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Chelsea Clinton guards her words ["I'm sorry, I don't talk to the press and that applies to you....]
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Posted on 12/30/2007 5:18:52 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Chelsea Clinton guards her words
By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writer 15 minutes ago
It's one thing for Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign to turn down interview requests for the candidate's daughter, Chelsea. But can't a 9-year old reporter catch a break?
Sydney Rieckoff, a Cedar Rapids fourth grader and "kid reporter" for Scholastic News, has posed questions to seven Republican and Democratic presidential hopefuls as they've campaigned across Iowa this year. But when she approached the 27-year-old Chelsea after a campaign event Sunday, she got a different response.
"Do you think your dad would be a good 'first man' in the White House?" Rieckoff asked, but Chelsea brushed her question aside.
"I'm sorry, I don't talk to the press and that applies to you, unfortunately. Even though I think you're cute," Chelsea told the pint-sized journalist.
Such is the paradox of Chelsea as she campaigns across Iowa in the closing days before the state's caucuses Jan. 3.
Tall and attractive, Chelsea cuts an impressive figure on the campaign trail; she plunges enthusiastically into the crowd after her mother's speeches, shaking hands and posing for pictures while asking, "Are you going to caucus for my mom?"
But onstage, Chelsea never speaks; she stands next to her mother and applauds but utters not a single sentence and doesn't even say hello. And reporters covering the campaign have been put on notice that Chelsea is not available to speak to them. An aide follows the former first daughter as she works the crowd, shushing reporters who approach her and try to ask any questions.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chelsea; hillary
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To: AmericanMade1776
Howdy Dootied ?
121
posted on
12/30/2007 11:27:46 PM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
To: melt
Yer not buying a Mare ........;o)
122
posted on
12/30/2007 11:30:29 PM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
This stupid broad got a job with a hedge fund right out of Stanford (armed with a History degree) for $250K a year. No doubt she'll soon be running for office, giving us a Huckabee/Edwards style lecture on the evils of capitalistic greed.
Meanwhile, Jenna and Barbara Bush took low-paying jobs helping needy kids. But, that's of no consequence, as the Clintons are the great humanitarians fighting for the little people. At least, that's what I've heard on TV.
To: Sub-Driver
If the daughter of a Republican candidate insulted a kid like Chelsea did, it would be above he fold in the morning edition of the New York Times.
Th story goes out of its way to praise Hillary’s daughter.
No media bias here.
And please note what a ditz the kids Mother is. Unreal...
124
posted on
12/30/2007 11:31:01 PM PST
by
Kickass Conservative
(Guns don't kill people, gun free zones kill people)
To: Squantos
I like Chelsea, but I’m not ready to get “mare”ied” yet... : )
125
posted on
12/30/2007 11:34:53 PM PST
by
melt
(Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
To: AmericanMade1776
VISINE: It Gets the Red Out!
126
posted on
12/30/2007 11:46:57 PM PST
by
Checkers
(First they came for the Mormons, but I said nothing because I was not Mormon.)
To: melt
LOL.......Nite !
BTW Merry New Year and Stay safe !
127
posted on
12/30/2007 11:47:02 PM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
To: Squantos
Merry New Year and Stay safe !"
Thank you Squantos--- and "Mare"ry New Year to you, too! : 0
128
posted on
12/30/2007 11:55:43 PM PST
by
melt
(Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
To: Sub-Driver
129
posted on
12/31/2007 12:06:31 AM PST
by
Main Street
(Stuck in traffic)
To: Sub-Driver
Wouldn't speak to a
nine-year old little girl?!Good God, she is almost as pathetic as her mother.
130
posted on
12/31/2007 12:47:18 AM PST
by
Recovering_Democrat
((I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!))
To: AmericanMade1776
This is what she reminds me of.
131
posted on
12/31/2007 1:00:22 AM PST
by
chemicalman
(My National Environmental Scorecard for 2006 was 0%.)
To: chemicalman
Damn ace, a picture like that makes me happy that I have insomnia, but I do see the resemblance.
To: Cobra64
That did it! I am laughing so hard coffee is coming out of my nose!
133
posted on
12/31/2007 4:33:22 AM PST
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: AmericanMade1776
Gee, finally a recent picture that is not carefully selected!
To: doug from upland
Oh Doug that is so sweet. The sins of the Mother upon the off limits child. Dude one day soon I am driving to Upland - which breaks my NO SoCal rule - and buy you a steak!
135
posted on
12/31/2007 5:09:21 AM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
("Has there been a code nine? Have you heard from the Doctor?")
To: Drango
I like my horses about 13 hands or so.
136
posted on
12/31/2007 5:10:44 AM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
("Has there been a code nine? Have you heard from the Doctor?")
To: NoobRep
At the presentation of her white paper on the stature and
attractiveness of the Clintons, Beth Fouhy was cheered
when the audience began to yell "Phooey, Phooey!" .
137
posted on
12/31/2007 5:52:23 AM PST
by
OESY
To: AmericanMade1776
I bet Chelsea could eat the first three rows of corn through a picket fence with those front teeth..
138
posted on
12/31/2007 5:58:15 AM PST
by
IamConservative
(Only two have offered to die for a stranger; Jesus Christ and the American Soldier)
To: Bon mots
There is no doubt in my mind she is Webb Hubbell’s daughter. That’s why he’s dead. That’s why Bill’s medical records were never released. It’s not rocket science.
139
posted on
12/31/2007 6:05:28 AM PST
by
Hildy
(You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep cause reality is finally better than your dreams)
To: kcvl
As a woman, I apologize for the millions of women who are out and out IDIOTS.
140
posted on
12/31/2007 6:07:02 AM PST
by
Hildy
(You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep cause reality is finally better than your dreams)
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