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Poor Chelsea
Posted Friday, February 08, 2008 2:33 PM | By
Emily Yoffe
Emily B,
I'm with you that I'm left feeling very uneasy about Chelsea's
emergence
on the campaign trail. She makes me think of Michael Corleone in
Godfather III
: "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!" How many times can one person be First Child? She's waved goodbye to her Secret Service agents and the press hordes, grown up, started a career, and now the poor thing has been pulled back in. All these months, as she's stood there silently behind her mother, I've wondered about their dynamic. Did Chelsea say, "Mom, I want to do anything to help you win, but please don't make me speak"? Or did Hillary say, "Baby, I need you out there to prove that I'm a human being. All you have to do is stand there and smile; you don't even have to speak"? Now Chelsea is
calling talk-show
hosts begging them to vote for her mother and forwarding
unhinged
rants about sexism. Yes, she's now an adult able to make her own decisions, but I feel sorry for her. What must it have been like to grow up in the Clinton White House?
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