Jan 14, 2008 5:38pm

For Chelsea, Silence Is Golden

ABC’s Kate Snow reports:  For weeks now, Chelsea Clinton has been seen but not heard.

Taking time off from a fast-paced job with a New York hedge fund, the younger Clinton has been tagging along with her mother and father — standing on stages, smiling broadly, greeting voters.  But rarely does she ever say much more than a quick “I hope you’ll support my mom” to the voters whose hands she eagerly shakes.  And she never — never ever — speaks to the press.

When this reporter asked just after the holidays a benign “How was your Christmas Chelsea?” not once but twice, she smiled politely and ignored the question.

“She doesn’t take questions,” said the aide at her side.

In Iowa, a US Congressman was enlisted to stand by Chelsea’s side (“on Chelsea duty”) and make sure no one harassed the former first daughter.

And there was the famous encounter with an intrepid reporter from the Scholastic News in Des Moines.  Nine year old Sydney Rieckhoff was snubbed when she tried to ask Chelsea what she thought her dad would be like as a first spouse.  (She later asked the President himself and he answered the question.)

Chelsea, by all accounts, is an enormously private person.  She prefers to avoid political fights, publicity and all the tabloid attention that can inevitably follow.

Insiders in Camp Clinton say it is her choice, in consultation with her mother, to remain quietly on the sidelines.

But as the race intensifies, is Chelsea slowly coming out of her shell?

On Sunday, according to The Stanford Daily newspaper, Chelsea Clinton stood before an audience of more than 100 young women and fielded questions — on everything from healthcare to Iraq and Darfur.

And she wasn’t afraid to get specific.  Speaking about healthcare, the junior Clinton offered a well-rehearsed explanation of her mother’s plan.

“[My mother] and Senator Edwards are committed to universal healthcare,” the Stanford Daily reported she said. “Senator Obama is committed to what we call ‘virtual’ universal healthcare which would make it an option for people to buy into the system. What my mother argues is that if you don’t mandate that everyone have healthcare, the healthy people may not buy into the system, which means that the average cost of insuring people is a lot higher.”

Clinton urged students to vote in California’s upcoming February 5 primary and reminisced about her days as a Stanford student.

“I’m overcome by nostalgia,” Clinton reportedly said.

Sitting around on the floor of the Pi Beta Phi sorority lounge, the setting was comfortable.  There were no members of the national press present.  The campus did not advertise that Chelsea would be coming, though the event was publicized to five sororities.

According to the Stanford Daily, Clinton said: “We are just trying to make my mom’s campaign more accessible to people,” she said. “We want to make sure that young people feel like the campaign is talking about issues that you care about and is delivering its plans and ideas in a way that resonates with you.”

Today in Nevada, Chelsea surprised another group of students, showing up with her father for an event at Green Valley High School in Henderson, NV

Chelsea did not speak, but President Clinton offered her up if anyone had questions specifically for her.  When a student standing behind the President nearly fainted, Chelsea helped the girl off stage.

Slowly, tenatively, and without fanfare Chelsea Clinton has been getting her feet wet.

On the day before the New Hampshire primary last week, Chelsea worked the phones for her mother. 

In one phone call, she took several minutes to expound on her mothers position on Iraq.

“I can certainly tell you what she has said about Iraq,” Chelsea Clinton said.

Here’s how another call went:  “Oh, Louis, hi this is Chelsea Clinton calling. I was calling to talk to you about voting for my mother tomorrow. This is really Chelsea. Have you made a decision yet? It’s very hard. Do you have any questions?”

Voters are constantly gushing about how pretty and poised Chelsea is.  They call her “impressive”, “beautiful”, “smart”.            

Chelsea called out a car window to one young man, “Are you voting for my mom?” He answered a bit surprised, “I will now!”

“She is so cute!” said one Clinton campaign volunteer in New Hampshire. “It is fabulous seeing what a nice kids she is. They’ve done a fabulous job raising her even around all the politics. It says loads about Hillary.”

Will Chelsea’s efforts make any difference with younger voters?  Who knows.  But the campaign clearly figures it can’t hurt.

The rest of Chelsea’s events on Monday are “closed” to the press.  We’re told she’ll meet with high school voters and make some “retail stops”.  She will also stop by a campaign headquarters.  Perhaps some Nevada voters will be getting interesting phone calls tonight.

“Yes it’s really Chelsea.”

User Comments

Oh, yes, Chelsea, speak. After all, you ARE a world-reknowned political analyst.

Posted by: Publius | January 14, 2008, 6:40 pm 6:40 pm

Why do we care what Chelsea says? Do you want her for president, too?

Posted by: Cat | January 14, 2008, 7:10 pm 7:10 pm

Let Chelsea speak on the Supplimental
Warfunding holding back Secured Health
Care!

Posted by: joseph | January 14, 2008, 7:17 pm 7:17 pm

Chelsea is only a few years older than I am but I have always been a fan of her…watching her grow up in the white house and now emerging as a beautiful self-made woman is really awesome.
I’d love to vote for her also, but I guess that’s not in the cards. Hillary will make a great president. Her daughter turned out wonderful.

Posted by: Ryan | January 14, 2008, 7:21 pm 7:21 pm

She loves and believes in her mother and will help her and support her in any way that she can. Isn’t that what a good family is supposed to do? So, why all the negative talk from bloggers? Grow up and stop beating this family to a pulp. Haven’t the Republicans done enough and spent billions of tax-payer dollars trying to find something adverse about these people yet found nothing? We need to respect our leaders a little more by not promoting slander. Discussing and questioning real and legitimate issues, sure that’s what we’re supposed to do in a Democracy. But speculating unfounded grounds is plain and simple defamation a person’s character and that is illegal.

Posted by: Maris | January 14, 2008, 7:28 pm 7:28 pm

Hillary Clinton I hope you win the Golden Global awards in Michigan, I’m sure you will keep the spirit and walk like the Queen you’ll do just fine.

Posted by: Gloria | January 14, 2008, 7:30 pm 7:30 pm

Dave – “After all the mess with Monica and impeachment and recovery from a disasterous Bush-Regan deficit” —- What recovery from a diasasterous deficit??? have all you Clinton folks been brainwashed the same way?? THE DEFICIT GOT WORSE UNDER CLINTON !!! And to Ryan who said – “I’d love to vote for her (Chelsea) also, but I guess that’s not in the cards. Hillary will make a great president. Her daughter turned out wonderful” —- Its very frightening that anyone who can actually vote is shallow enough to base their vote on how someone’s daughter turned out – or say they would vote for that daughter (I assume based solely on who she is)… And people wonder why this country is in the shape it is in…. This ain’t American Idol people…

Posted by: givemeabreak | January 14, 2008, 7:40 pm 7:40 pm

Right after Iowa and NH where Barack racked up insurmountable support from younger voters, Hillary decides to unleash Chelsa. So now we have Hillary, Bill, and Chelsa all campaigning for her candidacy. Why not make it a total family affair and find Roger, or is he still in jail, oh, I almost forgot, Bill pardoned him of his cocaine conviction.

