Posted on 03/30/2008 12:20:51 PM PDT by kingattax
Campaigning For Mom In N. Carolina, Clinton Says She Was Sheltered From Chauvinism
(AP) Chelsea Clinton said Saturday that she didn't realize how much sexism remained in the United States until she noticed the issue at recent campaign stops for her mother.
"I didn't really get how much sexism there still was in our country until I was at a rally with my mom in New Hampshire, and someone came up to me and said, 'I just can't see a woman being commander in chief,"' Clinton said during a stop in Research Triangle Park.
She also noted another New Hampshire rally that was disrupted by men who stood up and told Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton to "Iron my shirt." And she quietly questioned why some people find humor in a nutcracker doll that looks like her mother.
The younger Clinton said that she didn't understand that sexism still existed because she has always been supported by both the men and women in her family.
"I didn't realize that that wasn't expected yet in the rest of our country," Clinton said. "I have been so profoundly more grateful than I have ever been over the past few months for my parents because of that."
Clinton spoke at the Young Democrats of North Carolina convention in Research Triangle Park - an event that normally draws only appearances for statewide races. On Saturday, campaign officials for both Obama and Clinton sent surrogates to speak, seeking support ahead of the state's May 6 primary. Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker appeared on behalf of Obama.
On several occasions during her speech, Clinton referred to the North American Free Trade Agreement - a pact often blamed for the acceleration of textile and manufacturing job losses across the state - and explained why her former president father and aspiring president mother differed on the issue.
An audience member who said his mother lost her job when it was shipped to Mexico asked Clinton how he could reconcile the passage of NAFTA under the Bill Clinton administration with Hillary Rodham Clinton's opposition of the free trade agreement.
"We don't agree on everything as a family," Chelsea Clinton said. "I agree with my mother on most things - not everything. I agree with my father on most things - not everything. My mother and father agree on most things - not everything."
Clinton, along with rival Barack Obama, repeatedly criticized NAFTA during her successful Ohio primary campaign. She has said she would renegotiate trade agreements and end tax breaks for corporations that send jobs out of the country.
The 1994 landmark NAFTA pact opened trade with Canada and Mexico.
someone came up to me and said, 'I just can't see a liberal, Democrat woman being commander in chief,"' Clinton said during a stop in Research Triangle Park.
Fixed it.
I’m getting sick of Chelsea really fast. She is 30 now and a bullshit artist just like her mom and dad
Proof number 2 that Web Hubble wasn’t all that smart.
She has a degree in History and a grad degree from Oxford and gets hired by McKinsey & Company. I wonder why? **eyes roll**
thanks.. i thought she probably majored in women’s studies or some such nonsense.
Would Chelsea prefer Rush’s “Testicle Lockbox?”
LOL, Michelle Obama plays the race card and now Chelsea plays the poor victim sex card?
Don’t they have any actual qualifications? (rhetorical question)
Hey, she had 8 years in the White House.
Chelsea is such a tool.
Chelsea and Obama have something in common....they are both HALF-BLACK! Soul brother and sister!
First Bill, now Chelsea. The ‘sexism’ card is obviously back on the table this week, now that the “Wright” card didn’t work.
Expect Hillary to cry again shortly before the PA primary.
so chelsea is a typical half white person ?
And I do see the humor in the nutcracker Satan doll. Years from now when Chelsea is truly on her own and her man starts looking a little to girlyman to her and the kids, she'll know the issue.
Shocking!
That “Iron My Shirt” fellow was a Clinton PLANT!!! Just so they could have talking points like these from the Chels!
That “Iron My Shirt” fellow was a Clinton PLANT!!! Just so they could have talking points like these from the Chels!
As if lardass Hillary knows the first thing about NAFTA or cares about it. All Hillary cares about is fooling these people into voting for her. And if saying NAFTA is awful does it then that's what she'll do
I presume you’re talking about the one listed on her birth certificate?
I dunno. When a woman is pushing thirty that sort of thing starts getting a little pathetic, if not down right embarrassing. Especially since she's supposed to be a big mover-and-shaker down at some slick NYC investment firm.
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