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In reply to the discussion: Chelsea Clinton Buys A $10.5 Million Apartment On Madison Square Park [View all]kenny blankenship
(15,689 posts)22. Like maybe change "Clinton" to "Romney"
or "McCain" perhaps?
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Chelsea Clinton Buys A $10.5 Million Apartment On Madison Square Park [View all]
Nye Bevan
Mar 2013
OP
+1 The ruling class couldn't care less about what color jersey they wear.
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#130
She's an only child of two wealthy parents.. Why would she NOT have a great place to live?
SoCalDem
Mar 2013
#4
Apparently some think so. I remember someone criticizing me here for saying we shouldnt hate rich
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#186
There are people on DU that are convinced that all poor people are saints and
bluestate10
Mar 2013
#228
Screwing lots of people over is why great wealth exists, whether any individual wealthy person
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#140
i didn't see any hatred expressed. maybe your nick should be 'willfully blind'.
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#148
dbl standard regardind nepotism also. russert's kid gets bashed here. little mention of chelsea's hi
Liberal_in_LA
Mar 2013
#230
Looking forward to a Chelsea Clinton/ John Schlossberg ticket (or vice versa) in 2036 and 2040
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#7
What you just said is so ironic. You do realize what you just said, right?
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#86
So, you are saying that getting rid of all the rich shall make the world perfect?
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#90
Dude, YOU are the one that said that the rich grabbing money affects no one else.
Bonobo
Mar 2013
#93
It's your right not to answer. But as said, there are no dumb questions.
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#95
It's not that we should get rid of wealth. It's that we should get rid of poverty.
JDPriestly
Mar 2013
#141
I completely agree. EVERYONE in our country should have enough to eat and a safe place
bluestate10
Mar 2013
#231
I just think that we should not be cutting people's meager Social Security benefits
JDPriestly
Mar 2013
#139
So you didn't want JFK or RFK Teddy or Gore or FDR or Jerry Brown orJQ Adams, to ever run?
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#144
Her husband is a rising ex-Goldman Sachs investment banker. They probably paid cash
leveymg
Mar 2013
#8
They clearly intend to throw a lot of parties. 5000 sq ft + 6.5 bathrooms makes it perfect for that.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#192
Yeah. I get the sense that they are going to be entertaining a lot and having big shots and their
bluestate10
Mar 2013
#232
I know that area. It is reasonably nice. Close to lower Manhattan and Wall Street but
bluestate10
Mar 2013
#36
Homes in that area cost that much. Her husband and her work on Wall Street. They
bluestate10
Mar 2013
#37
Name three. They are parasites that make the world a worse place every day they go to work. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#132
Imagine that. Someone that lives around (and works?) on Wall Street claiming that they're
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#194
Oh my, I'm cut to the quick. The parasites believe that I'm not bright enough to understand
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#197
Oh my, here's another ignorant fool that just doesn't understand how truly wonderful these
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#216
If you're interested in an assessment, provide more details. I suspect that that is not
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#214
People can rationalize their actions forever, but rationalizations don't make you good.
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#241
I am glad to see that you are separating people from the culture that they work in.
bluestate10
Mar 2013
#227
The female head of the 'real' downton (the place where it's filmed) was the daughter of Alfred
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#73
This thread would be so very different if one name were changed in that article.
Brickbat
Mar 2013
#17
Barbara Bush II lives in NYC. I don't think she has a place like Chelsea, but I doubt that she
bluestate10
Mar 2013
#40
i'll bet she does, just the equivalent for a single woman. she lives in greenwich village. i've
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#124
Yeah. I agree with you on all points. Barbara Bush II likely has a toney place to live.
bluestate10
Mar 2013
#233
if it's true, why is it flamebait? only because there are folks here who don't want to admit it,
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#75
I think it is our business how the 1% lives, when they're proposing to cut social welfare &
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#117
Jealousy leads to high blood pressure, when what is needed is Wellness.
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#146
Having a 48 ounce soda(780 calories), then a refill91560), is = to having a gun and a bullet
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#150
oh for god's sake, don't you have better things to think about than how much soda someone
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#151
that exemplifies the upper-class approach to other people's health. monitor their soda use
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#153
I am a soda addict. Held to the cult of the soda. I welcome any wellness help anytime
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#159
If its so unimportant, why does the NRA fight back instead of ignoring
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#164
Christine Quinn for Mayor of NYC 2013. I bet Chelsea & Hillary will vote for her.
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#174
OWS would say that you don't hate the 1%, you hate policies that benefit the 1% at
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#189
Change it to Chavez's daughter and watch what happens. Only American politicians
sabrina 1
Mar 2013
#145
I was just going to say that. I'm marrying a foreign service officer this summer...
Recursion
Mar 2013
#29
How cool would that be. Never having to worry about leaving the toilet seat up (nt)
Nye Bevan
Mar 2013
#35
That is standard for some upper income couples. Both people run on their schedules and
bluestate10
Mar 2013
#43
Speculation on your part. I have been in that area, there is a lot of questionable shit one block
bluestate10
Mar 2013
#234
The Kennedys Were Stinking Rich. So were the Roosevelts. They bought palatial homes too.
Yavin4
Mar 2013
#30
Barbara Bush II works for a non-profit and is pro gay rights. Not all Bushes are bad.
bluestate10
Mar 2013
#48
Every time I read something about Barbara Bush II, I come away thinking that she is a
bluestate10
Mar 2013
#53
Yes, they are. As are all of them. The fact that some do some good in no way changes the
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#133
she doesn't just work for it, it's *her own* non-profit, tied into the gates foundation mission
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#143
She's not exactly "pro gay." She just isn't against gay rights. There's a difference.
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#245
You mean LBJ don't you? LBJ was by far the single most liberal president ever. Without a doubt.
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#149
I think what gives people a somewhat icky feeling is the relatively recent development of former
Midwestern Democrat
Mar 2013
#237
Am I suppose to be happy for the super rich simply because they are Democrats?
Gravitycollapse
Mar 2013
#33
the insinuation that the Obama's are rich elites is hilarious when you are comparing to the famiy
Whisp
Mar 2013
#100
"the illusion of inclusion" i think has more to do with things like the amazingly high rate of black
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#121
lol. faux outrage. i'm sure you understood the point from jump street, you just aren't allowed
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#125
you're not obliged to respond to my posts and can even put them on ignore if you like.
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#127
You're right. Her place is between the Upper East Side and the Battery Park area.
bluestate10
Mar 2013
#50
Somehow, I can't account for one of the full baths. I see all the others. They may have
bluestate10
Mar 2013
#58
She almost surely has hired house cleaners. People that buy those types of houses in NYC
bluestate10
Mar 2013
#85
And their families' connections & status had nothing to do with their stations in life? n/t
DotGone
Mar 2013
#204
Actually, this, plus her being a hedge fund manager deflate any further interest in her..
MrMickeysMom
Mar 2013
#94
chelsea clinton was successful in the sperm lottery. which made her successful in the marriage
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#118
Rather sexist of you. Why not include the ovum, particularly as the mothers of both are quite
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#250
in this case it's the parents who are successful and were able to provide this to their daughter
JI7
Mar 2013
#123
Well that at least has the benefit of symmetry, because they have the finger for you as well. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#134