Posted by: gc | January 14, 2008, 7:45 pm 7:45 pm

Where have you been? The economy was better with Bill Clinton and when he left office there was not deficit. You must be reading the wrong books. Clinton is not the only president that went out and don’t forget Newt while his wife was dying he was going out.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | January 14, 2008, 8:37 pm 8:37 pm

so she finally learned the talking points???????She must not be to bright it took her along time. Either that or she really doesn’t want mommy in the White House, and they just brainwashed,,,,I mean convinced her.

Posted by: Dennis | January 14, 2008, 8:43 pm 8:43 pm

ariann — the question is what books have you been reading… The deficit was 5.7 trillion when Clinton left office. Up almost 2 trillion more than when he began. he (actually congress – which was in a republican majority at the time) balances the ANNUAL budget three times.. the annual surplus was used to buy back Social Security from the brink.. The Deficit got worse under Clinton ..But just like everything else.. Including the failure to get Bin Laden, the Countless scandals… the Clinton machine never sleeps in trying to rewrite history..

Posted by: givemeabreak | January 14, 2008, 8:44 pm 8:44 pm

Mariann — And lets not forget that the economy WAS NOT better when clinton left office… 6 months prior to the end of his second term, the tech industry crashed… over the next 12 months (up until 9/11) the stock market dropped 4000 points and 6.8 million jobs were lost… that is on Clinton and his tax and spend policies… You will get more of the same and worse under Hillary…

Posted by: givemeabreak | January 14, 2008, 8:48 pm 8:48 pm

Mariann — I accomplished my goals.. not that it really matters since I am not running for President. I didn’t make a comment about Clinton’s personal life, although I do believe he and Hillary have both made a career out of destroying anyone who dares bring up his dalliances.. look at what they did to Kathline Twilly, or Jennifer Flowers.. My comment was about the misguided belief that his presidency was a great one.. economically, it was mediocre and from an international security standpoint, it was horrible…

Posted by: givemeabreak | January 14, 2008, 8:53 pm 8:53 pm

What is so wrong about Chelsea supporting her mother? That is what families do, they support each other. President Clinton was good for the country during his tenure, I believe his wife will be just as good or better. They have made politics their career and are good at their jobs-that is something we all strive to be – good at our jobs. So what is the problem? Stop living in their past, they have moved on. Get a life, look to the future, stop dragging another person’s past along with you – let the Clintons be. They have a daughter that was brought up in a loving family. We need more examples of such good parenting! Go on Clintons – you are a strong family – may God continue to bless you!!

Posted by: chubbs | January 14, 2008, 9:11 pm 9:11 pm

Chelsea was not interested in the political life. She needed privacy to pursue her own dreams. Therefore talking to the press didn’t enter her picture. But Mom is running for President and she is her supporter and for the life of me I can’t figure out why anyone would criticize her for that.

Posted by: Victoria | January 14, 2008, 9:29 pm 9:29 pm

hubbs –”President Clinton was good for the country during his tenure, I believe his wife will be just as good or better” —- You are entitled to your opinion, but not everyone shares it… I happen to think the clinton’s were terrible for this country and the thought that Hillary might become president seems dreadful to me… They placed us in harms way and taxed us out of the strongest economy we have had in 40 yrs and have spent the last three decades embroiled in one scandal after another.

Posted by: givemeabreak | January 14, 2008, 9:54 pm 9:54 pm

I simply can’t let this last comment stand cause I’m not sure where givemeabreak was living but I’ve never heard one politician, economist, etc., who hasn’t acknowledged that the state of the economy during the Clinton years wasn’t substantially improved resulting in a budget surplus. You want to attack his personal character – be my guest but don’t go there unless your equally willing to attack that of others whose is less than stellar. As for international affairs. There was an operation during the Clinton administration to get rid of Obama that came at the end of Clinton’s administration. Yes it failed but you sure can’t point to Bush’s having had better success during his two terms as President. I would also concede that their were failures or shortcomings during the Clinton administration – there are in every presidential administration throughout history but the fact remains that if you ask the average citizen, few will not admit that they personally faired better under the Clinton administration than they did under any preceeding or have since under Bush.

Posted by: sjbj2322 | January 14, 2008, 10:18 pm 10:18 pm

WOW !!! You Clinton bashers will do anything to get your claws into Bill and Hilliary. But attacking their daughter is a new low even for you die-in-the-wool Clinton haters.

Posted by: V.Casella | January 14, 2008, 10:27 pm 10:27 pm

givemeabreak: You must have really been asleep during Clintons two terms as president. You`ll probably wake up after Bush is gone and say what a good job he did.

Posted by: V.Casella | January 14, 2008, 10:34 pm 10:34 pm

Why should we care what she thinks? Did anyone ask Michael Jordans son to step to the free throw line to take his shots for him?

Posted by: Anthony Rainier | January 14, 2008, 11:01 pm 11:01 pm

givemeabreak-people like you are the reason why the world is so negative. I truly feel that you think it is okay for you to make rash decisions, but if a leader does it, you get to jump on their case and what is even worse is that you have to hide behind a screename to do it. Sorry to tell you, but they are human, just like you and me.
As for the deficit, that’s going to keep growing no matter what, so don’t even use that as an excuse to attack Clinton. As long as we rely on foreign oil and do globalization it’s going to happen, so I’d look into things before judging them. The Clintons are known for saving the economy.
As for the national security, at least Bill Clinton tried to find Osama and kill him. He made it his goal to assassinate him, but Congress didn’t approve of it and thought it was a obsession of his. You should really start reading books on terrorism like I have.
As for the scandals, I looked into them, they are real small things that the media blew up into proportion, because (1), they have nothing better to talk about and (2), the four main medias are owned by conservative republicans, who will do all they can to hurt the Clintons. Obviously the Republican’s trash has rubbed off on you, I’m glad to say I’m not brainwashed by the media. I also want to let you know you’ve just been told off by an 18 year old. See, just because your young, doesn’t mean you don’t know about politics. I also agree with V.Casella :D

