tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6998064017874245373..comments2024-03-18T21:02:33.523-05:00Comments on Althouse: Maureen Dowd savages Chelsea Clinton...Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78538072769684617092014-07-14T12:29:25.363-05:002014-07-14T12:29:25.363-05:00"I want somebody to ask the people paying Che..."I want somebody to ask the people paying Chelsea to talk WHY they are paying her to talk?"<br /><br />That's a good question. Let's immediately rule out "because they might be interested in what she has to share from her breadth of knowledge, extensive experience, razor sharp wit and brilliant speaking style" because that's out of the question. <br /><br />This is about buying access. By spending money to get a Clinton to an event, you are signaling to power players that your event is going to have more power players, and perhaps get them a chance to get their name in front of the Clintons one way or another. This ultimately will lead to a chance to cash in on the graft.<br /><br />Brandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219319435229314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11297716785774562772014-07-14T12:28:38.642-05:002014-07-14T12:28:38.642-05:00Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton are descendant...Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton are descendants of my ancestor Zacharie Cloutier (c. 1590-1677).<br /><br />Other descendants of Zacharie include Madonna, Beyoncé, Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Avril Lavigne, and Alanis Morissette.<br /><br />Maybe Hillary and Chelsea should take up singing.<br /><br />Link (Wiki):<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zacharie_CloutierD.E. Cloutierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16361678365199807160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7679189108061901902014-07-14T11:34:55.151-05:002014-07-14T11:34:55.151-05:00I thought Chelsea tried, but failed, to care about...I thought Chelsea tried, but failed, to care about money.<br /><br />I guess she's giving it a second shot.<br /><br />I'd love to see a breakdown of the money the Clintons pay themselves and take vacations on the Foundation dime.damikeschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133230009952160269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60968856706414478952014-07-14T11:32:48.021-05:002014-07-14T11:32:48.021-05:00I want somebody to ask the people paying Chelsea t...I want somebody to ask the people paying Chelsea to talk WHY they are paying her to talk?<br /><br />She has no life experience. Her time on TV indicates she is insufferably dull. She has, literally, accomplished nothing on her own.damikeschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133230009952160269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24763524698735596732014-07-14T09:37:19.282-05:002014-07-14T09:37:19.282-05:00I said 'depending on the candidate' could ...I said 'depending on the candidate' could I see Althouse voting for Hillary.<br /><br />If there is a more socially conservative, or McCain-like candidate who might easily lead us into war, I could easily see an Althouse vote for Hillary against such a candidate.<br /><br />Relax, and think about it. It's almost always the lesser of two evils, anyways.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51849043059663228572014-07-14T08:52:01.112-05:002014-07-14T08:52:01.112-05:00Since we are talking about the Clinton's, how ...Since we are talking about the Clinton's, how is Hillary not here guilty of breaking lawyer-client privilege? <br /><br />Regarding that rapist she defended, she said he passed a lie detector test, then she laughed and said that forever ruined her respect for lie detector tests.<br /><br />Why? Well, only if she KNEW he was guilty. How would she KNOW he was guilty? He told his lawyer the truth. His lawyer. That's her. And she just told us.SomeoneHasToSayIthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03648946322945404947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37116320926653844482014-07-14T08:32:56.814-05:002014-07-14T08:32:56.814-05:00Do Dems really support the Clintons, or do they j...Do Dems really support the Clintons, or do they just want to poke Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove in the eye? <br /><br />When Clinton left office and there was much discussion of his legacy, someone said, "History will remember him as the President between the two President Bushes." There was enough truth to that to stick in Bill's craw, and that is why he has been so relentless for a third term.Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05136370778467544815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47702469567211612712014-07-14T07:57:59.315-05:002014-07-14T07:57:59.315-05:00"Depending on what the opposition puts up, I ..."Depending on what the opposition puts up, I could see Althouse voting for Hillary pretty easily."<br /><br />Why this assumption that Althouse would vote for Hillary? Her posts on Hillary have been almost uniformly critical. Sure, it's possible that this could change depending on what the opposition puts up, but that's true for any candidate. Brandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219319435229314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2830616944165817032014-07-14T07:56:09.707-05:002014-07-14T07:56:09.707-05:00It would be so nice to just never hear again from ...It would be so nice to just never hear again from this awful, despicable family of creeps. Sure, they are doing what many other politicians do--sell "access" to the connected and wealthy--but they seem to do it far more than anyone else and in a far more craven way. These people--father, mother, and daughter--are trash and it baffles me that they still have so many supporters in this country.<br /><br />I can't help but think their power is actually quite fragile if only someone ambitious takes a shot at them (as Obama did successfully) and ran against them in the primary without pulling punches. The Clintons are at their worst when the pressure is on--Hillary anyway--and no doubt she can lose the nomination again. Every liberal I know doesn't have much use for the Clintons, and would only vote for them if the alternative was a Republican--I realize the plural of "anectdote" is not "data" but I suspect much of her support is really just due to the lack of a high profile Democrat in the race at this time. Perhaps some obscure governor or senator will jump in and make the Democratic primary worth watching.<br /><br />It's possible the GOP nominates someone strong as well, though it's hard to think of who that could be at this stage. But the conditions are being set for a Hillary loss--the media wants a real race so they get good stories, and much like Hillary's hawkishness worked against her in 2008 (a year when the Iraq War was hugely unpopular in the Democratic party), her family's crass money-grubbing and influence peddling should work against her in the anti-one-percenter Democratic party of today. Add to that the fact that her tenure as Secretary of State doesn't seem to have left any legacy worth campaigning on and you have a major gap in Hillary's armor.<br /><br />I really can't imagine that she only faces token opposition for the nomination and then goes on to steamroll some weak candidate that ends up with the GOP nod--not with all her weaknesses. The only question is who would stand in her way.<br /><br />Brandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219319435229314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61038702806371833932014-07-14T07:48:19.675-05:002014-07-14T07:48:19.675-05:00I am sick of the Clintons.
