Chelsea: Mom Would Make Better President Than Dad
As an only child, Chelsea Clinton never has to worry about her parents picking a favorite kid.
But the former “first daughter” had to make a choice Friday when she was asked whether her mother or father would make a better president — and she sided with mom.
“Well again, I don’t take anything for granted, but hopefully with Pennsylvania’s help she will be our next president, and yes, I do think she’ll be a better president,” Clinton said at a stop in Allentown, Pa.
Both Bill and Chelsea Clinton have been hitting the trail hard for Hillary Clinton, in the run-up to the April 22 Pennsylvania primary. Though Chelsea Clinton was forthcoming in her answer Friday, earlier in the week she shot down a questioner who pried too far.
Asked Tuesday whether she thought her mother’s credibility was hurt during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, she said:
“Wow, you’re the first person actually that’s ever asked me that question in the, I don’t know maybe, 70 college campuses I’ve now been to, and I do not think that is any of your business,” she responded.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.





After insulting a young reporter some months ago…shouldn’t Chelsea be keeping her mouth shut now and staying in the background she so readily desired?
Shame on you, Chelsea, you are as inconsistant as your parents.
she would be just as bad as bill,they lie,cheat,and step on anyone that gets in their way,
Wow! Just…WOW!!!
The response doesn’t make sense. He asked, was Hillary’s credibility hurt; she responds ,”That’s none of your business?” Maybe a “I’m not going to respond to that question” would have made more sense.
Well Chelsea…that wouldn’t take much.
One thing I will say is that Bill Clinton seems to have no real political convictions while Hillary is a hard core Leftist. As close to an old school European style Socialist as we’ll find in American politics today (as paraphrased from what their long time political advisor recently said).
There would indeed be hell to pay if Hillary ever gained access to the power that comes with the Presidency. I just can’t see the American voter being that naive…..then again I never thought Bill would get elected…much less twice.
Sorry Chelsea…I think your mom would not make nearly as good a president as dear old dad, but she sure as heck would be better than Barack (I never heard those things) Obama!
But good for her for your response to those jerks asking you the question about Monica…good retort!
I watched the clip where it showed Chelsea responding to the person who asked the question about Monica L.
I think her reply was not very tackful but then again, “The Apple dosen’t fall far from the tree.”
I think the Clinton’s have always had an arrogant, that they are above everyone else that they don’y have to answer to any one or for any thing. It seems to be the attitude that they can do what they want and no one should question their motivies or actions. By virtue of who they are, they think they are smarter and know better what is good for me than I do.
They seem to have an. elitist attitude.
If Hillary cannot take care of Billy Boy how can she take care of the nation?
Chelsea, has a lot of back bone.
I think Senator Bob Casey Jr, should be ashame of his self for wholeing a grudge,for so many years. Why whole it against, Hillary, for what Bill Clinton, did. It is pure Malice. He sure doesn’t have the back bone that he thinks he has.
When a senator can whole a grudge, for years and years that does not say much for him.
If the Pastor, was in Hillary’s Church and said the things, Obama’s Pastor
said,every TV , station in the US, would have not let it die down as they have for Obama’s Pastor. We would hear about it day and night, and
week in and week out.
I see no comparison at all. Our national problems are bigger than she is and so far I’ve not heard anything from Ms Clinton that would suggest we would be better off with her family
back in the White House. We’ve not been financially responsible these past 8 years, but her
suggestions only drive us further in that direction. Our wealthy in this country provide the
jobs; it isn’t a crime to work hard and become financially well off. She/they want to discourage
those ambitious enough by taking more and more of their dollars to give-away programs.
Of course it isn’t anyone’s business. Typical answer from someone so far removed from reality.
Chelsea just represents the typical “progressive” attitude. I only answer easy questions that I have been brainwashed to understand.
So we Americans are supposed to believe that Chelsea is a good judge of who would be a better President? This is based on what… her experience in the White House and living with and next to the most powerful people in the world? Hummm I wonder if this makes her a better candidate than other people simply because she was there? Humm … is her choice better than mine simply because she has “experience”?
I feel sorry for any child that would have parents who would subject their precious child to the scrutiny that Miss Clinton has had to endure. My daughter just heard Miss Clinton speak in Pennsylvania and she felt so sorry for her. Miss Clinton is not running for office and should not be required or held to the standard of her parent who is running for office.
So we are supposed to vote for a Presidential candidate that will not follow the party line? Humm… let’s see both parties have many many times in the past chastized members for not following party lines and supporting the decisions of the party majority. Now one of the biggest supposedly party supporting people is balking at having to follow the party line, simply because it means she will have to give up, (for the good of the party) the chance for a personal victory? Is not the party as a whole better at determining who would give the Party the best chance at a victory in regards to the Presidential race? Afterall the Democratic Party is a majority rules philosophy based party, right? Many people together make better decisions than a single person, right?
