I think Chelsea really blew a great opportunity to support her mother. As president, Hillary will have to handle all kinds of difficult situations that will challenge her character, strength, integrity and so on. Chelsea could have said, “My mother is an expert at handling all difficult and challenging situations with strength, wisdom and grace, this situation included. That is really what we need a president to do.”

Too bad… lost opportunity.

Is it fair?

Perhaps, in terms of journalism.

But it is certainly NOT courteous, respectful, or chivalrous, and shame on those who would stoop to this kind of conduct in our public discourse. Is this how far my fellow American men have descended to treat their female counterparts?

I say this as a die-hard Obama supporter, by the way.

To question a young lady before the public regarding the sexual improprieties committed in the past by her parent is downright despicable. It is truly “ungentlemanly” behavior…the kind that, one hundred and fifty years ago, might have resulted in a challenge to duel. A custom that, given the acceptance of such behavior, we might wish to consider reviving.

The question was not so much about the BC / ML affair as to Hilary’s blaming right wing extremists for the allegations. She could have said that her mother was very stressed over the issue, and may have responded inappropriately. I’m sure there are thousands of woman (and men) who would be sympathetic with that. After all no one would want to have the entire world know that their husband (or wife) was unfaithful. Public humiliation can’t be pleasant. I know private humiliation isn’t. She missed an opportunity to present her Mom in a way that anyone (except the most anti-Hilary people) would understand.

As for Chelsea’s response, I agree that if she is going to be answering questions for her mother’s campaigne that she should be prepared to answer the tough questions, as it is a tough office Hillary is fighting for. As for the whole Clinton did it on taxpayers dollars and time, so did Kennedy and the ‘Great’ FDR died at his MISTRESSES house whom he was having an affair with while president.

lol you people crack me up! who cares? this is the kind of crap the media and everyone focuses on it’s no wonder “REAL” issues get overlooked and ignored. The ecomony is in the tank we’re at war and this is garbage is what we’re debating?

I’ll be the first to admit that Bill and Hillary are really intelligent people. They’re also equally manipulative, and slimy. Hillary is probably laughing with delight at how a minor incident like Monica detracts from the truly criminal associations that fill her past. Jose Cabrera is/was a major cocaine kingpin and a major financial supporter of both Clintons, along with numerous Indonesian, and Chinese finaciers with clear ties to organized crime in their respective countries. In our country, let us not forget the Rose Law firm debacle, Vince Foster suicide, etc, etc. Interesting how something like Monica-gate overshadows what is truly revealing and criminal about the Clintons. Stop deceiving yourselves America, if Hillary had 5 or 6 fewer IQ points she’d be locked up in Leavenworth. She’s a felon. Period.

Even if Bill had the blue dress stain removed, the question can’t be removed, so Chelsea maybe you should discuss with your mom and dad about how to respond back, because the question is part of your dad’s repitoire while in office.

That question was no personal that asking Obama about his personal relationship with the pastor. You expect to understand the whole of these candidates by all means necessary, regardless, so Chelsea could have responded, regardless of how painful the question may be. We expect Obama and his campaige to respond and be prepared at all times. Chelsea owes her mom this respect after such a wacko she was in the past. I think the entire Clinton family owes each other something, because they all are a misfit, and do try and make up only have made them look even worser. Just be yourselves and please try harder to do the right thing.

Go, Chelsea! That, at least, is the right answer. I’m not a Clinton fan, but I do believe firmly in keeping the public nose out of private bedrooms. That is where I differ from the GOP supporters who have a prurient interest in finding out and controling what married couples do and how they wash their dirty laundry.

It was not a rude question at all. Indeed, it is one that should have been asked much sooner and more often — not only of Chelsea but of Hillary, too.
Get something straight right now. Hillary Clinton is running for the position of most powerful person on the planet, a position paid for by the taxpayers of the United States of America. She is already on the government payroll as a U.S. Senator. For the last year or so, she has been running around the country, at contributors’ and taxpayers’ expense campaigning for the job. In other words, she has been on a job interview.
Now, as one of the 300 million in this country who will be involved in the hiring process, I think it is most certainly my business to know how the next person to get that job is going to conduct himself/herself under fire answering tough questions and making difficult decisions.
As First Lady, she handled her husband’s affair with (1.) denial, (2.) paranoia and then three (3.) political double-talk. How can we believe she respond to the problems of this country any differently?
If anyone has been “blanking” the country, it has been this woman, her husband and their no-holds-barred political machine.
And, now we know her daughter is just like her. A scary thought.