Chelsea Clinton's $3.2 million wedding

Dr. Mom · #21 07/28/10, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Sawmill Jim

For the first in many years some Dims create jobs and stimulate the economy with their own money or mostly and folks still fuss

I'm not fussin'. They are stimulating the economy and spreading their wealth around, at least in their own little world. I'm not sure they CREATED any jobs, though. If so, they would probably be temporary govt jobs.

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7thswan · #22 07/28/10, 04:28 PM

I heard she is having real issues/fears that her soon to be will cheat on her.

#23 07/28/10, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by 7thswan

I heard she is having real issues/fears that her soon to be will cheat on her.

Almost every woman has this fear. It's because men can be such dogs. :1pig:

Gercarson · #24 07/28/10, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by plowjockey

Do you even have a clue who Ceausescu was? Seems to be a tad bit more hard lined that the Clinton Dems and the left in general.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Ceau%C5%9Fescu

Well, sure I know who Ceausescu "was" - I can almost guarantee you that if the country was OVER poplulated there would be a "national health care" bill that would make citizen's pay for abortions via their taxes. This communist was just as diabolical as our current set of liberals. Good for THEM - ruling elite - bad for YOU - the proletariat - same difference, different set of circumstances.

Ceausescu’s Romania was a pariah low-status communist regime with highly a personalistic dictatorship that attempted to blend a strong nationalist ideology with a rigid Stalinist developmental model. The source of this rather peculiar nation-building strategy could be traced to the regimes’ weak initial legitimacy and its insignificant status in the international communist movement. This regime nevertheless persisted despite relentless repression and appalling living conditions their citizens had to endure.

Thangkew for the history lesson - google is good, huh?

Gercarson · #25 07/28/10, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Tonya

Almost every woman has this fear. It's because men can be such dogs. :1pig:

I would suggest that 80% of all dads have a paternity test done on each child that is "said" to be his.
Mamma's baby - daddy's "maybe". It's because women can be such "...dogs?".

#26 07/28/10, 04:44 PM

If it is not my money, or taxpayer money, I couldn't care if they spend 800 billion on a wedding.

Dr. Mom · #27 07/28/10, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Tonya

So what?

If they ain't asking you to pay for it then what business is it of yours? Would you go to your friend's daughter's wedding and tell them that they spent too much? Of course not. Why is this any different?

Besides, I'm sure that a lot of the cost is security. Can you imagine how many dignitaries are coming and what it takes to provide security for all of them?

I'm not complaining. The Clintons have enough clout and need to impress their friends, so why not give their only daughter the best wedding they can afford? Just as long as that's okay with Chelsea and her fiance.

When Bush's daughter married at the end of his term in office, she wanted a quiet private outdoors ceremony at their ranch. That was her choice. If Chelsea is okay with her parents spending millions of her inheritance on a wedding, then that's her choice. I would rather take the money instead of a wedding. But that's me.

I'm just glad that Hillary is spreading HER wealth around, and not MINE.

Ardie/WI · #28 07/28/10, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by zong

If it is not my money, or taxpayer money, I couldn't care if they spend 800 billion on a wedding.

Same here! It's none of my business.

7thswan · #29 07/28/10, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by zong

If it is not my money, or taxpayer money, I couldn't care if they spend 800 billion on a wedding.

Gosh you sound like Rush.

Dr. Mom · #30 07/28/10, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by tinknal

Actually it's closer to 4.9 million dollars. The article states the amount in pounds, not dollars.

Thanks. I didn't know what the current ratio was. I figured the minimum would be 3.2 million dollars, anyway.

FeralFemale · #31 07/28/10, 05:42 PM

I wish her and her betrothed nothing but the best. A lifetime of hapiness and the strength to make it through the not so happy times.

Sawmill Jim · #32 07/28/10, 05:51 PM

There was some jobs created the chap stick co hired more workers .

They knew with all the but kissing going on their product would be in demand

starjj · #33 07/28/10, 05:54 PM

I think the whole thing is wrong. Sure it is their money and they can spend it anyway they want. To me it is a waste of money. I just couldn't justify it. Maybe when you grow up poor you can't see throwing money around. I don't think she ever had a poor moment in her life.

JanS · #34 07/28/10, 06:08 PM

"Reportedly". "Expected to". Come on folks. They don't know much more than we do. This line alone gives that away: "Miss Clinton’s dress, designed by Oscar de la Renta or Vera Wang, is rumoured to be a cool £16,000". The reporter doesn't know who designed the dress OR how much it cost. He or she could have inserted any designer and any price in there and no one would be the wiser.

Gercarson · #35 07/28/10, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Sawmill Jim

There was some jobs created the chap stick co hired more workers .

They knew with all the but kissing going on their product would be in demand

They are probably using preperation h -

- chocolate chapstick.

Kmac15 · #36 07/28/10, 06:46 PM

She has grown into a lovely woman

I wish her the best.

JJ Grandits · #37 07/28/10, 07:02 PM

One of my daughters is getting married Saturday too. It didn't cost that much though. Fortunately the media has left us alone.

TheMartianChick · #38 07/28/10, 07:36 PM

I never have an issue with how much someone chooses to spend on a wedding. It is their private business...Unless it is one of my daughters and she expects us to foot an outrageous bill! I'll bet that this wedding has helped to put some money in the pockets of quite a few people during this recession.

chamoisee · #39 07/28/10, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by plowjockey

The Clinton's are a very wealthy and influential family and they have wealthy and influential friends, all over the world.

For them to put on a "cheap" wedding, for their only daughter, would be just plain boorish, to say the least.

Well sure, and I do understand that. My beef is with the way that the fancy wedding trend has gotten totally out of hand in general.

Laura Ingalls and her mom made her dress themselves and they even picked a style and color that she could continue to wear in the future. The money that today would be sunk into a one day event (or less) went into building a nice house with custom cabinets and drawers, etc.

Weddings shouldn't be used as a status symbol, but they are.

Shygal · #40 07/28/10, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Gercarson

I wish this young lady the very best - I hope she HAS made the right choice and will live "happily ever after" - I hope her children will grow up in an America like the one I grew up in and have that same feeling of total freedom.
Chelsea didn't get to pick her circumstances and from what I've seen, she's a daughter to make anyone proud. If her mother can just sell a few more cattle futures I really think the cost of this wedding is none of anyone's bees wax.
I congratulate Chelsea the same way I congratulated Rush on his wedding - and it sure sounds like Rush spent at least the same amount.
I love the freedom that wealth brings and the worlds it can open.

Well everyone its TEOTWAWKI, I agree with Ger and think its a very nice post.