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IT'S FULL-COURT LEHMAN PRESSBy BRUCE GOLDING Posted: 3:26 am September 20, 2008 A legion of lawyers descended on bankruptcy court yesterday to pick over the bones of Lehman Brothers after one of the biggest business bust-ups in US history. More than 200 finance professionals jammed federal Judge James Peck's downtown courtroom where early today he approved a plan for the company to sell its investment banking and trading businesses to British bank Barclays. The deal was said to be worth $1.75 billion - but may now be worth closer to $1.35 billion given the drastic change in the company's net...

How many times have we seen this photo on FR? How many times have we propagated the Huma/Hillary lesbian rumor mill with a wink and a nod and a [POST]?

Sarah Palin has been the GOP veep candidate less than 72 hours, and already the liberals have begun assaulting her family. Specifically, her CHILDREN. You've seen the vile rumor (that Gov. Palin was "covering up" an alleged teen pregnancy by her daughter). Remember years ago, when a young Chelsea Clinton was mocked by some irresponsible people in the press? Cries came from all across the political spectrum, "Leave the children alone!" Now, however, with the attacks on Bristol Palin, NOT A WORD of "leave her alone" from the same Democrats who were so outraged by Chelsea's treatment.

Excerpt - The Faulkner County Sheriff's Office and other local law enforcement have joined a search for a man from the Mount Vernon-Enola area who ran from Secret Service agents. Faulkner County Sheriff Karl Byrd said the man may have a gun and has lately been calling the sheriff's department acting as if he is mentally disturbed. "He has called us with strange calls, 'This is Kenny Chesney. Someone stole my tour bus.' Or, 'This is Lt. Gary Moore. I found Kenny Chesney's tour bus in a shed.'" ~ snip ~ "He had a thing for Chelsea Clinton. I don't...

Updated: May 30, 2008 06:44 PM EDT Reporting from KTVQ in Billings Chelsea Clinton told supporters in Billings that the country needs to do more with gun control laws, during the final visit on her two day tour campaigning on her mother's behalf in the Magic City. During a question and answer session before seniors and other supporters at the Yellowstone County Council on Aging Office Friday morning, Chelsea said, "We also need to do more with gun control. And my mom supports- naturally what she supported in New York. Which is: we have different gun control laws in New...

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The souvenir vendors outside Hillary Clinton's campaign appearances have added a new badge to their wares that reads "Chelsea in 2016" with a picture of the former first daughter. Attention, whether from badge sellers or the national media, is leaving the fading presidential candidacy of Senator Hillary Clinton behind as the former front-runner faces what most see as impossible odds to win the Democratic nomination. Now in the spotlight is her rival, fellow Senator Barack Obama, who has solidified his lead among Democrats and is setting his sights on Republican candidate John McCain in the November election. While Mr Obama...

Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar was Manchester United's hero as Sir Alex Ferguson's side claimed the club's third European Cup with a penalty shoot-out win over Chelsea on a night of almost unbearable drama in Moscow. As many had predicted, the competition's first all-English final ended in penalties and ultimately it was van der Sar's full-length save from Nicolas Anelka that ensured United won the shoot-out 6-5 after the match had ended 1-1 after extra-time. The triumph ensured ensured a season that has seen United mark the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster ended with both the Premier League...

ABC News' Ed O'Keefe Reports: Perhaps there will be a Madame President Clinton after all. No, not Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. How about former first daughter and active campaigner Chelsea Clinton? "If you asked me (if Chelsea would run for office) before Iowa, I would have said, 'No way. She is too allergic to anything we do.' But she is really good at it," former President Bill Clinton tells PEOPLE magazine in their latest issue, hitting newsstands Friday. In the PEOPLE exclusive, Clinton called his daughter's "emergence" the "second best thing" of the campaign, after his wife's "ability to endure...

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., smiles with her daughter, Chelsea, as she's introduced at a campaign event in Boca Raton, Fla., Wednesday, May 21, 2008. US Democratic presidential candidate and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) talks with supporters during a campaign stop at Lynn's Paradise cafe in Louisville, Kentucky, May 20, 2008. Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton gets a kiss from her campaign manager Terry McAuliffe at an election night rally May 20 in Louisville, Kentucky. Predictions of political doom failed to penetrate a cramped downtown hotel ballroom where a beaming Clinton and die-hard supporters kept alive her...