Posted by: Cam | January 14, 2008, 11:03 pm 11:03 pm

Mariann Pepitone: You need to do some more research dear. At least take a look at the records between Senator Clinton and Senator Obama. During Hillary’s first six years in the U.S. Senate, (her only officially elected public office), she was able to get 20 bills passed into law. You can find these by going to http://www.senate.gov, but I will list them for you. 1.Establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site, 2.Support the goals and ideals of Better Hearing and Speech Month, 3.Recognize the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, 4.Name courthouse after Thurgood Marshall, 5.Name courthouse after James L. Watson, 6.Name post office after John A. O’Shea, 7.Designate Aug.7,03, as National Purple Heart Recognition Day, 8.Support the goals and ideals of National Purple Heart Recognition Day, 9.Honor the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton on the bicentennial of his death, 10.Congratulate the Syracuse University Orange Men’s Lacrosse Team on winning the championship, 11.Congratulate the Le Moyne College Dolphins Men’s Lacrosse Team on winning the championship, 12.Establish the 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemorative Program, 13.Name post office after Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda, 14.Honor Shirley Chisholm for her service to the nation and express condolences on her death, 15.Honor John J. Downing, Brian Fahey, and Harry Ford, firefighters who lost their lives on duty, 16.Extend period of unemployment assistance to victims of 9/11, 17.Assist land mine victims in other countries, 18.Assist family care givers in affordable respite care, 19.Pay for city projects in response to 9/11 20.Designate part of the national forest system in Puerto Rico as protected in the Wilderness Preservation System. Now I grant you, other than these bills authored by Hillary, she was able to accomplish more for the constituent’s in her adopted state of New York, by adding earmarks to bills of other legislators that would benefit industry in her state. That is why she has earned the name of “earmark queen”. The majority of those industries fall in the defense and pharmaceutical categories. Go to the website of the federal election commission, http://www.fec.gov, or http://www.opensecrets.org, and you will find these industries are large contributors to Hillary’s campaign. Next before you blast away with your venomous fingers on the keybord, I’ll list a few of Mr. Obama’s accomplishments. I can’t list individually as I did for Hillary, because the bills are too numerous. In Mr. Obama’s eight years in the Illinois Senate he was capable of authoring 820 bills. He introduced 233 regarding healthcare reform, 125 regarding poverty and public assistance, 112 crime fighting bills, 97 economic bills, 62 education bills, 60 human rights and anti-discrimination bills,21 ethics bills, 20 environmental, 15 gun control, 6 veterans affairs, and many others; a large portion of which were made law, including the most sweeping ethics legislation of any state. Many of these accomplishments were bi-partisan supported efforts. In his first year in the U.S. Senate , he authored 142 bills and co-sponsored another 427. These include the Coburn(R)-Obama government Transparency Act, signed into law. The Lugar(R)-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act, a campaign finance reform bill, which is still languishing in committee, and once again the most comprehensive Ethics Reform bill passed in the U.S. Senate in decades, and he has another one behind the one that passed due to the fact the first one was watered down more than he would have liked in the Senate, but he compromised in order to get an ethics bill passed in order to curb some of the abuses going on in Congress. I’ll take this man’s work any time over that of Hillary, regardless whether he smoked marijuana when he was a teenager, my son did too and he is now owner of a successful business and has a fine family as do many others in this nation who experimented as a youth. Besides Hillary’s lackluster performance as a Senator, there are too many un-answered questions in her past that I don’t think America needs to drag up again.

Posted by: gc | January 14, 2008, 11:06 pm 11:06 pm

V Casella — “You must have really been asleep during Clintons two terms as president” — why would you say that, are you contending that the deficit “disappeared” under Clinton as the earlier poster did?? If so, you need to check again… I have my facts straight.. and can back it up with references if I need to …

Posted by: givemeabreak | January 14, 2008, 11:21 pm 11:21 pm

I find it so funny that Obama fans are actually willing to side with conservatives to gang up on another democrat. Just goes to show who the real democrats truly are. You don’t see me ridiculing Sen. Edwards and Sen. Obama.

Posted by: Cam | January 14, 2008, 11:30 pm 11:30 pm

Cam – “As for the national security, at least Bill Clinton tried to find Osama and kill him. He made it his goal to assassinate him, but Congress didn’t approve of it and thought it was a obsession of his. You should really start reading books on terrorism like I have.” — First, you are wrong on that… Clinton had 4 opportunities to get Bin Laden and he failed to do so.. Other countries were trying to assist and he still blew it.. if you believe that the dependance on foriegn oil is the problem, then why do the democrats oppose drilling in Anwar, or nuclear enery as an alternative?? Its not the republicans who have put up the most road block to energy independance.. your comment that the 4 main medias are republican shows you to be less informed than you think.. Only FOX is openly conservative.. ABC, CBS, MSNBC, NBC, and CNN are all openly liberal leaning. The most prominent media mogul in the US is George Soros who Own CNN, MSNC, the Washington Post and the New York Times.. he is a far left liberal who has given a huge amount of money ot Hillary Clinton. Please… perhaps you should do a little more reading… You are obviously not gettig much from those “terrorism books” you have been reading.

Posted by: givemeabreak | January 14, 2008, 11:30 pm 11:30 pm

Sorry to tell you, but your wrong.Gone are the days of the “free standing” mainstream media.
CBS, NBC and ABC were stricly networks and competed with each other by providing accurate, thorough coverage of events. Now the media also comprises a variety of cable outlets and ownership is held by a group of large corporations. CBS is owned by Viacom, NBC is owned by General Electric, Disney owns ABC, Newscorp has FOX, MSNBC is parented by Microsoft and GE, CSPAN is held by a consortium of cable companied and CNN is owned by AOL-Time Warner. With corporation ownership, allegiance is no longer to the people. Each of the corporate entities has a big agenda and subsequently a fat stake in politics. GE always wants some new defense contracts, Microsoft wants to operate without anti-trust constraints, AOL-Time Warner wants access to cable lines, etc. They all have some common interests. The corporate media entities want deregulation. Many of these large corporations are Conservative. You should do more digging on the Republican side, since I believe you are a Republican? I advise to you to switch over.

Posted by: Cam | January 14, 2008, 11:50 pm 11:50 pm

Cam – I am a republican and would’nt dream of switching over… Dems have become far to socialist for me. I want les government not more. As far as your belief that there are more conservative leaning media group sthan liberal, you are entitled to that opinion, but let me ask you this, if that is true, then why do over 75% of those who sitbehind the mic lean left… If, as you say, the big media outlets are conservative leaning… why would they overwhelmingly place liberals in the chair.. Why do we have only one FOX news .. if the media owners are conservative? Sorry, But I disagree with your assessment and I would be suprised if very many actaully agreed with you.

Posted by: givemeabreak | January 15, 2008, 12:18 am 12:18 am

Givemeabreak-your also wrong about Bill Clinton/s agenda on terrorism. I suggest you read “Against all Enemies” by Richard A. Clarke. The Republicans are obviously not be able handle national security issues.

