Criticism of Chelsea Clinton.
by fetboy, Sun Feb 17, 2008 at 02:41:35 PM EST
Yesterday I praised Chelsea Clinton here as possibly among the "very promising young women out there now working their way through the ranks," but then I read about an outrageous recent remark she has made.
A student asked Chelsea Clinton last Monday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison "Has your mother shown any remorse for the fact that her vote cost Iraqis a million of their lives?"
To which Chelsea Clinton replied "She cast a vote based on the best available evidence. Perhaps you had clairvoyance then, and that's extraordinary."
Granted the question was antagonistic, but that does not excuse Chelsea's arrogance. Does Chelsea realize that her answer is identical to the response Dubya gives when his decision to invade Iraq is questioned? Does Chelsea know that her mother didn't even bother to read that National Intelligence Estimate before sending 4,000 plus soldiers to their deaths with her vote?
As a U.S. serviceman that has given 12 years of his life to the country that he loves, I am mortified and offended by Chelsea Clinton's arrogant, unapologetic, response, and am drawn away from Senator Clinton for another reason all together.
What has Chelsea Clinton been doing these five years that the war her mother authorized has raged? She has been working for a hedge fund. Chelsea Clinton's occupation since she turned 22 isn't disconcerting, but it leaves a huge opening for McCain to attack Senator Clinton. Senator McCain's son, like Senator Webb's and Senator Biden's, has served his country in Iraq.
If you think that won't get thrown around in the campaign for the vote in November, then you are seriously deluded.
Today I have changed my position again; unless Senator Clinton apologizes for her Iraq War authorization vote (which has killed several coworkers from my past), then I will have great difficulty voting for her, and probably wont.
Tags: Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Jim Webb, Joe Biden, Iraq War (all tags)
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