Chelsea on My Mind
Posted on February 28th, 2008 in Uncategorized | 5 Comments »
What would we say about an aspiring politician, born into privilege, who works at a hedge fund, hangs out with celebrities, and refuses to talk to the press?
Well, first of all, she sounds like a Republican, right? And second, we’d be skeptical of someone whose every act seems to manifest contempt for the more democratic aspects of American democracy.
Nonetheless, this week in New York magazine, Lloyd Grove suggests that Chelsea Clinton would make a great politician.
Chelsea Clinton turns 28 in a few daysâaround the same age her father was when he ventured into electoral politics for the first time, in 1974, waging an unsuccessful campaign for a congressional seat in Arkansasâand she is, at long last, plunging into the family business, moving from prop to propagandist.
Maybe. But would she make a great public servant?
You’ll laugh, but the presidential daughter I’d prefer to go into politics is Jenna Bush. She teaches at a charter school in Washington, she wrote a book about teenagers and HIV, and instead of hanging out with poncy Brits at Oxford, or attending fashion shows with Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna, she’s getting married.
So how come the media doesn’t portray her as a rising star?
5 Responses
2/28/2008 9:55 am
nothing to laugh about. Good comments. The only problem with both of them is that dinasties aren’t too great for democracies. Clearly J.B. seems far less aristocratic and out of touch than C.C. Maybe the family values behind these differences explain in part why H.C. campaign went bad.
2/28/2008 11:40 am
The media doesn’t portray her as a rising star because:
* She’s made the tabloids not by hanging out with Gwenneth Paltrow or Madonna, but rather, by being a fall-down drunk.
* She’s a Bush, and will always remain a Bush, even when her last name changes in a few months.
* The Clinton’s always make for interesting news, and thanks to the vitriol the Republicans feel towards them (if perhaps unnaturally so), they’ll remain in the news for some time to come.
Quite frankly, Jenn Bush is to Prince Harry what Chelsea Clinton is to Prince William.
2/28/2008 5:16 pm
The Clintons “always make for interesting news”? Yikes. Where have you been hanging out?
2/29/2008 6:14 pm
She hangs out with celebrities and “poncy Brits”? Like you wouldn’t?
3/1/2024 6:48 pm
It was here on SITD that I first read about the real estate developer scandal that plagues Obama. I came back here to look for a follow up, but nothing…Have your Obama loyalties gotten in the way?