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Article: She. (Hillary Rodham Clinton's fallacious identification with former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt) (Column)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- April 26, 1993
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HILLARY CLINTON's obsession with Eleanor Roosevelt brings back old times.
One afternoon in 1940, our family doctor unwrapped his blood-pressure cuff from my grandmother's arm and took my parents aside for a conference.
"You'll have to stop her from reading that column."
He meant "My Day" by Eleanor Roosevelt. As usual, Granny had snatched up the paper and turned directly to the fatal page. As she read, I saw the faint pink birthmark between her brows darken until it burned like a scarlet brand. In another moment she seemed to be imitating the contents of my Crayola box, as lethally glorious shades of maroon, magenta, and vermilion suffused her ...