I’m hoping that there will be a big turnout of Republican voters who will turn out to vote in Pennsylvania for Hillary Clinton because Barack Obama is a loose cannon waiting to go off. He’s as radical as his friend and former minister. To hear Wright speak is very aggressive like fire coming out of the mouth of a dragon. For a man to preach like that is only to excite hatred, there is nothing godly about the man and his preaching.
Big surprise! Hell, Chelsea would make a better president that her daddy. Or her mom. Not as much baggage.
Sorry, Billary…cancel my subscription. Too many issues!
Go Chelsey. You are intelligent, articulate and good on the eyes too. I am rooting for Hillary as she will lead our country well. Obama is a phoney baloney and should stay with his Rev. Wright, and rethink his life.
oh.. the clintons are allowing chelsea to speak now? isn’t that nice. I guess they figure anything she says can’t really screw up there chances anymore.. maybe she can pull in some of the youth vote..or maybe not
Chelsea, its obvious you have the best parents, it truly shows that they have done a great job parenting. We Americans truly have seen you bloom into a lovely young woman..God Bless you.
I think Bill Clinton was a great President, he brought our economy to the best economy of our time! He was a wonderful President, that he made mistakes yes he did. So did Roosevelt, so did Kennedy so lets move on and focus on the positives..Negatives only brings bad Karma. Bill Clinton not only was one of our greatest president, he seems to be a great dad.
So I say: Bill was a great Presient, but I agree with Chelsea. Hillary will make history, no only because she is a woman, but becasue her passion, love for our country, experience, perserverance and conviction. Her commitment to our country and its people will help her make history as the best president of our time.
Hillary never give up, we are behind you! We respect and trust that you will be indeed the best president of our time! We also think you have been a terrific Mom!
Chelsea We also think you have been one of the best first daughter of our time!
May God Bless America!
A pathetic reply from an increasingly dying campaign
HELLO! Ah, a chimp would be better than Bill Clinton. Oh…wait…does Hillary like bananas? Someone feed the chimp please and get her out of the race. Chelsea, you should have answered the question from the student instead of being a spoiled brat.
Chelsea, you’re parents are public figures. Your dad committed perjury about illicit sexual relations. That does discredit your mom, especially when she was stupid enough to stand by him. Of course, your mom has no credibility at all anyway. HilLIARy’s credibility is even further in the toilet after the Bosina lies. Oh wait, it did happen, only to Olympia Snow. So HilLIARy is into Identity Theft.
Of course she’ll be a better President–she’s not going to jeopardize a fantastic legacy by having someone crawl under her desk. She’s smart. She’s tough and she’s taken more hits–and come back–then anyone I’ve ever seen. Pray the folks in PA, IN, and NC rescue the rest of us from this mess named Obama.
AND LET FL AND MI vote!! Why is OBAMA allowed to thwart the decision of the voters in MI? Why doesn’t the media publicize that it’s his campaign that’s putting up the only roadblock?
And why is the DNC holding Democratic voters in FL responsible for a decision made by their Republican legislature?
RIDICULOUS!
LET THE PEOPLE VOTE & LET THE RACE CONTINUE.
Wow, in an effort to get back into the White House she just threw her father under the bus.
Nice kid. She should go far in this world.
Got news for you Chelsea, my mom would make a better president than your dad too. This isn’t a question, so no need for you to get all offended and huffy.
Hellooo!! We have already had one Clinton in office and messed up the USA we dont need the other one to.Didnt people learn the first time !
I think it’s every bit our business to know this considering her mother is trying to be “OUR” president. Chelsea Clinton to me comes off as a rude, arrogant rich girl who thinks she knows better then everyone else because her parents are high powered politicians who bought her entrance into Stanford. Chelsea repulses me. You can’t run for public office, then say your life is nobody elses business. Last time I checked, it’s still a personal choice to put your face in the public eye.
You’re right Chelsea. She will.
Who really cares what she thinks! What expertise does she bring into this? None, is the answer! She’s a non-entity as far as I am concerned.
Her Mom would make a terrible president. Chelsea is a pig just like her Mom is.
I’m surprised she didn’t answer “I don’t recall” like her mother answers.
I believe that Ms Clinton should have answered the last question about her mothers credibility. It would say a lot about Hillary and how attentive she is or how much she doesn’t care. Either she didn’t have any idea that Bill was cheating (unlikely) or she knew and allowed it (???). It is as big issue as Hillary lying about her trip to Bosnia. She is showing she can’t be trusted, so why give her the presidency?
I would hope Hillary would make a better President then Bill, he was a disaster.