Clinton Global Initiat...I am sick of the Clintons.<br /><br />Clinton Global Initiative does some great stuff but the family can exit stage right-but unfortunately that will never happen.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06593014816206957874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56702084569917816812014-07-14T06:08:25.313-05:002014-07-14T06:08:25.313-05:00I think part of the explanation for Hillary and Ch...I think part of the explanation for Hillary and Chelsea's continued popularity is that they well know how to embody the 'Zeitgeist' (I shudder using that word) when it comes to secular liberal humanism and feminism. <br /><br />You have to give Bill Clinton credit as a Statesman; an embodiment and oft exploiter of many deeper trends and ideas in not just America, but the West even and what America 'ought' to be.<br /><br />There is a bedrock of respectability surrounding women's freedom and much in the Clintonian worldview and in our culture that supports the foundation, despite perhaps even the Clintons themselves.<br /><br />Of course, there's a lot in the bedrock of secular liberal humanism that just ain't so, but it forms a large and thriving part of the Western reef of ideas.<br /><br />Depending on what the opposition puts up, I could see Althouse voting for Hillary pretty easily.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27398540365945696992014-07-14T05:15:38.277-05:002014-07-14T05:15:38.277-05:00glenn,
"The only time (D)'s pay a price ...glenn,<br /><br />"The only time (D)'s pay a price is when they ski into a tree or fly a plane they aren't experienced enough to fly into the ocean."<br /><br />And the only time Rs understand the phrase "stop playing the victim" is when addressing America's black victims. <br /><br />Otherwise, it's just bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch,...The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50342307132081246402014-07-14T05:13:08.924-05:002014-07-14T05:13:08.924-05:00Can Maureen Dowd "savage" anyone, consid...Can Maureen Dowd "savage" anyone, considering it's Maureen Dowd?<br /><br />It just doesn't seem possible,...The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50554653164555497102014-07-14T03:26:07.218-05:002014-07-14T03:26:07.218-05:00Chelsea Clinton will be President Hillary Clinton&...Chelsea Clinton will be President Hillary Clinton's First Lady.Left Bank of the Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04494310302328322830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81865870710742696232014-07-14T02:44:55.157-05:002014-07-14T02:44:55.157-05:00To my previous comments (though, on account of mod...To my previous comments (though, on account of moderation, as a general experience my comments at Althouse are mostly posted out of order, so perhaps "previous" doesn't obtain; eh, so be it) I want to add this:<br /><br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLu2-gG68S0" rel="nofollow">An example of an urge.</a><br /><br /><br />rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12148289392601210662014-07-14T01:57:37.569-05:002014-07-14T01:57:37.569-05:00---
Humor Addendum:
Maestro Carol Burnett---<br /><br />Humor Addendum:<br /><br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TFML6UPiFI" rel="nofollow">Maestro Carol Burnett</a><br />rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91118815605111508492014-07-14T01:44:34.964-05:002014-07-14T01:44:34.964-05:00The Clintons were fiercely protective of Chelsea w...<i>The Clintons were fiercely protective of Chelsea when she was a teenager, insisting on respect from the media and getting it. They need to protect their daughter again, this time from their wanton acquisitiveness.</i><br /><br />Final comment:<br /><br />How freakin' weird are these two sentences and also the final paragraph made up of them? That end to the Dowd's column.<br /><br />Dang, Maureen. Your warbling is wobbling.rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29449688785831669592014-07-14T01:38:58.095-05:002014-07-14T01:38:58.095-05:00Heyooyeh wrote:
"In what way is the foundatio...Heyooyeh wrote:<br />"In what way is the foundation disreputable? Please explain your allegation and assumptions that led you to make the allegation. Thanks."<br /><br />Please give your name and SS#, Heyooyeh! Also the assumptions that led to make you to make this request!<br />Thanks!Lewis Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01200232293505119133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59047295185686976692014-07-14T01:36:30.516-05:002014-07-14T01:36:30.516-05:00Also:
