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In reply to the discussion: Re:Chelsea Clinton: Did peoples' spin-detectors suddenly short out? [View all]Bonobo
(29,257 posts)26. It's the same.
Take this quote:
"I was curious if I could care about (money) on some fundamental level, and I couldn't. "
I find that quote to be obnoxiously self-aggrandizing and tone deaf coming from a wealthy wealthy person.
OF COURSE you to don't care about money! Like a fish doesn't care about water! She's SWIMMING IN IT.
The problem is when a fish says that to a person dying of thirst.
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I think the real problem is that many many voters - not DUers - will only see the spin.
djean111
Jun 2014
#2
Basically it's all about perception. You already have a negative view of the Clintons, so you assume
Metric System
Jun 2014
#5
Is it really ridiculous to ask for the information that informs one's opinion? eom.
1StrongBlackMan
Jun 2014
#46
No. It's about Chelsea's words and the huge difference between what rich people
JDPriestly
Jun 2014
#35
your suggesting she should have gotten a job with a hedge fund as a teenager? HA
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#77
well you suggested her money chasing rebellion should have happened as a teen- so what exactly was
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#80
oh, it's an over simplistic generalization used to imply she is lying about her reasons for choosing
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#85
So I suppose if you asked someone that quit being a chef why they quit and they said
Chathamization
Jun 2014
#31
You mean sort of like censoring things to repeat one's own version of the Democratic Party line.
JDPriestly
Jun 2014
#28
Well, I have met poor people whose values were centered around things other than money.
cheapdate
Jun 2014
#66
when it comes to the clintons, some people's brains turn off completely (in both directions)
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2014
#34
This is how truly privileged people (and their hangers on) think about themselves... nt
Romulox
Jun 2014
#71
How much did she make there I wonder? It also occurs to me that maybe, perhaps maybe,
Dragonfli
Jun 2014
#94
yeah, if they had a Dean scream moment, some here would be the first to attack for it
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#82
privilege is something every candidate has obtained along their way to the nomination, so......
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#91