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Hillary’s Cleavage Issue Used For Fundraising |
| Published: July 28, 2007, 7:34 pm |
| Tags: scandals, campaign finance, hillary clinton, 2008 presidential election, hillary clinton make overs, clinton campaign, commentary, hillary clinton in the news, hillary lies, john edwards |
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By Lisa Schiffren I know that this week is devoted to singing Hillary's praises as a candidate, but surely it is in the area of fundraising where her skill and discipline really shine. Over on Drudge there was a picture of the Senator in the pink jacket and fairly low cut black shell that she wore during a recent Senate debate, which occasioned Washington Post fashion writer Robin Givhan's nasty, entertaining and ultimately legitimate column, asking what message Hillary was sending by displaying cleavage during work hours. I overcame my desire to comment on this tempest earlier this week. But, now it turns out that every old feminist in journalism (starting with Ellen Goodman, naturally), has weighed in on the sexist, trivial, blah blah nature of said column. And what did Hillary do? Did she ignore the matter like the grown-up woman she seems to be? Of course not. She sent out a fundraising letter repeating the column's charges and complaining about how base and trivial [ Full article ] |
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