Posted by: Cam | January 15, 2008, 12:22 am 12:22 am

“I find it so funny that Obama fans are actually willing to side with conservatives to gang up on another democrat. Just goes to show who the real democrats truly are. You don’t see me ridiculing Sen. Edwards and Sen. Obama.”
Hillary is gaining up on other Democrats herself. So what’s the difference b/w Hillary and the non-Hillary supporter?
As far as some of the other comments:
Chelsea is hardly self-made…..That’s like saying Donald Trump made it on his own….
And GC I agree. They keep her locked up like some freak in a cage, then roll her out when they need her for votes. And where is she being dispatched? Now if that’s not playing the gender card I don’t know what is. Of course, this isn’t the first time she’s played that card.
Doesn’t matter to me though. I’m a Moderate Repub. and quite frankly, I could care less about the Democratic party. However, we do welcome all of your votes! See you at the polls.
Greg

Posted by: Greg Dennis | January 15, 2008, 12:34 am 12:34 am

To CAM the republican – I’ve switched out of the Republican party. The party I believed in that was fiscally responsible and morally in the center simply doesn’t exist anymore.
…”Dems have become far to socialist for me. I want les government not more.”… Republicans always say that but always spend more now – I don’t believe you. I bet you don’t think of Pentagon spending and Ag subsidies and Building huge jails as socialist – but they are. They are very very socialist entities. Wake up CAM, follow the white rabbit.
Also Fox News isn’t really a news channel, it’s a cheerleading session. PS I’m not a democrat now, just an independent thinker!

Posted by: MRJ | January 15, 2008, 12:42 am 12:42 am

MRJ-Sorry to tell you, but I’m a die hard democrat, you must be reading the blog the wrong way. I also believe that the Republicans have left this country to the dogs. Though (givemeabreak)is a Republican who needs some convincing to switch :D Cam

Posted by: Cam | January 15, 2008, 1:35 am 1:35 am

Jimmy — No you are wrong and I suggest you look it up… We had three balanced ANNUAL Budgets under Clinton (and only when there was a republican congress) that means that during those years we made more in taxes than we spent (for that year only) It does not mean that the deficit – which is the running total of all the debts incurred by the annual budgets combined – was gone.. the National debt was at 3.9 trillion at the beginning of the Clinton years and at 5.7 trillion and the end of his administration. It is now 8.9 trillion. Say that he had no deficit is like saying that you made three house payments so you no longer owe anything on your mortgage. And actaully, clinton used the surplus to pay socialsecurity back into solvency so, of the three annual surpluses – only one actually was used to pay back anything on the national debt. And that payment was actaully less than the interest incurred for that year(it didn’t shrink the debt – only slowed its growth)… As of Sept 7, 2000, the national debt clock was officially “unplugged” that was 4 months before Clinton left office..At the time it was unplugged, the national debt was 5.67 trillion dollars ( you can check that through an article written by CNN.com. You can also check my other figures simply by googling the national debt and look for any number of sites that give a running graph showing the level of the debt during the Clinton years. I will make a deal with you.. If you can find any reputable site that give the national debt at or near zero at anytime during the Clinton administration – please share — I am anxious to see your source since it differs from everything i have read on dozens of sites and reports.

Posted by: givemeabreak | January 15, 2008, 1:36 am 1:36 am

Californiadreamer — you are a dreamer — 9/11 happened 9 months into the Bush administration – the 9/11 commission places the training and infiltration time for the attack at over 2 years… Do you honestly think this plot wasn’t hatched under Clinton’s watch??? Especially since they had successfully completed 6 other attacks during his administration without being significantly challenged… Why do you think that since the war in Afganistan began, we have not had an attack on American soil?? You you think that is blind luck??

Posted by: givemeabreak | January 15, 2008, 1:42 am 1:42 am

givemeabreak-Actually President Bush had several chances to catch Osama, the British had him located. But Bush said no, because he wanted America to catch him so it made him look better. At several press meetings when asked about what he was doing about Osama, Bush basically said he could care less. That is a prime example of a Republican president. Those who follow him are blind or at least do it because the tax cuts benefit them.

Posted by: Cam | January 15, 2008, 1:51 am 1:51 am

Cam – Yes I am a republican. if you think this country is for the dogs now wait till another tax and spend democrat gets in there. We were lucky that the ship could be righted a bit at the end of the Clinton Administration. I don’t know about you but I am old enough to remember Carter and what happens when a tax and spend policy maker gets free reign… We had 13% inflation and 12% unemployment (2.5 times worse than now). Our foreign policy was a mess, iran held Americans hostage for over a year and our military was so descimated by spending cuts that we could not even put together a successful mission to rescue them. I fail to understand what is so appealing about a socialist government. no where in the world has socialism been anywhere near as successful as the government we have now. Our unemployment is 5.5% We have less than 5% of the worlds population but we have 40% of the worlds wealth. why would it be a good idea to throw that away for a political system that by comparison is a failure. Would you rather live in Korea where 60% of the population is starving? How about Cuba – where 1/3 of the population lives in abject poverty? What about England – they are one of the most successful Socialist societies in the world.. and their citizens pay over 75% of their total income in taxes. Figure out how well you could live of 25% of your current pay…depending on the government to get you by.. Is that your idea of a better America???

Posted by: givemeabreak | January 15, 2008, 1:56 am 1:56 am

I think that we need damage control now. Bush adminitstration has spent nearly one trillion dollars on the war alone. Reasons like these are why we pay some much in taxes. Tell me what do you think of Bush and his buddies making billions of dollars off of the war by making the armies food, doing transportation etc. All things the army can do itself. It’s not a huge scandal on the news, thanks to the conservatives that own the media.
The reason I choose to live in a socialist government is because I believe all people should have the same chances as everybody else. No American should be left behind because of their skin, race, or income. The governments job is to look out for it’s people. The Republican’s have yet to learn that. Only the wealthy have a real say in the government. It’s too bad you haven’t seen it.

