Is Bill Clinton actually Chelsea's dad? Trump advisor Roger Stone claims a devious conspiracy...

[DonViejo]

The Clinton BS Files: Who is Chelsea Clinton’s real dad? A mystery spun out of nothing

Is Bill Clinton actually Chelsea's dad? Trump advisor Roger Stone claims a devious conspiracy hides the answer

AMANDA MARCOTTE

Bill and Hillary Clinton have been plagued by conspiracy theories throughout most of their life in the public eye, perhaps more than any other politicians in history. The Clinton BS Files are a weekly in-depth look at the stories behind some of these conspiracy theories. Read last week’s post.

During last week’s debate, Hillary Clinton closed out the evening by talking about Donald Trump’s misogyny. She reminded audiences that he has called women “pigs, slobs and dogs” and that he thought Alicia Machado, a former Miss Universe, was so fat he was justified in calling her “Miss Piggy.”

Trump’s spluttering response was, “I was going to say something extremely rough to Hillary, to her family, and I said to myself, ‘I can’t do it. I just can’t do it. It’s inappropriate. It’s not nice.'”

In case there was any doubt about what that “something” was, Trump clarified after the debate that he was talking about Bill Clinton’s infidelities. Why her husband’s past adulteries should disqualify Hillary Clinton from pointing out that Trump is a misogynist is hard for most people to grok, but the conspiracy-theory-loving right apparently thinks this is a killer argument.

How such people get there requires a lot of pretzel logic, so bear with me: They start with a false premise, that feminism requires that no woman ever say an uncharitable thing about another woman. (This has never actually been a requirement of feminism, or how could we criticize women like Sarah Palin or Phyllis Schlafly?) Then they zero in on the fact that Clinton said not-nice things on occasion about her husband’s mistresses. They then pretend to be all appalled about what a terrible sexist she is, and claim she can no longer allowed to say anything about real sexism ever again.

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http://www.salon.com/2016/10/03/the-clinton-bs-files-who-is-chelsea-clintons-real-dad-a-mystery-spun-out-of-nothing/

[SaschaHM]

1. Drudge is now pimping a conspiracy that Bill Clinton has a illegitimate black son.

I wonder which Trump nut will try to bring that up first.

[DonViejo]

4. Drudge tried this same thing back in the 90's....

around the time of the Lewinski controversy; some wing-nut paid to have the child's DNA tested. I was working with The American Politics Journal then, we were able to scoop Drudge, by ten minutes, with the results; "no, the child was not fathered by Bill Clinton."

[Mamajami]

8. ok, so what if he does? Moving on...Hillary is up 6points. Yeah!!!!!

[Marc2010]

21. Oh Lord

I knew The Drudge (Sludge) Report was under-handed, but I can only hope most are intelligent enough to see through their fakery and facade.

[mothra1orbit]

2. Everybody knows

Vince Foster is Chelsea's father, and when he wanted to go public, he had to die.

(this is sarcasm)

[jberryhill]

7. I thought it was Webster Hubbell

I think the Web Hubbell one goes back to the 90's.

[TheDebbieDee]

11. I thought Janet Reno was supposed to be

Chelsea's dad...

(This was one of the first conspiracies I ever read when I first got on the internet in 1999...)

[Hekate]

22. I remember that ugly "joke"

[unblock]

3. what drugs are these people on???

[get the red out]

5. Or not on

that they should be!

[unblock]

17. good point

[gordianot]

6. I am certain there is a supermarket tabloid vote out there somewhere.

Donald seems to take them seriously.

[nolabear]

9. THAT old bull again? Making people prove false accusations aren't true is as low as it gets.

And the GOP fringe is masterful at it. They are truly disgusting.

[titaniumsalute]

10. Have you ever looked at her?

She looks like her dad.

[Cracklin Charlie]

12. No she doesn't.

Well, maybe a little.

Who Chelsea really resembles is her grandmother, Virginia Clinton Kelly, Bill's mother.

These claims are ridiculous.

[Maru Kitteh]

14. Yes. She does.

I see it every time I look at her. The older she gets, the more so.

[Hekate]

23. When I read Bill's book and saw the family photos I saw the same thing as you

I have a cousin like that -- he was 10 when I men his grandpa, who was in his 80s, and tney were the image of each other.

I remember thinking Chelsea was kind of homely for a little girl, but when I read in her father's book that he thought his Mom was a beautiful woman, I realized what a lucky little girl his daughter was.

[Cracklin Charlie]

24. I grew up in Arkansas.

You cannot believe the horrible things that I have heard people say about Chelsea, and her mother, almost from the time of her birth. I think one of the reasons I grew up so liberal came from listening to my mother dress down mean old Southern bitties who got their jollies pickin on a little girl. And she unloaded both barrels.

My mom would be so proud to see what a lovely woman Chelsea has become. I think she has the most lovely speaking voice. She could read the phone book, and I would listen.

And, as an aside, my brother looks quite a bit like Bill Clinton, and he sounds like him, too. They even share an expression...when my brother, and Bill, are trying to tell a story, they go "Listen, listen, listen".

Cracks me right up.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

13. LOL! Their desperation is hilarious!

Chelsea LOOKS like Bill, for starters!

[morningglory]

18. As we say in the South, "bless her heart..." nt

[Trust Buster]

15. Any fool can see that Chelsea has Bill Clinton eyes. The resemblance is unmistakeable.

[Fast Walker 52]

20. exactly-- she's clearly an admixture of both of them

the resemblances are over-whelming.

[Blue Idaho]

16. Scumbags for Trump!

Another key constituency weighs in...

[hamsterjill]

19. Every time I think they won't go any lower, they do.

Keep it up, Donald. Keep it up. Just makes the Republicans look sick and desperate if you ask me.