"interns ? did someone mention interns ?"
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.
Please refrain from using the words “Clinton” and “Cigar” in one post.
Thank you !
Yo Chelsea, sweetcheeks, people just don’t like your mama because she’s morally corrupt and ethically challenged. Plus, who in the right mind wants Bubba further access to more White House interns? What part didn’t you understand?
My god the child is stupid.
"interns ? did someone mention interns ?"
No, Chels. I’ll be honest. I can see having a woman as Commander-in-Chief. Just not your mom. Or you, for that matter.
My thoughts exactly! She really tried to make her mom the victim here, huh? Can’t beat the “victim” of racism though.
I just read the article to hubby, and his first words were, “There’s a reason she didn’t go to law school. She couldn’t pass the LSAT with that kind of logic.”
Call up Associated Press and complain that they should have quoted the word sexist. Chelsea called the Commander-In-Chief comment sexist. That is an opinion. Since objectivity is still considered mandatory for journalism, AP should not take sides by implicitly agreeing with Chelsea’s characterization.
Yes, Chelsea, the most amazing thing — men and women are actually DIFFERENT. Some dare to speak these words out loud. Welcome to the Real World.
No cigar!!??? hardihar, bad choice of words. Or perhaps perfect.
I don’t think that I am a sexist, but I cannot see ANY AMERICAN WOMAN in politics being CIC this year. Neither is there one in the making.
We have never had any woman that came even close of being like Lady Thatcher or the former woman premier of Israel (I just can’t remember her name).
Sexism?
Duh?
Isn’t Monica just about Chelseas age?
Kinda sick isn’t it?
golda meier
And I imagine that even her most casual male acquaintances are delighted to discover that she doesn't consider fellatio to be a sex act.
/Every time. Generally speaking, race trumps everything, except for possibly sexual preference.
I thought the “iron my shirt” guy was a plant too. What he was yelling didn’t make much sense (would you ask a woman you didn’t know to take care of your personal needs?), and Hillary’s response, “There’s still a lot of sexism, I see.” came so quick that I thought at the time it must be all rehearsed. Plus the disrupter was neither hustled away nor interviewed by reporters after the event. If he wasn’t a plant, he would have been removed from the event and would not have vanished into thin air, never to be heard from again. A typical nut will explain his mania to anyone around, not slip quietly away.
And if you keep listening, Fraulein Hubbel, you'll find out just how much the country dislikes your mom and her husband.
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