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kpete

(72,013 posts)
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 09:38 AM Feb 2018

Chelsea Clinton Fires Back

Chelsea Clinton Fires Back At Homocon Blogger
February 20, 2018 Fake News, Homocons



Last night Chelsea Clinton fired back at Jim Hoft, the homocon founder of the fake news site Gateway Pundit, who is part of the now-widespread right wing attacks on the survivors of the Parkland massacre.

Hoft is taking particular aim at “astonishingly articulate” Parkman survivor David Hogg, whom Hoft accuses of having been “coached” by his retired FBI father because “the FBI is only looking to curb YOUR Constitutional rights and INCREASE their power.” (No link because fuck that guy.)

Hoft and several others are currently being sued in federal court for falsely naming a Michigan teen as last year’s killer Nazi in Charlottesville.








http://www.joemygod.com/2018/02/20/chelsea-clinton-fires-back-homocon-blogger/


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Chelsea Clinton Fires Back (Original Post) kpete Feb 2018 OP
The more I learn about Chelsea, the more I realize that she is as strong and smart as her mother. Arkansas Granny Feb 2018 #1
Shes awesome.... Funtatlaguy Feb 2018 #4
Give her time. She may well turn to politics after living in the real world for a while. Nitram Feb 2018 #7
She's 37 and has been living in the real world for a while. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #22
Look at how she was treated when her dad was president crazycatlady Feb 2018 #26
Yep. She knows she can have a much better PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #27
ALthough something tells me they may be grooming her for congress crazycatlady Feb 2018 #28
And who are the "they" you refer to. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #32
Oh gods no. Chemisse Feb 2018 #8
Or she isn't Bill's biological daughter............... leftofcool Feb 2018 #13
Yes please, we should choose our representatives based on how SFnomad Feb 2018 #15
They will lie about ALL of them. radical noodle Feb 2018 #21
Actually yes. That is part of the electability of a candidate. Chemisse Feb 2018 #30
There is no candidate that will escape smears. ehrnst Feb 2018 #33
K&R betsuni Feb 2018 #2
K&R ismnotwasm Feb 2018 #3
My 15 yo daughter would be articulate and equally anti-trump genxlib Feb 2018 #5
EXCELLENT response! maddiemom Feb 2018 #11
You are a good person. thank you. eom LittleGirl Feb 2018 #16
Thanks genxlib Feb 2018 #18
Indeed. Well done! ;-) eom LittleGirl Feb 2018 #23
Thank you, Chelsea. Cracklin Charlie Feb 2018 #6
Good for her. n/t Chemisse Feb 2018 #9
minngal marieo1 Feb 2018 #10
These people really believe that the kids are supposed to be as stupid as they were Blue_Adept Feb 2018 #12
Spoken like a true Clinton. This is the kind of maturity you have to have in politics ffr Feb 2018 #14
The True State of Conservative Mentality j3161usa Feb 2018 #17
K & R...almost have trouble thinking of Chelsea as a grown woman... Wounded Bear Feb 2018 #19
A very good and decent person njhoneybadger Feb 2018 #20
On the other hand............ MyOwnPeace Feb 2018 #24
I just googled, "homocon" TwistOneUp Feb 2018 #25
Attacking kids is crossing the line blue-wave Feb 2018 #29
Beautiful response from Chelsea Cha Feb 2018 #31
This "Gateway Pundit" looks like the next deranged gunman Blue Owl Feb 2018 #34

Funtatlaguy

(10,885 posts)
4. Shes awesome....
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 10:02 AM
Feb 2018

Wish she had political aspirations.
But, she has prob seen enuf lies from right wing trash.

Nitram

(22,868 posts)
7. Give her time. She may well turn to politics after living in the real world for a while.
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 10:32 AM
Feb 2018

I'm sure she has her parents' excellent values.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,895 posts)
22. She's 37 and has been living in the real world for a while.
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 12:56 PM
Feb 2018

I seriously doubt she has any political ambitions. Especially given that she's seen how the real world treated her mother when Hillary was running for President.

crazycatlady

(4,492 posts)
28. ALthough something tells me they may be grooming her for congress
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 03:03 PM
Feb 2018

The district that includes Chappaqua's congresswoman is in her 80s. (I grew up in this district). I'm not sure what the bench looks like, but I think she'd clear the field.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,895 posts)
32. And who are the "they" you refer to.
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 04:33 PM
Feb 2018

And what evidence you have of such grooming? Is she out there getting front and center on the issues? Does she even live in that district?

