Chelsea dismisses Lewinsky question

I hadn't seen the article, thanks for posting this.

I say good for Chelsea, she handled the situation beautifully!!! And I'm glad to hear that she didn't allow that to be the last question.

It is better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you are not.

I just saw it on the news and I think she handled it amazingly. Perfect answer.

KarilouMomof2 is a discussion leader for arizonamoms.com living in Tempe. Her daughters are 9 and 6.

Good for Chelsea. Say whatever you want about the Clintons and their marriage, but they did a fine job of raising their daughter.

Karina Bland is raising her 9-year-old son in Tempe with a lot of love, humor and support from her friends and family. A longtime journalist covering child welfare and education issues for The Arizona Republic, she blogs about raising good kids.

I agree with Karina. The Clintons may have had scandal and issues in their marriage (then again I'm sure a lot of marriages do), but they have raised their daughter to have poise, grace and confidence and to shine through in her values. Someday, we will see Chelsea following in her parents steps, I'm sure of that.

"It's not to late to become who you've always wanted to be..."

In my opinion, this is not newsworthy. I would expect a child campaigning for his/her parent to protect and defend them. I'm more surprised that she was surprised the question was asked. When you're putting yourself in the public eye out on the campaign trail, you're going to get the bad with the good. I wish campaigns were less negative (and way less expensive - what a waste), but it is the reality. She's not a child anymore, to be protected from the "sins" of her father. She had to have known the question might come up at some point.

GopherGirl

I am not a Clinton supporter but that man was rude and asked a stupid question. He deserved the harsh response from Chelsea.

DD 3 years old EDD #2 C/S sched for 6/9/08.

I don't think it was such a terrible question, to ask anyone but the child involved. I think the question "Did the scandal negatively affect Hillary's reputation" isn't a bad question to ponder. However it is really thoughtless to ask her daughter. Having said that, I completely understand why she wouldn't want to bring it up again, and wanted to move on. The crowd supported her and changed the subject, so it was effective. It's got to be a painful time for Chelsea to remember. I wish she hadn't been asked.

I am very impressed with Chelsea's poise and confidence and obvious love of her parents. She is someone they should be very proud of.

Lovemy4 is a discussion leader for North Central Phoenix, tired mother of 4 great kids and wife to one great husband.

I saw one post saying that the clintons did a good job raising their daughter.. Oh my, oh my, They did not raise her alone and you are seeing what they want you to see. Apparently it's working b/c they want you to say "what a wonderful job they did as parents".. The clintons were able to send her to the finest schools money could buy and they had and still have aids that prep her on everything. Her moms book it takes a village is true because she was gone so much some one had to raise her daughter. Staff members, Boarding schools and more staff members!!! I don't think it was an out of line question. Her mother is running for president of the united states and if she gets up anywhere to answer questions, then all bets are off, we can ask what we want to ask!!! If she was having lunch with friends and someone ask that then it would be rude and way out of line. Don't forget we are not talking about a 12 yr old here. She is an adult and she is campaigning for her mother and answering questions for that. I hope nobody else says that they did a good job raising her b/c I could be a crack addict and send my child to all of the finest schools and have access to what she has access to and show you what I want to show you and you would say "wow, she did a great job raising that child". What we see is that their daughter seems to be a nice young adult with a good head on her shoulders. As far as morals go, we don't know about her morals. She could be a snake in the grass like her mom and dad. We just don't know but what we see is what they want us to see.

Elizabeth is a discussion leader for arizonamoms she writes about everything from her needing mommy advice to crazy and silly stuff that happens. She lives in the West Valley with her husband and 3 children, Joshua 12, Brooke 2 and Mason 10 months

She handled it perfectly. She really has shown a lot of grace through the race.

Susie is a discussion leader in the east valley for arizonamoms.com. She has two sons, ages 6 and 2.

What happened to freedom of speech? Chelsey was certainly judging the commentor and his/her comment as a personal violation. I believe the question could have been worded differently. I don't know how objective Chelsey could be about her mother's reputation - I believe she overreacted.

Who knows? We may have a biographical account of the Cllintons written by Chelsea in years to come that will give us the real story.

Jan Katzen-Luchenta
Author - Nutrition for Learning:Feeding the Starving Brain - Foresight nutritional counselor- Montessori educator - www.nutritionforlearning.com

I saw this story earlier today on MSN and posted my own comment on their blog, which follows in the 2nd paragraph. As for specifically how did she handle it? The question posted here was, "Do you think your mother's credibility was hurt by the affair?" She responded it is none of your business. Really? Her mother stayed with a man who lied to the American people, lied for him, was involved in a trial that cost the American people a lot of money, showed she is willing to lie to cover her and her husbands own butt, the list goes on. I shudder to think what she is involved in now and will have a chance to become more involved in if she wins the presidency. In other words Chelsea has learned to answer the way her parents do. I know this may offend some moms, but she once again is stumping for her mother as an adult. Should she just be asked, "How do you feel about your mommy running for office?" and other such questions. She is a college educated, very smart lady and as such should be treated that way.

If Chelsea wants to stump for her Mother than she should get questions like that. The Clintons made it our business when they became public figures and her Mother decided to run for office herself. I am really tired of hearing from public figures, be they stars or politicians that they don't like all the attention being given them. My answer is, then stop courting the attention by the things you do and say, they places you go and so on. Mrs. Clinton is a public leader who wants to run our country and I know her people have had a lot of "personal" things to say about President Bush and Obama and any one else she is running against or just against as far as politics go. The people running and in office need to STOP! making personal attacks and start ACTING like leaders. The simple truth is no matter who is in office the "other side" will always attack and say "If our man/woman were in office this would have never happened". Really? How is that true? Pearl Harbor, The Gulf War, 9/11 would have still happened! You could not stop those and many other events no matter your party in office. People in America need to stop hating and criticizing and start attempting to work together. A novel concept when it is so much easier to just attack, but one that would work so much more effectively!
This goes for all the people “supporting” their candidates. I know you see them attacking, but that doesn’t mean you need too. If we start holding them accountable for this way of campaigning then they will stop.
I hope the people reading this pass it on to as many people as possible. Let’s stop this bickering and start actually working together.

moladybug ~ mommy of twins