Chelsea says she couldn't care less about money.

[OxQQme]

http://nation.foxnews.com/2014/06/23/chelsea-clinton-10m-apartment-3m-wedding-600k-job-i-just-dont-care-about-money

[Arugula Latte]

1. So easy to say if you've always had loads of it, eh?

[lumberjack_jeff]

2. Of course she doesn't. She has people for that. n/t

[4now]

3. Fox News from a year and a half ago.

wth.
Republicans love to attack Chelsea.
How sad B.S supporters have become.

[CBGLuthier]

7. Yesterday one of yours condemned Art Garfunkel for being a one percenter and supporting Sanders

Your side already won the sad off contest

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511056692

[milestogo]

4. That's why she married a bus driver.

Oh wait, she married a hedge fund manager.

[forest444]

5. Mere fascination, that's all it is!

[davidn3600]

6. She's never had to care about it

Her family is rich and she married a rich guy.

Of course she doesnt care about money.

[onecaliberal]

8. People without food, healthcare, and a place to live care about it.

There is suffering in this country the Clintons either don't understand or don't care about, either way, she needs to shut the hell up.

[Retrograde]

9. She can always give some of that surplus money to people who do care about it

and by "care" I mean keep track of every penny because they don't have a lot of them.

[Bettie]

10. It is easy not to care about money

if you've never had to worry about it.

If you've ever been on the extreme other end of the scale or even in the actual middle class (not the 250K+ version of the Middle Class), you see it a little differently.

[trueblue2007]

12. I COULD.

[840high]

17. Same here.

[valerief]

13. We could care less about what she cares about. She worked for a hedge fund

and married a hedge fund manager for reasons totally aside from money, of course.

[zalinda]

14. Talk about someone who doesn't have a clue.

She is as clueless as her mother. I'm even starting to change my mind about Bill. I can't believe I used to defend him. They really have come a long way from Arkansas. Too bad, they couldn't hang on to their humility, or at least just take it out in public. Talk about people who have LIVED off the government and the government connections. The more that family opens their mouths, the less I think of them, they really are takers.

Z

[Odin2005]

15. East to say when you are married to a Wall Street parasite.

That is Romney-grade tone-deafness.

[JHB]

16. Since this story is from June 2014, I'll just repost what I wrote then...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025143045

Re:Chelsea Clinton: Did peoples' spin-detectors suddenly short out?


Who read the article about Chelsea Clinton? No, not the NY Daily News article that's spawned at least two threads in GD and probably more elsewhere?

I mean the other one, the Fast Company article that the Daily News piece cherry-picked from and spun.

Because in that article, the line about "not caring about money" was in the context of not being obsessed with nothing but money. Of not being another "grab everything and squeeze" type like Mitt Romney or the Kochs.

Even the bit about "I just work harder..." is in the context of overcoming the assumption that she's a well-connected do-nothing getting a ride on family connections, a la a certain scion of the Bush clan who loses fights with pretzels. It's not an example of Mitt-wit self-back-patting.

Really, don't people click through to sources when there's some obvious spin going on? Especially from an article from a tabloid newspaper?

I'm hardly a fan of the Clintons and the neoliberal economics their policies have been steeped in, but Jeez, people, use your heads. The Daily News piece may not be the Soviet-grade quote-extraction that the isolating of "You didn't build that" was, but it bears a strong family resemblance.

[Locrian]

18. yeah, caring about money is soooo for poor people - n/t

[MisterP]

19. once you get past like $300K money's just something you HAVE

if your Black Card bounces your manager just cancels and returns the purchase

[hifiguy]

20. "It is to laugh."

Noted philosopher B. Bunny

[Lizzie Poppet]

21. Chelsea, I realize you're miles smarter than the Palin brood...

...but that doesn't mean there aren't situations in which you should just shut the fuck up.

This is one of them.

[Marrah_G]

22. Only rich people say that

and it is revolting.

[Facility Inspector]

23. But the bank card probably works

each time it is swiped.

I wonder when she ever had to ask someone to borrow $10 bucks to get something to eat?

[bigwillq]

24. I couldn't care less about Chelsea

other than to reply in this thread.

Go away, Chelsea. And take Mom and Dad with you. Horrible family.

[LannyDeVaney]

25. Holy crap ... this board has turned into a cesspool.

NM

[Cleita]

26. I feel the same way, except when I don't have any. Then I care a lot. eom

[notadmblnd]

27. Well, it's obvious that she can afford not to.

[Jarqui]

28. She's worth about $15 million so I can see why caring about money

is boring her. It would take her nearly two years to count all her money in dollar bills, 8 hrs per working day. Having parents worth $111 million can have that effect too.

[grntuscarora]

29. Don't know why people have to double down on the kids.

Yes, she's an adult now, and yes, she's wealthy and grew up privileged. But she had no choice in it and, geesh, it's her mom I have disagreements with, not Chelsea.
Misdirected anger is not cool, imo.

And yes, I know she was recently sent out as a (very ineffective) attack dog for her mom. But I hold that against HRC's campaign advisors, not Chelsea.

I'm unhappily expecting attacks on Jane Sanders and the Sanders family any time now. It'd be nice if we could just focus on the candidates.

[oberliner]

30. Two year old Fox News stories

Classy.

[BreakfastClub]

31. She said on a "fundamental level." She meant money as a thing unto itself. nt