Posted by: Cam | January 15, 2008, 2:15 am 2:15 am

Cam – “Actually President Bush had several chances to catch Osama, the British had him located. But Bush said no, because he wanted America to catch him so it made him look better.” — Humm how can I put this — YOU ARE COMPLETELY WRONG I was in the persian gulf and the british NEVER had him located. In fact the closest we ever came was in Tora Bora, but we found later that we had missed him by over a day.. It is one thing to mis speak or even to assume something based on someone else’s writings.. but you are making statements that are absolutely wrong and are NOT based on any existing facts… Provide me with one legitimate piece of evidence to support your claim that the British had Bin Laden. he was in captivity during the Clinton amdinistration and was offered to Clinton – but never to Bush…

Posted by: givemeabreak | January 15, 2008, 2:24 am 2:24 am

Cam – “Tell me what do you think of Bush and his buddies making billions of dollars off of the war by making the armies food, doing transportation etc. All things the army can do itself.” — Do you really think our military can “do it themselves”? Please.. this conversation is becoming so asinine that I fail to see the point of continuing.. as far as your other statement is concerned – “The reason I choose to live in a socialist government is because I believe all people should have the same chances as everybody else. No American should be left behind because of their skin, race, or income. The governments job is to look out for it’s people.” — Sorry, but that is not exactly what the constitution was written to do in this country. the constitution was written to establich the role and limitation of government 1.) provide for the common defense – which means to establish maintain and support a ston military to protect us both at home and abroad. 2.) promote general welfare – which means to insure that those who can not take care of themselves are not forgotten – but it does not mean that it is the governments job to take care of everyone. the individual citizen is responsible for their own prosperity.
3.)Insure the blessings of liberty – which means that each individual is free to pursue happiness based on their own ability – the abilty to succeed with out government intervention – and also the ability to fail which is a price we pay for freedom. The government does not owe you a living, healthcare, or a paycheck.. it owes you a sense of security from your enemies and it owes you the opportunity to succeed or fail based on your own ability. Nothing else… and that is the way the founding fathers wanted it..

Posted by: givemeabreak | January 15, 2008, 2:41 am 2:41 am

Reading this thread it is apparent that the Republicans are getting so desperate they have started to make up historical facts.
The fact is oil was $50 a barrel and the United States did not have a deficit, and if you had a steady job you could get a mortgage, and the value of your house was increasing. All under Clinton.
So can someone tell me what G W Bush’s economic legacy be if you are not a shareholder of haliburton?

Posted by: Chris Linthwaite | January 15, 2008, 2:45 am 2:45 am

We must acknowledge changes in the Clinton family after the office:
* therapy sessions produced a public acknowledgment and an apology that the affair w/the intern was wrong;
* former President, Bill Clinton, had enough courage to travel and raise money with George Bush, Sr. for the tsunami survivors;
* former President, Bill Clinton, has undergone major heart surgery and he is not longer the same man who was in the office 10 years ago!
Lets stop living in the past and treasure NOW….all our days are so precious! Our nation needs a woman president….Release the need for enemies in your life, make friends today.

Posted by: Chris H. | January 15, 2008, 3:33 am 3:33 am

Honestly who really cares what she has to say. It was a disgrace when her father was impeached for his wrong acts and it’s even more a disgrace now that her mom is running for President. I hope this Country Steps up to the plate and defends that the role of a President is for a MAN!

Posted by: Gabe F. | January 15, 2008, 4:36 am 4:36 am

This Nation was founded as a REPUBLIC and not a democracy. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA… AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.. The Democrat Parties are a bunch of Left Wing Liberals.

Posted by: Gabe F. | January 15, 2008, 4:44 am 4:44 am

Chelsea Clinton, is a very intelligent, beautiful, young lady. I highly, commend Bill and Hillary Clinton, for the outstanding job they done in raising their daughter. Chelsea, will bring a positive impact to the Clinton campaign.

Posted by: Pointman | January 15, 2008, 5:11 am 5:11 am

Ist the media stirs the pot
2nd the supporters blasts each other
3rd the candidates spar and exchange words
4th the supporters continue the bashing
5th the media stirs the pot some more
6th the candidates explain their position and their remarks
7th the supporters deny the truth(ALWAYS)
8th the media gains ratings and is laughing at everybody(all the way to the bank)
Poor misled people
We should demmand objective reporting to avoid this “Stirring the Pot” tactics by bias media coverage
Watch Reliable Resources and be sure to be objective or you miss the lessons in their reports and commentaries

Posted by: Ann | January 15, 2008, 5:39 am 5:39 am

Chris Linwaithe – Oil was $50 a barrel .. that is correct. But the deficit was over 5.7 trillion dollars at the end of the Clinton administration. If you still refuse to believe me then just take a look
This includes a running graph of the national debt beginning at the end of Clinton’f first year and runs through last year.. It plainly shows that the national debt went from 4 trillion in Clinton’s second year (it was about 3.8 at the end of the first Bush presidency) to around 5.7 trillion by the time clinton left office.. Also intersting to not on this graph is the fact that it did not significantly go up under Bush until the beginng of the gulf war. Please stop telling talking if you don’t have a clue what you are talkin about. As far as you other comments are concerned.. Housing has risen in value more under bush than it did under Clinton. And it is true that under the Clinton administration it was easier to get a mortgage.. because Clinton relaxed the rules regarding subprime lending to allow more “high risk” people to get loans.. then loan companies covers that risk by assigning ballooning rates to higher risk borrowers and the resulat is the mortgage problems that we now face today.. I agree that Bush did nothing to fix the problem – but as the problem exists because Clinton relaxed the rules. just another of his failed policies – like higher taxes and increased social programs that we now can no longer afford. Do some homework before you speak up.. you might find that the Clinton administation was actually to blame for more of our problems than the Bush administration is. Are you aware that during the period beginning 6 months prior to the end of Clinton’s term and 8 month’s into Bush’s term the stock marker lost 4000 points and America lost 6.8 million jobs… Bush cut taxes which stimulated the economy and 6 of the 6.8 million jobs were restored within 2 years… still think Clinton was all that great?? If so, you arn’t really looking at the true facts…

Posted by: givemeabreak | January 15, 2008, 6:04 am 6:04 am

Chris H – And you know about these theorpy sessions how??? Fisrst I have heard of them. in fct, I am not aware that Clinton has ever even apologized to his family or the nation for his many affairs. there have been numerous rumors thathe has a mistriss now. And —Clinton has not undergone major heart surgery — and even if he had, last time I checked, heart surgery didn’t change your morals…Iahve had heart surgery.. and I am pretty much the same person I always was.. no better and no worse.. finally, the tsunami relief work was a good thing both he and Bush need to be commended for it.. but that initself doesn’t change the fact that Clinton has engaged in dirty crooked politics for over three decades and teh Clinton machine is just as corrupt as it ever was…. Hillary has been running from president for less than 6 months and has already been involved in two campaign scandals, has played the race card, the woman card, and continues to lie about her “35 years” of experience… 35 years ago, she worked for the Rose Law Firm.. Is the Whitewater scandal her idea of political experience???

Posted by: givemeabreak | January 15, 2008, 6:19 am 6:19 am

OH this is such BS. The more I listen to the whole drama of the Clintons the more I want to puke.

Posted by: jack | January 15, 2008, 8:28 am 8:28 am

I don’t know, maybe it’s me, but does anyone else think Hillary looks like a marinette puppet?

