Ever since Chelsea Clinton visited Indiana earlier this week, there has been a large hubbub over a question posed to her by a student at Butler University. The student asked Chelsea whether she thought that the Monica Lewinski scandal had in any way tarnished her mother's reputation and could show weakness in her candidacy. Hillary responded in quite a short, brusk manner stating that in the sixty some college campuses that she had visited, noone had ever asked her that question. She then followed by telling the student that it was none of his business. This small snipet of interview has been circulating on most major news stations as well as in many newspapers around the country. Who was wrong in this situation, the student with the probing (yet slightly inappropriate question) or Chelsea with her somewhat harsh response?
I can see both sides of the fence. I really do agree that that question was completely out of place and unwarrented in that situation. It had nothing to do with the issues at hand and so should have been left alone. The Lewinski scandal continues to resurface over and over again. This is not a mark of weakness in Hillary's persona but rather in her husband's. On the other hand, I really don't think that Chelsea's response to the question was warrented either. She could at least have been a little less defensive and snippy, brushing off the question in a more professional manner. At least now that this question has surfaced in front of Chelsea and the media has heard her response, this incident can be put to rest once and for all.
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