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Isn’t It Rich?
New York Times ^ | July 12, 2014 | Maureen Dowd

Posted on 07/12/2014 9:01:55 PM PDT by Second Amendment First

CHELSEA CLINTON never acted out during the eight years she came of age as America’s first daughter.

No ditching of her Secret Service detail. No fake IDs for underage tippling. No drug scandal. No court appearance in tank top and toe ring. Not even any dirty dancing.

Despite a tough role as the go-between in the highly public and embarrassing marital contretemps of her parents, Chelsea stayed classy.

So it’s strange to see her acting out in a sense now, joining her parents in cashing in to help feed the rapacious, gaping maw of Clinton Inc.

With her 1 percenter mother under fire for disingenuously calling herself “dead broke” when she left the White House, why would Chelsea want to open herself up to criticism that she is gobbling whopping paychecks not commensurate with her skills, experience or role in life?

As the 34-year-old tries to wean some of the cronies from the Clinton Foundation — which is, like the Clintons themselves, well-intended, wasteful and disorganized — Chelsea is making speeches that go into foundation coffers. She is commanding, as The Times’s Amy Chozick reported, up to $75,000 per appearance.

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There’s something unseemly about it, making one wonder: Why on earth is she worth that much money? Why, given her dabbling in management consulting, hedge-funding and coattail-riding, is an hour of her time valued at an amount that most Americans her age don’t make in a year?

If she really wants to be altruistic, let her contribute the money to some independent charity not designed to burnish the Clinton name as her mother ramps up to return to the White House and as she herself drops a handkerchief about getting into politics.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


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To: pgyanke
"2) Many colleges and universities are paying this price... with your money."

Good point. Colleges handing out public money to favored politicians and their offspring is hardly a manifestation of "the free market."
41 posted on 07/12/2014 10:15:22 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Milton Miteybad

Would you pay $75,000.00 to hear Chelsea Clinton speak?


No, but I would pay $75,000 to have Chelsea, Hillary and Bill shut the f**k up.


42 posted on 07/12/2014 10:22:05 PM PDT by rdcbn
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To: sockmonkey

Classy till she passed out at aged 22?

Well, at least she was qualified to wear a white wedding dress.

43 posted on 07/12/2014 10:23:48 PM PDT by Zakeet (If voting made any difference, they wouldn't let us do it - Mark Twain)
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide

Me here @ last on the ground;
You in mid-air!
Where are the Clowns?
There ought to be Clowns!


44 posted on 07/12/2014 10:26:09 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Second Amendment First

Mo knows good and well that if Chelsea had “acted up”, she and her other comrades in the MSM would’ve never reported it.


45 posted on 07/12/2014 10:31:35 PM PDT by Baladas
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To: rdcbn

Hey...I’d contribute, for sure. ;-)


46 posted on 07/12/2014 10:32:18 PM PDT by Milton Miteybad (I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
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To: deadrock
It is all about cattle futures,

I'm sorry was that cattle futures, or cankle futures?

47 posted on 07/12/2014 10:57:47 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Baladas

Mo’s just pissed that Bill never hit on her.


48 posted on 07/13/2014 12:24:18 AM PDT by des
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To: Second Amendment First

Obviously Maureen must be a fan of squaw Liz Warren.

Has she done any pieces on her?


49 posted on 07/13/2014 1:26:35 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: MuttTheHoople
Thanks for that. You're right - it doesn't get old!
50 posted on 07/13/2014 1:50:23 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Talisker
WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzKrMfni29c

Posted in honor of the late Sayyid Qutb, formerly of Greely, Colorado.

51 posted on 07/13/2014 1:56:55 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Second Amendment First

It's Chelsea BooBoo!


52 posted on 07/13/2014 2:58:09 AM PDT by Fear The People (When the government fears the people, you have LIBERTY.)
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To: Second Amendment First
$75,000? To hear C.C. talk about what?
53 posted on 07/13/2014 3:14:16 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: okie01

MoDo is actually Jealous of whatsherface....

Same looks (basically), education (possibly), in other words nothing really special at all.

Yet, whatsherface makes more than MoDo - lots more for much much less. Whatsherface gots a rich husband - has sex, and is even having a [gasp] baby!.

Yep, jealous to the hilt. She don’t like it one damn bit. That bioclock is ticking, and there ain’t no rich famous prince in sight.

Bwaaaaaahaaaaahaaaaaa!


54 posted on 07/13/2014 3:31:14 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: MuttTheHoople

Wasn’t she one of the Hills Angels dancers for the Benny Hill show at one time?

I seem to remember catching sight of her on one of the shows.


55 posted on 07/13/2014 3:34:21 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Fear The People

That reminds me of watching a butcher pack sausage once.....


56 posted on 07/13/2014 3:35:11 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Second Amendment First

Well well...sounds like the nag Dowd may be an Indian Lizzie Warren fan...the rock fight has started. Jarrett will throw for 0bummer as he throws like a girl.


57 posted on 07/13/2014 4:13:57 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Refuse to remain silent.)
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To: Second Amendment First

Class warfare!


58 posted on 07/13/2014 4:35:07 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Second Amendment First

America’s first daughter. ENOUGH!


59 posted on 07/13/2014 4:39:14 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: erkelly

“Chelsea Clinton’s speeches are worth whatever the market is willing to pay”

What if I’m involuntarily paying?

“She is a private person and this is nobody’s business but hers, no matter how little I, or anyone else, like her father’s behavior or her mother’s politics.”

The donkey-faced skank gave that up the first time it opened its mouth on political matters; we wouldn’t even know who it is unless it was a president’s child.


60 posted on 07/13/2014 5:02:14 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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