Posted by: LongT | January 15, 2008, 8:46 am 8:46 am

Gimmeabreak. Where do you get your figures from? I am a Texan working on a project in London. While it is true their taxes are higher here, and I’m not sure what the percentage is, 75% is definately way way way way wrong.

Posted by: g77084 | January 15, 2008, 9:12 am 9:12 am

Cam:”"The reason I choose to live in a socialist government is because I believe all people should have the same chances as everybody else.” This is America and everybody has the same chance at success……some start at differnt places but all can make it. Period. The Constitution does not quarantee a level playing field…it only quarantees the the government will not put up road blocks. As Ben Franklin once said, “The Constitution guarantees the pursuit of happiness….you still have to chase it.”
And if you prefer to live in a socialist country….please go to one.

Posted by: Tom | January 15, 2008, 9:13 am 9:13 am

“Hillary Clinton I hope you win the Golden Global awards in Michigan, I’m sure you will keep the spirit and walk like the Queen you’ll do just fine. ”
I hope she does well as she did here in NH. Hillary already owns an Academy Award.
“What recovery from a diasasterous deficit??? have all you Clinton folks been brainwashed the same way?? THE DEFICIT GOT WORSE UNDER CLINTON !!!”
Some people make remarks that are not even fathonable. Republicans, the self proclaimed guardians of the Treasury are the same who have been steling for over 40 years. And your comment about Clinton is as juvenile as I have heard.
We are 2 TRILLION in additional deficit for the war, and that isn’t even counted!
I thought everyone in the country knew who is getting rich at our expense: Corporate welfare and the rich!
You want to see the truth, or do you want to buy the rhetoric!

Posted by: concordcan | January 15, 2008, 10:42 am 10:42 am

Well all I have to say is that Americans are really being fooled by the Clintons myth. Clinton was one of the worst presidents in american history and yet many don’t know it. I am not a republican, but I can say that I prefer Bush though he is bad as well. Clinton’s foreign policy was a very bad one. The reason why people don’t know about it is just because most american know only America and they have a rough idea of Europe…they only know Europe or Africa through televisiion. But if you really have to look back through history, you will see that America under Clinton did a lot of arm to Africa. Now, another Clinton wants to take power…I see this as when America is voting G.W.Bush for the second time, which was a huge mistake….

Posted by: Jay | January 15, 2008, 10:55 am 10:55 am

The emerging campaign adjusts its attitude and lets the child express herself. Perhaps the candidate can also emerge and be a real human being. I vote democratic for every office except the CESS POOL SUPERVISOR so this network nonsense reporting I view as comedy par excellence. Anybody remember Hillarys attempt at a joke about the ARAB running a gas station in Missouri??? Those are the moments I hope do not re-emerge…

Posted by: daddyblue | January 15, 2008, 10:56 am 10:56 am

LORNA you need to do more research.
We were not safe. The terrorist were at war with us and declared it. Clinto after some of our troops and sailors were killed by terreriost attacks sent a few cruise missiles ove to scare them He was to chicken to even take OSAMA when he had the chance. Because he would go through what Bush is now.
The balanced budget! HAHA How much did congress borrow from Social Security to pay down the budget?? Yes pay it down so they look good. Social Security would not be in this mess if they would keep the hands out of it.
Look up your REAL history facts before you brag on. YOU ARE WRONG

Posted by: Jim Rod | January 15, 2008, 11:39 am 11:39 am

Lorna:”GET your facts straight! The country was in the best shape ever in the 1990s! We were Safe- Not at War! We were respected by most every Country in the World! We had Jobs! A balanced budget! And For the first time ever it was Bill Clinton who got the national debt clock to turn backwards!”
Glad to see you have yoor head in the sand clear to the shoulders. Clinton was not responsible for the 90′s economy…that was something called computers and the internet..that coupled with the Y2K “concern”. Everybody was upgrading before 2000….translation….business was booming for everybody that had hardware or software to sell.Clinton had zero to do with that. Balanced budget….Republican congress made him to it…remmeber Contract with America. Clinton was, “we can balanced the budget in 4 years”, “two years”, “7 years” and the best…”we don’t need to balance the budget”
As for being safe…please wake up….WTC 93….response..send in the FBI….Kobar Towers…send in the FBI….Attack on the USS Cole….send in the FBI. We had lots of people at war with us….we just never responded with force which lead them to see us as a paper tiger and do in the WTC for sure the second time.
By definition an attack on a US warship is an act of war….not a crime.
Clinton failed to do his job as commander in chief. Those are just a few of the attacks America endured doing the 90′s with the same response….it’s a criminal investigation. I think I need to go puke after reading some of the shameful liberal BS here.

Posted by: Tom | January 15, 2008, 11:49 am 11:49 am

Givemeabreak,
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
The deficit was REDUCED UNDER CLINTON.
Google anything related to Clinton/deficit or “balanced budget amendment”
In unison, Clinton and the 1994 republican congress helped to bring down the deficit.
PERIOD.
Stop rewriting history;
Regardless, was the dollar weak? Was gas high? Were groceries expensive? Was income growing fast or stagnating? Did we borrow Billions from China to pay for a war, after taxes were cut?
NO NO NO NO NO NO
Seriously, let it go.

Posted by: Josh | January 15, 2008, 12:06 pm 12:06 pm

Ms. helga…you must have an addictive wonderful personality…
You’re either obsessed, literally have an addictive personality, or hate the little people of America.
ONLY in America can self-made men..Bill Clinton, John Edwards…be ridiculed, mocked, beaten down, torn to shreds.
Did you get that? SELF-MADE MEN. Peopel like you and I who started out completely average means; then rose to great wealth, or became President.
What in the hell do you people have against them? Because of the republican infrastructure of 70% to 30% conservative to liberal am/fm radio shows? Because of the stacked republicans vs. dems political pundits? Because of made up news stories (i.e. clinton talking in an accent to pander in the south, when she just read a short passage with an accent, then went back to using her normal dialect) in the media?
Yet you people cling to the ridiculous idea that billionaires, people born into money (bush, millions in his bank account while he played little league) will vote your best interests, while people who started out average and middle class are some sort of evil plot to kill America.
Man you people are wacked.

