Lewinsky questions continue to haunt Chelsea

waitingtables · 04-10-2008, 03:05 PM

Why would anyone ask that question? It is simply to regurgitate the old mess and we have had our fill of it, as Chelsea has as well, I'm sure. It's a political ploy and she wouldn't respond.

garysher · 04-10-2008, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by fxashun

How does that question pit her against her parents? It's a yes or no question. It doesn't ask her opinion of the scandal, just in her opinion, did it hurt her mother's credibility? Surely she has an opinion. Or she could just lie and say "no".

It isn't an honest question, it's a leading question with a built-in inference. Like asking a man when he stopped beating his wife.

Chelsea is far too smart to fall for placating those National Enquirer types.

highway80west · 04-10-2008, 03:14 PM

The last thing anyone wants to see if for Chelsea to betray her parents.

nasty_nate · 04-10-2008, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by fxashun

You are still mischaracterizing what the question is though. The question isn't an intimate question about her parents, it's whether she thinks her mothers' credibility took a hit from the Lewinsky scandal. Those are two hugely different questions.

And if you don't think women think less of Hillary for staying after she went on TV herself calling this a "conspiracy" and then had to stand next to this man after the truth came out, you are insane.

Nothing creepy about questioning presidential candidates' credibility after this major scandal that rocked Clinton's presidency. If she didn't want to answer the tough questions, she shouldn't be helping her mom campaign.

Are you under the impression that Hillary was the one cheating with an intern? Because I can't fathom why someone would say HER credibility was harmed by what her husband did...

fxashun · 04-10-2008, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by garysher

It isn't an honest question, it's a leading question with a built-in inference. Like asking a man when he stopped beating his wife.

Chelsea is far too smart to fall for placating those National Enquirer types.

If she was that smart, she wouldn't use an answer that was created for a different question that was more about her parents and not her mother's credibility.

fxashun · 04-10-2008, 03:19 PM

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Are you under the impression that Hillary was the one cheating with an intern? Because I can't fathom why someone would say HER credibility was harmed by what her husband did...

And if you can't fathom that her credibility took a hit from her proclaiming his innocence so vocally and it turning out to be true, then I have some beachfront property in Arizona to sell ya.

nuttyjoe · 04-10-2008, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by highway80west

The last thing anyone wants to see if for Chelsea to betray her parents.

That's exactly what the reporter wants when they ask such questions.

waitingtables · 04-10-2008, 03:20 PM

She isn't running for office, her mother is. And her mother didn't have an affair, her father did. How is that relavent to her speaking out for her mom on the campaign trail?

garysher · 04-10-2008, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by fxashun

And if you can't fathom that her credibility took a hit from her proclaiming his innocence so vocally and it turning out to be true, then I have some beachfront property in Arizona to sell ya.

Hillary was acting on the basis of the best intelligence available at the time.

The Russians said Bill was innocent and so did MI6.

So it's all ok.

waitingtables · 04-10-2008, 03:22 PM

How does her credibility suffer because she trusted her husband, and knew that there was in fact a right wing conspiracy against him? She was duped by Bill, plain and simple. That does nothing to her credibility whatsoever.