. I am very confused.

It is perfectly fair for Chelsea Clinton to campaign for her mother.  And it is perfectly fair for the media to provide her with the extensive coverage she has received.  To be clear, though, Chelsea's campaigning is in the service of helping her mother get elected President of the United States.

If she is going to be a high-profile surrogate, then Chelsea should be prepared to answer every question asked of her - even the tough ones.  And it is absurd that the Clinton campaign will not allow this woman in her mid-20's to be interviewed by the media.

Because, if Chelsea Clinton is not subjected to the same queries that other candidates and their surrogates are, then the extensive coverage given to her speeches are nothing more than free media infomercials for the Clinton campaign.

The issue Chelsea is asked to respond to is regarding the manner in which Bill Clinton conducted himself as President (having an affair in the Oval Office and lying about the affair to the American people) and how the current Presidential candidate - Hillary Clinton - dealt with that crisis.  

Barack Obama has been pilloried for weeks regarding the excessively rhetorical (and perhaps indefensible) words that were used by his pastor.  Obama has exhaustively renounced and repudiated the words his pastor used but has refused to abandon the man.  For this, Obama continues to take heat, including from Senator Clinton who said she would have walked out of that church because you can't choose your family but you can choose your pastor.

The fact is, you CAN choose your spouse.  And you CAN choose whether or not to remain married to your spouse, each and every day.  Millions of people make these choices every day.

And so it seems to me that it is fair game to ask both Senator Clinton and Chelsea Clinton these four questions:

1.  Do they condone President Clinton's decision to have an affair with an intern in the Oval Office?

2.  Do they condone President Clinton's lying about his affair to the American people?

3.  Are they prepared to renounce and repudiate President Clinton's behavior?

4.  Are they prepared to "walk out of that" house?

To be clear, I am a 46 year old white male, married, a Democrat.  While I voted for President Clinton twice and defended his choices throughout his self-inflicted crises, I am now a supporter of Senator Obama.  I do NOT think Senator Clinton should be forced out of the race.  I do NOT think it is unfair of Senator Clinton to draw distinctions in policy positions between her and Senator Obama.  And, if she is the nominee, I will vote for her.

But I believe that the entire Clinton campaign, including Senator Clinton, has run a sleazy campaign that is beneath them and threatens the most crucial objective facing America today: Getting a Democrat back into the White House.

she can pick and choose whether to stay home or put her precious neck out. But then look at her mother she can pick and choose when to lie, mispeak and mishear

It is a terrible world we live in when people -- like those posting here -- can only wish to insult and attack a person like Chelsea Clinton.

Why is it good or fair or necessary to attack Chelsea Clinton when she stumps for her Mother, while no one posting here would stand for anyone insulting or attacking Michelle Obama when she stumps for her husband.

Blog comments are sure good for one thing: flagrant hypocrisy!

Chelsea should either answer any/all questions from the media just like any other person out there stumping, or shut the hell up.  Furthermore, if she cannot, will not, answer questions from the media, then why the hell does the media keep focusing on what she says?!?

SINCE WHEN DOES A PRIVATE CITIZEN, EVEN CAMPAIGNING; HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO ANSWER A QUESTION? I'LL EVEN GO FURTHER; I DON'T THINK CANDIDATES ARE OBLIGATED TO ANSWER ANY OLD QUESTION ANYBODY WANTS TO ASK. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO FREEDOM? FREEDOM TO BE LEFT ALONE OR USE YOUR OWN TIME AS YOU WANT.

CHELSEA'S MOST AMAZING STATEMENT at Marshall University WAS:

"... And I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up,” she said.
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SHE IS A 27 OR 28 YEAR OLD BUT SHE still don’t know what SHE want to be when SHE grows up,”

CHELSEA ---> GROW UP ... STOP ACTING LIKE A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE ... YOU ARE BEING TERRIBLY EXPLOITED BY YOUR PARENTS ... THERE ARE MEN AND WOMAN MUCH YOUNGER THAN YOU SACRIFICING THEIR LIVES IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN ... STOP YOUR LITTLE GIRL ACT ... IT IS DISGUSTING AND DECEITFUL.
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It is a terrible world we live in when people -- like those posting here -- can only wish to insult and attack a person like Chelsea Clinton.

Why is it good or fair or necessary to attack Chelsea Clinton when she stumps for her Mother, while no one posting here would stand for anyone insulting or attacking Michelle Obama when she stumps for her husband.

Blog comments are sure good for one thing: flagrant hypocrisy!

Typical Clinton. They can dish it out but can't take it!

Chelsea's father was found guilty in Federal court of lying under oath, had to pay a significant financial settlement to a person suing him for sexual harassment, and was suspended from the Arkansas Bar for five years.  The crisis essentially destroyed the last two years of the Clinton presidency.  How this affected her parents is certainly part of the picture as her mother seeks election to the presidency in her own right, and it's disingenuous of Chelsea to insist that this is purely a private family matter.

Wow.   You haters:  hate the game, not the player.

Chelsea, and other public figures, even candidates, are entitled to deflect any questions they want.  

She should be more artful about it; there's no need for her to get defensive.  Maybe say "I don't have a good answer for you.  Sorry.  [Points to next questioner]."  Or the always appropriate "Both Teams Played Hard"  Something that defuses the topic.  Which, at this point, she needs to do.