I think Bill Clinton was the worst US President ever. The only way I can imagine him losing that crown is if Hillary takes over. Better president? Better at what? Taxing the life out of every worker? Spending money on Socialized medicine? HELLO? ANYBODY care to name a successful government program? How about Social Security? Medicare? Medicaid? Oh wait, they all fail to meet the needs of the people they “serve” and they are bankrupt, inefficient, mismanaged government programs. So what is the solution to our “healthcare crisis”? I know ~ tax everyone out of the country to pay for the largest government failure/program to come! And what about my right to choose what I do with my body? Hillarycare will tell me which doctor to see and when! Then after dictating those things, if my “lifestyle choices” do not meet criteria, I may not be eligible for services. Of course that won’t apply to abortion on demand, which will be covered! ANYONE but Hillary. PLEASE!!
I think Chelsea must have inhaled.
wonder what Monica would be doing in the Oval Office this time around?
Chelsea’s choice of preference between her totally unethical, self-absorbed father, and her megalomaniac mother, as President makes me marvel at the ability to make so measured a distinction.
Both of her parents represent the worst in American Politics, and neither deserves the praise and adulation the misguided masses heap upon them. Bill was the most scandal-ridden scumbag to ever hold the office of President, and Hillary wants a Socialist Nation, with virtually no input from the public, and total control of all political decisions from DC.
With any luck, Hillary will lose and be sent packing (or is that carpetbagging?) back to New York, where her Communist beliefs mirror the attitudes and lack of wisdom of the populace. Then Chelsea, who has never demonstrated any sense or wisdom, will finally shut up…
Wow! on a scale of one to ten, that would make her a two! (or less)
The Clintons are beginning to look a bit … oh, how shall I say … DESPERATE and, sadly, a bit PATHETIC.
Time to go back home and stand by your man. Looks like Bill’s gonna be the only prez in your family.
Buh Bye.
All our Presidents have been men! Why won’t the people give a woman a chance to prove how she could run the United States? Some of my bosses when I worked were woman and they were the best bosses I had! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow! On a scale of one to ten that would make her a two.
Chelsea, that is exactly what the good ole boys are afraid of, your mother will be a better president than most of them have been or ever will be. Keep fighting Hillary
Perhaps should could run since she was with her mother ‘under fire’.
Hillary says she misspoke. It should be called what it was; a lie.
She lied plain and simple. But I guess she wasn’t under oath like Bill at the time the she made the ‘misstatement.
In her realm, it is probably acceptable behavior.
It is a very defensive and snobbish comment, coming from a former first daughter. Simply shows she’s not refined and reflects the kind of upbringing she had. For sure, the Bush’ twins would have responded differently and of course they would never worry about those questions.
Chelsea isn’t exactly a genius for coming up with this little gem.. ANYBODY would have been a better president than Slick Willy .. Although, Jimmy Carter would have tied him for last place …
how can you run a country when you can’t control your own marriage. your husband lies to the American public to hide his deceit and you defend him. He should have been impeached. Hillary has lied herself, making false claims as to her presidential experience as first lady. Maybe next time I’d think about her as a candidate pending on who she’s running against. But if she wins the democratic nominee, I won’t be voting for her. Too many lies and deceit in her campaign. And those who are gonna vote for her based off her so called experience. Ask New Yorkers about the jobs she promised but never delivered. Instead over 80,000 new yorkers lost jobs in her first year alone. She has a lot to correct before she should think about running for president again. She should drop out regroup and try again in 2012.
Joan, you forgot to mention that they eat babies for breakfast…
Sometimes I wonder if the Clintons attacked you guys personally. The grudge you bear suggests that.
JoJo the chimp would make a better president than “slick Willie” and I would vote for the chimp ten times quicker than I would vote for Hillary.
Bill Clinton said his family are not big on quitting. Apparently they are not big on democracy either. Hilary wants 800 super delegates a mere 0.0004% of the eligible American voters to choose her as a presidential candidate against the American voters democratic will. How democratic is that?
is it because her mom won’t have an intern in white house or because “it is non of your business”- a total denial approach? Perhaps, this is an unconscious acknowledge that she loved her mom more than dad who has humulated their family.
Chelsea is full of crap, that question was a setup! Chelsea was right not to answer the question about Monica L., she doesn’t know anything about that or anything else as far as that goes. Fox just likes to report on her because they think she’s cute and they love anything Clinton.
Ithink if Chelsea is going to be campaigning for her Mom she needs to answer questions that are being asked. She wants to help her Mom but she does not want to answer questions from the press of difficult questions. Hillary could have taken care of Bill in the scandal and now Bill is her puppett. I hope Hillary does not get the chance to “Buy the Nomination” which I am afraid will happen if it goes to the convention,
It’s not very hard to be a better President than Chelsea’s daddy, so that’s not saying much. So much for answering the hard questions. Was this another “planted” question by the Clinton campaign?
Child, you should go home with mommy, both learn to bake some cookies.