Opinion: A teen in the White House: Hillary Clinton recalls Chelsea’s dating life

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Barack Obama’s two little girls are too young to date yet, but if their dad were to end up serving two White House terms, they might want to take heed of some recollections from Hillary Clinton today.

At a forum in North Carolina that, as the Associated Press story put it, focused less on politics and more on ‘chick chat,’ Clinton reminded her audience that Chelsea, her daughter (and current key campaign surrogate), ‘was a teenager in White House, which meant that the Secret Service went on her dates. A lot of her girlfriends’ mothers loved it when they double dated because there was a guy with a gun in the front seat.’

She offered no word on how the guys courting Chelsea felt about that.

But she did concede that for those fellows, ‘it was really intimidating to talk to her father. And, I guess, to me.’

The gathering was sponsored by the website momlogic.com, which has more on it here.

-- Don Frederick

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