Clinton campaign's new strategy ... vote for Chelsea in 2016

[ckramer]

Source: thisislondon



The souvenir vendors outside Hillary Clinton's campaign appearances have added a new badge to their wares that reads "Chelsea in 2016" with a picture of the former first daughter.

Attention, whether from badge sellers or the national media, is leaving the fading presidential candidacy of Senator Hillary Clinton behind as the former front-runner faces what most see as impossible odds to win the Democratic nomination.

Now in the spotlight is her rival, fellow Senator Barack Obama, who has solidified his lead among Democrats and is setting his sights on Republican candidate John McCain in the November election.



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As long as Chelsea is not a closet republican warmonger like her mom, I say go for it!

[Kittycat]

1. Is she going to run on her Hedge Fund Experience?

I'm tired of people being promoted because of who they're related to. The sense of entitlement is frankly, disturbing.

In 2016, I want a democrat that has continued to fight hard - OUTWARDLY - for our rights, and in promoting social equality and services (healthcare, education, elderly assistance, veteran affairs, etc).

[Dogmudgeon]

3. Kind of like Michelle Obama's cushy job?

I'm tired of people being promoted because of who they're related to. The sense of entitlement is frankly, disturbing.

--p!

[Kittycat]

4. A) Michelle isn't running for president - this is a discussion about Chelsea doing that

B) This is EXACTLY what Clinton is doing, running on Bill's record as part of her 'experience'. And it can be argued that Clinton only has her Senate seat because of her Husband. If you really want to go down that route.

C) Somehow I doubt Michelle's job is anything but cushy - and is well earned. She has a phenomenal background and degree to support her position.

[Dogmudgeon]

19. Or, D), you have a double standard AND contempt for the Clintons

Michelle got her job because of her husband's position as a politician as much as Chelsea got her job because of her father's. I have no doubt that either one is capable of doing their jobs, but politics counts, too. This is a universal practice and hardly a surprise. Singling out the Clintons as having "cronies" isn't just unfair, it's absurd.

Michelle Obama makes about a quarter of a million dollars a year. That's okay by me; why isn't Chelsea's salary okay by you? (And do you really think the Chelsea-for-President talk is serious?)

But we're supposed to "lay off" Michelle Obama, aren't we? (Yeah, that worked real well in Chelsea's case, too.)

Hillary, at least, had to run for office. And, no, that can't be argued at all. She campaigned and she won, the same way Barack Obama won his Senate seat. As for only having her seat because of Bill, let's go down that route. She had to overcome a lot of resistance -- all those anti-Hillary voters that Team Obama talks about incessantly, and depended upon to win primary elections.

By the way, what kind of job would Chelsea have to take that wouldn't make Freepers and Obama supporters accuse her of using parental "cronies"? Will Malia and Sasha Obama get the same kind of contempt when they are grown women? If the current practice among Democrats holds, they better be ready to clean up vomit and/or shovel manure after college -- and get Axelrod to make sure the whole country knows about it.

--p!

[elehhhhna]

18. Michelle had a job in the Mayors Office of Chicago in the early-90's

and she earned it.

I know this. She was a client of ours and a dammned smart & highly ethical woman.

[ckramer]

5. But she's hot, isn't she?

She's nice person too.

Give her a chance.

[cstanleytech]

16. Well, lets admit it you are hardly unbiased towards her there with

your obama icon and signature supporting him *grin*
As for her experience, lol your talking about something years in the future so its kinda pointless to bring it up now....Anyway obama has this pretty much wrapped up, clintons a long shot but hey she has the right to try and atleast the democrats actually are having a good primary no matter how heated the debate is, the republicans just picked mccain because he is the only one that stands a snowballs chance in hell at maybe winning because of how bad Bush has screwed up.

[Doctor Cynic]

2. Chelsea lost yesterday.

And quite dramatically too.

[Matteon]

6. How old is she?

And, what will she be running for.

[aggiesal]

15. She was born in Feb. 1980 ...

So that makes her 28 years old.
In 2016, she will be 36 years old, which will allow
her to run for Senate or the Presidency.

You have to be 35 years old and born in the US and
be a US citizen to be a Senator or President.

[DRoseDARs]

7. Well if the Clintons r willing 2 forgo sabotaging Pres. Obama for '12, then I'm willing 2 consider.

But will Hillary's ego allow it?

Disclaimer: I support neither Hillary nor Barack in the primaries. I'll support whichever wins the nomination and goes on to the general.

[onehandle]

8. "This is London" is an Entertainment Tabloid. If you want to see Cameron Diaz bald, go there.

Breaking Political News, not so much.

[joanmj]

9. Experience?

Hillary's experience is extensive. Remember she worked for the law firm prosecuting Nixon in the Watergate case. Is two years in the US Senate enough experience to be President after Obama's fling in the IL State Congress. PLEASE.......your stuff is so sexist.

[elehhhhna]

17. "she worked for the law firm prosecuting Nixon "...better check that whole story...

google's your friend...you HIl supporters would do well to bury that story.

[tomreedtoon]

10. What about Amy Carter?

Remember that song from the Firesign Theater years ago?

"A-my Car-ter, first la-dy Pre-si-dent?
A-my Car-ter, the White House res-i-dent -
Is she from Hell? (Hell, yes! Hell, no!)
Some say she's Hea-ven Sent."

[antigop]

11. Will she claim the years she lived in the White House as experience? n/t

[joanmj]

12. Are you....

aware of her other accomplishments besides the WH?

[antigop]

13. You didn't answer the question....so long....n/t

[1trackmindGOP]

14. She has lots of experience under sniper fire...LOL

No..Seriously...no more Clinton's or Bush's ever again.

[Maeve]

20. Not really Latest Breaking News

Tabloid and button vendor speculation

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