Text size – + Chelsea Clinton sends a Mother's Day tribute With Mother's Day on Sunday and with a campaign on the ropes, Hillary Clinton today released a video featuring her daughter Chelsea that makes public for the first time some family snapshots of Chelsea growing up. It also features some very personal feelings from a former first daughter whose privacy the Clintons have tried to protect ever since their days in the White House, but who has taken on a more public role in recent weeks stumping for her mother. "I’d like to tell you about my mom," an...

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., is accompanied by North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley, right, and his son Mike Jr. as they enter a rally at Pitt Community College in Greenville, N.C. Monday, May 5, 2008. US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks during the Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner in Indianapolis, Indiana May 4, 2008. While a Secret Service agent holds onto his waist, former President Bill Clinton stretches over a porch rail and shakes hands with well-wishers during a campaign stop on Sunday, May 4, 2008, in Morganton, N.C. The former president was campaigning for his...

Forget about policy speeches and wooing superdelegates. For Hillary Rodham Clinton, Saturday morning was devoted to chick chat — a panel discussion with a group of working moms on topics ranging from girl-on-girl violence to her daughter's early dating years."Chelsea was a teenager in White House, which meant that the Secret Service went on her dates," the Democratic presidential contender said on a panel hosted by the Web site momlogic.com. "A lot of her girlfriends' mothers loved it when they double dated because there was a guy with a gun in the front seat."Clinton joined the panel from North Carolina,...

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., had a very casual conversation with women in North Carolina, Saturday morning, that offered little news value –- but was insightful to a more personal side to Clinton. One question Clinton was asked raised eyebrows. When asked if she would go all the way to the convention -– she said, “Well, I plan on going through the next contests -– West Virginia, Kentucky and others.” Clinton has previously said she plans to go all the way to the convention if Michigan and Florida are not settled. This may indicate a possible shift in thinking about how...

DOCUMENTS AT PAULVCLINTON.COM NOTE: thanks to caller Shannon for finally raising the issue. Unfortunately, Rush gave an answer that is gibberish. I'll give my comments after you read the transcript. First, however, let's go back in time to last year. A FReeper posted an old story of David Rosen being indicted, but the headline did not reflect that it was from the FR archives. Drudge posted it on his website and Rush picked it up, reading the story as if it were news. Drudge quickly dropped it from his site (I'll go find the screen shot), and Rush has...

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — Muslim leaders on Sunday urged Malaysians to boycott a visit by English football giants Chelsea in protest at the move to let their Israeli coach and defender into the country. Spokesman Mohamad Azmi Abdul Hamid said the coalition of 21 Muslim groups would hold a mass protest at the tour match if the government did not bar coach Avram Grant and player Tal Ben Haim. "Malaysians should boycott the match," Mohamad Azmi said. "We should unite with the Palestinian people and fight for an independent homeland for them." Malaysia does not have diplomatic ties with Israel...

Chelsea Clinton suggested Tuesday that she doesn't believe voters should consider how her mother responded to Bill Clinton's affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky when making judgments about her character. Clinton has repeatedly refused to discuss the issue when campaigning for her mother, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton, calling questions about the Lewinsky matter none of the public's business. But speaking Tuesday at Duke University, she answered a question from a student who said the issue was important for voters who wanted to assess the character of candidates in the race. "I agree that character is very important,"...

Chelsea Clinton was in town Friday night, and boy did she have a fabulous time! And why not: She hit all the gay bars in Center City, along with Ed Rendell and Rob Reiner. She even went to Tavern on Camac and Sisters! (Her pub crawl also included Woody's and Bump. What, no Uncle's?) When Chelsea was little, Rush Limbaugh called her ugly and everybody got mad at him. But nobody's calling Chelsea unattractive now. "Chelsea, the gays love you," shouted one gay person. "We love your highlights -- you're gorgeous baby!" said another, which prompted bisexual hottie Anne Dicker...

