On the December 20 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, radio host Tammy Bruce said that a report that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-NY) brother is behind on child support payments demonstrates “Rodham family values.” A December 20 New York Post article reported that Clinton's brother, Anthony Rodham, “is a deadbeat dad who owes tens of thousands of dollars in child support” to his ex-wife, Nicole Boxer, the daughter of Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA). Referring to the article, guest co-host Mark Steyn asked Bruce: “Is Clinton fatigue already setting in early, Tammy?” Bruce responded: “Well, I think we had Clinton fatigue quite a while ago. This is obviously Rodham family values.” Later, Bruce asserted: “But, you know, this isn't good for Hillary's campaign. I do think it speaks about the Rodham family itself. And I think it reflects on her just like Hillary's husband reflects on her. It's not good, neither one of them.” Bruce also said: “But Nicole married this fellow, I think, pretty much knowing what she was getting. She knew who her sister-in-law was and the nature of that marriage. I don't think anybody should be surprised.”

Also during the segment, referring to the Post's report that Rodham “stiffed” Boxer “out of $75,000 in child support,” Steyn asked Democratic strategist Bob Beckel: “It makes you, it makes you wonder, Bob, if they are such smart campaigners -- this is $75,000. Couldn't the Clinton campaign have settled all this quietly when the campaign got going before it all became public?” Beckel responded: “The answer to your question is you legally can't do that.”

From the December 20 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes:

STEYN: Let's get back to good old negative stuff. The New York Post, Tammy, had a story today about Anthony Rodham being a deadbeat dad. He owes $75,000 to his ex-wife. If you can't keep track of the Clinton brothers -- this is the guy we last heard from I think six or seven years ago when he was involved in a hazelnut scam in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, which is not an order of words one has cause to use terribly often. Is Clinton fatigue already setting in early, Tammy?

BRUCE: Well, I think we had Clinton fatigue quite a while ago. This is obviously Rodham family values. And here you've got the Boxer family, which has yet to say anything. But Nicole married this fellow, I think, pretty much knowing what she was getting, and she knew who her sister-in-law was and the nature of that marriage. I don't think anybody should be surprised.

Also, at the same time, of course, the Boxer family is not suffering. They are not living in poverty. Some people might argue that that's a heck of a lot of money to be arguing to pay someone for alimony when they are doing moderately well themselves. That's a whole another argument.

But, you know, this isn't good for Hillary's campaign. I do think it speaks about the Rodham family itself. And I think it reflects on her just like Hillary's husband reflects on her, and it's not good, neither one of them.

STEYN: It makes you, it makes you wonder, Bob, if they are such smart campaigners -- this is $75,000. Couldn't the Clinton campaign have settled all this quietly when the campaign got going before it all became public?

BECKEL: I'm still getting over the nuts in Georgia. The answer to your question is you legally can't do that. The other point here, is this is much ado about nothing. Everybody has known about Rodham from the beginning. This guy has been a problem. If you had every sibling who caused a problem for a candidate for president to cause a real problem, you wouldn't have any candidates for president. There's always one, you know? So I don't think it means anything.