And assume you will get stupid (and repetitively stupid) questions all the time.  Answer each one like it's the first time it's been asked.  Be graceful, say as much as you want to say, and control the agenda.  Otherwise, you'll turn into Bobby Knight.  

Chelsea:

here's a question that's related to your mom's ability to be a great president:

As a spouse of someone who lied to the camera (Bill: "I had no sexual relations with THAT WOMAN!!" finger wagging included) and still stood by Bubba the liar, how should we trust that your mom will always tell the truth as a president (increasingly unlikely, but hypothetical question this is)??

I like Chelsea's answers to anyone who asks her about Lewinsky.  It's none of their business and it's rude to ask her.  She's an obviously bright and articulate campaigner for her mom, who's lucky to have her help.  BTW, I support Obama.

How about this one, too, Chelsea:

This is another question that pertains to your mom's candidacy.

"How do I trust anyone from the Clinton family to be our president, since your dad is a liar to the camera and your mom is a liar to the camera??"

One Clinton fooled us once, shame on him.

Now the second Clinton is trying so hard to fool us again with the help of the first and third Clintons....forget about it.

The republican congress, Ken Star and the scandal loving media put the country through 2 yrs of hell.
This was pay back for Nixon being forced out. Remember the accusers, congressional republicans had sex scandals made public during the same time period? Star has since admitted he was wrong and has apologized. Get over it.
Keep knocking 'em down Chelsea! It's about the economy again ,STUPID.  

Pimped-out with a gag order?  Yikes!

Two things: I guess it is OK now to swear and take the Lords name in vain on this post as long as your post is against Clinton. I refer to Mr Whitakers post. And here I thought that postings were screened before they were posted. That was, I believed, why so many of mine never saw the light of day on this post. Perhaps I should have been more vulgar in my support of Ms. Clinton.
The other thing is that story about the lady who was turned away from an emergency room for lack of $100. That is a story that bears checking. Turning someone away from an emergency room for lack of money/insurance is a violation of the Hill-Burton Act and could cost a hospital it's medicare / medicaid payments. I doubt they take that risk for a measly hundred dollars.

“Well, sir, I don’t think that my personal faith is at issue in this election,” she said. “I am a person of faith, I am a Christian, but I don’t think that that is an issue in this election.”

Excuse me??????????????????

I'm sorry but as a grown woman, as a surrogate for the campaign, she should be treated the same as any other surrogate. Like one poster here said before, we're not asking about sex details or because Bill cheated on Hillary, we want to know why he lied, who they paid off to be quiet, we Hillary owes favors to.....these are all legitimate questions. They CAN be asked, she just has to answer them appropriate and not by saying "It's none of your business."

Will Chelsea answer a question about her mother's lie that she and hillary dodged sniper fire in Bosnia? And what about dodging sniper fire did her mother find so amusing that it gave her a chuckle when retelling this fantasy?

Chelsea is haughtier than her mother, which is quite a feat.

Who cares what slick willie and lying hillary's daughter will or will not say.  Hillary is no loner relevant, bill is a disgraced two-term president, and their daughter works for a hedge firm>>>>>...hello.

Go home Chelsea, your family has used you enough.  If you can't play with the big boys,>>>>>>>>>>>>...go home.

I have a question Chelsea - when your mother stood there and fabricated her "sniper fire" story on THREE occasions - did you take her aside and say "i was there - that never happened" - or maybe you suffer the same lack of sleep as Mom....

The reason the media reports more on Chelsea is because her mother is pushing her out there to get the attention for her campaign. I actually feel sorry for that girl. Look at the campaigns and how much this girl has been put in the spotlight. Even McCain doesn't use his daughters that much. Have you seen any other people running that have put their kids out as much as Hillary ? The poor girl probably doesn't get to see her mother and father much. They use her the way they use their (wink, wink) friends. Sad, very sad.

dare's alot of ignant people on this site that can't spell or form coherant sentenses.

Normally, I wouldn't comment on it, but the opinions are equally ridiculous. Why does anyone care about the personal life or feelings of the former president and his family. Worry about your own personal life and stop taking glee from other people's troubles.

I would start out by learning to read and write. Then make full time employment your next goal. Then you can make laugh at other peoples troubles and make your snide remarks.

Here's how I would handle the idiot who wanted Chelsea to answer embarassing questions about her family: I'd beat the daylights out of him in the parking lot for being such a tool.

MSNBC  -  Please leave Chelsea out of the entertainment news.

She is doing the American voters a service by answering our questions on the election.    Voters really do not like all the nastiness shown persons giving up their private lives to do public service.

Now the media needs to listen to the majority of voters who want respect shown to this wonderful young woman.

Show us some civic responsibility please.

she is a grown woman, if she can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.  since when are we only allowed to ask certain questions?  oh, i guess that's the way it is if you are a clinton.  she lied just like her mother by agreeing the bosnia story was true.  it's probably about time to start fitting her with nasty, bright, ugly pantsuits.  

Chelsea is not running for president.  She is out there to speak about her mom, not herself.  If she feels the question is irrelevant to her mom's capabilities as a president, she can choose not to answer it in an effort to keep the dialogue where it belongs - on her mom.

Clinton believes "she should reflect on how she has been blessed and think of ways she could give back."???  Is that why the Clinton's only gave 9% of their income to charity (the standard for everybody being 10%) and the Obama's donated 24% of their income to charity?

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