Rendell joins Chelsea Clinton for 'gay pub crawl' in Phillyby BRETT LIEBERMAN, Of The Patriot-News Saturday April 19, 2008, 4:22 PM Christopher Murray embraces Chelsea Clinton Friday night when the former first daughter campaigned with Gov. Ed Rendell and actor Rob Reiner during a pub crawl of gay bars in Philadelphia. They loved her hair; they smacked her butt; they hooted and hugged Friday night as Chelsea Clinton hit Philadelphia for what campaign aides called a "gay pub crawl." BRETT LIEBERMAN, The Patriot-News "Chelsea, the gays love you!" Jeff Guaracino, 35, shouted as the former first daughter took the stage...

HAVERFORD, Pa. (AP) - A lot of adults probably feel the same way about politics as 4-year- old Sonya Wilkerson. When Sonya's mom tried to get her to introduce Chelsea Clinton at a presidential campaign event Thursday, the little girl stuck out her tongue. Sonya's mom, Kerri Wilkerson, held Sonya in her arms as she told an audience at Haverford College that both she and her husband are supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Clinton, daughter Chelsea and mother Dorothy Rodham sat smiling in chairs behind. "She understands what it's like to be a working mother. She understands what it's...

"Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., greets supporters outside the National Constitution Center before a debate between Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen., Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in Philadelphia."

Chelsea Clinton is Hillary's new weapon By Toby Harnden in Summerdale, Pennsylvania Last Updated: 9:35pm BST 16/04/2008 Hillary Clinton, struggling to contain a tidal wave of youth support for Barack Obama is dispatching the most trusted person in her life to implore university students to give her a chance - her daughter Chelsea. Miss Clinton 28, has taken leave from her New York job with a hedge fund to campaign relentlessly for her mother. Chelsea Clinton faces an uphill task among young voters, who strongly support Barack Obama Shielded by her parents' minders, she tries to keep out of the...

I was supposed to ask her questions like "where are you most likely to disagree with your mom or your dad?" or "did you ever call your mom at 3 am and how did she react?" But all I could think of was that: "I am...standing in front of Hill and Bill's kid...in a red Mary Kay Cosmetics Collection dress...I'd just bought that day at the Goodwill...how weird is that?" Yes, Chelsea Clinton made it to the infamous "Red Dress" Party. Not to be confused with that other annual "Red Dress" fundraiser, this is the "Red Dress Party," a mondo-alcohol-fueled...

The Clintons are resisting the disclosure of a document that could help clarify the New York senator's claims that she was "instrumental" in Northern Ireland peacemaking. The document's unlikely author: Chelsea Clinton. As a Stanford University senior in 2001, the former First Daughter wrote a 150-page thesis on the subject. Her faculty adviser, Prof. Jack Rakove, has said that Chelsea spoke with her father "at some length" about the negotiations. But the Clinton camp has declined to make it public. Through Clinton aides, Chelsea has directed reporters to ask Stanford for the document. But Stanford says it doesn't have a...

The Clinton campaign is using triple coverage to try to win the Indiana and Kentucky primaries next month. In the past seven days Kentuckiana has had visits from former President Bill Clinton, candidate Hillary Clinton and Tuesday night, their daughter Chelsea was in Louisville. WAVE 3's Mark Schnyder has details on Tuesday night's visit to a gay bar. This wasn't your typical question and answer session in that many of the questions came from people with beer in hand. It appeared some had had a couple beers before Chelsea got there. In fact, the former first daughter had to turn...

Chelsea Clinton criticizes Bush in N.C. By ERIN GARTNER, Associated Press Writer 15 minutes ago Chelsea Clinton returned Monday to North Carolina, telling college students that the world will "breathe a sigh of relief" once President Bush leaves office. Clinton spoke Monday during a town hall meeting with students at North Carolina State University. She later moved on to Peace College in Raleigh to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Clinton told about 250 people at N.C. State that her mother, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, would work to repair the nation's reputation abroad. "I think the...

You don't see many women at Woody's, but Chelsea Clinton popped in last week. To a packed house of screaming supporters, the 28-year-old former first child led a presidential pep rally for her mother at one of the oldest gay bars in Philadelphia. "We love your highlights!" a man yelled from the crowd, referring to Chelsea's tresses. "Wow," she said, temporarily bumped off message, "that's something I never heard before." At the end of an exhausting day of nonstop events, Chelsea was supposed to leave after 10 minutes. She ended up staying 25. A few years ago, such a scene...

