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Chelsea Clinton planning to stay on at NBC; insiders, critics wonder why
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Posted on 02/24/2012 7:12:40 AM PST by Sub-Driver

Chelsea Clinton planning to stay on at NBC; insiders, critics wonder why

By Jo Piazza

Published February 24, 2012 | FoxNews.com

Being the daughter of a former President and the current Secretary of State certainly has its perks.

Despite poor marks for her reportorial performance it looks like Chelsea Clinton is preparing to renew her contract with NBC News.

According to insiders familiar with negotiations, the Stamford and Columbia graduate is poised to extend her contract with the network to work on special segments for the shows “Rock Center” and “Nightly News,” a move that has media watchers confused.

“She has done a bunch of warm and fuzzy stories that haven’t gotten any kind of critical appreciation but she does have that Clinton name,” US Weekly senior television editor April Bernard told Fox411. “Critics say she doesn’t dig deeply enough as a reporter. She is amateurish and green. She also isn’t charismatic on camera which is surprising because her dad is so appealing. It is just hard to watch her and know she is there because of who she is.”

If it’s hard for the audience, it is even harder on some NBC veterans.

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To: ErnBatavia

She’d be prettier if she put on some makeup and did something with her hair and clothes (and I say this as a female - sometimes you have to make an effort!). But Amy has always been flakey and clearly likes to do her own thing.


41 posted on 02/24/2012 8:02:51 AM PST by midnightcat
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To: Mr. K

She’s on the board of an internet company for $300k a year.

I’m not kidding!


42 posted on 02/24/2012 8:04:54 AM PST by Mr. Peabody
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To: All

“...because her dad is so appealing.”

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Must be a media “elite” East Coast thing, becasue NO ONE I know finds the serial rapist “appealing” on ANY level.

An oily, corrupt criminal of limited intelligence who lies reflexively at the level of a 7 year old.


43 posted on 02/24/2012 8:06:06 AM PST by EyeGuy (2012: When the Levee Breaks)
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To: Sub-Driver
the Stamford and Columbia graduate

Stanford...Palo Alto...Chelsea's alma mater

Stamford...Birmingham...not

44 posted on 02/24/2012 8:08:03 AM PST by wardaddy (I am a social conservative. My political party left me(again). They can go to hell in a bucket.)
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To: traderrob6

Hillbillies as rule are very socially conservative and go to church...especially in the South

why not smear some group not on our side?


45 posted on 02/24/2012 8:10:47 AM PST by wardaddy (I am a social conservative. My political party left me(again). They can go to hell in a bucket.)
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To: Mr. Peabody

300,000 per year is one helluva board fee

i have had the opportunity to sit on local bank boards

12-15,000 per year..

NewsCorp pays 120,000 per year and grants the occasional deferred options

so I guess 300,000 is possible..at the high end...amazing


46 posted on 02/24/2012 8:14:13 AM PST by wardaddy (I am a social conservative. My political party left me(again). They can go to hell in a bucket.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Chelsea likes the income and the family has the connections. This is called cronyism, nothing more, nothinge less. It would be interesting to know how much she makes as a journalist.


47 posted on 02/24/2012 8:15:10 AM PST by AD from SpringBay (We deserve the government we allow.)
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To: Stand Watch Listen

“If I recall correctly...early in the 2008 presidential campaign, Michelle’s old hospital position was ABOLISHED by the hospital.”

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Because no one met the unique qualifications of the talentless, racist, entitlement queen who formerly held the “job”?


48 posted on 02/24/2012 8:15:39 AM PST by EyeGuy (2012: When the Levee Breaks)
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To: RJS1950

Apparently money can buy more things than most of us realize. Sometime in the 1980s one of Savannah’s crookedest lawyers tried to extort money from my mother. This behavior on his part wasn’t particularly shocking but while we were in his office the door opened and this big, fat, moronic looking guy walked in. I didn’t pay him too much attention until the lawyer said, “And look! My son little Joey is now a lawyer too and in practice with me!”. My brother and I gaped in astonishment. We had both gone to school with and played with this guy as a kid. He was beyond stupid and I always thought borderline retarded. I didn’t think he had even finished high school. The money and complete disregard for laws and school policies it must have taken to make this cretin a lawyer still boggles my mind.