"CHELSEA CLINTON never acted out durin...Also:<br /><br /><i>"CHELSEA CLINTON never acted out during the eight years she came of age as America’s first daughter.</i><br /><br />What an assumption. Maybe she did. Maybe she didn't. A public display is a different thing. A publicly reported thing is yet another.<br /><br />---<br /><br />FWIW, I'm personally convinced (on account of my own, personal opinion that is not whim-ful) that Chelsea-the-kid "acted out" as her own person at least one, definitive point in time, back then.rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2173723423671026472014-07-14T01:12:23.361-05:002014-07-14T01:12:23.361-05:00Sorry--my dear. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04E8Y8nDfRQ" rel="nofollow">Sorry--my dear.</a><br />rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85282594379037508412014-07-14T01:01:41.912-05:002014-07-14T01:01:41.912-05:00"Isn't it rich? Are we a pair?"
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..."Isn't it rich? Are we a pair?"<br /><br />--<br /><br />"Don't you love the farce?"<br /><br />--<br /><br />; )rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75565442390135407782014-07-14T00:55:44.028-05:002014-07-14T00:55:44.028-05:00It will be quite interesting to see what Chelsea d...It will be quite interesting to see what Chelsea does if and when she runs for political office, when it comes to the family foundation. It is hard to believe though that she could be effective at such a pursuit, given her apparent complete lack of ability in those areas. But, then, we did see how her mother could buy a Senate seat, esp. given a press willing to help her smear her opponents. <br /><br />Still, the foundation means that Chelsea, her kids, and likely her grandchildren, will be living the high life. Already, there are allegations of stratospheric travel costs. With a good stable of attorneys, I have little doubt that she will be able to milk the foundation throughout her entire lifetime. <br /><br />Some foundations, like the one that Bill and Melinda Gates set up, can do a lot of good work. But, so far, the Clinton foundation looks like just another way to skim money and perks for the people who set it up. People get tax breaks for contributing to it, essentially buying influence, and the Clintons skim off a part of that as their cut for the influence they just sold. Bruce Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815293023158025662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13567486663734606272014-07-14T00:47:38.174-05:002014-07-14T00:47:38.174-05:00I think that that suggestion for a Darwin award is...I think that that suggestion for a Darwin award is appropriate for that Kennedy. I remember thinking at the time, how stupid can you get? You go out for a pass, and hit a tree, looking at the ball, instead of where you are going.<br /><br />Bono, on the other hand, was supposedly skiing in the trees at Heavenly, in an area where I skied a lot, when living down in the valley below the area. I have skied the trees enough for powder, that I can appreciate the risks that he was taking for the thrill that you get from skiing decent powder. And, Tahoe gets enough powder, more than almost anywhere else in the country - though the lake effect apparently gets Heavenly less than its brethren on the north and west sides of the lake. I will still take the light stuff at Snowbird and Alta over the Sierra Cement around Tahoe, but it is still a lot of fun. Bruce Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815293023158025662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2447975206843485112014-07-14T00:20:22.870-05:002014-07-14T00:20:22.870-05:00I was shocked. Didn't really want to do a libe...I was shocked. Didn't really want to do a liberal rant but then I saw it grouped with something else possibly negative about the Clintons on Drudge; so I read it. This is really going to cut down on the quality of appetizers Maureen shares when she goes to a Clinton get together.a psychiatrist who learned from veteranshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00347313804041291393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56896527556009288512014-07-14T00:11:26.421-05:002014-07-14T00:11:26.421-05:00And some people, bless their hearts, still think F...<i>And some people, bless their hearts, still think Fascism is a phenomenon of the Right.</i><br /><br />The second international collapsed at the start of the Great War over the issue of nationalism. The third international (Comintern) decried the "splitters" (national socialists, fascists) right-wing deviationists. Later, the comintern resurrected the moribund label "progressive" for their allies in the west, and declared Stalin the world-wide leader of progressivism. Contemporary progressive talking points sound exactly like the publications of the <a href="http://www.plp.org/" rel="nofollow">Progressive Labor Party,</a> an openly Stalinist organization of "revolutionary communists."Jeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04187313794170430850noreply@blogger.com