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lapucelle

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3. I read an interesting article in New York magazine concerning Hillary's perceived status
Fri Nov 25, 2016, 04:33 PM
Nov 2016

as part of the establishment despite her being the ultimate outsider, an American woman trying to be elected an American president.

"It is a piteous irony that in finding a way past the specific hurdles long set before women with presidential ambitions — fund-raising and the support of a major party — Hillary Clinton also offered up to her opponents, on the left and the right, the ammunition to undercut the historic nature of her candidacy."


http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/11/hillary-clinton-didnt-shatter-the-glass-ceiling.html

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