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., is greeted by patrons as she arrives for a discussion on the economy during a campaign stop at the Southside Inn Restaurant in New Albany, Ind., Saturday, March 29, 2008. Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., tries to comfort a crying Jackson Blanchard, 11, of Lafayette, Ind., duriing a campaign stop at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis, Saturday, March 29, 2008. Jackson said he told Sen. Clinton about friend's parents who had lost their jobs in the Lafayette area

Campaigning For Mom In N. Carolina, Clinton Says She Was Sheltered From Chauvinism (AP) Chelsea Clinton said Saturday that she didn't realize how much sexism remained in the United States until she noticed the issue at recent campaign stops for her mother. "I didn't really get how much sexism there still was in our country until I was at a rally with my mom in New Hampshire, and someone came up to me and said, 'I just can't see a woman being commander in chief,"' Clinton said during a stop in Research Triangle Park. She also noted another New Hampshire...

Right now the leftwing blogosphere is abuzz about another Hillary Clinton fib that threatens to overshadow her Bosnia sniper fire fairy tale. It has to do with her changing stories about what her daughter Chelsea was doing on the morning of 9/11 in New York. One version had Chelsea ducking inside a Starbucks near the World Trade Center when the attack began. That version was later ditched and Chelsea came out with her own version of what happened that day in first person article written for Talk Magazine. Since that story didn't go online, I purchased a copy of...

Hillary, why did you go to Bosnia? Posted: March 27, 2008 1:00 am Eastern As has become painfully normative, Hillary, the major media ask you all the wrong questions. The current controversy centers on whether you and your daughter, Chelsea, actually had to dodge sniper fire upon your landing at the airport in Tuzla in Bosnia on March 25, 1996. The photographic evidence seems to suggest otherwise. But sniper fire or not, as you and I both know, this really was risky business. As testament to how dangerous trips in and out of Bosnia could be, just nine days later,...

Sen. Hillary Clinton's daughter campaigns for her, but sets limits on questions and doesn't talk to the press. Harry Smith talks to Sally Quinn from the Washington Post. [Quinn: "What happened yesterday is Bill Clinton's legacy" (4:04)]

Student Chelsea Rebuked Supports Hillary 6 hours ago INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The college student who got a stinging brushback from Chelsea Clinton when he asked about Monica Lewinsky said Wednesday he's a Clinton supporter who was simply trying to show people "what makes Hillary so strong." Evan Strange, a Butler University student who also works on the school's newspaper, The Butler Collegian, said he had asked Chelsea Clinton at her appearance Tuesday at the school for her opinion "on the criticism of her mother that how she handled the Lewinsky scandal might be a sign of weakness and she might...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Chelsea Clinton had a quick retort Tuesday when asked whether her mother's credibility had been hurt during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. "Wow, you're the first person actually that's ever asked me that question in the, I don't know maybe, 70 college campuses I've now been to, and I do not think that is any of your business," Clinton said during a campaign visit for her mother, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Clinton had picked out the male questioner as she wrapped up a question-and-answer session at Butler University. It wasn't immediately clear what statement by the first lady...

Chelsea was confronted at a townhall meeting, and spun it like a pro. Her father would be proud.

Suddenly a familiar face is popping up all over America - a young woman with a ready smile, a firm grasp of politics and two famous parents. Meet Chelsea Victoria Clinton: the not-so-secret new weapon in her mother's attempt to become the first woman President of the United States. Last week she trekked the campaign trail all over Pennsylvania, the next state in the battle between Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination. At a meeting in the small town of Annville, deep in the heart of the battleground state, she spoke to students at the Lebanon...

I just had this scary, but not illogical, thought. (Actually I had it in 1996, but dismissed it as pure fantasy.) If Hillary! wins the Presidential Election in November, and then manages to get Re-Elected in 2012 to another 4 year term, Chelsea, who is now 28, will be 36, and could run for the presidency for up to another 8 years of the KKKlintoons in the White House. Don't say, "It'll never happen!" Whith the KKKlintoons, "It could happen!"......NEVER underestimate the KKKLINTOONS...........