Posted by: Josh | January 15, 2008, 12:13 pm 12:13 pm

Tom, how many attacks in America while Clinton was President? One of them from a white guy, one of them on the WTC.
How many years between before 9/11?
8? Wow…Bush actually had memos cross his desk, as did Condi “bin laden determined to strike” Detailing HOW.
Man, let’s see:
1)Cut taxes (shifting burden to state/local)
2)Start war
3)borrow billions from Communist China
against FUTURE tax money.
Yes, very very smart there, ay?
Where IS bin laden btw?
How IS Afganistan doing?
Iraq? I thought the mission was accomplished?
Bush in a flight suit? AHAAHAHAHAAH
Telcom immunity to cover bush admin’s illegal activity? TELECOMS ALREADY HAD IMMUNITY UNDER THE OLD FISA IF THE GOVERNMENT’S REQUESTS WERE PROPER HAD OVERSIGHT AND WERE LEGAL.
So “Tom” why RETRO immunity? HMM?
Please….this administration, regardless of how 30% of Americans see it is doomed, a complete utter failure, and historians will attest to that.
I personally can say my income has shrunk…PLEASE STOP TRYING TO CONVINCE PEOPLE EVERYTHING IS GREAT UNDER BUSH.
All you have to do is look out your damn windows.

Posted by: Josh | January 15, 2008, 12:19 pm 12:19 pm

Hillary will say or do anything to get the nomination even if it is lie, cheat, steal, manipulate, insult, degrade, connive, destroy, humiliate, condecend, disrespect, or eliminate. Being tough is one thing, being an embarressment is another. The Clintons do not deserve or have earned the right to be back in the White House, They did no justice to our country by being there before, regardless of what minor things were accomplished, Hillary is not experianced by association nor is she able to lead a country that needs more of a credible human being. Too many people dislike her already, this is not a wise choice to make

Posted by: Toni | January 15, 2008, 12:21 pm 12:21 pm

Josh: ..this country runs on free market…there is a 70% to 30% disparity in talk radio because liberal talk is so hateful and full of BS that nobody wants to listen to it. And clearly you haven’t heard the whole speech she gave in accent. Started out just normal and by the end was talking like someone from deep, deep Mississippi. It’s also not the only time she’s done it.
And just because your an average American and rise to wealth or the Presidency doesn’t make you God, right or even a deceit human being. In fact, a case can be made that it makes you a totally absorbed ### since getting to the top is not a stroll in the park…it’s a hard fought battle everyday and you don’t win everyday by being “nice”.
Also, while the Bushs’ may have money now…when George was in little league his dad was just a congressman making about $13,000 a year. You are one class envy fool. Work hard boy…maybe one day you’ll have money also….don’t wait for the government to give it to you.

Posted by: Tom | January 15, 2008, 12:31 pm 12:31 pm

Givemeabreak, learn the difference between the words debt and deficit in regards to a budget. Under Clinton, the deficit for a yearly budget DECREASED and eventually became a SURPLUS. Yes the debt increased during his time office but he slowed the rate it was rising. Since Bush has been in office he’s had some of the largest deficits in history (with inflation adjusted). The largest Clinton deficit approached 300 Billion for a year. 300 Billion has practically been the norm for Bush. And your claim about the stock market is completely wrong, unless you’re solely talking about the NASDAQ. As for the Dow Jones, which is what I’m assuming you are talking about the drop during the last year of Clinton was like 500 points..during the first 8 months of the Bush administration the drop was 1000 points…so it was only 1500 total points. It dropped another 1500 or so after 9/11. And I just did a simple look at a chart on yahoo. And yes Clinton had a triple or quadruple bypass in 2006, it was all over the news, I’m sure you can look that up on CNN too. And why can’t the military do their own food and quartermastering. They used to do it for years! So please GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!
And as far as Osama goes Jim Rod and givemeabreak, who was it that actually armed the man? Oh wait, it was the US back in the 80′s under Reagan and Bush! Also, I seem to remember a Republican Congress that wanted no part of Clinton hunting down the terrorists after the embassy bombings and he received a lot of criticism for even launching the cruise missiles! And I seem to remember that George Bush said during his campaign that it was the United States’ job to police the world! Funny how that changed when he realized he could make a mint off of doing just that.

Posted by: Lordyoda | January 15, 2008, 12:42 pm 12:42 pm

Some of you people want the young people to respect you ,but you dont want to show them any respect..Chelsea is doing for her mother what any good daughter would do.

Posted by: Jeanette | January 15, 2008, 12:48 pm 12:48 pm

No one’s ever spent as many as 16 years as a first daughter. This could set a precedent.

Posted by: eric | January 15, 2008, 12:51 pm 12:51 pm

And not so fast Josh, Clinton also had some info. and the Dems. also had some info. since Bush has been in the WH and what did they do with the info. they had? We know what Hill. did with hers….
To the rest of you:
I’m not defending anyone. I just am sick and tired of hearing about Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton, when will be DONE hearing about Bill Clinton?
Yeap the 90′s were a great time for all sorts of tech. inventions and new money making schemes as well as SCAMS, but lets not over inflate anything here…..
And no matter how many times the Clintons tell you, you CAN’T GO BACK IN TIME. There will be NO repeat of the 90′s. The good times are over. The hand-outs have dried up. The jobs(blue and white collar) going south….This country is evolving, growing, etc. Get with the progress or be stuck back in the 90′s.

Posted by: Daniel | January 15, 2008, 1:08 pm 1:08 pm

Josh: get a better view…. Got news for you…..if the Dems take the WH your taxes will go through the ROOF….universal health care, hillary’s plan to GIVE $5000 to every child born for an education just to name 2 that will cost BILLIONS and will never go away so you will be paying for it, your children will be paying for it and so on and so on for endless generations.
Terrorist attacks on Americans:
1) WTC 93
2) American embassey in Kenya
3) American embassey in Tanzania
4) 2 US diplomats killed in Pakistan
5) Kohbar Towers
6) attack on USS Cole
7) 4 US businessmen killed in Pakistan 1997
8) Sniper attack at Emire Stare Building by Palestinian 1997
9)US embassey attacked in Athens
10) assassination attempt on former Pres. Bush 1993
11)TWA 800…ain’t buying the story of a fuel tank problem on a aircraft that’s been in service for nearly 30 years and millions of flight time/miles….statically very, very unlikey.
Clinton was always trying to be the good guy and never made the tough decisions that needed to be made to keep America safe and strong. He has the spine of a jelly fish as does his wife.

Posted by: Tom | January 15, 2008, 1:18 pm 1:18 pm

STATUS QUO MUST GO!
Americans should DISALLOW A CLINTON THIRD TERM! . . . .
It is very obvious that the self-destructive Bill Clinton is using his wife to win a THIRD CLINTON TERM in the defiled White House with the interns.
Last time the self-destructive Clintons built up a huge White House legacy and then proceeded to foul their White House nest and undermine the US Presidency, which has not recovered after 8 years.
It will take a character of Obama’s stature to fix the US Presidency.