49 posted on 02/24/2012 8:16:10 AM PST by MtBaldy (If Obama is the answer, it must have been a really stupid question)
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To: Sub-Driver

It’s good to be queen, ‘er princess.


50 posted on 02/24/2012 8:16:58 AM PST by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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To: ErnBatavia

I always thought that Eleanor Roosevelt would hold the "Ugliest Person Ever to Live at the White House" title till the end of time but both Carters are closing fast.

51 posted on 02/24/2012 8:18:54 AM PST by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: wardaddy

“Hillbillies as rule are very socially conservative and go to church...especially in the South

why not smear some group not on our side?”

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Yessir. I make the same point often.

Same as when conservatives bash NASCAR fans (almost always conservative) and “soccer moms” (while not reliably conservative, they are at least nuclear family oriented).

“Hillbillies” is also often deployed by blacks as their “N” word for whites.


52 posted on 02/24/2012 8:19:56 AM PST by EyeGuy (2012: When the Levee Breaks)
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To: Covenantor
I respect Amy Carter. She has consistently resisted publicity and has been steadfast in her goal to live a quiet life out of the limelight. To my knowledge she has never been opportunistic in cashing in on her father's name or former position.

Your photo is the first I have ever seen of her as an adult. Her appearance is typical of many women anyone would find shopping at their local Krogers.

As Susan Boyle might say that Amy would “brush up” quite nicely.

53 posted on 02/24/2012 8:35:07 AM PST by wintertime (Reforming a government K-12 school is like reforming an abortion center.)
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To: ErnBatavia
I respect Amy Carter. She has consistently resisted publicity and has been steadfast in her goal to live a quiet life out of the limelight. To my knowledge she has never been opportunistic in cashing in on her father's name or former position.

Your photo is the first I have ever seen of her as an adult. Her appearance is typical of many women anyone would find shopping at their local Krogers.

Susan Boyle might say that Amy would “brush up” quite nicely.

54 posted on 02/24/2012 8:38:35 AM PST by wintertime (Reforming a government K-12 school is like reforming an abortion center.)
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To: AtlasStalled
It’s a good gig if you can get it.

With your "handle", you'll understand me when I say that Francisco d'Anconia would call this the "aristocracy of pull."

55 posted on 02/24/2012 8:39:51 AM PST by Night Hides Not (My dream ticket for 2012 is John Galt & Dagny Taggart!)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Yikes is right. All she needs now is a bottle of moonshine and a banjo to complete the picture of an inbred, homely mongoloid southern belle. Hillbillies R’ Us.

Yee gads. That’s one interesting gene pool the DNC is recruiting from.

Don’t drink from the same cup as a Clinton or a Carter. It might be contagious.


56 posted on 02/24/2012 8:56:33 AM PST by Ernie Kaputnik ((It's a mad, mad, mad world.))
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To: Sub-Driver

Sucks when you have to pay off debts.


57 posted on 02/24/2012 8:59:35 AM PST by crosshairs (Liberalism is to truth, what east is to west.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Well, with that mug, the interviewer/co-correspondent on air with her should just palm a sugar cube or carrot to her....it would be way more entertaining.


58 posted on 02/24/2012 9:04:22 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Sub-Driver

cuz u just don’t say “no” to a Clintoon


59 posted on 02/24/2012 9:07:44 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Night Hides Not
You win, Quick Draw!

I had the same thought.

60 posted on 02/24/2012 9:41:33 AM PST by Why So Serious (There is no cure for stupidity!!!)
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