PICTURES SHOW CHELSEA DRUNK AND DISORDERLY

NewsMax | Friday Dec. 28, 2001 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[truther]

Pics Show Chelsea Drunk and Disorderly

Photographs showing former first daughter Chelsea Clinton staggering bleary eyed into a popular London watering hole will appear in next week's edition of the supermarket tabloid Globe Magazine.

The Globe's cover story headline, "Boozing Chelsea: Clinton Daughter Out of Control," appears over a photo of an unidentified friend grabbing Chelsea by the face in an apparent effort to keep her from passing out.

Other Globe photos show Clinton, eyes bloodshot and looking disoriented, reeling as she emerges from a car with friends, one of whom is steadying her by the arm as the group weaves its way into the popular London nightspot Groucho.

"I thought Chelsea was about to topple over," a source who witnessed the scene tells the tabloid. "She was wobbling on her feet and a friend had to put her arm out to steady her."

The Globe reprints one passage from a British media report that claims: "Looks like Chelsea Clinton stumbled on a staggeringly good time when she hit London's West End this week. And it took a firm pair of hands to stop her from actually hitting the pavement as she swayed happily into the trendy Groucho Club, where dad Bill - the former U.S. president - was partying with U2 star Bono."

The drunken night out was not an isolated incident, according to others cited by the Globe, one of whom said the former first daughter is "spinning out of control."

"Chelsea's out on the town into the early hours every chance she gets," a Clinton schoolmate adds. "She loves a good time, but everything seems to revolve around drinking."

If the reports are accurate, Clinton's problems with alcohol would mirror a family pattern that saw her Uncle Roger finally admit to a life-long addiction to booze and drugs just last summer after entering an Arizona drug rehab center to dry out.

Last month another of Chelsea's uncles, Tony Rodham, admitted that he was boozing and smoking marijuana with a neighbor before he ended up entwined on the living room couch with the man's girlfriend.

In her younger days Clinton's grandmother Virginia was a fixture on the Little Rock party scene, with one account describing her as "a barfly."

According to one friend quoted by the Globe, Chelsea has turned to liquor "as a defense against jokes about her father and Monica Lewinsky and jibes about Hillary."

"One night when somebody cracked a Clinton joke, she walked into the bar and ordered a double vodka on the rocks," the source told the tabloid. "She downed it in two swallows and then walked out."

Last week the New York Post's Page Six reported that Clinton attended a New York party with sportstars Michael Jordan, Derek Jeter and Ahmad Rashad where "bottles of Veuve Clicquot and vodka" were consumed, but made no mention of Chelsea herself bellying up to the bar.

The Globe reported in April that the former first daughter was spotted boozing it up for spring break at several popular nightspots in Aspen, Colo.

[NittanyLion]

What's your lining, Nittanyboy-or-girl? And drop this 'lion' because I'm the one by my astrological sign, and am ashamed to have relatives like you.

My lining? I'm not sure what you mean. As far as being ashamed, you're breaking my heart. This is a private citizen engaged in a legal behavior - printing it is tabloid trash at its worst. Conservatives should have more class than that.

[silmaril]

I agree. I'm glad no one was around in my early twenties, taking pictures. Yikes.

[staytrue]

"She loves a good time, but everything seems to revolve around drinking."

If I recall, when GW Bush was younger, he liked to have a good time and he liked to drink too. Besides, since when was drinking a lot and have a good time illegal. It's not like she committed perjery, bribery, witness intimidation, possibly blackmail, tax evasion, insider trading, s&l fraud, commodity insider trading, campaign fraud, campaign funding abuse and lawbreaking, illegal use and reuse of govt. property, selling state secrets, obstruction of justice, destroying evidence or treason like her mom and dad has done.

I don't think this is a big deal.

[Solson]

Hey now, she was probably just drinking to make herself look better when she stares at the mirror. Sometimes beer goggles are helpful!

[NeoCaveman]

How do you reconcile your name with posting a Newsmax article?

Or is truth as you define it?

[NC Conservative]

Michael Jordan

Too bad he is a left wing boob...great ballplayer...but he is from North Carolina. What could we expect?

[martin_fierro]

You'll like this image, too (sorry, TRIPOD won't permit image link):

http://martinfierro.tripod.com/sepbirth.jpg

[TontoKowalski]

Do you feel the same way about the Bush twins..........Leave them alone,too??

Your question wasn't addressed to me, but I'll answer. Yes, leave them all alone.

Damn, my behavior in college makes the whole lot them look like nuns by comparison... BTW, I regret that behavior. Thank the Lord that most of it never appeared in the national/international press.

[EggsAckley]

What's your lining, Nittanyboy-or-girl? And drop this 'lion' because I'm the one by my astrological sign, and am ashamed to have relatives like you.

Actually, when I read this post, I wondered if the author him/herself might perhaps be drunk.

[paulsy]

"Do you feel the same way about the Bush twins..........Leave them alone,too??"

yes

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Well, the old apple does not fall far from the tree.Here we have a classic dysfuntional family full of denial.A family history of substance abuse.Hillary an enabler for Bills piccadillos.It is no wonder that Chelsea, either to try to deal with her anger or just numb the pain would turn to this as soon as she gets out of the nest.I do hope she seeks treatment soon if this be the case.Perhaps save her life in so doing.Another sad chapter in the Clinton legacy.

I will be curious to see if the mainline papers pick this up as they did the story on Jenna Bush.I kind of doubt it. But we shall see.

[concerned about politics]

How do you reconcile your name with posting a Newsmax article?

I like News Max. They come right out and tell it like it is. No touchie feelie liberal lover stuff.

[Lockbox]

Lets see how fast the main stream media picks up on this story.

[Bush2000]

The funny thing about this situation is that, unlike the National Enquirer which has reportedly been associated with Clinton lawyer David Kendall, the British tabloid press is completely unrestrained. There have been rumors of Chelsea's drinking binges in the past but they have largely been suppressed in America's press. I think that the British tabloids have a "take no prisoners" mentality and aren't likely to cut her any slack; in fact, consider the drubbing they've given the British royals, Clinton should expect no different treatment.

[NittanyLion]

Actually, when I read this post, I wondered if the author him/herself might perhaps be drunk.

Exactly (bet hearing that bad pun over and over gets irritating, doesn't it?).

[Alberta's Child]

The kids of presidents ought to be left out of the media regardless of what we think of their parents job performance.

I agree with you, but all bets were off once Chelsea decided to put her name on that stupid magazine article about her September 11th experiences -- the story itself reads like it was written by Terry McAuliffe.

[NittanyLion]

Do you feel the same way about the Bush twins..........Leave them alone,too??

I'll answer. Of course - they should all be left alone.

[truther]

"I'm surprised she hasn't committed suicide by now

To #13:
Amazing!
In the middle of the Lewinski scandal, arguing with one of the demonRATS, I, honestly, expressed my sorry about Chelsea's feelings at that time and her future, and suggested that she would better commit suicide.
Bush's girls drank for fun, Chelseabeast is drinking of frustration, shame and bitterness of her situation being the offspring of the disgraced scums that'll be with her all her life. Biiig difference!