Chemisse

(30,817 posts)
8. Oh gods no.
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 10:36 AM
Feb 2018

The last thing we need is another Clinton witch hunt. I can just see them blaming her for complicity in her father's indiscretions! And somehow she was in on the email 'scandal.'

Maybe in a decade or two.

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
13. Or she isn't Bill's biological daughter...............
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 11:53 AM
Feb 2018

Or the Clinton Foundation paid for her wedding.....

 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
15. Yes please, we should choose our representatives based on how
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 11:58 AM
Feb 2018

Republicans will react to them ... and lie about them.

Chemisse

(30,817 posts)
30. Actually yes. That is part of the electability of a candidate.
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 03:55 PM
Feb 2018

A great candidate can be brought down with a smear campaign, and some are more vulnerable to it than others.

That was my main objection to Hillary running for president. She was an easy target for the GOP, and a lot of people hated her right out of the gate, so would be more likely to believe the smears.

Chelsea would bear some of that handicap and be partly hobbled by it, before people even got to know her.

A decade down the road, the Clintons will have receded into the background, and people will have forgotten about all the hate and division and remember them with dim fondness.

Chelsea might stand a chance then. In fact, she might be great.

genxlib

(5,532 posts)
5. My 15 yo daughter would be articulate and equally anti-trump
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 10:16 AM
Feb 2018

You could say that I have coached her.

That coaching took place over a 15 year period and is more commonly referred to as parenting.

genxlib

(5,532 posts)
18. Thanks
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 12:13 PM
Feb 2018

I am proud she is good student
I am proud she is a hard worker
I am proud she is well behaved
But I think I am most proud that her values are straight up progressive.

Thank goodness for apples falling close to trees.

marieo1

(1,402 posts)
10. minngal
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 10:48 AM
Feb 2018

I have always loved Hillary, Chelsea and Bill Clinton. They are intelligent, caring human beings. I know one thing, when Bill Clinton was President, I had more money in my own pocket. I truly believe they care about all people not just lining their own pockets.

Blue_Adept

(6,402 posts)
12. These people really believe that the kids are supposed to be as stupid as they were
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 11:00 AM
Feb 2018

when they were that age.

ffr

(22,671 posts)
14. Spoken like a true Clinton. This is the kind of maturity you have to have in politics
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 11:55 AM
Feb 2018

Even when you're not in the spotlight. Conservatives will go after anyone for any reason, if they think it can benefit them.

Fuck conservatives and anyone who supports them or is identified as such.

 

j3161usa

(44 posts)
17. The True State of Conservative Mentality
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 12:06 PM
Feb 2018

Conservatives believe these kids aren't smart enough to articulate their thoughts; that they are not clever enough to use social media to organize a large scale rally--goes a long way to explain why conservative are so out of touch with the modern world. First nobody cares how they came up with the idea of a nation-wide protest or if someone's father coached his kid on what to say--who cares! You gotta get help from somewhere and you'd be stupid not to ask!!! The conservatives want to know who it is so they can use foxnews to go after them.

MyOwnPeace

(16,937 posts)
24. On the other hand............
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 01:21 PM
Feb 2018

can't you just see Eric or Jr. standing up and saying, "Hey, my Dad is trying to make America great again and if you have a problem with that, please submit a practical solution to the problems at hand. Be positive, don't just criticize someone trying to do a good job."

(Gotta' admit, I sort'a threw up in the back of my throat as I typed that out - just thinking of that "photo op." )

TwistOneUp

(1,020 posts)
25. I just googled, "homocon"
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 02:45 PM
Feb 2018

I had no idea thst this douche is gay. Please, Mother Nature & The Fates, no! I don't want this douche in my community! Milo Yiannopoulos is bad enough.

<searches toolbox for douche remover>

blue-wave

(4,362 posts)
29. Attacking kids is crossing the line
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 03:51 PM
Feb 2018

and should never be tolerated. Of course, the reichwing doesn't have the cognitive ability to realize when they are wrong. And Chelsea, well, if your mother does not run again I would gladly support you for the highest office in our land.

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