Posted by: Gobama | January 15, 2008, 1:30 pm 1:30 pm

Tom, are you kidding?
How about over 4,000 soldiers killed now, beating the Twin Towers for a country that had NOTHING TO DO WITH 9/11?!?
How about hundred thousand innocent Iraqi men, women, children killed in a war with NOTHING TO DO WITH 9/11?!
How about all of the attacks on our allies since 9/11, how about the recent bombing of a car belonging to the US Embassy?
You don’t understand terrorism, and America’s underhanded dealings in other countries’ business.
WHy did an American company CHiquita banana fund terrorism in South America?
How many more are involved in shady dealings in other countries that we’re not aware of?
How about that memo
“BIN LADEN DETERMINED TO STRIKE”
How about LETTING 19 INDIVIDUALS BRING THIS COUNTRY TO ITS KNEES by being sissies and yelling and screaming about it for days instead of planning a SMART ATTACK on the people who actually did it, instead of A COUNTRY WHICH IS NOT SAUDI ARABIA?

Posted by: Josh | January 15, 2008, 1:37 pm 1:37 pm

Irag was a terror supporting state and one working on WMD. They needed to be dealt with…..14 UN resolutions and no compliance….yea take him out. And wether AQ was there before or not, they sure are there now and more than perfectly willing to die there. That’s fine with me….better there than here. the problem with libs is they NEVER think it’s a good time for force.
1) cutting taxes worked for me but then again I make more than minimum wage
2) didn’t start war…we were attacked….sorry if terror supporting states have to suffer
3) how much money did you get from your daddy…..none I would suggest. Same here…..my dad make more in retirement than my wife and I make together but we don’t see any of it. I suspect Bushs’ family is the same
4) Afghanistan is going pretty good by evidence that the media is bored with it over all and doesn’t even cover
5)bin laden…probably dead and buried in a cave somewhere but don’t care because if a body turns up you libs will go nuts and claim the war is over when it is not
6)clearly not a military person…doesn’t surprise me at all. That sign was from the carrier crew to Bush proclaiming their mission was accomplished which it was…their mission not his
7) most of your groceries going up have more to do with Dem policy than Bush. When you make poor fuel from food that’s what you get. The demand for corn has now increased which means higher prices for beef and dairy products.
8) love your conspriacy on talk radio but truth be told the left only thought a very small minority was listening to radio and they ignored the medium which allowed the right to fill the void. Problem is for the left is their hate filled BS doesn’t ring well for radio listeners and they have lost that market. It was much bigger than they realized
9)politcal justice department….don’t make me break a rib laughing. What were you saying about it when Clinton fired ALL 93 US attornies. Then put in that major joke Reno that screwed up Waco and got a lot of Americans killed.
Enough…I’m tired all your BS….go vote for Clinton and have a nice day….hope you love the tax increase.

Posted by: Tom | January 15, 2008, 2:07 pm 2:07 pm

Obama’s “noble act” to reduce the level of racial tension was because he saw it was boomeranging on him. The California NAACP, the day after Obama’s “answer” to Clinton, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.
“Over the years, Hillary Clinton has earned my respect as a staunch advocate for the rights of people invisible to our nation’s government, including women, minorities, children and seniors,” said Alice Huffman, who heads California’s National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Posted by: Robert | January 15, 2008, 2:08 pm 2:08 pm

Tom..there are holes all through your statements.
1)Go ahead and break a rib…crying, because you spout talking points like a pro BECAUSE BUSH ALREADY DID THE NORMAL PRESIDENTIAL RELEASE OF ATTORNEYS WHEN HE FIRST TOOK OFFICE; the DIFFERENCE is that he did it IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS TERM because they’re not “bushies” (their term, not mine.)
2)GO ahead Tommy, what about the Telecom issue…retro? Why retro?
3)Cutting taxes worked for you…really? So you’re immune to higher costs in general eating away, say your bond worth, basic savings because everything else is going UP UP UP? Suuure…
I hope you’re immune to the recession also.
You’re arguing ridiculous points, because of the answer to this question:
Is the United States in a better situation than before Bush took office?
You still refuse to admit your garbage on “bush’s dad making 13,000 g’s as a congressman” when Prescott had millions before Bush sr took office. Whatever.
The telecom issue…editing of SCIENCE documents to reflect their policies…all of this crap just freakin crap.
1)Cut taxes 2)Start war 3)borrow billions from China
So you might benefit from the tax cuts…which I find hilarious, because you discount that others have not..but you dont’ care do you, because you’re a republican who could care less about “lazy Americans”. It’s all a mess, and you don’t understand what’s going on, or you won’t admit it.
This isn’t a football game; get your information from more than 2 sources.

Posted by: Josh | January 15, 2008, 4:39 pm 4:39 pm

Josh, you keep trying to shove some thinking because like most republicans who see the failure and end of the republican party, they now try and spew lunacy to avoid the truth smacking them. You are seeing the rise of the INDEPENDENT party to take over as second fiddle in our country as the republicans die an agonizing but deserved death throe finale for all to see. This should also thrill any party such as the GREENS, Libertarians, 5 Percenters, Democratic Socialists, etall who see an opening to run candidates in the void created by the failed republican regime. GOOD RIDDANCE I say as a strong Democratic voter who reminds the republicans they still have the CESS POOL SUPERVISOR office to attract their abilities…

Posted by: daddy | January 15, 2008, 4:43 pm 4:43 pm

Bush’s forever legacy:
1)Cut taxes
2)Start war
3)borrow billions from China
Forget Clinton, forget congress, forget all the peripheral crap.
Who cares though? They invested public money into a business venture…invited companies like halliburton/blackwater to come rape us of taxmoney.
SOmeone’s getting rich, and it’s not middle class Americans who DO NOT WANT TO BE IN IRAN.
Bush’s approval rating: Low 30′s
I wish all republicans could be shipped to Iraq.

Posted by: Josh | January 15, 2008, 4:45 pm 4:45 pm

Good grief. The article is about Chelsea Clinton, and once again it’s turned into a silly Bush-bash. You people honestly need to get out of your houses for a few minutes and get some fresh air. As someone who is a loyal Republican, I’ve always felt a certain affection for Chelsea. She seems like such a nice, well-meaning person who got caught up in a lot of wild, degrading publicity during her time in the White House.

Posted by: coloradorocket123 | January 15, 2008, 5:08 pm 5:08 pm

I just read that Chelsea Clinton works for a hedge fund. Hedge funds do not have a good reputation can the company she works for and what she does for them be clearly explained?

Posted by: Bess | January 15, 2008, 9:00 pm 9:00 pm

The list of bills referenced by this comment Posted by: Cam | Jan 14, 2008 11:03:17 PM are misleading and can not be confirmed or verified bythe link given. Readers beware of misleading information from someone supporting Obama.

Posted by: Dan, Columbus, OH | January 16, 2008, 2:51 am 2:51 am

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