Has Hil chilled Bill? Has she muzzled the Big Dog? Has Bubba been banished? Yes, yes and yes. And the result was win, win, win. Add the case of the missing husband to the list of reasons why Hillary Clinton saved her political skin Tuesday. He was mostly off the radar for the past week and was nowhere to be seen during her pitch-perfect victory speech that celebrated triumphs in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island. Anyone who thinks all that wasn't planned doesn't follow the orchestrated stagecraft of the Clintons. The former President is a double-edged sword and the subject...

Chelsea Clinton is scheduled to visit Philadelphia this afternoon as she criss-crosses the country campaigning for her mother, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton. The former first daughter, now a financial analyst, will rally younger voters at at an outdoor event at the University of Pennsylvania in West Philadelphia. The 4:30 p.m. campus stop will be the "first of many trips to Pennsylvania" for Chelsea Clinton and her candidate mother, a campaign spokesman said. Chelsea Clinton will lead an "Our Voice, Our Future" event at the Wynn Commons outside of Houston Hall, at 3417 Spruce Street. Hillary Clinton's fortunes hinge...

Next Clinton in the White House may be Chelsea By Tony Allen-Mills March 03, 2008 04:30am Article from: The Australian CHELSEA Clinton, once a gawky teenager, pictured between her parents and holding their hands as if to keep them together while having them a safe distance apart, has emerged as the family hope for dynastic succession – as Hillary's campaign falters. The 28-year-old has blossomed on Hillary's campaign, drawing admiring reviews from bloggers and senior Democrats ... and, of course, her parents. At campaign meetings on university campuses across the country, student audiences have been gasping at the confident, articulate,...

If Harry married Chelsea, would the firstborn male be named " James Webster Hewitt Hubbel ?

(CNN) – A few weeks ago, 21-year-old Wisconsin superdelegate Jason Rae was taken out to breakfast by Chelsea Clinton in the runup to that state’s Democratic primary. Two days after the vote, the college junior – who will be the youngest superdelegate at this year’s Democratic National Convention — is undecided no longer: he’s backing Barack Obama.“The Democratic Party is fortunate to have two very talented individuals running for President this election,” said Rae in a statement released by the Obama campaign Thursday. “It is a difficult choice for anyone, but in the end, the choice for me has become...

BC News' Jennifer Parker and Eloise Harper Report: Sen. Hillary Clinton took a swipe at her daughter's profession today at an economic roundtable discussion at a restaurant in Parma, Ohio, suggesting wealthy investment bankers and hedge fund managers on Wall Street aren't doing real 'work.' The former first lady's daughter, Chelsea Clinton, works for New York-based hedge fund Avenue Capital Group. She previously worked in New York for McKinsey & Company, her first job after graduating with her master's degree from Oxford University.

The question was one she had heard before, but this time it was asked in downright hostile terms. “Has your mother shown any remorse for the fact that her vote cost Iraqis a million of their lives?” a student asked Chelsea Clinton on Monday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ms. Clinton replied: “She cast a vote based on the best available evidence. Perhaps you had clairvoyance then, and that’s extraordinary.”

Chelsea Clinton tells students about her mother's plans for the economy and mortgages. The former first daughter outlines Hillary Rodham Clinton's concern about Darfur and women's rights. She ticks through talking points on electability, health care and the environment. Oh, and she reveals her mother wants grandkids and her father builds their schedule around a popular TV drama, "Grey's Anatomy." Chelsea Clinton has emerged as a top surrogate for her mother as the former first lady has fallen behind Sen. Barack Obama in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Now dispatched to college campuses, the long-silent Chelsea Clinton has...

Hillary Clinton should be nobody’s idea of a paragon of civil discourse in the political arena. Her personal style of political warfare is ruthless, a bare-knuckles fight to the death. Ask Ken Starr. Her idea of employee relations is also rough. Paul Fray, an Arkansas campaign worker said she cursed him out with F-bombs and ethnic slurs after Bill Clinton lost his one race for Congress in 1974. A co-worker told NBC News in 1999 that he heard cussing from Hillary that night like he’d never heard before. So it’s a little strange to see Hillary appearing so upset over...

"Chelsea Clinton speaks to supporters at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008, during a campaign event for her mother, Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton."