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LAS14

(15,171 posts)
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 10:16 PM Nov 2016

I now know why Hillary plays it close to the vest.

Well, not really. That's a joke.

But I did happen upon an interesting historical anecdote.

A friend of ours taught Hillary in a religion class at Wellesley. When she gave her "Cookies/Tammie Wynette" interview, he wrote her a letter. He said (words to the effect) "Honesty does not require you to say everything you know." She responded with a letter remembering her positive times in his class.

It reminded me of the several example of her very long term correspondences with a whole host of people. They are a real testimony to her humanity.

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I now know why Hillary plays it close to the vest. (Original Post) LAS14 Nov 2016 OP
nice of him to mansplain Skittles Nov 2016 #1

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